ARCHITECTING Podcast - Career + Lifestyle Mentoring for Architects looking to move beyond overwhelm and make a difference through design

Earth Day 2025: Practice Models for Public Health Interview with Molly Scanlon

What's considered sustainable from a public health perspective? Not necessarily the same things that we might otherwise uphold. We celebrate the 2025 Earth Day theme of Our Power, Our Planet with architect and integrative environmental specialist Molly Scanlon who shares insights on a new model for architecture practice.
Adjacent industries hold the key to practice innovation. Seeing the issues through another point of view moves us past the constraints of business as usual.
Advocacy requires having a flexible perspective and taking initiative to build your expertise and avenues of impact
Things don't change unless you do.
Buildings can become a non-pharmacological intervention in the world of public health as we add additional research related to safety and sustainability.
Architects can provide a holistic vs. a traditionally component based understanding common in public health.
Pick the right opportunities and keep your schedule open so you have the time and energy to get involved with what matters to you.
CONNECT WITH MOLLY: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-m-scanlon-phd-faia-facha-0116b813/
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Loyal too Long? How sunk cost fallacy impacts your career

When are determination, loyalty, persistence not virtues? When you're deploying them in a no-win situation. There are more landmines like this than you might think in your career landscape.  In today's episode, you'll learn how behavioral economics is keeping you stuck in situations that are aging like milk. Know when having grit is worth the payoff and when it's wasting your time.
The more time, money or effort you invest, the more you feel responsible for achieving  success, and the less likely you are to abandon what's not working.
When you feel like you should keep trying, also consider the cost of a missed opportunity. What didn’t you do, explore, discover because you’re pouring resources down the drain? What did you put at risk in terms of your stress level? Your health, your well being?
Make sure that your expectations are realistic and clearly communicated
Don't get so emotionally invested that you can't walk away. Think about milestones and success measures and have a plan for what happens if they aren't met.
Ask "what's the best that could happen?" Then decide if that answer is good enough.
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Urban Healthonomics: Martin Prince-Parrott Talks with Architects as Healers: Buildings as Medicine.

In this crossover episode, you'll hear the conversation we had on Architects as Healers: Buildings as Medicine with Martin Prince-Parrott about his new book Urban Healthonomics. You'll learn practical strategies to build for health, well being and economic vitality.
The economics of sustainable healthy cities in an interconnected web of downstream (consumer) and upstream (policies/incentives).
Look at change from multiple viewpoints: citizen, architect, engineer, developer, policy maker, stakeolder
There are tangential economic impacts to poor air quality urban heat islands, water pollution, and social isolation. Addressing them requires forging uncommon public and private partnerships.
Cities are multi-generational
Preventing despair is our imperative. In hope, we believe solutions are possible and work towards them.
CONTACT MARTIN:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-prince-parrott-founder-sci-fi-infrastructure-builder/
 
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An Ecosystem for Design Innovation: Interview with Noam Platt

The story of non-profit MakeGood was forged in architect Noam Platt's desire to help people with disabilities. Whether you also have a passion for assistive technology or some other cause lights you up, you don't have to wait for a project to have an impact. Learn why he thinks architects are uniquely qualified (and called) to lead positive change in the community and how to get started.
Assistive technology is an emerging field that needs the creative thinking and problem solving skills of architects and designers. Finding areas like this and lending your expertise to them can have a lasting impact on your community.
When you advocate and for something that helps people, you're not worried about asking for help or support. Embarrassment or making mistakes pale in comparison to getting something accomplished.
You can't unsee problems especially if you know you have the ability to help solve them. One hour of your expert time is worth more than 20 hours of a non-experts time. Start by volunteering and building your network.
The experience you get volunteering is experience you won't get working at a firm. That experience can be brought back to better inform projects at your firm.
CONTACT NOAM:
https://makegood.design/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noam-platt-92085344/
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Big Thinking to Claim Success on Your Terms: Interview with Andrea Liebross

Big thinkers don't have pick me energy. They turn their visions into action by putting the work into making and executing clear plans. There's no better message than that to close out our celebration of Women's History Month. Podcaster, coach, and author Andrea Liebross shares her proven strategies to get out of stuck stress and be successful on your terms. What will be your legacy?
You have thought options (try challenging your go-to ones). That's on period.
Delegation is a skill to be developed. Go beyond basic detailed task and deadline outlines and learn how to truly get things off your plate.
Operate in your zone of extraordinary achievement by asking:
will it make a difference?
are you the only one who can do it?
do you need to know how to do it?
do you enjoy it?
Success has two ingredients- mindset and support systems. You need both.
Ask what if and operate out of curiosity not fear.
Confidence is the willingness to feel anything.
CONTACT ANDREA:
https://andrealiebross.com/links/
Get the Zone of Extraordinary Achievement matrix: https://www.andrealiebross.com/quiz
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Luck Favors the Prepared: Career Path Hacks

It's a good thing that luck isn't based on magic. Instead, luck finds those who are ready to say yes to the opportunities they want and have the discernment to say no to what they don't. Listen to learn how to get a little more lucky yourself.
Don't dismiss achievements to the luck of being in the right place at the right time, knowing the right people, or having more resources. Appreciate the work that went into setting up those circumstances.
Lucky people have clarity about what they want to achieve and pursue it with courage and confidence. They put the boundaries in place they need to get support and stay focused.
Taking small steps consistently pays big dividends.
Success shouldn't come at the cost of quality of life - it should enhance it.
Learn more when you sign up for the Leadership Challenge at the special rate of $30. https://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadershipchallenge/
Want to learn more about design for well being? Check our the Space Doctor Series on my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiPGjyBqQOIf56hhvVCYtBKfCyfaQVEz
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Equality and Empowerment: International Women's Day Intervew with Sarah Kleiner

Happy International Women's Day!  We celebrate this year's theme by hearing from an architect and small business owner who has built her own success on the motto of showing up even when it's uncomfortable. Learn how this strategy led to building powerful networks and big opportunities.
Networks are a critical way to meet and be mentored by people who share your perspective and have perhaps overcome some of your current challenges.
Nothing is ever wasted- take inventory of the skills, experience and clarity about your preferences you gained even doing work you didn't love. Then. put those skills to use in work you do love.
Stop accepting the premise of all or nothing in your career. You can make other choices if you ask for a different way of working that supports your well being.
Women often won't show up in environments that are hostile to them, but you can't change anything if you don't get involved.
You don't have to prove yourself by being everything to everybody. When we open doors for one another, we have the ability to distribute tasks and support one another.
CONTACT SARAH:
https://www.envisage-arch.com/
https://www.envisage-arch.com/
 
Learn more when you sign up for the Leadership Challenge at the special rate of $30. https://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadershipchallenge/
Want to learn more about design for well being? Check our the Space Doctor Series on my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiPGjyBqQOIf56hhvVCYtBKfCyfaQVEz
Give Architecting a Google review- be sure to name the episode! https://g.page/r/CVYGVmEtsUjdEAI/review
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Women in Construction: The challenge of being heard

According to a recent Jobsite survey respect is the number one issue named by women in the construction industry with most explaining that lack of respect shows up as not being heard. If you are in or adjacent to the AEC industry, and you are a woman, you can probably relate. Let's stop being available for this tired trope.
When disrespect becomes a pattern, you can start to  assume negative intentions and carry a lot of anger and resentment around.
Feeling unheard either leads you to withdraw or be more aggressive. That aggressiveness then gets labeled as being too emotional, drowning out the substance of what you are saying in a tired narrative.
Engage your audience by asking questions and providing information cliffhangers.
Invite others to share their thoughts about what you said so that they process it in the moment.
Accept that as a leader, you need to be clear and take those that resonate along with you. Leave behind those that don't.
Learn more when you sign up for the Leadership Challenge at the special rate of $30. https://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadershipchallenge/
Want to learn more about design for well being? Check our the Space Doctor Series on my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiPGjyBqQOIf56hhvVCYtBKfCyfaQVEz
Give Architecting a Google review- be sure to name the episode! https://g.page/r/CVYGVmEtsUjdEAI/review
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Industry Disruptors Making the Status Quo a Very Scary Place

Hi there, it's your friendly neighborhood disruptor with a message for you about playing it safe. The earthquake in the AEC industry has already shaken the foundations of the first cost container and the best way to be more competitive is to rewrite the rules of the game. Learn more in this episode.
It's easy to abandon your ideals and catastrophize when things get difficult, but you really need to double down on innovation. Trying to play it safe is demoralizing, exhausting and muddles your message.
While you might think that the status quo is a safe place to be, industry disruptors are making it the most dangerous thing to do.
Disruptors address pain points and bring an organizational perspective, not just a project perspective. This means applying design to our clients business and budget in a way we don't typically think about.
We need to express the dividend of a design investment utilizing new technologies to model, prototype and simulate the value of design choices.
Read my interview in Healthcare Design Magazine: https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/trends/2025-healthcare-design-predictions-angela-mazzi-gbbn/
Want to learn more about design for well being? Check our the Space Doctor Series on my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiPGjyBqQOIf56hhvVCYtBKfCyfaQVEz
Give Architecting a Google review- be sure to name the episode! https://g.page/r/CVYGVmEtsUjdEAI/review
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Angela
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Your Style as Career Advancement Tool: Interview with Ellie Steinbrink

Stop having a transactional relationship with your clothes. Your fit conveys not just who you are, but how you feel. Style expert Ellie Steinbrink shares her insights on cultivating your personal brand via your style.
Not sure how to shop for something new? Think about how the person you are becoming would show up.
Style isn't about imitating others or conforming to a dress code, it's about authentically expressing who you are.
Be intentional about what you choose to wear. Brain science shows that your choice of outfit can impact your confidence level, productivity and mood.
Clothing should be an investment- having more of the right pieces vs a closet full of things that you rarely wear.
Contact Ellie: https://www.elliesteinbrink.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliesteinbrink/
https://www.instagram.com/style.decoded/
 
Want to learn more about design for well being? Check our the Space Doctor Series on my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiPGjyBqQOIf56hhvVCYtBKfCyfaQVEz
Give Architecting a Google review- be sure to name the episode! https://g.page/r/CVYGVmEtsUjdEAI/review
Stay Inspired,
Angela
Join the architecting community:
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Into/outro music Alive by Richard Wasson Copyright 2019