What if the biggest bottleneck in construction isn’t technology, but us?

This week we dive into processes, technology and why continuous improvement starts with personal discipline before it ever touches a jobsite. The truth is, AI won't fix broken processes. Curtis Garrard brings a manufacturing mindset into construction and makes the case that before we digitize, automate, or layer on more tools, we have to define and improve the way we work.

If you're interested in building systems people will actually use, this conversation is your blueprint. Processes first. Tech second.

Risk is not a spreadsheet problem. It’s an execution problem.

This week we're sitting down with Tom Polen (Deltek) to unpack “Risk for the Rest of Us” and why construction has made risk way more complicated, academic and intimidating than it needs to be.

Sharing from his own failure of walking into a risk briefing with 27 charts… and watching the room check out, Tom lays out a radically practical approach that actually gets teams to lean in, stop doom-scrolling and start solving problems in real time. The key is fewer charts, more clarity and simple ways to connect risk directly to forecasting and real project decisions.

If you’ve ever heard “we don’t have time for risk,” this conversation flips that idea on its head, shows why the field owns risk whether they like it or not and gives you a few small wording shifts you can use tomorrow to make risk conversations human, actionable, and impossible to ignore.

Listen in if you're ready for a healthier relationship with the “inconvenient future.”

It's time to challenge one of the most limiting beliefs in construction and engineering: that your job title defines your future.

Stefanie shares her own non-linear career journey and the thinking behind her More Than an Engineer movement, helping professionals who feel stuck, restless or boxed in realize they’re not handcuffed to a single role forever. Together, we unpack why “stability” is often an illusion, how fear and identity quietly drive burnout and why small career sidesteps can be more powerful than dramatic pivots.

This conversation is honest, practical and grounded in real experience. If you’ve ever felt like something was missing in your career, but couldn’t quite put your finger on it, this episode is for you.

Because you are more than your job title.

And construction careers don’t have to be linear.