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Welcome to the Dirt World's top podcast (self-proclaimed). Every week, host Aaron Witt, founder of BuildWitt, interviews construction and mining industry leaders in long form and shares updates on what's happening inside of BuildWitt.
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Rod Bull is CEO of Komatsu North America… He leads a team of thousands building and supporting machines that move dirt, mine resources, and keep our world moving. Starting as an analyst, he worked his way through other OEMs, eventually landing at Komatsu with their acquisition of Joy Global in 2017. He officially took over as CEO of Komatsu North America in 2025.
Learn more about Komatsu at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/komatsu/posts/?feedView=all
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Follow Rod Bull on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-bull-6136904b/
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Aaron gives a quick recap on his recent trip to Dubai, some new things coming to BuildWitt Improve, sales talk, and lastly, what the heck is up with benefits at BuildWitt.
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Randy Gravitt is Co-Founder of Lead Every Day, a business dedicated to helping develop leaders within the professional world. Starting as a high school teacher and then spending a career within Ministry, Randy has learned plenty about not only how to lead at work, but most importantly, at home.
Learn more about Lead Every Day at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lead-every-day/
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Aaron dives into what’s been going on to plan for Q1 and shares some insight into the 2026 BuildWitt budget.
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Joel McKee is President of McKee Construction, a Mississippi-based site work contractor. After an upbringing around forestry, Joel saw earthwork and utilities as a way to escape his previous job as a land broker. After five years of building the business, they have learned many valuable lessons!
Learn more about McKee Construction at: https://mckeecompanies.com/
Follow Joel on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-mckee-8886a3271/
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Aaron reflects on giving thanks to those involved in the Dirt World, gives a snapshot on internal BuildWitt employee time off, and covers some other various BuildWitt happenings going on right now.
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Aaron gives his 2025 Ariat Dirt World Summit talk, which focuses on the state of the construction industry, the enormous opportunity ahead, and how leaders can and must adopt a future-focused mindset.
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Aaron shares some thoughts on YouTube and how it fits into the organization as a whole and updates on the money raised for charity at the 2025 Ariat Dirt World Summit.
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Michele and Mike O’Rourke lead O’Rourke Wrecking Company, a Cincinnati-based demolition company with a long history of challenging projects across Ohio and beyond. As a husband and wife who took over the business unexpectedly decades ago, they’ve worked together to not only grow the company, but the demolition industry as a whole.
Learn more about O’Rourke Wrecking at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/o'rourke-wrecking-company/
Follow Michele on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheleorourke/
Follow Mike on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-o-rourke-2a55a77/
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Aaron gives an update on meeting a huge sales goal for the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit and a breakdown of the 100 new training videos added to the Improve platform.
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Adam is the Founder of AIM Intelligent Machines, a US-based company that automates ground-engaging machines, such as dozers and excavators, using AI and machine learning. Now a few years into business, they’re scaling across construction and mining operations worldwide.
Learn more about AIM at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aim-intelligent-machines/
Follow Adam on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsadilek/
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned after the close of the 2025 Ariat Dirt World Summit.
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Aaron's back to answer your questions. Send us your questions — dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron talks about a recent tough pickle he had to tackle, his Vlog trip to visit Casella and their waste management operations, and the latest surrounding Dirt World.
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Brian Anderson is President of Bear Construction, a site work company based in Middle Tennessee. Started in 2019 by driving to water service projects in a Kia, Brian’s shared much of his business journey online for others to see and learn from.
Learn more about Bear Construction at: https://tnbearllc.com/
Follow Brian Anderson on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-anderson-08415560/
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Aaron recaps his recent speaking engagement at the annual Bring Back the Trades event, some quick thoughts on AI tools, and what it means to have had 1,300+ attendees at the 2025 Ariat Dirt World Summit.
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Dick’s CEO of Bluelight Machines, an autonomous civil construction machine startup that’s already working with leading civil companies nationwide to automate rollers and articulated trucks. He’s using many lessons learned from building a previous technology company serving the civil construction and mining industries to help contractors build better than ever.
Learn more about Bluelight Machines at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bluelight-machines/
Follow Dick Zhang on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhangr/
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Aaron recaps his attendance at a recent Dale Carnegie conference and gives some thoughts on learning culture.
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Paul is President of Solomon Builders, a Nashville-based general contractor who’s performed notable work like the Ramsey Solutions HQ and the Nashville Zoo. After a tragic event in 2020 put the company's future in question, they’ve been on a journey to define who they are and double down on it.
Learn more about Solomon Builders: https://www.solomonbuilders.com/
Follow Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-jones-378a6a46/
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Aaron recaps the latest at BuildWitt.
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good listening have him back to talk trackloaders before long
good stuff. I look forward to hearing more. great job Aaron 👍