@TmanSpeaks - The Wave of Change

"The Wave of Change" Episode 032" Selling in a Virtual World - After a bit of a break @TmanSpeaks is back with an all new episode with return guest, Ian Moyse @imoyse.  Ian is now the Chief Revenue Officer of OneUp Sales.  Ian covers off in this episode what a year of change is has been selling through a pandemic.  As a result of Covid19 we've all been working and selling from home, from a virtual office.  Both Tman and Ian have worked from a virtual office for years utilizing WebEx and Skype for some meetings, some being the keyword.  Through the pandemic sales has had to sell 100% from a virtual presence.  Ian talks about how he and his team have succeeded and what it takes.  Ian talks about the need for sales people to pick up the phone and call, dialing for dollars!  Another great episode!  Stay tuned in for new episodes.  

"The Wave of Change" Episode 031 "The Digital Supply Chain & More" What a packed episode with Tom Raftery @TomRaftery - Global VP, Futurist, & Innovation Evangelist, SAP out of Spain and host of popular podcast, "The Digital Supply Chain".  Tman and Tom cover Cloud, Intelligent Cloud, Opensource, AI, Blockchain and how the supply has drastically changed through Covid-19.  Tom talks about his chat with Elon Musk, yes the Elon Musk of Telsa.  Speed to market with cloud, cut months to weeks.  The podcast ends with Tom's view of what Events are going to look like through to 2022.  

As part of the 2021 GRAMMY Awards, IBM again serves as the official tech partner for the event, this year allowing fans to participate in exciting global debates about iconic artists and the music industry, powered and facilitated by IBM Watson.  I was lucky enough, along with IBM Partner Christopher Penn @cspenn, to interview IBM Developer Yoav Katz and IBM Social Media Strategist, Bethany Douglas.  Just think lessons learned and AI frameworks that were built for sports are being used to train data for an application like the one being used for the 2021 GRAMMY's!  Think of the possibilities!!  

"The Wave of Change" Episode 029 "Better Than Real Life" finally the first podcast of 2021 is out! And what a great way to get the party started with Twitter and Social Media Strategist, Keith Keller @KeithKeller from Melbourne, Australia.  Keith covers a lot of ground looking at what events and conferences are going to looking like going forward.  Keith is very passionate and focused on virtual digital events and conferences becoming the norm and he as coined the phrase "Better Than Real Life".  Keith talks about platforms like Streamyard and Happs.  Keith also covers the latest trend with voice only looking at Clubhouse and what a 'club' it currently is only available by invite and iOS.  A must listen to episode!  

"The Wave of Change" Episode 028 "2020 Vision - The Rise of Digital"  Special end of the year guest, Daniel Newman @danielnewmanUV 7 Times Best Selling Author including his most recent “Human/Machine, leading Industry Analyst working with more than 60 of the top tech brands.  Daniel is a founding partner and Principal Analyst of Futurum Research and the CEO of Broadsuite Media Group, one of our sister companies. Daniel is also a Forbes and MarketWatch (Dow Jones) contributor.  A great chat looking back at what will be a historic year faced with a global pandemic that accelerated a decade of Digital Transformation in a number of months.  Daniel & T-Man chat about the positives outcomes that have occurred that don't get a lot of press. Of course we chat about public cloud, that the hybrid world continues and multicloud is just beginning.  Cybersecurity better be a staple and AI is in early days but starting to make an impact.   We talk about how 2020 oddly was the Digital Transformation push that the world really needed to further accelerate Emerging Technology adoption.  Going into 2021, the continuance of technology evolution.  

"The Wave of Change" Episode 027 "Prelude to the Digital Era, the Next Evolution of Cloud" In the episode T-Man chats with a true cloud computing pioneer, Nick Lippis @NickLippis, Co-Founder of ONUG @ONUG_.  We discuss the influence of shared experiences between organizations and how things like public cloud are consumed and why is there SD-WAN, Hybrid-cloud, and Multicloud.  We chat about the evolution of cloud and in order for Digital to emerge there is a need for public cloud providers to become more enterprise focused with a shared automated governance.  Current stats are about 10% of enterprise company apps are in the cloud, CIOs would like that to move to 30 to 40% in the next few years, enterprises need both the convenience and control of public cloud to further enable this adoption, we are starting to see this in how cloud providers are starting to work together to better meet customer needs.  We further get into current constraints and changes that are occurring to further enable the next evolution of cloud.  We also touch on how Artificial Intelligence is a target for governance automation but it'll HAVE to be another podcast so more to come!

"The Wave of Change" Episode 026 - "Storyboard Yourself into the Picture"  25 episodes came and went!  In this episode T-Man gives an update on all things emerging tech and what is on the go!  This episodes further looks at Digital Transformation, Big Data, and AI.  This podcast talks about a recent blog posted on T-Man's website - tmanspeaks.com and how it relates to storytelling and storyboarding and how this can be used for your own personal goals.  Shameless plug, check out the block, just go to the main page, scroll down and click when you see it, thank you.  T-Man talks about how Miguel Machado and the team at the Keenfolks encouraged the blog and helped with the slick graphics! Also covered off is the recent completion of an AI Certificate from MIT sharpening up T-Man's skills.  T-Man talks about AI and how "Humans" should not fear "AI"  and T-Man's commitment to telling the world the good about AI and how "Humans" + "AI" = "Thunderstruck", a better world for all.  

"The Wave of Change" Episode 025 "Chief 'Innovation' Officer" The Silo Stepper! Another great chat with Da Dean of Big Data, Bill Schmarzo @schmarzo ... We get right into it, and Bill gives an overview of what the Chief Innovation Officer role is all about, spoiler alert it's all about empowering humans in working on adopting emerging technology.  No compromising, synergize! AI is not at 'The Mahogany Row', it needs to start at the front line.  Don't be scared by the data!  

"The Wave of Change" Episode 024 "Leverage Digital" In this episode I get to interview serial entrepreneur and author of 'The Digital Delusion: How to Overcome the Misguidance and Misinformation Online' & '#Breakthrough: Unleash Your Remarkable Brand Value, Influence And Authority' ...with more books in the works!  Doyle was born in Edmonton, now in the land down under and I interviewed him from Edmonton!  We talk about how we met through an initiative with The Keenfolks on global digital transformation study.  Doyle shares how he got into tech, that he was a pilot in the Canadian Air Force, and that he first got digital years back in Winnipeg Manitoba investing a lot at that time into building out an online experience.  Doyle shares many examples how organizations of all sizes can and should be leveraging digital.  He shares some must listen to tips on how to put a plan in place and start harnessing Big Data and Digital.  Doyle talks about AI and how even small business can gain value for their business using public cloud solutions like Facebook and use their tech as Big Data AI tools.  We just start getting into sales funnel and what it should look like but that will have to be for a future episode!  

"The Wave of Change" Episode 023 "How Ice Climbing is like Cybersecurity"   In this episode Helen Yu shares her Iceland ice climbing experience, the lessons learned and how that experience applies to Cybersecurity.  Below is an abstract of Helen's keynote speech in Zurich, Switzerland.   “Crampons make it easy to climb the ice without slipping,” says a guide to scaling Vatnajökull, Iceland's largest glacier. Really? counters cybersecurity keynoter Helen Yu, who nearly lost her life ascending that majestic ice cap when one of her crampons suddenly popped off her boot. (Thank goodness for carabiners!) Which brings us to cybersecurity. Lesson one, says Ms. Yu: Assume nothing. “Expecting employees to stay cyber-vigilant is like expecting crampons to stay in place while scaling a glacier's jagged contours,” she says. “Because both are naïve assumptions, you must prepare for the worst.” Lesson two: Be brutally realistic when assessing risk, and for good reason: New vulnerabilities surface daily. As more employees acquire more mobile devices, the risks to enterprise networks mount exponentially. Much like climbers must see the “bite” in Vatnajökull's mesmeric beauty, CISOs must see the threats in otherwise impressive landscapes of workforces that are always on, always connected. MIT certified in cybersecurity management, Ms. Yu will share strategies for enhancing cyber-risk assessment and strengthening cyber-awareness training at a time when 90% of all attacks result from human error. Helen Yu believes real growth thrives at the crossroads of #tech and #humanity. There, she contends, is where customer loyalty and love thrive. Described as “a rare combination of intellect, work ethic, and compassion often not found in C-level executives,” Ms. Yu has led multibillion-dollar revenue growth and profitability for pre-IPOs and Fortune 500 enterprises, including Oracle, Adobe and Marketo. After watching many start-up technology founders rise and fail, Ms. Yu launched Tigon Advisory in 2017 as a growth accelerator. No stranger to tech, she has been named a Top 10 Global Influencer in Digital Transformation by IBM, Top 50 Women in Tech by Awards Magazine, Global Top 30 Women in Finance by Onalytica, and Top 10 Cybersecurity and AI Thought Leader by Thinkers360. When not scaling Mount Everest or ice climbing glaciers, you can find Ms. Yu on Twitter @YuHelenYu.

Episode 022 "Dr. Chase Cunningham, "Cyber Warfare, Truth, Tactics, & Strategies" A great cybersecurity chat with Dr. Chase Cunningham, author of "Cyber Warfare, Truth, Tactics, & Strategies".  Chase and I talk all things security. Chase covers the real Cyber Warfare that is escalating post Covid-19.  Chase covers the book and focuses of the what he calls, 'The 5 Laws of Cyber Warfare'  We also chat about SDP vs. VPN, Chase has a live roll out in 11 days showcasing SDP.  We chat about the huge growth in Cyber Warfare since Covid-19 and things organizations can and should do to be better prepared for an attack.  WE also talk about Chase's amazing comic book series that now is in an number of languages and get the cybersecurity message out to whole new generation.  

Episode 021 "Take it to the Edge" Great chat with Data Science & IoT legend Dan Yarmoluk @YarmolukDan 2 Canadians catch up! Dan is a dual citizen so even though he lives and works in the US he is also Canadian .  Dan and TMan cover a lot of ground!  We chat about IoT, AI, Cloud, Edge Processing.  We talk about machines on a production floor and predictive maintenance by tracking high frequency vibration but Dan is going to wait until his startup launch is broadcast to expand on that.  Dan talks about Digital Transformation and the importance to focus on the machines and not the platform.  We talk about Emerging Tech prior to Covid-19 and post Covid-19.   We talk about learning available to get up to speed on emerging technologies and how the technology community embraces newcomers.  A great podcast that will require a followup podcast on the startup that Dan is pretty tight lipped about!  

Episode 020 "...And The Thunderbirds Roar..."  The guest featured this week is Mark Lynd, @mclynd ,Head of Digital Business, Netsync.  What a great podcast with Mark.  We cover Cybersecurity, Business Continuity, Cloud, Edge, Hacktivision, but it starts off The Thunderbirds and The Air Force having just flown over Mark in Texas in respect for support workers, you can hear and feel the energy in Mark's voice.  Mark covers rolling out collaboration and security solutions in short amount of time on a a mass scale to help with the impact of Covid-19.  Mark details concerns he is seeing in the cybersecurity landscape and how more than ever having only perimeter control does not cut it and the importance of endpoint security.  

Episode 019 "So Now What?" Covid-19 has impacted all of us, now what...?  In this Episode, Tony Flath a.k.a. T-Man reviews the podcast to date,  with great interviews, stories covering cloud evolution, multicloud, cybersecurity, big data, data science, analytics, automation, iot, privacy, inclusion and more!  More great interviews lined up.  T-Man also digs in on plans to further develop AI, Data Science, Analytics, & Automation skill set.  Shout out to brother from another mother, Sarbjeet Johal @sarbjeetjohal a.k.a The Villager. a technology guru form the Bay Area.  ...What's your, "So Now What?"...

Episode 018 "Oracle Autonomous Database, the Secure Choice" A great chat with Maywun Wong, Director of Cloud Product Marketing with Oracle.  We talk about the status quo of security over the last 17 years, the increased threats, and the need to do more.  Maywun goes into the value of Oracle Autonomous Database and what does it mean for organizations.  Using Automation in the War of Machines.  Intelligent Cloud Deployment, Self Patching, AI Automation.  Your Bots Automatically Fighting Bad Actor Bots.  DevOps Security Controls give Developers an Armour Suit.  Maywun is someone to follow in Cybersecurity, great insights shared.  

Episode 017 "Are You Quitting? Are You Adapting, Or Are You Becoming The Leader of Tomorrow"  For this podcast, T-Man has Matt Kurleto, Founder of Neoteric as a guest and they get into this historic point in life we are all experiencing, COVID-19 and the impacts to business now and going forward.  Matt works in the Startup space in Poland and abroad.  He shares some great ideas for organizations to move more online today to help manage employees working from home, and shares some ideas to keep teams connected remotely.  Matt also showcases how some organizations are moving with this change further digitalizing value to customer online experiences, as well as how great times of uncertainly and change can be the impedes to bring about the leaders of tomorrow.  T-Man and Matt get into how now to do business development with no trade-shows and how more and more webinar or online trade-shows are starting  to happen.  As well, going forward, the notion of dealing with someone across the street will no longer be the case and how you digitally interact as a business will matter more than ever.  Another must listen to Episode!  

Episode 016 "To The Internal Win!"  Bill Schmarzo, Chief Innovation Officer at Hitachi Vantara.  Bill had big news that he had shared online, thinking this would be a great podcast, Tman went into action!  Bill said it's just internal news, no way said Tman!  The internal win made will lead to much more outwards success.  In the emerging landscape of change, internal change and winning allies is a huge win and may very well put your organization on a better path to be successful with embracing emerging technologies.  Far too often new technology is thrown out there because it's the latest and greatest without ryhme or reason.  Bill gives a great live demonstration of his framework and design thinking in action.  He also shares a great message about sticking with something and staying doing your best to stay at it even when you get discouraged,.

Episode 015 "Database Design to No SQL"  I have some fun with the CEO and Founder of RavenDB, Oren Eini @ayende from Israel having him on the fly on the podcast teach me how No SQL works, what it is and why you would consider it.  Oren just goes into this overview of the evolution of the PC, it's really cool and it really sets the stage for having you think, how many times is my application making my hard drive spin and could it and should it be spinning much less with a better meta data dictionary and maybe there's something to this million little databases... and what you can do with the Cloud and Strawberries, you just have to listen to find out more!   

Episode 014 "Check it on the Chain" from Fintech to Healthtech, and Identity control on the Chain.  Mike d. Kail @mdkail, CTO of Everlastdotorg, and I chat about Blockchain, Cloud, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Fintech, Healthtech,  Ethereum, Smart Contracts , Digital Identity Management, Cybersecurity, and disruption in Banking industry.  Mike is doing some interesting work in the Fintech space.  Mike really knows the Cloud & Chain space and he gets the Chain!  A must listen to episode giving better insight in Blockchain and how it's not a panacea as Mike puts it!  Mike demystifies "The Chain"  and showcases how micro processes applications can be built that access Blockchain for validation, and biometric authorization.  Mike makes a good case for how Blockchain could be used to drastically improve global communication and knowledge to track, isolate, contain, and help to control viruses like the COVID-19.  Last but certainly not least, Mike and I talk about the importance of Cybersecurity with rolling out Emerging Tech like Blockchain Apps and the importance of making it part of your design process.                                                                                                                                

Episode 013 "Start with the Human Not the Machine" with Dr. Sally Eaves, a global voice in technology.  Make sure to listen to the entire episode, Sally drops BIG global news on an exciting initiative!  This is an episode that you are going to want a pen and paper.  Get ready to embrace emerging "Technology for Good"!  Sally has a passion for enabling technology in the 3rd world helping people realize a digital identity for the first time.  If you really want to get Sally going, just talk about learning and emerging technologies and we did!  Holistic Learning, make sure you put the "People First" when building out new technologies.  Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias are the tenants to ensuring AI and Emerging Tech are for all.   Sally is a true force in Emerging Technology, if you want to do it right, look at what Sally is doing.  

Episode 012 "Social Selling in the Social Age" featuring the Number 1 ranked Social Selling voice, Timothy Hughes @Timothy_Hughes Tim shares some great insights into Social Selling, what it is and the value it offers.  Tim talks about Social in 2020 and how it too should be a main priority for organizations.  Tim gives some great tips for building out your social profile and using social to tell your story and resonate with your network.  Three things to focus on... 1.  Personal Brand 2.  Need a Network 3.  Need to produce Content  Tim gets into content with a note that it's not about the objective, it's about what you've learned, the experience, really look to get comfortable with story telling.

Episode 011 "Harvesting Energy out of Thin Air" with Eric Thompson, CEO and Co-Founder of Mica Energies.  A world's first announcement!  Eric and Tman chat about a first to market, first service of it's kind to be tested.  Mica Energies is a smart wireless energy harvesting company, what the heck is that!  It's all about Passive Ambient Charging (PAC)  This is a must, must, must!  listen to episode, this concept being brought to market is so new testing starts in July of this year.  You just have to listen to find out more, enjoy! 

Episode 010 "Cybersecurity, more than a Technology Thing" with Zeina Zakour @ZeinaZakhour, Global CTO Cybersecurity for Atos in 70 countries and 110000 employees.  Great chat with Zeina on Emerging Technologies and advancements and requirements for Cybersecurity.  #WomeninTech Zeina is a trailblazer with over 25 years experience and training in cybersecurity.  Zeina share some great insights and expertise from her experience leading a global practice.  Areas covered, #Cloud #Edge #IoT #AI #Automation #CyberThreat #CyberSecurity #ML #DataPoisoning Zeina talks about the cost of not having adequate cybersecurity and the ever evolving cyber-threat landscape.  She go on to talk about the importance of #AI and #Automation in combating cyber criminals and how they are using #AI on the dark web.  She then talks about the importance of building out apps and supporting the and project to support a People, Process & Technology.  We talk about the drastic shortage in cybersecurity professionals.  A must listen for CIOs, CISOs, CTOs.            

Episode 009 "The Chain of Custody, Cyber Stealth Beware" with, Val (Valentin) Bercovici @valb00 CEO of Pencil Data.  Val shares great insights looking at the Jeff Bezos Act Proxy on Data Centre rules and privacy issues.  Tman and Val look at the growing trend in Cyber Insurance and what does that mean for organizations.  Blockchain views are very polarized in North America, Val demystifies Blockchain Apps looking at Chainkit, a world first to market solution that utilizes the math of distributed ledgers to completely sniff and stop cyber poisoning and the cyber stealth.  Yes, you heard it here first on "The Wave of Change"   

Episode 008 "Bias & Inclusion in AI" Great chat with Christina Altomare, @caltomare6114, Strategy and Innovation Leader with IBM Global Business Services NYC.  The importance of Diversity & Inclusion constantly being considered in AI.  Bias consideration in AI is a responsibility of all AI developers to include all groups and spectrum taking a multidiciplinary approach to include a diverse data set to train AI, Data Analysis, Data Science, and Automation.   

007 - Special Agents Neil Cattermull @NeilCattermull & Sarbjeet Johal @sarbjeetjohal take on sharing an analyst's perspective Project2020 talking about case files Blockchain, Cloud 2.0, and 5G.  This is a must listen to episode, @TmanSpeaks is very excited to have Neil and Sarbjeet as guests sharing great insights in what will Blockchain look like and the year of the Apps, trust/trustless, democratization; Cloud 2.0 and the year of the Platform; and, 5G.  Representing London UK, San Francisco USA, and Edmonton Canada.  AI everywhere, Application Development everywhere including Edge, and Major Metropoulos roll out of 5G.  

Episode 006 "Unconnected, to Connected, to Thriving!" A great chat with PhD Candidate, Melissa Sassi, Global Leader in Digital Inclusion with IBM Z & Start-Up-Boss-Lady - Founder, MentorNations ...We chat about emerging tech, start-ups globally rolling out new tech, coding, empowering story enabling people to have a digital identity, training, and opportunity otherwise not available without new technologies meeting not only business goals but sustainability development goals SDGs.  We talk about an IEEE ieee.org digital competency and need for digital standardization project that Melissa is working on.  You heard it here first on "The Wave of Change", Melissa is someone, who will be someone, who people will know by name!!

Episode 005 - "Don't Forget the Cybersecurity!" A great chat with IEEE ieee.org member, spokesperson and cybersecurity ninja, Kayne McGladrey @kaynemcgladrey all about the cybersecurity landscape and emerging technologies.  Kayne covers ways cybersecurity is emerging too to address many cyber concerns providing better threat protection.   Kayne overviews AI, Analytics, and Automation and the role they play in the cybersecurity landscape.  Kayne shares insights on the weird and wild world of Social Media and Cyber Awareness.   

Episode 004 - "The Decade of Data Value..." Featuring the one and only 'The Dean of #BigData!' and CTO, IoT and Analytics at Hitachi Vantara, Bill Schmarzo! @schmarzo  Bill is a global force in Data Science, AI, and Analytics.  Bill shares insights that if followed will certainly drive value when adopting emerging technologies.  Bill details the importance of the role of the CIO, and not the traditional CIO!, in rolling out AI, Data Science, Analytics, and Automation.  Bill drives a great lesson on importance of defining value and economics as the main drivers for approaching new AI technologies.  The podcast started with the Topic of the new decade, "The Decade of Data Enablement"...Bill quickly changed this to, "The Decade of Data Value..."  a must listen! 

Episode 003 - "The Decade of Tech"  featuring Antonio Santos of Atos and Social Media Technology Influencer @AkwyZ we cover some great ground on Digital Transformation Emerging Tech AI AUTOMATION cloud cybersecurity privacy IoT EdgeComputing SDGs Antonio shares insights on AI Labs in North America and Europe and the differences he sees.  Great insights into 2020 as 2019 winds down.  

Episode 002 - "The Age of Change, Get Uncomfortable & Get With It!" - Great chat with Ian Moyse, Director of Sales with Natterbox, Cloud and Technology Influencer @imoyse, we cover Digital Disruption, Telecom, Privacy, Security, Blockchain, AI, Big Data, Analytics & the need to change and change again!

Society is being faced with a major advancement in technology. This Podcast, "The Wave of Change", is being broadcast to showcase how some organizations are embracing this change and succeeding as well as gaining lessons learned.