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Ep 160: Determining Value

September 22, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 160: Determining Value

When I say the word “value”, the meaning that typically comes to mind is generated by that persons position or context. Andrew and I were having a chat about how employees think of value versus how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, leadership, Podcast

Ep 136: Leadership vs. Management

October 15, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 136: Leadership vs. Management

What is the difference between Leadership and Management – there is definitely some overlap, but the key distinction lies in … wait, you thought I was going to tell you in the opening? It’s going to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, career, conversations, leadership, Podcast

Ep 135: Employee Takeover

October 1, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 135: Employee Takeover

It was podcast Episode 130: Employee Evaluations, and Andrew and I were discussing the process and criteria used to assess and measure an individual employee’s performance when we made the point that … [Read more...]

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Ep 133: Ask the Show Fall 2023

September 4, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 133: Ask the Show Fall 2023

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are emailed to us, and sometimes we get stopped at conventions and panel discussions. Some questions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: Architecture and Society, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 127: Context and Design

June 11, 2023 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 127: Context and Design

The architectural theory of contextual architecture, often referred to as “contextualism” asserts that built items should be in response to the literal and abstract components in the environment in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Episodes, Podcast, Theories Tagged With: Architecture and Society, conversations, Podcast

Ep 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

April 2, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins 3 Comments

Ep 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

Even though artificial intelligence can conceptually trace its roots back to the 1950s, the reality is AI and Machine learning went mainstream not too long ago and as recently as November of 2022, … [Read more...]

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