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Industry Leaders EP23 with Miranda Sheehan

Industry Leaders EP23 with Miranda Sheehan

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Episode Overview:Miranda Sheehan has been at PDT Architects for close to thirty years, and the Brisbane firm itself has been going for eighty-eight — six generations of ownership, in a profession where most practices do not outlast their founders. She is one of three directors who deliberately chose not to appoint a managing director. She tells host Seton Walsh-Rose what buying equity at twenty-six actually cost her, why coming back from her third baby meant eight to ten years of digging the business out of trouble, and why she would not change any of it.Chapters:00:10 Welcome — Miranda and PDT Architects00:56 Everything apart from a brewery03:46 Why most firms decline and this one didn’t04:06 Six generations and the real origin story05:13 Thirty people to a hundred and forty07:02 Three directors, no managing director09:39 Three new Queensland bases11:29 Growing without getting too big12:03 Remote before it was normal14:03 Letting the team design the post-COVID model15:18 It all comes down to trust19:03 Succession runs from student to director21:06 Where the industry loses women22:25 Three boys and the juggle23:55 What would Ruth say?25:24 Resilience, guilt and not being your best self29:34 When PDT had no women but the receptionist32:32 The other side of equity33:45 Coming back from maternity leave into a crisis34:47 Six or seven years to get out of that spot39:43 Why women leave architecture and construction41:05 How shareholding actually works at PDT42:14 Shares are worth what someone will pay45:08 Making buy-in work for the next generation47:38 Queensland’s moment49:38 AI and “they think we draw pretty pictures”50:30 Clients arriving with a ChatGPT render53:16 Sketching again, an AI policy, a secure environment54:25 Monthly updates and the creative workshop57:03 An introvert on the networking circuit58:32 The forced football conversation1:01:08 Five to twelve meetings before a fee request1:03:51 Your network is your real value1:04:42 Good Hang, Utopia, and laughing at the industryKey Takeaways:Succession is the whole business, not the exit.Buy in for the business, not the payout.A shareholders agreement sets the rules, not the price.Recovery takes years, and effort doesn’t compress it.Flexibility is a trust question, not a policy question.Three directors, no managing director, equal pay.Sound Bites / Quotes:“It all comes down to trust. And if we’re hiring these people, we should be able to trust them. And if we can’t trust them, they shouldn’t be working for us anyway.” — Miranda Sheehan, ~15:18Connect and Follow Miranda SheehanLinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirandasheehan/⁠Website: ⁠https://www.pdt.com.au/⁠References & Resources:Lange Powell — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_PowellTim O’Donnell— https://www.pdt.com.au/post/meet-our-in-house-heritage-architectIan Downing, PDT Architects — https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-downing-3b55a346/Indooroopilly Shopping Centre — https://pdt.com.au/projects-retail/indooroopilly-shopping-centreNAWIC— https://www.nawic.com.au/BVN — https://www.bvn.com.au/article/100-years-of-collective-creativityProperty Council of Australia — https://www.propertycouncil.com.au/Microsoft Copilot — https://copilot.microsoft.com/ChatGPT — https://chatgpt.com/Good Hang with Amy Poehler — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hang_with_Amy_PoehlerUtopia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(Australian_TV_series)The IT Crowd — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_CrowdLET’S BE Inspired📸 ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/beinspiredcommunity/⁠⁠📱⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/beinspiredpodcast⁠⁠📸⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/beconnected_podcast/⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5DbuoR8Ztq3sGYa5rrKzq7⁠⁠🔗https://www.youtube.com/@BEInspiredPodcast🎵 https://www.tiktok.com/@beconnectedpodcast🌍My website - ⁠⁠https://be-inspired.net
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