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Episode #80: Aligning your operation - Paul Amato, Tallinn Advisory
Tune in for some high-level thinking about how to make your business run better. Paul Amato is a business and management consultant with Tallinn Advisory and has spent over 30 years in the…
Episode #79: The Kids Are All Right - Vasilisa Lave, Re:Build
When Vasilisa Lave reached out to tell us what she and her classmates at Bramalea Secondary in Brampton, Ont., are doing, we knew we had to get her on the podcast right away to get everyone in the…
Episode #78: Don't Stress Out - Sandra Primiano, Dialogue
Contractors work in a high-stress jobs for sure, where frustration, time pressure, conflict and long hours can grind us down. We view workplace stress as part of the lifestyle, but Sandra Primiano…
Episode #77: A Way Up Instead of a Way Out - Eddy Atausi, Noble
We're all looking for top engineering talent and the fenestration and glass industry has a lot to offer any technical person who enjoys innovation and experimentation. But our companies just aren't…
Episode #76: The Future of Sustainable Glazing - Joe Menchefski, Better Buildings for Humans
On his podcast Better Buildings for Humans, Joe Menchefski explores ways to make our built spaces healthier and more liveable with top building science experts from around the world. As part of the…
Episode #75: Reflections on a Career in Windows – Skip Maclean
Skip Maclean has retired from ODL, his last stop on a 53-year journey through the Canadian window and door manufacturing industry. Along the way he rose to the top, chairing innumerable committees,…
Episode #74: Principles of Marketing – Alison Simpson, Canadian Marketing Association
Our business is making things, not talking about them. So it’s no surprise that many of us struggle with the demands of promoting our businesses to potential clients and customers. Alison Simpson,…
Episode #73: Two Numbers – Chris Magwood, RMI
Chris Magwood of the Rocky Mountain Institute joins the podcast to discuss the One Number approach to sustainable building regulation…and he has some objections. While a performance-based approach…
Episode #72: One Number – Jonathon “JoMo” Layton, Layton Consulting
How would it be if all the databases and charts and spreadsheets and regulations and tiers defining whether our products comply with sustainable building laws just…went away? Replaced by one number:…
Episode #71: The next hot topic – Robin Urquhart, RDH Building Science
High-profile wildfires doing substantial property damage to urban areas in B.C. and Alberta have spurred NRCan to look at creating Canadian building standards for wildfire resistance. The…
Episode #70: It’s over – Adrian Edge, Fenestration Canada
FenCan codes and regulatory affairs direction, Adrian Edge, is back on to talk about the latest trade war developments and how they might impact the glazing and fenestration industries. Our sector…
Episode #69 – Verifying VIG – David Cooper, VacuumGlass
David Cooper has been researching and developing vacuum insulating glass for over a decade and chairs multiple international standards committees that will define how it can be used, how its quality…
Episode #68: Threats and Opportunities - Adrian Edge, Fenestration Canada
FenCan’s director of government and regulatory affairs, Adrian Edge, joins to talk tariffs. What is the status? Are they gone or are they coming back in a month? Either way, what can we and our…
Episode #67: Building Trust Online – Keith Daubmann, MY Architectural Glass
Keith Daubmann is an owner of MY Architectural Glass and MY Shower Door, a glass fabricator and custom glazing contractor serving southwestern Florida. What makes Daubmann unique is his thunderous…
Episode #66: Making EPDs is Worth It – Chris Guelpa, Cascadia Windows and Doors
Langley, B.C.,-based Cascadia has published its first environmental product declarations for its fibreglass fenestration systems and its happy it did. Marketing manager Chris Guelpa joined the…
Episode #65: It’s Movember – Mitch Hermansen, Movember
Movember is back with an added focus. The popular fundraising drive for men’s health has added support for mental health to its efforts along with prostate and testicular cancer. Mitch Hermansen…
Episode #64: Toward Sameshoring – Duncan Robertson, Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses
Those of us who ship product across provincial borders have probably noticed that it can be easier to ship to the United States than inside our own country. Recently, the federal Committee on…
Episode #63: One Label to Rule Them All – Adam Buist, NRCan
Natural Resources Canada is working on a new label that will be required to be displayed on manufactured window products that are shipped across provincial borders or imported into Canada. The label…
Episode #62: Sustainable Skills – Chad Flinn, Red Deer Polytechnic and Judi Varga-Toth, CICan
New standards for energy efficiency and low carbon impact in construction are demanding new skills in the trades – skills your young workers might be more familiar with than you are. Chad Flinn,…
Episode #61: A Plastic Situation – Tony Vella, Vision Extrusions Group
The steadily rising concern with environmental protection has brought concerns about the amount of plastic we put into landfills and oceans. Durable plastic products, such as vinyl window frames, are…
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Fenestration Conversations has published 82 episodes since February 2020, covering topics in Business, Management.
Fenestration Conversations is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 49m.
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