The Integrated Home

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The Integrated Home episodes

November 26, 2020 Tackling Mental Ill Health
Home integration can be an incredibly rewarding industry but also a pretty stressful one.
Many integrators work on their own or in small businesses where it’s difficult to find a work-life balance, especially with work on-site often demanding long hours away from home and meeting high client expectations.
Uncertainties arising from the pandemic have made things worse. At least half a million more people in the UK may experience mental ill health as a result of COVID-19, says a forecast from The Centre for Mental Health, and that’s likely to rise even higher after the second lockdown.
Meanwhile, another survey found that 73% of all building and construction workers feel that their employers did not understand or recognise the early signs of poor mental health, or offer any support.
So, what can be done to manage our health and well-being for the better?
The Integrated Home Podcast is supported by Ring X Line, Distributed by Meridian, AWE Europe and Sony.
We are a Wildwood production and we support Together for Cinema.
46 min
October 30, 2020 Going Global
In this show, we’re talking about doing business overseas with Phil Cotton, Commercial Director of Ideaworks, and Rory Hackett, Managing Director of Communitec.
How do you manage international projects from the UK? How difficult is it to do that in the current situation? And, what advice is there for integrators challenged with working in another country?
The Integrated Home Podcast is supported by Ring X Line, Distributed by Meridian, AWE Europe and Sony.
We are a Wildwood production and we support Together for Cinema.
38 min
September 30, 2020 Us, Them, Together
For this show, we’re talking home technology integrators and electrical contractors.
Where are the overlaps and what are the points of difference? Where and why are there conflicts? And, how can the two professions both succeed in the connected home space and benefit each other?
We're joined by Gabi Hughes, a home technology integrator and CEDIA member who started out as a qualified electrician, and Andrew Royall from CEDIA member company, Eclectic Home Technology.
The Integrated Home Podcast is supported by Ring X Line, Distributed by Meridian, AWE Europe and Sony.
We are a Wildwood production and we support Together for Cinema.
37 min
August 31, 2020 Cracking The Mass Market
In this episode, presented first as an Integrated Home podcast webinar back in June 2020, we invite four integrators, Andy Bell of Trusted Technology, Naim Cohen of NGC Systems, Adam Raymond of PRZM and Inspire AV’s, Ben Davies to share their thoughts and ideas on how home technology professionals can broaden their appeal to consumers in a post-COVID-19 world.
How do integrators engage customers, what technologies appeal to them and why does it pay to think long-term?
This episode can also be viewed as a webinar here:
https://wildwoodpr.com/what-we-do/virtual-events-package/webinars/cracking-the-mass-market/
We are a Wildwood production.
1 hr 3 min
July 31, 2020 Managing Clients
In this episode, we’re joined by Katie Sparrevohn, Managing Director of London and Surrey AV Solutions, and Durgesh Sinh, top man at Nucleus, to talk about clients.
How do you deal with them and the voices that have influence over them? What are the challenges integrators face? And, how can professional home technology firms manage budgets, projects and clients to get the best results?
We're supported by Meridian Audio, AWE Europe and Sony.
The Integrated Home Podcast is a Wildwood production.
47 min
June 16, 2020 Inside Mulberry House
We take an in-depth look at Mulberry House, a luxury six-bedroom, new-build home in Buckinghamshire and winner of a Best Residential Property Award in the 2019 International Property Awards.
Co-presenters, Shereen Russell and Jeff Hayward are joined by Peter Warren, Director of EAB Homes, the developer behind this amazing project, and Rob Garrett from integration firm, ARP Smart Homes, to help us understand and explore the design, installation and marketing challenges they both faced.
We also find out how EAB Homes changed from cycnic to technology advocate as a result of their experience on this project.
This show is supported by Meridian Audio, AWE Europe and Sony.
We are a Wildwood production.
52 min
June 16, 2020 Inside Mulberry House
We take an in-depth look at Mulberry House, a luxury six-bedroom, new-build home in Buckinghamshire and winner of a Best Residential Property Award in the 2019 International Property Awards.
Co-presenters, Shereen Russell and Jeff Hayward are joined by Peter Warren, Director of EAB Homes, the developer behind this amazing project, and Rob Garrett from integration firm, ARP Smart Homes, to help us understand and explore the design, installation and marketing challenges they both faced.
We also find out how EAB Homes changed from cycnic to technology advocate as a result of their experience on this project.
This show is supported by Meridian Audio, AWE Europe and Sony.
We are a Wildwood production.
52 min
May 27, 2020 Collaboration
For this episode, we're talking collaboration.
How should home integrators work with developers, clients and other trades?
What are the challenges of working collaboratively? What happens when it goes well, and what's wrong when it doesn’t?
In the company of Joe Carri, Commercial Director at Prestige Audio and Chris Thorne, Director of residential control and integration specialists, Imperium Building Systems, we explore how collaboration can work for the benefit of everybody, especially the client.
This show is supported by Meridian Audio, AWE Europe and Sony.
We are a Wildwood production.
37 min
May 15, 2020 COVID-19 Views From Suppliers
In this episode, we're joined by Stuart Tickle, MD of AWE Europe and Barry Sheldrick, Sales Director of Meridian Audio.
We find out the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on suppliers, look at how they're supporting customers during the current crisis and ask how they see the post-pandemic world for home technology integration.
What will be the learnings, the challenges and the opportunities?
This episode was recorded on 29th April 2020.
35 min
May 15, 2020 COVID-19 Views From Suppliers
In this episode, we're joined by Stuart Tickle, MD of AWE Europe and Barry Sheldrick, Sales Director of Meridian Audio.
We find out the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on suppliers, look at how they're supporting customers during the current crisis and ask how they see the post-pandemic world for home technology integration.
What will be the learnings, the challenges and the opportunities?
This episode was recorded on 29th April 2020.
35 min