Category: Podcast
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Killer Innovations – Interview with Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney is an award winning innovator of technologies and products used by 100’s of millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. In this interview, Phil shares ideas on how to innovate in the construction industry. In this interview, we discuss What are killer innovations Where to innovate How to use questions as an innovation tool How to brainstorm…
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AEC Hackathons – Interview with Teemu Lehtinen
In this podcast interview I talk with Teemu Lehtinen, Doctoral Candidate at Aalto University, about AEC Hackathons. The AEC Hackathon gives those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting edge technologies and its developers and designers. It’s a weekend of ‘geek-sourcing’ for improving the industries that affect all that…
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The Story of BulldozAIR – Interview with Ali El Hariri
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast I talk with Ali El Hariri, Co-Founder and CEO of BulldozAIR. Ali’s company developed a mobile and Web solution for visual task management for construction. Ali is a construction engineer who realized, while working on projects, certain limitations with existing construction software. They were internal solutions that did…
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Three Views into Residential Innovation
The leading Finnish residential business conference of 2016 gathered industry leaders to Helsinki on January 26, 2016. In addition to the presentations on the present state and future trends of the market we also learned about digitalization and residential innovations. My company, AE Partners, was one of the organizing partners of the Asuntomarkkinat 2016 conference.…
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Experimenting in the Built Environment – Interview with Marco Steinberg
Marco Steinberg is a consultant, architect, and former Associate Professor at the Harvard Design School. He’s also been the Strategic Design Director at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund. Currently, he has his own practice, Snowcone & Haystack. Marco writes on his homepage: “I believe we can solve the complex challenges that our governments, societies, and environment face. To do…
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Experimenting in the Built Environment – Interview with Marco Steinberg
Marco Steinberg is a consultant, architect, and former Associate Professor at the Harvard Design School. He’s also been the Strategic Design Director at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund. Currently, he has his own practice, Snowcone & Haystack. Marco writes on his homepage: “I believe we can solve the complex challenges that our governments, societies, and environment face. To do…
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Talking About Business Models – Interview with Tommi Rissanen
I had the pleasure of interviewing consultant Tommi Rissanen of Digital Media Finland. He’s working on his PhD dissertation on business models. We talk about the following themes: What are digital business models and what makes them different from more traditional models? How could digital business models challenge companies in the construction industry? How can…
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Recap of 2015 and Plans for 2016
Here are highlights from last year and a few words about the future of my podcast and blog. The most popular posts and podcast episodes in 2015 The most popular of last year’s blog posts were How Scrum Entered Sweco Structures and Forever Changed the Way They Manage Projects A Finnish Startup Takes 3D Printing…
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Game Technology for Construction – Interview with Petri Kokko
Petri Kokko is a Finnish architect, service developer, and the CEO of Sova3D. In the 40th episode of the AEC Business podcast Petri shares his experiences and ideas on using game technology in construction. The slogan of Petri’s newly founded company is Internet of spaces. Sova3D creates interactive building models and develops new applications that utilize…
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Game Technology for Construction – Interview with Petri Kokko
Petri Kokko is a Finnish architect, service developer, and the CEO of Sova3D. In the 40th episode of the AEC Business podcast Petri shares his experiences and ideas on using game technology in construction. The slogan of Petri’s newly founded company is Internet of spaces. Sova3D creates interactive building models and develops new applications that utilize…