In this episode of the Women in BIM podcast, WIB Global Team Member, Henry Fenby-Taylor speaks with Melissa Woolford, Founder and Director of the Museum of Architecture, about her journey from working at Zaha Hadid Architects to creating playful, thought-provoking public exhibitions like the Gingerbread City and Nature’s Architects Trail.

They explore how creative engagement can make architectural issues accessible, inspire future careers, and connect communities to the built and natural environments.

The conversation also delves into skills development, career diversity in the built environment, and the need for fresh approaches to attracting and retaining talent in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.

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 by creativity and strategy and specialises in transforming ideas into impactful realities. Qatanna believes that true self belief is a foundation that fuels creativity and resilience, and that a good leader recognised this in their team and encourages self-belief and self growth - principles at the very heart of Women in BIM.

You’ll may also be surprised to hear where Qatanna’s career first started, and it wasn’t in the construction industry!

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 climate is currently throwing at us!

The conversation also touches upon mentoring, being resilient and why being a good listener is important.