Activating Curiosity: Leading Change in Construction with Ryan Ware

This inaugural episode of Activating Curiosity is for construction and AEC industry leaders navigating constant change, uncertainty, and growing complexity.

Host Ryan Ware, executive coach and founder of Connective Consulting Group, shares the vision behind the podcast and explores why leading change in construction and effective change management in construction require more than new tools or technology. It requires a mindset shift grounded in curiosity, clarity, and human-centered leadership.

In this episode, Ryan introduces the core challenges facing the construction industry today, from change resistance and leadership confidence to innovation, culture, and leadership in change management—and explains how curiosity-driven leadership helps leaders respond with intention rather than reaction.

You’ll learn what to expect from future episodes, including real stories from construction leaders, innovators, and change coaches, along with practical tools for navigating change management for construction teams, building psychological empowerment, and leading teams through uncertainty.

If you’re focused on construction leadership development, managing teams, or driving meaningful change in the AEC industry, this episode sets the foundation for leading change with clarity, confidence, and curiosity.

PODCAST DESCRIPTION: 

Activating Curiosity is a podcast for forward-thinking construction and AEC industry leaders who want to lead change with more clarity, connection, and confidence.

Hosted by Ryan Ware—executive coach, keynote speaker, and founder of Connective Consulting Group—this show explores how curiosity can transform leadership, decision-making, and change management in the construction industry.

Each episode features conversations with construction leaders, innovators, and change agents focused on one essential question:

What is the most important problem you’re trying to solve—and why?

Together, they unpack the human and organizational challenges behind transformation, whether it’s leading through resistance, developing confident leaders, scaling operations, or navigating digital and cultural change in construction.

Through real stories, honest dialogue, and practical leadership tools, Activating Curiosity helps construction professionals strengthen their relationship with change and lead with greater intention.

Whether you’re managing projects, leading teams, or shaping the future of the industry, this podcast equips you to build what’s next through Curiosity-Building Experiences™.

🎙️ New guest episodes drop on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, with bonus episodes on the 3rd Thursday.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:32

Hey everyone, my name is Ryan Ware. I am the host of Activating Curiosity. Since this is episode zero, I want to give a little bit of information on who I am and why I started the podcast, as well as the goal of the podcast, so that each of you as listeners will be more informed and being ready to activate your curiosity. My background uh began in architecture, leaving architecture profession in 2013 to focus on construction and manufacture. I then left to found my company Connective Consulting Group and Connective Coaching, where I am an executive coach as well as a change management consultant and a coach and a keynote speaker for the construction industry focused on change. Enough about me. Let's focus on all of you and the reason for the podcast. So to do that, I have a question. What is the most important problem you are trying to solve? But more importantly, why? You see, this is going to be the question that we explore during each episode of Activating Curiosity. This is a new podcast aimed at construction leaders who want to build a stronger relationship with change for themselves as well as those in the construction industry. So in each episode, I'm going to sit down with individuals that are taking on some of the largest problems within the construction industry. They're going to be forward-thinking innovators and creators, problem solvers and change makers. We are going to discuss a wide range of solutions, technologies, methods of construction, and delivery models. This is going to be aimed to help each of you as listeners to better prepare to address the challenges that the construction industry faces while also addressing the resistance and slow adoption of many of these solutions. We're going to go beyond the solutions themselves and we're going to focus on our mindsets around change. You see, this isn't about finding quick fixes. It's not about easy buttons or silver bullets. We're going to have to dig into why these problems are worth solving and the cost of not solving them. Because the purpose of the conversation is to provide each of you as listeners with more confidence while activating enough curiosity that you will become a willing participant in the meaningful changes that need to happen for the construction industry, as well as being capable and having more confidence to go lead those changes within your teams, your companies, and the industry as a whole. So if you're ready to activate your curiosity and you want to explore new possibilities, then this is the podcast for you. New episodes will start this September. So subscribe now to Activating Curiosity and let's get to building through Curiosity.