{"podcast":{"title":"TRXL","slug":"trxl-889287","podcast_index_feed_id":889287,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/trxl/","website_url":"https://www.trxl.co/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/295f5e04-2ccf-4d9b-9d04-4cc0c0d2c281/59jPnLxxfCUiW_BZVZwlg9xx.jpg","author":"Evan Troxel","episode_count":244,"summary":"TRXL is the definitive podcast on technology and the architecture and engineering professions — and the longest-running. 200+ episodes. Five years. Conversations with the founders, researchers, designers, and firm leaders who are actually shaping how architecture gets practiced. Hosted by Evan Troxel, a licensed architect with over 25 years in AEC, TRXL is built for architects, BIM managers, design technologists, computational designers, and firm leaders who want to stay ahead of where the profession is going — not catch up after it's already moved. Topics include artificial intelligence in architecture, BIM, digital practice, firm culture, design tools and workflows, project delivery, sustainability, and the organizational transformation that follows when the technology your firm depends on keeps changing. Each episode is a long-form, unscripted conversation with guests who are doing the work — not narrating it from the sidelines. Guests have included firm principals, CTOs and CIOs, software founders, researchers, and practitioners from leading firms and institutions worldwide. Ranked in the top 3% of all podcasts globally.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:18:39.901454+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287"},"episode":{"title":"212: ‘Curiosity as a KPI’, with Ashley Hastings","slug":"212-curiosity-as-a-kpi-with-ashley-hastings","published_at":"2025-11-11T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287/212-curiosity-as-a-kpi-with-ashley-hastings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287","url":"https://trxl.co/212","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/65da52d0-48a0-42fe-9b5d-2d916e0283bb.mp3","summary":"Ashley Hastings joins the podcast to talk about what it really means to make curiosity a key performance indicator (KPI). 📐 A note from Evan: The phrase “curiosity as a KPI” contains its own contradiction, and hopefully the irony landed with you, dear listener. Obviously, KPIs are about measurement, control, and predictability—the very things that can kill curiosity when applied too rigidly. True curiosity thrives in open-ended exploration, not quarterly targets. The challenge isn't to meter curiosity like a production metric, but to design systems that protect space for it, reward it when it leads somewhere useful, and to not punish the curious if/when it doesn't. The goal is to make curiosity visible and valued. Not to turn wonder into a dashboard. We discuss how curiosity can and should be operationalized as a measurable part of firm culture—not so much as something tracked, but rewarded and tied to real outcomes instead of being left to chance. Ashley shares her perspective on aligning incentives for innovation, treating training like a product, and creating feedback loops that actually capture and scale knowledge across teams. We also talk about the post-GPT reality of context over keywords, and how design technology leadership is increasingly about change management and culture design. If you’re a digital practice leader, BIM manager, or anyone trying to build a more innovative, adaptive practice, this conversation offers a clear path toward turning curiosity into a strategic advantage. To learn more about Ashley Hastings, see the full show notes with links at https://trxl.co/212 To get more great conversations with AEC technology leaders on the TRXL podcast please visit https://trxl.co _____ Episode Sponsors: TRXL Leadership Edge TRXL's AEC Leadership Edge newsl…","meta_description":"Ashley Hastings joins the podcast to talk about what it really means to make curiosity a key performance indicator (KPI). 📐 A note from Evan: The phrase “…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6611,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trxl-889287/episodes/212-curiosity-as-a-kpi-with-ashley-hastings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287/212-curiosity-as-a-kpi-with-ashley-hastings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}