The relationships you build on your career journey can play a crucial role in your success. Whether it’s with mentors, peers in your industry, colleagues, clients, or all of the above – networking is key. But what does cultivating and leveraging those relationships look like in action? Larry Brinker, Jr. is the CEO of Brinker – a family-owned construction company in Detroit, Mich. that builds communities through projects like hospitals, corporate headquarters, sports facilities, stadiums, and arenas. Breaking Schemas co-host Marcus Collins chats with Brinker about his decision to start at the bottom of his father’s company and work his way up to CEO, the mentors he had along the way, and how his industry of commercial construction is evolving in the digital age. *Breaking Schemas is a production of the Yaffe Digital Media Initiative at Michigan Ross and is produced by University FM.*