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Welcome to Curious Teams

Home Owner's Institute - September 25, 2022 13:06 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
This is an introduction CuriousTeams. A project you may find interesting that I am working on with Barbara White Bryson. Curious Teams is Podcast for the design, construction and owner industries that focuses on how to build great teams.     You can find the podcast on all the podcast platform...

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Everett Andrews- Finding your process Part 2

Home Owner's Institute - April 09, 2022 18:26 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Everett Andrews is a lifelong craftsman. In grade school, he helped his grandfather, an   architect and building inspector, build a working gristmill. High school days were   focused on learning the basics of cabinetmaking.  A strong work ethic developed as   logging, landscaping, and timber-...

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Everett Andrews- getting to know your millworker- Part 1

Home Owner's Institute - April 08, 2022 21:20 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Everett Andrews is a lifelong craftsman. In grade school, he helped his grandfather, an   architect and building inspector, build a working gristmill. High school days were   focused on learning the basics of cabinetmaking.  A strong work ethic developed as   logging, landscaping, and timber-...

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Rebecca Snelling- Contract theory, collaboration/communication and sharing resources- Part 2

Home Owner's Institute - February 14, 2022 17:09 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Part 2 of my conversation with Rebecca Snelling. In this short but rich conversation we talk about the theory of the Integrated project delivery system and contracts, sharing resources and communicating with your team.  We reference some lean term so I have out a glossary of terms on the website...

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Rebecca Snelling- Let's talk about Lean Construction- Part 1

Home Owner's Institute - January 31, 2022 02:06 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
In this episode I talk with Rebecca Snelling. I wanted to avoid talking about Lean Construction, but our shared passion for the ideas, principals and concepts of Lean were too strong. This is Part 1 of a two part conversation. In the end we reference Lean Construction often, so I will add a thir...

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Lynn Taylor- Being yourself is generous.

Home Owner's Institute - January 03, 2022 16:33 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Lynn Taylor is Taylor Made Plans in Nashville Tennessee. Lynn is a home designer. She has been serving her clients in the Nashville area by being generous and focusing on what she does best. Lynn speaks and publishes about the home design process which allows interested clients to see clear evide...

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Home Owner's Institute-Paige Rien-Get ready, It's gonna be Intimate!

Home Owner's Institute - September 30, 2021 12:53 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Paige Rien is an award-winning designer, author, on-camera personality & content creator. She was 1 of 2 designers on the top-rated HGTV show, "Hidden Potential" for 5 seasons, which inspired her book, "Love the House You're In: 40 Ways to Improve Your House & Change Your Life." (Roost, 2016) Pa...

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Home Owner's Institute-Dan and Haven are figuring it out with their trusted team- Building their "HOME" on Martha's Vineyard

Home Owner's Institute - September 09, 2021 23:31 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Dan and Haven share with us their experiences with building. Starting with a minor basement and porch renovation of a summer retreat to a modern kitchen and entry renovation, then culminating in their current project building a new home on raw land on Marta's Vineyard. Their very different childh...

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Home Owner's Institute- Dr. Rebecca Heiss- Fire and the Benefits of Finding a Common Enemy

Home Owner's Institute - July 09, 2021 15:58 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Rebecca knows fear. As a biologist and stress expert, Dr. Rebecca Heiss is dedicated to helping us become self-aware and overcome our instinctual limitations – the ancient, often subconscious fears that hold us back from our optimal performance and our happiest lives. Her research has been de...

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Home Owner's Institute- Jan Corning- On building a home for yourself

Home Owner's Institute - May 09, 2021 16:51 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
We met Jan 10 years ago when she was the Vice President at Brenner Builders. During her 20 years at Brenner Builders, Jan was in charge of all construction activities where she successfully led over 45 projects ranging from $1 to $26 million in size.  With Jan and hundreds of talented craftspeop...

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Home Owner's Institute- Billy DeWitt - Reflections on Fine Floor Finishing

Home Owner's Institute - April 08, 2021 10:29 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Billy shares his passion for fine wood floor finishing through learning the trade from his father to working "literally" alone at the end of the project. 95% of Billy's effort and planning goes into relationships and preparations before the final finish.   We talk about how his childhood home st...

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Home Owner's Institute- Annette Mason - A Personal Journey in Creating "Home"

Home Owner's Institute - March 15, 2021 13:24 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Annette shares her journey designing, planning and renovation her dream home. Her success can be attributed to determination, compassion and a willingness to see others for who they are and how they compliment her vision. Annette’s day job is leading Trilogy Works, an innovation leadership firm...

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Home Owner's Institute- Mike McHugh - The Joy of Carpentry and Being Open For Change

Home Owner's Institute - March 02, 2021 14:50 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Mike established Shepherd PMC with Fred in 2010, when an owner reached out for help on a massive renovation project in Westchester, NY. Over the past 10 years he has worked with Owners, architects, and builders to bring together teams to deliver successful projects. Mike started out as Carpenter...

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Home Owner's Institute- Brad Keyes - How Mechanical Systems Contribute To The Success Of Your Project

Home Owner's Institute - January 02, 2021 15:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Home Owners leading their renovation or new construction projects should consider the role the heating and cooling systems have in the success of their project. While these systems are often very complex, an understanding of the options, constraints and limits is helpful.  Today Brad Keyes, a m...

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Home Owner's Institute- Ben Broughton & Fred Gutierrez- Leading with Vulnerability

Home Owner's Institute - December 17, 2020 15:28 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Ben Broughton builds custom homes in Austin TX in order to support a nasty philosophy habit.  He has recently returned to custom homebuilding after a foray into real estate development that served to remind him that he is a craftsman at heart.  Ben’s love language is using dialectics to better u...

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Home Owner's Institute- Mike Doiron- Finding a builder to share your passion

Home Owner's Institute - December 09, 2020 16:04 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Mike Doiron is the owner of a construction company that specializes in the renovation and reconstruction of Older Homes on the North Shore of Boston, Massachusetts. His Housewright Company is an extremely detailed oriented operation that has a highly skilled team of craftsman in the field and a ...

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Home Owner's Institute- Bruce Irving- Being the Curious Leader

Home Owner's Institute - November 22, 2020 16:41 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Bruce Irving is a real estate agent and home renovation consultant based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  His 30+ years’ experience with houses includes 17 years as producer of television’s This Old House, where he earned an Emmy and learned the hallmarks of quality design and construction. He brin...

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Home Owner's Institute- William Scholtens- the Inequity of Information

Home Owner's Institute - November 09, 2020 23:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Bill Scholtens was born and raised in Chicago, IL. He met Fred Gutierrez while pursuing his Master of Architecture degree at MIT. With a unique skill set as a trained architect, carpenter and counselor he founded Elements Architectural Group in 2006. He is deeply aware that a home project is the...

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Home Owner's Institute- John Comaroff-"This isn't me telling you, it's us figuring it out"

Home Owner's Institute - October 29, 2020 19:51 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
John Comaroff is an owner with experience renovating in Chicago, Boston, England, and South Africa. John and his wife Jean are both professors of African and African-American Studies and Anthropology, at Harvard University. I met John in 2012, when we helped him and his wife renovate and early ...

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Home Owner's Institute- John Comaroff-Collaborating with your architect and builder

Home Owner's Institute - October 29, 2020 19:51 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
John Comaroff is an owner with experience renovating in Chicago, Boston, England, and South Africa. John and his wife Jean are both professors of African and African-American Studies and Anthropology, at Harvard University. I met John in 2012, when we helped him and his wife renovate and early ...

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Home Owner's Institute- Collaborating with your architect and builder

Home Owner's Institute - October 29, 2020 19:51 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The Home Owners Institute is for people seeking to renovate or build a home. Owners, architects, builders and other industry professionals have conversations that share lessons learned. We are hoping to share practices that will help owners position themselves to lead their projects confidently.

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Home Owner's Institute- Eve Isenberg- Mid-Century Modern in New England

Home Owner's Institute - October 24, 2020 18:05 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Today's talk is with  Eve Isenberg. Eve and I met in 2005 when I was a project manager at a construction management firm. We built a particularly challenging, special project together. We talk about that project a little, but we start the conversation with her current work, where Eve ru...

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Home Owner's Institute- Eve Isenberg- Leading Your Mid-Century Modern Home Renovation

Home Owner's Institute - October 24, 2020 18:05 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Today's talk is with  Eve Isenberg. Eve and I met in 2005 when I was a project manager at a construction management firm. We built a particularly challenging, special project together. We talk about that project a little, but we start the conversation with her current work, where Eve runs an arc...

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Home Owner's Institute- Jackie Lopey- Process is Like Insurance

Home Owner's Institute - October 13, 2020 20:27 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
She didn't know it, but Jackie Lopey's days as an advertising executive were numbered when she bought and renovated a 1950's bungalow. She soon went back to school and started her own design studio. Jackie is an award-winning, certified interior designer and the founder of Wide Canvas. We welco...

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Home Owners Institute- Season 1 - Trailer

Home Owner's Institute - October 01, 2020 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Please join our conversation at Shepherdpmc.com Music is "All the labor" from the album, Dem's Good Beeble, by the Gourds, 1996

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