Feb. 5, 2026

When Stories Meet Services: Can A Podcast Stay Honest While Owning Its Work

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Season 3

The truth landed on us after dozens of job site chats: some folks know our training but not the show, and others love the show but don’t know we train crews for a living. So we’re making it obvious. Learnings and Missteps is now Learnings and Missteps by Depth Builder, a single, honest banner that matches how we work and who we serve. New color, same voice, more clarity.

We walk through what stays rock solid: candid interviews with builders who’ve earned their wisdom the hard way, and solo sessions packed with practical tools you can use tomorrow. We also share the part that made us pause—featuring clients without turning the mic into a megaphone. You’ll hear the guardrails we’re putting in place to keep the spotlight on guests and the lessons they fought for, not on us. If it drifts, we want you to call it out. That’s the pact.

You’ll hear why our deepest impact sits with subcontractors and field leaders—installers, leadmen, foremen, and superintendents—folks who feel the schedule squeeze and still find a way to deliver. We connect the dots between real stories and real training so you can recognize a problem, test a fix, and see it stick. Expect tighter case studies, simpler planning habits, and leadership moves built for crews, not conference rooms.

If you’ve been with us for the stories, stick around for even clearer paths to action. If you’ve worked with us in the field, welcome to a sharper platform for sharing what actually works. Tap play, leave a rating, share with a teammate who leads from the front, and tell us where we should push harder or pull back. Your feedback keeps the signal high and the hype low.

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00:00 - A Surprise And Big Shift

00:10 - Why Merge The Brands

01:07 - What Stays The Same

01:31 - New Name And Colors

01:52 - Featuring Past Clients Carefully

02:26 - Guardrails Against Self Promotion

03:17 - Who I Work Best With

04:35 - Announcement And Ways To Support

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What's going on, LM family?

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I got a little announcement, a little surprise, a little tweak, a little adjustment for you.

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No, I'm not interviewing anybody today.

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And this isn't like your typical solo cast because we're gonna be making a change to the branding, the Learnings and Missteps podcast, because I've been out there talking to people, interacting with all the amazing human beings in the industry and in the world.

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And I learned a couple of things.

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I do a lot of work, I get around in the construction industry, and there's a whole bunch of people that don't know about the podcast that I host the Learnins and Missteps podcast and interview amazing guests and share their stories of success and failure, lessons learned, all of the above.

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And then on the other hand, there's a bunch of people that listen to the podcast that have no idea that I'm even operating a business.

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Of course, I was talking to smarter people than me, and they're like, Jess, like, why don't you combine?

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Why do you keep it so separate?

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And I said, Well, I wasn't really doing that on purpose, and I just assumed people knew.

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And so I'm gonna take their advice and we're going to combine collapse the brand.

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What does that mean in terms of like the content?

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I'm still gonna be interviewing super awesome people so that you can get the nuggets, the insights that you can apply to your life on your path, right?

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And I'm still gonna be doing solo casts on time management and things that'll help you improve your operation and better serve the people you care about.

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The slight tweak is the brand.

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The color's gonna be a little different, right?

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We're gonna align it with the depth builder colors, which is like a super cool orange.

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Uh, and the name is gonna be Learnings and Missteps by Depth Builder, which seems pretty simple.

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But when they said that to me, like, oh my God, that's genius.

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Let's do that.

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And I'm gonna try real hard to interview people that have that I have tortured, or more accurately to interview clients that I've worked with in the past that I've served directly, uh, to highlight their stories and and and highlight the little business that I got going on.

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Now, ideally, this won't be a dramatic shift in programming and the type of people and the insights and the vulnerability and all that.

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Like, I want to continue to deliver that because that's what people have communicated to me that they value the most.

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But I'm gonna need your help.

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So if you see it getting a little off track, because like for real, me interviewing clients feels a little feels a little slimy.

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It feels like I'm taking advantage of them in some way.

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And so my my real concern is that it comes across as me doing most of the damn talking, pimping out all the stuff that I do instead of really highlighting the guest.

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And so I'm gonna need your help.

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Like, if when if if that comes across, I'm gonna need you to let me know.

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Like, email me, drop a note in the comments, whatever it takes, because that's absolutely not what I want to do.

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I'm not saying that I'm going to do that, but that's kind of this weird fear I have.

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So if you keep an eye out for that, please, please, please, keep an eye out for that.

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And when it happens, do not hesitate.

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Let me know because that is not what I want to do.

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I want to absolutely highlight the guest and all the things that they've learned.

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But I'd also like to sprinkle in a little bit of like, hey, I do pretty good work so that if you know somebody that could use the services that I provide, you know that I'm available to do that, or at least you'll get a sense of uh the type of work that I do and maybe the discomfort or just we'll just say the dirty details of what my services look like or bring to the table.

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Since some of you have like just learned by way of this little episode that I actually have a business, if you know any subcontractors out there, like in the trades, that are looking for leadership training for their workforce, for their installers, for their foreman, for their superintendents, you could tell them that you know a guy.

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And that's not to say that I only work with subcontractors.

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It's really more coming to terms with the fact that I have a lot of experience working on the subcontractor side of the business.

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I have enough experience working with general contractors, etc.

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My experience is really suited for helping subcontractors grow and develop and reach the levels that they want to reach, and more importantly, help those individuals expand their careers.

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And by individuals, I'm talking about installers, leadmen, foremen, superintendents because it's the path that I've walked.

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And so that's it.

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This episode is short and sweet, a little bit of an announcement.

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We're gonna be shifting from learnings and missteps to learnins and missteps by Depth Builder.

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I'm gonna keep trying to bring the heat.

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You know, I'm always interested in what you think and what you have to say.

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So please feel free to reach out, drop the comments, do the shares, do the stars, do all of the things.

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But most importantly, keep being kind to yourself, keep being cool, and we will talk at you next time.

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Peace.