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In my most recent episode, I am joined by top motivation science speaker, author, and associate professor of psychology at NYU, Dr. Emily Balcetis. Emily has over 70 published scientific pieces of writing, her fantastic work has been featured by numerous publications and outlets such as Forbes, Newsweek, Time, and more. She has been a featured speaker of TEDxTalks, various media outlets, podcasts, universities, community organizations, and corporations. Over the course of 20 years, Emily has become one of the most sought-after voices on motivation science.  Most recently, Emily has written and published a fantastic, insightful book, “Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World.” Bill and Emily discuss concepts, practices, and ideas found in her new book.  Here are a few takeaways:  The psychology and science of motivation  How to set goals, follow through, and achieve them  What is visual experience and how can it help?  Multitasking and task-switching  Growing your toolbox to get the job done   As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are More wins you will get by listening: (1:50) Bill: “Everybody listening her has goals and things they're trying to achieve and so I think as we go along there's more science and more research than 20 years ago.”  (3:30) Emily: “The origins of psychology and motivation science from those studies of how frequently we should give little food pellets to pigeons is really the basis for some of the most pressing questions that we're grappling with today as scientists.”  (4:30) Emily: “People have thought vision is special, they think it's the one sense that cannot be influenced by what we're thinking, by our internal world. I disagree. Our visual experiences that we're consciously aware of, that we recognize, are not the same and we don't go about it in the same way.”  (5:30) Emily: “If we are aware of that, we can harness that as a superpower that we have to help us better meet our goals, or to understand why we're struggling in the first place.”  (6:30) Emily: “Mental representation, that is one aspect of visual experience, the image that comes to your mind when you think about a concept. We also study other elements of visual experience like where I orient visual attention. Do I really pay attention to everything that's there or just a subset of what my eyes are focusing on?”  (7:00) Emily: “We study all of that in a controlled sense. Here's a finish line for example, it's in the same place for everyone but we don't see distance the same way. It will look farther to you than me, or vice versa, depending on other factors we throw into that calculation.”  (15:30) Emily: “The way we think about time is what stands in our way of doing our best work and meeting our goals, especially when it comes to something that might need our daily investment or continual investment for something that won't reap results until a far off future.”  (16:00) Emily: “When people feel like something is far away, it is challenging to make that daily sacrifice, and so oftentimes they don't do it or they think they'll work on it tomorrow.”  (16:30) Emily: “If we take that idea of narrowed focus of attention and apply it not so much to literally what our eyes are focused on in our environment but cognitively what am I focusing my thoughts on, my visualizations right now.”  (18:30) Emily: “Why do people give up? Why do they throw in the towel? Why do they not go out to exercise in the first place? Their beliefs about that distance demotivates them from even trying in the first place.”  (20:30) Emily: “Time is an element that can stand in our way, and what can we do to contract time when time is the problem.”  (22:30) Emily: “With visual experience, there's a direct connection between what we see and what we do. And a lot of the times that connection isn't something that we're aware of.”  (27:00) Bill: “So you're making the cognitive load of you're setting yourself up for success because the vision is so powerful that it either can support or it can override depending for motivation.”  (27:40) Emily: “Cognitive psychologists have said, ‘No, there isn't such a thing as multitasking, it's task switching.' It's just how quickly can you ping back and forth between things that might seem incompatible to be doing.”  (29:30) Emily: “A lot of people don't like that experience of multitasking as much as they might like the experience of flow.”  (30:00) Emily: “Rather than trying to figure out is it good or is it bad, can we do it, can we not, let the philosophers figure that one out. Instead, why don't we just think about it as a tool that there are different things that happen to our brain when we multitask or task switch and let's be aware of it and use it to our advantage.”  (32:30) Emily: “Stress isn't always bad. It can jumpstart our neurological architecture that can help us make decisions better, it can think about what is that flight fight response doing.”  (33:30) Emily: “Let's be aware of what multitasking, task switching does to us, and let's be conscientious in how we use it.”   (35:30) Bill: “Goal setting and achievement?”  (35:35) Emily: “Step one is thinking about fresh starts; anything that we give psychological import to can be a fresh start. Choose a moment for a fresh start where people feel like they can put the past in the past and not carry baggage moving forward.”  (37:00) Emily: “The second one is a lot of people like dream board within their businesses that reflects their desired outcome. It is important to know where are we headed? What is our five-year goal or 10-year plan? We need the ebbs and flows.”  (39:00) Emily: “We also need to add foreshadowing obstacles. We need to think about what's going to stand in our way, what are the possible challenges that I might experience, and troubleshoot possible solutions in advance of experiencing them.”  (39:30) Emily: “If you are up against a major obstacle professionally, you're going to be short on time, resources, people, power, and at a heightened level of anxiety which is not going to let us be our most creative selves.”  (41:30) Emily: “Some disciplines, some industries, their brains are better wired, it's more habitual for them to be thinking about risk and mitigating it in advance. Sometimes people don't go through that activity is that they often think that this wouldn't happen to them, bad things don't happen to them.”  (42:30) Emily: “We have this cognitive illusion, this cognitive bias to underweight bad things and overweight the likelihood of good things happening to us.”  (47:30) Emily: “We need to expand our toolbox of tools that are available to us to help us get the job done, I encourage everybody to keep building out that toolbox of strategies that they have to help get their jobs done.”    Resources  Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World: Balcetis, Emily: 9781524796464: Amazon.com: Books  Emily Balcetis' LinkedIn  Dr. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals - Huberman Lab  Dr. Emily Balcetis | NYU SPAM Lab (spamlabresearch.com)  Follow Emily on Twitter 

I am joined by best-selling author, digital transformation leader, successful CIO, and founder of StarCIO, Isaac Sacolick. Recognized as a top 100 social CIO, blogger and industry speaker, Isaac has over 20 years of experience delivering innovative solutions, leading IT teams, and transforming underperforming businesses.  On this episode, we discuss his new book, “Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership,” his journey to becoming a digital transformation leader/CIO, how the audience can employ their skills as a digital leader, and more.  Here are some of the top takeaways you will receive from this episode:  The impact of generative AI from both an opportunity and a risk perspective  Navigating your role as a transformational CIO  Isaac's transformational journey  How to use data and analytics to a strategic advantage  Developing and refining your ‘vision'  The clash between CIOs, sales leaders, and marketing leaders  Driving transformation and aligning with your organization's offense   As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are More wins you will get by listening: (4:32) Isaac: “So that was neural networks back in the ‘90s. We had no algorithms, there's no tensor flow, there was no cloud, it was all very slow. But we were trying to solve some interesting things around computer vision, around predictions, a little bit of natural language processing.”  (5:19) Isaac: “Three years ago we went from growth to resolving a pandemic set of issues, to supply chain issues, to hybrid working issues. We did this huge pivot in 2020 that I talk about in chapter 10 of the book. I think we're on the cusp of another major inflection with AI. What's the impact of generative AI from both an opportunity and a risk perspective?”  (6:06) Bill: “What are the ways that you can have private AI within your organization versus public AI?”  (6:49) Isaac: “We need to look at the horizons and the frequency. Whatever that frequency was before, double it because things are just happening too fast.”  (7:20) Isaac: “Marketing departments are going to really be the first group hit with a whole set of point solutions that can help them generate graphics, videos, and content.”  (9:11) Bill: “It seems to me that ChatGPT and Microsoft's investment is sort of the first interface that is real practical for human beings to use.”  (9:39) Isaac: “We're going to have to see how that plays out, especially with Copilot. I think that's going to change how people work. It'll be interesting to see where the big four are going to start making their AI explainable or are we going to put regulations in place around that. Are companies going to firewall off this capability because they're afraid of IP being leaked out to it?”  (11:04) Isaac: “If you don't say anything to your employees, they're going to see a green light there. They're not going to know where to stop in terms of what they should and shouldn't do because you haven't provided guidelines.”  (14:47) Isaac: “I was a bit of a go getter in my young days. I joined a startup that was a hosting provider for applications provider for newspapers. And I tell people, that's where I really learned transformation. We were looking at an industry that went through massive disruption. I got to see that front row in seat with my board.”  (19:16) Isaac: “10 years of being CIO in companies that were trying to figure out how to use data and analytics to a strategic advance and involve their products considerably from what they were doing before.”  (21:15) Isaac: “I used to say CIOs knew more about the boxes that hosted the data than the data itself. I think a lot has changed in the last 10-15 years. CIOs learned to build up their strengths and build up their vocabulary and understand the analytics space a little better.”  (22:18) Isaac: “The reality is that whatever we come in from our backgrounds when we become CIOs, we come in from a single or maybe two lanes of understanding. I think the biggest challenge for CIOs is expanding their own capabilities by hiring lieutenants who are highly versatile, who are two-way learners so that they can educate but also continuously learn.”  (23:24) Isaac: “Digital Trailblazer is a book of stories so that when you're facing an issue, an opportunity for the first time, you've never had a blow up moment, a shock and awe moment. You've never stood in front of the board before. You've never had to convince an executive group to go and do an investment in an area they necessarily don't want to do.”  (24:16) Bill: “Which percentage of the folks that are in there agree with you are going to be on your side? Which are the ones who are going to take shots at you? And then which percentage of that audience doesn't really care? And then who is going to take ownership?”  (25:59) Isaac: “People like the idea of products until you really have that conversation around product management. It isn't about taking everybody's wishlist and coming up with a shiny object that checks all the boxes. It's about trade-offs.”  (27:20) Isaac: “When you see alternatives, when you see new experiences coming in play and business models to the incumbent, that's what disruption is right? You throw in new technology and that's the accelerant.”  (28:42) Isaac: “The track that CIOs have had, we've come in from the operating world right? And now we're trying to influence strategy. We're trying to influence experience, both customer and employee experience.”  (29:26) Isaac: “How do you figure out how a salesperson is being incentive? How am I going to help you in your journey and what parts of your journey am I going to have to go and combat the status quo?”  (30:39) Isaac: “The best salespeople come in and say, “Okay I understand what your problem is. Let me connect you with people who have had similar problems. Let me show you what the outcome of a solution looks like if we implement the solution.” Best salespeople aren't selling, they're developing relationships and they're explaining the value.”  (34:56) Isaac: “Any single solution area, any single technology has a bunch of labels underneath it to get sorted through; lots of choices, compliance factors, multiple vendors, etc.”  (35:33) Isaac: “The level by which we're connecting the dots is no longer a three-tier application living on a couple servers right? We're getting into how business is operating.”  (38:33) Bill: “You need a vision for your career and for the role and the position and speed of which we're changing.”  (39:19) Isaac: “This isn't an area where there's a predefined playbook right? You're always going to be looking at how your organization's operating and saying, “I got to do things differently.” The world is changing in some fundamental way.”  (41:13) Bill: “Why do CIOs have so many problems with sales leaders and marketing leaders?”  (41:24) Isaac: “I don't know if it's a problem or have they struggled to develop relationships with them, is a little bit more work for them to understand their world. I think it again, goes back to our roots. We reported to CFOs, we were asked for ROI. And now we're flipping the equation and saying, ‘Look I can't transform the organization just by finding cost.'”  (43:59) Isaac: “What are your assumptions built into your growth model? What are you trying to sell? What are the unknowns for you to be able to hit those numbers. What are your risks and pain points?”  (45:52) Isaac: “If you're a CIO driving transformation, you've got to align yourself with the offense. And part of the reason is, I know I can get help on the defensive side.”  (47:27) Isaac: “I hear it from CEOs and I hear it from boards. When are we going to be done with this? They say it in a fatigued way, they're all just tired of the effort of doing two jobs. You have to run today's business, transform with what you're executing today and then think about the next horizon.”    Resources  Connect with Isaac Sacolick on LinkedIn  StarCIO  Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership  Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology  Subscribe to Driving Digital Newsletter  Coffee with Digital Trailblazers   

Welcome back! I am joined by author, award winning business executive (Capital CIO ORBIE Winner, National Corp. InspireCIO Finalist), and transformational CIO of Dewberry, Lisa Roger.   With over 28 years of experience in various industries, roles, and organizations, Lisa has held executive IT positions in companies servicing healthcare, retail, telecommunications, and state and local organizations.  Due to her success, she has recently wrote and published a book, “The Joy Factor: Escaping Job Disappointment and Finding Your Dream Career,” that shares her fascinating journey to finding the ‘joy factor' in her life with the intention of coaching others to find their own joy.   Here are some of the top takeaways you'll receive from this episode:   How to professionally brand yourself and avoid imposter syndrome  Investing in leadership within your organization  Joy is an ‘inside out' game first and not ‘outside in'  Working with millennials: how to avoid change fatigue, quiet quitting, etc.  How to find your joy, confront your destiny, and add value  Board awareness and succession planning  The importance of networking and building relationships   As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are More wins you will get by listening:  5:18 Bill- “When did you discover what your real superpower is and your real strengths?”  6:00 Lisa- “What I really realized was how I could bring people together, how I could problem solve for a mission, keep people focused on it, do team building in critical moments where tensions are high and get results.”  6:21 Lisa- “Building teams and going into dysfunctional organizations and making them functional. Restoring pride is one of the things I love doing.”  7:16 Bill- “What is the genesis of your book, The Joy Factor? What actually started you thinking about writing it?”  7:44 Lisa- “It was my nieces and nephews who are millennials. They were entering the workforce and felt this deep sense of being unsatisfied and being disappointed and not being able to make that difference.”  8:08 Lisa- “I went through the same journey and if there was some way I could accelerate them to a place where their joy factor is way bigger now and they could have control. How can we systematically do that?”  9:08 Bill- “Do you find that that's an issue with hiring millennials within your company and other companies as well?”  9:24 Lisa- “Indeed. I look at the great resignation and quiet quitting. People are trying to find their own way so they can have control back, whether that's the hours of the day or how you work. Today's influences transcends millennials now.”  10:09 Lisa- “How could you add value in the organization that you're at right now that is going to bring you joy?”  10:31 Bill- “The whole message of the book is an inside out. The joy starts with the individual.”  11:06 Lisa- “Joy does come within your own happiness. It's a mindset. You can only control you.”  11:47 Lisa- “Don't assume what is in other people's brains. Assume good. Apply yourself in ways that are fulfilling who you are.”  12:45 Lisa- “I found journaling to be an excellent tool. Articulate in black and white what changes and life events are happening. Let's write everything down and start there.”  13:31 Lisa- “Let's systematically move things over from a negative to the positive column and reframe our mind and look for opportunities that are going to be giving you more exposure to that joy.”  14:20 Lisa- “The last negative thing you're exposed to often has the most power in your brain. But if you force yourself to write down the most wonderful things that happened to you in a day, really dissect it. What were you doing? Why did it bring you joy? Were you coaching? Problem solving? Were you just listening? Be very mindful and specific about what brought you joy.”  17:25 Bill- “In your book, what do you mean by the acceleration of joy?”  17:32 Lisa- “It's how do you get to that place where your joy factor is overwhelming the not so good factor. How do you get there quicker?”  17:41 Lisa- “The most powerful thing you can do it let people know. If you don't tell people what your aspirations are, how can they help you get there?”  19:21 Lisa- “Look at how you're branding yourself, not only from a professional perspective but to your resume, your LinkedIn profile, etc. You have got to let people know what you want to do.”  23:20 Lisa- “We have a national crisis which is baby boomers retiring. The next generation is very small. Then the millennials who are much bigger but are quiet quitting, working hybrid, in the gig economy. They're not necessarily going through the same leadership journey that previous generations went through.”  24:32 Lisa- “It is all about just defining our leadership companies within the organization, what opportunities can we bring to people, what are we doing for succession planning, etc.”  26:44 Lisa- “If we invest in everyone from a leadership perspective, then we're all going to benefit.”  27: 43 Bill- “What percentage of your time each week is really dedicated each month to efforts around that particular leadership journey?”  32:12 Bill- “What differentiates the new people coming into the organizations versus the ones that don't make it through?”  32:54 Lisa- “The ability to have dialogue around change management and communication culture. Are they going to add value in a way that makes them happy?”  35:06 Lisa- “I think the biggest opportunity lost is creating healthy relationships where they're at and creating powerful networks.”  35:41 Lisa- “Being the CIO is one of the most unique positions where you get to touch every piece of the organization.”  40:15 Lisa- “There is some fear when it comes to the change that's happening in the world. Be grounded in your own self-worth. Be purposeful, have the right mindset, and you'll feel a sense of control that will give you the leverage to do the right things.”    Resources  Lisa Roger's LinkedIn  “The Joy Factor: Escaping Job Disappointment and Finding Your Dream Career”  Women in Business Initiative- George Mason University 

From IT Manager to the CIO of a Gigafactory, Listening, Earning and Keeping a Seat at the Table  On this episode, I am joined by Justin Herman, VP and CIO of Panasonic Energy of North America. Starting  out as an IT Manager for Coca-Cola Bottling Co., he worked his through the ranks in manufacturing and eventually moved from South Africa to the United States.   Presently, Justin leads the technology division for Panasonic Energy at their Gigafactory out of Sparks, Nevada.  Key Wins and Takeaways for You:  How to Show Business Partners the True Value of IT   Speed and Agility for Innovation: “The way we innovate within the Gigafactory is unlike anything I have personally seen on the manufacturing side. We've been here for about six years now, so basically, we're a startup and we continue to think as a startup. We're a 100-year-old company that thinks like a startup.”  The Power of a Mission Driven Company: Building a world of cleaner energy.  How to Use Fusion Teams: Building your speed and agility significantly while transforming your innovation.  How to use the Ontological layer of your business coupled with AI and ML to transform your business, processes and speed of innovation.   How to Select the Right Edge, Cloud, Hybrid Cloud Partners for You  How to Achieve and Keep Your Seat at the Table  Justin's Superpower of ‘Active Listening:' “Step back, listen, and understand the pain points. Bring those notes back home in a quiet space and reflect on them.”  The Value of Mentorships   As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are more wins you will get by listening: (3:00) Bill: “What's the change that's happening in manufacturing?”  (3:57) Justin: “Our business leaders have really brought the IT leaders into their decision-making because they understand the role we play and how we can create those efficiencies within multiple facets.”  (4:18) Justin: “As we innovate, and as new technologies come on board, we're able to sit down with our business partners and show true value.”  (6:13) Bill: “What is a Gigafactory?”  (8:19) Justin: “Failure to innovate will put you at a competitive disadvantage.”  (8:22) Bill: How do you do that with a legacy business?”  (8:42) Justin: “We believe the future is in energy and it is our mission to go and change the world through cleaner energy.”  (13:27) Bill: “What does the ontological layer mean regarding ML and AI and Gigafactories?”  (15:52) Bill: “How you went about the journey of finding the right partner?”  (16:55) Justin: “Take a step back, understand your business, the data, and most likely what you're going to end up with is a hybrid model.”  (18:20) Bill: “How do you focus on the 80-20 principle?”  (18:45) Justin: “Having a seat at the table is extremely important.”   (21:08) Bill: “What skills did you come to need to have set in-house?”  (21:42) Justin: “There's always a balance between your FTEs in-house and your managed services that you use externally.”  (24:20) Justin: “Being able to sit and communicate to your business leaders and talk to them in a manner they understand while taking a step back to actively listen.”  (26:48) Bill: “What books have been the biggest impact for you?”  (29:45) Justin: “Never pass up an opportunity to keep quiet.”  (32:18) Justin: “How people are looking at security nowadays…invest in people as a number one firewall.”  (35:39) Justin: “Take it in, learn, listen, because everything you're doing today is going to provide the opportunities that you're going to get tomorrow.”  (36:17) Justin: “We all as leaders have a responsibility to give back. Let's train the leaders of the future and let's help them as well.”  (36:46) Bill: “All leaders need to be looking and surround themselves with the five people that are not necessarily their peers but are in front of them a little bit.”  (37:20) Justin: “As technologists, it is our responsibility to push the envelope, to get a seat at the table with our business partners to help innovation. Let's try to create a cleaner energy environment through technology.”    Resources  Connect with Justin on LinkedIn  “CIO Paradox” by Martha Heller  “Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Surviving and Thriving in a World of Digital Giants” by Ray Wang  ChatGPT 

Welcome back to my podcast. On today's episode, I am joined by “Pro Troublemaker,” professional business coach, and president of Stefanie Krievins & Co., Stefanie Krievins. Since earning her trained coaching certification through Erickson's International in 2014, Stefanie has built a company and team of “troublemakers” that provide tools for others to help them define their organization's vision, work with trust and accountability, and communicate clearly to advocate for their own ideas.  Here are some of the top transformational wins you will receive as an IT leader:  How to Navigate Multiple Generations within the Workforce  The Power of Seven Messages, Seven Channels, Seven Times  Using the DISC Behavioral Method to Better Understand Your Team  How to Build Self Awareness  How to Run a Better and Effective Meeting  How to Start Small and Build Stronger Leadership Skills  Tune in and hear how you can transform your skills as a leader and create actions that leave an impact. As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening: (1:05) Stefanie: “We get to work with ambitious, fast growing scaling companies when they have messy, middle, growing pains." (2:10) Bill: “What is happening that there's an opportunity for you and your organization to work for people to solve their particular problems?” (3:13) Stefanie: “I'm seeing a lot of leaders trying to use a consensus model of decision-making, which can be the fastest way to get nothing done.” (3:50) Stefanie: “For folks who want to run a high-performance team, hard times call for bold decisions.” (5:01) Stefanie: “We need to, as leaders, broaden our skillset when it comes to who makes the decision, how do they make it, who's involved so that our organization can continue to grow.”  (5:42) Bill: “What's the genesis of consensus decision making?”  (10:18) Stefanie: “There are new ways for you to be more transparent in your company in a way that makes sense for your business.”  (10:47) Stefanie: “One of my goals is to help people understand those nuances that create friction every single day. Seven messages, seven channels, seven times.”  (14:17) Stefanie: “Repetition is the magic of making your messages stick.”  (14:28) Bill: “Is that sort of the empowerment you're trying to establish if you don't have the view of the CEO in mind but rather an individual leader within their company?”  (15:46) Bill: “If you're coming in from a technical orientation versus an analytical, do you find that people have different things you have to coach them up on?”  (16:17) Stefanie: “We are big fans of the DISC behavioral assessment.”  (20:40) Bill: “You're essentially using this model to make sure that we know where we all are from our own style.”  (21:46) Stefanie: “Just recognizing that you need other people to help you make decisions.”  (22:18) Stefanie: “You need a high performing team that knows how to leverage all styles so they can make the best decisions possible.”  (23:14) Bill: “It is one thing to make a fast decision, but it is another thing to make a fast implementation.”  (25:09) Bill: “Is there a recommended meeting style or cadence that gives a framework for people?”  (27:39) Bill: “How do you coach a team or an individual on how to hold people accountable?”  (28:36) Stefanie: “We have to remember that the accountability is the other person's responsibility.”  (32:08) Stefanie: “You have to define what kind of meeting it is so people understand how to best participate.”  (37:54) Stefanie: “Spend the first 20% of every single workday being completely unavailable to anybody else to do your deepest, most important work.”  (38:38) Stefanie: “Start with the work where you add the most value.” Resources: Stefanie Krievins' LinkedIn  Stefanie Krievins & Co.  Stefanie's Podcast: Hot Mess Hotline  

Hello everyone and welcome back. In this episode, we are here with Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4, cybersecurity architect, and Author.   Roger first made his debut on the podcast in 2020, when he unlocked the truth and disproved assumptions about multifactor authentication. We are excited to welcome Roger back to discuss his new book, "Ransomware Protection Playbook," in which he outlines a practical roadmap to protect your networks against one of the most insidious and damaging cyber threats, ransomware!  In today's episode, learn why the Zero Trust method is the future of computer security and how ransomware attacks better equip companies for future attacks. Be a part of our discussion as we uncover the secrets behind cryptocurrencies, Web 3.0, NFTs, cybercriminal safe havens, dynamic DNS services, network access brokers, and AI bots.  Are you ready to explore the uncharted territories of the dark web? We sure are. Listen in today.   As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening: Roger (6:11): Technological advancements exist that make the internet more secure. Why do people need to agree to and utilize them to prevent cyber-attacks we should've seen coming?  Roger (8:03): Who is Kevin Mitnick and why is he the most infamous hacker of our time?  Roger (11:07): The benefit of offensive penetration and how this provides better advice to keep cyber-attacks away.  Roger (13:10): The truth about cryptocurrencies, Web 3.0, and NFTs.  Roger (14:00): Secrets behind cryptocurrency transactions and money laundering.  Roger (18:00): Cybercriminal safe havens do exist! What measures can users take to protect themselves against cybercrime?  Roger (21:30): How nuclear programs are funded with stolen ransomware and cryptocurrency.  Roger (22:00): Ransomware on Windows machines checks for coded languages in Russian, Cyrillic, Ukrainian, and other deviations. Learn why setting as a second language on your Windows machines can protect against ransomware.  Roger (24:00): The ransomware industry is considered the malware industry. Ransomware is a subclass of malware.   Roger (26:00): The dangers that network access brokers create through secret deals that are happening behind the scenes.  Roger (33:00): What is dynamic DNS services and why is it a solution for fixing the internet's malicious attacks?  Roger (35:00): What is Zero Trust and is this method the future of computer security?  Roger (35:30): "Zero Trust" is a mentality that says we are not going to trust you simply because you authenticated correctly.  Roger (38:30): Cyber threats are increasing due to the automation of artificial intelligence bots.  Roger (51:00): The majority of attacks are client-side attacks that get past the firewall, past the antivirus, and past the VPN. Zero Trust says you don't trust anybody, even those claiming to be Zero Trust.  Roger (52:00): Zero trust is about evaluating a user's behavior and other characteristics. From those behaviors, a rating takes place. If the rating is above the risk threshold, the system aims to block you or will ask for additional information.  Roger (56:30): How ransomware forced companies to be better by revealing to organizations what they needed to be protected from or by showing the great secure backups they had in place.    Resources  Ransomware Protection (Book)  Kevin Mitnick  Hacking Multifactor Authentication  Whitepapers called Fix the Internet. To receive and read email: rogerg@knowbe4.com   

On today's episode I am joined by Brad Miller, Chief Regulatory Counsel for Digital Affairs and Privacy at NADA, and James Crifasi, CTO at RedZone Technologies.  Brad and James are presently working together with car dealerships and other businesses to translate the recently revised FTC Safeguard regulations about data security and privacy into practical action plans.  Here are the 9 key areas that were discussed in the conversation about what car dealerships must comply with prior to December 9th 2022.  “Determine the right person to implement and oversee company's information security program.” “Conduct a risk assessment.” “Design and implement safeguards to control the risks identified through your risk assessment.” “Regularly monitor and test the effectiveness of your safeguards.” “Train, educate, and test your staff.” “Monitor your service providers.” “Keep your information security program current.” “Create a written incident response plan.” “Require your Qualified individual to report to your Board of Directors.”  As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening: (3:52) Brad Miller: “The type of data financial institutions is so sensitive that they have to have special obligations with respect to this information.”  (3:55) Brad Miller: “One side is the privacy rule...you have to tell the consumers what you're gathering and what you're going to do with it. The other half is the Safeguards Rule where you have to take steps to protect this information.”  (6:45) Brad Miller: “What resulted was a rule that came out about a year ago, it's a mix of technical steps, contracts, policies, and training that companies have to do just as a minimum to meet your obligations.”  (7:35) Brad Miller: “The FTCs looking for a way to move the market forward, to really push data security across the board.”  (9:05) Brad Miller: “If you don't think data security is part of your core competency, you have to make it one.”  (10:25) James Crifasi: “In the Safeguards, there's a lot of room for what's called the qualified individual or whoever is in charge of the IT security program.”  (12:57) Brad Miller: “Dealers are buttoning up their internal systems but need to make sure those third parties are doing the things they can.”  (16:20) James Crifasi: “This DMS provider just won't budge. What do I do?”  (17:46) Brad Miller: “Dealers shouldn't assume that just because you're dealing with someone larger means they're probably further along.”  (21:15) Brad Miller: “What makes it particularly difficult for dealers?”  (29:33) James Crifasi: “We want to keep the business side progress going as much as the security side.”  (31:36) Brad Miller: “We're living in an age where the FTC is very, very activist.”  (31:53) Brad Miller: “We want people to do as much as they can as far as they can by the deadline, then continue plowing forward.”  (39:42) James Crifasi: “Advances in cars are going to start making security more important.”  (41:35) Bill Murphy: “The most inexpensive way to raise your security profile is to educate and train your employees.” (43:15) Bill Murphy: “What does a written response plan look like?” (44:42) Brad Miller: “Think beforehand what you're going to do in the event of an issue and then practice.”  (48:34) James Crifasi: “When it comes to incident response plan and training, more attention to not assuming people know what the right thing to do is because naturally people don't know the right thing to do.”   Key Resources:  RedZone Technologies  National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)  “Data Security and Privacy: What Dealers Need to Know”  “FTC Issues Guidance on the Revised Safeguards Rule: The Time for Dealers to Act is Now”  “A Dealer Guide to the FTC Safeguards Rule”  “Drive Down Your Cyber Risk and Stop Breaches”  “FTC Safeguards Rule: What Your Business Needs to Know”

Welcome back to Bill Murphy's 10x Podcast. Our guest in this episode is Kartik Sakthivel, Vice President & Chief Information Officer at LIMRA/LOMA, LL Global, author of "Find Your Red Cape" and comic book enthusiast.   From Mumbai, India to New Hampshire, Kartik is an eternal optimist and believes in the value, strength, and compounding force that is leadership and why it is so important. Kartik opens up about his book and encourages listeners to seek and understand who they are as leaders, enabling them to unlock their leadership legacy for the world to see.   In addition, learn how digital transformation, blockchain, and cybersecurity in the insurance industry is advancing and what this means for the new generation of consumers as we approach the 4th industrial revolution.  Join us today on a quest to discover your superpowers so that we can understand what drives our potential as leaders and in turn encourage others to unlock their leadership potential as well. For the full show notes and resources, visit our blog: Unlock Your Leadership Legacy...What Are Your Superpowers? - RedZone 10X

Technology has been around long before we were born. Today, we welcome Kevin Kelly back to the show. Kevin Kelly, a modern futurist, is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review. In addition, Kevin is also a writer, photographer, and conservationist.   In the episode, Kevin speaks to listeners about technological revolutions and offers his knowledge on the future of AI. With inspiration from Amish traditions, Kevin explains that the technological advancements that are bound to happen in the future are inevitable and are driven by technological trends that have already been in motion.  Tune in to learn why understanding what is occurring today is the most powerful starting point for the future. As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening: Kevin [1:54] When we talk about technology, we should be talking about the 95% of it that's been around long before we were born. Kevin [2:27] There is more technology being made than we individually can use ourselves. Kevin [2:49] The primary difference between the Amish and us is that they decide collectively on what to choose, whereas we decide individually. Kevin [6:14] Identifying the qualities you want in a technology can help you choose which new technology to use. Kevin [7:16] Be a minimalist in terms of the technologies you use daily but be a maximalist in terms of encouraging the abundance of technological choices. Kevin [8:20]: Technology leads to choices. Kevin [9:14] Technology is about doing things now that we could not before, even though the old forms of technology stick around. Kevin [13:16] What will be important tomorrow began two or three decades ago. Kevin [18:25] The goal of AI is not to replicate humans, but to encourage the benefit of having a technology that thinks differently from us. Kevin [21:16] AI is not superhuman intelligence that grows smarter, AI is about making a planet-sized machine of all connected devices to create a world brain. Kevin [23:14] Global planetary awareness is critical when it comes to technology and securing technology. Kevin [24:29] The way that information flows around the world is a non-linear system. Kevin [25:34] The idea of ownership, intellectual property, and copyright have been mistaken. It's not possible for people to own ideas or data because of inter-relationships. Kevin [25:59] New ideas are a recombination of existing things. Kevin [26:20] New innovations have the same attributes as an ecosystem. Kevin [34:00] Will the AR world be economically and culturally bigger than the VR world? Kevin [38:50] Facial recognition is an example of the conundrum with the idea of ownership. Who owns your face? When we have VR and AR worlds, people will be claiming ownership which is the wrong model. Kevin [41:30] NFT's gives you zero copyright claims, unless it's part of the contract. Kevin [46:36] The best ideas are the ones that nobody likes or wants to pursue. Bill [49:23] Instead of trying to figure out who's going to buy something, focus on your own internal enthusiasm for a subject. Let your enthusiasm be the GPS and people will follow.   Key Resources: Cool Tools Book   Recomendo Institute for the Future Out of Control Better Than Free Essay Vanishing Asia Wired

Welcome back to Bill Murphy's 10x Podcast. Our guest in this episode is John Arsneault, CIO at Goulston & Storrs, a venture capital investor and a startup advisor. With over 30 years in the tech industry, John is an expert strategist ensuring business growth.    John began his career repairing PCs at an after-school job before transitioning to working for a small venture capital company in Boston. Through this experience and by observing his co-workers making investment deals, he found an interest in investing.  Fast forward to today, he is now the founder of Portfolio X, a venture capital company that invests in emerging technologies. John is passionate about offering investing advice, and emphasizes the importance of betting on a person, not their ideas. John also talks about his role as CIO and strongly encourages us to be the curators of change within our organizations.  In addition to his useful advice, John tells us about his family roots in Maine, his love for baseball, and explains to us that we do not need a grand plan to be successful. Through hard work, making mistakes, and trying a couple of times, growth is achieved, and remarkable things happen.  Oh, and did someone say flying cars? Tune in and listen to the Podcast to learn more.   As a Chief Information Officer and Business IT Leader here are the wins you will get by listening:  Bill [11:12] “There is some wisdom in non-traditional paths as far as what growth opportunities it gives people.”  John [12:42] After working at a small venture capital company in Boston, John developed a strong interest in investing.   John [13:12] There are two streams of technology professionals in the world. The people that maintain technology environments for enterprise or existing businesses. Then there are people that work in the actual tech industry.   John [13:42] Realizing you could go work for a technology company and be the product itself, not just the back office necessary expenditure, was exciting because this meant that you are building an actual product while earning equity.   John [15:42] Everything a person learns is the outcome of watching, making mistakes, and trying a couple of times until they got it right.   John: [16:12] The biggest mistake that people make when entering the world of investing is, they get so enamored with somebody's idea. There are lots of entrepreneurs that have cool ideas. There are very few of them that can turn that idea into a functioning burgeoning business.   John [16:42] In these days investing is cloudy because it is easy to get venture capital, but in the past, it was hard. So, people assumed that if somebody got funded the company was destined to do well, however 90% of new businesses fail.  Bill [17:12] Are we betting on the idea? Or are we betting on a growing business?  John [17:42] You bet on the entrepreneurs themselves and not the ideas.   John [18:42] When investing, be on the side of something that has already proven itself in the marketplace, has brand recognition, and seems obvious that it's the new way to do it.   John [20:42] Over the last five years, everything has become a technology startup. Even existing businesses in a way are becoming technology startups within themselves.   John [23:12] You have no crystal ball. You do not know if entrepreneurs are going to guide the business properly, but to make an informed decision you can look at what they've done and how they've gotten to that point.   John [24:42] Private market exchanges   John [28:42] You can do all the homework in the world, at the end of the day you just do not how things are going to turn out.  John [31:12] A spec is a special all-purpose collection of equity investors.   Bill [34:42] Apps and technologies are so quick that they outstrip our ability to regulate.  John [35:12] The next iteration of innovation is going to be technologies that bump up against compliance and regulation.  John [36:12] There is technology that already exists but is not being utilized because it's not yet legal.   John [37:12] Regulation and compliance must catch up with technology, or the technology is going to slow down.   John [39:42] 40% of the world's population have never been on the internet.   John [40:42] People can suddenly go from being behind the rest of the world by a hundred years, but in a split second can be ahead of everybody because their adoption rate will not be getting rid of the old thing but going right to the modern setup.   John [40:57] The biggest barrier for the United States to be competitive in the next hundred years is going to be our will to adopt new things.   John [43:42] A CIO's role traditionally in a law firm was to put together the technical Legos to make people efficient and allow them to do their jobs. However, in the next decade, the CIO's role is going to be to help protect the business.  John [44:42] Innovators are coming into the legal industry with no intention of taking the technology that they develop and licensing it to law firms. They want to build platforms that will allow them to take clients away and build processes that facilitate legal happenings within the platform itself.   John [46:20] It took Amazon 25 years to build their successful e-commerce fulfillment model that disrupted the rest of the industry. Once companies realized where they were failing, it was too late  John [47:42] I can't tell them, this is exactly how they need to approach all this innovation, but I can tell them that they need to pay attention. There are going to be moments of clarity, you must watch for it.   John [51:42] As a CIO, look outside your own industry for what is going to happen.    Resources  Steve Case's The Third Wave  A360 Summit  Legal Tech Fund  Gartner  Singularity University  Peter Diamandis  Northeastern University  Boston College High School (BC High)  Fenway Park   Portfolio X  Goulston & Storrs    Love this episode? Leave a Review Share it on your LinkedIn feed. If you have not already, please leave us a review on iTunes.    About Bill Murphy  Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn.  If you are interested in learning more about RedZone Technologies, and its security expertise, email us at info@redzonetech.net 

Welcome Back to Bill Murphy's 10x Podcast. Our guest in this episode is Peter Cohan, founder and principal of The Second Derivative, author of “Great Demo!” and a savant in the sales world.   Additionally, Peter serves on the Board of Directors for Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc., is an advisor to IN2SV, Inc., holds a degree in chemistry, and is a mentor to StartX, the Stanford University start-up accelerator.  Peter has vast experience working with senior management in marketing, sales, and business development. and has learned to discover and understand the needs of a customer. Peter's mission is to advise organizations on the ways they can better improve their sales and marketing results through creating and executing compelling demonstrations.   In this episode, he shares with listeners his best-known method, the “Last Thing First,” which teaches you to “turn the demo upside down” and start with the end-result first.  You do not have to be in sales to benefit from Peter's methods, his principles prove valuable to many parts of an organization  Peter hopes to inspire you to constantly seek ways to improve upon your skills and practices.  Show your customers the possibilities that will benefit the future of their business and an end- result that cannot be refused.  Tune in to learn more.   As a Chief Information Officer and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening:  4:00 There are two roles of an IT Leader: offense and defense. The defense protects the kingdom, keeps the lights on, and ensures the users are happy. The offense helps put points on the board and supports sales.   5:00 Modern IT leaders can support sales in the future by providing subject matter expertise to the sales team, enabling a demo environment, and seeking to understand where the organization needs to go and what can be done to help by providing tools and services.   6:30 The key success factor in the pre-sales process is having a structured way of communicating information.  6:40 “The Great Demo” introduces a structure called the situation slide, which is used to recommunicate key pieces of information to deliver a credible demo.   8:00 Before you call a prospect, have a conversation with the vendor and ask: What is our objective for this demo? What do we know about this prospect? What do you want me to present in this demo? What do you not want me to present in this demo?  10:00 The key element in creating any demo is understanding what specific capabilities a prospect needs to see versus everything else that is in your offering.   11:30 Find sales representatives who are highly respected and use those people as your models to learn their best practices.  12:00 Successful sales reps execute the most important part of the sales process: sufficient discovery of the customer's needs followed by communicating those discoveries with the team.  18:30 Vision generation demos spark interest and highlight what is possible.  20:30 Lead with pictures of graphs, reports, and dashboards to present complex ideas in a straightforward way. Do not bury people in complexity.   23:30 The goal of a demo is to show your customer a “menu” of your offerings. If you are offering several different modules, utilize vision generation.   27:00 In a demo, do not show a prospect a boring boat. Show them that it is a battleship driving through the heavy seas. This is the result a prospect is looking for.  28:00 The higher you go in an organization, the less they care about the process and more just the end-result. Turn the demo upside down and do that last thing first.   32:30 A successful salesperson is interested in continually improving his or her process.     Resources:   Great Demo Book  GreatDemo.com  LessIsMore.com (For PowerPoint Presentations)   Information is Beautiful  _____________________________________________________________________  Love this episode? Leave a Review  Share it on your LinkedIn feed.  If you have not already, please leave us a review on iTunes.  ______________________________________________________________________  About Bill Murphy  Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn.  If you are interested in learning more about RedZone Technologies, and its security expertise, email us at info@redzonetech.ne

Welcome Back to Bill Murphy's 10x Podcast. Our guest in this episode is Brian Chidester, award-winning, public sector marketing executive, and expert integrated messaging strategist. Brian is currently the Industry Vice President at Genesys, an Advisor to the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance, and a member of the Forbes Technology Council.   Today, Brian shares with listeners the benefits of developing smart cities and explains how they promote sustainable practices that will address growing urbanization challenges that cities face. By leveraging the data that smart cities provide, stewards within a community can help make better decisions on behalf of the constituents.   As a supporter of smart city evolution, Brian shares examples to describe how process efficiency, edge computing, and curb management can help advocate for the future and advancements of smart cities.  Tune in today and learn about the possibilities smart cities are providing our communities. As a Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening:  [5:00] Brian: To be a true advisor to sales leadership, you must have a deep understanding of the market and the reason behind what you are doing.   [5:30] Brian: Anyone working in the technology sector begins to realize that everything is interconnected.  [6:30] Brian: When looking at the government space, it pulls you into an experience. The experience can be a digital experience through your mobile device, tablet, or computer, but it also evolves into smart cities.  [7:30] Brain: A smart city is a framework, an idea, that is composed of information community technology (ICT).  [8:00] Brian: The idea behind smart cities is to develop and promote sustainable practices that help address growing and advancing urbanization challenges that cities face.   [8:30] Brian: A foundational piece of a smart city is cloud. Cloud-based IoT applications and sensors can receive, analyze, and manage data in real time to help improve the quality of life for citizens living in a city or connected community.  [9:00] Brian: The most important piece that comes from the cloud based IoT applications is the data. The data provides insights so that stewards within the community can make better decisions on behalf of the constituents.  [10:30] Brian: London pioneered the initial smart city.   [11:30] Brian: Smaller cities have the greatest innovation despite having a smaller budget because they do not have to go through policy roadblocks that stand in the way of bigger cities.   [12:30] Brian: For example, when it comes to trash removal, technology is not added to help get the trash out faster but to understand where the process slows down. Therefore, technology is used for process efficiency.   [13:00] Brain: In Buffalo, NY the city turned trash removal trucks into moving sensors by adding video cameras, leveraging AI (Artificial Intelligence), and using 5G capabilities to find potholes that need to be filled.   [13:30] Brain: Edge computing is the ability to process data at the point. An example of this is a sensor.   [15:00] Brian: Edge computing and 5G from an infrastructure perspective can allow quick reaction times to help the evolution of smart cities.  [15:30] Brian: The concerns surrounding 5G are the pockets of the broadband infrastructure. Smart cities can help with digital equity, but one of the biggest challenges is access to broadband.   [16:30] Brian: GDPR and the Europeans are ahead of the US when it comes to privacy practices and policies.   [18:30] Brian: Security of data is critical for protecting privacy. With new video footage capabilities such as speed cameras or security cameras, we must ensure this information does not fall into the wrong hands.   [20:00] Brain: Policy is always lagging behind technology. That is why the government tends to be late adopters of technology.  [22:30] Brain: There is a lot of value that data can bring to the citizen.   [23:30] Curb management is a big trend happening with smart cities because of curb real estate. The data surrounding curb management can help cities identify how to manage and optimize curb space to allow for curb demands.  An example of this is DoorDash pickups and drop offs.   [24:36] Brian: A big topic that's being looked at within smart cities is how to help address climate change. How can we lower the city's carbon footprint by leveraging smart devices?  [27:30] Brian: The City of Chattanooga is looking at how they can prevent car accidents and pedestrian deaths by having a sensor speak to a vehicle which then stops it when the car gets close to a crosswalk.   [28:00] Brian: When we think of smart cities, it's an ecosystem. It's not just about a device here and there. It's a framework and policies, but it is also a complete ecosystem that plays together.   [28:30] Brian: Look to the Googles and the Apples of the world that have next generation technology and understand what that is, where it's going, and how it can be enveloped properly into the smart city ecosystem.  [32:00] Brian: What does the future of smart cities look like? It starts with the data. Then, it's what the city's going to do on behalf of its citizens. It's not about technologies and sensors, but it's about how the cities can become smarter from the data that's ingested to be more prescriptive for their citizens.  [32:30] Brain: How will the metaverse impact smart cities and digital experiences for citizens? Both augmented reality and virtual reality are giving governments opportunities to be able to meet the next generation of citizens.  [36:30] Brian: The goal of smart cities is to provide citizens with the types of technology and the types of services that are needed within their area. You're not beholden to just what you've had in the past.   [40:00] Brian: It's not just about getting technology into the hands of the community. It's understanding how to best use and push the adoption of this technology and do it in a way that's going to drive the type of outcomes they are looking for.   Resources World Economic Forum  OpenText  G20 Global Smart City Alliance  The Program: Shot Spotter  Open Government Partnership  Kevin Kelly's “What Technology Wants”  Brian Chidester's Podcast “The Government Huddle”    Love this episode? Leave a Review  Share it on your LinkedIn feed.  If you have not already, please leave us a review on iTunes.    About Bill Murphy  Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn.  If you are interested in learning more about RedZone Technologies, and its security expertise, email us at info@redzonetech.net 

Welcome Back to Bill Murphy's 10x Podcast. Our guest in this episode is Dan Roam, international bestselling author of “The Back of the Napkin” and “The Pop-Up Pitch”. In addition to his literary works, Dan is also a visual strategist, pilot, and father of two.   Dan shares with listeners that his purpose in life is to help businesses solve complex problems by using visual art. With inspiration from Jeffery Campbell's "The Hero's Journey," Dan encourages listeners to take bold moves when solving present-day problems and emphasizes believing in new solutions to spark growth and change for the future.   Dan shares with us the details of his book, "The Pop-Up Pitch," and explains how, in just 7 minutes, teams can collaboratively solve complex business problems by drawing simple pictures and teaches listeners how to become the most persuasive communicators in the conference room.   Join us today on a journey into the world of storytelling and visual art.  

In this episode we're talking about Enterprise Blockchain, and how blockchain is disrupting industries with its multifaceted applications.   We're here with Husen Kapasi the Blockchain Lead at PwC Europe with focus on Enterprise Blockchain i.e. Blockchain application.   Get all the resources for this episode: https://redzone10x.net/disrupting-industries-with-enterprise-blockchain-featuring-husen-kapasi

In this episode, we explore VR, AR, and augmented reality - And how companies and brands can utilize these technologies for marketing,  innovation, training, and rapid learning. 

Is your company exploring business applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality?   In this episode Founder of Exponential Destiny, Marcus Shingles, tells us “Start to scratch the surface on Virtual and Augmented reality so you're not caught flat-footed when the technology really becomes mainstream”.   Tune in and learn how your company can benefit from the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality.  

In this conversation with Amy Doherty, Chief Operating Officer at First Command Financial Services, we discuss Agile Methodology and how her company has been transformed by using the Scaled Agile framework. Agile is the only way to go. If you're in a command and control type of mindset and culture, it's really difficult to unlock the potential of your team.   Check out the resources mentioned in this episode! In this episode, we're here to discuss how to effectively adapt to inevitable changes that come with company growth. We're here with Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of First Command Financial Services Amy Doherty. Amy has been featured in CIO Magazine, Forbes and Computerworld, and was named on RealComm's “35 to Watch” list

In this episode, we’re talking about how EQ aka emotional intelligence can help you become an effective and successful leader. Get all the resources for this episode: https://redzone10x.net/how-eq-makes-an-effective-it-leader-with-nadja-el-fertasi We’re here with the founder and CEO of Thrive with EQ, Nadja EL Fertasi. As a Senior Executive in NATO’s Cyber Executive Arm, Nadja was responsible for translating the digital impact on political and military priorities for the Alliance and its members. Cybercriminals manipulate people based on their emotions. Thrive with EQ helps people mitigate social engineering attacks through simulations & emotional intelligence training for their (remote) teams. Get all the resources for this episode: https://redzone10x.net/how-eq-makes-an-effective-it-leader-with-nadja-el-fertasi

Trends are not roadmaps for something you have to do. They are simply descriptions of behavior that is accelerating. In this episode, I sat down with bestselling author and expert on disruptive marketing trends, Rohit Bhargava. We discussed the anatomy of trends, the future of work for IT, and next-generation marketing in this riveting conversation.

Automate your business and elevate your revenue. Tune into this episode with Kalani Thomas. Kalani is the CEO of Kihbba, a company that helps SMBs streamline their workflows via top-tier SaaS automation tool integrations.  Get all the resources mentioned in this episode: https://redzone10x.net/grow-your-companys-vital-revenue-streams-with-saas-automation-tools-with-kalani-thomas Kalani has sold over $150 MILLION of products and services to businesses during his career while honing his unique skillset. Learn how you can use SaaS tools to automate your sales funnel and grow your business. 

Tune into this episode with guest Cyrus Sigari, the bear-riding, self-proclaimed chief airplane nut and Co-Founder of jetAVIA. Cyrus's thousands of hours of aviating experience that span over the course of 30 years, position him as an aviation expert. Listen in as we talk about how the future of drones and air mobility will transform our lives and actually better humanity.

High performance starts in the kitchen.  Our bodies thrive better on simple ingredients. Keeping what we put in our bodies simplified, helps us live our healthiest lives. Or as Brian Vetter, Chief Growth Officer and founder of Tessemae's put it  "Our mission is to simplify food and amplify life." On this episode, we explore how to optimize performance with fitness and nutrition.  Tune in for this chat with Ryan Morrissey, Coach, and Owner of Peak Custom Solutions, and Brian Vetter, Chief Growth Officer and founder of Tessemae.

In today’s episode, I’m joined by the ultimate master of networking and Vice President of Global Solutions at Precipart, Robert Field.  All the resources for this episode. Join us as we discuss the importance of surrounding yourself with a team that encourages professional growth. Hint: make sure people around you are smarter than you. We also explore the value of networking and how it can transform your potential within your organization.    Robert’s insight, perspective, and years of masterful networking have cultivated for him a rich a fulfilling career. Join us as we share leadership experiences and business leader tips on how to get the most out of your career path.  Do have a mentor? Do you surround yourself with a team that challenges you? Learn how to develop this level of excellence by listening in!  

In this episode, I’m excited to dive into the latest Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) development to help you understand how these immersive technologies can add value to your organization through the gamification of your sales funnels.  Get all the resources for this episode: http://www.redzonetech.net/blog/why-immersive-vr-technology-is-a-huge-opportunity-with-holographic-architect-michael-potts Although VR fell flat in the 90s and 00s after building major hype, this time is different. Now, I’m confident that VR has crossed the threshold from just being a ‘cool gadget’ to being an avenue for innovation that CIOs can tap into to take their business to the next level in the future.  I’m joined by Michael Potts, a Holographic Architect and CEO of M2 Studio. Michael is a multi-faceted designer with a degree in Architecture with an emphasis in Advanced Visualization Technology.  During Michael’s 21 years of experience, he has worked on over 3000 projects on 5 Continents where his work has been seen in dozens of publications including broadcast television and a motion picture. 

On this episode, I approach the fascinating topic of how IT leaders can successfully create business value by incorporating joy into the tech world. Get all the resources for this episode at: http://www.redzonetech.net/blog/how-great-leaders-elevate-energy-eliminate-fear-with-ceo-richard-sheridan  I’m speaking with the CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, Richard Sheridan. Richard is also the author of two best-selling books: Joy, Inc., winner of the 2018 Nautilus Book Award Winner for Business and Leadership, and Chief Joy Officer. Listen to the full podcast interview to learn how integrating joy into your company culture can shift how you judge performance and focus your attention on developing independent leadership capacity in your organization. Business leaders can also learn how: How IT leaders can circulate joy amongst their teams to produce optimal results. [10:00 -13:10] How developing a culture focused on the business value of joy is best for innovation to prosper. [26:30 -29:30] The leadership skills required to build a learning culture that helps your teams disrupt an already disruptive industry. [40:00 - 44:32] Get all the resources for this episode: http://www.redzonetech.net/blog/how-great-leaders-elevate-energy-eliminate-fear-with-ceo-richard-sheridan 

Leaders are always looking for ways to gain a competitive edge over their competitors.  Some leaders choose to follow in the footsteps of the theoretical philosophies that successful leaders have put into motion. These theoretical philosophies, as many leaders have learned, can be hit-or-miss. Learn why following the practical philosophy of stoicism can help IT leaders frame their minds in a positive direction, thereby improving decision-making and reasoning skills quickly.  Featuring Dr. Massimo Pigliucci - Expert on Stoicism, Evolutionary Biology, and Practical Philosophy  In this podcast, I’m joined by the expert on stoicism, Dr. Massimo Pigliucci, to learn how we can all build a practical roadmap to a happy life. Dr. Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at City College of New York. He holds a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He is also the author and editor of 13 books, including his latest book, “A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living.”   I spoke with Dr. Pigliucci on my podcast several years ago about Ethics and AI, the types of Ethical Philosophies, the difficulty of programming ethics, and Stoicism. This time, I’m diving headfirst into discussing the practical philosophy of stoicism, a field where Dr. Pigliucci is an expert.  See all the show notes at RedZone

On this episode, we dive headfirst into how digital companies can maximize their network value and data value to supplement traditional product value. Get all the resources for this episode at:RedZone Podcast Show Notes I’m speaking with author and professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), Marco Iansiti. Marco is an expert at developing firm-level strategies using AI and other disruptive technologies while being a top advisor for top tech firms such as Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Intel, and more. In this podcast, Marco discussed the finer points of Competing in the Age of AI. Takeaways: Digital companies can maximize their network value and data value to supplement their traditional product value. (4:00 -7:05) CIOs can manage the future of work across an AI-centric ecosystem without being replaced by AI. (16:25 -18:45) Using a top-down, thoughtful leadership structure allows CIOs to deploy AI and transform their security architecture. (31:25 -35:20) Featuring: Marco Iansiti, Author and Professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) Learn more about the guest on LinkedIn  Connect with Bill on LinkedIn

On this episode, you will gain valuable insight into the future cyber ecosystem and what the potential existence of AGI (Super Intelligent AI) could affect how we work in the future.  I’m speaking with Professional Speaker, Author of Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security, and current Associate Professor at the University of Louisville, Dr. Roman Yampolskiy. Dr. Yampolskiy is known globally for his work on behavioral biometrics, security of cyberworlds, and artificial intelligence safety.   Dr. Yampolskiy’s knack for seeing the real-world, practical opportunities that AI and Superintelligence can provide the modern world is captivating to hear.  Hear what Dr. Yampolskiy has to say about the possible convergence of AI towards AGI on the physical world within your lifetime, whether putting AI safety guardrails around superintelligence is advisable, and which industries will be completely changed by AI in the not-so-distant future.   Featuring:  Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, Associate Professor at the University of Louisville  Episode Resources And Show Notes: http://www.redzonetech.net/blog/how-do-we-control-ai-that-is-smarter-than-us-with-dr-roman-yampolskiy Connect With Bill On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billmurphynll/ 

Listen as Beth and I discuss the key points to thriving after the rewarding experience of higher education and how you can start thinking about human talent differently to help your career and company become more productive and successful in the future.    I’m speaking with SVP & Global CIO of Sirius Group, Beth Boucher today. Beth Boucher is the SVP & Global CIO of Sirius Group, part of the NY CIO Governing Body Leadership Team, and a recent Global category winner at the 2020 New York ORBIE Awards. She funded her own education by painting houses, cleaning banks, working restaurants and even working with submarines.     Featuring:  Beth Boucher, SVP & Global CIO of Sirius Group    Resources:  Show notes and resources for today's episode: https://www.redzonetech.net/blog/successfully-integrate-intentional-learning-in-your-busy-day-with-beth-boucher  IT Security: https://www.redzonetech.net Learn more about the guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-boucher  Connect with Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billmurphynll

On this episode, we dive headfirst into the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Threat and Safeguard Matrix [TaSM].   I’m speaking with the current CISO at Caterpillar Financial, Ross Young, about the OWASP “Tasmanian Devil” Threat and Safeguard Matrix [TaSM] that he created. Ross has worn many hats during his career, spending 10+ years in the CIA, holding security roles at The Federal Reserve and NSA, and stepping into the role of being a Divisional CISO at Capital One.   Listen as Ross and I discuss the OWASP TaSM (like the Tasmanian Devil) and how it can be of great importance to CIOs and CISOs who are looking to focus on the biggest threats and risks to their company. Learn how integrating TaSM into your defense plan can help your organization quickly respond to malware and ransomware and deploy a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) test to restore your backups and gain resiliency from cyber threats in the future.    Featuring:  Ross Young, CISO at Caterpillar Financial    Resources: Learn more about the guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrrossyoung/ Connect with Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billmurphynll/ 

What is your company’s vision? It’s a simple question, yet still, one that many entrepreneurs are unable to effectively answer this question in a cohesive manner when asked. Although the answer to this question will be unique to every leader, the premise behind the answer is that it must be written in ink. Oleg was given the nickname of “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership" due to his ability to create and execute a compelling vision for businesses while also identifying a manager's strategic needs in corporate culture and leadership. Oleg’s wisdom transcends industries and experience levels, capturing my attention and leaving me on the edge of my seat waiting for the next great sound bite. I’ve spoken with Oleg once before and have been clamoring to get him back on my podcast after hearing many of his incredible stories of perseverance and determination which continue to reverberate through my life to this day.

I just had this excellent interview with Brett Johnson, a keynote speaker, and consultant on cybersecurity, Cybercrime, and identity theft. His knowledge of these topics is unique because it didn't come from any book or in any classroom. Brett's experience is from the criminal side of things. At one point, the United States' Most Wanted criminal, he was given the moniker of The Original Internet Godfather by the United States Secret Service. Brett was responsible for defining modern financial Cybercrime as we know it today. He created the precursor to today's Darknet markets called ShadowCrew. In the early 2000s, through ShadowCrew, He assembled a watering hole for cybercriminals to network, share information, gang up, and execute attacks on entities worldwide. He lived a life of crime for decades. Credit card fraud, identity fraud, tax fraud, social engineering attacks- you name it; Brett Johnson did it. His criminal lifestyle eventually caught up to him as he was captured and convicted of 39 felonies, sent to prison multiple times, escaping once, before accepting responsibility and finding redemption through his loved ones and the help of the FBI. Today, Brett works as a security consultant and public speaker. He is one of the world's foremost authorities on Cybercrime and identity theft. Brett uses the vast amount of knowledge he has to help individuals and companies protect themselves from the type of person he used to be. Listen as Brett and I dive deep into how cybercriminals operate, what drives them, and the most common security threats. In my conversation with Brett today, we discuss his strategy for laying out the foundation for modern cybercriminal channels. ShadowCrew sets the standard for the way modern cybercrime channels still operate today. Brett identifies the three websites, ShadowCrew, Counterfeit Library, and CarderPlanet, known to be the main cybercriminal channels. Brett also goes into detail on the question of how easy it is to commit fraud. He tells a story of the Nigerians committing fraud by stealing a billion dollars in unemployment. Brett speaks about how to protect yourself from a scam elaborating on a personal story that involved a woman being scammed by him through eBay. Finally, Brett talks about using his first-hand knowledge of Cybercrime for good as well as speaking to his superpower that he can see that helps in engagement with customers. That is my introduction to Brett, The Original Internet Godfather, and I want to welcome you to our exciting conversation. Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode: The origins of ShadowCrew and how that led to today's Darknet markets. How cybercriminals execute crimes and what they need in order to carry them out. Global law enforcement is stepping their game up to track illicit activities using cryptocurrency. The origins of Brett's life of crime. The methods internet scammers use to take advantage of people online. Criminals most often get caught when they raise unnecessary red flags. How Brett was able to bounce back after hitting rock bottom in life. Without social engineering, cybercrime ultimately fails. Medical records are being used as the primary source of information for cybercriminals. Why storytelling is important in getting employees to retain information presented to them in cybersecurity awareness training. How to Connect with Brett Johnson LinkedIn Website Blog Twitter Articles Referenced in Podcast: The Nigerian Fraudsters Ripping off the Unemployment System, Wired, May 2020. Ghost in the System: Synthetic Identity Fraud, Anglerphish, June 2017 Secret Service Operative Moonlights as Identity Thief, Wired, June 2007. Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, KU Gunn Center. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about my company, RedZone Technologies, and our security expertise, in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. If you liked this episode, please share it with your LinkedIn community. Also, please consider leaving an iTunes review here, and for my droid listeners, on Stitcher. (Click here for instructions on how to leave an iTunes review if you're doing this for the first time.) Read the Full Transcript Here Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

In Episode #208, I talk with Mark Sangster. Mark is the VP & Industry Security Strategist at eSentire Inc., an award-winning speaker, and the author of the new book, “No Safe Harbor: The Inside Truth About Cybercrime―and How To Protect Your Business.”   As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening: How remote work and employees bringing their office home have created new hurdles for IT leaders to deal with. (18:30) The root causes of cyberattacks and how bad actors are able to carry out such attacks as ransomware. (7:00) Why cybersecurity is not just an IT problem to fix and why it’s a business risk to manage. (4:00) Why enterprises should create a risk registry to rank the risks they face. (21:00) Why compliance is not the same as security or privacy. (33:00) Why some companies are ill-prepared for cyberattacks and the importance of having measures in place to protect your data. (12:00) Why complacency and a “set it and forget it” mentality are dangerous things for a company to have when it comes to cybersecurity. (15:30) How much easier it is for a bad actor to virtually rob a bank rather than physically. (40:00) The reputational hit that companies take after data breaches and cyberattacks. (26:30) Why modern compliance often lags behind other aspects of the business. (37:00)   Mark Sangster is the Principal Evangelist and VP of Industry Security Strategist for eSentire Inc based in Ontario, Canada. He is an award-winning speaker at international conferences and on prestigious stages, including the Harvard Law School, and an author on various cybersecurity subjects.     Mark has a fascinating perspective on shifting risk trends, and his work has influenced industry thought-leaders. He is the go-to expert on data breaches, and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Mark also hosts the Cyber Insider Podcast. He interviews experts from across various industries to explore data breach litigation, cyber insurance claims, crisis communication, the rise of gray zone threats, and the risks of interconnected technology.    He is a contributing author to several leading industry publications (CSO magazine, SC Magazine, LegalTech News), an invited speaker at 40+ conferences a year, and a regular guest on many well-respected podcasts.    His most recent book, No Safe Harbor: The Inside Truth About Cybercrime―and How To Protect Your Business , tells the story of cybercrimes and cyber-attacks that never made the headlines but are equally important for companies to understand what they need to do to protect themselves.     How to connect with Mark Sangster: Mark Sangster’s LinkedIn Mark Sangster’s Twitter Mark Sangster’s Website   Books referenced in podcast: No Safe Harbor: The Inside Truth About Cybercrime―and How To Protect Your Business  1st Edition, By Mark Sangster, Published by Page Two, 2020.  The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right 1st Edition, By Atul Gawande, Published by Picador, 2011.    Articles referenced in podcast: The Fifty-Nine-Story Crisis, The New Yorker Magazine, 1995.    Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. Click Here to download the full transcript.   About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics you can email myteam@redzonetech.net.

In Episode #207, I talk with Bill Jensen. Bill is the CEO of the management consulting firm, The Jensen Group, and is a world-renowned thought leader who has been given the nickname, Mr. Simplicity. As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are some wins you will get by listening: -You need two kinds of mentors- one that makes you feel comfortable, and one that pushes you to get outside of your comfort zone. (27:30) -Storytelling is the most impactful way to simplify an idea. (7:30) -The most important asset that everyone has right now is their time and attention. (8:00) -The way you focus on time is to respect the fact that everyone only gets 1,440 minutes in one day. (9:30) -Only 9.8% of people surveyed said they can achieve their dreams where they currently work. (21:30) -The two components of simplicity are empathy and storytelling. (7:00) -We can teach anybody anything. We can give anybody any problem if we give it to them at their level, not ours. (4:30) -Three years from now, you will have a lifetime worth of change to deliver. What is the legacy you want to leave behind? (18:30) -2020 has taught us that we need to focus on personal impact. (25:00) Bill has spent the last 30 years studying the best ways work can get done. He is a passionate simpleton who is against corporate stupidity that wastes people's time, attention, and dreams. Some of the biggest topics Bill covers with his work are the top essentials for leading people into tomorrow, creating cultural agility with digital transformation, and developing focus, speed, and clarity in today's crazy world. Bill has worked with numerous large corporations on these topics, including American Express, GE, IBM, and SAP. Bill's competitive advantage is his work ethic and passion for making it easier for everyone to work smarter, not harder. He has interviewed and surveyed over 1 million people and always has an eye for the future. This eye for the future prompted IBM to invite Bill to be a part of their exclusive Futurist think tank community. How to connect with Bill Jensen: Bill Jensen’s LinkedIn Bill Jensen’s Twitter Bill Jensen’s Website   Resources Referenced in Podcast:  Strategic Coach, Business Coaching for Growth-Minded Entrepreneurs    Books Referenced in Podcast:  The Day Tomorrow Said No: The Discovery That Forever Changed the Future and How We Work, By Bill Jensen, 1st Edition, Published by Authors Place Press (February 2, 2021)  An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, By Al Gore, 1st Edition, Published by Rodale Books (May 26, 2006)    Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. Click Here to download the full transcript.   About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics you can email myteam@redzonetech.net.

Akshay Bhargava is the Chief Product Officer at Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes is described as the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solutions provider. In this role, he leads product organization, guides all Research and Development activities, and drives the company's technology vision/product road map. He previously served as Vice President for Oracle's Cloud Business Group, as a product executive at FireEye, and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. Akshay is a board adviser to several tech startups and was named one of The Software Report's Top 25 Software Product Executives of 2020. A proven thought leader, Akshay writes for Forbes Technology Council and is a frequent speaker at industry events. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from MIT Sloan. Some of the takeaways you will get from listening to this interview with Akshay are how to apply a purpose-built framework to product innovation. Akshay is using this for security innovation, but this is a framework that you can apply to any innovation. On LinkedIn, he has a really nice interaction with the CIO and CISO community about this innovation framework. You will also learn about how to remove luck from the innovation process. He is a big proponent of removing luck in the innovation process. Another takeaway is how to align customer pain, feature requests, and customer empathy with purpose in building your products. How to stop responding to endless feature requests and build products. Also discussed is how to prioritize and choose what to do and what not to do with product development. We also talk about the mindfulness and Zen approach to security. There is research that is done that compares users that have been trained in mindfulness versus users who haven't been. There is a stunning 38% decrease in hitting inadvertent malware. Here are some of the things that you will learn in this podcast episode: -Akshay's purpose-built innovation framework. -How to remove luck from the innovation process. -Aligning customer pain and empathy to the purpose of your company. -How to prioritize and choose what to do and what not to do. -Mindfulness and Zen approach to security. -Why purpose, vision, and mission are all closely related. -Why during these unprecedented times, individuals and organizations have an opportunity to practice anti-fragility. -The power of asking the question, "Why?" How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn     Akshay’s Purpose-Built Framework   Twitter      Books referenced in podcast: Thinking, Fast and Slow, 1st Edition, By Daniel Kahneman, Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013  The Infinite Game, 1st Edition, By Simon Sinek, Published by Portfolio, 2020  Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, 1st Edition, By David Epstein, Published by Riverhead Books, 2019  Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life, 1st Edition, By Hal Gregersen, Published by Harper Business, 2018  Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, 1st Edition, By Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Published by Random House, 2012  Articles referenced in podcast: Failing Toward Zero: Why Your Security Needs to Fail to Get Better, By Akshay Bhargava, for Dark Reading, 11/27/2020.   Reaching Zen In Cybersecurity, By Akshay Bhargava, for Forbes Technology Council, 9/25/2020.   Takeaways from Five Books Executives Should Read Now, By Akshay Bhargava, for Forbes Technology Council, 10/19/2020    Technologies referenced in podcast:  Malwarebytes  Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. Click Here for the full transcript. Leave a Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven’t already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader.   Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics you can email myteam@redzonetech.net.   Music provided by Ben’s Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

Today, my guest is Roger Grimes.  Roger's expertise in the field of computer security is unparalleled. He describes himself as the best in the world when it comes to computer security defense- and he has the credentials to back up this assertion. He works with Kevin Mitnick who he calls the best Offensive Security guy in the world, but he calls himself the best when it comes to Defense. As all of you know by now I love Offense and Defense Innovation so this interview falls squarely into the category of Defense Innovation for sure. With more than 40 computer certifications and twelve books authored or (Co-authored) on computer security, Roger has spent over three decades imparting his knowledge to audiences worldwide. His current title is Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4. He is the author of the new book, Hacking Multifactor Authentication. Roger is a 33-year senior computer security architect and cybersecurity veteran specializing in general computer security, identity management, PKI, Windows computer security, host security, cloud security, honeypots, APT, and defending against hackers and malware. He has worked at some of the world's largest computer security companies, including Foundstone, McAfee, and Microsoft. In this time of remote workforces and distributed endpoints, Roger advocates for Multi-Factor Authentication. However, MFA is not the end all be all for security. The vast majority of hacking doesn't care about your MFA. It's all about reducing your risk, according to Roger. Throughout his many years in the industry, Roger a universal mission that drives all of his actions- to make the internet a safer place. Roger says if he leaves the Earth without accomplishing that feat, he has failed. I also provide how you can connect with him on Linkedin. He has over 25k followers. We've been sold by the industry that MFA is a Warm Blanky and Panacea for all security ills. Learn more deeply about this topic as it is critical to your distributed security architectures moving forward I'm excited to share this conversation with such a distinguished and world-renowned Security Defense Specialist. Here are useful topics, books, and resources discussed and what you will learn as you listen: Why most companies today fail in risk-based security and how to avoid the most common pitfalls. The benefits of enabling application control software like AppLocker in audit only mode. Why assuming just because you have MFA that you can't be hacked is false and how smart application of MFA will reduce your risk of getting hacked. Why push applications like FIDO are more effective than SMS-based multi-factor authentication. The highest risk areas CIO's and CISO's need to avoid falling into when dealing with MFA. Why MFA and other security measures like it are all about reducing your risk instead of eliminating it completely. How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn  Twitter      Books    Articles  Technologies referenced in podcast: Troy Hunt’s “Have I Been Pwned?”  Kevin Mitnick's “Mitnick Security” FIDO Alliance Framework Books Published by Roger A. Grimes Referenced in Podcast: Hacking Multifactor Authentication , 1st Edition, By Roger A. Grimes. Published by Wiley, 2020 A Data-Driven Computer Security Defense: THE Computer Security Defense You Should Be Using, 1st Edition, By Roger A. Grimes, Published Independently, 2017 Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You'll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

Sarah Angel-Johnson is the CIO at Year Up when this was recorded. She is now the CIO of Save The Children. She was named a 2020 Boston CIO ORBIE Award winner for Non-profit CIO of the Year. She has 20+ years of proven results in being a change agent at scale, starting with coding IBM's first e-commerce website to digitizing the $860 million Girl Scout Cookie Program for 2.1 million girls and adults. She has led global organizations of 150 managers and employees, provided direction to 25,000 matrix team members, managed 7 global labs, and drove $1.7 billion in revenue. Sarah has excelled when thrown into new situations and asked to lead change within an organization. She realized early on in her career that she could step in and meld different people, processes, and content together in a way that most leaders couldn't. As a leader, the question of how do I bring people together is an important one. Sarah and I answer this question, share stories, and discuss qualities that are important for a leader to have and how to connect with employees at a deeper level. It's not enough to simply ask questions. What separates good from great leaders is fundamentally leading with inquiry. Asking open-ended questions, having a genuine interest and curiosity in what motivates people, and having the patience to see everything through are necessary when bringing people together to take action. In my conversation with Sarah, you will hear how every step in her career has contributed to her overall success and shaped her leadership style. But no matter where her career has taken her, one thing remains the same- a desire to make an impact and help others at scale. I'm excited for you to hear her story. Let's take a listen. Here are some of the things that you will learn in this podcast episode: The value of mentors in shaping career success. How to retain your talent within an organization. The importance of self-awareness and how it will lead to seeing your broader purpose. Influencing people starts with asking what the human need is, and then designing technology around the human. To find out what truly motivates someone, ask open-ended questions, and create a genuine human connection. Human-centered design is more of a mindset than anything else. How to tailor different methodologies for different situations. Goals are driven by first, creating a shared vision, and then creating a shared mission. The top 3 offenses and top 3 defenses for 2021. Finding the perfect work/life integration is a sliding scale as long as you are continually analyzing and digesting for yourself. How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn  Twitter  Articles referenced in podcast: 2020 BostonCIO ORBIE Award Winners  Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in the episode. Click here to download the full transcript. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn  

My guest today is David Linthicum. David Linthicum is the Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting and has been named the #1 Cloud Influencer via a major report by Apollo Research. David is a Cloud Computing Thought Leader, executive, consultant, author, and speaker, who has been a CTO five times for both public and private companies, and a CEO twice in the last 25 years. Few individuals are true giants of cloud computing, but David's achievements, reputation, and stellar leadership have earned him a lofty position within the industry. It's not just that he is a top thought leader in the cloud computing universe, but he is often the visionary that the wider media invites to offer its readers, listeners, and viewers a peek inside the technology that is reshaping businesses every day. More specifically, David is a Gigaom research analyst on cloud computing and enterprise applications and writes prolifically for InfoWorld as a cloud computing blogger. He is also a contributor to, IEEE Cloud Computing, Tech Target's SearchCloud, and SearchAWS, and is quoted in major business publications including Forbes, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times. David has appeared on NPR several times as a computing industry commentator, and he also does a weekly podcast on cloud computing. With more than 13 books on computing, more than 5,000 published articles, greater than 500 conference presentations, and numerous appearances on radio and TV programs, David has spent the last 20 years leading, demonstrating, and teaching businesses how to use resources more productively while continuously innovating. When I talked with David, he had recently written a great article that I loved, Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Asking the obvious question was a perfect starting point for our conversation because I really wanted to know - What are the secrets some of the providers don't want you to know? I'm excited for you to tune in to this compelling interview. Here are some questions answered in this podcast. Businesses have a tendency to learn from pain. Now is the time to think independently and question why things are currently done this way. Cloud security will only improve in a culture that challenges the status quo. We need to make architectural trade-offs as to what we can do pragmatically with the technology that's out there. Security can hinder performance and cost way more money each month if not engineered into the applications and data stores correctly. Why you should have a Cloud Complexity Management Methodology? Cloud-native security solutions offered by the big providers are not helpful if you have a heterogeneous multi-cloud solution. Training counts more than technology - every dollar you spend on cloud training, you remove a thousand dollars as the cost of risk from your system. When you hire people, you need to hire people who are typically going to be continuous learners, autodidacts which is more than specific skill sets How can you have one security system that's much better than three security systems even though that one security system doesn't cover every feature and function that you need? Why create a security domain that deals with complexity and volatility that you can configure and change quickly. How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn Twitter Website Blog Articles written by David Linthicum referenced in Podcast: Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Cloud security seems like something specific to a cloud provider, but emerging approaches and technologies are changing the game. 4/17/20 Are you Ready for the Brandpocalypse? by David Linthicum. Published on LinkedIn, 8/17/19 Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You'll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

David Linthicum is the Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting and has been named the #1 Cloud Influencer via a major report by Apollo Research. David is a Cloud Computing Thought Leader, executive, consultant, author, and speaker, who has been a CTO five times for both public and private companies, and a CEO twice in the last 25 years. Few individuals are true giants of cloud computing, but David's achievements, reputation, and stellar leadership have earned him a lofty position within the industry. It's not just that he is a top thought leader in the cloud computing universe, but he is often the visionary that the wider media invites to offer its readers, listeners, and viewers a peek inside the technology that is reshaping businesses every day. More specifically, David is a Gigaom research analyst on cloud computing and enterprise applications and writes prolifically for InfoWorld as a cloud computing blogger. He is also a contributor to, IEEE Cloud Computing, Tech Target's SearchCloud, and SearchAWS, and is quoted in major business publications including Forbes, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times. David has appeared on NPR several times as a computing industry commentator, and he also does a weekly podcast on cloud computing. With more than 13 books on computing, more than 5,000 published articles, greater than 500 conference presentations, and numerous appearances on radio and TV programs, David has spent the last 20 years leading, demonstrating, and teaching businesses how to use resources more productively while continuously innovating. When I talked with David, he had recently written a great article that I loved, Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Asking the obvious question was a perfect starting point for our conversation because I really wanted to know - What are the secrets some of the providers don't want you to know? I'm excited for you to tune in to this compelling interview. Here are some questions answered in this podcast. Businesses have a tendency to learn from pain. Now is the time to think independently and question why things are currently done this way. Cloud security will only improve in a culture that challenges the status quo. We need to make architectural trade-offs as to what we can do pragmatically with the technology that's out there. Security can hinder performance and cost way more money each month if not engineered into the applications and data stores correctly. Why you should have a Cloud Complexity Management Methodology? Cloud-native security solutions offered by the big providers are not helpful if you have a heterogeneous multi-cloud solution. Training counts more than technology - every dollar you spend on cloud training, you remove a thousand dollars as the cost of risk from your system. When you hire people, you need to hire people who are typically going to be continuous learners, autodidacts which is more than specific skill sets How can you have one security system that's much better than three security systems even though that one security system doesn't cover every feature and function that you need? Why create a security domain that deals with complexity and volatility that you can configure and change quickly. How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn Twitter Website Blog Articles written by David Linthicum referenced in Podcast: Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Cloud security seems like something specific to a cloud provider, but emerging approaches and technologies are changing the game. 4/17/20 Are you Ready for the Brandpocalypse? by David Linthicum. Published on LinkedIn, 8/17/19 Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You'll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

David Linthicum is the Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting and has been named the #1 Cloud Influencer via a major report by Apollo Research. David is a Cloud Computing Thought Leader, executive, consultant, author, and speaker, who has been a CTO five times for both public and private companies, and a CEO twice in the last 25 years. Few individuals are true giants of cloud computing, but David's achievements, reputation, and stellar leadership have earned him a lofty position within the industry. It's not just that he is a top thought leader in the cloud computing universe, but he is often the visionary that the wider media invites to offer its readers, listeners, and viewers a peek inside the technology that is reshaping businesses every day. More specifically, David is a Gigaom research analyst on cloud computing and enterprise applications and writes prolifically for InfoWorld as a cloud computing blogger. He is also a contributor to, IEEE Cloud Computing, Tech Target's SearchCloud, and SearchAWS, and is quoted in major business publications including Forbes, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times. David has appeared on NPR several times as a computing industry commentator, and he also does a weekly podcast on cloud computing. With more than 13 books on computing, more than 5,000 published articles, greater than 500 conference presentations, and numerous appearances on radio and TV programs, David has spent the last 20 years leading, demonstrating, and teaching businesses how to use resources more productively while continuously innovating. When I talked with David, he had recently written a great article that I loved, Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Asking the obvious question was a perfect starting point for our conversation because I really wanted to know - What are the secrets some of the providers don't want you to know? I'm excited for you to tune in to this compelling interview. Here are some questions answered in this podcast. Businesses have a tendency to learn from pain. Now is the time to think independently and question why things are currently done this way. Cloud security will only improve in a culture that challenges the status quo. We need to make architectural trade-offs as to what we can do pragmatically with the technology that's out there. Security can hinder performance and cost way more money each month if not engineered into the applications and data stores correctly. Why you should have a Cloud Complexity Management Methodology? Cloud-native security solutions offered by the big providers are not helpful if you have a heterogeneous multi-cloud solution. Training counts more than technology - every dollar you spend on cloud training, you remove a thousand dollars as the cost of risk from your system. When you hire people, you need to hire people who are typically going to be continuous learners, autodidacts which is more than specific skill sets How can you have one security system that's much better than three security systems even though that one security system doesn't cover every feature and function that you need? Why create a security domain that deals with complexity and volatility that you can configure and change quickly. How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn Twitter Website Blog Articles written by David Linthicum referenced in Podcast: Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Cloud security seems like something specific to a cloud provider, but emerging approaches and technologies are changing the game. 4/17/20 Are you Ready for the Brandpocalypse? by David Linthicum. Published on LinkedIn, 8/17/19 Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You'll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

David Linthicum is the Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting and has been named the #1 Cloud Influencer via a major report by Apollo Research. David is a Cloud Computing Thought Leader, executive, consultant, author, and speaker, who has been a CTO five times for both public and private companies, and a CEO twice in the last 25 years. Few individuals are true giants of cloud computing, but David's achievements, reputation, and stellar leadership have earned him a lofty position within the industry. It's not just that he is a top thought leader in the cloud computing universe, but he is often the visionary that the wider media invites to offer its readers, listeners, and viewers a peek inside the technology that is reshaping businesses every day. More specifically, David is a Gigaom research analyst on cloud computing and enterprise applications and writes prolifically for InfoWorld as a cloud computing blogger. He is also a contributor to, IEEE Cloud Computing, Tech Target's SearchCloud, and SearchAWS, and is quoted in major business publications including Forbes, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times. David has appeared on NPR several times as a computing industry commentator, and he also does a weekly podcast on cloud computing. With more than 13 books on computing, more than 5,000 published articles, greater than 500 conference presentations, and numerous appearances on radio and TV programs, David has spent the last 20 years leading, demonstrating, and teaching businesses how to use resources more productively while continuously innovating. When I talked with David, he had recently written a great article that I loved, Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Asking the obvious question was a perfect starting point for our conversation because I really wanted to know - What are the secrets some of the providers don't want you to know? I'm excited for you to tune in to this compelling interview. Here are some questions answered in this podcast. Businesses have a tendency to learn from pain. Now is the time to think independently and question why things are currently done this way. Cloud security will only improve in a culture that challenges the status quo. We need to make architectural trade-offs as to what we can do pragmatically with the technology that's out there. Security can hinder performance and cost way more money each month if not engineered into the applications and data stores correctly. Why you should have a Cloud Complexity Management Methodology? Cloud-native security solutions offered by the big providers are not helpful if you have a heterogeneous multi-cloud solution. Training counts more than technology - every dollar you spend on cloud training, you remove a thousand dollars as the cost of risk from your system. When you hire people, you need to hire people who are typically going to be continuous learners, autodidacts which is more than specific skill sets How can you have one security system that's much better than three security systems even though that one security system doesn't cover every feature and function that you need? Why create a security domain that deals with complexity and volatility that you can configure and change quickly. How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn Twitter Website Blog Articles written by David Linthicum referenced in Podcast: Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Cloud security seems like something specific to a cloud provider, but emerging approaches and technologies are changing the game. 4/17/20 Are you Ready for the Brandpocalypse? by David Linthicum. Published on LinkedIn, 8/17/19 Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You'll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

David Linthicum is the Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting and has been named the #1 Cloud Influencer via a major report by Apollo Research. David is a Cloud Computing Thought Leader, executive, consultant, author, and speaker, who has been a CTO five times for both public and private companies, and a CEO twice in the last 25 years. Few individuals are true giants of cloud computing, but David's achievements, reputation, and stellar leadership have earned him a lofty position within the industry. It's not just that he is a top thought leader in the cloud computing universe, but he is often the visionary that the wider media invites to offer its readers, listeners, and viewers a peek inside the technology that is reshaping businesses every day. More specifically, David is a Gigaom research analyst on cloud computing and enterprise applications and writes prolifically for InfoWorld as a cloud computing blogger. He is also a contributor to, IEEE Cloud Computing, Tech Target's SearchCloud, and SearchAWS, and is quoted in major business publications including Forbes, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times. David has appeared on NPR several times as a computing industry commentator, and he also does a weekly podcast on cloud computing. With more than 13 books on computing, more than 5,000 published articles, greater than 500 conference presentations, and numerous appearances on radio and TV programs, David has spent the last 20 years leading, demonstrating, and teaching businesses how to use resources more productively while continuously innovating. When I talked with David, he had recently written a great article that I loved, Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Asking the obvious question was a perfect starting point for our conversation because I really wanted to know - What are the secrets some of the providers don't want you to know? I'm excited for you to tune in to this compelling interview. Here are some questions answered in this podcast. Businesses have a tendency to learn from pain. Now is the time to think independently and question why things are currently done this way. Cloud security will only improve in a culture that challenges the status quo. We need to make architectural trade-offs as to what we can do pragmatically with the technology that's out there. Security can hinder performance and cost way more money each month if not engineered into the applications and data stores correctly. Why you should have a Cloud Complexity Management Methodology? Cloud-native security solutions offered by the big providers are not helpful if you have a heterogeneous multi-cloud solution. Training counts more than technology - every dollar you spend on cloud training, you remove a thousand dollars as the cost of risk from your system. When you hire people, you need to hire people who are typically going to be continuous learners, autodidacts which is more than specific skill sets How can you have one security system that's much better than three security systems even though that one security system doesn't cover every feature and function that you need? Why create a security domain that deals with complexity and volatility that you can configure and change quickly. How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn Twitter Website Blog Articles written by David Linthicum referenced in Podcast: Cloud security secrets your cloud provider doesn't want you to know. Cloud security seems like something specific to a cloud provider, but emerging approaches and technologies are changing the game. 4/17/20 Are you Ready for the Brandpocalypse? by David Linthicum. Published on LinkedIn, 8/17/19 Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You'll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn

As leaders in today's unprecedented time of disruption, we are being forced to make critical decisions based on fear and the unknown. My guest today, Dave McKeown, is here to teach us how, you, as leaders can achieve your compelling vision. How you can strengthen communication and accountability plans even while facing evolving conditions in an environment where you have little control. Dave is the Founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, and author of the new book, The Self-Evolved Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. In this podcast episode, Dave and I share insights on disruption and how leaders can focus on the short-term, high-impact goals to achieve long term vision. Disruption has a way of bringing things into complete focus because we need to get things done with the fewest amount of resources. Organizations and leaders must ask the right questions, take a step back and look at what things they can to maintain alignment with revenue while adding value in that process. When you get that right, that's when you get true alignment in your people, and in your teams because they can see a clear correlation between what they do every day and where your business is going. Another great leadership strategy Dave shares is collective capabilities, bringing together everyone's collective consciousness and knowledge to increase the level of what we know, exponentially. This can be the difference between emerging from this event in a successful way with some momentum behind you, or emerging from this with a business that's no longer valid. I'm excited for you to tune in to this compelling interview. Here are some questions answered in this podcast. What new leadership models are emerging during this unprecedented time of crisis? What is the difference between bravery and heroic leadership? How can a leader encourage collaboration across his teams in the midst of uncertainty? How can leaders achieve more with less resources? How does working with fewer resources bring clarity within an organization? How do times of disruption present a significant opportunity for change within an organization? Why is the decision making process more scalable when it's not dependent on only one individual? How does using a collective capabilities' approach help navigate uncertainty more quickly? Why is a good cultural fit' one of the greatest indicators of an employee's success within a company? Emerging from this crisis, will there be a greater sense of humanity in leadership? How can leaders shift their focus between short, medium and long-term goals? How to Connect with this Guest: LinkedIn     Twitter     Website  Blog Books Published: The Self-Evolved Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down, by Dave McKeown. Published by Greenleaf Book Group Press, January 2020. Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You'll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net. Music provided by Ben's Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn   

On the show today, Margaret Heffernan, serial entrepreneur, author and named one of the “Top 100 Media Executives” by The Hollywood Reporter, shows us how globalization and pervasive communication technologies have moved our world from one that was complicated to one that is highly complex – and much less predictable. To put it lightly, this change Impacts business where even small events can have a large impact. So, from a leadership perspective, how can you prepare for ‘how to think’ in this new emerging world? Margaret and I answer this question, share stories and discuss how leaders can develop a robust, resilient mindset to create community – the center of success. The recent pandemic has proven that this robust, resilient, and innovative thinking, and accepting complexity, is necessary for IT leaders to survive the unpredictability of this moment, tomorrow, and beyond. You have to accept the cost of redundancy and work that may turn out to look like waste. But, once you accept that you can't predict this stuff, you are so much better off having it in your back pocket, than having nothing at all in your back pocket when disaster strikes. Margaret Heffernan is the acclaimed author of six books. Her third book, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril, was named one of the most important business books of the decade by the Financial Times. She was also awarded the Transmission Prize for her next book, A Bigger Prize: Why Competition isn’t Everything and How We Do Better. Her TED talks have been seen by over eleven million people around the globe; and her new book, Uncharted: How to Map the Future, to be published in September 2020, looks at the many diverse reasons why complexity is here to stay.   This is an amazingly relevant conversation that you just don’t want to miss! Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode: Why is the world becoming harder to forecast? What’s the difference between a complicated vs. a complex environment? Why is it harder to lead in a complex world? What will the strategic requirements be to restart your workforce? What is ‘robust thinking’ and how does it relate to resilience? Why is it so important for organizations to take care of, and cultivate their unique ecosystem? Why is it important for organizations to remember that people are part of their infrastructure? Is efficiency and ‘running lean’ always the best choice for an organization? Why does IT understand redundancy better than other sectors?  How to Connect with Margaret Heffernan: LinkedIn     Twitter     Website  Blog Guest Bio Dr. Margaret Heffernan is a Professor of Practice at the University of Bath, Lead Faculty for the Forward Institute’s Responsible Leadership Programme and, through Merryck & Co., mentors CEOs and senior executives of major global organizations. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath and continues to write for the Financial Times and the Huffington Post. Books written by Margaret Heffernan: Uncharted: How to Map the Future, by Margaret Heffernan. Initially released in February 2020, to be republished by Simon & Schuster, September 2020. Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril, by Margaret Heffernan. Published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 2011. Other References from the Podcast: TED Talks | TEDSummit | More News and Ideas from Margaret Heffernan Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, by Safi Bahcall, 3/19/2019 Richard J. Hatchett, M.D., Acting Director of BARDA, Center of Epidemic Preparedness. Jos de Blok, Dutch Economist Leave a Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world-renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about my company, RedZone Technologies, and our security expertise, in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net.   Credits + Other Stuff Music provided by Ben’s Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast: iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn  

Today my guest is Masha Sedova, the co-founder of Elevate Security delivering the first people-centric security platform that leverages behavioral-science to transform employees into security superhumans. Elevate's unique Security Behavior Platform uses data to score employee risks, show actionable trends and practical feedback to motivate, reward and reinforce smart security behaviors of employees. This new approach to security awareness earned Elevate Security a spot in the 10 Finalists in the Innovation Sandbox Competition at the RSA 2020 Conference. Masha is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Cyber Security Alliance and a regular presenter at conferences such as Blackhat, RSA, ISSA, Enigma, and SANS. As we begin our conversation, Masha emphasizes the importance, no the urgency, of looking for the ‘silver lining’ of our disruptive event and how we can embrace the opportunities it presents to emerge with unique outcomes for positive change. Since human error accounts for about 90% of all breaches, Masha explains how new thinking and understanding of security awareness and training can be one of your ‘crisis opportunities’ to improve. It’s all about the data. One of RedZone's big ambitions is to essentially create a biological response on the networks, creating systems that are automated at scale. So, I ask Masha why she thinks we haven’t begun using data in the workplace the way we use it in other areas of our lives – like fitness. You may have a fully integrated Fitbit, so why haven’t we considered implementing similar data integration and thinking into our organization’s security awareness platform? There are some really great concepts and tools that we discuss here. This conversation will give you a chance to understand how to get out of the tactical fear part of your brain and really look into the strategy of security. This is an episode that you do not want to miss. Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode: -  Human error creates 90% of threat events -  Behavioral Science behind changing behaviors – You must have all three Ability Motivation Trigger or reminder -  Motivating factors Gamification Social proof Celebrity social proof -  Heroes, Champions and Risk Takers | Segmenting an Organization into a concept called ‘cohorts’ -  Including the user as part of the ‘team’ with ongoing communication acknowledgement for A+ results encouragement for improving results motivation for adequate results solutions and coaching for failing results -  The Learning Pyramid – Organizations should develop training with the best methods of retention. -  Empowering people has an exponential impact within the organization How to Connect with Masha Sedova LinkedIn Twitter Website    Resources + Books Mentioned The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg. Published by Random House Publishing Group, February 2012. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about my company, RedZone Technologies, and our security expertise, in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net.   Leave A Review Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. Credits + Other Stuff Music provided by Ben’s Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast:                 iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn   

Today my guest is Oleg Konovalov. Oleg received his doctoral degree from the Durham University Business School and is a member of the 2019 Class of Thinkers50 Radar. He has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers360 and is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50). Oleg is an influential and thought provoking business thinker. His long international consulting experience has given him a superior understanding of how business works across different cultures and has made him adept at dealing with challenges at all levels. His research identifies entrepreneurs’ and managers’ strategic needs in the areas of corporate culture, leadership, and he uses corporate diagnostics, in order to enable them to drive their companies to success. He is the author of four best-selling business books, and he continues his research and writing journey identifying entrepreneurs and managers’ strategic needs and helping them drive their companies to success and become true champions of healthy business culture. I love talking with leaders like Oleg Konovalov on my podcast. The wisdom they have to share from broad business and life experiences is invaluable. In this episode, Oleg tells some terrific stories about how he teaches leaders and organizations to seek out real problems and find effective solutions. We discuss the leadership role and why it’s important for leaders to create a space for themselves that’s different - apart from the problem. Oleg believes that taking this step back and looking at your problem from a different (new) perspective is critical to identify the - often underlying problem, keeping you and your organization from dragging old mistakes into the future. Oleg also points out a new way of looking at ‘end of career’ thinking. If you were 50 or 56 years old – 20 years ago, you would be considered at the end of your career. Oleg looks at it quite the opposite. At the employee level, he doesn’t think people truly understand how productive and how much these 50-something employees still have to offer. Listen as we discuss his perspective and the question, “If everything changes and everyone is learning in the present, every day, how will we all impact the future and build this new reality from scratch?” You will love every second of this interview with Oleg as he reveals his strong insight about organizational leadership and culture. After you listen to this podcast, you can continue to expand your ‘knowledge bank’ and read more from Oleg in his most recent book, LEADEROLOGY. Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode: What does the expression,"A dog isn't born to climb on trees" mean? Why corporate problems are usually the result of the leader or leaders' action or inaction. What are the 14 Pathologies in an organization? Why are only 3% of leaders good at decision making? Why do complex visions fail? How do you drill down to identify the real problem? The value of creating real solutions that add value vs. simply creating content Why is it essential for today's leader to have a knowledge bank? The necessity of humility in leadership Why being curious is such an amazing skill to cultivate The shift in leadership towards Systemic Approaches; such as Leadership + sharing vs. Boss dominant cultures of non-sharing Why only 0.1% of leaders have a vision The difference between Having a Dream vs. Ambition vs. Having a Vision What will you do with the success you achieve? How to Connect with Oleg Konovalov: LinkedIn     Twitter     Website  Blog Facebook Books + Resourses: Books Published: LEADEROLOGY, by Oleg Konovalov with Foreword by John Spence. Published by WILDBLUE PRESS, Denver, Colorado. (2019)

Today my guest is Mark Greeven, Professor of Innovation and Strategy at IMD. I’m going to begin by commenting on the amazing timing of my interview with Mark, just last week. In our conversation, his first-hand insight into the culture and strategies of Chinese business as they experienced the COVID-19 crisis, are absolutely relevant for us, as leaders, as we are now experiencing the same in the USA. In our conversation, Mark explains why China, the people and their organizations were able to react so quickly to a sudden and immediate crisis. Why they seemed so much more prepared with a huge population of 1.4 billion – even within the healthcare system, and how did they mobilize exponential technologies so quickly? Before joining IMD, Mark also held faculty positions in China and The Netherlands, and currently serves as a a research associate at China’s National Institute for Innovation Management, Center for China and Globalization, Center for Global R&D and Innovation, and the US-China Innovation Research Center at Duke Kunshan University. With a decade of experience in research, teaching and consulting in China, Mark has learned how to organize innovation in a turbulent world; and through collaboration with innovative Chinese companies and entrepreneurial multinationals, has explored novel ways of organizing, accelerating corporate innovation, and designing business ecosystems to thrive on uncertainty. Mark’s latest book, Pioneers, Hidden Champions, Change Makers and Underdogs: Lessons from China’s Innovators, was published in 2019; and in 2017, he was named on the “2017 Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 next generation business thinkers”, an annual ranking that the Financial Times deemed the “Oscars of Management Thinking”. Listen to this novel interview as Mark and I discuss business ecosystems and how we need to do things together, as a leader, individually, and as a company. Mark will share with us his predictions for the outcome and lasting impact of turbulent events, which don’t all happen to be bad. The consequences will reveal that resilience during these uncertain times will set apart the more successful leaders from the less successful leaders. Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode: How did Chinese companies respond so quickly to the COVID-19 virus? What allows Chinese companies to be so agile and reactive to change? How can strategy be a form of fear? How can strategy be more like, ‘strategy on the spot’ to make things happen fast? Strategy for a changing world | Deliberate vs. Non-deliberate or emerging Why is this particular event not a big deal to Chinese leaders and what can we learn from them? What are some practical ways business leaders can create a more reactive execution capability? Why does Single Threaded Leadership blast through the ceiling of complexity? How can a small company who has grown into a larger organization still maintain an intrapreneurial spirit and mindset? Books Published: Pioneers, Hidden Champions, Change Makers and Underdogs: Lessons from China’s Innovators, by Mark J. Greeven, George S. Yip, and Wei Wei. (The MIT Press, 2019) Business ecosystems in China: Alibaba and competing Baidu, Tencent, Xiaomi and LeEco, by Mark J. Greeven and Wei Wei. (Routledge, 2018). Awards: Named on the “2017 Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 next generation business thinkers”, an annual ranking that the Financial Times deemed the “Oscars of Management Thinking”

Today my guest is Chip Conley. Chip is a New York Times bestselling author and hospitality maverick. He is a recipient of hospitality’s highest honor, the Pioneer Award, and was named the Most Innovative CEO in the San Francisco Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times.  As a rebel entrepreneur, Chip has disrupted his favorite industry...twice. At age 26, the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality (JdV) where he took an inner-city motel and turned it into the second largest boutique hotel brand in America. He sold JdV after running it as CEO for 24 years. Soon the young founders of Airbnb asked him to help transform their promising start-up into the world’s leading hospitality brand. In four years as Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy, Chip taught his award-winning methods to hosts in close to 200 countries, and today he serves as the company's Strategic Advisor for Hospitality & Leadership. His five books have made him a leading authority at the intersection of psychology and business. While writing his latest book, Wisdom@Work: The Making of A Modern Elder, Chip was inspired to build the world's first "midlife wisdom school," the Modern Elder Academy (MEA), where attendees learn how to repurpose a lifetime of experience for the modern workplace. Chip holds a BA and an MBA from Stanford University, and an honorary doctorate in psychology from Saybrook University. He is an active mentor to six young CEO founders in the hospitality/tech world and serves on the board of Encore. org and the advisory board for the Stanford Center for Longevity. He believes curiosity is the elixir of life and started learning Spanish and surfing at age 58. In my conversation with Chip, you will hear stories about experiences that taught him to understand the difference between knowledge and wisdom. In an age where the world is changing faster, people are living longer, and power tends to be moving younger – and at the age of 59, he shares his vision and award-winning methods around building teams aligned with a different kind of diversity and creating effective business culture – including a new view of mentoring. Listen to this podcast to learn about how you can disrupt your thinking and learn how to make more meaningful contributions in your lives and careers during the later period of life. Here are some questions you might want to ask yourself before – and after you listen to this podcast: How long will you live and work? Are you ready for a new stage? How much time do you have left? Are you growing old or are you growing whole? Do you possess Modern Elder qualities? How do you reframe a lifetime of experience? Here are some things you can learn from this podcast: What is the changing role of mentors? What does Chip mean by ‘Long game thinking’? The difference between Gaining knowledge vs. Acquiring Wisdom How can the new role of mentoring change the workplace? Developing a ‘potluck’ company culture Recognizing patterns to cultivate and harvest wisdom Using disruptive thinking to create and retain a ‘growth’ mindset. Should Modern Leaders Find Mentors to Help Them Navigate the Next Half of Their Life? How to Connect with Chip Conley: LinkedIn     Website   Blog Twitter Recent book by Chip Conley: Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder, by Chip Conley. Published by Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, September 18, 2018. Other Resources Mentioned The Five Dysfunctions of A Team, by Patrick Lencioni. Published by Jossey-Bass, 2002. Leave A Review: Love this episode? Share it with your LinkedIn community here. If you haven't already, please make sure you leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Not sure how to leave a review? Check out the instructions here. About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you are interested in learning more about my company, RedZone Technologies, and our security expertise, in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net.   Credits + Other Stuff: Music provided by Ben’s Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast:                 iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn  

In this, the newest Episode of my RedZone Podcast, my guest is Patrick Sweeney. Since this interview, Patrick has become a best selling author as his new book, Fear Is Fuel: The Surprising Power to Help You Find Purpose, Passion, and Performance, has hit the Wall Street Journal's Best Seller List at #5! A fantastic achievement. Patrick has been dubbed the “Fear Guru” for his work with more than 500 global CEOs, actors, professional athletes, Navy SEALs and corporations. He inspires 25,000 people each year through keynote speeches teaching tools to live the biggest, most fulfilling life possible. He also lectures at leading universities from Harvard Business School to the University of Virginia. Before earning a top tier MBA, he placed second in the Olympic Trials in rowing and is the only person to ever summit Mt. Elbrus, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Everest Base Camp by bicycle and in 2018 won the Race Across America in a four-person team. He is also the first person to attempt cycling the seven summits. In Feb 2015 he became the first person to officially bike to Everest Base Camp in Nepal, the summit of Kilimanjaro and the summit of Elbrus. He was the founder and CEO of four technology companies, holds seven patents, produced award-winning adventure documentary films and is an angel investor in over 30 start-ups. He was the Chairman of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Sports & Entertainment Network, and has appeared on CNBC, CNN, Good Morning America, Fox News and the Today Show. Few people know what it's like to be in a prison of fear their entire life. For over 30 years fear drove Patrick's choices and actions, and he missed out on countless amazing opportunities that life presented him. After contracting a rare form of leukemia, Patrick found courage as a super-power. Curiosity led him to discover the neuroscience behind his life changing transformation so, he interviewed three dozen of the World's top neuroscientists. Those sessions changed his thinking and instilled a new mission in Patrick to share what he learned and help others transform their life from fear-based to confident and courageous. There are two ways that you make decisions in life either out of fear or out of opportunity. The first leads to regret, shame and failure; the last leads to growth, happiness, success and learning. In this conversation, Patrick and I discuss how 70% to 80% of our decisions are made subconsciously out of fear, based on what neuroscientists call prior beliefs. These preconceived beliefs are what create subconscious fear, and unless we can ask ourselves powerful questions and replace judgement with curiosity, these fears will play out throughout our lives. Patrick shares some fantastic stories and we talk about how changing this type of thinking and decision making is particularly relevant for CEOs, like myself, and for CIOs and IT Leaders like those in my CIO Innovation Forum groups. Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about understanding and finding your hidden fears. Then grab a copy of Patrick Sweeney's new book, Fear Is Fuel: The Surprising Power to Help You Find Purpose, Passion, and Performance. He wants to teach you courage, confidence how to achieve peak performance. His mission is to help millions around the world use fear as fuel. Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode. How can you enhance your internal database'? What does Patrick mean when he talks about your tribe' and the 3 layers that are critical? How to find your hidden fears? What is the terror triangle? How can you double your mind's capacity for processing? What is the difference between a physical and emotional journey? How can you develop a blueprint for bravery and courage? How to stop that amygdala from hijacking your decisions? Why is it important to scare yourself every day? How four by four' breathing can clear your mind? How to Connect with Patrick Sweeney: LinkedIn     Twitter     Website   Blog YouTube   Books Published: Fear Is Fuel: The Surprising Power to Help You Find Purpose, Passion, and Performance, by Patrick Sweeney II, published by Rowman & Littlefield, 3 Feb 2020. Read Full Transcript: You can go to the show notes to get more information about this interview and what we discussed in this episode. You’ll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts. Leave A Review: I hope you enjoyed this interview with Patrick Sweeney. If you liked this episode, I want you to forward it on your LinkedIn page to your community. I also want you to like and leave comments about the episode on iTunes, and for my droid listeners on Stitcher.  Until next time. I’m signing off. Thank you and have a great day! About Bill Murphy: Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter.                       If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net.  Credits + Other Stuff: Music provided by Ben’s Sound: http://www.bensound.com/ Other Ways to Listen to the Podcast:                 iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn   

My guest today is Deborah Rowland, a leading thinker, speaker, writer, coach and practitioner in the leadership of large complex change. Deborah has devoted her 3-decade career to the study, practice, and dissemination of effective ways to lead true transformation that takes individuals, teams, organizations and indeed whole societal systems to a genuinely new place. Working alongside CEOs and their Executive Teams to help them navigate large scale transformation efforts, and importantly, attend to their own leadership practice as part of that, Deborah has personally led change in major global organizations including Shell, Gucci Group, BBC Worldwide and PepsiCo. In 2017, Deborah was named on Thinkers50 Radar as one of the generation of management thinkers changing the world of business. Her consulting firm, Still Moving, pioneered original research in the field, the latest efforts of which were accepted as a paper at the 2016 Academy of Management and at the 2019 European Academy of Management. I found her in a wonderful book called, The Chief Strategy Officer Playbook: How to Transform Strategies Into Great Results. Deborah brings a unique combination of experience, insight and research to the leadership of change. Although there has been much research on the benefits of mindfulness to the individual, Deborah’s research is original, focusing on the business impact. Her latest book, Still Moving: How to Lead Mindful Change, offers practical examples of how to bring a higher level of awareness into your company. In addition to consulting, speaking and writing, Deborah has contributed to faculty teaching at Business Schools such as Henley Management College, Tuck, and Bath Management School. Don’t be confused about mindfulness - you don’t have to be a meditation student or yoga instructor to understand it. Mindfulness is like a muscle that you build. It’s a stake you put in the ground that you say, my reaction to events is more important than the event itself. Mindfulness requires skill and is worth knowing about and building it into your repertoire. For now, if you want to explore Mindfulness in a new way, and if you want to learn from a high-level Master, this conversation is the perfect place to start. As modern leaders in a fast paced and complex world you will learn:  A mindful leader understands that stillness brings correct action and momentum   A mindful leader observes and in this process brings change  A mindful leader has difficult conversations and can make hard decisions  A mindful leader is aware and awake and is integrated  A mindful leader is better able to work with complexity because they will understand the whole  A mindful leader will be able to work with discomfort better  A mindful leader is more impactful to the business and those around them  A mindful leader is able to navigate organizational boundaries better  A mindful leader has discernment of mindless busy action A mindful leader understands the imperative of wisdom  How to Connect with Deborah Rowland: LinkedIn  Website Blog Twitter Email Books Published: Still Moving: How to Lead Mindful Change, by Deborah Rowland. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2017. Sustaining Change: Leadership that Works, by Deborah Rowland and Malcolm Higgs. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2008. Resources Mentioned in Podcast: The Chief Strategy Officer Playbook: How to Transform Strategies Into Great Results, published by Brightline Initiative|Thinkers50|PMI Institute, 2018. The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from outer space. The term and concept were coined in 1987 by Frank White, who explored the theme in his book The Overview Effect — Space Exploration and Human Evolution (Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), (AIAA, 1998) Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, by Steven Johnson | Sep 10, 2002 Santa Fe Institute - Science for a complex world. The Santa Fe Institute is an independent research center dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, including physical, computational, biological, and social systems. The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work, by Joseph Campbell (Author), Phil Cousineau (Editor). Part of The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, 2014. The Two Popes is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Anthony McCarten, adapted from McCarten's 2017 play, The Pope. Jesuits are members of The Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded by Ignatius of Loyola with the approval of Pope Paul III in 1540 and headquartered in Rome. Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century. David Whyte is an English poet, author, speaker and organizational thinker. He has said that all of his poetry and philosophy is based on "the conversational nature of reality". This episode is sponsored by the CIO Innovation Forum, dedicated to Business Digital Leaders who want to be a part of 20% of the planet and help their businesses win with innovation and transformation. I hope you enjoyed this interview with Deborah Rowland. You can go to the show notes to read the details of what we discussed in this episode. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. 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