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The Critical Path with Mary and Jason

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A Weekly Podcast about business development, company culture and loving the place you work just a little bit more.

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United States

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A Weekly Podcast about business development, company culture and loving the place you work just a little bit more.

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English


Episodes
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Episode 79 – Building the Circle

3/6/2021
This week, we’re talking about diversity in construction again. With the launch of our new Build the Circle scholarship program, we’re spending some time talking about the problem, as we…

Duration:00:53:22

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Episode 78 – The Project Life Cycle and Training PMs

2/24/2021
This week, we’re taking another dive into our new model of organizational change, the newly named “Groundswell Theory.” As we prepare to roll out our new PM Basic Training program…

Duration:00:40:46

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Episode 77 – Interview with a Construction Vampire

2/18/2021
This week, we are talking about growth, hiring and promotion – all of the ways that a company gets an infusion of fresh blood. Of course, being the nerds that…

Duration:00:30:28

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Episode 76 – Top Secret Value Engineering Tips

2/11/2021
This week on The Critical Path, we are talking about a subject that is at the center of a great deal of stress and drama in the industry – Value…

Duration:00:38:43

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Episode 75 – Managing Schedule Impact

2/4/2021
Last year, just before Covid hit, we recorded an episode about how to manage schedule in construction. The plan was to record a second part to that episode where we…

Duration:00:36:19

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Episode 74 – Now What?

1/27/2021
It’s been a while since we have made an episode of The Critical Path, but we’re back and we have lots to talk about! After a long break to think…

Duration:00:36:52

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Episode 73 – Rediscovering Building Local with Kathryn Larsen

10/24/2020
This week, on The Critical Path, we’re talking with architectural innovator Kathryn Larsen, who has earned the nickname, The Seaweed Girl in the international design community. Kathryn is doing some…

Duration:00:49:04

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Episode 72 – The Future of Virtual Construction with BNBuilders

10/17/2020
This week’s episode is a lot of fun! We’ve been working to learn more about how Extended Reality (XR) is being put to use in the construction world for a…

Duration:00:56:02

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Episode 71 – Building a Better World with Shannon Bunsen and Kevin Hunter

10/9/2020
Recently, we started hearing about some really cool projects that have been happening around the world. We wanted to learn more about what companies like Sextant Foundation and Construction for…

Duration:00:55:25

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Episode 70 – Foreman Basic Training – A Sneak Preview

10/5/2020
This week, we start running our first group through our Foreman Basic Training program. For that course, rather than give our trainees reading assignments, we put together a series of…

Duration:00:41:30

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Episode 69 – Sink or Swim

9/18/2020
As we gear up to roll out our Foreman Basic Training Program next month, we’re talking about the phenomena that prompted us to create that program – promotion without preparation.…

Duration:00:34:57

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Episode 68 – The Impact of 9-11 on Safety with Special Guest Brian Polis from Graham

9/11/2020
It’s been 19 years today since the September 11 attacks. That date is engraved in our minds for a reason – many things about our world changed on that fateful…

Duration:00:32:06

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Episode 67 – Bidding – Is It A Xenomorph?

9/1/2020
We’ve had a busy couple of weeks, and lots of guests on The Critical Path lately. It felt like it was time to just settle in with an audio only…

Duration:00:51:26

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Episode 66 – Reimagining Construction Education with Mark Zimpfer

8/25/2020
As COVID has changed our world from the highly localized Seattle community to a more global perspective, we’ve been talking with a lot of people who are further away than…

Duration:00:48:45

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Episode 65 – Value vs Cool in Construction Tech with Trevor Lunde

8/18/2020
It seems like every day we see some new tool or software solution that is the ‘next big thing’ in construction. It’s true that there are a lot of new…

Duration:00:52:37

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Episode 64 – Unleashing Your Superpower

8/14/2020
This week, we’re talking about all the time you spend doing things that aren’t your strongest or best skills, and why you should do less of that! We talk about:…

Duration:00:31:08

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Episode 63 – Looking for Work

8/7/2020
This week, we’re talking about a subject that is on a lot of minds right now – looking for work. As everyone tries to sort out the best way to…

Duration:00:45:34

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Episode 62 – True Stories with Nigel Chiddick

7/29/2020
This week, we’re catching up with Nigel Chiddick, who has been running a series of LinkedIn stories about his experiences with racism in his history in the construction industry, the…

Duration:00:51:45

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Episode 61 – How Can I Motivate People?

7/23/2020
A question we hear all the time is, “How do I get my team motivated?” A related question that not enough leaders ask is, “How can I keep from demotivating…

Duration:00:57:16

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Episode 60 – Downsizing and Survivor’s Syndrome

7/9/2020
Downsizing. No one wants to talk about it. No one wants to have to do it. It’s not exactly a fun topic. In the era of COVID though, it’s more…

Duration:00:30:30