Only Girl On The Jobsite

This week, I'm re-airing one of the highest-listened interviews we've ever done — my conversation with Katie Decker-Erickson, founder of Success by Design. And I'll be honest: when I listened back, it landed completely differently than it did the first time. I was in a different place. I heard different things....

Everyone talks about the contractor relationship. Nobody talks about the people underneath — the tile setter, the painter, the faux finisher, the trim carpenter doing the work with their hands every single day.

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on what's been happening on a current project to show...

Most designers skip the conversation that determines whether a client actually trusts them through the hard parts of construction. And by the time they realize it, they're already mid-project trying to unwind frustration that could have been avoided entirely.

In this episode, I'm walking you through exactly...

Most of us measure capacity by how many projects we're running. I did it too, and it's the wrong metric entirely.

In this episode, I'm breaking down the two variables that actually determine how a project feels to manage: who's running the operational machine, and how compressed the timeline is. I walk through my...

I’ve admired Amy Vermillion for a long time, so this conversation felt like sitting down with someone who truly understands what it takes to build a lasting career in this industry.

We both started our businesses in 2000, worked our way up through firms, and learned the hard way, through experience, mistakes,...