Podcast appearances and mentions of andre spicer

Andre Spicer is a City Councilmember for the City of Compton and a serial entrepreneur. On this podcast he talks about his plans for the City of Compton, his views on election 2024 and the real story of why mega producer Dr. Dre donated $90K for his future endeavors. IG: @andrespicer.district2

(Airdate 4/20/23) The City of Compton is pushing back hard against cannabis inside its city limits including the recent shutdown of at least nine illegal dispensaries in the city and lawsuits filed against over 30 different defendants including operators of unlicensed marijuana operations, their landlords, and financial institutions and lenders who provided financial support to the illegal businesses. Compton's Illegal Dispensaries Task Force has been around for just six months and they have already completely demolished one illegal dispensary. Councilmember Andre Spicer represents the 2nd District of the City of Compton. Attorney David Welch is the Special Council for the city in this effort. www.comptoncity.org

Episode Notes To find out more about the deeper learning conference visit the website, deeper-learning.org Andre Spicer (@drespicer88 on twitter and @regionsouthsupt on Instagram), a career educator of 27 years, has had the honor of serving children, families and communities as a Teacher, Dean, Coordinator, Principal and Instructional Director, Administrator of Instruction and Superintendent. Andre grew up in Compton, California where he learned first-hand, the perils of inequities, systemic racism and oppression plaguing our inner city public schools. Before becoming an educator, Andre served in the United States Marine Corps (1988-1992). A veteran of the Persian Gulf War, Andre uses many of the leadership qualities that he learned serving alongside some of the world's finest men and women. Andre attended California State University Long Beach to obtain a BA in History and Teaching Credential. He attended CSUDH earning a master's degree in Educational Leadership. Today, Andre is a PhD student at Claremont Graduate University where he is engaged in research on college access for Black and Latinx students while sharpening his tools as an urban leader. As principal, Andre eliminated barriers through a cycle of continuous improvement, professional development and training emphasizing the importance of cultural awareness and the persistent achievement gap of Latinx students and Black students. As Administrators of Instruction for LD Central, Andre's responsibilities included, aligning student needs with resources to ensure academic success, while assisting the Local District Superintendent and Community of Schools in providing instructional support to all schools within the service area. Mr. Spicer served proudly as President of the LAUSD Council of Black Administrators. During his tenure, the membership of over 400 administrators gained knowledge on how to better serve the communities of under-served students. Andre and team ensured that the Black Educational Civil Rights Agenda was at the forefront of their work, and under his leadership members of COBA collaborated to advocate for the acceleration of black student achievement. As President, Andre oversaw the 40th and 41st Annual Black Child Conference and Scholarship Luncheons. Attended annually by over 1000 faculty members and parents, the conference provides workshops on a variety of topics including CLRP, MTSS, College Board, and student access to STEM and STEAM education, all vital tools to help ensure equity throughout our schools. Currently Andre is serving as the Region South Superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District

In today's episode, I have a conversation with Andre Spicer, a community activist, husband, father, and overall good human. He shares his journey from being a fashion designer to being a conduit in his community, then eventually landing himself a seat in city hall as a Councilman. You'll learn the importance of your voice and how much of an impact it has on all of the small things in your everyday life that you may not be aware of. His story is one you don't want to miss.Get In Touch With AndreSupport the show

China will allow families with three children after a sharp fall in birth rates. Stuart Gietel-Basten is a professor of social science and public policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and explains why the policy is needed. In the US cold case murder, sexual assaults and unidentified person cases that were once thought unsolvable are being cracked thanks to public genetic databases. But with this success come deep worries for our DNA data. The BBC's Ivana Davidovic has an extended report on ongoing controversies over genetic databases. And a new phenomonen called The Phil Collins Effect has been identified by researchers, and explains the sudden resurgence in popularity of music artists, companies and brands. We speak to Andre Spicer, one of the professors behind the study. Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Peter Morici, economist at the University of Maryland in Washington, and by Karen Lema, Philippines bureau chief for Reuters, in Manila. (Picture: A woman holding a baby. Credit: Getty Images)

Welcome back, pals! Our chit-chat this week starts off with Maggie’s honest Instagram story and how actor Rami Malek reached out to ask Rachel Bilson (AKA Summer Roberts) to take down an Instagram pic. Ah celebrities - they’re just like us. After that, we discuss Billie Eilish’s new music video ‘Your Power’ and ask why female pop musicians reinvent themselves (what feels like) every two years.Jasmine reads from this Guardian article by Andre Spicer and recommends Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana documentary. Next up is a breakdown of TikTok creator and musician Peach PRC’s allegations against comedian Alex ‘Shooter’ Williamson.This leads us into a conversation around Australia’s sexual assault legal system and why Australia didn’t have as big of a #MeToo movement as the US. Jasmine references this ABC report and this BBC article.Jas recommends the podcast Why Are We So Obsessed With Productivity?  by Educated Messes: Mental Health, Relationships, Work & Well-Being while Maggie recommends the book Small Beauty by Jiaqing Wilson Yang. In a Culture Club first, we BOTH recommend Fangirls Musical a musical created by Yve Blake and directed by Paige Rattray. Maggie references Yve’s Ted Talk. If you’re in Melbourne get tickets here before May 9! That’s all, folks. Maggie and Jas xoxo

On this episode of Slauson Girl Speaks, I have a conversation with Andre Spicer, who is currently running in Compton's 2021 elections. He hopes to land the City Council District 2 seat and shares why he feels he is the perfect candidate. Known in Compton as "Hub City Dre" founder of Hub City Radio, we talk owning and operating several businesses, as well his experience growing up in Compton. We touch on the Compton Sheriff's, Latino and Black relations in L.A County as well as ways to bridge paths of solidarity within both communities. Follow Andre Spicer @IamHubCityDre

  Episode 9 is a co-production by the Words & Actions and en clair podcasts, sponsored by the Aston Institute of Forensic Linguistics. For further info, references and a full transcript please visit our blog https://wordsandactions.blog. The way we decided to work together is by having the usual parts of a W&A episode ‒ introduction, interview and analysis ‒ bracketed by the en clair host, Claire Hardaker, tell the story of the rise and fall of Enron. In the introduction part after Claire’s first narration, Veronika reads out parts from an email that a former employee wrote to Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, a few months before the scandal broke. Here is the full email:  On Behalf Of Pamela.J.Allison@dynegy.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:39 PM To: Lay, Kenneth  Subject:  Jeff’s Leaving   Mr. Lay,  I am not writing this in malice but in hopes that it helps get Enron back the way it used to treat their employees and makes it the number one employer of choice again. I hope you can get back the feeling that I had when I first started there and get the stress level down in your organization for the sake of your employees. I am a former employee who worked at Enron for 10 years – my husband was,at one time, in charge of A/P.  My one big disappointment was that I never got to meet you. During that time, I made a lot of friends who I continue to see from time to time.  I left last year and have missed the company since I left but would not contemplate coming back unless several people have been replaced.  (Joannie Williamson and Sheri Sera know my story.) I “knew” Jeff but I don’t think he knew me by name, only by sight, even though I worked in ENA when it only had 400 employees with 3 of us in HR. He was NOT what I would call a people person! Unless you were in an upper level position, he did not take the time to find out your name. (Ron Burnsis still one of my favorite people because of his talent with people – we need more like him in the business world!) As you can see, I am now working for a competitor and since I work in HR, I continually run into former Enron workers who have also left – most of their reasons are the same. It is not that they have lost faith in Enron as a company but because of the way they were treated by their managers. During the last 5 years I was there, I noticed a change in direction in the way employees were treated by upper management – and upper management was getting away with it.  Not only were they getting away with it, these people were being rewarded for this behavior.  I have heard stories of lower level employees being screamed at and in one instance, one of the VP s who was brought down from Canada was heard in his office screaming and pounding his telephone on his desk. Heaven only knows how he treats his subordinates. Believe me, the way employees are treated at Enron is being talked about on the streets of Houston and on the different college campuses.  You might also at some point take the time to find out why so many good people have left the HR community at Enron and it is not because they wanted to. I don’t know if you will see this, but I hope so.  Good luck on bringing Enron back to way it was – I still own stock!! Thanks for listening…Pam Allison    We then go on to interview David Wright, a forensic linguist who has worked with the large collection of publicly available emails from inside Enron. After the interview, we mention Andre Spicer’s book to refer to a communication strategy that we saw at work with Enron, but that is also used frequently in politics. We can certainly detect this kind of communication in the email that Ken Lay sent in reply to the message above. Here is the text of the full email that we analyse:  Dear Pam, Thank you for your e-mail of August 15th.  It is always a pleasure to hear from former employees.  Thank you also for calling attention to instances which, on the surface, do not appear to be representative of our expectations of Enron leadership. Part of our continuous improvement involves an on-going review of our management and the diversity of styles therein. True, not everyone is agreeable to Enron’s culture or the many different management styles at Enron. We do, however, expect all of our employees – not just management – to adhere to our core values of respect, integrity, communication and excellence. These values become even more significant as we continue to grow and expand our scope of business, and more critical as we become a more culturally diverse workforce. We enjoy our status as one of the best places in America to work according to Fortune and other sources thanks in part to our willingness to examine our organization and make needed change. Our employee surveys, belief in open communication, and exit interview process for employees choosing to leave Enron are examples of our efforts to seek out feedback and scrutinize the way we do business.  Your feedback will help play a role in that process. Sincerely, Ken Lay This email features many of the ways in which companies often respond to complaints (even though the first email, by Pam Anderson, was intended as a warning). In the second part of her narration, Claire mentions the “‘this is fine’ dog’s coffee meme”. You may well have seen it on social media, where it is often used to indicate denial in the face of a crisis:   And finally, if you haven’t had enough of the Enron scandal yet ‒ and it is a fascinating story! ‒, here is some further reading:  Swartz, M., &  Watkins, S. (2004). Power Failure: The inside story of the collapse of Enron.  New York: Doubleday. 

The Happiness Industry: Laurie Taylor talks to Will Davies, Professor in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, who asks why policy makers have become increasingly focused on measuring happiness. Also, 'wellness syndrome': Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at City University, argues that visions of positive social change have been replaced by a focus on individual well-being. They're joined by Laura Hyman, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

The Happiness Industry: Laurie Taylor talks to Will Davies, Professor in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, who asks why policy makers have become increasingly focused on measuring happiness. Also, 'wellness syndrome': Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at City University, argues that visions of positive social change have been replaced by a focus on individual well-being. They're joined by Laura Hyman, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

The Happiness Industry: Laurie Taylor talks to Will Davies, Professor in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, who asks why policy makers have become increasingly focused on measuring happiness. Also, 'wellness syndrome': Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at City University, argues that visions of positive social change have been replaced by a focus on individual well-being. They're joined by Laura Hyman, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

The Happiness Industry: Laurie Taylor talks to Will Davies, Professor in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, who asks why policy makers have become increasingly focused on measuring happiness. Also, 'wellness syndrome': Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at City University, argues that visions of positive social change have been replaced by a focus on individual well-being. They're joined by Laura Hyman, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

The Happiness Industry: Laurie Taylor talks to Will Davies, Professor in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, who asks why policy makers have become increasingly focused on measuring happiness. Also, 'wellness syndrome': Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at City University, argues that visions of positive social change have been replaced by a focus on individual well-being. They're joined by Laura Hyman, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. Revised repeat. Producer: Jayne Egerton

How WeWork's Adam Neumann lost his job after a disastrous attempt to list the company on the stock market. Manuela Saragosa speaks to the Wall Street Journal's Eliot Brown about the charisma of Adam Neumann and how it helped raise billions from investors, and to Andre Spicer from the Cass Business School about the cult of the founder-CEO. Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, explains why WeWork's IPO failure should be a lesson to the markets. (Photo: Adam Neumann, Credit: Getty Images)

**This week’s podcast guest Eaon Pritchard was a tough catch, seeing as he is based in Melbourne and all, but that didn’t stop us collaring him for a chat.** He’s a self-proclaimed ‘advertising douchebag’, but that does him a disservice, as Eaon has worked as an ad creative and planner for over 20 years, firstly in London and now over in Oz. He also lectures, consults, and writes regularly for WARC and other ad industry publications, while his spectacular and highly-praised book on advertising, ‘Where Did it All Go Wrong?’ caused R/GA’s Head of Strategy Rob Campbell to declare; “Eaon is funny and insightful. I hate him.” ///// **Eaon Pritchard:** Twitter: [@eaonp](https://twitter.com/eaonp) [Where Did It All Go Wrong](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1544901054/) - Adventures At The Dunning Kruger Peak Of Advertising [The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work](https://www.amazon.com/Stupidity-Paradox-Power-Pitfalls-Functional/dp/1781255415) by Mats Alvesson [The Triumph of Emptiness: Consumption, Higher Education, and Work Organization](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199660948) by Mats Alvesson [Business Bullshit](https://www.amazon.com/Business-Bullshit-Andr-C3-A9-Spicer-dp-1138911674/dp/1138911674/) by Andre Spicer [Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking](https://www.amazon.com/Intuition-Pumps-Other-Tools-Thinking/dp/0393082067/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=1NYB8CQC3RRH9&keywords=dennett+intuition+pumps&qid=1553815342&s=gateway&sprefix=dennett+intuition%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C351&sr=8-1-fkmrnull) by Daniel C. Dennett [The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195060237) by Jerome H. Barkow /////

The nave of Chester Cathedral has been transformed into a huge theatre set for the performance of medieval mystery plays which take place in the city every five years and are running now. Rosie Dawson has been to a rehearsal. Nigel Lawson once likened the NHS to a religion; Trevor Barnes explores whether people think the NHS is a religion. After several years of mental illness, Guy Stagg set off one morning, from London, to walk to Canterbury. This led him to follow the paths of the medieval pilgrims to Jerusalem and he explains how this walk of over 5000 miles has helped his recovery. The chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis accompanied the Duke of Cambridge on his historic tour of Israel and the Palestinian territories. The Chief Rabbi talks to Edward about the trip and the wider significance of it. Does the church attract narcissistic personality types in leadership roles? Some new books on the topic suggest this is certainly the case. Edward discusses with Mark Vernon, former priest and psychotherapist and Andre Spicer from Cass Business School. The Court of Appeal in Belfast has ruled that humanist celebrants must be registered by the state as able to perform legal marriages for couples. We look at what this means for humanists as they take on more services such as funerals, naming ceremonies and marriage. Professor Linda Woodhead from Lancaster University talks about the role of such non-religious ceremonies. Producers Carmel Lonergan Louise Clarke-Rowbotham Series Producer: Amanda Hancox Photo credit: Neil Kendall.

The dramas at Uber, the reckoning of the #MeToo movement, the BBC pay gap, Bruce is joined by Andre Spicer to debate the biggest work culture issues of the year. Along the way we also discuss Andre's global fame as a lemonade stand pirate.Andre also talks about his two new books this year: Business Bullshit and Desperately Seeking Self Improvement. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Expat business expert Andre Spicer served up a summer story of bureaucracy-gone-mad in the UK which went down a treat for the media there this week - and then all around the world, including here.

Expat business expert Andre Spicer served up a summer story of bureaucracy-gone-mad in the UK which went down a treat for the media there this week - and then all around the world, including here.

Andre Spicer is a professor in organisational behaviour at Cass Business School. He's written about the disfunction of world places and the advent of 'organisational stupidity'. He's provocative and insightful. Tweet your views to @eatsleepwkrpt See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.