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Our Global Head of Thematic Research Ed Stanley discusses how artificial intelligence is changing and what could be in store for investors in 2025.----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Ed Stanley, Morgan Stanley's Global Head of Thematic Research. Today I'll discuss how understanding AI's rate of change can generate alpha in the year of AI agents.It's Tuesday, the 14th of January, at 2 PM in London.Even if you haven't been using artificial intelligence in your work or home life yet – you'll doubtless have heard about its capabilities by now. Tasked, for example, with drafting an elevator pitch for a 100-page report; it's a tedious task at the best of times. But using an AI model not only does it become a breeze, but these models can also generate you a podcast – if you so wish – through which to disseminate it, and almost in any language conceivable. But now imagine the algorithm begins thinking through multi-stage processes itself – planning, executing – to generate that 100-page report itself, in the first place. That … is an example of Agentic AI. As the name implies, this next phase of AI development is where software programs gain agency, transitioning from reactive chatbots that we've been using into proactive task fulfillment agents. And this transition is happening now. Over the past 36 months, we've gone from reliable output that can displace or supplement 5-second or 5-minute tasks, such as translation or quick summaries, to models that are providing reliable output for 15-minute tasks, 1-hour tasks – like the ones that I just mentioned. And each time the skeptics have claimed that model improvements are slowing down, and thus call into question the returns on hundreds of billions of dollars that have been spent on AI infrastructure, the AI research labs manage to take another leap forward, surprising even seasoned analysts. That's why we think this is such an important trend for 2025. AI Adopter companies that can leverage these agents will start to pull ahead of their peers. And as a result, tracking AI's evolution in the materiality of companies' investment cases, we think, has never been more important. Since our first AI Adopter survey in January 2024 to our latest just published in January 2025, we've seen profound shifts in the thousands of stocks that we cover globally. This ongoing transformation not only underscores that AI's diffusion is advancing rapidly, but that we're still very much in its early innings.To understand the breakneck speed of the AI evolution through the lens of its impact on the stock markets, we need to wrap our heads around the concept of “rate of change.” We just published the third iteration of our AI mapping survey of 3,700 global stocks under coverage. And it reveals that 585 of those stocks had their AI exposure or materiality to investment case changed by our analysts – and that is just versus 6 months ago. And it impacts around $14 trillion of global market cap. And this rate of change in AI isn't just a buzzword; it's a tangible metric driving outperformance. So, if we look back in the second half of last year, 2024, stocks where our analysts previously increased both AI exposure and materiality in our last survey – went on to outperform broader equity markets by over 20 per cent in the second half of 2024. If we apply the same logic looking forward, where do we think most outperformance is going to come from? It's in those same stocks where our analysts have just upgraded the exposure and materiality to the investment case. Beyond this simple screen for AI outperformers we think there are three other key conclusions from our latest survey. The first is AI Enabler stocks with Rising Materiality, within which we believe that Semiconductors, which have outperformed well, might soon pass the baton to the Software layer in terms of equity market dominance. Second, Adopters with Pricing Power. These are companies that adopt AI early and use it to expand their margins but sustainably, without having to give it back to their customers. And the third is Financial stocks, in particular, where AI Rate of Change has been the fastest of any sector in our global coverage – in terms of the efficiency gains that we think it can manifest for the share prices. So all in all, 2025 promises a slew of significant developments in AI, and, of course, we'll be here to bring you all of the updates. Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the show, please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts and share Thoughts on the Market with a friend or a colleague today.
How far do Cats wander and travel & how big is their home turf? What not to do when you adopt an older puppy or dog? Deborah describes a Golden Doodle adoption that went very wrong involving traffic coyotes and trauma because the people would not follow instructions, and keep the dog, who was new to them, on leash and close till she truly trusted and knew them. It takes a few weeks; not a few hours! Stupid owner award should go to the family with the just weaned pup being passed roughly by wild kids at the crowded music festival along with their young fetch playing dog who was made to play across blankets and picnic spreads while on a FLEXI LEASH, & PRONG COLLAR. Both devices should be banned and never used together. Big thanks to OWL for saving 2 bald eagles locked in a talon battle. If you want to see American Bald Eagles come to Vancouver, BC, Canada in the fall and help us count them! EPISODE NOTES: Cats' Home Range, Dumb Puppy Adopters. Stupid Dog Owners with Bad Equipment, Eagle Battles
This week, Little Green Light talks about how using your donor management system to create appeal reports can help improve your next fundraising appeal. Then we take a Rewind back to a Nonprofit in the News segment covering an article about the advice experienced women leaders want to pass down to women who are new to nonprofit leadership. We also discuss a research study about social giving trends. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — Jenni's Charity Auction Guide (and other resources): nonprofitjenni.com/coursesandmore — Jenni's Gifts That Give Back catalog: nonprofitjenni.com/giftsthatgiveback — Community Resource Center's Instagram post about their “ALL IN” event: instagram.com/reel/C_gDGUNvtuh/ — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2024 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
We're still looking for adopters to adopt a family this holiday season through the Adopt-N-Shop program!We recently chatted with Programs and Life Skills Specialist Carol Valdez from the Social Services Department about the need.Individuals, organizations & businesses are invited to adopt a family this holiday season. The family's information - including names, children's names and ages, gift preferences and more - is provided to the adopter. Adopters then go shopping, wrap gifts (optional) and supply goods (sometimes even food) to their adoptees.This is a great way to spread some cheer this holiday season. Registration now closes Nov. 30. Sign up at NorthPortFL.gov/SocialServices.
In this special evergreen episode of the News Block powered by Bitdeer ($BTDR), we explore: The ECB's recent negative paper on Bitcoin Whether Bitcoin contributes to wealth concentration How Bitcoin boosts long-term investment and growth Why central bank policies drive wealth inequality How erly technology adopter benefits are misunderstood Bitcoin as the solution to fiat problems ---- Coin Stories is powered by Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), a publicly-traded leader in Bitcoin mining that stands alone as the only vertically-integrated, technology-focused Bitcoin mining company. Learn more at www.bitdeer.com. ---- Natalie's Promotional Links: Secure your Bitcoin with collaborative custody and set up your inheritance plan with Casa: www.casa.io/natalie For easy, low-cost, instant Bitcoin payments, I use Speed Lightning Wallet. Get 5000 sats when you download using this link and promo code COINSTORIES10: https://www.speed.app/sweepstakes-promocode/ River is where I DCA weekly and buy Bitcoin with the lowest fees in the industry: partner.river.com/natalie Safely self-custody your Bitcoin with Coinkite and the ColdCard Wallet. Get 5% off: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/COINSTORIES Master your Bitcoin self-custody with 1-on-1 help and gain peace of mind with the help of The Bitcoin Way: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/partners/natalie-brunell Bitcoin 2025 is heading to Las Vegas May 27-29th! Join me for my 4th Annual Women of Bitcoin Brunch! Get 10% off Early Bird passes using the code HODL: https://tickets.b.tc/affiliate/hodl/event/bitcoin-2025 Protect yourself from SIM Swaps that can hack your accounts and steal your Bitcoin. Join America's most secure mobile service, trusted by CEOs, VIPs and top corporations: https://www.efani.com/natalie Connect with Bitcoiners and Bitcoin merchants wherever you live and travel on the Orange Pill App: https://signup.theorangepillapp.com/opa/natbrunell ---- This podcast is for educational purposes and should not be construed as official investment advice. ---- VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE'S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories #money #Bitcoin #investing
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"AI represents a massive TAM. If you can replace or significantly enhance the productivity of labor, a $30-40 trillion market, that is a massive TAM. And even a fraction of that market is still a significant TAM." Portfolio Manager Patrick Kelly discusses the recent launch of the Alger AI Enablers and Adopters strategy and why he thinks artificial intelligence is the most generationally transformative investment theme of this era.
Hello and welcome to Episode 185 of the Adoption and Fostering Podcast. In this episode we interview transnational/transracial Adoptee and Sexologist Anna Linde. Anna's research, website and social media can be found below Free Discovery call and my ”workbase” at Healing Exchange LLC: https://www.healingxchg.com/booking-calendar/discovery-meeting-with-anna?category=0ec8fc3e-78a2-4ef9-921b- 40851f4b1fa5&referral=service_list_widget Intimacy coaching group for Adult Adoptees: https://www.healingxchg.com/intimacy-for-adult-adoptees Instagram here. Linkedin: here We took our time getting to the interview so it starts at There were quite a few other things on our list to talk about prior to the interview, so some links below - You can read the statistics for the Adopters and Special Guardian Fund here. The Ofsted article is also here. You can watch Gay Adoption Grandad on TikTok here. We'd love to hear from any other carers or adopters from far flung lands so if that's you please do get in touch through the Facebook page, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here Google here
There are currently 30 roosters, geese, ducks, and guinea hens up for adoption at the MSPCA at Nevins Farm in Methuen. WBZ NewsRadio's Kim Tunnicliffe reports:
Our Head of Thematic Research in Europe previews the possible next phase of the AI revolution, and what investors should be monitoring as the technology gains adoption.----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Edward Stanley, Morgan Stanley's Head of Thematic Research in Europe. Along with my colleagues bringing you a variety of perspectives, today I'll discuss the latest developments around AI Adopters. It's Tuesday, February the 20th, at 2pm in London.The current technology shift driven by AI is progressing faster than any tech shift that came before it. I came on the show at the beginning of the year to present our thesis – while 2023 was the “Year of the Enablers,” those first line hardware and software companies; 2024 is going to be the “Year of the Adopters,” companies leveraging the Enablers' hardware and software to better use and monetize their own data for this generative AI world.And the market is still sort of treating this as a “show me” story. Enablers are still driving returns. Around half of the S&P's performance this year can be attributed to three Enabler stocks. Yet, be it Consumer or – more importantly – Enterprise adoption, monthly data we're tracking suggests AI adoption is continuing at a rapid pace.So let me paint a picture of what we're actually seeing so far this year.There has been a widening array of consumer-facing chatbots. Some better for general purpose questions; some better at dealing with maths or travel itineraries; others specialized for creating images or videos for influencers or content creators. But those proving to be the stickiest, or more importantly leading to major behavioral day-to-day changes, are coding assistants, where the productivity upside is now a well-documented greater than 50 per cent efficiency gain.From a more enterprise perspective, open-source models are interesting to track. And we do, almost daily, to see what's going on. The people and companies downloading these models are likely to be using them as a starting point – for fine-tuning their own models.Within that, text models which form the backbone of most chatbots you will have interacted with, now account for less than 50 per cent of all models openly available for download. What's gaining popularity in its place is multi-modal models. This is: models capable of ingesting and outputting a combination of text, image, audio or video.Their applications can range from disruption within the music industry, personalized beauty advice, applications in autonomous driving, or machine vision in healthcare. The list goes on and on. The speed of AI diffusion into non-tech sectors is really bewildering.Despite all these data points, suggesting consumer and enterprise adoption is progressing at a rapid clip, Adopter stocks continue to underperform those picks-and-shovels Enablers I mentioned. The Adopters have re-rated modestly in the first month and a half of the year – but not the whole group. Of course, this is a rapidly changing landscape. And many companies have yet to report their outlook for the year ahead. We'll continue to keep you informed of the newest developments as the years progress.Thanks for listening. If you enjoy the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share Thoughts on the Market with a friend or a colleague today.
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Hello and welcome to conversations from the A and F network In this episode I speak to adoptive parents Julie and Karen, they are solo adopters and share their experience of adopting on their own. They have set up the organisation called SASSI ( Solo Adopters Social, Support and Information) which is a community for parents like themselves. We chat about the specific issues that solo adopters face well as the work and hopes of SASSI. You can find their website here. As always if you've experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here Google here
"It's been a big year at The Sioux Falls Area Humane Society. Adoptions are through the roof. As of right now, over 3,200 animals have been adopted from the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society. At the same time, more animals come to the shelter. Executive Director James Oppenheimer comes on the program to talk about his first year at the humane society, adoption trends in the Sioux Empire, and the need for Humane Honors. More details about the adoptable animals and the SFAHS can be found at sfadopt.com."
"It's been a big year at The Sioux Falls Area Humane Society. Adoptions are through the roof. As of right now, over 3,200 animals have been adopted from the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society. At the same time, more animals come to the shelter. Executive Director James Oppenheimer comes on the program to talk about his first year at the humane society, adoption trends in the Sioux Empire, and the need for Humane Honors. More details about the adoptable animals and the SFAHS can be found at sfadopt.com."
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent live from Jerusalem Jordana Miller shares the latest regarding the Israel-Hamas War. Host of ‘How to Money' Joel Larsgaard joins Amy to talk about getting behind on car payments, the best places to shop for Thanksgiving groceries, and health savings accounts. ABC News national correspondent Alex Stone speaks on the off-duty pilot charged with 83 counts of attempted murder for allegedly trying to shut off engines on Alaska Airlines flight. Amy closes the show talking to Pasadena Humane PR & Communications Manager Kevin McManus about ‘Adopt-A-Boo.' The Halloween-themed adoption promotion is all putting the spotlight on big dogs where dogs over 31 pounds are available for only a $10 adoption fee. Adopters will also receive a special trick-or-treat doggie bag filled with goodies for their newly adopted furry friends.
Amy talks with Pasadena Humane PR & Communications Manager Kevin McManus about ‘Adopt-A-Boo.' The Halloween-themed adoption promotion is all putting the spotlight on big dogs where dogs over 31 pounds are available for only a $10 adoption fee. Adopters will also receive a special trick-or-treat doggie bag filled with goodies for their newly adopted furry friends.
Our guest this week to share 3 thoughts on this topic is Joey Coleman, who is an award-winning keynote speaker, multiple bestselling author and consultant who helps companies keep their customers and employees. Hilarious, smart and passionate, Joey is on a mission to help companies of all sizes and stages create unforgettable experiences. TOPIC: How to Retain and Engage Your Employees GUEST: Joey Coleman THOUGHT #1 - Pay Attention to Every Step of the Employee Journey THOUGHT #2 - Take Your Time Acclimating Employees THOUGHT #3 - Don't Forget About the Adopters (the Ones Already There) CONNECT: Website: JoeyColeman.com Podcast: Experience This! Show Book: Never Lose a Customer Again Book: Never Lose an Employee Again Instagram: @joeycolemaniii Linkedin: joeycoleman1 Email: helpmejoey@joeycoleman.com JOEY COLEMAN'S BIO: Joey Coleman helps companies keep their customers and employees. As an award-winning speaker, he works with organizations around the world ranging from small startups to major brands such as Volkswagen Australia, Zappos, and Whirlpool. His First 100 Days® methodology fuels the remarkable experiences his clients deliver and dramatically improves their profits. Joey's two books have received critical acclaim and both were instant Wall Street Journal best sellers. Never Lose a Customer Again, offers strategies and tactics for turning one-time purchasers into lifelong customers and his newest book, Never Lose an Employee Again, details a framework companies around the world can use to reduce turnover and increase employee engagement. When not speaking to audiences around the globe (he's spoken on all seven continents), Joey enjoys playing board games, building LEGO sets, and reading bedtime stories with his amazing wife and two young sons. RESOURCES: Evergreen Podcast Network - EvergereenPodcasts.com Thoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.com Certified Rock Star - CertifiedRockStar.com Booky Call - https://www.bookycall.com Booky Call - Book Review App on Apple - Apps.Apple.com Booky Call - Book Review App on Google Play - Play.Google.Com Service That Rocks: Create Unforgettable Experiences and Turn Customers into Fans (Jim Knight) - ServiceThatRocksBook.com Leadership That Rocks: Take Your Brand's Culture to Eleven and Amp Up Results (Jim Knight) - LeadershipThatRocksBook.com Culture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company's Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.com Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.com Rock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.com Cannonball Kids' cancer – CannonballKidscancer.org Big Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.com Spectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.com Jeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT Keel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Department of Homeland Security is looking to become one of the “early and aggressive adopters” of AI tools within the federal government, and is taking steps to protect critical infrastructure from AI-powered cyber attacks. Defense and national security community officials, speaking Wednesday at the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)'s AI DC conference in Arlington, Virginia, said their agencies see AI as an essential way to maintain an information advantage against malicious actors. Robert Silvers, DHS undersecretary for policy, said that DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is setting the department's own priority areas for AI. Those priorities are meant to align with what the Biden administration has planned for an upcoming executive order on AI. “One is we should be early and aggressive adopters of the technology,” Silvers said. “We should also be at the vanguard of establishing rules for responsible and ethical and safe use for our own programs.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to episode 21 of the You Can Adopt podcast, hosted by actor Jimmy Akingbola. In his 2022 ITV documentary ‘Handle with Care', Jimmy explores his journey through the care system, and his experience of being fostered long-term by a white British family – particularly around themes of identity, the importance of role models, and cultural connection. In this episode, Jimmy speaks to Sarah Livingstone, a foster carer and chair of the Camden Association for Foster Carers. She has played an instrumental role in many policy changes, including the creation and distribution of Replenish Boxes alongside her colleague James Kargbo – which were created to ensure that Black children will be able to access the right products for their hair and skin. They also offer training workshops around identity and culture. Adopters are in greatest demand for brother and sister groups, older children, children with additional and/or complex needs and children from Black and mixed heritage backgrounds. Children from these groups represent 59% of all children waiting to be adopted. Black children wait on average two months longer to be adopted. Jimmy and Sarah openly discuss their own experiences of adoption and long term foster care. They particularly focus on Black and mixed-heritage children in the care system, the support those children need and encourage more people from the Black community to consider adoption. Links: https://www.instagram.com/replenish_culture/
Summary:Jackie Ferguson is a certified diversity executive and the Co-founder and VP of Content and Programming at The Diversity Movement. She is also the author of The Inclusive Language Handbook: A Guide to Better Communication and Transformational Leadership. Inc. magazine named Jackie to their 2023 Inc. Female Founders 200 list which comprises the 200 women leaders across America who are “shaping the world into a better place.” In this episode, Jackie talks about some of the challenges companies might face when adopting new DEI practices and how they can succeed by starting with an effort to better communicate. Chapters:[0:00 - 11:13] IntroductionWelcome, Jackie!Today's Topic: Creating an Opening in the DEI Conversation for Late Adopters[11:14 - 16:32] The Diversity Movement's special sauce How the Diversity Movement approaches DEI consulting differentlyHelping companies communicate to their employees in ways that they understand[16:33 - 27:07] Challenges surrounding company-wide adoption of DEI practicesStaying committed to the work is critical—DEI is a long-term commitmentWhy pay equity is such an important part of DEI[27:08 - 36:55] What are some examples of how we can work toward DEI best practices?DEI can be overwhelming, so start with yourself and how you communicateAwareness and asking questions is a great first step toward DEI[36:56 - 40:02] Final Thoughts & ClosingRemember the importance of mental health both in our society and in DEI practicesThanks for listening!Quotes:“Gen Z . . . they're doing so much research on companies that they are supporting from a customer perspective and the companies that they're considering working for.”“One of the reasons we have a skew [in pay equity] is that some people are given opportunities based on what organizations think their ability to do the work is. People that look like me are given jobs based on a proven track record.”Resources: The Diversity MovementDiversity: Beyond the Checkbox podcastContact:Jackie's LinkedInDavid's LinkedInDwight's LinkedInPodcast Manger: Karissa HarrisEmail us!Production by Affogato Media
Additive manufacturing is a dynamic space for various reasons: The technology is advancing and application possibilities are still being developed, and as a direct consequence, the landscape of AM companies is subject to change due to investor moves; mergers and acquisitions; and startups emerging from “stealth mode.” On this podcast, and in related reporting for Additive Manufacturing Media, we serve manufacturers by covering AM technology and applications — the corporate and financial moves are not the focus. And yet, one realm affects the other. The company moves shape what we cover and affect the choices of manufacturers as they aim to proceed with the technology. In this episode of AM Radio, Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson talk about this. They discuss how the corporate and financial developments among AM companies play out for AM users, and where the dynamism of the additive space is likely to lead in the future. This episode of AM Radio is brought to you by Formnext Forum: Austin. Mentioned in this episode: Stratasys and Desktop Metal Other recent company moves: Ultimaker and Makerbot; Markforged and Digital Metal; Shapeways and Linear AMS; Nexa3D and Addifab AM provider Zeda opening new facility Tangible Solutions built its process on machines from Concept Laser. Concept has since been acquired and Tangible has been acquired. RP+M succeeding with FDM, its initial process Facilities with space to add more additive capacity: GKN in Michigan; Wabtec in Pittsburgh; Collins Aerospace in Charlotte HP binder jetting, and HP Corvallis legacy developments such as first laptop Fortify applications to mold tooling and radio frequency devices Evolve STEP process Stratasys and Origin work together, then join Dayton Horvath on AM investor shift toward applications Subscribe to THE BUILDUP, our newsletter on 3D printing for industrial production
Welcome to Episode 20 of the You Can Adopt podcast, hosted by former children's social worker and Love Island winner, Sanam Harrinanan. In this episode, Sanam speaks to Emma, who adopted two children with her husband, to explore the theme of the support available to adopters. There are a variety of support services available to adopters throughout their journey, from therapeutic and financial support for children with disabilities, to ongoing peer support through workshops, family days out and training sessions. Emma and her husband adopted two children, and their son has required some additional support along the way. Working with their adoption agency and local authority, they have been able to access a variety of means of support, including financial and therapeutic. Adopters are in greatest demand for brother and sister groups, older children, children with additional and/or complex needs and children from Black and mixed heritage backgrounds. Children from these groups represent 59% of all children waiting to be adopted. In this episode, Sanam and Emma explore that while some of these groups of children may bring additional challenges to a new family, the power of family and a permanent home can be transformational for these children, and there is support available. Emma mentioned a few books that helped her along the way: Sarah Nash - But he looks so normal Sarah Nash - Therapeutic Parenting strategies and solutions Sarah Nash - Therapeutic Parenting essentials Louise Bomber - Inside I'm hurting practical strategies for supporting children with attachment difficulties in school Louise Bomber - What about me? Inclusive strategies to support pupils with attachments difficulties in school Mindfulness - A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world - Mark Williams Psychologies magazine subsciption To find out more, visit www.youcanadopt.co.uk
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In the fifth episode of Built Different season two, co-hosts Grant Hagen and Brian Vizarreta sit down with Evan Reilly, Senior Tech Strategist at Skanska, a multinational construction company based in Stockholm, Sweden since 1887. Evan gives a detailed look at the impact 360 walkthroughs have had on construction, and delivers tips on how to truly empower early adopters of new tech. This episode was recorded live at Procore Groundbreak 2022.
Whether you're working at a major financial institution or an audio streaming platform, it turns out engineering teams face a lot of the same challenges to doing their jobs effectively. In this episode, you'll hear Spotify's head of technology and platforms, Tyson Singer, discuss developer experience with engineering leaders from Expedia Group, Bank of the West, consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, and digital telecom TELUS — all adopters of Backstage, our open platform for building developer portals. This panel discussion took place on December 15, 2022 at the launch event for Spotify Plugins for Backstage, our new developer software bundle. At the event, Tyson is joined on stage by Guillermo Manzo (Expedia Group), Boyan Vassilev (Bank of the West), Jason Miller (Booz Allen Hamilton), and Nate Axcell (TELUS) to talk about the costs of context switching, breaking down organizational silos, how to get your developers started and how to get them unstuck, open source, inner source, golden paths, and the importance of making sure the best way to do something is the easiest way to do something otherwise it just doesn't get done. Learn more about Spotify Plugins for Backstage: Shipping Spotify's Culture: 5 Plugins (and 4 Principles) for Supercharging Developer Experience at Scale Spotify Plugins for Backstage Listen to more episodes about Backstage: Ep.01: What is Backstage? Ep.02: Open Issues Ep.03: Community Builders Ep.04: Backstage in the Wild Or check out the links below: Watch the Backstage Explainer Video (2 mins.) Get started at backstage.io Contribute to Backstage on GitHub Explore more open source projects from Spotify Read what else we're nerding out about on the Spotify Engineering Blog: engineering.atspotify.com You should follow us on Twitter @SpotifyEng and on LinkedIn!
The ability to see all dogs as perfect just the way they are -- this the blessing and the curse of an animal rescuer. To them, no dog is unsavable despite their challenges, but even though the rescuer may not find things problematic, others often do. And rescuers need adopters to keep on going.This creates a delicate balance within the animal welfare community. Honesty is essential in order to build trust, in order to find each animal their right match. But that doesn't mean it's an easy or quick process. In this episode, Katya and Jenny tackle the topic of transparency. How can we build dependable relationships with fosters and adopters while giving animals the best chance possible to find a family? How can we build trust with our dogs too, and never sacrifice the value of saving lives?Other topics come up too in this episode from discussing a future Animal Care Expo trip to New Orleans to the upcoming changes to The Animal That Changed You podcast; from the reasons why social media can be detrimental to peoples' perception of dogs to how breathwork can benefit the animal welfare community. You know how this duo does it - they bring it all, they swing wildly, and they open their arms wide to hold you close. Listen and feel the hug.To keep up with what's coming next for The Animal That Changed You, subscribe to the show and tell all your animal-loving friends, too! Join The Animal That Changed You community on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook -- we're waiting to welcome you! Feel free to check out the website while you're at it.Please leave a rating or review of the show. Your support matters so much!Woof, meow, oink, moo, cheep (of course, you know that means thanks for listening.Produced by Adode Media; a full-service podcast production agency.
SummaryWelcome to our 50th podcast episode! In this episode, we continue to zero in on what it takes to adopt and shepherd innovation through social change organizations. I interview Emma Proud, head of Learning and Adapting at Brink, an agency that coaches and consults on behavioral innovation approaches. Emma's Bio:Head of Learning and Adapting at BrinkFormer Director of Organizational Agility at MercyCorpsDirector for Center for Adaptive Management at MercyCorpsEmma played other roles at MercyCorps, as well as at Save the Children and in private-sector consulting as well We discuss: Leadership mindsets Emma observes in social change organizations that act as an obstacle when it comes to creating innovation-friendly climates:overconfidencelow-risk appetitegetting distracted by the 'halo effect' of the new or the 'shiny'difficulty in killing your 'darling innovation projects' ( sunk costs phenomena also plays a role in this); in other words, difficulty with stoppingwhen considering the risks attached to innovation, not thinking through the risk of doing nothing as wellIt is helpful to move clients to an innovation portfolio approach (groups of innovation), accompanied by the development of criteria before you intervene in innovations; The importance of aligning innovations with the organization's strategic prioritiesInnovation 'shepherds' are different from those that need to be concerned with the adoption of innovation – the former are more organizational change managers Quotes“Innovation is about better, not necessarily about new” (Ann Mei Chang, author of Lean Impact)” Resources:Emma's TwitterEmma's LinkedInBrink's websiteStanford Social Innovation Review (SSRI) article by Emma Proud and others: 'The Adoption of InnovationYoutube video of this podcastClick here to subscribe to be alerted when new podcast episodes come out or when Tosca produces other thought leadership pieces.Or email Tosca at tosca@5oaksconsulting.org if you want to talk about your social sector organization's needs, challenges, and opportunities.You can find Tosca's content by following her on her social media channels: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Youtube
To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP87 To connect with Buildertrend click here: https://buildertrend.com/ If you listen to Contractor Evolution, there's a good chance you're not only an entrepreneur, but you are smart enough to understand that you'll have big opportunities to cut your costs using software in the next few years. However, understanding what a software service does vs implementing it are two COMPLETELY different things. In fact, if you've tried getting your team to adopt new tech at some point already, it can easily lead to you wanting to fire everyone, quit the trades, and start a simpler business like building space stations. All joking aside, it's not easy to embrace change, especially when it comes to tech. My guest on the show today is Brett Jones, a Key Account Executive of Data Solutions at BuilderTrend. Over the last 3 years, Brett has done over 150 On Site Consultations helping builders, GC, and Remodelers implement BuilderTrend so that it functions at its fullest and delivers the highest possible ROI for the Entrepreneur and their team. To learn what Brett has observed about the builders that succeed in this area, vs those that don't, listen to this episode. Episode Highlights: Why so much of the contracting industry hold their cards close and why that isn't working as a competitive advantage anymore The Profile of a strong tech implementer vs poor tech implementer (after implementation consulting with 150 Contractors) How the contracting industry has changed as a result of tech adoption and the big picture trends that will shape the industry in the next 10 years The impact of venture capital in the contracting market and how it's changing the way contracting companies are being run Where Buildertrend is innovating in the contracting space and the big value they will be bringing builders in fintech Advice to young entrepreneurs for the next decade - where they should focus their attention for maximum results See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cryptocurrency investing is not for the faint of heart or risk-averse. Since the first block in Bitcoin's network was mined in 2009, the flagship cryptocurrency has had a wild ride. Adopters had to hold on for dear life as the rollercoaster hit Everest-like highs and Death Valley lows. Analysts can't seem to come to a consensus on the ultimate fate of Bitcoin, and choosing the next breakout altcoin is little more than gambling. That's why Justin Clark, co-founder of iCoinPro and developer of the Micro Profit system, engineered a trading software that focuses on movement in the market. Rather than trying to predict long-term momentum, Micro Profit software calculates patterns in daily trade volume to alert users to small windows of potential profit.
In this episode of the Millionaire Mindcast, we have two incredible guests Don Bailey and Jeff Harrison who talk about block chain, crypto, SafeMoon, decentralized finance, and the web. 3.0, financial literacy, controlling and owning your e-wallet, and the power of networking in tech space! Don Bailey is a tech-savvy and the CEO of Blockbuster Tech. He was in a web design company that built enterprise level web applications and websites for various businesses. He got introduced to cryptocurrency and was obviously fascinated with it. On the other hand, Jeff Harrison is a Pharmacist as a side gig and the Chief Acquisitions Officer at Blockbuster Tech. Both are very much interested and love the technology thus, fall into the crypto space. They did a pretty size portfolio and did really well in positioning themselves in the space, and focusing on acquisition and partnership in Blockbusters. The interest level seems to have peaked in the block chain and crypto space. However, Jeff suggested the importance of educating yourself in navigating the space. It is knowing how it works. Also, emphasizes on the importance of networking being in space! Some Questions I Ask: How did you guys get involved in your entrepreneurial way to Blockbuster Tech? Don, what was your experience with meme stocks and SafeMoon? How did you get involved in this entire crypto ecosystem? What was your mindset going into the space of SafeMoon? Jeff, what was your strategy in terms of how you educate yourself and maybe some recommendations on what's worked well for you? What is DeFi, and why did you guys like playing in this space? What did the evolution of this entire space look like? What are some of the qualities of an ideal project to invest with that turns into a great opportunity? What is Blockbusters Tech and what problem are you guys solving right now? What would be some of your ideal customers that you guys are working and servicing right now? Where is that opportunity in the world of crypto? How did you comprise an amazing world-class team? How are you guys navigating in the current landscape and positioning yourself for the future? Is there an overall timeline that people are pacing into adoption at a level that is significant to the crypto-community? What are you guys most excited about and paying attention to right now? In This Episode, You Will Learn: The power of retail investing. The importance of educating yourself in whatever you're into. The best social media medium for crypto. The power of networking. Controlling your asset through web 3.0 The two types of rug poll. Quotes: “If you don't know what you're doing then just get out until you do.” “Education is the key.” “Not everyone is going to know everything so you have to rely on the experts… and aces in their places.” Resources Mentioned: Coinbase crypto.com FTX SafeMoon Binance Mandala Connect with Don Bailey & Jeff Harrison on: bbtftoken.com themirrorprotocol.com Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Sponsor Links: Policy Genius: Get a free 60-day trial in Shipstation with code: MINDCAST Talkspace: Use code for $100 off: MINDCAST GoBundance - Text: "MILLIONAIRE" to 844.447.1555 Accredited Investor List - Text "DEALS" to 844.447.1555 Free Financial Audit: Text "XRAY" to 844.447.1555 Upcoming Events: Text "Events" to 844.447.1555 Millionaire Notes: Text "Notes" to 844.447.1555 Connect with Matty A. and Text me to 844.447.1555 Show Brought To You By: www.MillionaireMindcast.com Questions? Comments? Do you have a success story you would like to share on the show? Send us an email to: Questions@MillionaireMindcast.com
The market for coffee shops is highly competitive, but a Virginia couple may have an edge at their new café. It's called Cups and Claws, and allows customers to hang out with cats. Sandy Hausman has that story.
Google has been served a class action lawsuit for a bait and switch type move with Google Workspace early adopters. This episode talks about what the lawsuit it and rants about it because your host is one of the early adopters. Be aware, be safe. *** Support the podcast with a cup of coffee *** - Ko-Fi Security In Five or become a patron https://www.patreon.com/SecurityInFive Don't forget to subscribe to the Security In Five Newsletter. —————— Where you can find Security In Five —————— Security In Five Reddit Channel r/SecurityInFive Podcast RSS Twitter @binaryblogger YouTube, Stitcher Email - bblogger@protonmail.com
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The Best Friends National Adoption Weekend is coming up July 22nd-24th. This network partner exclusive event helps organizations like yours adopt more animals. To learn more about the event and to register, check out this link: https://network.bestfriends.org/join-us/events/best-friends-national-adoption-event (https://network.bestfriends.org/join-us/events/best-friends-national-adoption-event) To get us all geared up for the adoption event, we're dipping into the archives to revisit one of our favorite adoption-themed episodes. Every time someone chooses to adopt an animal, we have the opportunity to positively change that person's life and save an animal's life. So why do we still put up so many barriers that make adopting an animal so unreasonably difficult? The reasons to deny a pet adoption are as vast as they are inane. Sometimes it's because of age (of the adopter and/or the pet). Others because they are a renter, while another potential adopter may own a home, a fenceless yard can lead to rejection. Some organizations go so far as asking if you plan to have children anytime in the next decade. Unfortunately, this often grueling and unnecessarily invasive adoption process does little to determine how much a pet will be cared for and drives good people away from our lifesaving work. This week we speak with Lawrence Nicolas, the Chief Operating Officer for the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League in West Palm Beach, Florida (currently, he is the COO of the Jacksonville Humane Society in Florida). Lawrence tells us about their open adoption process that sends roughly 6,000 animals to new homes each year while maintaining a return rate of under 4 percent. Check out the website for The Best Friends Podcast: https://network.bestfriends.org/proven-strategies/best-friends-podcast (bestfriends.org/podcast)
There is a feeling of safety, traveling in the crowd. We are social animals and desire to be part of tribe, a group, and a community. So, following the pack is often the right decision. But not understanding the goals of the crowd and following blindly is when problems can occur. Imagine trying to run a company, a community, or a family where no one is willing to conform. It would be awful. So yes, follow with confidence. But make informed choices. Understand who you are following and why you are following them. B - Bandwagon Effect can influence our decision making. We can make bad decision for a desire to fit in, a desire to be right, and a desire to not be wrong. A – Adopters follow the Innovators, then the early and late majority, finally the laggards. C – Cognitive Biases makes pulls us away from rationality O – Obedience is self-assigned, expected, and feels comfortable. Fear of missing out N – Normative versus Informational Social Influence is the difference between believing so you'll fit in versus because it makes sense. Should I stop following the crowd? B – Be your own boss. Make informative decisions. A – Accountability for your own decisions is a sign of maturity. C – Continue to question the motives and goals of the crowd. O – Okay to follow, just know who you're following. N – “No” is a powerful word! It's sometimes scary to say, but it carries a lot of power. What are you willing to give up for what you are hoping to get? The crowd offers a great deal, but it does not offer us everything that we need and want. www.MasterHappiness.com www.WhatsYourBacon.com #SalesCoach #PublicSpeaking #Keynote #Career #Relationships #MasterHappiness #Jalove #Bacon #WRLR #BaconBits #MartyJalove #WhatsYourBACON #crowdmentality #Followers
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✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs On this episode of Overpriced JPEGs, Carly welcomes music NFT expert, advisor, angel investor, curator, co-founder of Friends with Benefits, and did we mention music NFT expert(?!) — Cooper Turley. Cooper, also known as Coopahtroopa, has shaped music NFTs from their infancy and is building toward onboarding the next wave of Music NFT artists, curators, builders, and investors. However, are music streaming platforms ready to support the Justin Biebers, Taylor Swifts, and Post Malones of the world? Cooper shares his thoughts on everything from why music NFTs haven't taken off as jpegs have yet, to the core problems with the legacy music industry, to the future of music NFTs, and everything in between. We hope you enjoy! ------
✨ SUBSCRIBE TO THE OVERPRICED JPEGS CHANNEL ✨ https://bankless.cc/jpegs On this episode of Overpriced JPEGs, Carly welcomes music NFT expert, advisor, angel investor, curator, co-founder of Friends with Benefits, and did we mention music NFT expert(?!) — Cooper Turley. Cooper, also known as Coopahtroopa, has shaped music NFTs from their infancy and is building toward onboarding the next wave of Music NFT artists, curators, builders, and investors. However, are music streaming platforms ready to support the Justin Biebers, Taylor Swifts, and Post Malones of the world? Cooper shares his thoughts on everything from why music NFTs haven't taken off as jpegs have yet, to the core problems with the legacy music industry, to the future of music NFTs, and everything in between. We hope you enjoy! ------
Computer scientists and academics are pursuing efforts to stop crypto lobbying in the USA, adoption is rising among lower-earning and unbanked adults, and Russia may start using crypto to avoid Western sanctions! https://cointelegraph.com/news/computer-scientists-and-academics-pursue-efforts-to-stop-crypto-lobbying-in-us (Computer scientists and academics pursue efforts to stop crypto lobbying in US) https://www.businessinsider.com/transactional-cryptocurrency-benefits-the-lower-earning-and-unbanked-2022-6 (Crypto transactions grow in the US among lower-earning and unbanked adults) https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/russia-cryptocurrency-international-payments-western-sanctions-war-ukraine-ban-markets-2022-5 (Russia's central bank says it's open to using cryptocurrency for international payments as a way) If you love the Daily Crypto Watch, definitely check out https://open.spotify.com/show/5fu7RirTU7oDgmFFQxuYcQ?si=cee06bdefa574d83 (NFT 101) with Matt Ryan for everything NFT-related, available wherever you get audio content. It is a Non-Fungible Experience that your ears will never forget. It also pairs perfectly with the release of BitMart's NFT marketplace on June 6, and current users can https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsRsbkAzVXea24V0GkUBIF0q_8zIWJvZs37WfJyt_-b2D2Ug/viewform (sign up for an exclusive NFT airdrop). Don't have a crypto account and want to trade the headlines? https://www.bitmart.com/en?r=besmart (Sign up for a BitMart account) TODAY and start your journey NOW! Your daily dose of crypto news is always available on https://twitter.com/BitMartExchange (Twitter), https://www.facebook.com/bitmartexchange/ (Facebook), and https://t.me/BitMartExchange (Telegram) as a graphic. Remember to follow, like, and subscribe to all our social media for the latest update on everything BitMart. https://twitter.com/BitMartExchange (Twitter) | https://twitter.com/BitMartResearch (BitMart Research) | https://www.facebook.com/bitmartexchange/ (Facebook) | https://t.me/BitMartExchange (Telegram) | https://www.tiktok.com/@bitmart.exchange (TikTok) | https://instagram.com/bitmart_exchange?utm_medium=copy_link (Instagram) | https://discord.com/invite/RTT4vweX2X (Discord)
In this episode, Caitlin Kuczko shares creative strategies for safer and more positive shelter puppy socialization. We discuss:Common mistakes that are made during puppy socializationWhat ideal puppy socialization looks likeSafer socialization practices in the real worldSupporting puppies who are stressed or startledSupporting caretakers who are feeling the "puppy blues"Caitlin's bio:Caitlin Kuczko, KPA-CTP, CCUI, CTDICaitlin lives on a ranch in Colorado with her three dogs and a bunny. She is currently training two of her dogs to find bats on wind farms for conservation work; checkout k9 Conservationists for more information. Caitlin has over thirteen years of experience training and working with shelter animals, working k9s, and companion pets.She is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, Certified Control Unleashed Instructor, Certified Trick Dog Instructor, Certified AKC CGC and Trick Evaluator, and a member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. She is a professional Responder for the ASPCA's Behavioral Sciences Team formerly the Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team where she works with dogs from dog fighting busts, puppy mills, and hoarding cases. Caitlin is the owner and operator of the PAWSability Center LLC. Due to an accident in 2020, she must limit her training availability, but this gave her more time for other avenues. Caitlin has been the Manager of the Leadville Lake County Animal Shelter for almost two years now. Caitlin is one of the admins of the Pandemic Puppy Raising Support group, a free Facebook group run by professional dog trainers with over fifteen thousand members.Caitlin hopes to create a non-profit where she can focus on quality rescue work. The rescue focus would be on dams and their puppies or pregnant females in need. Puppies would be raised with Puppy Socialization Protocols at the facility or in foster homes. She hopes to use the facility as an education center for the public and others in the animal welfare industry.Links:Caitlin's Business Platformshttps://www.PAWSabilityCenter.comhttps://www.facebook.com/PAWSabilityCenterCaitlin's Koolie Breeding Programwww.facebook.com/groups/kismetmountainkoolies The Animal Shelter Caitlin Manageshttps://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLakeCountyAnimalShelterPandemic Puppy Raising Support Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/802064763617784Shelter Resources:Puppy Culturehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/383694245140783https://www.facebook.com/puppyculturehttps://shoppuppyculture.com/Clickety Splithttps://www.facebook.com/clicketysplitdog/https://clicketysplitdogtraining.com/MidWooferyhttps://learn.midwoofery.com/https://www.facebook.com/groups/474918259789903Theme music composed and performed by Andy Sells
KOP speaks with Magnus Carter, the author of Making More Money for You! Decrypting Cryptocurrency: Riding the Data Path to Financial Freedom, available on Amazon and wherever you get your books. In the book, he provides detailed guidance that explains virtually everything about the world of cryptocurrency, from the different types of cryptocurrencies and blockchains to a step-by-step approach for making wise investment decisions. We talk about the difference between buying and selling merchandise with crypto versus investing in it. We discuss some notable headlines involving the impact crypto is having. We also talk about the rise of NFTs, and more recently the metaverse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/king-of-podcasts/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/king-of-podcasts/support
In this podcast we are joined by adoptive parent Elaine Amy, from that Twitter, and we open up a discussion in relation to adoptive parent's responses to the changing landscape and criticisms of adoption. This is a conversation between adopters about adoption and that's the focus of the conversation hence no adoptee voices. We chat in relation to the questions of human rights, birth parent's perspectives and our perspectives on the difficult issue of contact. We also discuss the challenges of supporting children when they have different views to their siblings as well as how our views have changed across our experience of being adopters . It's a fairly open discussion and looks at a range of topics that are a little less travelled, we would of course welcome any comments or thoughts on what we chat about. We are always happy to hear from anyone who may have experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective and would like to share your views of perspective please get in touch on Facebook, Twitter or email at aandfpodcasst@gmail.com Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here Google here
This week we had on Justine Humenansky (@j_humenansky) with RabbitHole. Justine has worked as an investor at Dorm Room Fund, First Round Capital, Playground Global, and she recently switched over to RabbitHole to help the next era of people gain skills for participating in the new digital economy. In this talk, we discuss: Networks based on ownership instead of association The crypto adoption cycle and bringing late adopters onboard Web3 projects staying compliant with legal ambiguity
Jason is the Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer of Eko, a digital health company applying machine learning in the fight against heart and lung disease. Jason has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and is an outspoken advocate for leveraging telehealth and AI to improve cardiopulmonary screening. He was invited by President Obama's HHS Department to speak at the White House on pressing issues in cardiovascular care. Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek.
The latest Agent For The Future study reveals that high digital adopters grew 60% faster than low digital adopters. Chip sits down with Tyler Asher, President of Independent Agent Distribution at Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance, to learn more about the findings and how they reveal a clear path to help agents of any size transform and grow. For more information: Report: Rise of the Digital Insurance Agency Learn More about Liberty Mutual and Safeco Agent for the Future Become a Recommended Agent on TrustedChoice.com
Binance Smart Chain and the BNB token are currently the #1 news story within the Crypto/DeFi space. Bitcoin is making new all-time highs, ETH is making new all-time highs and in the meantime, liquidity, volume and the price of BNB have exploded to an even greater degree. On this episode of the LEO Roundtable, we sit down with LeoFinance statistician by day and DeFi farmer by night @dalz to talk about the BInance Smart Chain. Dalz was one of the earliest adopters of Decentralized Finance protocols on the Binance Smart Chain and he's been crushing it on the various applications and pools that exist in that chain. Show Notes: https://leofinance.io/@khaleelkazi/binance-smart-chain-hype-or-massive-opportunity-behind-the-scenes-with-one-of-its-earliest-adopters
This conversation covers: Laying the groundwork for a successful open-source program office (OSPO). Why legal and engineering are usually the two main stakeholders in open-source projects. Why engineering teams tend to struggle at articulating their perspective on open-source. Tobie offers some improvement tips. How Tobie defines open-source strategy. Tobie also explains the risk of not having an open-source strategy, as well as his process for helping organizations determine the best strategy for their needs. Common challenges that businesses face when deploying open-source software. The secondary — or non-code — benefits of open-source, and why many organizations tend to overlook them. Tips for engineers in non-technology organizations like pharmaceuticals or finance to approach business leadership about open-source. Links UnlockOpen: https://unlockopen.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tobie TranscriptEmily: Hi everyone. I'm Emily Omier, your host, and my day job is helping companies position themselves in the cloud-native ecosystem so that their product's value is obvious to end-users. I started this podcast because organizations embark on the cloud naive journey for business reasons, but in general, the industry doesn't talk about them. Instead, we talk a lot about technical reasons. I'm hoping that with this podcast, we focus more on the business goals and business motivations that lead organizations to adopt cloud-native and Kubernetes. I hope you'll join me.Emily: Welcome to The Business of Cloud Native. Today, I am talking with Tobie Langel from UnlockOpen, and I wanted to start, Tobie, by just asking, you know, what do you do? Can you give us sort of an introduction to what you do, and how you tend to spend your days?Tobie: Sure. So, I've been back into consulting for a number of years at this point. And I essentially focus on helping organizations align their open-source strategy with business goals. So, it can be both at the project level—so sometimes helping specific projects out—or larger strategy at the corporate level.Emily: So, I actually recently had Nithya Ruff, who's the head of the OSPO at Comcast on the podcast. For listeners who don't know, that's an open-source program office. So, are you sort of an outsourced OSPO for companies that aren't Comcast's size?Tobie: So, that's a really good question. My answer would be no, but it tends to happen that I help companies build that capacity internally. So, I would generally tend to come up before an OSPO is needed, and help them figure out what exactly they need to build. For OSPO, my pet peeve is companies building OSPOs like they need to tick a checkbox on the list of the things that they have to do to be up-to-date with good engineering practices, if you will. In general, if you want to be successful, with an OSPO, it has to meet the particular needs of your company, and that's usually kind of hard to figure out if you just leave it to whoever in the organization is more interested in driving that effort. And so essentially, I sort of help in the early stages of that by bringing all of the stakeholders at the table, and essentially listening to them and making sure that what they want out of an OSPO is aligned between the different stakeholders and matches the overall strategy of the company.Emily: And who are the stakeholders that you're generally talking to?Tobie: So, essentially, open-sources is strange, for one reason, in terms of how it was adopted in companies from a historical perspective. Adopters have always been essentially engineers who just wanted better tools, or the package or the software that best fitted their current intention, and there's a very, very grassroots process by which companies start using open-source. And what happened at some point is companies sorted to see all of the software, and got concerned, and started trying to assess the risk. And so companies just tended to bring in the legal arm and lawyers at this point. And so to fulfill compliance questions, you bring in lawyers, and then the responsibility of grown-up open-source kind of falls on to lawyers, which tends to be problematic from the perspective of good engineering practice and velocity that you want from your engineering and product side in a company. And so clearly, the two stakeholders or the two main stakeholders tend to be legal and engineering, and there tends to be a tension between these two sides. And in lots of companies this tension, instead of being resolved to some degree, tends to be won by the legal side that understands business concerns better and is better able to praise or explain what they do in terms of business impact and business risks than the engineering side. And so this equilibrium tends to create OSPOs which are legal heavy, process heavy, and don't really give engineers the kind of freedom that they would need to be effective in their daily engineering practice. And the reason behind that being essentially over exaggerated risk perception of open-source because, to be frank, open-source is not well taught in legal school and clearly not part of the curricular that most lawyers are familiar with when they move into helping tech companies out. So, essentially, I sort of tried to bridge these two worlds.Emily: I can imagine that being an open-source lawyer, that's a niche, that's a very specific niche.Tobie: Yeah, actually there's a running joke in that community, which is, “As soon as you get your law degree and you're an open-source lawyer, you're one of the 25 best open-source lawyers in the world.”Emily: [laughs]. That's awesome. Why do you think engineering teams are so bad at clearly articulating their perspective on open-source, and what can they do to improve?Tobie: So, there are clearly multiple reasons why engineers aren't the best at articulating how open-source matters. So, I think one of the key ones, it's just, it's something that's part of their daily practice, and they don't really understand and never have been taught the actual intellectual property—IP—impact, that open-source has on their company, and they don't really understand how others in the company might perceive this IP impact. So, I think, one part of it is, essentially, this is just how engineers work. Like, you want to use a piece of software, you put it in it, right? If you want to fix something, well, you do a pull request. This is sort of, like, a common practice. And it's always hard to articulate things that are essentially part of your, like—you know, like a native language, like part of your culture. It's really hard to describe, why you would do this, and why it matters. So, I think that's one reason.The other reason, I think, is that there is a lot of overlap between the way legal works, and the way business works in general. Few examples of that are, engineers tend to think really like in binary way, like, you know, something is true or false, something is on or off, whereas business and law a much more spectrum thinking and into the gray area of things. Similarly, law will share with executive manager's schedule, versus a maker's schedule. So, there's lots of cultural artifacts of law culture in corporations that are much closer to business culture, and so, just a better understanding. So, I don't think engineering is really bad, per se. I think it's just bad when you compare it to legal, essentially.Emily: I mean, and clearly, like, lawyers, their whole training is about making arguments for things that they believe to be true. So.Tobie: Fair enough, but honestly, when you hear engineers talking to one another, that could be said, of engineers, too.Emily: That's fair.Tobie: Your second question was, how can engineers improve that?Emily: Yes.Tobie: And I think that's actually something that they can do and that has way more benefits than just making it easier for them to contribute to open-source, or to have a strong open-source culture at their company. And I think that's essentially focusing on the customer-facing business value, if you will, of what they are building. And if you can start articulating all of what you do in terms of how it affects the business, how it affects end-users or end-customers of your products, it gets way easier to have weight in conversations with other people within an organization that reason about this that way.Emily: And I would imagine this applies not just to making a case for open-source, but everything in engineering. Making a case for using containers, making a case for changing something in your architecture, investing in engineering, hiring a new person—Tobie: Absolutely.Emily: —you have to learn to make the case in terms of the business impact.Tobie: Yeah. It's interesting because we always look as growing up or leveling up as an engineer in terms of actual ability in your craft. But what really makes a difference is how you can leverage your craft to pursue broader goals, organizational goals. And yeah, you're absolutely right that skill set is useful, just, like, across the board. So, are soft skills, by the way, which is another thing that engineering tends to forget about, unfortunately.Emily: So, going back to what you do in crafting open-source strategies, what is an open-source strategy, and what's the risk of not having one?Tobie: So, by strategy, I sort of think about the plan that you have to meet certain goals that you care about meeting. And so an open-source strategy can be widely different depending on what those goals are, and what those organizational goals are. Some companies will have—their main business will be extremely tied to open-source software—you know, think like a company like MongoDB, or Redis, or Mozilla, for example—but for most companies, their business is kind of far away from actually producing open-source software. And so, an open-source strategy for those will be one that is more aligned with, like, how exactly can open-source help our organizations serve our clients better? The same way you would use DevOps to some degree. Or even, like, you know, Cloud, for lack of a better example. So, really, about how can you leverage these tools to help meet organizational goals?Emily: And then what happens if you don't have a strategy?Tobie: Oh, well, what—that's what happens when you're missing a strategy for anything else: you essentially end up at best copying what others are doing—so, you know, you're sort of late to the game—and that worse, just running around aimlessly. If you don't know why you're doing something, you don't know what to measure. And this is true of everything. I mean, this has nothing to do with open-source. You don't know what to measure, you don't know where to invest, you don't know if what you're investing is actually giving you a useful return on investment. You know nothing, and so you're probably better off just not doing anything.Emily: When you meet with these different stakeholders in a company, how do you help them figure out what the best strategy for that particular company is going to be, in relation to open-source?Tobie: So, if we're looking at companies who are not essentially trying to monetize an open-source project, the way I usually start looking at that is looking at what are the current points of frictions? What are the challenges and the problems that a company is facing to run its software, its engineering operations with the kind of performance level that it would want to do? And this can be broadly different things. It could be an organization finds itselfs to be fairly siloed, and finds it really hard to collaborate with teams in different parts of the organization. It could be having a really hard time filling in their hiring pipeline, or having retention issues. There are just plenty of different problems that show up. Then the second thing that we tend to look at is if they had a magic wand, if you will, what would their future look like? What would they want to achieve? And once we have this current situation and future desired state, we look to see at what part of open-source can actually help this transformation. And for that, what I do is I—there's a talk that I've given a number of time, called, “Making the Business Case for Open-Source,” which essentially focuses on all of these different aspects of open-source that are beneficial to companies, which I called byproducts, or second-order benefits of open-source, which is not the output of the code itself, but all of the benefits that having a strong open-source culture brings to a company. And we'll look at those, and we see if there's a good fit.Emily: And how aware do you find business leaders to be about the secondary benefits of open-source? The sort of non-code benefits of open-source?Tobie: Mostly not, honestly. I guess it's actually surprising how few companies get that, outside of the tech giants, by the way. All of the large tech companies understand that really well. Everyone from Google to Microsoft to Facebook to Mozilla, everyone is doubling down on these aspects and knows that open-source is where you tend to find a lot of really good engineers and that open-source really benefits engineers and helps them level up, and helps them build things that are actually, then—end up being really useful internally, like soft skills. I mean, I know that open-source has a really bad rap, and there are reasons for this, and there are lots of things that, as a community in open-source, we have to improve. I don't want to be dismissive of that at all, but if you're actually able to collaborate and get alignment in a large open-source project will you have—you can't go through like your manager to get your manager to speak to the manager of the person that's not complying with whatever it is that you want because it turns out, they're in a completely different company. When you're able to be effective in an environment that is as hostile as that one, once you bring that skill set back internally, you're highly effective. So, these benefits exist, and large tech companies understand these benefits really well. Outside of tech, though, that's not the case. And when you look at the data, it's that's really telling because we have today really good datasets, per industry, of how much different industries use open-source, and frankly, at this point, pretty much there's open-source everywhere, in every industry, and in every project in every industry. But, however, when you look at what industry—what vertical—actually has, built-in, a large, a strong open-source culture and is contributing to open-source, like outside of tech—where it's roughly 50 percent of tech companies contribute to open-source, often on a regular basis, outside of tech I think the closest is finance and financial services, and it's like 12 percent, or like 13 or 14. It's really, really low. So, tech has it, the rest of the world, not yet. And to some degree, that's also why open-source is actually a real accelerator of how companies are able to build the kind of tools that they need to respond to their business needs. It's not by accident that you find that the companies that have the highest growth—market growth as a company are those that are heavily invested in tech and heavily invested in open-source. And so it's not surprising that incumbents from all the verticals are having a much harder time to adapt, and as a result are also, in verticals where there's lots of competition, lots of new players, lots of new startups that are, sort of, like, stealing market share, and disrupting those different markets.Emily: You've said a lot of things that are really interesting. I wanted to ask, though, again, about this idea of helping people develop soft skills because honestly, I had never considered that as an advantage of open-source. Could you just sort of talk a little bit about how that happens, and how individual engineers can use working on open-source projects to develop soft skills, and then how it translates to better success in their employment situation?Tobie: So, if you look at how software is built in a closed-source project, you will essentially be working with your peers. I mean, that's not always the case, but in most cases, people that you can literally, like, turn your chair around and tap on the shoulder to get help. In open-source that's very different. Large open-source projects will have people across lots of time zones, and completely different stakeholders. You will have in the same project, someone that is just passionate about this project and is a teenager in a high school that just really cares about whatever it is that you're working on. You're going to have a bunch of folks in academia, actually using that project to run some data internally or something like that. You will have small companies building plugins on top of it or doing agency work. You will have large corporations leveraging that project. So, you will have this very broad stakeholder set of people with very different backgrounds, very different interests, very different reasons to be involved, essentially. And I mean, just that, just this diversity of background and culture will make you up your communication game because you will not be able to speak to these very different stakeholders. If you want to get something out of them, if you want to review one of their pull requests, if you want to get them to sign the CLA, it's not the same as turning around and tapping your colleague on the shoulder that, unfortunately, tends to be roughly the same skin color, age, and gender as you are in lots of different teams, still today. So, I think that's the first point is just, lots of stakeholders, with lots of different interests, coming from lots of different places.The second bit is, a lot of software is about communicating what you want to do and what you're hoping that they're doing. And that's harder to do in return, frankly, for most people. And it's harder to do, again, when you have sociocultural gaps. So, learning how to do that properly to get alignment on something, this is a skill, you have to learn. Thirdly, the absence of formal leadership in—which is what I was mentioning before—in projects and by formal leadership, I mean, yeah, sure, there's like a technical steering committee, or a [00:21:05 unintelligible], or someone's leading the project, like maintainers and stuff, but they don't get to tell who does what. So, if you want help from someone on a project, you will have to learn how to use your soft skills to do that because you can't make anyone comply to anything. It's this completely soft, smushy thing. We don't really have—you can't hold on to someone and tell them, “Go do this PR now,” or, “Go review this.” You will have to figure out ways of getting people to be involved using a completely different skill set then force compliance. And this is—I mean, I might be cutting corners here, but to me, this is what leadership is about. Leadership is about aligning people in the mission without a whip. And this is precisely what you're doing if you want to do anything in open-source. And this set of skills, once you're back in a company—I mean, any kind of serious project, impactful project in a company will be across multiple teams, multiple orgs, you'll have to get approval from, like, policy, you'll have to go see legal, you'll have to get designers involved, you'll have to get product involved, you'll have to get infrastructure invol—like, all of these organizations that you don't have direct power over, learning this set of skills inside of an open-source project prepares you for this so much.Emily: Interesting. Yeah. You know, you could have a project, and legal could say, “No.” And you don't get to just override what legal says if they say no. You have to have the skills to negotiate a way out of that, basically.Tobie: Yeah, and frankly, I mean, if you look at sort of the career ladder of an engineer, it's essentially around growing your impact inside of an organization or company. And growing your impact, I mean, that is done laterally. It's done by getting others aligned on your vision early in the process. And again, it's interesting because there's lots of parallel between what I'm describing right now and what I do for a lot of my clients, which is to get alignment from all of the different stakeholders along a specific set of goals. And this is only soft skills: it's listening to people, figuring out what their needs are—when legal says, “No,” I mean, no one ever says, “No.” People say, “No,” and they mean, “Oh, this is going to make me too—too big of a cost for me. I don't want to do this right now. It's easier for me to just say, ‘No.' I don't really understand the risks. I don't really understand the value of this project.” I mean, behind the, “No,” there's a bunch of information. And building soft skills lets you have the tools to go figure out what that, “No,” that legal just gave you really is about. And it's way easier to address something like, “Oh, there's actually—I'm concerned about this specific risk at this specific place,” than addressing something that's as vague as, “No. Legal said no.”Emily: And how would you say that an engineer that's, say, in a non—technology company, as in you know, not in the technology vertical, they are in a company that sells cars, or pharmaceuticals, or financial services or whatever, what are the specific ways to to make those business arguments to talk effectively with business leadership?Tobie: So, one of the consultants that is a consultant for consultants, David A. Fields, talks about ‘right side up thinking' and he's essentially talking about, put yourself in the shoes of the people that you're talking about. Understand what it is that they care about, and then have answers to that. Which, to me, is also something that you can build in open-source, but it's essentially listening to people. I mean, there's so many times I've been in a meeting with lawyers about a particular topic for a client or for a company I was working with, where I got out of a meeting with much, much more than I expected, essentially because instead of opening my mouth, I just shut up and listened to what it is that they were concerned about, and really tried to understand from their perspective. And then realize that all of the schemes I had in my head of what it is that they wanted, and the solutions I had for what I thought it was that they wanted, were not necessary at all; what they cared about was something completely different that I just couldn't know about. And so, that would be my biggest suggestion is, just shut up and listen to what people want. Same for customers, by the way. I mean, when you're facing customers, just actually listen to what people say. It doesn't mean that you have to essentially implement precisely what solution they're giving you, but you have to listen to what their problem is. As an expert—and that's true of an engineer in a non-engineer context: the engineer is the expert, but your expertise should be applied to turn the need, the requirement, into something that's implementable. That's its only purpose, really. It shouldn't be about asking people, “Well, so would you want to use PHP or Rails for this?” And then giving them a lecture on both. This is not what someone some business wants to hear about.Emily: Excellent. We are going to go ahead and wrap up pretty soon, but anything else that you would like to add about bridging the gap between business and engineering?Tobie: Yeah, so I think that at the end of the day, what really works is when everyone is aligned, and pulling on the same rope, aligned with the same goals. If you're in a company, where the underlying goals really don't match at all your vision of what you want to do, you're in a bad place, regardless of what vertical that company is in, whether it is a tech or a non-tech company. So, I think that engineers, if they're able to and, again, I mean, not everyone is in position to change job or hop to find a different job, and the job market right now is particularly difficult, but I think that if you want to be happy in your job, you have to make sure that there's alignment. And if there isn't, at least try to carve out areas of alignment. And don't try to win every fight: really go for the things that matter to you that make a difference, and make concessions. Actually, that's the other, for me, the really key point is, make concessions. If things don't really matter to you but make a huge difference for the person that's in front of you, make a concession even if you think it's silly. As engineers, we really have, again, this really binary way of thinking. Admit that there's a lot more to all of this then yes or no, and that there's a whole bunch of area in the middle where people can meet and find agreement, and focus on that stuff.Emily: Excellent. All right, just a couple last questions. What is your favorite engineering tool that you couldn't live without?Tobie: That's an interesting question. I don't think I really have one. I think that's deliberate. My goal would be to be able to jump on a new machine and be effective within seconds, and not have to go through the whole ordeal of having to set everything up just to right for me. So, I tend to try to work with whatever is there. I also don't believe that a good engineer is an engineer that types fast. Actually, I'm a really slow typer, so maybe that's why. But yeah, I really believe that it's not about tooling, it's about all of the other things, and that tooling should come last. So, I don't have any is my answer.Emily: Fabulous. And then where can we listeners connect with you or follow you.Tobie: So, I tweet quite a bit under @tobie. So, T-O-B-I-E. There's lots of politics there, too, so if you believe that tech and politics are not linked, you probably don't want to follow my account. And then there's the website of my consultancy, which is unlockopen.com. So, unlock and open in one word, dot com.Emily: Excellent. All right, well, thank you so much for joining me.Tobie: Well, thank you for having me. This was fun. Thank you so much.Emily: Thanks for listening. I hope you've learned just a little bit more about The Business of Cloud Native. If you'd like to connect with me or learn more about my positioning services, look me up on LinkedIn: I'm Emily Omier—that's O-M-I-E-R—or visit my website which is emilyomier.com. Thank you, and until next time.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.
HDMI 2.1 After reading Robert's email we thought it might be a good idea to review the HDMI 2.1 specification will everyone. The following information and more is available at HDMI.org. HDMI® Specification 2.1 is the most recent update of the HDMI specification and supports a range of higher video resolutions and refresh rates including 8K60 and 4K120, and resolutions up to 10K. Dynamic HDR formats are also supported, and bandwidth capability is increased up to 48Gbps. Supporting the 48Gbps bandwidth is the new Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable. The cable ensures high-bandwidth dependent features are delivered including uncompressed 8K video with HDR. It features exceptionally low EMI (electro-magnetic interference) which reduces interference with nearby wireless devices. The cable is backwards compatible and can be used with the existing installed base of HDMI devices. HDMI Specification 2.1 feature highlights Higher video resolutions support a range of high resolutions and faster refresh rates including 8K60Hz and 4K120Hz for immersive viewing and smooth fast-action detail. Resolutions up to 10K are also supported for commercial AV, and industrial and specialty usages. Dynamic HDR support ensures every moment of a video is displayed at its ideal values for depth, detail, brightness, contrast and wider color gamuts—on a scene-by-scene or even a frame-by-frame basis. The Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable supports the 48G bandwidth for uncompressed HDMI 2.1 feature support. The cable also features very low EMI emission and is backwards compatible with earlier versions of the HDMI Specification and can be used with existing HDMI devices. eARC simplifies connectivity, provides greater ease of use, and supports the most advanced audio formats and highest audio quality. It ensures full compatibility between audio devices and upcoming HDMI 2.1 products. Enhanced refresh rate features ensure an added level of smooth and seamless motion and transitions for gaming, movies and video. They include: Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) reduces or eliminates lag, stutter and frame tearing for more fluid and better detailed gameplay. Quick Media Switching (QMS) for movies and video eliminates the delay that can result in blank screens before content is displayed. Quick Frame Transport (QFT) reduces latency for smoother no-lag gaming, and real-time interactive virtual reality. Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) allows the ideal latency setting to automatically be set allowing for smooth, lag-free and uninterrupted viewing and interactivity. Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification is backward compatible with earlier versions of the Specification and is available to all HDMI 2.0 Adopters. Some Observations: The specification does not indicate a cable length. Cable length depends on the cable manufacturer. It is likely the maximum lengths for passive cables will be approximately 2 to 3 meters. Manufacturers may or may not be able to enable Dynamic HDR with a firmware upgrade. This is manufacturer specific eARC requires HDMI High Speed Cables with Ethernet and the new Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable. Generally speaking, eARC will not be upgradable via a firmware update. Check with the manufacturer of your product to confirm. eARC will support Dolby Atmos and DTS:X as well as previous audio formats.
"It's a bit strange." Potential adopters prepare rooms for two children they have never met. They explain why they have decided to adopt, what they have learnt about adoption and what to expect. From BBC Radio 4's The World at One, with Jon Manel.
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