Left Handed Hammers

<p><b>About Left-Handed Hammers</b></p><p>Remember your first day on a job site? Maybe someone sent you looking for a left-handed hammer, a bucket of steam, or striped paint. That moment when you realized you'd been had? That's when the real learning began.</p><p><b>Left-Handed Hammers</b> is where construction professionals share the hard-earned lessons you can't learn from a manual—real talk about risk, safety, culture, and what it actually takes to build safely and profitably in today's world.</p><p><b><br>Your Hosts:</b></p><p><b>James Gurule, CLCS, PWCA</b> - From swinging hammers on job sites to advising C-suite executives on complex risk. With 12+ years in risk management spanning underwriting, client advisory, and now specializing in construction and M&amp;A at IMA Financial Group, James knows what it takes to protect both people and profits. A former wrestler and youth advocate, he brings grit, heart, and a servant-leader mentality to every conversation.</p><p><b>Nathan Miller, CSP, CRIS</b> - Risk Control Manager with over 21 years of safety expertise spanning construction, aviation, and industrial environments. As an OSHA Certified Instructor with a Master's in Industrial Safety, Nathan has dedicated his career to keeping workers safe and helping companies build cultures where everyone goes home at the end of the day.</p><p><b>Perry Silvey, CHST</b> (Contributing Host) - Safety Manager at BT Construction and proud NUCA representative who's lived every side of the construction equation—from operating equipment and laboring on sites, to estimating multi-million dollar projects, to leading safety programs across multiple companies. With over 15 years in safety leadership and a background in earthwork and utility construction, Perry brings the voice of the field and the practical reality of making safety work on real job sites every single day.</p><p><br></p><p><b>Our Approach:</b></p><ul><li>James = Business/Risk lens</li><li>Nathan = Technical/Regulatory lens</li><li>Perry = Field/Practical lens + NUCA specialty</li></ul><p>Together, we bring you conversations with the people who know construction best: the C-suite leaders making strategic calls, the safety directors transforming culture, the field workers living it every day, and the industry experts solving the problems that keep us up at night.</p><p><b><br>What We Cover:</b></p><ul><li>Real incidents and the lessons they taught us</li><li>Safety trends and best practices that actually work</li><li>The culture shifts transforming our industry</li><li>Risk management strategies that protect your bottom line</li><li>Stories from the industry</li><li>Construction business acumen</li></ul><p><b><br>Who This Is For:</b></p><p>Whether you're a CEO thinking about big picture and culture trends, a CFO measuring total cost of risk, a safety director building culture, a superintendent managing crews, an estimator pricing risk into bids, or a tradesperson who wants to go home safe every day—this show is for you.</p><p>Because in construction, we learn by doing. But the smartest operators learn from others who've already been there, made the mistakes, and figured out what works. <b>Get better every day and move the industry forward.</b></p><p><b>New episodes twice monthly. Let's build smarter, safer, and stronger—together.</b> 🔨</p>