The PowerHouse Cool Collabs
The PowerHouse Cool Collabs Podcast (collaborators/collaborations) features interviews with the coolest leaders in luxury design, build, development, and real estate, who live with an attitude of gratitude and give back to help humanity.CEO Wendy Cohen will select and…
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Friend-Raising: The Human Side of Building a Luxury Brand | Donille Perrone, SKS (opens the original)
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What happens when you build a luxury brand by putting relationships before transactions? On this episode of PowerHouse Cool Collabs , Wendy Cohen sits down with Donille Perrone, Senior Brand Manager for SKS , whose unconventional career journey took her from therapeutic footwear to toilets, light bulbs, and solar before leading her to the opportunity that would bring together her talents, personality and passion: helping build SKS from the ground up. Donille shares how SKS entered the competitiv
Building More Than Buildings: Leadership, Legacy & a Life Well Lived with Jim Wells (opens the original)
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From Carpenter to Executive: Building a Career, a Community & a Life Well Lived with Jim Well, Executive Vice President, Urban Street Group. What does it really mean to build something that lasts? On this episode of PowerHouse Cool Collabs , Wendy Cohen reconnects with longtime friend and industry leader Jim Wells, Executive Vice President of UrbanStreet Group , for a conversation that goes far beyond buildings. Jim shares his remarkable journey from working as a carpenter in high school to help
The Psychology of Home: Curiosity, Reinvention & Designing for Real Life with Emily Flaxman (opens the original)
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Your Home Is the Backdrop to Your Life What if the twists and turns in your career aren't detours at all, but exactly what prepares you for what's next? On Episode 47 of the PowerHouse Cool Collabs Podcast , Wendy Cohen sits down with Emily Flaxman, Founder of Flax Interiors , for a conversation about curiosity, reinvention, entrepreneurship and the psychology behind great design. Emily's path to interior design was anything but linear. She studied psychology, worked in sports television, entere
Building Trust Before Building with Stone: How Kristin Armitage Turned Marketing into Hospitality (opens the original)
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How Kristin Armitage Turned Marketing into Hospitality Most people think marketing is about getting attention. Kristin Armitage believes it's about earning trust. In this episode of the PowerHouse Cool Collabs Podcast , Wendy Cohen sits down with Kristin Armitage, Marketing Manager at Buechel Stone, to explore how one company has transformed the customer experience by treating marketing as hospitality rather than sales. Kristin shares her unconventional career journey—from working in manufacturi
Why Craftsmanship Still Matters: Robert Chickey on Mentorship, Innovation & Legacy (opens the original)
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What if the greatest luxury isn't the finish itself, but the knowledge behind it? In this inspiring episode of the PowerHouse Cool Collabs Podcast, Wendy Cohen sits down with Robert Chickey , President of Bespoke Finish®, internationally respected finishing consultant, educator, inventor, and mentor. With more than two decades of hands-on experience, Robert has dedicated his career to helping architects, interior designers, builders, cabinetmakers, and finishers achieve extraordinary results thr
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