Episode 78 – The Project Life Cycle and Training PMs
This week, we’re taking another dive into our new model of organizational change, the newly named “Groundswell Theory.” As we…
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Episode 77 – Interview with a Construction Vampire
This week, we are talking about growth, hiring and promotion – all of the ways that a company gets an…
Episode 76 – Top Secret Value Engineering Tips
This week on The Critical Path, we are talking about a subject that is at the center of a great…
Episode 75 – Managing Schedule Impact
Last year, just before Covid hit, we recorded an episode about how to manage schedule in construction. The plan was…
Episode 74 – Now What?
It’s been a while since we have made an episode of The Critical Path, but we’re back and we have…
Episode 73 – Rediscovering Building Local with Kathryn Larsen
This week, on The Critical Path, we’re talking with architectural innovator Kathryn Larsen, who has earned the nickname, The Seaweed…
Episode 72 – The Future of Virtual Construction with BNBuilders
This week’s episode is a lot of fun! We’ve been working to learn more about how Extended Reality (XR) is…
Episode 71 – Building a Better World with Shannon Bunsen and Kevin Hunter
Recently, we started hearing about some really cool projects that have been happening around the world. We wanted to learn…
Episode 70 – Foreman Basic Training – A Sneak Preview
This week, we start running our first group through our Foreman Basic Training program. For that course, rather than give…
Episode 69 – Sink or Swim
As we gear up to roll out our Foreman Basic Training Program next month, we’re talking about the phenomena that…
Episode 68 – The Impact of 9-11 on Safety with Special Guest Brian Polis from Graham
It’s been 19 years today since the September 11 attacks. That date is engraved in our minds for a reason…
Episode 67 – Bidding – Is It A Xenomorph?
We’ve had a busy couple of weeks, and lots of guests on The Critical Path lately. It felt like it…
Episode 66 – Reimagining Construction Education with Mark Zimpfer
As COVID has changed our world from the highly localized Seattle community to a more global perspective, we’ve been talking…
Episode 65 – Value vs Cool in Construction Tech with Trevor Lunde
It seems like every day we see some new tool or software solution that is the ‘next big thing’ in…
Episode 64 – Unleashing Your Superpower
This week, we’re talking about all the time you spend doing things that aren’t your strongest or best skills, and…
Episode 63 – Looking for Work
This week, we’re talking about a subject that is on a lot of minds right now – looking for work.…
Episode 62 – True Stories with Nigel Chiddick
This week, we’re catching up with Nigel Chiddick, who has been running a series of LinkedIn stories about his experiences…
Episode 61 – How Can I Motivate People?
A question we hear all the time is, “How do I get my team motivated?” A related question that not…
Episode 60 – Downsizing and Survivor’s Syndrome
Downsizing. No one wants to talk about it. No one wants to have to do it. It’s not exactly a…
Episode 59 – Diversity and Inclusion in Construction with Special Guest Dan Lester.
Recently, we had a great conversation on the podcast with our friend Jason Jones, and that conversation brought up a…
Episode 58 – The Power of Stupid Questions
Knowledge is so important in the construction industry. Knowing the right way to build things, knowing the way the customer…
Episode 57 – Do Black Lives Matter in Construction? – with Special Guest Jason Jones
Okay Constant Listeners, get your Jetpacks on because we are getting a little serious this week. There is a conversation…
Episode 56 – Working with Equipment with Luke Powers of Gearflow.com
This week, we recorded our first remote guest on The Critical Path. (In the past, when you have heard guests…
Episode 55 – Tracking the Impact of COVID
As everyone slowly, but surely (and safely!) gets back to work in the construction world, we’ve been talking with a…
Episode 54 – A Case Study on Pivoting
In Episode 53 – How Are You?, we talked about the way that the COVID crisis has been impacting Arcade…
Episode 53 – How Are You?
Lately, we have been talking a lot about the impact that the current pandemic has on the economy. Work has…
Episode 52 – Hitting the Ground Running
It’s been quiet here on the podcast for the past couple of weeks as we get our heads around this…
Episode 51 – Stay Home, Stay Healthy
Last night, Washington state announced a ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy’ order, in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Today, everyone in…
Episode 50 – Not How We Planned This Episode
Unless you have been hiding in a bunker beneath the city, you are probably aware of the fact that things…
Episode 49 – Planning Your Project Schedule
This week’s episode topic was a request from longtime listener and previous guest Jason Lange, who wanted to hear more…
Episode 48 – Seven Levels of Delegation
Delegation is tough! We talk to leaders every day who want to give their teams the freedom to make decisions,…
Episode 47 – Annual Review Time!
We’re back! After a not-so-short unplanned hiatus over the holiday break, we are back in the saddle and turning out…
Episode 46 – Giving Thanks
This week, we are talking about the sometimes complicated topic of being grateful. If you celebrate Thanksgiving, you know that…
Episode 45 – PM Software
This week, we’re talking about one of Jason’s pet peeves – Project Management Software. We see all kinds of PM…
Episode 44 – Do Something That Terrifies You!
Last week, we were the ‘Big Top’ Sponsors for ABC’s circus themed Fall Event, and we promised a surprise. We…
Episode 43 – Team Tasking
Back in Episode 31, we talked about keeping track of all of your tasks in one place. This week, we’re…
Episode 42 – Spooky Safety Stories
This week, it’s our favorite holiday – Halloween! (Check out the podcast image to see Bowie, our new pet dragon…
Episode 41 – Leaving Well
This week, we spoke with another special guest – Jason Lange, Chief Operating Officer for AM Exteriors. We asked him…
Episode 40 – Trade Organizations
We help construction companies. Being in a line of work like that puts us into contact with other organizations who…
Episode 39 – Don’t Let Zombies in Your House!
Halloween is coming, and if you hadn’t heard, we’re big fans of Halloween at Arcade. (Hence the upcoming Halloween party…
Episode 38 – Planning Ahead
In the construction industry, it’s pretty common for companies to be busy all summer long. When the summer ends and…
Episode 37 – Storytime with Arcade (Part 2)
This episode is the second and final part of Storytime with Arcade. In this episode, we talk about our lives…
Episode 36 – Storytime with Arcade (Part 1)
This week’s episode is a little different than our usual episode. After 35 episodes of talking about business development and…
Episode 35 – The Art of War
This week, we’re talking about our upcoming training series, The Art of War with ABC. People often ask us why…
Podcast Episode 34 – Managing Performance
All month, we’ve been talking about the ways you can tune up your organization with regards to taking care of…
Podcast Episode 33 – Building Your Map
This month on The Critical Path, we’re focusing on all of the little tweaks you can make to run a…
Podcast Episode 32 – Navigating Compensation
We talk a lot about company culture and the fact that money isn’t the only factor in a good hire.…
Podcast Episode 31 – Get Your House in Order!
If boosting your business up to the next level is a journey (and it is,) the necessary first step of…
Podcast Episode 30 – Jetpack Leadership Cohort
We’ve been talking a lot about leadership lately, and this week, to celebrate our 30th podcast episode, we are talking…
Podcast Episode 29 – How to Boost Your Leaders
This week, we’re continuing our discussion about Leadership (after a brief unexpected hiatus as we replaced the carpeting in our…
Podcast Episode 28 – Leading Your Team
Last week, we talked about building a strong team. This week, we’re taking the next logical step and addressing how…
Podcast Episode 27 – Building Your Team
This month, we’re talking about Leadership. An often overlooked truth is that leadership starts at building the right team for…
Podcast Episode 26 – Hiring the Right People
When we ask the question: What is the biggest challenge your business faces, the most common answer we hear is…
Podcast Episode 25 – Recruiting Problem or Culture Problem?
A common refrain when we meet with new clients is often ‘I just can’t find good people.’ Our response to…
Podcast Episode 24 – Planning the Perfect Heist
Often, we run into teams on construction projects who view the planning process as a luxury that they can’t afford.…
Podcast Episode 23 – Breathe
As the sun finally starts to appear and we start seeing the first truly warm days of the season, it’s…
Podcast Episode 22 – I’m Stuck Here!
This month, there are some big changes happening in our personal sphere. The more we talked through what to do…
Podcast Episode 21 – Manage Like You Parent
Get ready for a very special episode of The Critical Path! This week is spring break, and the kids were…
Podcast Episode 20 – Resolution Theory
At Arcade, we spend a lot of time talking about change. Resolution Theory is our model for understanding what a…
Podcast Episode 19 – Dealing with Burnout
We’re in the business of helping companies navigate big changes. When an organization moves through a lot of changes in…
Podcast Episode 18 – Productive Conflict
Conflict can be really destructive at the workplace. It’s important to have teams who get along, but in our quest…
Podcast Episode 17 – Gamify Your Workplace
One of our favorite ways to improve culture, efficiency and solve a broad array of workplace issues is with Gamification.…
Podcast Episode 16 – Managing Conflict
In Episode 16, we talked about a common subject of discussion for us – Conflict Management. We believe that the…
Podcast Episode 15 – Solving Authority Issues
In Episode 13, we talked about the difference between Respect, Authority and Deference. Understanding the different elements of ‘Respect’ is…
Podcast Episode 14 – Trust and Faith
The word trust is one we hear all the time with regards to employment issues. We just need people we…
Podcast Episode 13 – Respect, Authority and Deference
We hear the word ‘Respect,’ a lot when we’re talking to people about work. We find that everyone uses that…
Podcast Episode 12 – The Value of Company Culture
We often liken the building of company culture to a terraforming process (a process that transforms a hostile environment –…
Podcast Episode 11 – Nailing it with Blogging and Social Media, part 2
Last week we talked about understanding what some of the most popular channels are for social media, and trying to…
Podcast Episode 10 – Nailing it with Blogging and Social Media
After our recent episode about understanding your website, we realized that for many small businesses, the world of blogging and…
Podcast Episode 9 – 6 Documents your project shouldn’t be without
In construction, we’re very much aware of the importance of our tools. Without the tools of the trade, we’d be…
Podcast Episode 8 – What do you need to know about your website?
As we become increasingly dependent on the internet to reach out to new customers, the vast array of decisions that…
The Critical Path Episode 7 – Arcade’s Code of Honor
We’ve been on a short hiatus, but we’re back, and so is the podcast with Episode 7 – Arcade’s Code…
The Critical Path Episode 6 – Arcade’s Compass
We’ve been walking through Compass, Code, and Strategy on the podcast, Arcade’s new lens on company Wayfinding. This week, we…
The Critical Path Episode 5 – Strategy Matrix and Action Plan
In this episode, we talk about the Strategy component of Compass, Code and Strategy. Also, Jason takes on a concentrated…
The Critical Path Episode 4 – The Code of Honor
This week, we talk about the second element of Compass, Code and Strategy – The Code of Honor. Also, the…
The Critical Path Episode 3 – The Compass
In this episode, we talk about the first component of the Compass, Code and Strategy method – the Compass. We…
The Critical Path Episode 2 – The Trouble with Mission, Vision, and Values
In this week’s episode, we talk about choosing a destination, and the tools that businesses use to help them find…
The Critical Path Episode 1 – The Raffle
We’ve got the software down and the hosting figured out – but how do you actually record a podcast? What…