Kenneth Lewis is a Managing Partner in SOM's New York studio office.

Kenneth knows New York's development world like the back of his hand, having managed some of the most complex building projects in the city's recent history.

In his 35 plus years in building in New York City and beyond. Ken's work includes One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and its neighbor Seven World Trade Center; both built under extraordinary circumstances.

Ken led SOM's work at 35 Hudson Yards, an undulating residential tower and home to the first Equinox Hotel.

More recently, Ken led construction and development of Manhattan West, a 7 million square foot, mixed-use, master plan development built above active railroad tracks, encompassing four new towers and reuse of an existing loft building.

Today, Ken is leading the most significant renovation and reuse project in New York's history, the complete transformation and ground up renovation of the landmark Waldorf Astoria.

Ken is also the president of AIA in New York, charged with leading the organization with optimism and pride through this very difficult and challenging time for the AEC industry.

He also serves on the Urban Green Council Board of Directors, the Center for Architecture Board of Trustees, and the Architectural Review Board of Irvington, New York.

In today's episode, you'll hear a conversation covering fees, business development, and leading a team.

Check out more about Kenneth Lewis here:

SOM: https://www.som.com/person/kenneth-lewis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-a-lewis-aia-1b361949/

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As we’ve researched and worked with firm after firm, a common thread stands out from those firms who have more success than others - the caliber and experience of people working at the firm.

This is why the People Playbook is one of the four pillars of the SMART Practice Method.

On today’s episode you’ll hear from Lance Cayko, co-founder of F9 Productions, an architectural and design-build practice based in Colorado.

Lance and his business partner, Alex Gore, have built their practice from just themselves to over 10 employees in the past seven years.

So I asked, "Lance - what has been the hardest part about growing a firm from no employees to 10 employees?"

In today’s episode, you’ll discover Lance’s answer, and sage advice.

To learn more about Lance Cayko, visit: https://www.f9productions.com/

Lance's podcast: https://www.insidethefirmpodcast.com/

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What is the key to having a successful architecture practice? There are many ways to answer this question, and everyone defines success differently.

What does success mean to you? Consider this question for a moment.

What does success mean to you?

I’ll guess that your definition of success isn’t being financially stretched, burned out or unfulfilled.

Recently, I heard an interview with Oprah Winfrey where she said, “no one succeeds alone.”

And she repeated it twice. “No one succeeds alone.”

So however you define success, consider that you can’t have success alone - as an island.

What is the key to building a team of people around you - of team members, clients and associates?

That’s one of the things we touch on in this interview. Alex Gore, co-host of the “Inside the Firm” podcast interviewed me for the Inside the Firm podcast, and I thought you’d want to hear it also, so I’m reposting it here.

If you’re a podcast listener, you’ll definitely want to check out the “Inside the Firm” podcast with Lance Cayko and Alex Gore where they share the behind-the-scenes story as they build their Design-Build firm F9 Productions. 

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Drew Lang, founding principal of LANG Studio in New York, shares the challenges of being an architect developer and how many of those challenges were solved with a unique approach to the award-winning development in the Catskills, Hudson Woods.

Drew is an active advocate for positive collaboration in community and getting more readily to a place of joy in our work within the industry. With this philosophy in mind, Drew launched the newly reimagined social-media platform Brick & Wonder in 2020, to provide an online community where real estate and design professionals can go to connect, support, and network.

As an architect, Drew has been tapped to bring his design sensibility to even more new homes in the works in upstate New York. He can speak to trends in the housing market, as well as to the power of design and community-building in this new pandemic-shaped era.

To see more about Drew, visit his website at: https://langarchitecture.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-lang-0655b16

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/langarchitecture/?hl=en

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Pamela Durkin, ASID, LEED AP, has quite the trifecta of expertise as an Interior Designer, Business Coach, and Marketing Consultant.

With 30 years of experience running her own Florida based practice, she has earned her some very hard-won business lessons, some of which she shares with us on this episode.

She knows how to be magnetic in attracting ideal clients, not simply waiting around for them to show up.

Her program "In Demand DESIGNER" fuels her mission to empower other designers do the same: create businesses they love and magnetize their dream clients.

Check out her book Elevate on Amazon, where she goes into much more depth around today's topics.

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Pamela's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamdurkin/

Pamela's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pameladurkin

Pamela's Website: https://pamela-durkin.com/

Pamela's book Elevate: https://www.amazon.com/Elevate-design-business-basement-Penthouse/dp/1080736301/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3514Q456LIPUD&keywords=elevate+pamela+durkin&qid=1659059902&sprefix=elevate+pamela+durkin%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1

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