Creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you and most importantly, positive change. It is the conviction that you can achieve what you set out to achieve both professionally and personally. In this latest Women in BIM podcast, host and WIB Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve talks to Qatanna Palioca , Director of Marketing at Ideate Software – part of the GRAITEC Group – about being confident with creativity and having self belief. Qatanna is driven...
Jun 10, 2025•31 min
In this latest episode of the Women in BIM podcast, Global Vice Chair Marie Grieve invited sustainability consultant and PhD Researcher Claire Brown to share her thoughts on sustainability within the property and housing sector. The pair dive into how Claire’s research at the University of Manchester has resulted in some outstanding finds when it comes to climate change, and how these have informed actions that industry has already taken and those that are needed to withstand the changes our cli...
Apr 01, 2025•37 min
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 Cata...
Jan 13, 2025•45 min
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. ...
Dec 06, 2024•48 min
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 ...
Oct 29, 2024•31 min
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 ...
Oct 16, 2024•29 min
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.
Oct 08, 2024•28 min
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 wi...
Sep 09, 2024•35 min•Ep. 31
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 wi...
Jul 09, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 30
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...
May 29, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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 stoc...
Apr 26, 2024•33 min•Ep. 28
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 Hen...
Mar 05, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Willow Williams leads the conversation today with Henry Fenby-Taylor, talking about their lived experience with Sybil Taunton who leads Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at RICS. We'll hear about the changing landscape of the sector, what Sybil has learned throughout her diverse career from the US military during a period of pivotal change in its acceptance of the LGBT+ community, and how she's setting an example and being a critical friend that challenges the status quo.
Jan 25, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 26
During this episode of the Women in BIM Podcast, host Marie Grieve, WIB Global Leadership Team Member and Managing Director of Costello Palmer Communications, talks with an amazing woman who has transformed the way we deliver education in schools to bridge skills and knowledge gaps for the construction industry. Alison Watson OBE, is the Founder and Chief Executive of Class Of Your Own, the social enterprise which created the award-winning Design Engineer Construct (DEC) education programme. The...
Nov 13, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Join Marie Grieve, Core Team Member of Women in BIM, as she talks to two data experts: Arisca Droog and Maya Tryfona of Schiphol Airport. Discover what Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands is doing to advance its data management using the latest techniques, as well as sharing their expertise with the Building smart community. We'll also learn more about Arisca and May's own personal journeys and the advice that they would give to women entering the sector.
Oct 10, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Join Rebecca de Cicco as she talks to Ann Deng, Senior Associate at McGregor Coxall - Quality Assurance Lead, whose multifaceted role requires empathy, patience and a 'can do' attitude as she champions using the right workflow, rather than the age old methods with tools like Vectorworks. Ann is an inspirational character who shows that you can work smarter not harder, get more out of your working life, and have balance with your personal life. It was our pleasure to have her on the podcast. Than...
Sep 20, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 23
How can we support migrant women? Sareh Naji Regional Lead for Iran of Women in BIM talks to Shivani Gopaul about the challenges that migrant women face when travelling to new places to learn and work. We learn about the initiatives and groups set up to support migrant women as well as the importance of acknowledging and embracing intersectional aspects of migrant women's identity.
Aug 16, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Join our podcast host Henry Fenby Taylor, WIB Global Executive Team Member, as he talks with Sophie Morris, Head of Customer Success at Buildots , Lucy Rowsell, Head of Information Management at EKFB JV for HS2 , and Elizabeth Hopkins, Head of Project Planning at Berkeley St. Edwards . Henry and his guests explore the value that businesses place on a diverse team and how they have driven diversity in their own workplaces, and the benefits that they have gained as a result. Each guest discusses t...
Jul 21, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Henry Fenby Taylor, Podcast Manager at Women in BIM, talks to women in BIM at Digital Construction Week 2023.
Jun 13, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 20
During this episode, new podcast host Marie Grieve, WIB Global Executive Leadership Team Member and Managing Director of Costello Palmer Communications, discusses the top five digital trends shaping the construction industry with Dr Marzia Bolpagni, Head of BIM International - Associate Director for Mace. Marie asks her guest to tell the listeners a little about her role at Mace, and how she applies digital technologies into her projects. Marie and Marzia talk about how Artificial Intelligence i...
Jun 08, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 19
On this International Women’s Day podcast, listen to this conversation between 3 incredible Women in BIM from Autodesk’s Enterprise Customer Success team Soumya Raju, Supriya Prakash and Yashaswini Narayana. Listen to them talking about the topic power of Digital Technology that is revolutionizing the AEC industry. The AEC industry has already made significant strides in terms of technology and sustainability. However, there is still much room for innovation and revolution, and the industry must...
May 10, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Join Kirsty Childs, Henry Fenby-Taylor, Carolina Costa and Mia Dibe as they talk about the Women in BIM Mentoring Programme. Across the WIB network, Members are coming together to support one another in this empowering programme. No two mentor/mentee relationships are the same, and we all face unique challenges - however, we face them better when we face them together.
Nov 14, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Join Rebecca de Cicco as she talks to Glider, Women in BIM's long standing partner and supporter with guests John Adams and Sarah Marshall. Listen as they discuss the role that information management and BIM is playing in changing the built environment
Oct 24, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Vicki Reynolds reflects on the changing role of men in parenthood with David Philp of Aecom, Paul Taylor of Stride Treglown, Robert Klaschka of EvrBilt and Neil Thompson of Atkins. Get underneath the skin of the role being a parent played in their life while navigating health concerns, careers, running your own business, adopting and self care.
Oct 04, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Join Rebecca De Cicco as she talks with Susan Brattberg of Global eTraining, discussing the importance of lifelong learning to improving our careers, our businesses and the AEC sector as a whole.
Aug 23, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Episode 13 of the Women in BIM Podcast series is now live. During this episode, WIB Regional Lead for Bangaluru in Indian and WSP Associate Angana Ghosh talks to WSP’s Head of iCRC Debashish Das and Head of Digital Business, Global Technology Centre, India for SNC Lavalin, Haima Haldar about their own career journeys and what led them to BIM. Angana asked our guests the current status of digital transformation across the construction industry in India, with both agreeing that construction genera...
Aug 15, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 13
During this episode, WIB Global Chair, Rebecca De Cicco talks to Vicki Reynolds, WIB Regional Lead and Chief Technology Officer for i3PT, and Elaine Lewis, WIB Mentor and Managing Director for Cadventure about balancing a career and family life. Rebecca asked our guests for their insights into building a successful career whilst raising a family. In this episode we hear how it is most certainly possible to both raise our passions and our children.
Jun 13, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Listen as WIB Global Chair, Rebecca De Cicco talks to BSI Programme Manager for Digital Construction, Emilia Cardamone about Smart Cities and the implementation of Smart City Standards internationally. At BSI, Emilia leads on BIM, Smart tech and new and emerging digital technologies. She is responsible for the development and management of new Certification Schemes to support the digital transformation within the Built Environment sector and she is currently managing The Smart Cities and Smart C...
May 05, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Episode #10 of the Women in BIM Podcast series is now live. This episode has a stellar line-up of Scottish-born digital construction experts whose BIM careers have taken them all round the world. Our host is David Philp, WIB Regional Lead for Edinburgh. David is Director for Digital Strategy and Innovation at AECOM, and Impact Director for the Construction Innovation Hub. David invites Dr Jennifer McDonald, Diane Ramage and Kathryn Donald to discuss the state of play with BIM in Scotland today, ...
Apr 13, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Our first podcast for 2022 features Vicki Reynolds and Elaine Lewis: two immensely talented and successful women in business, leading the field internationally in BIM and Digital Construction. In this episode, entitled Digital Leadership, Vicki and Elaine discuss leadership, building confidence, empowerment, imposter syndrome, and why it’s important to recognise your accomplishments and the accomplishments of others. Elaine explains both the joys and the challenges of running a business, and how...
Jan 27, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 9
