CLEVELAND, OH | February 5, 2026 — Change leadership coach, advisor, and speaker Ryan Ware has launched Activating Curiosity, a new construction-focused podcast examining how leaders across the AEC industry respond to uncertainty, change fatigue, and increasing complexity.

Grounded in the belief that resistance to change in construction is rarely about tools or technology, the podcast explores how curiosity-driven leadership behaviors can help leaders create clarity, strengthen trust, and improve decision-making when answers are not always clear.

“Construction leaders are being asked to manage more complexity, faster timelines, and higher expectations than ever before,” said Ware. “When leaders default to control, teams shut down. Activating Curiosity helps leaders slow reactions, ask better questions, and guide people through uncertainty more effectively.”

Through candid conversations with construction executives, project leaders, coaches, and industry change agents, the podcast offers practical insight into how leadership behaviors influence adaptability on jobsites and within organizations. Episodes focus on real-world challenges such as adoption of technology, workforce pressures, safety, evolving delivery models, and the human side of transformation.

Ware noted that many change initiatives stall not because of poor strategy, but because teams struggle to process ambiguity and shifting expectations.

“When people don’t understand what’s changing or why, they disengage,” he said. “Curiosity becomes a practical leadership tool, not a “soft skill”. Especially in high-accountability environments like construction.”

Key Focus Areas Explored in the Podcast

The podcast highlights recurring challenges facing construction leaders today, including:

• How curiosity-driven leadership improves decision-making under uncertainty.
• Why traditional change approaches often increase resistance and fatigue.
• The role of trust and clarity in sustaining momentum on projects.
• Practical ways leaders can model curiosity without sacrificing accountability.

By reframing change as an ongoing human and leadership relationship rather than a one-time initiative, the podcast is designed to help construction leaders recognize their own challenges in the conversations being shared and apply the insights immediately within their teams and organizations.

The podcast is part of Ware’s broader effort to support construction and AEC leaders as they navigate ongoing industry transformation and build stronger, more resilient relationships with change, including his Curiosity-Building Experiences® framework.

Podcast can be found wherever you get your podcasts including Apple, Spotify, YouTube and many other platforms.