Tag: HPpodcast
Fostering Collaboration Through Improv with Rob DiNinni
by Emily Langner On episode 19 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Rob DiNinni, founding member of StageCoach Improv, a unique company specializing in team building and corporate skills training for individuals and organizations. DiNinni and his team use improvisation to teach key corporate competencies in the areas of communication, leadership, sales, presentation, and conflict […]
Fulfilling a Mission to Recruit and Promote Women in the Trades
by Emily Langner On episode 18 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia talked with Elizabeth Skidmore, a business representative with the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (NASRCC), and co-founder of the Policy Group on Tradeswomen’s Issues (PGTI). Thanks in large part to the PGTI and its stakeholders, including working tradeswomen, construction companies, labor union officials, […]
Preserving Boston’s Waterfront: LAB/LSA’s Blue Necklace Project
by Emily Langner In episode 17 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Mark Reed and Stephanie Goldberg, founding principals of the Boston-based architecture and design firm, Lab / Life. Science. Architecture, Inc. (LAB/LSA). They talked about the threat climate change poses to Boston, Cambridge, and surrounding neighborhoods, and their proposal for a permanent solution […]
WELL: Improving Health and Well-Being with Antonia Ciaverella
by Emily Langner In episode 16 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Antonia Ciaverella EDAC, WELL AP, LEED AP BD+C, Fitwel Ambassador, architectural designer with Tecton Architects. Ciaverella shared the specific ways a company or organization can achieve the WELL certification, the first rating system to focus exclusively on the impacts of buildings on […]
Designing for the Cannabis Industry with Brian Anderson
In episode 15 of the Build Better podcast, HP’s publisher, Anastasia Barnes, welcomed Brian Anderson, founding partner of Anderson Porter Design, to talk about designing and building for the cannabis industry and what he and other professionals across the nation are doing to set guidelines for responsible cultivation and manufacturing of cannabis products. Anderson has over 25 […]
Winthrop Center Focuses on Well-Being, Diversity
by Emily Langner On episode 14 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia sat down with Kathy MacNeil, principal at Millennium Partners (MP) Boston, to talk about the Winthrop Center, a $1.3 billion development in downtown Boston, and the many ways MacNeil and her team are breaking ground with the design and construction of the building, […]
Boot Camp Fosters DECCO’s Next Generation of Employees
by Emily Langner In episode 13 of HP’s Build Better podcast, Anastasia sat down with Kyle Reagan, managing partner and executive vice president at DECCO, Inc., and Paul Rocha, group manager of DECCO Fabrication Group, to talk about their company’s unique program designed to recruit and train new employees. DECCO is a specialty contractor based […]
Building Communities Through Volunteering with Building Impact
by Emily Langner In episode 12 of High-Profile’s Build Better Podcast, Anastasia welcomed Bridget Akinc, the CEO of Building Impact, to talk about how the firm is transforming volunteering by connecting companies with nonprofits in a more meaningful way. By “co-designing” volunteer opportunities and events, employees can make a greater impact by better serving the […]
Creating a Living Building with Jessica Schultz and Sam Batchelor
by Emily Langner In episode #11 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Sam Batchelor, partner at designLABArchitects, and Jessica Schultz, LFA, communications and living building coordinator of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, to talk about the new Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification, a rigorous performance standard for buildings, and the Hitchcock Center’s recent […]
The Importance of Crisis Management with Lisa Nickerson
On episode 10 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Lisa Nickerson, CEO and founder of Nickerson People Relations and Nickerson Real Estate Partners, to talk about the importance of having a good crisis management plan in place, and what companies and individuals can do to better manage a crisis. According to Nickerson, one of […]
