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Construction Innovation Episodes

Discomfort to Innovation: How Architects Can Lead Climate Action with Biochar
May 26, 2026

Discomfort to Innovation: How Architects Can Lead Climate Action with Biochar

What happens when architects and construction leaders stop accepting the limits of traditional building materials and start asking better questions? In this episode of Activating Curiosity™, host Ryan Ware sits down with Alli...
Guest: Allison Dring
Human-Centered Construction Leadership: Moving Beyond the Industry’s Toughness Culture
April 28, 2026

Human-Centered Construction Leadership: Moving Beyond the Industry’s Toughness Culture

Construction leadership development today requires more than toughness—it demands a human-centered approach to leading change. In this episode of Activating Curiosity™ , Ryan Ware sits down with Ed DeAngelis , CEO and Founder...
Guest: Ed DeAngelis
Industrialized Construction: The Key to Solving the Housing Crisis
April 14, 2026

Industrialized Construction: The Key to Solving the Housing Crisis

The housing crisis isn’t just a policy problem—it’s a production problem hiding in plain sight. In this episode of Activating Curiosity™, Ryan Ware sits down with Ryan Smith, Co-Founder of ModX, to explore how construction leadership and change management in the AEC industry must evolve to address …
Guest: Ryan E Smith
Reducing Friction in Construction Decision-Making Without Replacing Expertise
Feb. 10, 2026

Reducing Friction in Construction Decision-Making Without Replacing Expertise

Friction slows down decision-making in construction—but removing it doesn’t mean replacing expertise. In this episode of Activating Curiosity™, Ryan Ware sits down with Scott Reynolds, Co-Founder and CEO of UpCodes, to explore how construction leaders can reduce friction in decision-making while ma…
Guest: Scott Reynolds
Human-Centric Leadership: The Future of Construction
Nov. 11, 2025

Human-Centric Leadership: The Future of Construction

Construction doesn’t have a people problem—it has a connection problem. In this episode of Activating Curiosity™, Ryan Ware sits down with Angelo Suntres, founder of The Human Side of Construction, to explore how construction leadership and change management in the AEC industry must evolve to bette…
Guest: Angelo Suntres
Activating Curiosity: Leading Change in Construction with Ryan Ware
July 16, 2025

Activating Curiosity: Leading Change in Construction with Ryan Ware

Change isn’t slowing down in construction—but how we lead through it needs to. In this short trailer for Activating Curiosity™, Ryan Ware introduces a new kind of conversation for construction and AEC leaders—one focused not just on solutions, but on how we think about and respond to change. This p…