Yu-Kai Chou, Gamification Author & International Keynote Speaker is the creator of the Octalysis Framework. Yu-Kai has a fascinating perspective on what influences and motivates certain actions as he is an expert in making games more productive, and making life more gamified. He has been a leader in the field of behavior design and influences.…

Jon Gordon, the author of quite a few best sellers – including The Energy Bus You, Win in the Locker Room First, The No Complaining Rule, and the most recent book that was released last year, The Power of Positive Leadership – speaks with us about positive leadership.  Jon, not only is a great author and a sought-after keynote speaker…

Damon Hernandez, founder and Executive Director of the AEC Hackathon speaks about tearing down the walls disguised as generational, gender, and ethnic biases, and coming together to elevate the industry by addressing frustrations, utilizing shared platforms, and developing software hacks.   This can all be done by combining industry professionals, software developers, and government agencies over a…

Michael Lake, President & CEO of Leading Cities and I cover some of the major challenges we face in cities. Smart Cities is a rapidly growing as a market as shown in these reports: “Smart Cities Market Will Grow $3.5 Trillion Worldwide”  and 21st Century Cities: Global Smart Cities Primer. We discuss the solutions to the problems in the form of…

Today, we are speaking with Carl Piva, Managing Director at TMForum.org for the Smart Cities Initiative. and he’s developed the City as a Platform Manifesto. We discuss the ten common principles for driving smart city success. He says that with these business model principles, cities can become regional or global knowledge hubs and innovation centers.…

Kevin Flanagan, a partner at PLP Architecture speaks with us about the Oakwood Timber Tower feasibility study he did that demonstrates the viability of building a timber tower high rise constructed with cross-laminated timber (CLT) in downtown London. We cover some of the drivers of design innovation, including sustainability, millennial recruitment and retention, and service focus.  Where to…

Ron Bakker, founding Partner at PLP Architecture was involved with designing the world’s most sustainable office building known as the Edge and it is located in Amsterdam. We discuss the different elements of the building life cycle, from design to occupancy and operation including 30,000 sensors collecting data on a moment by moment basis. We…

Kimon Onuma builds architecturally informed environments for the digital and physical world. He is the creator of BIMStorm. We will be talking about what a BIMStorm is and how they pursue the culture of an always growing technological AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operating) industry appreciating the wisdom we have in the minds of our global…

I so am grateful to all of the guests that I’ve interviewed this year! I’m so grateful to all of you who were mentioned in this episode (see references below). In this episode, we are continuing our 2017 review and looking into what we should be paying attention to in 2018. Our main topics of…

I so am grateful to all of the guests that I’ve interviewed this year! I’m so grateful to all of you who were mentioned in this episode (see references below). To summarize what we talk about in this episode:  First, we have to recognize the status of the industry. Change is happening. It’s inevitable. The need to…