{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Build It Forward","title":"Builders: The Goalposts Just Moved with Florence McGregor","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":733,"description":"NESEA just turned 50. And according to Florence McGregor, that's not a moment to celebrate and coast. It's a moment to ask what's next.\nIn this conversation on Build It Forward, recorded at NESEA BuildingEnergy Boston 2026, Nick Falkoff sits down with Flo, Executive Director of NESEA, in the middle of the conference floor for a wide-ranging conversation about what the organization has become, where it still needs to go, and what it means to build a community that can hold both technical excellence and genuine human vulnerability at the same time.\nThey get into NESEA's incoming strategic plan and the priorities Flo hopes carry forward, including the organization's commitment to becoming more just, more sustainable, and actively anti-racist. The conversation also covers what this year's record student attendance means for the future of the industry, why the skills you can only learn in a room with other people matter as much as anything in a technical session, and how the Dumpster Fire Patriarchy workshop changed the way Nick thinks about his role as a builder and a leader.\nThe conversation ends a little abruptly -- conference duties called -- but not before covering a lot of ground worth watching.\nFor resources on ICE preparedness and know your rights guidance, visit:\nstudiohpdc.org/more/know-your-rights-immigration-enforcement-preparedness\n00:42 Construction as a patriarchal industry\n01:26 What patriarchy costs the people who practice it\n02:40 Sharing mistakes and the NESEA culture of vulnerability\n03:24 NESEA's next five year strategic plan\n04:16 Climate justice, anti-racism, and the technical work\n05:00 Welcoming a record number of students this year\n06:02 What the keynote opened up\n07:20 The skills you can only learn in a room\n08:20 Orienting students to a professional community\n10:33 NESEA as an incubator -- growing your team\nConnect with Florence McGregor and NESEA:\nnesea.org | IG: @neseaorg\nWork with Auburndale Builders on your high-performance build:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-Ao_bwqJOd8XP1Oqx5_ardqmHaaRKP_qhVtz4noqcLM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZjE0/MzBkN2UyMTQwMzc0/M2NmZTY4NGRkZDQw/ZDUyZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}