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Innovation Overload
The NECA Innovation Overload Podcast helps contractors make sense of industry tools and decide what is right for their business. Each week, the NECA Innovation Team and a weekly guest discuss and tackle problems contractors across the country are facing.
Episodes
Innovation Overload#76: Adam Davis
“We’re going to see AI affect us in ways that we didn’t even anticipate in the next year.” Check out Adam Davis, VDC Project Manager at Miller Electric, as he…
Innovation Overload#75: Sean McGuire
Innovation is just improvement. You can be innovative in any sector of your operation, it doesn’t have to be just technology focused.” Sean McGuire joins the…
Innovation Overload#74: Samuel Rokowski
“It’s about constantly changing and critiquing the process and making sure that what you’re doing is the correct path and learning from successes and failures…
Innovation Overload#73: Travis Voss
"I never try to seem like I'm the expert because I'm definitely not when it comes to the actual construction side. If I can keep that mindset right and keep…
Innovation Overload#72: Cindy Sanderfur
"The world is big enough for collaboration." Cindy Sanderfur, Communications-DEI&B Manager at Electrical Training Alliance dives into the journey of the…
Innovation Overload#71 Toby Mitchell
"When we were on paper, it could take 30, 45 minutes, to even an hour to complete an invoice. Now, we're probably down to under 5 minutes," Toby Mitchell…
Innovation Overload#70: Jarret Bergkamp
“It’s easy to identify or see problems, potential pitfalls, or risks. Use your community of professionals to form perspective. Then start working down the…
Innovation Overload#69: Contractor Takeover - Office to Field Communication
“One of the most simple tools that everybody has, it’s free, we choose how much or how little we use it. And that tool is communication.” Jared Christman…
Innovation Overload#68: Joe Aikens
“Change takes time. It’s like everything else in life, you’re going to be a little apprehensive until you start seeing the fruits of whatever you’re trying to…
Innovation Overload#67: Convention Overload - Alex Bunda
“It’s all about taking meaningful steps in the right direction and embracing failure along the way.” Alex Bunda, Director of Innovation of Southwire Spark…
Innovation Overload#66: Convention Overload – Landon Boyer
“Innovation is pairing technology with a customer problem and making someone's life better.” In this episode Landon Boyer, Vice President of Engineering at…
Innovation Overload#65: Convention Overload - Jonathan Marsh
“Innovation is an idea that was divorced from a purpose.” Jonathan Marsh, CEO of Steel Toe Consulting, shares the importance of purpose driven innovation and…
Innovation Overload#64: Convention Overload – Shane Snyder
“We need to be better at selling our industry as something other than construction; we need to be better at showing what our industry really is, what it can…
Innovation Overload#63: Convention Overload - Contractor Takeover: Reality Capture
“Reality capture will revolutionize the way we do business.” Jacinda Matherne, Senior Manager of Industry Alliances and Josh Berger, Sales Manager of Trades at…
Innovation Overload#62: Convention Overload – Dennis Harter
“As long as you're innovating and changing, you're going to do well; if you're not moving and changing and trying to do better, you're not going to survive.”…
Innovation Overload#61: Convention Overload - Contractor Takeover – Hala Nassereddine
“You need to understand the problem and the potential benefits of a solution.” Hala Nassereddine, Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky discusses…
Innovation Overload#60: Convention Overload – Pete Mastrorocco
“If you're not stretching, you’re not growing, it’s good to sometimes step outside your comfort zone and embrace what’s somewhat uncomfortable.” NECA’s own…
Innovation Overload#59: Convention Overload - Contractor Takeover
“Nothing starts innovation like a force of change.” Sean Lazarian, CFO at ESSCO, and Jared Christman, Director of Construction Technology at ELECTRI discuss…
Innovation Overload#58: Angie Simon
“Innovation involves a lot of technology, but I look at innovation as change and being not afraid to change. How can we change the industry to make it better?”…
Innovation Overload#57: Contractor Takeover – Liz Campbell & Engaging the New Generation
“Construction technology is a career that is out there for you regardless of where you start your career path.” Liz Campbell, Director of Chapter Development…
Innovation Overload#56: Brian Swiatek
“Innovation as a whole requires a team effort, and everyone needs to be treated with respect.” Brian Swiatek, Director of Field Operations at Continental…
Innovation Overload#55: Contractor Takeover – Digital Tools
“The more tasks that you can complete with one tool, the more valuable that one tool becomes.” Sean Lazarian, CFO at ESSCO, and Jared Christman, Director of…
Innovation Overload#54: David Peterson
“We must continue to evolve; we must continue to change our strategy.” David Peterson, Executive Vice President and COO of ERMCO, shares the importance of…
Innovation Overload#53: Contractor Takeover - Construction Technology
“Construction technology allows for all of us to collaborate and benefit together.” Sean Lazarian, CFO at ESSCO, and Jared Christman, Director of Construction…
Innovation Overload#52 - Dorin Nicorici
“Sustainable growth is the ultimate result of innovation.” Dorin Nicorici, President & CEO of Dynalectric Oregon, shares how important it is to have core…
Innovation Overload#51: Contractor Takeover - BIM & VDC Part 2
“Get participation from the field to make your model constructible and prefabable.” Sean Lazarian, CFO at ESSCO, and Jared Christman, Director of Construction…
Innovation Overload#50: Contractor Takeover - BIM & VDC Part 1
"We post our models up to the cloud, and that’s how we get our models to the field.” Sean Lazarian, CFO at ESSCO, and Jared Christman, VDC Manager at Big State…
Innovation Overload#49 - Jeffry Fuentes
“When we settle on something, we don’t welcome innovation.” Jeffry Fuentes, Executive Vice President of Aurora Electric, shares the importance of company…
Innovation Overload#48: Contractor Takeover - Shane Custer
“Integration of systems is the name of the game.” Shane Custer, P.E. at Big State Electric discusses electrical engineering with Sean Lazarian, CFO at ESSCO…
Innovation Overload#47 - John Grennon
“What can you do better today, than you did yesterday.” John Grennon, Director of Security and New Business Developments for Lan-Tel Communications, shares his…
Innovation Overload#46: Contractor Takeover
“There is a value to mistakes when you can share them.” Sean Lazarian, CFO at ESSCO, and Jared Christman, VDC Manager at Big State Electric, share their…
Innovation Overload#45 - Stacy Zerr
“As contractors we really have to figure out how do we work together to make sure that we are still in this marketplace in 15 years.” Stacy Zerr, Director of…
Innovation Overload#44 - Shannon Tymosko
“Be open to advice even if you think you know how do it.” Shannon Tymosko, 2nd Year Electrical Apprentice, shares her journey in the apprenticeship and how…
Innovation Overload#43: Convention Overload - Caleb Pendergraft
“Innovation is trying to find the next bigger and better thing.” Caleb Pendergraft, 1st Year Apprentice at the Nashville JATC, shares his journey and the…
Innovation Overload#42: Convention Overload - Elise Baker & Lina Jariri
“Fostering an environment for solutions.” Elise Baker, Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy, and Lina Jariri, Payroll & Benefits Specialist at NECA, both…
Innovation Overload#41: Convention Overload - Kristin Causby
"One small step makes a huge difference.” Kristin Causby, Assistant Executive Director at the Minneapolis Chapter, NECA, shares how important it is to remain…
Innovation Overload#40: Convention Overload - Dan Tomal
“Innovation is the ability to develop new concepts.” Dan Tomal, Faculty Advisor at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), shares the importance of the…
Innovation Overload#39: Convention Overload - Andrea Klee
“Looking to see what is next and keeping ahead of the industry.” Andrea Klee, Publisher of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Magazine at NECA, shares the importance of…
Innovation Overload#38: Convention Overload - Eric Tucker
“Innovation is the pinnacle of vital problem solving.” Eric Tucker, Senior Business Development Manager at Procore, shares how Procore drives innovation by…
Innovation Overload#37: Convention Overload - Kyle Witte
“Willingness to change and seek out change.” Kyle Witte, Senior Project Manager at Lemberg Electric, shares how important it is to equip the field with proper…
Innovation Overload#36: Convention Overload - Josh Bone
“It’s about simplicity—solutions to compliment people and process.” Josh Bone, Executive Director of ELECTRI International, shares exciting innovative events…
Innovation Overload#35 - Tim Batty
“Innovation is a combination of being empathic, creative, and connecting different solutions.” Tim Batty, General Manager at Buckingham Manufacturing, shares…
Innovation Overload#34 - Scott Block
“Learning a trade can never be taken away from you and it opens so many doors for you.” Scott Block, Vice President of Block Electric in Chicago, shares the…
Innovation Overload#33 - Rob Trefz
“Innovation is finding new and unique ways to solve a problem.” Rob Trefz, Vice President of Pipe and Electrical Solutions at Greenlee, shares how important…
Innovation Overload#32 - Melinda Kershaw
“Expanding the industry we are in and taking the next step to further the solar industry.” Melinda Kershaw, Director of Marketing at Day and Night Solar, a…
Innovation Overload#31 - Russ King
“You have got to have a strategy from the top down and leave no stone unturned.” Russ King, Director of Contractor Solutions at Southwire, shares the…
Innovation Overload#30 - Bill Weber
“Building processes that produce superior results and continuously improving those processes while training your people.” Bill Weber, Principal of Gaston…
Innovation Overload#29 - Greg Santoro
“Innovation is both the generation and execution of new ideas.” Greg Santoro, Co-founder and Head of Product at DADO, shares the importance of focusing on a…
Innovation Overload#28 - Michael Deaton
“Innovation in our organization means staying on the forefront of what is yet to come.” Michael Deaton, President of Laibe Electric in Toledo, Ohio, shares his…
Innovation Overload#27 - Josh Sabatino
“You can never grow if you don’t realize what your mistakes are.” Josh Sabatino, Owner of Paul’s Electric, New Ulm, MN, shares how he approaches new ideas and…
Innovation Overload#26 - Jeff Restine
“Stay hungry and be willing to learn and push yourself outside of your comfort zone.” Jeff Restine, Vice President and CFO of Fuller Electric, San Diego…
Innovation Overload#25 - Josh Wheeler
“From a business standpoint, diversity of ideas and diversity of people, actually makes a stronger company.” Josh Wheeler, President of Wheeler Electric, Idaho…
Innovation Overload#24 - Nick Dobbs
“You have to be looking for what is going to happen, not so much of what is happening.” Nick Dobbs, President of River Town Electric, Gallipolis, Ohio, shares…
Innovation Overload#23 - Perry Thompson
“Innovation is something that should be thought about, talked about, planned in great detail, and ensure that it brings value back, to who? The customer.”…
Innovation Overload#22 - Tom Adamson
“It wasn’t until we created a process, made it better, made it better, and made it better with the input from the field.” Tom Adamson, Vice President of Custom…
Innovation Overload#21 - Stephen Duhon
“Innovation can exist in a lot of different formats, but in my world, it’s taking great ideas and making them useful for every home, every company, and every…
Innovation Overload#20 - Brian Morales
“When I have an idea about something and someone comes from a different background that has a different way of thinking of it, that only creates value.” Brian…
Innovation Overload#19 - Sean McCarthy
“Innovation to me is not a technology. It’s not a piece of equipment that you can buy. It’s free.” Sean McCarthy, Estimator for Regent Electric, Toledo, Ohio…
Innovation Overload#18 - Veronica Rose
“Innovation means the opportunity to take off every limit that the world and your mind has placed on you.” Veronica Rose, President of Aurora Electric…
Innovation Overload#17 - Rodney Schultz
“Be open to the innovations out there in order to accelerate the deliverables to your customer.” Rodney Schultz, President of A&A Electric Services, Tampa…