Women in BIM

As we enter a new year, two of the Women in BIM Global Executive Team share their views on finding our inner confidence and never be afraid to be you! January is often a time when we are looking for a move in our career or taking the next step in our professional development, with both requiring confidence and good communications skills.  In this episode, our Host Henry Fenby Taylor, CEO and Founder of Athenophilia has a very open conversation with Vicki Reynolds, Chief Technology Officer at Catalyst about how to be confident in self promotion without any arrogance! Former professional actor, Vicki, has brilliant advice, insight and tips on how to stay calm when presenting, believing in your abilities and most importantly always being true to yourself. So if you’re looking for guidance on presentations skills, growing your confidence and how to positively promote your professional skill set to advance your career, listen to the full podcast now!  

Connectivity, problem solving and unusual career paths were just some of the fascinating topics of conversation in this Women in BIM podcast with Stephanie Fitzgerald, Software Developer at Ideate Software and Alix Tissier, IP Technical Enablement Specialist at GRAITEC Group.  Our podcast host and WIB Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve, invited Stephanie and Alix to talk about their career journeys, what led them to the construction industry and what they find most rewarding in their current roles. The conversation is fascinating, enlightening and often humorous at times, when the three discuss life in general, travel and ambitions, as well as the future of digital in construction and the impact – good, and not so good – of AI. They certainly crammed in a lot into such a short space of time! 

Penny Locaso is the world’s first Happiness Hacker on a quest to teach 10 million humans by 2025 how to flourish in life. Voted one of the most influential female entrepreneurs in Australia, Penny is her own ongoing experiment. A little while back she turned her life upside down in pursuit of happiness. She left a 16 career as an executive, relocated her family from Perth back to Melbourne, left an 18 year relationship and started her own purpose-driven company, HackingHappy.co. Listen as Penny talks to Women in BIM Founder Rebecca De Cicco about life, happiness and empowerment for women all over the world. This discussion touches on not only female empowerment, but how women can perceive themselves and ways we can tackle the imposter syndrome we all sometimes feel and face in our every day lives.  

Siti Norman discusses digital innovation across the construction industry in Singapore and the current trends that exist in this region. Our podcast host, Founder and Global Chair of Women in BIM, Rebecca De Cicco asks Siti about the requirements and skills needed in the digital construction space, and how they can improve the way we design and build. Plus, Rebecca and Siti also look at how to attract and retain more women into our industry and what skills gaps can be filled with a more diverse landscape across all disciplines within construction. 

Women in BIM invited Laura Gouk of OMI Architects to tell us why she is championing the use of Vectorworks in her practice and how she has become the practice lead for implementing her go-to BIM software.  Laura talks with WIB Global Executive Team Member, Henry Fenby-Taylor about their level of design standards at OMI and shares lessons learned on some of her major projects.

After training as an architect, Glynnis Patterson made a monumental career shift to embrace the world of digital and how it was to transform the construction sector. In this latest podcast, host, Women in BIM Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve talks to Glynnis in her role as Director of Ideate Software at GRAITEC Group about how technology has changed, and is indeed constantly changing, to allow us to build faster and smarter, with less cost and less waste.  Glynnis’ career journey and her career wins are to be applauded, we know you will agree when you hear to how Glynnis has been instrumental in digital change and an inspiration to others in the digital construction landscape for over two decades. 

Collaboration was the buzz word between WIB Global Vice Chair Marie Grieve and her podcast guest, Stefania Correa, BIM and Agile Manager for Concremat in Brazil.An experienced engineer with a passion for digital ways of working and a specialism in infrastructure, Stefania shares her career journey to date, how her roles have taken her throughout Brazil and South America, and the current state of BIM adoption in the region.Tune in to this enlightening conversation as Marie and Stefania share wisdom, inspiration, and practical guidance to help you navigate the BIM environment in Brazil, for which Stefania admits the adoption level is good, but there is room for improvement!

After a life changing accident and a subsequent cancer diagnosis, Shona Hirons realised she needed to slow down in her career and that by taking small steps she could make a big impact, not only on her own life but on those around her.Now an international behavioural therapist, Shona shares with WIB Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve, her life story, the bumps along the way and why prioritising our mental health is so important.  For Shona, her aim is to simply make people feel everyday. This is an inspiring conversation that will make you want to get out of your chair! 

With a passion for sustainability from a very young age Lucy Lyons, CEO of Kestrix - a new and innovative construction software that maps how heat escapes from buildings – has always questioned why, as an industry, construction isn’t better a decarbonisation.  In this podcast with Women in BIM Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve, Lucy shares her long-term passion and why this is the foundation upon which she has built Kestrix.Born from a need to support the sustainable retrofit of aging housing stock to improve the way we live, particularly in an age when fuel poverty is a colossal issue, Lucy knows that huge steps must be taken to improve this for so many of us – and she is ready to take these steps! The actions of individuals are important, but we can’t take action to decarbonise construction alone, we must unite to take on the fight as a collective! And the best weapon to ready ourselves for this fight is data.

With an illustrious career from CEO of the Irish Internet Association to the Creativity, Digitilisation and Sustainability Lead at Siemens, with the many important board member roles she holds, you would be forgiven for expecting someone less humorous, curious and empathetic than Joan Mulvihill. She has built a career on these traits, asking the awkward questions, connecting the dots, and ensuring that no one ever forgets the individual person.In this candid chat with WiB Global team member Henry Fenby-Taylor, Joan talks about what has shaped her into the person she is today and how she has faced adversity and loss, but come out stronger on the other side, championing Critical Creative Thinking.