Episodes

In this special 100th episode of Building Doors, host Lauren Karan looks back on four years of conversations exploring leadership, innovation, safety, culture, careers, and the future of construction and infrastructure. To celebrate the milestone, Lauren revisits some of the insights and moments that have stayed with her throughout the Building Doors journey. From challenging blame culture and creating safer workplaces to embracing AI, improving productivity, and developing the next generation ...

In this episode of Building Doors, host Lauren Karan sits down with Elia Hill, a master connector whose career has spanned tennis coaching, charity work, and strategic advisory roles across sport, business, and government. Elia shares how the lessons she learned on the tennis court, resilience, accountability, and showing up, became the foundation for a career built on making meaningful connections and finding solutions where others see obstacles. From her early days coaching abroad to now work...

In this episode of Building Doors, host Lauren Karan sits down with Elia Hill, a master connector whose career has spanned tennis coaching, charity work, and strategic advisory roles across sport, business, and government. Elia shares how the lessons she learned on the tennis court, resilience, accountability, and showing up, became the foundation for a career built on making meaningful connections and finding solutions where others see obstacles. From her early days coaching abroad to now work...

In this episode of Building Doors, host Lauren Karan sits down with Hollie Hynes, a construction leader who's spent years helping shape how major infrastructure projects are delivered and how sustainability is becoming part of everyday decision-making across the industry. Having worked across environmental engineering, commercial strategy, and executive leadership, Hollie has seen firsthand what it takes to influence change in one of the world's most complex industries. Hollie shares how follow...