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THE STR GAME HAS CHANGED AND THE DATA PROVES IT.AirDNA's Chief Economist Jamie Lane joins the show to break down what's actually happening behind the scenes in the short-term rental market......and why most hosts are missing the shift.Inside this episode:The real story behind occupancy, rates, and guest demand in 2024Why “big box” managers are losing properties fastThe key numbers top investors are watching (and how to use them)How AirDNA's new tools are reshaping STR deal analysisThe warning signs for hosts scaling past 50 units and what breaks firstWhy small, well-managed portfolios are quietly outperforming everyoneYou'll also hear how Jamie's team is using AI and custom comps to bring never-before-seen clarity to STR investing......and what you can do to stay ahead.Listen now to future-proof your portfolio before the data leaves you behind.03:30 – Supply Shock: Why New STR Listings Are Surging Nationwide07:00 – Booking Behavior: How Travelers Are Changing Their Habits10:00 – Revenue Realities: The Decline in ADR and Occupancy Rates13:30 – Market Saturation: Top Cities Facing Over-Supply Pressures17:00 – Strategic Advantage: How to Win in Competitive Markets21:00 – Data-Backed Decisions: Using AirDNA to Stay Ahead24:00 – The Investor Shift: From Arbitrage to Ownership Models27:00 – Resilience & Risk: Preparing for Softening Demand Cycles30:00 – Long-Term Outlook: What Smart Operators Are Doing NextGuest Bio:Jamie Lane is Vice President of Research for AirDNA, a short-term rental data & analytics company. He is responsible for data analysis, thought leadership, and leveraging advanced analytical techniques to provide new insights into short-term rental supply, demand, and pricing trends. He has been published in academic and professional journals and regularly speaks at lodging industry forums.Prior to AirDNA, Jamie spent 10 years as an economist at CBRE, leading research, forecasting and data intelligence teams to support client analysis. Mr. Lane is an active member of the National Association of Business Economists and the Atlanta Economics Club. Jamie holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Georgia and an M.S. in Business Economics from Georgia State University.Guest Link:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiehlaneGet FREE Access to our Community and Weekly Trainings:https://group.strsecrets.com
Episode Summary:In this special episode of the Event Tech Podcast, Brandt Krueger and Will Curran have some exciting news to share, followed by some fun chatting about the FAR future of events- robots, AI, and beyond. The duo explores the possibilities—and limitations—of automation in the events industry. They discuss everything from robot bartenders and holographic keynotes to automated floor-chalking Roombas and AI-driven video production. Along the way, they reflect on the irreplaceable human touch in events and share their thoughts on how technology will continue to shape the industry.Discussions Include:An announcement about the new AI hosts and [SPOILER] acquiring the podcastThe role of robots in events: from bartenders to exhibit booth assistantsHow AI could enhance AV production, from auto-ducking audio to sentiment analysisThe balance between automation and preserving human artistry in event productionQuotable Quotes (Should you choose to share):"There are lots of possible futures of event technology, many of which could be very interesting." – Robotic Host (Brandt)"I think there's always going to be a call for both—the quick-and-dirty automation and the high-touch human interaction." – Brandt Krueger"Imagine a world where a glass breaks, and a camera spots it, sending a Roomba to clean it up. That's coming in five years!" – Will Curran"A good camera op can tell when someone is about to move—it's an art that AI hasn't quite mastered yet." – Brandt Krueger"We wouldn't just drop news like that on you—or replace ourselves with AI—without telling you first!" – Will CurranLet us know what you think about the future of robots and AI in events, and if this episode may have lived up to its release date :)
Breaking Into FP&A: How Data, Finance, and Leadership Shape CareersHow do you transition from data analytics into FP&A? What skills make FP&A professionals successful? In this episode of CFI's Careers in Finance series, we explore how data, finance, and leadership intersect in corporate FP&A, featuring Smith Lordeus, FP&A leader with a background in engineering, data analytics, and finance.What You'll Learn in This Episode:How Smith transitioned from data analytics to financeThe growing demand for data-driven finance professionalsHow tools like Excel, SQL, Power BI, and Tableau shape FP&A analysisThe career shift from senior financial analyst to FP&A managerThe importance of storytelling and leadership in finance rolesHow FP&A teams support budgeting, strategy, and decision-makingThe differences between FP&A, corporate development, and M&AKey career advice for aspiring finance professionalsWho Should Listen?Data analysts looking to transition into financeFinance professionals who want to strengthen their FP&A skillsAspiring finance leaders looking for career growth strategiesAnyone curious about the evolving role of FP&A in corporate finance
Some team members fire off ideas like a creativity machine while others sit back, take it all in, and analyze before making a move. If you've ever worked with a Type 7 (The Enthusiast) or a Type 5 (The Strategist), you know there are some key differences to the way they approach work, including when it comes to generating new ideas and brainstorming. Type 7 might say: "Let's put all the ideas out there - no judging them yet!"Type 5 might say: "Let's think this through logically before jumping in."In this episode of Enneagram at Work, we're looking at: The strengths of Type 7s in the innovation process (visionary, energetic, adaptable)How Type 5s bring strategy, depth, and expertise to decision-makingWhere they each struggle (Too scattered? Too withdrawn?)How to find the balance between big-picture thinking and deep analysisThe best way to work with both styles in a team settingWhether you're a fast-moving innovator or a deep-thinking strategist, this episode will help you become aware of your own tendencies and help you navigate your co-worker relationships. Have a request for a future episode? Drop a text here!
In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Glenn Hopper and Paul Barnhurst sit down with Adam Shilton, a digital transformation expert, TEDx speaker, and founder of Shilton Digital. They explore the intersection of AI, automation, and business efficiency, discussing how leaders can leverage digital tools to replace manual work with more meaningful, impactful tasks. The conversation also focuses on the risks and challenges of AI-generated content, synthetic data, and the future of AI-driven business solutions.Adam Shilton is a leading voice in digital automation, specializing in helping businesses streamline operations using AI-powered systems. As the founder of Shilton Digital and a sought-after speaker, Adam brings interesting knowledge about the importance and role of AI in modern workplaces.Expect to LearnThe potential and limitations of AI-generated content in podcasts and mediaHow AI tools like Notebook LM can assist in decision-making and business analysisThe risks of AI models training on synthetic data and the potential for misinformationHow businesses can effectively integrate AI without fully outsourcing decision-makingThe future of AI-driven automation, including domain-specific AI agentsThe real value of AI lies not in outsourcing thinking, but in amplifying our ability to innovate, streamline, and create. As businesses navigate the digital transformation, the key isn't just to adopt AI blindly, but to use it as a strategic partner. Follow Adam:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamshiltontech/Website - https://www.adamshilton.com/Join hosts Glenn and Paul as they unravel the complexities of AI in finance:Follow Glenn:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbhopperiiiFollow Paul:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thefpandaguyFollow QFlow.AI:Website - https://bit.ly/4i1EkjgFuture Finance is sponsored by QFlow.ai, the strategic finance platform solving the toughest part of planning and analysis: B2B revenue. Align sales, marketing, and finance, speed up decision-making, and lock in accountability with QFlow.ai. Stay tuned for a deeper understanding of how AI is shaping the future of finance and what it means for businesses and individuals alike.In Today's Episode:[01:29] - Adam's experiment with AI in comparing ERP systems.[02:29] - The Risks of AI-Generated Content [03:33] - AI Training on Synthetic Data[05:24] - Digital Data vs. Human Knowledge [07:23] - The Importance of Keeping AI Creative [08:36] - AI as a Support Tool, Not a Replacement [09:59] - The Future of AI Agents and Domain-Specific Models
Send us a textOn this episode of Coffee N° 5, Lara chats with Wayne Liu, CEO of Perfect Corp, about how AI is revolutionizing the beauty industry. Learn how virtual try-ons, AI-powered skin analysis, and digital fashion are shaping the future of beauty and retail. Don't miss this deep dive into beauty tech innovation!We'll talk about:How AI is transforming beauty and fashionThe evolution of virtual try-ons and digital skin analysisThe biggest challenges of creating realistic beauty techHow AI is reshaping online shopping and brand experiencesThe future of AI in the beauty and medical industriesFor more information, visit Wayne Liu's LinkedIn.Subscribe to Lara's newsletter.Also, follow our host Lara Schmoisman on social media:Instagram: @laraschmoismanFacebook: @LaraSchmoismanSupport the showSupport the show
In this episode of Excess Returns, Justin and Jack sit down with Scott McBride, CEO and portfolio manager at Hotchkis and Wiley, to explore the approach that has allowed them to succeed during a time when many other value investors have failed. McBride, with 24 years at the firm, shares insights into how their team has achieved impressive results by being willing to think differently from consensus.Key topics discussed:How market sentiment and emotion create opportunities for long-term investorsThe importance of having the right team culture and being comfortable with contrarian positionsTheir approach to valuing companies beyond traditional metrics like P/E ratiosWhy catalysts aren't necessary for investment success if you get valuation and governance rightTheir perspective on international markets, particularly opportunities in Europe and the UKThoughts on AI's impact on businesses and investment analysisThe growing influence of passive investing and how it creates opportunitiesMcBride explains why having fewer analysts covering certain stocks can create opportunities, and why focusing on business quality, strong balance sheets, and good governance is crucial for long-term success. He also shares valuable insights about maintaining flexibility in investment approach rather than being dogmatic about any single strategy.Whether you're an experienced investor or just starting out, this conversation offers practical wisdom about what works in value investing over the long term.SEE LATEST EPISODEShttps://excessreturnspod.comFIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEAhttps://www.validea.comFIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA CAPITALhttps://www.valideacapital.comFOLLOW JACKTwitter: https://twitter.com/practicalquantLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-forehand-8015094FOLLOW JUSTINTwitter: https://twitter.com/jjcarbonneauLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcarbonneau
Rand Fishkin, founder of SparkToro and former co-founder of Moz, takes us through the evolution of digital marketing. From the concept of "zero-click marketing" to why traditional traffic-focused metrics are becoming less relevant in today's digital landscape, the conversation explores how major platforms are keeping users within their ecosystems, making it harder to drive external traffic, and why marketers need to adapt their strategies accordingly. Fishkin also discusses SparkToro's approach to audience research and provides insights on measuring marketing success in an era where direct attribution is increasingly challenging. The episode focuses on:The shift from traffic-based marketing to influence-based marketingHow to measure marketing success without traditional click metricsUnderstanding audience behavior through SparkToro's data analysisThe impact of AI and language models on marketing analyticsModern approaches to content marketing and audience engagement
Paul Gaylon, President & Founder of Herbal Products & Development, shares his dynamic research on Medicinal Mushrooms! How observing nature is a key to understanding mushroomsThe stages of growth, soil chemistry, and how mushrooms produce potent compoundsThe full spectrum extraction of mushroom compoundsThe role of medicinal mushrooms, including clinical studies and nutritional analysisThe role of polysaccharides as health multipliersHealth patterns enhanced by mushroomsHow to understand the different types of medicinal mushrooms Paul Gaylon has studied herbs and formulated innovative herbal products and whole food concentrates for over 30 years. Through his extensive travels, he has become knowledgeable in native and foreign herbs. Paul has always been dedicated to implementing new concepts in health, nutrition, and herbology. He is an avid reader and researcher on the leading edge of herbal and health frontiers. His involvement in new product development in the U.S. has taken him to other countries for research and to photograph plants, herbs, and flora. Herbal Products & Development is well–known regionally, and also offers products nationally to individuals, practitioners, and stores. Learn More: Visit Paul's Sites UnifiedCommunity
In this episode of the Joint Action podcast, we explore how injuries to the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in the knee can lead to osteoarthritis, especially in young people aged 15-25. Did you know that up to 20% of people who develop knee osteoarthritis do so because of a past injury? ACL injuries are a major culprit, and their impact can be life-changing. We chat with Dr Andrew Ross, a physiotherapist and researcher, and Associate Prof Chris Schilling, a health economist, about how we can prevent these injuries in the first place. They share insights from recent studies showing that national injury prevention programs could save millions in healthcare costs, improve quality of life, and keep more people active in sports for longer. We also discuss the challenges of getting these programs off the ground and why they're so crucial - not just for individual athletes but for society as a whole. If you're interested in how we can better protect our knees and prevent osteoarthritis, this episode is a must-listen! RESOURCESPrevious episodes Knee injury and osteoarthritis with Tim HewettIs osteoarthritis preventable? with Dr Jackie Whittaker ProgramsPerform+FIFA 11+ ProgramGLAD Australia PapersThe economics of a national anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention program for amateur football players: a Markov model analysisThe time is right to do more to reduce ACL injuries CONNECT WITH USTwitter/X: @ProfDavidHunter @jointactionorgInstagram: @ProfDavidHunterEmail: hello@jointaction.info Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Picture a leader you admire—perhaps they're dynamic, insightful, and unwaveringly decisive. Beneath the surface of these admirable qualities often lies a foundational skill seldom celebrated but inherently powerful: the ability to shift from subjective judgment to objective clarity.The capacity to discern fact from feeling. Learning to navigate the path from personal bias to collective clarity is a vital skill for every leader. In this episode of THRIVERS, Tucker and Sarah discuss the transformative journey toward objective leadership. They unravel the complexities of moving beyond the realm of subjective experience to embrace a more structured, data-driven approach. Through candid discussions, they explore:The balance between subjective instincts and objective analysisThe pivotal role of measurable goals in dispelling ambiguityLeveraging data as the linchpin for objective and aligned decision-makingReimagining the CEO's role in fostering a culture of co-creation and shared leadershipPractical steps to infuse objectivity into every layer of leadership and decision-makingThis conversation is about more than adopting new tactics; it's about a fundamental shift in mindset. A shift from seeing leadership as an art form dominated by personal intuition to understanding it as a science guided by clarity, evidence, and mutual understanding.Listen in to discover how redefining your approach can lead to greater alignment, enhanced decision-making, and a more empowered and engaged team ready to tackle the challenges of the future.
“Passion doesn't always have to be the thing that pays you” Emily Gref has been a bookseller, copy editor, literary agent, and, most recently, an exhibit content manager for the Planet Word museum in Washington, DC. She received her BA in linguistics from McGill University and an MA in Language Documentation and Description from SOAS, University of London, where she began creating books and resources for minority language communities. Her current position is as a Project Manager at Dragonfly Editorial. Emily Gref on LinkedIn Emily Gref’s website Planet Word in Washington DC ACES: American Copy Editors Society Endangered Language Alliance Topics include – editing – publishing – indigenous languages – endangered languages – copyediting – museums – literary agents – organizational skills – networking – project management – data analysisThe post Episode #45: Emily Gref first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
2 Better 2 AngelsSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPodWhere to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:Jeffrey Epstein's Science of SleazePinker's response to Epstein allegationsHow Jeffrey Epstein Captivated HarvardJeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNAIt's Official — Steven Pinker Is Full of ShitPinker, Epstein, Soldier, SpyA century of sexual abuse victimisation: A birth cohort analysisThe prevalence of child sexual abuse with online sexual abuse addedHave Sexual Abuse and Physical Abuse Declined Since the 1990s?Explanations for the Decline in Child Sexual Abuse CasesThe Decline in Child Sexual Abuse CasesWhy Have Child Maltreatment and Child Victimization Declined?Spanking and Other Corporal Punishment of Children by Parents: Undervaluing Children, Overvaluing PainWere There Really More Hate Crimes Last Year?Hate Crime Reported by Victims and PoliceThe Sexual Victimization of College WomenThe "Discovery" of Child AbuseA Short History of Child Protection in America Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!
“It feels weird to say I've ‘just’ been working” Dmitry Tereshenko is a neurodivergent, first-generation college graduate who earned his Master's degree in the MLC program at Georgetown. His work has explored human-human and human-computer interaction (HCI), specializing in the intersection of how digital technologies mediate our communication in virtual spaces. In his employment, Dmitry has variously labelled himsels as a language specialist, discourse analyst, language engineer, and language technologist. He is currently employed as a Generative AI Strategist and Conversational Interface Developer at Deloitte Consulting. Dmitry Tereshenko on LinkedIn Dmitry Tereshenko’s website Topics include – cancel culture – interactional sociolinguistics – LLM – generative AI – conversational AI – language technologist – language engineering – discourse analysisThe post Episode #43: Dmitry Tereshenko first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
Can AI revolutionize the real estate industry and help entrepreneurs scale their businesses faster than ever before? In this episode of Weiss Advice, Yonah sits down with Vanessa Alfaro, a seasoned entrepreneur and real estate investor who has founded multiple successful companies. Vanessa shares her passion for leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize business processes and drive growth. She discusses how AI can be a game-changer for entrepreneurs, particularly in the real estate industry, by increasing productivity, analyzing deals faster, and ultimately improving the bottom line.[00:01 - 07:04] From Venezuela to Real Estate and AIVanessa's background in marketing and entrepreneurship in VenezuelaTransitioning to the US and focusing on real estate and AI consultingThe importance of innovation in driving business success[07:05 - 14:28] Leveraging AI for Entrepreneurs and Real Estate InvestorsHow AI can help small operators and entrepreneurs scale their businessesThe potential of AI in optimizing real estate processes and increasing NOIThe importance of applying AI technologies to stay competitive[14:29 - 22:23] AI Applications in Real EstateUsing AI for content creation, personalization, and presentationsImplementing AI in asset management to reduce expenses and increase NOIThe power of collective intelligence between humans and AI[22:24 - 30:47] Accelerating Acquisitions and Analyzing Deals with AIHow AI can help analyze more deals faster and increase the pipelineCreating a ChatGPT-based tool for quick deal analysisThe importance of understanding how to use AI effectively[30:48 - 38:22] The Current Real Estate FocusVanessa's focus on multifamily and diversifying into other commercial assetsThe current market opportunity for buyersThe historical advantage of combining AI with real estate investingConnect with Vanessa:Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessagalfaro/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessavenuscapital/ LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW by clicking this link.WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE?Be sure to follow me on the below platforms:Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, or Stitcher.LinkedInYoutubeExclusive Facebook Groupwww.yonahweiss.comNone of this could be possible without the awesome team at Buzzsprout. They make it easy to get your show listed on every major podcast platform.Tweetable Quotes:"If you leverage your experience with artificial intelligence, that's when you're going to have a win." - Vanessa Alfaro "The problem with AI is that if you don't know how to use it, you cannot see the potential." - Vanessa Alfaro Support the show
“Naming isn't an academic exercise – it's more about your gut feeling about a name” Eric Jackson is a linguist, namer, and brand strategist. He earned his master's degree in linguistics from Boston University, where his thesis was called “A linguistic introduction to brand naming”. His employment as a namer has spanned top-tier companies like Lexicon Branding, Salt Branding (now Material), and Northbound, and he's created names for companies like Philips, New Balance, Verizon, Gillette and Nestlé. He's also a fan of Dungeons and Dragons. Eric Jackson on LinkedIn Sketch Engine (corpus analysis tool) Corpus of Contemporary American English Catchword soda names Topics include – networking – theology – job hopping – small agencies – naming – branding – internships – taxonomy – linguistic analysisThe post Episode #39: Eric Jackson first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.
In this episode of The Latest Big UC News, hosts David Dungay & Rob Scott welcome some of the industry's top analysts to talk about the latest news in the UC space.The panellists discuss a variety of hot topics in the UCaaS space, including:The latest from WebexOne and Ignite eventsZoom earnings analysisThe acquisition of Loom and the future of asynchronous communicationWhat is happening with OpenAI?!Our panel features the following UC experts:Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK ResearchCraig Durr, Senior Analyst, Futurum GroupEvan Kirstel, Social Media Strategist, BCStrategiesJon Arnold, Principal Analyst, J Arnold & AssociatesDom Black, Director of Research, Cavell Group
Donald Trump Court Trials: Latest News and Events in the Past 48 HoursCivil Fraud Trial in New YorkOn Wednesday, November 1, 2023, the civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump, his company, and two of his adult children continued in New York Supreme Court. The trial is being brought by the New York Attorney General's Office, which alleges that Trump and his company engaged in a "pattern of ongoing fraud" by misrepresenting the value of their assets to banks and insurers.During Wednesday's testimony, Donald Trump Jr. testified that he was not aware of any fraudulent activities at his father's company. He also said that he did not know about the disclaimers that his father's lawyers included in his financial statements.Criminal Investigation in GeorgiaOn Thursday, November 2, 2023, a judge in Georgia denied a motion by former President Donald Trump to quash a subpoena for his testimony in the criminal investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The investigation is being led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.The subpoena is for Trump to appear before a grand jury on November 10, 2023. Trump has said that he will not testify, but he has not yet filed any legal challenges to the subpoena.AnalysisThe civil fraud trial in New York is the most significant legal challenge facing Donald Trump at this time. If the jury finds Trump and his company guilty, they could be ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.The criminal investigation in Georgia is also a serious threat to Trump. If he is indicted and convicted, he could face prison time.It is still too early to say how either of these cases will play out. However, both cases are being closely watched by legal experts and the public alike.
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.Definition:Simplified historical overview:300s-600s -- Most of the Holy Land is part of the Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empire.600s -- this territory becomes part of the Caliphate (Islamic).1000s-1100s -- Christian warriors and peasants (all strata of society participated) strive to take back the land, establishing Crusader States, along with multiple fortifications.1200s -- Christians for the most part give up the dream of reconquering the Holy Land, instead targeting their crusades on fellow Christians and other perceived enemies.Massive military attempts to recapture "Christian" territory, especially in the Holy Land, from the Muslims.Pilgrimage meets (Old Testament) holy war.The journey of faith is a biblical pilgrimage (Hebrews 11).Even so, traditionally pilgrims were supposed to travel unarmed.Up to 100,000 Europeans took part in these efforts.Source of word: Latin crux, cross.How many?There were four major crusades, though many more took place even after these concluded in the 13th century.First Crusade, 1095-1099Second Crusade, 1147-1149 -- Crusader States establishedThird Crusade, 1189-1192 -- setting of the film The Kingdom of HeavenFourth Crusade, 1198-1204 -- focused on Constantinople (capital of the [Eastern] Roman Empire), and Orthodox Christians, more than the MuslimsSubsequent crusadesE.g. Northern Europe and SpainLast Crusade (Venice vs. Ottoman Turks), 1684-1699Motivation?Various: plunder, glory, peer pressure, family honor, wanderlust, etc.Motivation must have been strong, esp. for those who spent a fortune in provisioning. (Imagine having to spend $100,000, or $300,000, to fund (and arm) yourself and your servants for the journey -- which could take many months! This isn't like shopping for a last-minute travel deal!)Forgiveness."Plenary indulgences" promised by the pope.As Douglas Groothuis remarks, "Claims made by popes that the soldiers dying in a crusade would be guaranteed heaven are entirely unbiblical and, in fact, resemble Islamic claims more than anything found in Holy Scripture" (Christian Apologetics, IVP Academic, 2011), 112.If there had been no crusades, would indulgences have been the flashpoint of the Protestant Reformation? It's interesting to ponder...AnalysisThe crusades were a radical departure from basic Christian values.Pilgrimage / holy war hybridUncritical use of scripture -- combining OT holy war with Christianity.Precedents?Augustine (354-430): "Just War" theory.Byzantine conquest of southern and central Italy in 6th century.AttitudesBefore 13th century, crusaders could not believe that Muslims would want to become like the Christians, since the Muslims were so much more advanced culturally and economically. Easier to rationalize warfare over persuasion."The Franciscans and Dominicans saw no contradiction or opposition between crusade and mission" (Daileader, 158).King Louis IX of France: Christians should let attempt to defend the faith, "except with his sword, and that he should thrust it into the scoundrel's belly, as far as it will enter."French theologian Peter Comestor (d.1179), when asked by the Patriarch of Jerusalem whether crusading was really permissible in light of biblical teaching. In response, Peter told the patriarch to "act in a manly way, be composed, and shed the blood of Christ's enemies."Example and teaching of Christ?Jesus did not teach or exemplify violence towards those who rejected his message.In contrast, Muhammad both preached and engaged in violence.Muslim tolerance only if paid jizha (tribute money).Otherwise, jihad!Below: The scimitar is the curved sword historically wielded by Islamic warriors (as opposed to the more conventional swords of the Crusaders).Ends & means?Crusaders claimed to be doing God's will. So why after 1291 did the crusaders fail to hold on to Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land?The Crusades were ultimately unsuccessful. These were a colossal failure, not "blessed" by God! Conclusion:Let's be informed.Make it a goal to become generally familiar with key developments in church history.Remember that the 4 major crusades spanned the years from the late 11th to the 13th centuries.Let's be sensitive.Be careful about language. "Crusade" is an unpleasant and even scary word for some people, especially Jews and Muslims.Understand the bitter root that has taken hold among many Muslims -- the violence response on their part is not justified but it isn't irrational. It makes sense.Let's be humble.We need to "own" the evil of believers -- false and true -- through the history of the church, for instance the Inquisition and the Crusades.Let's not act all "holier than thou."We don't know for sure what we may or may not have condoned -- whether living in Spain during the worst 3 centuries of the Spanish Inquisition, or in Nazi Germany, or the century plus after the year 1000.Let's be convicted.While remaining humble, we should take a stand on the issue of treatment of one's enemies, since Jesus so emphasized this (Matt 5).When the church on the whole embraced the way of violence, beginning in the 4th century, they were abandoning the call of Christ.The Crusades are a disgraceful blotch on the history and the memory of the church of Christ.Further study:Basic:Wikipedia articleHistory Channel ProgramIntermediate: "How the Crusades Changed History" (24 half-hour lessons by Philip Daileader), published by The Teaching Company.Note: While it is true that many been killed in religious wars, far more have perished in the 20th century alone at the hands of atheistic regimes: some 39 million in war, plus 169 million more in state-sponsored execution, genocide, or persecution (total 210m).
Are you ready to outsmart your competition and achieve predictable success in the B2B world? In this episode of "Predictable B2B Success," we have a special guest, Dejan Gajsek, who shares his insights on how to master competitive intelligence for growth and scale. With a background in marketing and sales experimentation, Dejan has helped numerous mid-market and B2B tech startups close more accounts and prevent losing deals to the competition. But here's the catch: he started as a one-person marketing department, working with giants like Microsoft, and is now empowering international startups. How did he do it? Join us as Dejan walks us through the challenges and opportunities of navigating the increasingly competitive business environment. Learn why competitive intelligence is crucial for multiple departments, particularly sales, and how it can inform your product development and sales strategies. Discover the secrets to creating effective battle cards and scaling your competitive intelligence program with minimal resources. Plus, Dejan reveals his unique approach to engaging and motivating sales reps for maximum revenue growth. Don't miss this episode filled with practical tips and real-world success stories. It's time to gain the upper hand and thrive in the face of competition. Some areas we explore in this episode include: The increasingly competitive business environment in B2BThe importance of competitive intelligence for staying ahead of the competitionChallenges in orienting competitive intelligence capabilities for growth and scaleDejan's experience in marketing and sales experimentationUsing competitive intelligence to close more accounts and prevent losing deals to competitionThe role of competitive intelligence in supporting multiple departments, including product and salesStrategies for effectively communicating and sharing competitive intelligence internallyMotivating sales reps and ensuring they have the necessary assets and materials for successThe process of scaling competitive intelligence programs and starting small with focused competitor analysisThe importance of sales enablement and using competitive intelligence to inform product and sales strategiesAnd much, much more
The Stronger By Science podcast is back, and it's the start of a new era for the show! We've got a new hosting line-up, new segments, new cover art, new music, and new way for you to get your questions answered. But a lot remains unchanged: We're still aiming to break down the latest health and fitness research and trends in a way that's easily understandable and fun to listen to. Going forward, we'll be releasing new episodes every two weeks on Wednesdays. In this episode, Greg and Lyndsey delve into the history and science behind vibration plates. Are there legitimate, scientific purposes for this trendy piece of equipment, or is it just a total scam? Then, they discuss a new study that investigated the impact of heavy resistance training on pregnancy and postpartum health outcomes. That discussion leads to a larger conversation about how exercise guidelines evolve.Want to get your question answered on a future episode of the podcast? Record a voice memo on your phone and email it to podcast@strongerbyscience.com. TIME STAMPSIntroduction of a new era for the podcast (0:00)Lyndsey introduction (8:52)Vibration plates (13:06)Lifting during pregnancy: (1:06:40)MORE FROM THE SBS TEAMJoin the Research Spotlight newsletter: Get a two-minute breakdown of one recent study every Wednesday. Our newsletter is the easiest way to stay up to date with the latest exercise and nutrition science.Join the SBS Facebook group and Subreddit.Try MacroFactor for free: Use code SBS to get a 14-day free trial of our nutrition app MacroFactor. MacroFactor has the fastest food logger on the market and its smart nutrition coach adapts to your metabolism to keep you on track with your goals. Download it today on the App Store or Google Play.Work with a Stronger By Science coach: Get personalized training and nutrition plans and ongoing support from one of our expert coaches.RECOMMENDED PRODUCTSMASS Research Review: Subscribe to the MASS Research Review to get concise and applicable breakdowns of the latest strength, physique, and nutrition research – delivered monthly.BulkSupplements: Next time you stock up on supplements, be sure to use the promo code “SBSPOD” (all caps) to get 5% off your entire order. SOURCES AND LINKSVibration platesVibration plate articles:The main inspiration for this segment was Beth Skwarecki's Lifehacker article – TikTok Myth of the Week: Vibration PlatesThe history of vibration therapyThe Historical Evolution of the Therapeutic Application of Whole Body Vibrations: Any Lessons to be Learned? | Austin Sports MedicineDr. John Kellogg Invented Cereal. Some of His Other Wellness Ideas Were Much Weirder | HISTORYBelt VibratorWhole-body-vibration meta-analyses: Fat loss metasEffects of Whole-Body Vibration Training on Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Strength in the Population Who Are Overweight and Obese: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis - ScienceDirectDoes whole body vibration therapy assist in reducing fat mass or treating obesity in healthy overweight and obese adults? 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Welcome to today's video where we dive into the world of AI technology and its impact on creative industries, specifically copywriting. We'll explore how AI can help us save time, improve efficiency, and elevate our work while discussing the balance between AI-generated content and human creativity. Join us as we uncover the true potential of AI and how it can transform the way we work and create.In this video, you'll learn:How AI technology simplifies complex tasks, like contract understanding and analysisThe evolution of junior copywriters into creative directors with the help of AIThe importance of maintaining a balance between AI-generated content and human creativityHow to optimize social media posts and create visually appealing content using AI and CanvaTips on using AI responsibly to complement and enhance your work, rather than replace it
Welcome to today's video where we dive into the world of AI technology and its impact on creative industries, specifically copywriting. We'll explore how AI can help us save time, improve efficiency, and elevate our work while discussing the balance between AI-generated content and human creativity. Join us as we uncover the true potential of AI and how it can transform the way we work and create.In this video, you'll learn:How AI technology simplifies complex tasks, like contract understanding and analysisThe evolution of junior copywriters into creative directors with the help of AIThe importance of maintaining a balance between AI-generated content and human creativityHow to optimize social media posts and create visually appealing content using AI and CanvaTips on using AI responsibly to complement and enhance your work, rather than replace it
Welcome to today's video where we dive into the world of AI technology and its impact on creative industries, specifically copywriting. We'll explore how AI can help us save time, improve efficiency, and elevate our work while discussing the balance between AI-generated content and human creativity. Join us as we uncover the true potential of AI and how it can transform the way we work and create.In this video, you'll learn:How AI technology simplifies complex tasks, like contract understanding and analysisThe evolution of junior copywriters into creative directors with the help of AIThe importance of maintaining a balance between AI-generated content and human creativityHow to optimize social media posts and create visually appealing content using AI and CanvaTips on using AI responsibly to complement and enhance your work, rather than replace it
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In this episode, we're joined by JJ Reynolds, Head of Marketing & Analytics at Media Authentic. JJ joins us to share his advice on how to get more comfortable with data analysis. In this episode we discuss:JJ's journey from videography becoming a Head of Marketing & AnalyticsThe role of curiosity in data analysisThe importance of documenting your marketing hypothesesDo you need data science skills to be a data analyst?Getting over the fear of asking challenging business questionsHow to structure the perfect marketing insightReferenced on this episode: Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss: (UK) https://amzn.to/3RJ1ePK (US): https://amzn.to/3I8Snnh CONNECT WITH JJ/MEDIA AUTHENTIC:https://mediauthentic.com/https://betterthandata.com/ CONNECT WITH SCOTT:scott.colenutt@sitevisibility.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/scottcolenutt CONNECT WITH SITEVISIBILITY:https://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/user/SiteVisibilityhttps://twitter.com/sitevisibilityhttps://www.facebook.com/SiteVisibilityhttp://instagram.com/sitevisibility If you have feedback, you'd like to be a guest, you'd like to recommend a guest or there are topics you'd like us to cover, please send this info to marketing@sitevisibility.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Expansion can be a scary (but exciting!) time for private practices. We believe that having a data-driven plan is the best way to approach growing your business! Make sure to listen to the full episode to hear some tips from Julie's upcoming book, Profit First For Therapists, available for pre-order now! EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:Businesses that grow rapidly are at a higher risk of running out of cashPayroll will increase, overhead will increase, and the demand for cash may outgrow the speed in which revenue is coming in3 Phases of GrowthPlanning & AnalysisThe longest phase - how much exactly is the expansion going to cost and where is the money going to come from?GrowthIt's important to recognize that you may be responsible for many roles during this phase and could potentially take home a less than typical payThe New NormalThis is when the financials and roles of the practice begin to stabilizeMake sure to listen through the entire episode for some Profit First For Therapists bonus tips! CLICK HERE if you are interested in pre-ordering your own copy of Profit First for TherapistsAlso, make sure to visit www.ProfitFirstForTherapists.com to register your pre-order and gain access to your bonus content!LINKS & RESOURCES:GreenOak Accounting - www.GreenOakAccounting.comTherapy For Your Money Podcast - www.TherapyForYourMoney.comProfit First for Therapists - www.ProfitFirstForTherapists.com
Sat Shah and Dan Riccio breakdown the Canucks 6-5 shootout win over the Seattle Kraken paced by Elias Pettersson who scored 5 points and put the icing on the cake with the shootout winner. Hear from Bruce Boudreau, Elias Pettersson, JT Miller and Spencer Martin. Randip Janda also provides his analysisThe views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.
Jean Jacket is too classy for this world. Alien Superstar. Whip whip!Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss NOPE, Jordan Peele's third foray into the horror genre, starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-wrangling siblings attempting to capture evidence of an unidentified flying object. Appearing in supporting roles are Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea, and Keith David.Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below.↪ Facebook↪ TikTok↪ Twitter↪ Instagram↪ Subscribe to our YouTube channel↪ Tip us $5↪ Linktree↪ WebsiteThemes and AnalysisThe film has been characterized as containing themes related to spectacle and exploitation. GQ's Gerrick D. Kennedy wrote that Nope "is a movie about spectacle. More specifically, our addiction to spectacle... Nope is about holding a mirror up to all of us and our inability to look away from drama or peril." Kennedy also states that "the erasure of black contributions" to the history of filmmaking plays a significant role in the film. Writer-director Jordan Peele was partly inspired to write Nope by the COVID-19 lockdowns and the "endless cycle of grim, inescapable tragedy" in 2020.Critical ReceptionOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 433 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's consensus reads, "Admirable for its originality and ambition even when its reach exceeds its grasp, Nope adds Spielbergian spectacle to Jordan Peele's growing arsenal." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 64 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, the same score as Us, while PostTrak reported 79% of filmgoers gave it a positive score.Box OfficeNope grossed $123.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $48.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $171.4 million.FutureIn July 2022, Perea revealed that he had convinced Peele and the Universal executives to change his character's fate in the film's climax from being killed primarily out of interest in a potential sequel, saying: "There's no way the story's over in my head. There's no way. For how heroic everything kind of seemed at the end, I'm like there's no way they leave the heroes like this. This is just the start of something new." In an interview with Thrillist, Jean Jacket designer John O. Dabiri suggested that the creature survived its apparent death at the film's conclusion, saying "There's a species of jellyfish that's called the immortal jellyfish... I'm not a movie maker. But if it was me, I would say there would be some interesting opportunity to ask whether we've seen the last of Jean Jacket."In an interview with The New York Times, Peele addressed a character that was cut from the film, listed on IMDb as Nobody, saying "The story of that character has yet to be told, I can tell you that. Which is another frustrating way of saying, I'm glad people are paying attention. I do think they will get more answers on some of these things in the future. We're not over telling all of these stories".#nope #jordanpeele #horror #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #graphic #jeanjacket #kekepalmer #idontknowwhothismanis #meghantrainor #no #creature #alien #twilightzone #americandad #scifi #aliens #paranormal #barbieferreira
The path to financial freedom is a marathon, not a sprint. It requires patience, discipline, sacrifice, and a long-term mindset. Today's guest, Logan Kohn, is on his way to financial freedom with over one million dollars of real estate with three properties at only twenty-one years old!Logan planned to invest in real estate later in life, but COVID forced him to rethink his timeline. Since interest rates were at an all-time low during the pandemic and his income took a hit, Logan decided to expedite his investing journey. For his first investment property, he looked at his county, but it wasn't affordable, so he looked at the next county over. It wasn't the best area, but he saw the opportunity for growth, and now his first property has already appreciated over thirty percent!Logan bought his first property and his other two properties in the span of one year, which required extreme financial discipline and frugality. Logan has been interested in growing his money since he was a child. From the age of ten to the end of his teenage years, he started various side hustles to make money. He's done magic on the street, dropshipping, affiliate marketing, and email marketing. At seventeen, he discovered stocks and started stacking his money and letting it grow. Now he invests his money while having few expenses to be as frugal as possible so he can multiply his wealth through real estate!In This Episode We CoverHow to spot a growing market through real estate market analysisThe importance of a long-term mindset and how to use it to find financial freedom Living frugally and how to cut back on your expenses (it's easier than you think!)The process of self-managing your rental properties and building good rapport with your tenantsFlood Insurance and insurance options for those affected by Hurricane IanAnd So Much More!Links from the ShowFind an Investor-Friendly Real Estate AgentAshley's InstagramTony's InstagramReal Estate Rookie Facebook GroupReal Estate Rookie Podcast ChannelBiggerpocketsFacebook GroupsBiggerPockets ForumsDesigning a Frugal But Luxurious FI Life by Age 32Should You Self-Manage Your Properties or Hire a Pro? Here's How to TellConnect with Logan:Logan's BiggerPockets ProfileLogan's InstagramLogan's Youtube ChannelCheck the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-233Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Check out our sponsor page!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Kevin is a senior leader who likes to use data and analytics to transform, innovate, and continuously improve organizations to make them the best they can be. His passion is the intersection of business, technology, learning, and psychology. Kevin believes the world is constantly evolving and we should always be evolving and improving ourselves in business and in our personal life. Through many years of working in a variety of businesses and industries, Kevin has been able to leverage technology and psychology, along with data and analytics, to improve organizational performance and transform businesses into high performing organizations. Kevin frequently speaks and writes on topics of data-informed decision making, the future of learning, and growth mindset. Topics During this interview Kevin and I discuss the following topics: The good and bad about our data hunger in this day and ageHow to avoid data analysis paralysis How to use data in the decision making processDifferent biases found in data-informed decision makingHow assumptions are crucial to planning and proper data analysisThe 5 Phase process to data-informed decision makingWhere leaders fault in applying the model For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/228
In 1998, a researcher rolled out an innovative approach to education. And in 2015, Methodology Twitter had a big fight about it. Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreLinks!The original 2004 paperThe 2015 re-analysisThe 2015 meta-analysisThe Tanzania dissertationDoing Good BetterWorm Wars: The AnthologyDeworming DebunkedWHO advises blanket anti-worming treatment for children despite lack of benefitDeworming Delusions? Mass Drug Administration In East African SchoolsUnderstanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of National Neglected Tropical Disease Control ProgrammesWhat Has Been Learned from the Deworming Replications: A Nonpartisan ViewMass Deworming Programs in Middle Childhood and AdolescenceIs it worth treating everyone who might get worms?New research debunks merits of global deworming programmesShould the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming?Why Don't People Take Their Medicine? Experimental Evidence from KenyaDear journalists and policymakers: What you need to know about the Worm WarsThanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!Support the show
We have all been told, "ready, aim, fire!" You get ready, you take your aim, and then you fire. But here's the problem: how long does it take you to aim? Are you wasting too much time before you fire? Are you missing out on opportunities because you never pull the trigger? Probably! In this episode, we teach you how to Ready, Fire, Aim!How to avoid paralysis by analysisThe importance of taking actionHow small habits create big changesAim after you fireA challenge to get you moving in the right direction---Save on groceries with INSTACART: Instacart - HomeSave 15% on all STRONG COFFEE products using code 'SUCCESS' Strong Coffee Company - The World's Premier On-the-Go CoffeeSave on all CURED Products using code 'MATT' or: CURED Nutrition: Cannabinoid, Mushroom and Adaptogen SupplementsGet a free trial with Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R&irclickid=Qprz83RHKxyLR2JwUx0Mo389UkGRPA2VRzLo0A0&irgwc=1SUBSCRIBE to the Define Success Podcast on any podcast platform: The Define Success Podcast with Matt Lupi on Apple PodcastsFOLLOW us on Instagram: The Define Success Podcast (@definesuccess_pod) • Instagram photos and videosFollow Matt on Instagram: Matt Lupi (@matt__lupi) • Instagram photos and videosLeave a 5-star RATING on Spotify: The Define Success Podcast with Matt Lupi | Podcast on Spotify
For nearly four decades, Americans have heard a simple story about health, longevity and obesity. This week, we learn it's a little more complicated. Thanks to Katherine Flegal, Paul Campos, Jeff Hunger and Jason Salemi for helping us research and fact-check this episode! Support us:Hear bonus episodes on PatreonDonate on PayPalGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and moreLinks!Katherine Flegal's “The obesity wars and the education of a researcher”Walter Willett's " Evidence does not support benefit of being overweight on mortality"Flegal's 2005 paperFlegal's 2013 articleWillett's 2016 meta-analysisThe infamous 2004 CDC paperFat: A Cultural History of ObesityPaul Campos's "The Obesity Myth"Walter Willett's Food Fight The obesity research that blew upFlawed methods and inappropriate conclusions for health policy on overweight and obesity: The Global BMI Mortality Collaboration meta-analysisDoes Body Mass Index Adequately Convey a Patient's Mortality Risk?The Weight of Medical Authority: The Making and Unmaking of Knowledge in the Obesity EpidemicObesity: An Overblown Epidemic? Commentary: On ‘public health aspects of weight control'Obesity And Its Relation To Health And DiseaseDoes Being Overweight Really Reduce Mortality?Individual and Aggregate Years-of-life-lost Associated With Overweight and ObesitySupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/maintenancephase)
It's time to co-create your company's purpose with your employees and your customers! Simon Mainwaring is the Founder and CEO of We First, a strategic consultancy that turns companies into movements by empowering their brands to lead with a purpose larger than themselves.In his book LEAD WITH WE: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future, he shows how all of us—from the CEOs of the biggest corporations to exciting entrepreneurs to the everyday consumer—can make more environmentally friendly, purpose-driven, and positively impactful choices in service of everyone's future.The future of profit is purpose, so jump right in and learn how Simon creates culture, vision and purpose in every brand he works with. Things you will learn in this episode:[00:01 - 03:09] Opening Segment I introduce today's guest, Simon MainwaringBioSimon give us a bit of his background Growing up with the concept of everyone is a ‘Mate' Shaped with with strong values around people Simon's process going through law school Combining a love for art and law to get advertising[03:10 - 14:47] The Future of Profit is PurposeSimon's first steps into the advertising space Falling in love with how brands can tell stories Going off to London to land a job Getting recruited How Simon stepped out and went his own way Unhappy and unfulfilled but no idea why Simon's encounter getting attacked professionally and emotionallyInspired to influence business to make a greater difference How the future of profit is purpose Define and position your brand Culture building Impact storytellingWhy Simon runs a consultancy, not an ad agency Leading with ‘we' - how it looks practically Ask if what you are doing or using is responsibleLook at your diversity and inclusion Questions about why you exist as a company1. What is your enemy? 2. What are you the only of? 3. When you're at your best, what are you doing? Co-create your impact with customers and employeesA word from our sponsor[14:48- 21:17] Creating Culture and Buy-InHow to get people to buy-in to the vision It all starts with leadership Do your research, audit yourself, do a cost-benefit analysisThe importance of recognizing individuality within your organizationWho you know or what you know? What you know from life experience Self fulfillment is important above affirmation from others The importance of being relational and doing good[21:18 - 28:39] Closing Segment The RaNDoM RoUnDHow to connect with Simon - links belowFinal words Tweetable Quotes: “What if we took the power of storytelling across to business to help it do less bad and more good.” - Simon Mainwaring“Define your purpose and then with your employees and your customers co-create the impact in the world that you want that is an expression of that purpose.” - Simon Mainwaring “If you approach things with gratitude you'll never feel like you're missing out.” - Simon MainwaringResources Mentioned: Lead with WeWe First Branding Want to connect with Simon? You can follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. Discover a radical new vision for business and our future at https://www.leadwithwe.com/. Did you love the value that we are putting out in the show? LEAVE A REVIEW and tell us what you think about the episode so we can continue putting out great content just for you! Share this episode and help someone who wants to connect with world-class people. Jump on over to travischappell.com/makemypodcast and let my team make you your very own show!If you want to learn how to build YOUR network, check out my website travischappell.com. You can connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Be sure to join The Lounge to become part of the community that's setting up REAL relationships that add value and create investments.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Does economic knowledge help you manage complex IT projects? Yousif Almoayyed thinks it does. He combines management knowledge with careful project management and principled economic thinking. Economic thinking utilizes foundational principles to integrate knowledge management and business task management for all kinds of projects. IT projects provide a representative example. The economic principles for IT project management include: Ends-Means analysis.Marginal benefit — marginal cost analysisThe law of returns — savings, investment and future benefit flowsCombinatorial productivityKnowledge-based processesIncentives alignmentTrust and reliability as institutional enablers Ends-Means Thinking Your ends are business ends: to generate new economic value by serving customers with continuously improving and continuously innovative services. Technology can be a means to achieve those ends, if properly harnessed. It can help with value delivery, it can help lower costs, eliminate waste and increase efficiency. The key to economic thinking is to keep business ends and customer experience primary, and manage technology to serve those ends. Don't let technology be the business's master. Marginal Benefits and Marginal Costs, and The Law Of Returns The so-called Law of Diminishing Returns theorizes that, after a firm or a production process has attained some optimal level of performance, each further addition of an input will tend to achieve a smaller and smaller output increase. This can be true of technology projects and repays careful benefit-cost analysis. You probably already have considerable technology resources in your business, including access to services via the internet. Examine each additional tech input, at the margin, and identify just how much additional business benefit you can anticipate as a result of the new input. A rigorous approach to this analysis can be helpful in ordering priorities and understanding trade-offs. Combinatorial Productivity Economic thinking recognizes capital as a flexible, continuously changing combination of elements. Some combinations are capable of generating higher productivity than its individual components can achieve separately. This combinatorial productivity may not be intuitively predictable in advance, and so experimental combinations are appropriate, e.g. of old and new systems. Don't be afraid of mistakes in your experiments. If you don't encounter some surprises, you are probably not experimenting enough. Don't permit technology vendors to constrain your experimentation. Proprietary systems can force you to work within their boundaries; there are plenty of routes to new productivity outside these boundaries. Yousif mentioned his experiments with Raspberry Pi — the single-board computer used by many for experimental applications such as robotics — as an example. Knowledge and People As Critical Assets. Economic processes are knowledge processes: bringing the right knowledge to bear at the appropriate step. Much of the knowledge is tacit – in individuals' heads, based on their own individual experience. Consequently, assembling and preserving the right team with the right knowledge — both inside and outside the firm — is the primary task in IT project management. How much tech knowledge do you need? It's certainly not the most important knowledge for your project. That position is reserved for business knowledge: your project team, in order to attain the business ends you have established for the initiative, must have complete understanding of your firm's business mission and purpose, and of the customer service context of the current project. If you are clear in communicating business ends both internally and externally, you will be prized customer for IT suppliers, since this clarity is often lacking and can lead to confusion and conflict. You will always be able to assemble the appropriate tech knowledge when your business aims are clearly stated. Choose the outside vendors who best demonstrate their ability to understand and absorb your business ends, in combination with mastery of the specific technology means you require. Incentives Alignment and Scope Specificity Economic thinking pays special attention to the roles of multiple players in a system and the incentives under which each player is operating. For example, a systems integrator salesperson or project manager may be incentivized by his or her company to sell more units, or more customization that requires more installation hours now and more upgrade complexity in the future. Your internal project management includes the alignment of roles and incentives to guard against this kind of conflict. Best to have your own internal project manager. A big part of the internal project manager's role is to think through the project scope in great detail, to give the business ends clear dominance over all other ends, to be as specific as possible on the technology means, and to guard against mission creep and the opportunistic exercise of power by IT managers internally or IT vendors externally who might use their technical knowledge to force choices that are inappropriate to business ends. Big data analytics projects and A.I. projects can be examples of inappropriate technology choices. Big data projects that include extensive data gathering (e.g. through sensors or via cameras for visual data) can promise new insights through analysis of the newly acquired datasets, but a careful analysis of the potential value facilitation of the output might tell a manager that the marginal benefit is inadequate. Always ask whether the project facilitates new economic value for customers or in the firm's capacity to serve customers. Make sure the incentives to install new technology are truly business-aligned and not simply to be modern or up-to-date, and staying close to the technological edge. Trust, Reliability and Institutional Guardrails All economic systems are collaborative networks of individuals, strategies and artifacts. Economists examine systems not only for efficiency but also for integrity, which often comes via institutional factors such as trust between people, and reliability of input performance from people and groups. Without these institutional factors, collaboration can become impeded and frictions can arise, slowing down projects or even rendering them unsuccessful. Great project managers check for these intangibles as well as for the robustness of the technology. Technology Combined with Economic Thinking Can Open Up New Business Horizons Some of these economic factors sound restrictive but they're not. They help guide you to efficient and effective choices by thinking through resource allocations, trade-offs, system optimality and the long term consequences of invisibles such as incentive alignment. Technology is capable of changing the economics of the firm. For example, it can change the constraints of size and resource availability via new connections to a vast array of external resources that were not previously accessible and that can boost your firm's effective scale. Yousif pointed to applications such as Upwork to add global specialized talent at variable cost, and also made reference to his collection of previously unavailable commodity supply data that was once shielded but now is made available by technology and can provide early warning signals about market price movements, making his firm better informed that it was before, and therefore better placed to serve customers. Use technology economically to expand your capabilities so that your marginal benefits exceed your marginal costs in reaching expanded and elevated business ends. Additional Resources A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge (May 2021): Mises.org/E4B_110_Book "Economic Thinking About IT Projects" (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_110_PDF
Does economic knowledge help you manage complex IT projects? Yousif Almoayyed thinks it does. He combines management knowledge with careful project management and principled economic thinking. Economic thinking utilizes foundational principles to integrate knowledge management and business task management for all kinds of projects. IT projects provide a representative example. The economic principles for IT project management include: Ends-Means analysis.Marginal benefit — marginal cost analysisThe law of returns — savings, investment and future benefit flowsCombinatorial productivityKnowledge-based processesIncentives alignmentTrust and reliability as institutional enablers Ends-Means Thinking Your ends are business ends: to generate new economic value by serving customers with continuously improving and continuously innovative services. Technology can be a means to achieve those ends, if properly harnessed. It can help with value delivery, it can help lower costs, eliminate waste and increase efficiency. The key to economic thinking is to keep business ends and customer experience primary, and manage technology to serve those ends. Don't let technology be the business's master. Marginal Benefits and Marginal Costs, and The Law Of Returns The so-called Law of Diminishing Returns theorizes that, after a firm or a production process has attained some optimal level of performance, each further addition of an input will tend to achieve a smaller and smaller output increase. This can be true of technology projects and repays careful benefit-cost analysis. You probably already have considerable technology resources in your business, including access to services via the internet. Examine each additional tech input, at the margin, and identify just how much additional business benefit you can anticipate as a result of the new input. A rigorous approach to this analysis can be helpful in ordering priorities and understanding trade-offs. Combinatorial Productivity Economic thinking recognizes capital as a flexible, continuously changing combination of elements. Some combinations are capable of generating higher productivity than its individual components can achieve separately. This combinatorial productivity may not be intuitively predictable in advance, and so experimental combinations are appropriate, e.g. of old and new systems. Don't be afraid of mistakes in your experiments. If you don't encounter some surprises, you are probably not experimenting enough. Don't permit technology vendors to constrain your experimentation. Proprietary systems can force you to work within their boundaries; there are plenty of routes to new productivity outside these boundaries. Yousif mentioned his experiments with Raspberry Pi — the single-board computer used by many for experimental applications such as robotics — as an example. Knowledge and People As Critical Assets. Economic processes are knowledge processes: bringing the right knowledge to bear at the appropriate step. Much of the knowledge is tacit – in individuals' heads, based on their own individual experience. Consequently, assembling and preserving the right team with the right knowledge — both inside and outside the firm — is the primary task in IT project management. How much tech knowledge do you need? It's certainly not the most important knowledge for your project. That position is reserved for business knowledge: your project team, in order to attain the business ends you have established for the initiative, must have complete understanding of your firm's business mission and purpose, and of the customer service context of the current project. If you are clear in communicating business ends both internally and externally, you will be prized customer for IT suppliers, since this clarity is often lacking and can lead to confusion and conflict. You will always be able to assemble the appropriate tech knowledge when your business aims are clearly stated. Choose the outside vendors who best demonstrate their ability to understand and absorb your business ends, in combination with mastery of the specific technology means you require. Incentives Alignment and Scope Specificity Economic thinking pays special attention to the roles of multiple players in a system and the incentives under which each player is operating. For example, a systems integrator salesperson or project manager may be incentivized by his or her company to sell more units, or more customization that requires more installation hours now and more upgrade complexity in the future. Your internal project management includes the alignment of roles and incentives to guard against this kind of conflict. Best to have your own internal project manager. A big part of the internal project manager's role is to think through the project scope in great detail, to give the business ends clear dominance over all other ends, to be as specific as possible on the technology means, and to guard against mission creep and the opportunistic exercise of power by IT managers internally or IT vendors externally who might use their technical knowledge to force choices that are inappropriate to business ends. Big data analytics projects and A.I. projects can be examples of inappropriate technology choices. Big data projects that include extensive data gathering (e.g. through sensors or via cameras for visual data) can promise new insights through analysis of the newly acquired datasets, but a careful analysis of the potential value facilitation of the output might tell a manager that the marginal benefit is inadequate. Always ask whether the project facilitates new economic value for customers or in the firm's capacity to serve customers. Make sure the incentives to install new technology are truly business-aligned and not simply to be modern or up-to-date, and staying close to the technological edge. Trust, Reliability and Institutional Guardrails All economic systems are collaborative networks of individuals, strategies and artifacts. Economists examine systems not only for efficiency but also for integrity, which often comes via institutional factors such as trust between people, and reliability of input performance from people and groups. Without these institutional factors, collaboration can become impeded and frictions can arise, slowing down projects or even rendering them unsuccessful. Great project managers check for these intangibles as well as for the robustness of the technology. Technology Combined with Economic Thinking Can Open Up New Business Horizons Some of these economic factors sound restrictive but they're not. They help guide you to efficient and effective choices by thinking through resource allocations, trade-offs, system optimality and the long term consequences of invisibles such as incentive alignment. Technology is capable of changing the economics of the firm. For example, it can change the constraints of size and resource availability via new connections to a vast array of external resources that were not previously accessible and that can boost your firm's effective scale. Yousif pointed to applications such as Upwork to add global specialized talent at variable cost, and also made reference to his collection of previously unavailable commodity supply data that was once shielded but now is made available by technology and can provide early warning signals about market price movements, making his firm better informed that it was before, and therefore better placed to serve customers. Use technology economically to expand your capabilities so that your marginal benefits exceed your marginal costs in reaching expanded and elevated business ends. Additional Resources A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge (May 2021): Mises.org/E4B_110_Book "Economic Thinking About IT Projects" (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_110_PDF
Does economic knowledge help you manage complex IT projects? Yousif Almoayyed thinks it does. He combines management knowledge with careful project management and principled economic thinking. Economic thinking utilizes foundational principles to integrate knowledge management and business task management for all kinds of projects. IT projects provide a representative example. The economic principles for IT project management include: Ends-Means analysis.Marginal benefit — marginal cost analysisThe law of returns — savings, investment and future benefit flowsCombinatorial productivityKnowledge-based processesIncentives alignmentTrust and reliability as institutional enablers Ends-Means Thinking Your ends are business ends: to generate new economic value by serving customers with continuously improving and continuously innovative services. Technology can be a means to achieve those ends, if properly harnessed. It can help with value delivery, it can help lower costs, eliminate waste and increase efficiency. The key to economic thinking is to keep business ends and customer experience primary, and manage technology to serve those ends. Don't let technology be the business's master. Marginal Benefits and Marginal Costs, and The Law Of Returns The so-called Law of Diminishing Returns theorizes that, after a firm or a production process has attained some optimal level of performance, each further addition of an input will tend to achieve a smaller and smaller output increase. This can be true of technology projects and repays careful benefit-cost analysis. You probably already have considerable technology resources in your business, including access to services via the internet. Examine each additional tech input, at the margin, and identify just how much additional business benefit you can anticipate as a result of the new input. A rigorous approach to this analysis can be helpful in ordering priorities and understanding trade-offs. Combinatorial Productivity Economic thinking recognizes capital as a flexible, continuously changing combination of elements. Some combinations are capable of generating higher productivity than its individual components can achieve separately. This combinatorial productivity may not be intuitively predictable in advance, and so experimental combinations are appropriate, e.g. of old and new systems. Don't be afraid of mistakes in your experiments. If you don't encounter some surprises, you are probably not experimenting enough. Don't permit technology vendors to constrain your experimentation. Proprietary systems can force you to work within their boundaries; there are plenty of routes to new productivity outside these boundaries. Yousif mentioned his experiments with Raspberry Pi — the single-board computer used by many for experimental applications such as robotics — as an example. Knowledge and People As Critical Assets. Economic processes are knowledge processes: bringing the right knowledge to bear at the appropriate step. Much of the knowledge is tacit – in individuals' heads, based on their own individual experience. Consequently, assembling and preserving the right team with the right knowledge — both inside and outside the firm — is the primary task in IT project management. How much tech knowledge do you need? It's certainly not the most important knowledge for your project. That position is reserved for business knowledge: your project team, in order to attain the business ends you have established for the initiative, must have complete understanding of your firm's business mission and purpose, and of the customer service context of the current project. If you are clear in communicating business ends both internally and externally, you will be prized customer for IT suppliers, since this clarity is often lacking and can lead to confusion and conflict. You will always be able to assemble the appropriate tech knowledge when your business aims are clearly stated. Choose the outside vendors who best demonstrate their ability to understand and absorb your business ends, in combination with mastery of the specific technology means you require. Incentives Alignment and Scope Specificity Economic thinking pays special attention to the roles of multiple players in a system and the incentives under which each player is operating. For example, a systems integrator salesperson or project manager may be incentivized by his or her company to sell more units, or more customization that requires more installation hours now and more upgrade complexity in the future. Your internal project management includes the alignment of roles and incentives to guard against this kind of conflict. Best to have your own internal project manager. A big part of the internal project manager's role is to think through the project scope in great detail, to give the business ends clear dominance over all other ends, to be as specific as possible on the technology means, and to guard against mission creep and the opportunistic exercise of power by IT managers internally or IT vendors externally who might use their technical knowledge to force choices that are inappropriate to business ends. Big data analytics projects and A.I. projects can be examples of inappropriate technology choices. Big data projects that include extensive data gathering (e.g. through sensors or via cameras for visual data) can promise new insights through analysis of the newly acquired datasets, but a careful analysis of the potential value facilitation of the output might tell a manager that the marginal benefit is inadequate. Always ask whether the project facilitates new economic value for customers or in the firm's capacity to serve customers. Make sure the incentives to install new technology are truly business-aligned and not simply to be modern or up-to-date, and staying close to the technological edge. Trust, Reliability and Institutional Guardrails All economic systems are collaborative networks of individuals, strategies and artifacts. Economists examine systems not only for efficiency but also for integrity, which often comes via institutional factors such as trust between people, and reliability of input performance from people and groups. Without these institutional factors, collaboration can become impeded and frictions can arise, slowing down projects or even rendering them unsuccessful. Great project managers check for these intangibles as well as for the robustness of the technology. Technology Combined with Economic Thinking Can Open Up New Business Horizons Some of these economic factors sound restrictive but they're not. They help guide you to efficient and effective choices by thinking through resource allocations, trade-offs, system optimality and the long term consequences of invisibles such as incentive alignment. Technology is capable of changing the economics of the firm. For example, it can change the constraints of size and resource availability via new connections to a vast array of external resources that were not previously accessible and that can boost your firm's effective scale. Yousif pointed to applications such as Upwork to add global specialized talent at variable cost, and also made reference to his collection of previously unavailable commodity supply data that was once shielded but now is made available by technology and can provide early warning signals about market price movements, making his firm better informed that it was before, and therefore better placed to serve customers. Use technology economically to expand your capabilities so that your marginal benefits exceed your marginal costs in reaching expanded and elevated business ends. Additional Resources A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge (May 2021): Mises.org/E4B_110_Book "Economic Thinking About IT Projects" (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_110_PDF
The seemingly intractable Israel-Palestine conflict may well be moving into a new phase, one in which the long-dominant two-state solution is no longer viable or desirable to the parties involved. How did this occur? And what would replace it? Peter Beinart, noted journalist and editor-at-large of Jewish Currents magazine, recently published two pieces in the Jewish Currents and The New York Times about abandoning his own faith in the long-sought two-state solution. Beinart now proposes a vision of equality for all in a single state. He joins Then & Now in conversation with LCHP Director and UCLA professor of Jewish history David Myers to discuss his shift in perspective and the role of history in his present-day analysisThe conversation revisits the definition and historical foundations of Zionism, the role of the Holocaust in Jewish approaches to Israel, and the related dynamics of other geopolitical conflicts. Ultimately, Beinart complicates the lines between utopianism and realism, challenging listeners to approach a longstanding conflict with new perspective.
Dr. Julie Rosen is the Chief Scientist of the Leidos Health Group and Chair of the Leidos Technical Fellows, a program that celebrates technology, science and engineering across Leidos. In this latest episode of MindSET, Julie shares her thoughts on how data are transforming healthcare, what AI and ML mean in the healthcare space, the challenges they're up against, what is going well, as well as what the future looks like for the Health Group and how, as a mathematician, she's become its Chief Scientist. “Many people think data science is all about the mathematical algorithms used to crunch data. The true challenge lies in creating and applying the right model to the data available at a given time, and that data are relevant to investigate the mission need.”So, if you're a future technologist or you're just starting out in your career, Julie is someone you want to listen to. “We want to make sure we cultivate the next generation of scientists and engineers at Leidos and in the larger technical community. On behalf of my fellow tech fellows, please reach out to any of us if you have questions about your technical career, or you want to talk about a particularly challenging technical problem.”On today's podcast:How a mathematician gets into healthHow data are transforming the healthcare spaceWhy big data isn't at the heart of 21st century data scienceHow AI and ML are impacting data analysisThe data analytics challenges today and in the future
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