From Burnout to Bold Leadership: "Architecting" a Meaningful Career with Angela Mazzi

Angela Mazzi is a firm principal at GBBN, healthcare architect, and founder of Architecting – an award-winning podcast and community dedicated to addressing burnout and building resilient careers in the AEC industry. She is the author of two books, Career Crisis and Time Builder, and is currently writing her third, The Design Ecosystem.

Angela's credentials include Past President of the American College of Healthcare Architects, Past President of AIA Cincinnati, and Secretary of AIA Ohio. She is a 2022 recipient of the HCD10 Top Architect Award and 2024 recipient of the AIA Ohio Gold Medal.

In this episode of the Architectette Podcast, Angela shares her journey from burnout to bold leadership and discusses how design can influence health, equity and social change.

Key topics covered:

• Leadership mindset – How adopting an "ask forgiveness, not permission" approach opened doors to leadership and long-term professional influence
• Salutogenic design – How design that promotes well-being improves outcomes for patients, families and clinical staff during moments of stress
• Tackling burnout – Strategies for addressing disillusionment and building a meaningful, resilient career in the AEC industry
• Setting stretch goals – Why Angela encourages architects to question systemic norms and embrace design's power to influence health, equity and social change

This is a special double feature – listen to this interview, then head over to the Architecting Podcast to hear Angela interview host Caitlin Brady.

Listen to the full episode here: https://www.architectette.com/episodes/angela-mazzi