Forged By Design
Forged by Design Podcast is more than a conversation—it is a platform where purpose meets leadership, business, and faith. Created for entrepreneurs with bold dreams, unwavering faith, and a calling to make a meaningful impact, each episode delivers practical insights and timeless principles that inspire personal growth, professional excellence, and purposeful leadership. Whether you're launching a business, expanding an organization, developing your career, or answering a greater calling, this podcast is designed to help you align your vision with your values and move forward with clarity, confidence, and conviction.
Beyond inspiration, Forged by Design Podcast serves as a bridge between businesses and the audiences they are called to serve. It provides entrepreneurs and organizations with a meaningful platform to showcase their products, services, innovations, and stories while creating authentic connections with current and future customers. We believe that every great business has a story worth telling, and every valuable solution deserves to reach the people it was created to serve.
The podcast also offers senior executives, CEOs, founders, and industry leaders a respected voice to share the wisdom gained through years of leadership, success, and adversity. By sharing lessons in ethical leadership, financial stewardship, operational excellence, innovation, and servant leadership, these leaders can equip and inspire the next generation to make wiser business, financial, and ethical decisions that create lasting value for their organizations, communities, and families.
At its core, Forged by Design Podcast exists to encourage leaders to build with integrity, lead with purpose, and leave a legacy that extends far beyond business success.
Episodes
31 episodes
John Hock - Building Opportunity, Leadership and Legacy
What happens when you look at an old or underutilized building and see not what it is—but what it could become?In this episode of Forged by Design, we sit down with John Hock, President of Hock Development Company, to explore the entrep...
McKenzie Beech - Habitat for Humanity
What if a house is not just a place to live—but a foundation for a better future?In this episode of Forged by Design, we sit down with McKenzie Beech, Vice President of Mission and Community Impact at Augusta/CSRA Habitat for Humanity, ...
Chuck McKee, founder of TrustVault®
In this episode of the Forged by Design Podcast, Daniel Badillo sits down with Chuck McKee, founder of TrustVault®, for a meaningful conversation about trust, integrity, leadership, accountability, and the importance of proving who you are—not ...
The Brunch House of Augusta - "Family feeding Families"
The Forged by Design Podcast had the extraordinary opportunity to sit down with Asian Brown, CEO and Owner of The Brunch House of Augusta, alongside his wife, Ashley Brown, for a conversation that went far beyond the story of a restaurant. It w...
Yavia Muñiz, "El Barberito" - Beyond the Barber & Stylist Chair.
Yavia Muñiz is a CEO, master barber, and successful business owner whose journey is a testament to the power of discipline, humility, and perseverance. His passion for barbering began at just 14 years old, when he started cutting hair and appre...
Billy Bennett, CEO of Pyramid ODI - Developing People and Organizational Culture
In this episode of the Forged by Design Podcast, Daniel Badillo sits down with Billy Bennett, CEO and co-founder of Pyramid ODI (www.pyramidodi.com), to explore what it truly takes to build organizations where both people an...
Lee Peck - When Seconds Matter: The power of preparedness and partnership before the crisis strikes.
In this episode of the Forged by Design Podcast, Daniel Badillo welcomes Lee Peck, District Training Officer for the Columbia County School District Police, to discuss one of every community's greatest responsibilities: protecting its schools. ...
Stacey Sharp - Beyond the Command Line, building effective information systems.
In this episode of Forged by Design, we sit down with Stacey Sharp, Infrastructure Engineer and Director of Information Systems, whose passion for technology began at just six years old programming on a TRS-80 computer. With more than three dec...
Bobbie Jackson - AGC Training Center LLC, Empowering people to excel.
Featured on the Forged by Design podcast, Bobbie D. Jackson is an accomplished trainer, speaker, consultant, coach, entrepreneur, and organizational change agent dedicated to helping individuals, educators, nonprofit organizations, and business...
Antonio Bradley - Real Estate investment and wealth creation
Featured on the Forged by Design podcast, Antonio Bradley (thebradleyrealestategroup.com) shared insights on creating wealth, developing the right mindset, and applying discipline to achieve long-term success. Together, Antonio and Jas...
Improve your performance
This podcast focuses on personal accountability, self-improvement, and achieving meaningful goals through intentional performance management. The speaker challenges listeners to reflect on three key questions:What separates your per...
Dani Parks - Mental Wellness Speaker, Author and Life Coach
Dani Parks is a purpose-driven mental health advocate, certified life and teen coach, author, and community leader who has turned personal pain into purpose and life’s trials into a powerful testimony of healing, resilience, and hope. Through h...
Elliot Price, Augusta Regional Manager at GaMEP
In this episode, we welcomed Elliot Price, Augusta Regional Manager at Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP), and a seasoned leadership and organizational development expert with more than 41 years of experience teaching Quality M...
Capitalizing on Informal Conversations
In this podcast, Daniel explains how informal workplace conversations—those casual discussions that happen in hallways, break rooms, parking lots, elevators, and conference rooms—can become valuable sources of innovation, organizational improve...
Dealing with arrogant people
This podcast discusses the problem of arrogance in professional and personal environments, emphasizing that arrogance is often rooted in insecurity and the need for validation rather than true confidence. Using a quote from philosopher David Hu...
Setting the Atmosphere of Change
Effective leadership isn’t just about setting goals—it’s about creating the right atmosphere for people to achieve them. The “work atmosphere” is the emotional and social environment employees experience daily, shaped by leadership behav...
Yamil Santana, MS, LPC - The Loneliness of Leadership
Yamil Santana explains that loneliness in leadership often stems from the unique social and psychological pressures of authority. Even when surrounded by people, leaders can feel isolated because power changes how others interact with them—conv...
David Regal Jones - A Journey of Resilience, Faith, and Purpose
David Regal Jones is a man whose life reflects resilience, faith, and purpose. Growing up amid harsh adversities, he developed a strong sense of discipline and determination that would shape his future. From a young age, he showed a deep passio...
Plan to Succeed
This podcast, Plan to Succeed, explains that success—whether in business or personal life—depends on intentional, structured planning rather than wishful thinking. A plan is defined as a clear, step-by-step roadmap that identifies what...
SFC Isaias Laureano - Commitment to excellence, leadership and service
SFC Isaias Laureano’s story is one of early responsibility, steady growth, and a lifelong commitment to excellence, leadership, and service.From a young age, Laureano demonstrated an uncommon work ethic and curiosity for technical system...
Carlos Nieves - Teacher and Skills Educator
Carlos Nieves is a dedicated and compassionate educator with over seven years of teaching experience in Puerto Rico. At 38 years old, he brings both professional expertise and a deep personal commitment to the development of young learners. Hol...
Swaizy - Music Artist and Entrepreneur
Swaizy is a 24-year-old music artist and entrepreneur currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, whose work reflects a vibrant fusion of culture, creativity, and lived experience. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, into a military family, his upbringing w...
Dr. Abel Salazar provides a systematic framework for becoming an effective leader.
In this episode, Dr. Salazar provides a detailed account of his post-graduate trajectory, outlining how he redirected his career path by enlisting in the military and completing 24 years of service. He further examines the role of discipl...