Ep. 44 Pairing an innovator and an integrator in property restoration with Kevin Hussey

Kevin Hussey, CEO & President of United Fire and Water Damage (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), joins The DYOJO Podcast to discuss: His journey from carpet cleaning in Colorado to helping Blockbuster video recover from Hurricane Katrina Meeting a “nice Southern girl” and making roots in Lousiana Joining the DKI network The challenges and advantages of hiring an “integrator” when you are an “innovator” (terminology from Gino Wickman’s book Traction: Get A Grip On Your Business) The alternatives to being a “program” or “preferred” vendor for insurance companies Creative ideas for generating work as an “independent” contractor working with plumbers, realtors, adjusters and more. The good idea that quickly became a bad one - starting your own plumbing company as a restoration contractor Using Docusketch to maximize your efficiency in estimating insurance claims TDP 44 Breaks and Announcements: We share our first reading list for 2021 This must be the year of the podcast, we share several of the industry podcasts that have been created in 2020 in the opening introduction If you didn’t catch it the first time, Gerrett Stier put an amazing ad together for GMS Distribution that is hilarious and informative, this is a master-class in modern advertising The Intentional Restorer column in Restoration and Remediation (R&R) Magazine for January will feature a discussion of Dr. Leo Marvin’s groundbreaking book, Baby Steps, and the parallels to our professional growth in 2021 In 2021 we will be focusing on a LIVE format and moving our release date to Thursdays at 9am PST. We look forward to our listeners being able to interact with the show more. Our first LIVE Pro vs Joe will be Saturday 1/16/11 at 8pm PST and our first LIVE The DYOJO Podcast will be Thursday 1/21/21 at 830am PST with Ken Larsen. Kevin Hussey - www.unitedfireandwater.com The DYOJO Podcast - www.thedyojo.com/listen