This episode is about communication in our profession. Are you elevating or dumbing down the conversation? Is anybody listening? We also talk about wasting time in “valuable” “meetings”, how when the size of teams grows the lines of communication and complexity grows at a larger rate (Brooks’s Law), and more.

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Brooks’s Law (Wikipedia)

It’s a “rantiversary”! We have some fresh follow-up on a 2-year-old episode about a Twitter thread on why one individual was sounding the alarms and contemplating leaving the industry — who then did leave — and hasn’t looked back. The conversation then ties into additional follow-up from a more recent topic about accountability for predatory and toxic educational and workplace environments kindled by the SCI-Arc Basecamp “How to be in an Office” panel discussion.

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Archispeak 186 - Why I’m Likely Leaving

Archispeak 260 - How (not) to be in an Office

Maryanne’s Twitter threads: how it started vs. how it’s going

Evan’s Twitter thread about why talent is leaving the industry

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We discuss how Evan’s recent talks about the future of the practice were received by two different audiences: architects and CFO’s. One group is much more excited about where we’re going… can you guess which one?

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Lamy Safari fountain pen (Amazon)

We discuss a recent rant by Thomas Heatherwick about boring architecture, emotional responses to the built environment, the fabric of the city, what community is, cool scars, and more.

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Add your name to the list at Tect

"We're living through an epidemic of boringness" says Thomas Heatherwick

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Evan is delivering a keynote titled ‘Disruptive Technology in Architecture, and You’ at the 2022 AIA Kansas Annual Conference, rural architecture and architects, presentation skills, communication, and more.

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Johnny America ‘zine website

AIA Kansas 2022 Annual Conference

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Following our ‘quiet quitting’ episode we now discuss ‘quiet firing’, the objectification of roles in the profession and the unsustainable nature of this approach by incumbents for the future of the labor force, additional thoughts on other recent episodes and how they tie into this discussion and topic, workaholism, MidJourney AI image creation, and more.

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The Hustle Architect on Twitter and the Welcome to the Grind Unbuilt Environment store

After ‘quiet quitting,’ here comes ‘quiet firing’ (Washington Post)

Archispeak #276 - Quiet Quitting

Archispeak #274 - Tyranny of the Green Light

Archispeak #273 - Know Anyone Interested?

Archispeak #269 - Architecture is Hard

From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks (Amazon)

Explore #MidJourney on LinkedIn

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We discuss the latest news on the #quietquitting trend, the architectural response to the subject, under-living and overworking, and more.

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Quiet Quitting (New York Times)

EntreArchitect Facebook Community

EntreArchitect community quiet quitting discussion

Innovation Theater

Deltek sucks

TikTok video about making paper (on Evan’s Twitter)

Work/life/work balance by Andrew Maynard (ArchDaily)

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After discussing how there’s no shortage of things to be responsible for when adulting, we answer more listener questions regarding graduate school and licensure while throwing our personal experience into the mix.

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Friend of the show Cherise Lakeside, FSCI on Twitter

What does the little green status light next to your name signal? In this episode we get into expectations and conditioning, time management, discipline, and saying yes versus no in the always-on work environment.

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A conversation about the current state of the architectural job market, a critique of the lackluster listings firms use to “attract talent”, and more.

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