HeyJaredManic Energy Podcast
Ryan Swor, president and part-owner of Lake Superior Consulting and colleague, Katie Brooks explore the often misunderstood world of energy infrastructure, how it shapes our daily lives, and the passionate, purpose-driven people who keep it all running.Expect stories from the…
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Behind the Scenes of Talent Recruitment with Anne and Jamie (opens the original)
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Ever applied for a job. Ever hired for one. Either way you have felt what it is like to be on one side of that table wondering what the other side is really thinking. This episode pulls back the curtain on it. Today I am joined by two people who live in that world every single day, our full time recruiters here at Lake Superior Consulting, Jamie Wiggins and Anne Lang. Katie Brooks and I sat down with them in the studio for a conversation that started with their own winding paths into recruiting
Better in Our Backyard Is Proof That Reclamation Stories Win Arguments Statistics Can't (opens the original)
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I've never made it a secret that I think responsible local development should be a priority, so today I brought in somebody who's spent his whole career fighting for exactly that. Ryan Sistad is the Executive Director of Better in Our Backyard, an advocacy group that started as a scrappy Minnesota operation and has grown into a national force representing nearly 40 mining and energy projects across 15 states. We get into how a guy from Fosston, Minnesota ended up running for Duluth City Council,
How Swiftrok Is Changing Tank Inspection with Austin Lanoue (opens the original)
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Austin walked into Lake Superior Consulting as a CAD intern almost 13 years ago with zero clue about oil and gas. Fast forward through pipeline design, a stint in IT, a relocation to Pittsburgh, project management, and a deep dive into 3D scanning technology, and Austin is now running Swiftrok, a business we spun up out of what used to be a side hobby. Swiftrok inspects underground storage tanks using 3D scanning instead of sending people down into the tank. No man entry, no confined space risk,
Educating the Next Generation of Energy Workers with Tyler Tunic (opens the original)
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Natural gas powers 60% of American homes and makes up over a third of U.S. energy consumption, so I wanted to bring on someone who lives and breathes the workforce side of this industry. Tyler Tunic is Vice President of Industry Engagement and Workforce Advancement with SGA Natural Gas Association, and after 20 years at Lake Superior Consulting, I've watched Tyler go from operator to association leader in real time. This episode gets into what that transition actually looks like, why volunteerin
Inside the Pipeline: Risk Management, Consulting, and a Hidden Crisis (opens the original)
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Ever reconnect with someone years later and realize your paths were more aligned than you ever knew back then? That's exactly what happened when I ran into Missie Hills again, and this conversation ended up going a lot deeper than I expected. Missie and I go way back, though not in the way you'd think. We reconnected through the unlikeliest source, and it turns out she'd actually interviewed with Lake Superior Consulting about ten years ago before life took her in a different direction. Fast for
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