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Evan Troxel

207: ‘The Tech Leader’s Compass: Risk, Value, and Timing’, with Craig Barbieri

207: ‘The Tech Leader’s Compass: Risk, Value, and Timing’, with Craig Barbieri

A conversation with Craig Barbieri exploring strategies for effective digital transformation in architecture, addressing the importance of ongoing training, aligning specifications with tools, and leveraging AI to enhance productivity in design and operations.

Why Thornton Tomasetti’s CORE Studio is a Model for the Future

Why Thornton Tomasetti’s CORE Studio is a Model for the Future

📰 Rethinking practice through platformization, embedding data and AI into delivery, scaling R&D beyond experiments, and aligning culture, KM, and incentives to transform how architecture and engineering firms operate and compete.

206: ‘Purpose-Built AI: Why It Matters in AEC’, with Rachelle Ray

206: ‘Purpose-Built AI: Why It Matters in AEC’, with Rachelle Ray

A conversation with Rachelle Ray exploring how purpose-built AI can enhance AEC marketing workflows, streamline proposal processes, and free up time for strategic creativity while addressing common challenges in the industry.

Recurring revenue for architects? Yes.

Recurring revenue for architects? Yes.

📰 Designing to operate, embracing self-disruption, treating AI as an interdependent teammate, building psychologically safe cultures, and shifting to recurring, outcome-based services.

205: ‘Rethinking Your A/E Practice’, with Robert Otani and Alexandra Pollock

205: ‘Rethinking Your A/E Practice’, with Robert Otani and Alexandra Pollock

A conversation with Robert Otani and Alexandra Pollock rethinking architectural practices through technology, measuring innovation ROI, and embracing product thinking to enhance efficiency and collaboration in AEC firms while leveraging AI for knowledge management and professional development.

Architecture practice → product company: a case study

Architecture practice → product company: a case study

📰 Escaping billable hours, productizing a flagship cabin, structuring rent-to-rent land deals, using physical models to win trust, designing ops to scale outcomes (not headcount), and leveraging prefab to cut cost, time, and risk.

204: ‘How to Future-Proof Your Architecture Practice’, with Dave Gilmore

204: ‘How to Future-Proof Your Architecture Practice’, with Dave Gilmore

A conversation with Dave Gilmore disrupting traditional architecture business models, embracing digital transformation, and fostering psychological safety in leadership to navigate uncertainty and prepare for future challenges in the AEC industry.