Podcast appearances and mentions of Arthur D Little

In dieser Folge sprechen Dennis und Sarah mit Dr. Nejc Jakopin von Arthur D. Little über einen Trend, der auf den ersten Blick ungewöhnlich erscheint: (Neo)-Banken, die Mobilfunktarife anbieten. Wir beleuchten, warum diese Kombination heute vielversprechender ist als frühere Versuche wie Comdirect x O2, wie White-Label-Partner im Hintergrund agieren und ob bald jede Bank zum Mobilfunkanbieter wird.00:00-Intro01:31-Vorstellung Nejc02:40-Neobanken x Mobilfunk - Wie passt das zusammen?05:17-Was ist anders als zu früheren Versuchen (Beispiel: Comdirect x O2)08:30-Kundenbindung bei Mobilfunk x Neobanken12:35-Welche Partner gibt es im Hintergrund - White-Label?16:45-Wie unterscheiden sich die Angebote?19:31-Wie gut sind die Tarife wirklich?22:29-Markgröße für Neobanken?25:18-Inwiefern dürfen die neuen Daten genutzt werden? 27:03-Zusätzliche Regulierung für Neobanken?30:18-Lohnt sich das für Neobanken (Stichwort: Customer Acquisition Cost)? 32:30-Werden etablierte Banken nachziehen?35:53-KI-Empfehlungen als alternatives Geschäftsmodell?Abonniert uns direkt hier oder folgt uns auf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, um keine Episode zu verpassen.Alles weitere über unseren Podcast findet ihr hier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠neosfer Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode of the Org Design Podcast, host Tim Brewer welcomes Herman Vantrappen, a seasoned management consultant and author, to discuss the intricacies of organizational design. Herman shares his journey into the field, beginning with his early experiences in management consulting at Arthur D. Little. He emphasizes the importance of having a comprehensive framework for organizational design that allows for nuanced debates among executives, as well as the need for leaders to take ownership of redesign processes. Herman highlights the common pitfalls in organizational design, such as design faults that lead to unnecessary tensions and conflicts within organizations. He explains how these tensions often escalate to the CEO, diverting their attention from strategic leadership to operational issues. Herman advocates for a more robust approach to organizational design that not only addresses current challenges but also fosters an environment that minimizes friction and enhances agility. Throughout the conversation, Herman discusses the core themes of his recent book, "The Organization Design Guide," co-authored with Frederic Wirtz, which aims to provide leaders with the tools and insights needed to navigate the complexities of organizational change successfully. The episode is packed with practical advice for CEOs and managers looking to improve their organization's design and effectiveness. Join us for an insightful discussion that challenges conventional thinking about leadership and organizational structure, encouraging leaders to consider the broader implications of their design choices on overall organizational health.

Autonomous vehicles (AV) are no longer the stuff of science fiction. From self-driving taxis in China to AV ride-hailing in U.S. cities, the landscape is shifting fast. In Singapore, the Land Transport Authority is on track for a three-year trial for autonomous buses starting mid-2026. When will we see AVs become commercially available at scale? What does this mean for mobility, businesses and careers? Daniel Chow, Principal at global consultancy Arthur D. Little, joins us to unpack the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the autonomous vehicle industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Timestamps:7:55 - Is Ypsomed just an insulin company?10:12 - Selling B2B and B2C simultaneously18:33 - Doing an IPO in 200420:20 - How to make your stock 7x22:47 - Getting into regional politicsThis episode was produced in collaboration with startup days, taking place this year on May 14th 2025. Click ⁠here⁠ to purchase your ticket.About Simon Michel:Simon Michel is the CEO of Ypsomed, the leading developer and manufacturer of injection systems for self-medication. He is also the head of Swiss Startup Supporters, a new startup days initiative. Simon holds an MA in Media and Communications Management from HSG and worked for the consultancy Arthur D. Little and the telecommunications company Orange Communications SA before joining his father's company, Ypsomed, in 2006.In 1984, a company named Disetronic was founded by the brothers Willy and Peter Michel (Willy being Simon's father), in Burgdorf, Switzerland. Disetronic was the first company to introduce a micro insulin pump to the medtech/pharma market. Besides its infusion systems, Disetronic also specialised in injection systems. In 2003, co-founder and main shareholder Willy Michel sold Disetronic's infusion business to Roche and kept the injection business — that's how Ypsomed was born.Simon first joined Ypsomed as a Business Development Manager of Diabetes Care, and rose through the ranks until he became CEO in 2014. He credits this gradual rise, based on concrete achievements within the company, as the reason for his easy integration in its team. Nowadays Ypsomed focuses on the treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, polyarthritis, Alzheimer and migraines. On 22 September 2004, Ypsomed was registered on SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticket SWX:YPSN.Simon is also affiliated with FDP (The Liberals party) and is a member of Switzerland's National Council. When asked about Switzerland's political strengths and weaknesses, he identified the following strengths: Strong majority support: Switzerland takes an average of 6 years to get a new law approved. This makes its political system quite slow, but this slowness has the advantage of ensuring majority support for many of the laws approved. Strong R&D: The Swiss government invests CHF 10B per year in education and research, out of a CHF 90B budget. This results in a robust education system. Independence and neutrality, which give Switzerland international credibility.Simon also identified 2 weaknesses in Switzerland's political system: Speed: This system is, indeed, quite slow, and unnecessarily so, in Simon's opinion. Left vs Right disagreements: Simon opposes the Swiss left's ideas of rebuilding Switzerland as a state-run operation less reliant on private enterprise. He considers this a political weakness.The cover portrait was edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.smartportrait.io⁠⁠⁠‍Don't forget to give us a follow on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there's no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly giveaways or founders' dinners.

Welcome to another episode of The Coral Capital Podcast, a show about startups, technology, and venture capital with a focus on Japan and Asia broadly. Our guest today is Shinichi Takamiya, Managing Partner at Globis Capital Partners. Takamiya-san was ranked first in Forbes Japan's Midas List in 2018, seventh in 2015, and tenth in 2020. He joined Globis Capital Partners after managing consulting projects at Arthur D. Little. His venture capital track record includes iStyle, Aucfan, Kayac, Pixta, Mercari, and Lancers; M&A Shimauma Print System, nanapi, and Coubic etc. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Tokyo, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Here are some takeaways from today's episode: The evolution of “Venture Businesses (VB)” into “Startups” and what it signifies for the ecosystem The next wave of startups is driven by global and serial entrepreneurs Building the Shohei Ohtani of startups Over 10 industries in Japan boast market sizes exceeding ¥10 trillion (~$100 billion). The three business models for global expansion: 1) Universal Fit: A single model that works across regions (e.g., Toyota) 2) Niche Subverticals: Specific segments adaptable across markets (e.g., pixiv) 3) Localized Approach: Tailored strategies for each region (e.g., Mercari) How Josys is tackling the global market from day one, leveraging Japan's advantages like low cost, high-quality operation centers Globis's ¥72.7 billion (~$500 million) fund aims for 1–3 investments in companies with $5B~$10B outcomes, maintaining 10–20% ownership Investing in consumer services that address critical needs, such as FastDoctor Exploring consumer businesses pursuing parallel strategies: co-pilot models alongside R&D and autonomous solutions Succession planning in the venture capital industry ----- For founder's building Japan's next legendary companies, reach out to us here: https://coralcap.co/contact-startups/

In this episode, Rick Williams, a seasoned executive, advisor, board director, prolific writer - - and the author of the new book, Create the Future, shares his journey writing the book and key leadership takeaways. Rick's core idea in Create the Future is that leaders create the future by the decisions they make Impactful leaders believe they can create the future, and they change uncertainty into hope and possibility. Rick discusses the CTF process of making great decisions for companies and individuals including the importance of board dynamics and how to harness the collective wisdom of a diverse group to make impactful decisions. We love our listeners! Drop us a line or give us guest suggestions here. Big Ideas/Thoughts/Quotes 1.    Journey of Writing Create the Future ·      Initial book concept during travels in North Africa while sitting in a café in Casablanca ·      Wrote the book and refined it with the help of a professional editor. ·      It took more time than I expected to choose the right publisher, Amplify, to bring the book to market. 2.    Overview of Create the Future Create the Future outlines the process and the tools successful leaders use when they must make an important decision - when they must get it right. Rick profiles the Five Step decision making process major consulting firms recommend for making important decisions and brings the tools and techniques to organizations off all sizes. Create the Future is a guidebook for leaders who want to turn their leadership team into a powerful creative engine for defining the challenge, imagining success, creating realistic options, evaluating execution barriers, and finally choosing the path forward.   3.    The Five-Step Decision-Making Process “I spent quite a bit of time on how do you as a leadership team - a board of directors for example - how do you actually go about deciding what you're really going to do.” “This book outlines the five steps that we all either instinctively use, or should be using, when we have an important decision to make.” ·      Define the real opportunity or threat. ·      Identify what success looks like ·      Be creative about the options. ·      Evaluate execution barriers. ·      Make the final decision.   4.    Factors to be Considered in Decision Making ·      How close do the decisions come to achieving the goals you set?  ·      Where are they in the risk profile in terms of acceptable risk to you or unacceptable risk to you? ·      How do they express the values that you may have as a company owner or your board may have.   5.    Examples and Applications The CTF process makes sure that everybody on the board participates in the conversation, their point of view is heard, and they hear each other talk about it. They hear each other say what they really are trying to accomplish. “We talk about success, which sounds like a simple idea, but the notion of what are we really trying to achieve is one that often we don't spend enough time on.” “Value is not created by the ideas we come up with - value is created through execution on the decisions we make.” “Often we as board members either don't have time or haven't fully thought through what are the values that we bring to the decisions we make, what are our risk preferences, and also what are the values and goals of other people on our board and how do they factor into this?” In the end, the board will make a decision, and the people who participate in this will say: “You know, I may not fully agree with where we're going to go, but my voice was heard, and I now understand what other people are trying to do and where they're coming from.”  Joe: If you have the people in the room, whoever they may be board or otherwise, feeling at the end of the process like their voice has been heard, their ideas have been heard, and at least considered - - that alone is success. Links Here is the link to CTF's website: https://rickwilliamsleadership.com/books/  Here is the link to the book on Amazon Rick's LinkedIn Profile:  www.LinkedIn.com/in/RickWilliams100 Bio Rick Williams is an experienced technology company board of directors' member and board chair. He has chaired the board of a medical device company and a bank/VC firm. Williams is a company founder and CEO and was a management consultant advising clients in a wide variety of industries. He is an internationally published thought leader on board of directors as a value accelerator for the company. His new book, Create the Future, is a leadership guidebook for being more creative and making better decisions for your company and yourself when you must get it right. Rick is past President of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston. He was a management consultant with the global consulting firm Arthur D. Little, Inc. He is a physics graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.    www.RickWilliamsLeadership.com

Von der Leyen mantiene il timone della Commissione europea..ma aggiusterà la rotta sul Green Deal?Carlo Stagnaro ne parla con Simone Mori, docente Luiss e senior advisor Arthur D. Little, in una nuova intervista LeoniFilesPreferisci seguire su YouTube?

Rick Williams discusses his book “Create the Future” and tools for more powerful decision-making. Rick is a widely published author and speaker specializing in leadership and decision-making. He began his career as a physicist developing space- and defense-related systems. Then, after graduating Harvard Business School, Rick joined the global consulting firm Arthur D. Little, Inc., where he worked on business strategy and acquisitions, and the economic and strategic impact of government policy and regulations. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

En Los desayunos de Capital recibimos a David pintos, Director Comercial de GREENVOLT NEXT. También hablamos de gases renovable y de los sistemas de calefacción de los hogares con Luis del Barrio, socio de Energía de consultora ARTHUR D. LITTLE. Y en H2 Intereconomía comentamos las noticias más destacadas de la semana en el sector del hidrógeno con la ayuda de Rafael Luque Berruezo, CEO de ARIEMA.

               In S5 E5 I am delighted to welcome  Professor Himanshu Tambe to the podcast. Himanshu's passion is to empower individuals and organisations to thrive through continuous education. He is  currently Visiting Faculty at the Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Indian School of Business (ISB) teaching Design of Business, Organisation Design, Leadership and Workforce Analytics. He also operates an early-stage software product company focused on optimising operations.  Prior to this,  he held several senior roles with Accenture Strategy & Consulting, the last one being the Managing Director for the Talent & Organisation Consulting business in Southeast Asia and India. Before that he worked for Arthur D Little, the world's oldest consulting firm; established and operated a niche Strategy and Organisation Design company; and worked as an automobile manufacturing engineer at the very start of his career.       Over a 30-year career in consulting and industry,  he has proudly served more than 100 organisations across Public Sector, Metals & Mining and Banking in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Australia, and Europe. His  work has been focused on designing and implementing Business Models, Organisation Design, Process Models, and Large-Scale Behaviour Change to deliver measurable improvements in the performance of people and organization. Over this period, Himanshu has acquired deep experience facilitating senior executive teams to execute change through vision and values alignment.  Beyond the workplace he is, like me, an avid yoga practitioner and meditator and is learning jazz dance.     In this conversation Himanshu shares his insights from the global business environment on the key trends shaping the future of work and workforce.  We discuss modern work and role redesign, humans versus machine, data-driven change, the quest to reconnect with meaning and purpose and investing in "hinge" leadership and  unfreezing the frozen middle or core work-unit leaders. Many themes will be familiar to regular listeners and ultimately we are left with more questions and a call to action to reimagine the work environment. Thank you Himanshu. Episode links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/himanshutambe/ Himanshu Tambe on The ISB Leadercast Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/leadercast/id1691914486?i=1000626210529Digital Health Festival Melbourne May 7/8 2024 https://digitalhealthfest.com.au/Calling all Clinician Innovators :Applications have opened for the CICA Lab Incubator program. More details here: https://www.cicalab.co/cicalab-incubator The Mind Full Medic Podcast is proudly sponsored by the MBA NSW-ACT Find out more about their service or donate today at www.mbansw.org.auDisclaimer: The content in this podcast is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care professional. Moreover views expressed here are our own and do not necessarily reflect those of our employers or other official organisations.

This episode focuses on social constructionism with one of the leading figures in the field, Kenneth J. Gergen Ph.D. We hear about how radical the ideas were at the time of its conceptiopn and the people who believed in its contribution to psychology and supported its evolution. Ken tells us his personal and professional stories of the history and development of his key ideas within social constructionism alongside some of the challenges when sharing with the wider field.  Ken discussed the key elements of its application in the therapeutic context and his futures hopes. Bio (taken from Taos Institute website)Kenneth J. Gergen, Ph.D., is a founding member, President of the Taos Institute and Chair of the Board, and the Mustin Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College. Gergen also serves as an Honorary Professor at the University of Buenos Aires. Gergen received his BA from Yale University and his PhD from Duke University, and has taught at Harvard University and Heidelberg University. He has been the recipient of two Fulbright research fellowships, the Geraldine Mao fellowship in Hong Kong, along with Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Alexander Humboldt Stiftung. Gergen has also been the recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the Barra Foundation. He has received honorary degrees from Tilburg University and Saybrook Institute, and is a member of the World Academy of Art and Science. Gergen is a major figure in the development of social constructionist theory and its applications to practices of social change. He also lectures widely on contemporary issues in cultural life, including the self, technology, postmodernism, the civil society, organizational change, developments in psychotherapy, educational practices, aging, and political conflict. Gergen has published over 300 articles in journals, magazines and books, and his major books include Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge, The Saturated Self, Realities and Relationships, and An Invitation to Social Construction. With Mary Gergen, he published an electronic newsletter, Positive Aging (www.positiveaging.net) distributed to 20,000 recipients. Gergen has served as the President of two divisions of the American Psychological Association, the Division on Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, and on Psychology and the Arts. He has served on the editorial board of 35 journals, and as the Associate Editor of The American Psychologist and Theory and Psychology. He has also served as a consultant to Sandoz Pharmaceutical Company, Arthur D. Little, Inc, the National Academy of Science, Trans-World Airlines, Bio-Dynamics, and Knight, Gladieux & Smith, Inc.

In this conversation with Dana Carman and Joel Yanowitz we explore the methodology of Wayfinding in which leaders encounter the mirror of nature, the power of threshold and ritual, nature as facilitator, and translating and integrating insights. Dana Carman is an expert in human and organizational transformation. Since 1984 he has worked as a senior advisor, consultant and executive coach to leaders of more than 200 visionary organizations on 5 five continents. Dana has co-founded two pioneering consultancies and trained and certified more than 500 consultant's, coaches and change agents worldwide. In the last several years, Dana has co-founded the Action Inquiry Associates, and is an owner, board member and core faculty of MetaIntegral Academy which offers next generation leader development programs for executives and change agents from five continents. Joel Yanowitz is a leading consultant, executive coach and senior advisor renowned for his ability to help leaders accelerate progress on critical business challenges through leveraging the human side of their organization. Joel has hands-on experience launching and running companies, having served as co-founder and managing director of Innovation Associates and currently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little. Over the past thirty years, he has helped countless business leaders drive growth, improve innovation, and build cultures capable of extraordinary performance. Visit coachesrising.com to see our acclaimed online coach trainings and other offerings.

This month's episode of The Engineers Collective from New Civil Engineer focuses on the role that hydrogen could play in the global effort to transition to a zero-carbon world. International management consultancy Arthur D. Little recently put out a report entitled Hydrogen: The electroshock to the energy transition and in this episode NCE acting news editor Rob Hakimian is joined by three experts from the consultancy to discuss just how this might happen. They discuss where it's already being used, the barriers to greater adoption, the UK's recently published hydrogen strategy, National Highways' commitment to using hydrogen plant on its landmark Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel and much more. Read Arthur D Little's full report here. Prior to the interview portion, Rob is joined by NCE editor Gavin Pearson and reporter Tom Johnson to discuss some of the stories from the civil engineering world that have caught their attention in the early portion of 2024. They discuss Thames Water's controversial Teddington Direct River Abstraction, the government's pledge to work with the tidal range sector and Balfour Beatty's ill-fated attempts to carry out net zero construction at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Invité du Podcast de l'Aviation cette semaine, Vincent Bamberger, managing partner du cabinet Arthur D Little.Après un rappel de la répartition des émissions de CO2 par les différentes activités de l'aviation, Vincent Bamberger retrace les enjeux technologiques qui vont de pair avec leur décarbonation, les plus difficilement surmontables étant ceux liés aux activités long-courrier et à la production de carburants durables d'aviation. Au-delà des défis technologiques devront être surmontés des défis financiers vertigineux, Arthur D Little estimant que l'investissement pour atteindre 35 % de SAF dans les avions en 2040 représentera 4 700 milliards de dollars au seul niveau de la France.Plusieurs pistes sont exposées pour parvenir à ce montant mais une chose est certaine, les pouvoirs publics ne pourront pas rester en retrait, il faudra une action au niveau mondial et une redéfinition des positionnements dans la chaîne de valeur.

US space agency NASA's Administrator Bill Nelson is in India today to meet top government and ISRO officials, as both countries look to deepen their space exploration and scientific research partnership.  The visit by Nelson, a former US senator, “fulfills a commitment through the US and India initiative on critical and emerging technology spearheaded by President Joe Biden,” Nasa said in a press release on Nov. 24. Nelson was appointed as the 14th Nasa administrator in May 2021. During this visit to India, he is expected visit several locations, including the Bengaluru-based facilities where the NISAR spacecraft, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), is undergoing testing and integration for launch in 2024. NISAR is short for NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar. It is the first satellite mission between NASA and ISRO. It is an Earth-observing instrument, the first in the Earth System Observatory, which was announced by NASA last year. The observatory will be put in space via five satellite missions, including Nisar, which is set for launch next year. The observatory will measure Earth's changing ecosystems, dynamic surfaces, and ice masses providing information about biomass, natural hazards, sea level rise, and groundwater, key information to guide efforts related to climate change, hazard mitigation, agriculture, and so on. Senator Nelson is also expected to meet students to discuss STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and how they can participate in the Artemis program, Nasa's initiative to return humans to the Moon and make it a launchpad for missions to Mars. The Nasa chief is also expected to travel to UAE during this trip to participate in the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Over the last few years, India has opened up its space efforts to private industry and startups and established the institutional infrastructure and policies to foster this ecosystem. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) is tasked with expanding the commercialization of India's space tech capabilities. In April, the government also released India's space policy, to promote a comprehensive approach to the space economy opportunity ahead. The government's estimate projects India's space market to be worth $40 billion in 2030. This could go as high as $100 billion, the consultancy Arthur D. Little says, if investments and efforts in certain focus areas are stepped up. Meanwhile, OneWeb India, the local subsidiary of low-earth orbit operator Eutelsat OneWeb, said last week, it had become the first company to receive India's go ahead to launch its commercial satellite broadband services. Bharti Airtel owns about 21 percent of UK-based OneWeb, which was recently merged with Europe's Eutelsat. Other multinational companies including billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite broadband business, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's project Kuiper, which are all putting large low earth orbit satellite constellations in space are also expected to offer to their services in India. And JioSpaceFiber, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, is also in the race to offer its own satellite based internet services in the country soon.  On the startups front, Indian space tech startups have gone from raising only $35 million in funding between 2010 and 2019, to $28 million in 2020 to $96 million in 2021 and $112 million in 2022, according to Tracxn, a private markets intelligence provider. This year the sector has attracted $62 million in funding as of August, according to Tracxn. Indian space startups are developing a range of technologies and products, including hyperspectral imaging, 3D-printed rocket engines, satellite propulsion systems and sustainable less toxic rocket fuels.

Today's guest is Dr. Albert Meige, an entrepreneur, teacher, and author, who has been professionally exploring the impact of technology on business, society, and humans for 20 years. Albert now heads the global institute Blue Shift (part of Arthur D. Little), which conducts studies at the intersection of technology and strategy.Albert Meige Interview Questions00:00 - 05:22 Introduction and Albert's background05:23 11:22 Albert's inspirations and motivations11:23 - 15:22 Creating a confluence of scientific research, entrepreneurship, and humanity15:23 - 19:14 Career highlights: achievements and accomplishments19:15 - 26:12 About Presans26:13 - 31:00 Managing the community of 5 million people31:01 - 38:22 Journey to Arthur D Little38:23 - 48:15 Confluence of AI and other 4IR technologies with humanity: A macroperpective48:16 - 55:12 Dealing with challenges and complexities of the tech revolution55:13 - 55:45 ClosureAlbert Meige Biography As an entrepreneur, Albert founded Presans, an open innovation startup in France that leverages artificial intelligence to connect experts with large corporations on-demand. This venture earned him the Innovation Prize from the École Polytechnique.  After selling Presans to Arthur D. Little, Albert now heads the global institute Blue Shift, which conducts studies at the intersection of technology and strategy.As an academic, Dr. Albert Meige completed his Ph.D. in Digital Physics at the Australian National University, he worked as a researcher at the research centre of École Polytechnique in Paris. With an MBA from HEC Paris, he has served as an Academic Director for executive programs at HEC Paris and the Institut Mines-Telecom. He also teaches at ESCP. Dr. Albert has been a regular contributor to HBR France since 2015 with articles on innovation management, on the future of organisations, digital transformation and on the future of work. He also speaks at various conferences and Ted Talks on these topics based on his research. Dr. Albert also shares his insights and research in emerging technologies like Generative AI, the metaverse, and other immersive technologies. Recently, he presented his viewpoint on AI and ChatGPT, where he created a 100% AI-generated article from a single prompt. As an author, Dr. Albert has authored several books on innovation and digital transformation, including: “Innovation Intelligence: Commoditization. Digitalization. Acceleration. Major Pressure on Innovation Drivers”, published by Absans Publishing in 2015, and “A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing: Advice from Leading Experts in the Field”, published by Kogan Page Publishers in 2011..Dr. Albert holds two patents: “Method for identifying the named entity that corresponds to an owner of a web page”, and “Electronegative plasma thruster with optimised injection”, both registered at EU patents. Learn more about Albert Meige on https://www.openbusinesscouncil.org/wiki/albert-meigeAbout Dinis Guarda profile and Channelshttps://www.openbusinesscouncil.orghttps://www.intelligenthq.comhttps://www.hedgethink.com/https://www.citiesabc.com/https://openbusinesscouncil.org/wiki/dinis-guardaMore interviews and research videos on Dinis GuardaSupport the show

人気企画、グロービス・キャピタル・パートナーズで受け継がれるキャピタリストの行動規範、ベンチャーキャピタリスト12訓シリーズ。今回は4訓です。 グロービス・キャピタル・パートナーズの創業メンバーであり12訓の発案者である仮屋薗に、弊社谷本が4訓に込められた思いについて聞いています。 ▼ベンチャーキャピタリスト12訓 4訓 お金を売るな、自分を売れ。 経営者から、投資・経営参画してほしい、と先に言われて、初めて上等。 https://www.globiscapital.co.jp/ja/about/value/ ■ハイライト 4訓設計の背景　〜時代背景と当時のキャピタリスト像〜 投資・経営参画してほしい、と「先に言われる」ことの重要性　〜経営者にとって、本当に必要だと思ってもらえる価値が自分自身にあるか〜 ベンチャーキャピタリストは雑用係　〜自分自身の経験のみから提供できることは少ない、自身の成長が鍵〜 若手キャピタリストとしての価値提供の仕方　〜壁打ちの相手/代弁者/つなぎ役〜 ■スピーカー ・仮屋薗総一　 株式会社三和総合研究所での経営戦略コンサルティングを経て、1996年、株式会社グロービスのベンチャーキャピタル事業設立に参画。1号ファンド、ファンドマネジャーを経て、1999年エイパックス・グロービス・パートナーズ設立よりパートナー就任。2006年マネジング・パートナー（代表パートナー）に就任、現在（2022年～）共同創業パートナー。2015年7月より一般社団法人日本ベンチャーキャピタル協会会長、2019年7月より同協会名誉会長を務める。慶應義塾大学法学部卒、米国ピッツバーグ大学MBA修了。 著書に、「機関投資家のためのプライベート・エクイティ」（きんざい）、「ケースで学ぶ起業戦略」(日経BP社)、「MBAビジネスプラン」(ダイヤモンド社)、「ベンチャーキャピタリストが語る起業家への提言」(税務研究会)がある。 ・谷本英理子 東京医科歯科大学医学部医学科卒（M.D.）、米コロンビア大学医学部附属病院研修生を経て、Arthur D. Littleに参画。ヘルスケア領域のコンサルタントとして、製薬、医療機器、健康食品企業に向けた新規事業立案に従事。2023年2月、Globis Capital Partners参画。

Invité du Podcast de l'Aviation cette semaine, Pascal de Izaguirre, président de la Fédération nationale de l'aviation et de ses métiers (FNAM).Dans une tentative de faire taire les polémiques autour de l'aviation générale et d'affaires, la FNAM et d'autres organisations du secteur (UAF, EBAA, GIPAG et SNEH) ont commandé une étude à Arthur D Little sur l'impact économique et social de ce secteur. Elle rappelle notamment que cette aviation représente 36 000 emplois directs et concerne souvent des missions de service public, de travail aérien, de lutte contre les incendies...Pascal de Izaguirre insiste également sur le fait que l'aviation d'affaires sera la première à se décarboner et qu'elle officie la plupart du temps sur des liaisons où aucune alternative efficace n'existe.Cependant, c'est un secteur fragile, menacé par les projets de taxation et de réglementation toujours plus coercitifs.

As the final countdown for touchdown of Chandrayaan-3 begins, the whole world turns its eyes to the skies. With this, India's third moon mission looks to have learned from the past expeditions, as Vikram looks for a perfect landing spot even if everything fails. Amid a skyrocketing global space race, TMB host Anirban Chowdhury speaks to Dipankar Banerjee of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Barnik Maitra of Arthur D Little, and TOI's Chethan Kumar to understand what is fuelling this ambition and if India is late to the party or can ISRO be a showstopper amongst space agencies. Tune in!You can check out more episodes of The Morning Brief on: The Uncertain Fate Of Asia's Largest Refinery, Has milk politics turned sour in Karnataka?, El Niño: Little Boy, Big Trouble, E-20 Explained: The blender's pride or bane? And more.If you like this episode from Anirban Chowdhury, check out his other interesting episode on Big cats, billions, bonds: India's massive tiger economy, Battle of the bikes: Harley Davidson vs Royal Enfield and more! You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: Twitter and Linkedin.Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief' on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Giuliano is back, and this time, he's discovered something about aging that may blow your mind. Vince Giuliano is living a healthy and active life at the young age of 93, and is committed to continue doing research on longevity and increasing lifespan even at this age! In this episode, Vince Giuliano and Joe discuss how supplements truly affect aging and how Vince has changed his perspective on longevity and the factors that affect it. Vince talks about his new theory, which compares the human body to a computer system, and shares how you can hack your body from the “virus” that is aging and live a healthy and optimal life at an old age. Vince Giuliano was a university professor at the State University of New York, a senior consultant working in a variety of fields at Arthur D. Little, Inc., Chief Scientist and COO of Mirror Systems, a software company, and an international Internet consultant. In various ways, he contributed to the Computer Revolution starting in the 1950s and the Internet Revolution starting in the late 1980s, and is now engaged in doing the same for The Longevity Revolution. He has published over 200 books and papers as well as over 430 substantive entries in his blog. - Find Vince Giuliano's work at agingsciences.com - Check out SelfDecode - Join Joe's online community - Follow Joe on Instagram & TikTok

QUOTE OF THE DAY: I learn from being in life, because I know where to look. -Robin Charbit  In this episode of “Dream It! Dare it! Do it! Live the Life You Want!” I am speaking with Robin Charbit. I initially heard him speaking on Anna Scott's podcast and later invited him to speak at the 3PGC French Community. As expected, our conversation is inspiring to say the least. The title of my podcast was our starting point, as we reflected on what “living the life we want” can possibly signify. We can live a life in pursuit of something or to construct something or we can just live a life, Robin says. We talk about living with grace. Consequently, he points to the notion that we attain clarity, perspective, empathy, and our birthright capacity for insight as we connect to our humanity. Robin began his career as a chemical engineer with Exxon in 1981, having received his education at Sheffield University in the UK, and eventually led one of Exxon's international plastics businesses. He joined Arthur D. Little in 1992 first in Europe and ultimately, in Boston, where he led and managed the North American Chemicals Practice. With a colleague, he left the more classical consulting world and founded Insight Management Partners, to bring an understanding of how the mind works into business. He then met Ken Manning and they joined forces to create Insight Principles. Robin was born in the UK to French parents and met his Belgian wife, Sabine, in Switzerland. They now live in Boston. When time permits, Robin enjoys all things mechanical (cars, woodworking, home projects) and is an avid cinemaphile. For more information on Robin Charbit, please visit: www.Insightprinicplesinstitute.com or www.Insightprinciples.com If you'd like to watch his podcast episode with Anna Scott, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NGe0kx9A9A --- #theinspiress #solopreneurinspiration #livethelifeyouwant❤️ #liveinthenow #liveinthemoment #bepresentnow #happiness #wisdom #inspirationalquotes #solopreneur #entrepreneurinspiration #solopreneurs #solopreneurlife #solopreneurcoaching #coachjasmynesays #transformativecoachjasmyne #BringYourBusinesstoLife #GetInspiredNow #DreamItDareItDoIt #LiveTheLifeYouWant #MakeitHappen #EpisodeDropped

Artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of digitalization have the potential to help drive the chemical industry along the road towards net zero carbon. -          AI, blockchain, internet of things, quantum computing show huge potential  -          Adoption likely to accelerate as technology matures-          Industry needs new mindset to overcome barriers such as fear of data sharing-          Trade group Cefic and consultants Arthur D. Little author new digitalization report Put your company's innovation forward for this year's ICIS Innovation Awards.

  Longtime Northwestern Kellogg school professor Louis W. Stern, back in 1977, published the top textbook about distribution channel strategy, also known as “pull marketing.” Since then he's been the go-to guru in this important one of the 4 Ps. Join us to learn Lou's key insights into how to determine the best way to go to market, and to manage your channels effectively. You'll also learn why he believes that omnichannel is the most exciting new development in the field, and the correct response to changing buyer behavior. Lou is now retired and playing tennis in Tucson. A lucky man, and a legend of marketing you'll want to know. About our Guest: Louis W. Stern is the John D. Gray Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. Professor Stern joined the Northwestern faculty in 1973. Prior to that, he was Professor of Marketing at The Ohio State University. He was appointed to the Ohio State faculty in 1963 after having spent two years at the industrial research firm Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. From January 1965 until June 1966, he served as a principal economist for the National Commission on Food Marketing in Washington, D.C., and during the 1969-70 academic year, he was a visiting associate professor of business administration at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1977 to 1980, he served as Chairman of the Department of Marketing at Northwestern, and from 1983 to 1985, he was Executive Director of the Marketing Science Institute, Cambridge, Mass. During the 1984-85 academic year, he was the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at Harvard Business School. From 1998 to 2001, concurrent with his position at Northwestern, he was appointed a visiting scholar at the Haas School of Business at The University of California, Berkeley. From 2004 to 2006, he was designated the Dorinda and Mark Winkelman Distinguished Scholar at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Senior Fellow of the Wharton School, and co-director of Wharton's Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative, positions he held in addition to the John D. Gray professorship at Kellogg. WVU Marketing Communications Today: Marketing Legends is presented by the West Virginia University Reed College of Media, which offers renowned online master's degree programs in Marketing Communications.  

The longevity revolution is upon us, as more and more studies are being done to discover ways to increase lifespan. One of the strongest advocates of this revolution? Vince Giuliano, living a healthy and active life at the young age of 93! In this episode, Vince Giuliano and Joe discuss how he's made it into his 90s in tiptop shape, how he tackles health issues that come his way, and what he would have done differently if he can travel back in time. Vince talks about how he got his HRV levels to outperform young and healthy athletes, and shares some of his favorite supplements - specifically one that he has been taking for nearly 40 years! Vince also talks about non-supplemental ways that you can implement in your life to improve your health and increase your longevity. Vince Giuliano was a university professor at the State University of New York, a senior consultant working in a variety of fields at Arthur D. Little, Inc., Chief Scientist and COO of Mirror Systems, a software company, and an international Internet consultant. In various ways, he contributed to the Computer Revolution starting in the 1950s and the Internet Revolution starting in the late 1980s, and is now engaged in doing the same for The Longevity Revolution. He has published over 200 books and papers as well as over 430 substantive entries in his blog. - Find Vince Giuliano's work at agingsciences.com - Check out SelfDecode - Join Joe's online community - Follow Joe on Instagram & TikTok Timestamps: (0:00) - Introduction (4:29) - When did Vince start his longevity journey? (5:33) - Vince's supplement journey (18:08) - What Vince would do differently (22:40) - Thoughts on Rapamycin (31:27) - HRV & Heart Rate (33:00) - Near infrared devices (36:48) - More on Vince's Supplement (45:04) - Vince's Top 5 Supplements

There is a lot of hype around the idea of the metaverse. In this conversion, I am joined by Dr Albert Meige, director of Blue Shift at Arthur D. Little. We take a look at what the metaverse really is and untangle the amazing business opportunities it offers to companies today.

Quiet Quitting has recently captured the imagination of employers and employees alike. Is it a new concept or is it a new name for something that is as old as industry itself?  Quiet Quitters are described as those who continue to be employed in a company but just do their job and no more. They are not seen as going above and beyond. Some experts argue that that is all right. Others say, the level of engagement is to be seen distinctly from working only the average 40 hours a week and that Quiet Quitters could actually be contributing by working only 8-9 hours a day.  Today, we are joined by Barnik Maitra, Managing Partner for India and South Asia at Arthur D. Little, which is said to be the oldest management consulting company. 

Arthur D. Little partner Sean McDevitt discusses his report on the five tech pillars that will make or break telecom operators in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starting off a business is one of the major challenges most aspiring entrepreneurs face. Some of these young and aspiring entrepreneurs have good business plans and strategies, but the fear of starting has prevented their business ideas from coming out of the box. Oftentimes, this fear is risk-related. Fear is a common phenomenon associated with most Startups, but what makes you an entrepreneur is the ability to summon up courage and face anything that might crop up during business idea implementation. Businesses have different levels of risk. Brajesh Singh, President, Arthur D Little, India talks about agropreneurship. About Brajesh Singh 20+ years of experience in establishing business operations, Channel development, Sales & Marketing, and Revenue enhancement. A seasoned professional with exposure in Telecom, Infrastructure & Retail, Power & Gas Distribution. He is in his own words an Agropreneur. He is a passionate wildlife photographer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tbcy/support

Interviewgast in Folge 139 des Cloud Computing Report Podcasts ist Volker Pfirsching von der Unternehmensberatung Arthur D. Little.

How to navigate and seize the opportunities in disruption that is happening in the banking industry and financial services?To uncover what the future holds for different players that are offering financial services, in this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun we have Philippe De Backer, Managing Partner and Leader of Global Financial Services Practice at Arthur D. Little.Together with Ignacio Garcia Alves and Juan Gonzalez, Philippe just published his fifth book: “Disruption: The future of banking and financial services – how to navigate and seize the opportunities”, in which they are analysing the current state of the financial sector and deciphering the future of banking.Listen to Philippe speaking about:- Fintech companies that are going to survive this disruption- The future of legacy banks and government initiatives- Different approaches to marketing in the digitally transformed worldCheck out Philippe's fifth book: https://www.amazon.com/Disruption-financial-services-navigate-opportunities/dp/1911671480Follow 'Couchonomics with Arjun Singh' on any app where you listen to podcasts.Check out Couchonomics website for all new updates: www.couchonomics.comHOSTBased in Dubai, Arjun is actively engaged with the Fintech & Start-up ecosystem across the MENA Region and beyond - as a passive investor, an advisory board member and as a commentator on the rapidly evolving scene.FINTECH NEWSSubscribe to Arjun's LinkedIn newsletter Daily Fintech Crunch to receive daily interesting news from the world of Fintech, DeFI, Crypto and beyond: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6899436665924837377/ PARTNERSCouchonomics with Arjun Singh is brought to you by our partners from:Adyen, a reliable end-to-end payments solution that enables businesses to turn payments into a strategic growth driver: https://www.adyen.com/ LuLu Financial Group, a global financial services provider headquartered in Abu Dhabi and operating in 11 countries: https://www.lulufin.com/ M2P, Asia's leading payment infrastructure company that enables businesses of any scale to embed financial products: https://m2pfintech.com/Our website

As a society, we have been accustomed to energy and resources being available and uninterrupted 365 days a year. However, the war in Ukraine, the looming climate emergency, and conflicts in the last century, such as the oil crisis of the 1970s and the Gulf War in 1980, remind us how fragile the energy supply can be. The ongoing disruptions will have long-lasting global implications on geopolitics and the energy sector at large. Energy And Resources Sector Most companies in the energy and resources sector will need to go through a period of unprecedented change if they are to be fit for purpose in an increasingly decarbonized, decentralized, and digitalized world. This transition has a disruptive impact, be it carbon regulation, new technologies, emergence of new market players, or convergence of industry verticals. Such “convergence” is now one of the biggest drivers of marketplace change, creating not just new revenue streams, but also potential threats to established players. These changes are leading to the evolution of an ever-expanding ecosystem of players, something that is not just accelerating the speed of innovation, but also leading to development of increasingly integrated offerings that better meet the growing customer demand for more sustainable products and services. Decarbonization, Digitalization and Decentralization Three key trends are currently shaping the energy market. The first, decarbonization — net zero — is the most important overarching trend for all sectors and the world in general. It increasingly underpins the economic policies of many countries. Inevitably, decarbonization is having a fundamental impact on the strategic thinking and future investment decisions of companies in all sectors. The second is the need to digitize operations to meet the needs of marketplaces that are driven ever more by transparency, seamlessness, and speed of delivery. Digitalization is central to improving efficiency and enhancing the customer experience across every sector. It also has a major role to play in stimulating innovative ideas and ensuring they are turned as quickly as possible into real-life solutions for customers. The third trend is decentralization — movement to a far more localized solution to deliver a service rather than relying on much wider national or regional infrastructure. This is evidenced, for instance, by siting wind farms close to urban areas or using microgeneration, such as photovoltaic (PV) rooftop panels on new housing developments and encouraging users to take greater responsibility for how they consume energy. All these elements are feeding into new business models that are focused on much greater sustainability, a thread that is running through every component of society. In the energy sector, the introduction of carbon capture and other cleantech is now central to both day-to-day operations and strategic decision-making, given the growing significance of environmental, social, and governance standards on corporate thinking. It is with these measures in mind that companies must assess their day-to-day operations and longer-term strategic decisions. While the unique situation of each player means there is no one-size strategy that fits all, the direction of travel is now relatively well established for everyone. By Michael Kruse, Global Leader, Energy & Utilities Practice, Arthur D. Little.

While we are not seeing the end of banking, we are observing a changing of the guard in financial services. Powered by a deluge of funding, fintech firms are altering the battlefield for customers and relationships. Without quick and decisive action, legacy financial institutions could become invisible to consumers and small businesses by 2030. To a degree, this has already occurred in payments. What's next? We are very fortunate to have Philippe De Backer and Juan Gonzalez from Arthur D. Little on the Banking Transformed podcast. They discuss the challenges facing traditional banking organizations and the actions that must be taken today for long-term survival.

QUOTE of the Day: A realization is an insight that changes how the world looks, but you don't have to do anything to now live in that new world. It's automatic. – Robin Charbit In this episode of “My Love of Life Energy,” I am speaking with author and coach Robin Charbit. He co-founded Insight Principles where he continues to point coaches to the depth of their grounding. Robin began his career as a chemical engineer with Exxon in 1981, having received his education at Sheffield University in the UK, and eventually led one of Exxon's international plastics businesses. He joined Arthur D. Little in 1992 first in Europe and ultimately, in Boston, where he led and managed the North American Chemicals Practice. With a colleague, he left the more classical consulting world and founded Insight Management Partners, to bring an understanding of how the mind works into business. He then met Ken Manning and they joined forces to create Insight Principles.  Robin was born in the UK to French parents and met his Belgian wife, Sabine, in Switzerland. They now live in Boston. When time permits, Robin enjoys all things mechanical (cars, woodworking, home projects) and is an avid cinemaphile. For more information on Robin Charbit please visit:  www.InsightPrinciples.com -- I am Wisdom Business Coach for entrepreneurial spirited people who want to make their dreams become a reality. If you are looking to access your innate wisdom and apply it to all aspects of your business and life and create rich results with ease, reach out to me and let's see what we can do together.  https://calendly.com/annalscott --- #MyLofeOfLifeEnergy #LoveLife #Relief #EpisodeDropped #AnnaScott #Freedom #Ease #YourGenius #Genius #Inspiration #Happiness #Wisdom #SeeWhoYouAre #Understanding #Happiness #Wisdom  #TheThreePrinciples #Mind #Thought #Consciousness #MentalHealth #PodCreator #PodHelp #PodernFamily  

Philippe De Backer and Juan Gonzalez are coming back for a second episode on LID Radio. This time they discuss whether traditional banks can strike back and compete with the NeoBanks. Philippe De Backer is Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader of Financial Services at Arthur D. Little. Philippe draws from his extensive experience as a global leader in financial services to share a proactive view on the disruption in banking and emerging business models, which are reshaping the sector and many industries as traditional business boundaries are blurring.  Juan Gonzalez is a Partner at Arthur D. Little. He has worked extensively on the impact of technological change on the information flows that shape organizations and their interactions with their environment. Philippe and Juan are co-authors of the book Disruption, together with Arthur D. Little's CEO Ignacio Garcia Alves. Disruption provides a critical understanding of the impact of the current economic crisis and the current industrial revolution on financial services, the new trends in the sector, and the opportunities for banks to leverage their unique assets and pre-empt challengers from gaining meaningful market share. The book also provides top-level advice about transforming financial services organizations by finding the right balance between short-term requirements and the imperative of long-term change. This balancing act is what the authors call the “ambidextrous approach”, which requires focus on two strategic initiatives: performance and innovation.   Find Philippe De Backer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippe-de-backer-abb00110a/  Find Juan Gonzalez on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanjosegonzalez/  Buy the book Disruption: https://lidpublishing.com/book/disruption/ 

In today's episode, Philippe De Backer and Juan Gonzalez discuss with Ben Walker what the biggest issues and obstacles for the traditional banks are today.  Philippe De Backer is Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader of Financial Services at Arthur D. Little. Philippe draws from his extensive experience as a global leader in financial services to share a proactive view on the disruption in banking and emerging business models, which are reshaping the sector and many industries as traditional business boundaries are blurring.  Juan Gonzalez is a Partner at Arthur D. Little. He has worked extensively on the impact of technological change on the information flows that shape organizations and their interactions with their environment. Philippe and Juan are co-authors, together with Arthur D. Little's CEO Ignacio Garcia Alves, of the book Disruption. Disruption provides a critical understanding of the impact of the current economic crisis and the current industrial revolution on financial services, the new trends in the sector, and the opportunities for banks to leverage their unique assets and pre-empt challengers from gaining meaningful market share. The book also provides top-level advice about transforming financial services organizations by finding the right balance between short-term requirements and the imperative of long-term change. This balancing act is what the authors call the “ambidextrous approach”, which requires focus on two strategic initiatives: performance and innovation.   

A discussion on productivity with Robin Charbit & Thomas Leamy Guest Bio: Robin, the CEO of Insight Principles, began his career as a chemical engineer with Exxon in 1981 (having received his education at Sheffield University in the UK), and eventually led one of Exxon's international plastics businesses. He joined Arthur D. Little in 1992, first in Europe and ultimately in Boston, where he led and managed the North America Chemicals Practice with a revenue of more than 1/2 a billion dollars. With a colleague, he left the more classical consulting world and founded Insight Management Partners to bring an understanding of how the mind works into business. He then met Dr. Ken Manning, and they joined forces to create Insight Principles. Robin was born in the UK to French parents and met his Belgian wife in Switzerland. They now live in Boston with their three soccer-crazed children. Robin is the co-author of the book Invisible Power: Insight Principles at Work - with Dr. Ken Manning and Sandra Krot. Links: https://insightprinciples.com/ https://insightprinciplesinstitute.com/ Host Bio: Thomas Leamy is a global citizen – having worked in or travelled to more than 50 countries. His experience in connecting with diverse groups of people and cultures all over the world, helped him realize just how similar we all are – regardless of nationality, race, culture, wealth or social status. As an Organizational Wellness Consultant & Psychology Coach, Thomas leads High Performance Strategy Europe (HPSE) and helps individuals, teams and SMEs demystify the psychology behind high performance, peace-of-mind and wellbeing. Parallel to his work with HPSE, Thomas also works as a consultant and is currently the director of a nation branding project focused on the Nordic Region – which he runs from his base in the Azores Islands. He is originally from Tipperary, Ireland and met his lovely wife Stuart while working in Malaysia in 2013. Thomas is currently completing a master's degree in business & organizational psychology from the University of Wolverhampton. Links: www.hpse.eu www.hpse.eu/stress www.hpse.eu/one-word --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thomas-leamy/message

✨ Prêt.es à vivre une  « vraie »  transformation ? De celle qui élève les consciences, libère les potentialités et transcende les égos au service d'un projet commun qui fait sens ? Alors écoutez Laurent Ledoux que j'ai eu le plaisir de recevoir dans Outside of the box. Laurent est à la croisée de plusieurs mondes : celui de l'entreprise, de la sagesse et de la philosophie. Catalyseur et accélérateur de transformations depuis plus de 20 ans au sein et au service de grandes et moyennes organisations, publiques et privées, il a aussi fondé l'Association PhiloMa pour « féconder le management par la philosophie ». Laurent a présidé le ministère belge de la Mobilité et des Transports après avoir été chef de cabinet d'un ministre, directeur associé chez Arthur D. Little et membre d'un comité exécutif de BNP Paribas Fortis. Il a ensuite fondé et dirigé les cabinets Equis et Phusis, tous 2 spécialisés dans l'accompagnement des transformations. Laurent fait partie de ces hommes brillants, humbles, éclairés et éclairants qui incarnent leur parole. Dans cet épisode, sa grande expérience des transformations et sa spiritualité incarnée nous aideront à baliser le chemin de crête des transformations authentiques et réussies en entremêlant spiritualité et concret.  

This week Chris and Johan are joined by Rodrigo P. Navarro who is a strategic management advisor for batteries at ADL. The three discuss the role of Tesla and the Chinese government in the scaling of the technology and how Europe is performing in the race for setting up this industry. Listen in to hear Rodrigo's takes on the true cost of electric vehicles and new technological innovations on the battery market.Arthur D. Little's Website:https://www.adlittle.com/en

This special episode of the podcast was recorded live in front of an audience in February 2022 at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London and features a panel of experts discussing a very interesting subject of Space-Based solar power.I was joined on stage by Martin Soltau Co-Chair Space Energy Initiative & Space Business Lead at Frazer-Nash ConsultancyDr Alice Bunn CEO Institution of Mechanical EngineersSam Adlen Chief Strategy Officer, Satellite Applications Catapult andAli Stickings Space Strategy lead at Fraser Nash ConsultancyYou will also hear remarks from Mark Garnier, MP for Wyre Forest who is Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Space, and Chair of The Space Energy Initiative Advisory Board as well as Nick Wayth Chief Executive at The Energy Institute.To provide some context around this episode and the topic, we all accept that fossil fuels are not a sustainable form of energy, and renewable energy such as solar and wind have issues when it is cloudy or calm.To meet the energy needs of a country like the UK or Australia, we need a “baseload” technology that can provide a sustained demand for power.The UK chapter of The Institution of Engineers Australia teamed up with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for their monthly “Spring Forward” hybrid lecture series to look at a potential new form of energy – Space-Based Solar Power.The concept is not new – it was first mooted by Isaac Asimov as science fiction in the 1940s, and in 1968, Dr Peter Glaser of Arthur D. Little introduced the concept of using microwaves for power transmission from geosynchronous orbit to an Earth-based rectifying antenna.Since then, technology has advanced on several fronts to remove some of the technological and economic barriers to practical full-scale implementation.Issues covered in this episode include:How Space-Based power actually worksThe opportunity for generating power from spaceHow to overcome challenges in commercialising this technologyHow space-based solar power contributes to the net-zero debateThe future for space-based solar power generationHow Space solar power gives Governments optionsSolar power vs Nuclear FusionWhat will the solution cost?The regulatory risksThe role of GovernmentThe security concernsWho regulates the space segmentThe spin-off benefitsWhat other countries are doing?The UK-Australia Space BridgeThe Space Energy InitiativeThe job creation opportunitiesNick Wayth Chief Executive at Energy Institute commentsAudience question: How can the UK maintain a lead in this area?Audience question: What is happening in Australia?Audience question: What can go wrong?Mark Garnier MP closing remarksResources UK Government's paper on Space-Based Solar PowerYour Host: Actionable Futurist® Andrew GrillFor more on Andrew - what he speaks about and replays of recent talks, please visit ActionableFuturist.comfollow @AndrewGrill on Twitteror @andrew.grill on Instagram.

Fusion occurs when two atoms slam together to form a heavier atom, such as when two hydrogen atoms fuse to form one helium atom. A tremendous amount of energy is released in the process. This is the same process that powers the sun. In the sun's core, where temperatures reach 15,000,000C, hydrogen atoms are in a constant state of agitation. As they collide at very high speeds, the natural electrostatic repulsion that exists between the positive charges of their nuclei is overcome and the atoms fuse. Without fusion, there would be no life on Earth. Significant research has been done to better understand the fusion process since the concept was first theorized in the 1920s. Scientists have answered most of the key physics questions behind fusion. Today, in southern France, 35 nations are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak—a magnetic fusion device designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy. The ITER project, as it is known, is expected to be the first fusion device to produce “net energy,” which is the term used when the total power produced during a fusion plasma pulse surpasses the thermal power injected to heat the plasma. ITER could be the first fusion device to maintain fusion for long periods of time, and it is expected to be the first fusion device to test the integrated technologies, materials, and physics regimes necessary for the commercial production of fusion-based electricity. “I'm optimistic. I think in 10 to 15 years, we could have a commercial fusion energy plant producing electricity on the grid,” Chuck Goodnight, lead partner in the U.S. on U.S. Nuclear Energy as part of Arthur D. Little's Global Energy & Utilities practice, said as a guest on The POWER Podcast. If Goodnight's prediction is correct, the entire landscape of power generation could be transformed not only in the U.S., but also around the world. “In the 1950s, we had very few nuclear power plants, and then in the U.S. within 35 years or so we had 100,” Goodnight said. “I can envision that same future for small modular reactors and fusion—and that could be global in my vision. And at that point, hopefully, there's renewables, there's fission, there's fusion, and there ultimately would be no carbon-based fuel systems running. And people could look around the planet and look back with gratitude to the people of today that have spent time and money and energy and sweat to make these technologies viable and to get them to market and to get them into a grid that is sustainable,” he said. “So, I'm optimistic because we've got a lot of smart people and quite a bit of funding now behind these ideas to get these things going, and the government's behind them and the private equity behind them and private funding and innovative people that are clearly a big part of this. I think there's a lot of reasons to be optimistic about our future,” said Goodnight.

Ep. 64: Robert “Bob” Glazer is a serial entrepreneur who has worked at think tanks such as Arthur D. Little and incubators such as Cambridge Innovation Center before founding a host of his own companies and charities. His longest-running priority, Acceleration Partners, began in 2007 and works with clients worldwide to develop and scale their affiliate partner programs. He thinks people glamorize entrepreneurship to their detriment. Visit https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/episode-64/ for a free gift and today's show notes! You Will Learn 3:00 Are you in a vicious circle or vicarious circle? 5:00 How to fight through the pain of learning something new. 7:00 Why hard work beats talent. 14:00 The #1 trait entrepreneurs need to have. 15:00 How to avoid being a “WANTrepreneur.” 24:00 How Friday Forward was born The key to a great culture. 29:00 Why you should not call your coworkers “family.”

Fintech space in recent years has been booming and attracting creators with a hunger to reimagine the way that money flows through the world. Our guest today was witnessing this transformative period from the first row!He joins us today to explain to us:- What is really driving the hyper-growth in payments in the UAE and the region- What are the benefits of open banking to consumers and small corporate- What is embedded finance- What are the untapped opportunities that we should keep eye onBuckle up and get ready for this super-informative podcast episode that will help you navigate the complex world of fintech and bring it to life through engaging conversation with an expert and a true industry leader - Arjun Singh, Head of Financial Services MENA at Arthur D. Little!Enjoy! #TheChangeOfficerHost: Vuk ZlatarovGuest: Arjun SinghProduction company: PoddsterStart your own podcast! Book a free consultation at https://poddster.com/ Follow our guest on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunvirs...LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

Raffaela Ritter hat eine außerordentlich beachtliche Karriere hingelegt. Die heute 36-Jährige war bereits Partnerin bei McKinsey und baut zur Zeit bei Arthur D. Little den Financial-Services-Bereich auf. Ihr ist es ein besonderes Anliegen junge Frauen zu ermuntern, sich mehr zuzutrauen. Im Interview mit ihr, erfährst du wie Mentoren und Supporter ihr dabei geholfen hat ihren Karriereweg zu gehen. Für sie besonders wichtig? Trau dich zu fragen und dir Tipps zu holen! Wir alle haben klein angefangen.Hol dir Tipps zu:Work-life-balance: ab Minute 15:00Diversity is a journey: ab Minute 20:00Die Wichtigkeit deines Netzwerks: ab Minute 26:00Die Wichtigkeit deiner Supporter: ab Minute 32:00

Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Pandemie werden Österreich noch länger beschäftigen. Aber was kann man gegen die Nachwirkungen unternehmen? Und was braucht es, damit der Wirtschaftsstandort Österreich auf Kurs bleibt? Über Österreichs wirtschaftliche Krisenfestigkeit hat sich KURIER-Chefredakteurin Martina Salomon mit folgenden Gesprächspartnern unterhalten: Franz Schellhorn, Direktor der Agenda Austria, Hans Greiner, General Manager von CISCO Österreich und Maximilian Scherer, Partner von Arthur D. Little Austria. Helft bitte mit, dass wir diesen Podcast und andere KURIER-Podcasts noch besser machen. Alle Infos auf www.kurier.at/podcastumfrage Abonniert unseren Podcast auch auf Apple Podcasts, Spotify, FYEO oder Google Podcasts und hinterlasst uns eine Bewertung, wenn euch der Podcast gefällt. Mehr Podcasts gibt es unter www.kurier.at/podcasts

Jairo Burgos, Socio, Talento & Talante- Lado BEste episodio profundiza sobre los retos en la gestión del talento, cómo impulsar a los líderes de las empresas a movilizar sus acciones para impactar las personas. Un filósofo antiguo solía decir que no hay nada permanente, excepto el cambio. Por eso, el mundo en el que vivimos nos exige crear constantemente, adaptarnos y buscar nuevas formas de pensar y hacer las cosas.Jairo es abogado de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; especialista en Derecho Laboral y Derecho de Sociedades de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, además cuenta con una Maestría de Ciencias de la Administración de Arthur D. Little School of Management y una Maestría en Administración y Políticas Públicas de la Universidad de Harvard.Antes de ser consultor, ocupó la Vicepresidencia de Gestión Humana del Grupo Bancolombia durante 15 años. Es docente, conferencista y columnista en la materia. Se ha desempeñado como miembro de Junta Directiva de Avianca Holdings, Banco Agrario y Banco Mundo Mujer y como miembro del Consejo Académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.Es apasionado a la lectura y al deporte.

Jairo Burgos, Socio, Talento & Talante- Lado AAcá contaremos la historia del que fue líder de Talento Humano en Bancolombia y también su visión como miembro de junta de Avianca. Dentro del mundo de Hackers del Talento, es interesante tener la perspectiva de un líder de Talento que está en una de las juntas directivas más importantes de Colombia.Jairo es abogado de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; especialista en Derecho Laboral y Derecho de Sociedades de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, además cuenta con una Maestría de Ciencias de la Administración de Arthur D. Little School of Management y una Maestría en Administración y Políticas Públicas de la Universidad de Harvard.Antes de ser consultor, ocupó la Vicepresidencia de Gestión Humana del Grupo Bancolombia durante 15 años. Es docente, conferencista y columnista en la materia. Se ha desempeñado como miembro de Junta Directiva de Avianca Holdings, Banco Agrario y Banco Mundo Mujer y como miembro del Consejo Académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Es apasionado a la lectura y al deporte.vansa es una empresa de formación corporativa que trabaja con más de 300 compañías en América desde dos frentes:www.vansa.co1) CREAR: desarrollamos soluciones edtech para empresas como: plataformas educativas, cursos virtuales, inducciones, videos, juegos virtuales, microjuegos, podcasts y mucho más2) FORMAR: a través de una metodología híbrida/blended formamos al talento en las 10K ( 10 competencias clave para el presente y futuro del trabajo) de manera entretenida y aplicable

As founder and CEO of global software design and development firm MentorMate, Björn Stansvik has steered the company’s vision from inception to 700 full-time employees, accelerating digital ideas with end-to-end technology services since 2001. Björn has worked in high-tech and strategic business development in Europe, Latin America, and the United States at leading companies including Procter & Gamble, Ericsson, and Arthur D. Little prior to founding MentorMate in 2001. Björn remains a guiding force for MentorMate, constantly challenging the team to explore the boundaries of new technologies like AI and cloud computing and to pioneer digital innovation in healthcare as well as entering new geographic markets. Under his leadership, the company has grown its design and technical capabilities across multiple industries. MentorMate was named a Top ICT Employer in Bulgaria, and the Star Tribune included MentorMate on its Top 150 Workplaces list. The newest of its seven offices opened in AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016. Björn holds a Master’s of Science in Business Administration from the Gothenburg School of Economics and has completed a Master’s thesis in Industrial Economics at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. As a recognized technology innovator, Björn has won numerous distinctions and is a regular speaker to business groups on entrepreneurship, technology, and management.

Liz Nilsen's passion is for creating programs that nurture the next generation of thinkers and doers, through the development and growth of innovation and STEM education ecosystems. As the Associate Director at the University of North Alabama Agile Strategy Lab, Liz shepherds the expansion of the Lab's programming and manages the Strategic Doing Institute on behalf of that organization, including partnerships with other universities interested in deploying Strategic Doing. Liz was senior program director at the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab; she is also a former senior program officer at VentureWell, where she provided leadership to the Pathways program for the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), an effort to engage with 50 colleges and universities to redesign undergraduate engineering education. Prior to joining VentureWell, she led STEM initiatives at the Penn State Center – Pittsburgh, was the southwest regional coordinator for the Pennsylvania STEM Network, and served as Director of Outreach and New Economy Program Development at the Institute of Advanced Learning & Research, a Virginia Tech initiative. She earned her BA from Stanford and an MBA from Northeastern University. Ed Morrison is Director of the Agile Strategy Lab at the University of North Alabama, and was the founder of the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab. Ed's work emphasizes the strategic value of focused regional collaborations and open innovation, network-based models in today's global economy. Ed is the developer of Strategic Doing to accelerate collaborations, now widely used across the U.S. and is now gaining attention internationally. His work won the first Arthur D. Little Award for excellence in economic development presented by the American Economic Development Council. Prior to starting his economic development work, Ed worked for Telesis, a corporate strategy consulting firm. In this position, he served on consulting teams for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Volvo, and General Electric. He conducted manufacturing cost studies in the U.S., Japan, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Sweden, and France. Ed started his professional career in Washington, D.C., where he has served as a legislative assistant to an Ohio Congressman, staff attorney in the Federal Trade Commission, and staff counsel in the US Senate. He holds a BA degree cum laude with honors from Yale University and MBA and JD degrees from the University of Virginia. Social Links LinkedIn: @liznilsen; @efmorrison Twitter: @STEMetc; @edmorrison

The creators of eGlass, a new tool that enhances and improves the teaching experience, join us to not only demo the product, but also to discuss how it changes the teaching and presentation experience into something much more personal for both online and in-person situations. Ji Shen, the CEO of HoverCam, Dr. Matt Anderson, the President and CEO of Learning Glass Solutions and a physics professor at San Diego State University, and Bailey Pierson, the Marketing Director for HoverCam, start off the first part of our conversation by explaining the genesis of eGlass and their partnership, and demonstrating exactly how it transforms the teaching experience. (Part 1) This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at TextExpander.com/podcast and SmileSoftware.com/podcast. Show Notes: Guests: Ji Shen is founder and CEO of Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., doing business as HoverCam, a leader in educational technology field. HoverCam was founded in 2009 by Shen and is 100% focused on developing instructional audio and video technologies for educators. Since its inception, HoverCam has developed a series of innovative products including industry firsts: USB based document cameras, Android based document cameras, all-in-one digital teaching station, and now eGlass, an embodied teaching transparent glassboard. He has been an entrepreneur in the EdTech field for 16 years.  Previously, he founded iClassmate Learning Management System company.  Prior to iClassmate, Mr. Shen was co-founder of Aegisoft, a leading developer of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Aegisoft was acquired by streaming media leader, RealNetworks, in 2001.  Aegisoft’s DRM technology was used in over 200 million RealPlayers.  Shen has also worked at Arthur D. Little Inc., Ernst & Young LLP, and American Management System (AMS).  Ji received a Ph.D. ABD (all but dissertation) in Computational Statistics, and a M.S. of Applied Statistics and Operations Research from George Mason University. He has received B.S. in Metallurgy from Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Dr. Matt Anderson has nearly three decades of experience in physics research and education. As a professor of physics for the last 20 years at San Diego State University, he has led a highly productive research group, garnering multiple research grants and publishing 29 papers and 5 patents. He has taught a multitude of course offerings, and is consistently one of the top-rated professors. He recently won the Senate Distinguished Professor award from the university (given annually to one professor on campus) and was twice nominated for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching Excellence administered by Baylor University (the nation’s highest teaching award). His physics education channel on YouTube has garnered over 8 million views and over 90k subscribers, and he has given invited talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Anderson holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon, a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Rochester, and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Oxford. He is a cofounder of Learning Glass Solutions and serves as the CEO and President for the company. He is married with three kids and a dog, likes to surf, play guitar, hike, and eat fish tacos. Bayley Pierson is the Marketing Director of HoverCam, a technology company dedicated to transforming classrooms into the advanced digital learning spaces of the future. A philanthropist with an interest in embodied learning, Pierson is dedicated to developing collaboration solutions that assist educators in better preparing students for the future while relieving some of the biggest challenges that impede success in the present.   Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

The second part of our conversation about eGlass with Ji Shen, the CEO of HoverCam, Dr. Matt Anderson, the President and CEO of Learning Glass Solutions and a physics professor at San Diego State University, and Bailey Pierson, the Marketing Director for HoverCam shifted to the experiences they have had using it, and some of the more technical details. eGlass could be the future of live education because it preserves the best of the white board, presentation program, and instructor/student interaction. We also discussed some possible business use cases for both in-person and virtual interactions.  This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at TextExpander.com/podcast and SmileSoftware.com/podcast. Show Notes: Guests: Ji Shen is founder and CEO of Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., doing business as HoverCam, a leader in educational technology field. HoverCam was founded in 2009 by Shen and is 100% focused on developing instructional audio and video technologies for educators. Since its inception, HoverCam has developed a series of innovative products including industry firsts: USB based document cameras, Android based document cameras, all-in-one digital teaching station, and now eGlass, an embodied teaching transparent glassboard. He has been an entrepreneur in the EdTech field for 16 years.  Previously, he founded iClassmate Learning Management System company.  Prior to iClassmate, Mr. Shen was co-founder of Aegisoft, a leading developer of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Aegisoft was acquired by streaming media leader, RealNetworks, in 2001.  Aegisoft’s DRM technology was used in over 200 million RealPlayers.  Shen has also worked at Arthur D. Little Inc., Ernst & Young LLP, and American Management System (AMS).  Ji received a Ph.D. ABD (all but dissertation) in Computational Statistics, and a M.S. of Applied Statistics and Operations Research from George Mason University. He has received B.S. in Metallurgy from Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Dr. Matt Anderson has nearly three decades of experience in physics research and education. As a professor of physics for the last 20 years at San Diego State University, he has led a highly productive research group, garnering multiple research grants and publishing 29 papers and 5 patents. He has taught a multitude of course offerings, and is consistently one of the top-rated professors. He recently won the Senate Distinguished Professor award from the university (given annually to one professor on campus) and was twice nominated for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching Excellence administered by Baylor University (the nation’s highest teaching award). His physics education channel on YouTube has garnered over 8 million views and over 90k subscribers, and he has given invited talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Anderson holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon, a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Rochester, and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Oxford. He is a cofounder of Learning Glass Solutions and serves as the CEO and President for the company. He is married with three kids and a dog, likes to surf, play guitar, hike, and eat fish tacos. Bayley Pierson is the Marketing Director of HoverCam, a technology company dedicated to transforming classrooms into the advanced digital learning spaces of the future. A philanthropist with an interest in embodied learning, Pierson is dedicated to developing collaboration solutions that assist educators in better preparing students for the future while relieving some of the biggest challenges that impede success in the present.   Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

The second part of our conversation about eGlass with Ji Shen, the CEO of HoverCam, Dr. Matt Anderson, the President and CEO of Learning Glass Solutions and a physics professor at San Diego State University, and Bailey Pierson, the Marketing Director for HoverCam shifted to the experiences they have had using it, and some of the more technical details. eGlass could be the future of live education because it preserves the best of the white board, presentation program, and instructor/student interaction. We also discussed some possible business use cases for both in-person and virtual interactions.  This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at TextExpander.com/podcast and SmileSoftware.com/podcast. Show Notes: Guests: Ji Shen is founder and CEO of Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., doing business as HoverCam, a leader in educational technology field. HoverCam was founded in 2009 by Shen and is 100% focused on developing instructional audio and video technologies for educators. Since its inception, HoverCam has developed a series of innovative products including industry firsts: USB based document cameras, Android based document cameras, all-in-one digital teaching station, and now eGlass, an embodied teaching transparent glassboard. He has been an entrepreneur in the EdTech field for 16 years.  Previously, he founded iClassmate Learning Management System company.  Prior to iClassmate, Mr. Shen was co-founder of Aegisoft, a leading developer of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Aegisoft was acquired by streaming media leader, RealNetworks, in 2001.  Aegisoft’s DRM technology was used in over 200 million RealPlayers.  Shen has also worked at Arthur D. Little Inc., Ernst & Young LLP, and American Management System (AMS).  Ji received a Ph.D. ABD (all but dissertation) in Computational Statistics, and a M.S. of Applied Statistics and Operations Research from George Mason University. He has received B.S. in Metallurgy from Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Dr. Matt Anderson has nearly three decades of experience in physics research and education. As a professor of physics for the last 20 years at San Diego State University, he has led a highly productive research group, garnering multiple research grants and publishing 29 papers and 5 patents. He has taught a multitude of course offerings, and is consistently one of the top-rated professors. He recently won the Senate Distinguished Professor award from the university (given annually to one professor on campus) and was twice nominated for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching Excellence administered by Baylor University (the nation’s highest teaching award). His physics education channel on YouTube has garnered over 8 million views and over 90k subscribers, and he has given invited talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Anderson holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon, a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Rochester, and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Oxford. He is a cofounder of Learning Glass Solutions and serves as the CEO and President for the company. He is married with three kids and a dog, likes to surf, play guitar, hike, and eat fish tacos. Bayley Pierson is the Marketing Director of HoverCam, a technology company dedicated to transforming classrooms into the advanced digital learning spaces of the future. A philanthropist with an interest in embodied learning, Pierson is dedicated to developing collaboration solutions that assist educators in better preparing students for the future while relieving some of the biggest challenges that impede success in the present.   Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

The creators of eGlass, a new tool that enhances and improves the teaching experience, join us to not only demo the product, but also to discuss how it changes the teaching and presentation experience into something much more personal for both online and in-person situations. Ji Shen, the CEO of HoverCam, Dr. Matt Anderson, the President and CEO of Learning Glass Solutions and a physics professor at San Diego State University, and Bailey Pierson, the Marketing Director for HoverCam, start off the first part of our conversation by explaining the genesis of eGlass and their partnership, and demonstrating exactly how it transforms the teaching experience. (Part 1) This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at TextExpander.com/podcast and SmileSoftware.com/podcast. Show Notes: Guests: Ji Shen is founder and CEO of Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., doing business as HoverCam, a leader in educational technology field. HoverCam was founded in 2009 by Shen and is 100% focused on developing instructional audio and video technologies for educators. Since its inception, HoverCam has developed a series of innovative products including industry firsts: USB based document cameras, Android based document cameras, all-in-one digital teaching station, and now eGlass, an embodied teaching transparent glassboard. He has been an entrepreneur in the EdTech field for 16 years.  Previously, he founded iClassmate Learning Management System company.  Prior to iClassmate, Mr. Shen was co-founder of Aegisoft, a leading developer of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Aegisoft was acquired by streaming media leader, RealNetworks, in 2001.  Aegisoft’s DRM technology was used in over 200 million RealPlayers.  Shen has also worked at Arthur D. Little Inc., Ernst & Young LLP, and American Management System (AMS).  Ji received a Ph.D. ABD (all but dissertation) in Computational Statistics, and a M.S. of Applied Statistics and Operations Research from George Mason University. He has received B.S. in Metallurgy from Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Dr. Matt Anderson has nearly three decades of experience in physics research and education. As a professor of physics for the last 20 years at San Diego State University, he has led a highly productive research group, garnering multiple research grants and publishing 29 papers and 5 patents. He has taught a multitude of course offerings, and is consistently one of the top-rated professors. He recently won the Senate Distinguished Professor award from the university (given annually to one professor on campus) and was twice nominated for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching Excellence administered by Baylor University (the nation’s highest teaching award). His physics education channel on YouTube has garnered over 8 million views and over 90k subscribers, and he has given invited talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Anderson holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon, a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Rochester, and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Oxford. He is a cofounder of Learning Glass Solutions and serves as the CEO and President for the company. He is married with three kids and a dog, likes to surf, play guitar, hike, and eat fish tacos. Bayley Pierson is the Marketing Director of HoverCam, a technology company dedicated to transforming classrooms into the advanced digital learning spaces of the future. A philanthropist with an interest in embodied learning, Pierson is dedicated to developing collaboration solutions that assist educators in better preparing students for the future while relieving some of the biggest challenges that impede success in the present.   Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

The second part of our conversation about eGlass with Ji Shen, the CEO of HoverCam, Dr. Matt Anderson, the President and CEO of Learning Glass Solutions and a physics professor at San Diego State University, and Bailey Pierson, the Marketing Director for HoverCam shifted to the experiences they have had using it, and some of the more technical details. eGlass could be the future of live education because it preserves the best of the white board, presentation program, and instructor/student interaction. We also discussed some possible business use cases for both in-person and virtual interactions.  This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at TextExpander.com/podcast and SmileSoftware.com/podcast. Show Notes: Guests: Ji Shen is founder and CEO of Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., doing business as HoverCam, a leader in educational technology field. HoverCam was founded in 2009 by Shen and is 100% focused on developing instructional audio and video technologies for educators. Since its inception, HoverCam has developed a series of innovative products including industry firsts: USB based document cameras, Android based document cameras, all-in-one digital teaching station, and now eGlass, an embodied teaching transparent glassboard. He has been an entrepreneur in the EdTech field for 16 years.  Previously, he founded iClassmate Learning Management System company.  Prior to iClassmate, Mr. Shen was co-founder of Aegisoft, a leading developer of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Aegisoft was acquired by streaming media leader, RealNetworks, in 2001.  Aegisoft’s DRM technology was used in over 200 million RealPlayers.  Shen has also worked at Arthur D. Little Inc., Ernst & Young LLP, and American Management System (AMS).  Ji received a Ph.D. ABD (all but dissertation) in Computational Statistics, and a M.S. of Applied Statistics and Operations Research from George Mason University. He has received B.S. in Metallurgy from Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Dr. Matt Anderson has nearly three decades of experience in physics research and education. As a professor of physics for the last 20 years at San Diego State University, he has led a highly productive research group, garnering multiple research grants and publishing 29 papers and 5 patents. He has taught a multitude of course offerings, and is consistently one of the top-rated professors. He recently won the Senate Distinguished Professor award from the university (given annually to one professor on campus) and was twice nominated for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching Excellence administered by Baylor University (the nation’s highest teaching award). His physics education channel on YouTube has garnered over 8 million views and over 90k subscribers, and he has given invited talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Anderson holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon, a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Rochester, and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Oxford. He is a cofounder of Learning Glass Solutions and serves as the CEO and President for the company. He is married with three kids and a dog, likes to surf, play guitar, hike, and eat fish tacos. Bayley Pierson is the Marketing Director of HoverCam, a technology company dedicated to transforming classrooms into the advanced digital learning spaces of the future. A philanthropist with an interest in embodied learning, Pierson is dedicated to developing collaboration solutions that assist educators in better preparing students for the future while relieving some of the biggest challenges that impede success in the present.   Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

The creators of eGlass, a new tool that enhances and improves the teaching experience, join us to not only demo the product, but also to discuss how it changes the teaching and presentation experience into something much more personal for both online and in-person situations. Ji Shen, the CEO of HoverCam, Dr. Matt Anderson, the President and CEO of Learning Glass Solutions and a physics professor at San Diego State University, and Bailey Pierson, the Marketing Director for HoverCam, start off the first part of our conversation by explaining the genesis of eGlass and their partnership, and demonstrating exactly how it transforms the teaching experience. (Part 1) This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at TextExpander.com/podcast and SmileSoftware.com/podcast. Show Notes: Guests: Ji Shen is founder and CEO of Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., doing business as HoverCam, a leader in educational technology field. HoverCam was founded in 2009 by Shen and is 100% focused on developing instructional audio and video technologies for educators. Since its inception, HoverCam has developed a series of innovative products including industry firsts: USB based document cameras, Android based document cameras, all-in-one digital teaching station, and now eGlass, an embodied teaching transparent glassboard. He has been an entrepreneur in the EdTech field for 16 years.  Previously, he founded iClassmate Learning Management System company.  Prior to iClassmate, Mr. Shen was co-founder of Aegisoft, a leading developer of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Aegisoft was acquired by streaming media leader, RealNetworks, in 2001.  Aegisoft’s DRM technology was used in over 200 million RealPlayers.  Shen has also worked at Arthur D. Little Inc., Ernst & Young LLP, and American Management System (AMS).  Ji received a Ph.D. ABD (all but dissertation) in Computational Statistics, and a M.S. of Applied Statistics and Operations Research from George Mason University. He has received B.S. in Metallurgy from Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Dr. Matt Anderson has nearly three decades of experience in physics research and education. As a professor of physics for the last 20 years at San Diego State University, he has led a highly productive research group, garnering multiple research grants and publishing 29 papers and 5 patents. He has taught a multitude of course offerings, and is consistently one of the top-rated professors. He recently won the Senate Distinguished Professor award from the university (given annually to one professor on campus) and was twice nominated for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching Excellence administered by Baylor University (the nation’s highest teaching award). His physics education channel on YouTube has garnered over 8 million views and over 90k subscribers, and he has given invited talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Anderson holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego, a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oregon, a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Rochester, and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Oxford. He is a cofounder of Learning Glass Solutions and serves as the CEO and President for the company. He is married with three kids and a dog, likes to surf, play guitar, hike, and eat fish tacos. Bayley Pierson is the Marketing Director of HoverCam, a technology company dedicated to transforming classrooms into the advanced digital learning spaces of the future. A philanthropist with an interest in embodied learning, Pierson is dedicated to developing collaboration solutions that assist educators in better preparing students for the future while relieving some of the biggest challenges that impede success in the present.   Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Club E will be joined by Björn Stansvik to discuss finding the right opportunities at the right time. We will be covering; seizing an opportunity window with appropriate or not appropriate timing, honing in on how we are riding the pandemic and post-pandemic waves as it relates to people, process and technology as well as trends.Learning objective: Provide a framework or food for thought for pandemic and post-pandemic adaptations. About Björn:As founder and CEO of global software design and development firm MentorMate, Björn Stansvik has steered the company’s vision from inception to 700 full-time employees, accelerating digital ideas with end-to-end technology services since 2001. Björn has worked in high-tech and strategic business development in Europe, Latin America, and the United States at leading companies including Procter & Gamble, Ericsson, and Arthur D. Little prior to founding MentorMate in 2001.Björn remains a guiding force for MentorMate, constantly challenging the team to explore the boundaries of new technologies like AI and cloud computing and to pioneer digital innovation in healthcare as well as entering new geographic markets. Under his leadership, the company has grown its design and technical capabilities across multiple industries.MentorMate was named a Top ICT Employer in Bulgaria, and the Star Tribune included MentorMate on its Top 150 Workplaces list. The newest of its seven offices opened in AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016.Björn holds a Master’s of Science in Business Administration from the Gothenburg School of Economics and has completed a Master’s thesis in Industrial Economics at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.As a recognized technology innovator, Björn has won numerous distinctions and is a regular speaker to business groups on entrepreneurship, technology, and management. https://streamlabs.com/clubentrepreneur

Once on the Board of Governors for the American Chamber of Commerce Japan, being Vice-President for six years and President for two, Glen Fukushima has an incredible wealth of knowledge in business, government and law. Studying at the prestigious Stanford and Harvard university, Mr. Fukushima worked in government including the Office of the United States Trade Representative where he was heavily involved in US-Japan trade negotiations. He then transitioned into the private sector, becoming Vice-President of AT&T Japan, President and CEO of Arthur D. Little, President and Chairman of Cadence Design Systems Japan, President, CEO, Chairman and Director of Airbus Japan, and now Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress.   Despite his experience in negotiation, Mr. Fukushima explains that leading a Japanese organization with a global headquarter had many challenges, largely due to different expectations and way of operation. For example, Mr. Fukushima recalls his struggle to convince headquarters to adjust the performance evaluation system in Japan and avoid firing people for being bad performers like they did in the US. He also found difficulty navigating between headquarters who expected detailed reports from him on business in Japan, and his direct reports, who only expected him to manage higher-level matters.   To deal with such challenges, Mr. Fukushima notes the importance of understanding Japanese values and respecting long-term relationships, as well as producing results. Mr. Fukushima also drew heavily on his diverse experience working in other American and European companies to persuade headquarters on how things are done differently in Japan. Additionally, Mr. Fukushima encouraged his Japanese team to interact with others outside of Japan on occasions such as regional meetings and visiting headquarters to establish better relations and broaden both cultures' perspectives.   To encourage innovation, Mr. Fukushima worked on changing the Japanese risk-averse mind-set by rewarding those who would try out new ideas. Moreover, in leading multi-national organizations in Japan, Mr. Fukushima explains: “I think one of the selling points is that we're more innovative, we have new ideas, and to succeed in Japan, we can't do what the entrenched Japanese companies are already doing. Because unless we do something different and something better, we're not going to succeed.”   Mr. Fukushima gives fantastic advice for any foreigner who is going to Japan for the first time and will be leading a Japanese team. Firstly, he indicated the importance of understanding differences between Japan and the US and adjusting one's actions to respect Japanese culture. Secondly, Mr. Fukushima advises to learn from others and seek those who are experienced in working in Japan such as joining study groups (benkyokai). Thirdly, he emphasizes that respecting continuity, consistency, and precedence are all very important in Japan. Therefore, it is important to understand and respect the history, instead of trying to change everything. Lastly, he notes the increasing diversity of Japan during recent times. Mr. Fukushima states: “On the one hand, you could talk about large traditional Japanese companies from the pre-war period, they've been around for a hundred years…And then on the other hand, you've got these newer companies that are…similar to Silicon Valley companies…So, one caution I would add is that you need to realize that there's tremendous diversity in Japan and know what kind of organization you're dealing with. “  

Business Way Outside the Box welcomes Entrepreneur Operating System (commonly referred to as EOS) facilitator Jack Keniley. As a brew pub pioneer, Wharton Business School graduate and lecturer and Arthur D. Little consultant, Jack understands the many, many challenges of small to mid-market businesses. In this episode Jack talks about how business owners can exceed their current barriers and build an organization that is more fun, profitable and sellable.

International management consultancy, Arthur D. Little (https://www.adlittle.us/), released its Virtualizing Mobile Networks report highlighting that telecom infrastructure based on proprietary hardware and closed interfaces has failed to provide the flexibility, scalability and degree of automation required in the era of 5G. In this podcast, Sean McDevitt, Partner with ADL’s Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media & Electronics (TIME) practice speaks to the contents of the report, explaining how recent technology developments allow for radical architectural changes across mobile network domains, and how operators, in order to fully reap the benefits of network virtualization, must rethink sourcing and deployment models as well as corresponding organizational setups. Visit https://www.adlittle.us/

The heart of the biotechnology revolution, biochemical engineering has seen the launch of entire industries. Biochemical engineers work to develop sustainable solutions to some of our greatest challenges – whether that’s creating better biofuels and biodegradable plastics, or advancing large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing during pandemics. From the discovery and manufacture of penicillin in 1918, the extraction of nature's undiscovered potential is no less important today, sitting at the intersection of engineering, maths, biology, and chemistry. The problem, however, comes when applying traditional engineering principles and practices to biology. Unlike the underlying principles building something more static like a bridge, nature rarely offers a consistent framework to build upon; it changes, ever evolving. Applying engineering to nature requires a shift in thinking. Synthetic biology is all about learning from nature, and adapting that to create solutions for the benefit of humanity. In this episode of the Create the Future podcast, we speak to Kristala Prather, the Arthur D. Little Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and Principle Investigator of the Prather Research Group. We unpack Kristala's work in biochemical engineering and synthetic biology and her route into the profession, explore why nature throws out the traditional rulebooks of engineering, and discuss ways to make STEM more accessible to future generations.

Guest post by Andrew Williamson, Vice President Government Affairs and Economic Adviser Huawei Technologies Most people would agree that digital technologies have played a crucial role in keeping society functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the ICT sector has been one of the few financial success stories of 2020, as the surging share prices of its largest companies can attest. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft remarked that his company had supported its customers through “two years’ worth of digital transformation in just two months”. This trend across the ICT sector and the wider economy appears to be pervasive. A greatly enhanced digital acceleration of our societies is clearly underway, quicker even than the most optimistic of pre-crisis forecasts. This increased use of digital solutions by both businesses and consumers has seemingly brought society to the threshold of the ‘Smart Economy’. Recognising this new paradigm, several enlightened governments have put the digital sector at the core of their macroeconomic recovery plans. South Korea, for example, announced its “Digital New-Deal” in May – an ambitious plan to move the country from a follower digital nation to a pacesetter, through substantial investments in 5G, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and the internet of things. Germany’s current fiscal stimulus plan proposes EUR 4.4 billion to fund extra artificial intelligence investments and to invest more in quantum computing and 5G and 6G technologies. It also includes an additional EUR 6.1bn of proposed funding to promote the digitalisation of public services and smart city innovations. Japan’s government has provided a raft of initiatives to provide tax cuts and tax credits to support 5G roll-out and associated applications such as smart manufacturing. Other countries have pledged similar priorities or are swiftly realizing the benefits of doing so. These national investments in digital infrastructure and digital ecosystems will undoubtedly help foster these countries’ resilience to COVID-19 and boost their economic recoveries. But in order for governments to maximise digital dividends for their societies, ensure that taxpayers’ money is well spent and provide first-mover advantage to their national digital ecosystems, the supporting policy environment will also play a critical role. With this in mind, Huawei Technologies has partnered with the research and management consultancy firm Arthur D. Little to appraise the best policy approaches (link to paper here: for nurturing the strongest digital economies and help boost the economic recovery. A digital economy consists of many aspects. Certain parts of the global digital value chain are currently dominated by a few countries – for example, software services in Ireland and the Philippines, and hardware manufacturing in China and south-east Asia. These look ripe for new entrants. Contrastingly, other elements of the digital economy are intrinsically local – for example, e-government, e-health, e-education, support services and connectivity. As policymakers consider different options and practices aimed at maximizing benefits from the digital economy, we suggest the need to acknowledge that “one size does not fit all”. To date, most digital economy policy prescriptions have tended to be the same for all countries, regardless of their stage of national economic development and national priorities. Should policymakers working in the least-developed countries also aim to invest their limited resources in cutting-edge AI and expect the same returns? We believe the obvious answer is no. Every country is unique or can be characterized by a distinct set of national digital traits. All can benefit from comparative advantages in the global digital economy. The challenge is to identify what individual governments should focus their national digital policy efforts on and how they should do this. To support policymakers in their thinking...

  Tisha Schuller sits down with Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech incubator in North America. Tisha and Emily discuss how cleantech and oil & gas can team up to solve pressing issues in energy: decarbonization, climate change, and racial equity and justice. In today's episode, we dive into: · Greentown Labs' expansion into Houston, Texas · Leading on the fronts of racial equity and justice · How cleantech and oil and gas ideas are greater than the sum of their parts Emily is currently the CEO of Greentown Labs, assuming the role in 2013. Emily previously served as a Senior Scientist at the consulting firm Arthur D. Little, Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, and an MIT Sloan Fellow in Innovation and Global Leadership. Emily holds an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California-Redlands. Episode Resources · Forbes Profile, “Meet the Woman Who Runs the Fastest Growing Cleantech Startup Hub on the East Coast” · Emily Reichert TEDx Talk, “The Power of Community: Solving the World's Biggest Challenges” Subscribe here for Tisha's weekly "Both Things Are True" email newsletter. Follow all things Adamantine Energy at www.energythinks.com. [Interview recorded on July 30, 2020]  

  Tisha Schuller sits down with Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech incubator in North America. Tisha and Emily discuss how cleantech and oil & gas can team up to solve pressing issues in energy: decarbonization, climate change, and racial equity and justice. In today’s episode, we dive into: · Greentown Labs’ expansion into Houston, Texas · Leading on the fronts of racial equity and justice · How cleantech and oil and gas ideas are greater than the sum of their parts Emily is currently the CEO of Greentown Labs, assuming the role in 2013. Emily previously served as a Senior Scientist at the consulting firm Arthur D. Little, Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, and an MIT Sloan Fellow in Innovation and Global Leadership. Emily holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California-Redlands. Episode Resources · Forbes Profile, “Meet the Woman Who Runs the Fastest Growing Cleantech Startup Hub on the East Coast” · Emily Reichert TEDx Talk, “The Power of Community: Solving the World’s Biggest Challenges” Subscribe here for Tisha's weekly "Both Things Are True" email newsletter. Follow all things Adamantine Energy at www.energythinks.com. [Interview recorded on July 30, 2020]  

Since first expanding the Hyperion Executive Search activities into the US over the last three years, I’ve been very aware of the awesome job Greentown Labs do at supporting, nurturing and releasing into the world some amazing cleantech companies. Some of which have gone on to be our clients. So with the announcement of their expansion to Houston, I though it would be a great opportunity to hear the story from CEO Emily Reichert About EMILY REICHERT Dr. Emily Reichert serves as Chief Executive Officer of Greentown Labs, the largest clean technology startup incubator in North America. As the company's first employee, Emily has spearheaded the rapid growth of Greentown Labs into a global center for clean technology innovation, attracting visitors and partners from around the world.  Emily started her career at Arthur D. Little as a Ph.D. scientist and progressed into R&D, business development and general management roles. Prior to Greentown Labs, she was the Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry where she helped grow the angel-funded startup into a sustainable contract R&D business with a mission to minimize environmental impact of chemical products.  Emily has been appointed to leadership positions on innovation, economic development, entrepreneurship and clean technology commercialization at the city, state, and federal level including the City of Somerville’s Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Governor’s Economic Development Planning Council and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.  She holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. About Greentown Labs Greentown Labs aims to be a supportive, collaborative, and inspiring community for early-stage entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. In light of that mission, we don’t take any equity in our member companies. Instead, members pay monthly fees based on their lab and office space. We bring in revenue from other sources, including partnerships and grants, in order to keep membership fees low for our startups. Membership fees are approximately market rate, but include so much more than desk and lab space—members also gain access to more than $1 million worth of resources, equipment, programming, staff support, and more. Social links EMILY REICHERT on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylreichert/ Greentown Labs Website: https://greentownlabs.com/ Greentown Labs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreentownLabs EMILY REICHERT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyLReichert EPISODE LINKS Greentown Labs Announces Expansion to Houston https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greentown-labs-announces-expansion-to-houston-301077767.html Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/Cleantechleader Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuide Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

Peter Chatel, Founder and Principal of The Chatel Consulting Group, talks about his experiences at Arthur D. Little and The Coca-Cola Company, and how those rich experiences have prepared him to help his clients.For over 30 years Peter has been reading and learning what it takes to be successful in business, career and life. Now, he defines success as: “getting what you want.”Since 2015 Peter consults, trains and coaching his clients to higher levels of personal, business and career success.Winning Business Radio Radio Show is broadcast live at 4pm ET Mondays on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part ofTalk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on theTalk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Thispodcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Guest Dr. Emily Reichert is CEO of Greentown Labs, the largest clean technology startup incubator in North America. As the company’s first employee, Reichert has spearheaded the rapid growth of Greentown Labs into a global hub for climatetech and cleantech innovation, attracting visitors and partners from around the world. She started her career at the international management consulting firm Arthur D. Little as a Ph.D. scientist and progressed into R&D, business development and general management roles. Prior to Greentown Labs, she was the Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry where she helped grow the angel-funded startup into a sustainable contract R&D business with a mission to minimize environmental impact of chemical products. She has served as a board member or as a key advisor for a number of innovation and entrepreneurship-focused organizations including the Northeast Clean Energy Council, Alliance for Business Leadership, Cleantech Open Northeast, Cyclotron Road, the Incubatenergy Network and the MIT Enterprise Forum. Discover more Boston Speaks Up at Boston Business Journal's BostInno: www.americaninno.com/boston/boston-speaks-up/

From air taxis to bullet trains, what was once thought of as futuristic transportation is now closer to becoming a reality. François-Joseph Van Audenhove, a partner at Arthur D. Little and head of the Future of Mobility Lab in Brussels, Belgium, talks about changing mobility demands—for both people and goods—and the challenges to integrating self-driving cars into the current mobility landscape.     Mike Goodrich, executive director—corporate development and global mergers & acquisitions at General Motors in Detroit, Michigan, USA, led the electric and autonomous vehicle program at GM for several years. He shares how creative problem solving helps project teams working on new tech like autonomous vehicles and the challenges organizations face to gain people’s trust.   Key themes: [05:40] Increasing demand in passenger—and goods—mobility [06:59] Self-driving cars’ effects on mobility systems [11:24] Facing project challenges with collaboration and accountability [12:46] Creative problem solving’s role in first-of-its-kind projects [15:02] Consumer skepticism in the tech—and trust—race

It’s easy to think of companies as big, faceless organizations, valued only for profit margins or stock potential. But it’s precisely when organizations are viewed only by the numbers, and not by the people working within them, that company culture suffers and things can go south. Rick Williams knows that the key to success is creating an atmosphere of openness and trust that makes for a great board of directors or advisors, and a healthy company overall. Rick spent many years as a consultant, founded his own real estate investment company, and returned to consulting once again. He has been an executive, board member and board chair - in addition to mentoring CEO’s. Now authoring his first book, Create the Future For Your Company and Yourself, Rick shares his most valuable insights into corporate culture and governance boards – namely that the best thing you can do for your company is to honor the people within it. Links Arthur D. Little Consulting Boston Consulting Group McKinsey & Company   Quotes “It’s a very human process…The truth is [companies] are collections of people working together.” [06:42] “You have to be somebody who’s an empathetic listener.” [11:40] “The leader has to set cultural expectations. So it has to be expectations for openness, trust, willingness to actually engage in difficult conversations. That’s where the culture part of it comes in.”  [20:42]   Big Ideas  The nexus of Williams’ new book and how it can benefit companies as a whole. [06:56] Creating an atmosphere of faith in transition of leadership. [11:30] How to develop a culture of trust and openness. [21:04]   Thanks for listening! We love our listeners! Drop us a line or give us guest suggestions here.

Today’s guest is Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs. Dr. Emily Reichert serves as Chief Executive Officer of Greentown Labs, the largest clean technology startup incubator in the United States. As the company’s first employee, Emily has spearheaded the rapid growth of Greentown Labs into a global center for clean technology innovation, attracting visitors and partners from around the world. Emily started her career at Arthur D. Little as a Ph.D. scientist and progressed into R&D, business development and general management roles. Prior to Greentown Labs, she was the Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry where she helped grow the angel-funded startup into a sustainable contract R&D business with a mission to minimize environmental impact of chemical products. Emily also served as a MIT Sloan Fellow in Innovation and Global Leadership as well as a Venture Labs Fellow at Flagship Ventures, a Boston-based Venture Capital firm. Emily has served as a board member or as a key advisor for a number of innovation and entrepreneurship-focused organizations including the Northeast Clean Energy Council, Cleantech Open Northeast, Cyclotron Road, the Incubatenergy Network and the MIT Enterprise Forum. She has been appointed to leadership positions on innovation, economic development, entrepreneurship and clean technology commercialization at both the state and federal level including Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Economic Development Planning Council and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Emily has earned international recognition for her leadership in cleantech innovation and has received invitations to speak at International Conferences such as Les Rencontres Economiques d’Aix-en-Provence, France, and the Fish Family Foundation’s Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative in Tokyo, Japan.   She holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. When Emily isn’t at Greentown Labs, you’ll likely find her traveling the world with her husband, Chris Nielsen. As an avid outdoorswoman, Emily has experienced adventures in many corners of the globe including, tree-climbing in the Amazon, swimming with sea turtles off the island of Fernando de Noronha, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, trekking the Andes of Ecuador, and cycling along the Danube River bend north of Budapest. In today’s episode, we cover: Overview of Greentown Labs Origin story and what problem it is solving Traction to date, long vision, and what is coming next Long vision and whats coming next How the model works - tools, resources, and benefits Some example member success stories How large companies can/are engaging Role of innovation in the climate fight Lessons from the first cleantech bubble Barriers holding back innovation today Encouraging signs 'Best ways to accelerate Greentown’s role Role of policy and how it interrelates with innovation How startups should know if right they are a fit for Greentown How Emily would allocate a large pool of money to maximize its impact in the climate fight Emily’s advice for others looking to find their lane to help with this problem Links to topics discussed in this episode: Greentown Labs: https://www.greentownlabs.com/ Department of Energy grants: https://www.grants.gov/learn-grants/grant-making-agencies/department-of-energy.html Ed Markey: https://www.markey.senate.gov/ You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests. Enjoy the show!

Ed Morrison directs the Agile Strategy Lab at Purdue University. Ed has been developing a new approach to strategy for complex collaboration in open, loosely connected networks. Called "Strategic Doing", this methodology emphasizes the strategic value of collaboration in today's global economy. He is the founder of the Strategic Doing Institute (http://strategicdoing.net) which provides a platform that colleges and universities can use to share and expand the Strategic Doing discipline globally. For over twenty-five years, he conducted strategy projects throughout the U.S. His work won the first Arthur D. Little Award for excellence in economic development presented by the American Economic Development Council.

Dr. Kristala Prather Jones knew before she entered graduate school that working in industry would be critical to her success as a research professor.  She understood then that impacting students as individuals was her passion, and walks in that purpose each day as the Arthur D. Little Professor of Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  After listening to the episode, you can learn more about her research at Prather Research Group    

Lars Maydell detected several adaptations in coaching, increasing right to challenge the client besides acting supportive and empathic, changing carreers where being a trusted advisor is beating the industry knowledge and a big step into a much more international setup. He talks about the paradigms that carry today. Having a dynamic mindset, being open, being curious, doing different things, doing lots of stuff. Lars started his management consulting career with Arthur D. Little in the Strategy and Corporate Finance practice group, where he worked predominantly for internet start-ups and technology companies. In 2004 Lars joined Egon Zehnder International, where he led executive search, board consulting and leadership development projects on a worldwide basis. During that time Lars joined the Board of FehrAdvice & Partners, a leading Behavioral Economics Consultancy Group in Zurich. In 2012 he started his own leadership consultancy. He is the founder of LeadersforPurpose.com, an open platform to reflect the most recent leadership thinking from authors all around the globe.

Download This is an exclusive interview with Elizabeth Gibson from Dreamshadow, a segment from the Psychedelics Today, Navigating Psychedelics Masterclass, Lessons on Self Care and Integration. 3 Key Points: A common mistake people make is thinking all of the work happens in the session, when really only a portion of the work happens in the session, and the rest happens afterward during integration. It's important not to isolate yourself after this work, it's important to search out people who will be understanding of your experience. Elizabeth compares journeywork to planting a seed. You can't grow a whole plant in one session, you simply plant the seed. You determine how it grows by how you water and cultivate it (integrate it), it's a process that can't be rushed. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Trip Journal                                                  Integration Workbook Show Notes Integration Integration is one of the most important aspects of work with extraordinary experiences “How do you take material that's come up and bring it into your everyday life? How do you realize the benefit of the intense work that you've done?” - Elizabeth Elizabeth's Background Elizabeth has been facilitating Breathwork for 23 years She was a part of MDMA trials in the 80’s when it was legal Elizabeth helped edit the MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy Manual Integrating the Experience A common mistake that people make is thinking all of the work is in the session itself, but really that's only half of the work. The other half of the work happens after leaving the session, the integration. Integration is about being more present with ourselves in every moment, not just yearning to get back to the state of the session The long term subtle changes that happen over time are the most important Stan Grof says that aerobic activity like swimming, running, etc is a way of connecting with energy and feelings that operate at deeper levels Elizabeth says she likes drawing immediately after an experience to work with it symbolically, and then journaling a day or two later once she is able to verbalize her experience “Just do it before you think too much about it” Community Benefits It's important not to isolate yourself after this work “The principle of community is really important. We can't do this work completely on our own.” - Elizabeth We are all the descendants of successful tribes It's important to search out people who will be understanding of your experience If there is somatic stuff happening in the body, it is a good idea to do some body work, such as deep tissue massage On the other side, if we are holding the space for others who went through a session, it's important for us to make ourselves available for them Just to talk and to be heard is so important on its own Email follow up is tricky because a person can pour their heart out or be very vague or not get deep in their email The email follow up method is also tricky because of difficult response time and interpretation of responses Facebook groups can be a helpful way of finding the others and creating community to be able to reach out to understanding individuals Elizabeth says it's like the analogy of seeds being planted, you decide how you want it to grow and how you cultivate it Acting too quickly after an experience isn't always the best idea, its best to keep it slow Journeywork Tips Safe setting Access to people who will be able to support you afterwards Links website About Elizabeth Elizabeth Gibson, M.S., holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and a master’s degree in biology from The University of Tulsa. She has completed Herbert Benson’s Clinical Training in Mind/Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Previously she worked as a consultant at Arthur D. Little, Inc., and Radian Corporation in the areas of environmental protection and food research. She is a writer, editor and homemaker with interests in environmental literacy, yoga, music and gardening. Elizabeth is the editor of Stanislav Grof ’s The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death and a contributor to the teaching manual MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, both published by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. For the past 12 years, she has been responsible for local news for the Town of Pawlet, and from 2008 – 2014 she was the editor of the weekly environment section for the Rutland Herald and Montpelier Times Argus newspapers in Vermont.

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels: Link to Our Syndicates Page Action Jack Barker move over! Chainsaw Jack Huntress is the real deal. CEOs don’t get more dynamic than this geologist turned founder. Jack's startup, HomeBinder offers invaluable tools to help homeowners manage and record work done on their most valuable asset. It’s getting real traction via home inspectors eager to help home buyers. Breaking News: HomeBinder is in Techstars! Special mention in this episode:  Ed Hosepian and Dean Kahr. Thanks for your generous help in the purchase of the big, dilapidated house in Cambridge. Guys, you were right! Jack Huntress trained as a geologist and geophysicist then worked as a consultant for decades. Acted as an intrapreneur in building a new practice at an existing firm. No Conjoined Triangles of Success for this Jack – he’s a truly action-prone CEO. How “Chainsaw Jack” got his name. Story told by super angel and CEO whisperer Joe Caruso (Link to Joe Caruso Episode Page) Jack’s owned a bunch of homes including one built in the 1700s. Having been orphaned at an early age he had to come up to speed fast on home maintenance. Homeowner is more like a home steward. Lack of continuity on home maintenance information. HomeBinder solves that problem. Jack bought a house from an owner who had a binder with loads of details about the house including paint colors, receipts for work done, warranties and manuals. This gave Jack the idea for HomeBinder. We homeowners did not have a good way to keep information about the home before HomeBinder. Proactive home maintenance rather than reactive. For the most valuable asset homeowners own, their house. Home inspectors create binder for homeowner, making their life easier. Integrated into home inspection software. Someday, you won’t buy a house without a HomeBinder report. Sal thanks Jack for helping in a crucial moment in the purchase of big dilapidated house in Cambridge. Thank you, Ed and Dean! Getting tens of thousands of HomeBinders set up by home inspectors. Need to enlist other players in the home buying process to grow even faster. Building valuable data on the home. Can tell you about the electricians and plumbers who will show up. Really important! Biggest complaint for plumbers & electricians is that they don’t call you back. Career advice for your kid who’s handy but not a great student. Get the kid into the trades; they’re not going away! HomeBinder is like a drip campaign for the home inspectors in helping inspectors stay in touch with home owners. Sal reads inspiring review from listener Andy_C_B. He points out an underappreciated objective of the podcast, to inspire young people to take on big challenges. Please leave a review on iTunes. Jack’s pivot. Thought real estate brokers were the best initial channel for HomeBinder. Discovered they were not. Real estate agents actually do few transactions per year compared to home inspectors. Average home inspector does 250 to 300 home per year. Home inspectors are ideally positioned to create the HomeBinder. Jack used to dodge managing people; he’s now embraced people management in his startup. Jack Huntress thinks people management can be greatly improved to the huge benefit of our economy. When you get a high-performing team it’s glorious. We should want to go to work. HomeBinder will be in Techstars Boston this year. Inspired by Clem Cazalot of Techstars to apply. Ideas are easy, getting it right is far more valuable than being the first to do something. There was Friendster, then there was My Space and then there was Facebook. Instant success that’s taken seven years. TED Talk by Bill Gross, a very useful way for angels and founders to spend seven minutes: (https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gross_the_single_biggest_reason_why_startups_succeed?language=en) CORRECTION: during the interview I mentioned Bill Gross, the bond genius. The Bill Gross I should have mentioned is the startup genius with the TED Talk linked above. The biggest factor for startup success is market timing, i.e. Lots of companies throw in the towel and a year later their market takes off. Why Jack decided to start a company. Jack was not a good fit at a large company; too impatient with things not being done right. First run at it was as an intrapreneur. Starting a company is like an itch. Like Jack’s need to build potato canons, trebuchets and the like. If you find yourself spending too much time on your hobby and too little time at work, you should take the hint that you’re in the wrong job. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone was a ditherer but his future father in law was not. Filed patent on the telephone just hours prior to another person. Jack’s story about Arthur D. Little & Co. Invented synthetic penicillin, color contact lenses, inkjet printing etc. Sold at a fire sale. Biggest obstacle was raising money. Bootstrapped for four years. Jack read his family into the business he was founding, yet being a startup CEO has been a very lonely experience. Techstars is a great place to find peers to talk to. Sal recommends finding a board member/investor that you can open up to. Jack Huntress’ parting thoughts: founders need to take care of themselves. Eat well, exercise and get enough sleep. Brings to mind wisdom of Brendan Schwartz that you can’t out hustle the competition, you can only out think them. How are you going to out think the competition if you’re exhausted from working twenty-hour days? Link to the Wistia Episode

Our guest today is Jay Martin, who’s got over 25 years of management consulting experience, including time at Arthur D. Little and IBM Global Services and nearly 18 years as an independent consultant. Jay has done a better job than anyone I’ve met at maintaining an exhaustive list of all his projects – the document is 18 pages long and includes the details on well over a hundred projects. In this episode, Jay discusses how he started building this list and the benefits of keeping such a document. To receive a copy of Jay's project list, sign up for the weekly Unleashed email at: https://www.umbrex.com/unleashed-podcast/ To learn more about Jay, visit his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-martin-99a69812/

Ray Hoffman interviews Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud. You might say there’s electricity in her blood. Long before her reputation was established as one of the world’s foremost experts on power storage, her father, Wolfgang Lampe, was world-renowned for building power stations and power transmission lines. After earning her doctorate in her native Sweden, Christina came to the U.S. and started her first company, Boston-Power, in 2006. In 2012, she and three of her former colleagues, one of whom is her husband, started Cadenza Innovation. It’s a Connecticut-based firm, which has developed a fireproof lithium-ion battery. It can be snapped together like LEGO® bricks to store virtually infinite amounts of power and sold cheaply. In 2018, this Cadenza Innovation story turned into a fast-moving one, which is why, after one long interview with Christina Lampe-Önnerud, Ray had to go back for a major update just six months later!   Key Takeaways: [:21] Ray Hoffman introduces Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud. [1:22] A lot has happened. Cadenza Innovations has gone from being a technical promise, through the demonstration at Fiat Chrysler earlier this year, into having initiated the program with New York State and the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the biggest public utility in the United States coming into New York City. [1:48] Cadenza Innovation is constructing a public demonstration of what the Cadenza technology can do for the United States, with the specifics of the New York City grid. That’s going live in the summer. The stakeholders have all started their work. [2:12] The Fiat Chrysler demonstration came from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which recognized the Cadenza opportunity as associated with the lowest cost, highest safety, and highest energy density per volume. [2:26] Fiat Chrysler then signed up to be the champion. The demonstration happened in Q1 2018, which was on the heels of an over-three-year-long program with lots of third-party testing and validation, under the supervision of Fiat Chrysler, then being incorporated into the Fiat 500E. The test was run in Los Angeles. [2:58] Cadenza Innovation demonstrated the Cadenza cell could go in as a retrofit. They demonstrated blocks that stack like LEGO® bricks. They demonstrated very aggressive goals set out by the U.S. DOE. The battery industry had said they could not do it but Cadenza met the goals, which included targets for range, safety, and cost. [3:27] The cost is incredibly interesting because Cadenza is using supply chain assets, today. [3:37] In June, Cadenza was given funding by NY State to do this clean energy storage demonstration project in White Plains, NY. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud tells how this happened. New York State, through NYSERDA, invited Cadenza to be part of an evaluation where they looked at multiple ways to meet energy efficiency. [4:21] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud explains the old system of centralized power plants, distribution, and deployment. She outlines the future course of power distribution with multiple points of power generation paired with storage, almost like the internet where you trade energy where it’s most efficient. [5:02] The battery and storage are critical for that arbitrage. Batteries significantly also replace climate change threats. New York looked at policy, incentives, and technology. Cadenza scored highly in the technology category so they were invited to give a demonstration. [5:29] The demonstration will be hooked up to the NYPA’s headquarters in White Plains. It will be in a public space next to a bus stop. There is a potential for the demonstration to include generating data to show peak shifting in real-time and peak savings, including the reduction of CO2 and other climate gases. [6:20] The state has designated a pad outside the building, roughly the size of a storage container with air conditioning and the hand-off between the battery and the grid. The battery takes up a small area. The container is partly to prevent battery theft. [7:28] The demonstration will be for at least three months. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud is very hopeful that NYPA will pick up more units very quickly and deploy the technology. [7:51] Cadenza has received funding in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. The team has only 30 people. They have received support from the battery industry ecosystem. Cadenza serves as a demonstration that new technology is not dangerous. It has moved the needle a little bit into acceptance, also thanks to low pricing. [8:42] Cadenza is interested in playing in multiple states but as engineers, they work hardest on execution, to make sure every demonstration is successful. Cadenza technology is less dangerous than legacy systems. [9:04] Another success point in the past six months is that Cadenza has engaged with the Department of Defense (DOD), who have done their best to blow up the technology. The standard industry test, thermal runaway, did not happen with the Cadenza cells. That garnered quite a bit of interest and a lot of curiosity. The results are remarkable. [10:30] The jelly roll cell technology of encased cells prevents thermal cascades as a short will shut down the cell. The DOD warned them “We’re going to blow up your cell.” The engineers replied “Thank you, ... but we don’t think it will.” It didn’t blow up. [11:37] In 2012, when Dr. Lampe-Önnerud founded Cadenza Innovation, she was very committed to the tripod of safety, cost, and performance. Nobody thought it was possible. She notes the technical achievement of her team and also points out the business innovation of putting together a very safe and collaborative system to succeed. [12:28] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud elaborates on the recent news that China’s Shenzhen BAK Power Battery and Cadenza Innovation have announced that they will co-manufacture lithium-ion cells and modules based on Cadenza Innovation’s supercell architecture. BAK is already one of the biggest suppliers of jelly rolls in China. [13:48] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud tells how lithium-ion jelly roll technology improves on the earlier lithium-ion technology. The jelly roll is easy to manufacture and you can have it manufactured locally, close to point of use, so your battery factory only needs to do final assembly. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud talks of BAK’s success from startup to a major manufacturer. [15:14] Cadenza was also honored in Tianjin, China, by the World Economic Forum as a 2018 Technology Pioneer. Four of the team had already been acknowledged for the same award in 2010 for a different technology. The four, including Dr. Lampe-Önnerud, have been working together for 20 years. [16:05] Boston-Power innovated in the portable power arena at a time when the industry had a lot of safety issues. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud had been at Arthur D. Little (ADL) and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) had engaged ADL as an independent advisor on how to treat these 20 million recalled batteries. [16:44] Boston-Power stepped up the game by cleaning up some of the safety idiosyncrasies and pioneered cleaning up some of the greenhouse gases. Boston-Power was a green company before it was cool to be green. They fueled the paradigm where the battery had to last the life of the laptop. [17:06] Boston-Power also pioneered the paradigm of fast charging. Their battery was capable of the longest run-time and also charged to 80% capacity in 30 minutes, which was unheard of in 2005. [17:22] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud knew with a little group — 10 people out of her garage — a little bit of confidence, and a lot of friends, they could become a player. [17:36] The World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award is a recognition from global industry leaders, including Fortune 50 companies in the forum, and heads of states. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud had previously been recognized as a pioneer entrepreneur. [18:08] As a tech pioneer, you get invited to share a story or vision, which can become part of the content for the World Economic Forum agenda. As a two-time winner, Dr. Lampe-Önnerud has also been invited and has accepted to be a co-chair for The Future of Energy Committee to help drive the discussion. [18:29] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud also was in Nice recently to address the International Energy and Power Supply Conference (Batteries 2018) on The Role of Energy Storage in the New Economy Paradigm. Two macro-trends she covered are the rate of technological change and climate change. [19:46] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud worked with the Club de Madrid and the United Nations from 2009 to 2011, and with Condoleezza Rice and the President of the European Council to try to facilitate a data-driven global agenda. They developed a model for watching temperatures and predicting problems. The model has been a good estimate. [20:55] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud sees hesitation around global collaboration. You have to be rather stubborn that you want to keep the door open. It takes a lot of positive force. [21:47] Since starting Boston-Power in 2004, Dr. Lampe-Önnerud has learned that it was not as hard as she imagined it would be to raise capital. She didn’t have time for a process, she just needed investors immediately. Over the years, she raised almost $360 million and the company had a chance to grow. [22:37] With Cadenza Innovation, Dr. Lampe-Önnerud is more knowledgeable and she invented a new security that aligns investors and the management team for a ‘long play.’ She is determined to try to stay courageous for global markets. She is trying to stay very true to doing good and doing well, at the same time. [22:59] With Dr. Lampe-Önnerud’s new investment security, there is no artificial driver for the investor to get out. The intent is not to flip the company in two years. If they sold it, it would be for a remarkable opportunity. [23:13] The strategy is actually to deploy great technology into a vacuum that is huge. And with that, they will do a ton of good, and make a lot of money in it, as well. [23:26] It is very difficult to make transformations within a year or two. Most policies call for four years or less of effort, which is still too short. Dr. Lampe-Önnerud says it is basic to commit to something that is over 10 years. 10 years is very fast for technology shifts. [23:49] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud got investors to sign on from the beginning. She went only to ‘angels.’ She told them they may make 10X or 20X their investment, but it will take 10 years. She told investors liquidity may be available in Year Six, but not in Year One. [24:32] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud could spend all her time in music because she loves it so much, but she loves equally this exciting game of trying to make a difference. She dedicates her music time to Silk’n Sounds, a Connecticut female a cappella chorus. [25:47] Dr. Lampe-Önnerud approaches the group with her CEO mindset. She sees it as providing empowerment!   Mentioned in This Episode: Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud Cadenza Innovation, Inc. Fiat Chrysler NYPA Department of Energy (DOE) NYSERDA Department of Defense (DOD) Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) Arthur D. Little Club de Madrid United Nations Silk'n Sounds Stephens.com This Is Capitalism

Originally aired on 10/6/2018 - 10/7/2018 Episode 176 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado welcomes Bob Peterson of Arthur D. Little onto the show! Be sure to catch In The Oil Patch every weekend following this schedule: Saturdays from 8am-9am KSIX 1230 AM, 95.1 FM & 96.1 FM Corpus Christi Saturdays from 1pm-2pm KWEL 1070 AM & 107.1 FM Midland / Odessa / Permian Basin Saturdays from 2pm-3pm FREEDOM 1160 AM San Antonio / New Braunfels / San Marcos / Austin Sundays from 8pm-9pm KTRH Newsradio 740 AM Simulcast on the iHeartRADIO app Houston / Worldwide Sundays from 8pm-9pm KFXR 1190AM Simulcast on the iHeartRadio app Dallas / Ft. Worth / Worldwide Let us know what you think about our shows on our Facebook page - Facebook.com/intheoilpatchradioshow and be sure to share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Twitter and LinkedIn too! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER). Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com.

(https://www.theh2duo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Water-in-Real-Life-EP022-Dropcountr.png) Robb Barnitt is the Founder and Chief Executive at Dropcountr, a water SaaS (software-as-a-service) company that transforms data into actionable information for utility staff and their customers. Robb has spent his career working at the intersection of technology and sustainability in roles with Arthur D. Little, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and several Silicon Valley startups.  He holds a Masters degree in Engineering from Stanford and an MBA from UC-Berkeley. Top Takeaways: The water sector has amazing committed people. They want to do something meaningful. This extends to the technology-oriented folks–developers and engineers. For those young professionals that want to make a difference, there’s a lot to like about the water industry.  Customers view water utilities on the same level as the other utilities they communicate with regularly. They expect a higher level of service and access such as real-time alerts regarding usage thresholds, leaks, and bill notification. Access to information isn’t just about bill pay and water usage. It also provides utilities the ability to communicate about other areas of concern for customers such as hydrant flushing. Robb gives a case study on (https://www.dropcountr.com/resources/digital-customer-relationship/) outside of Boston.  At the 2018 WaterSmart Innovations Conference: Alliance for Water Efficiency (http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/default.aspx) are teaming up to discuss the importance of communicating with your Spanish speaking population in your community. A more complete inclusivity requires delivery of information in a language that’s preferred by the customer. If you want to educate and develop that relationship then you need to be speaking the same language. Whether Spanish is a requirement or just a preference, it’s a pretty nice gesture. It’s more than a translated website, you can actively engage in the culture.  “Strive to be more than a vendor, be an industry participant.” Robb Barnitt, Founder and Chief Executive at Dropcountr Resources: Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847941109/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1847941109&linkCode=as2&tag=theh2duo-20&linkId=9152644631dea660e3f9d0cfadbeee68)  by Jeff Sutherland Ad feedback   Conscious Capitalism: the Heroic Spirit of Business (https://amzn.to/2Dp0BYW) by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia Tech resources: (https://techcrunch.com/) (https://news.ycombinator.com) (https://mavensnotebook.com/) Survey: (https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/jd-power-2018-water-utility-residential-customer-satisfaction-study) (https://www.theh2duo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image.png) Sponsor: (http://water.mastermeter.com/the-essential-guide-to-financing-smart-water-projects?__hstc=6103788.f03d2f8a133aa3e4d2ccf03cb7dc7f64.1514478942066.1514574040855.1516406742564.5&__hssc=6103788.4.1516406742564&__hsfp=82336232) Show notes: [4:20] Robb’s origin story, from rural America to water tech startup CEO. [8:45] Why is it important to be in the water sector, in this moment? [11:30] How is technology helping to bring utilities into the digital age with their customers? [12:50] Case study from Dedham Westwood Water District (https://www.dropcountr.com/resources/digital-customer-relationship/) about communicating with customers regarding hydrant flushing. [17:08] The importance of communicating with your Spanish speaking community (https://watersmartinnovations.com/sessions.php) . [21:25] How water tech startups can play a role in bringing the next generation to the water industry. [25:00] Robb’s guiding principles aka core values and Arianne forgetting ours. [30:00] Robb...

Matt Walsh has a pretty unique perspective on the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. If you know Matt it's likely as "the Fidelity guy" on some crypto panel in Boston or New York, or from today's news that the crypto-focused venture firm he left Fidelity to found - Castle Island Ventures - is now writing checks and open for business. Before founding Castle Island Ventures Matt was a Vice President at Fidelity focused on the crypto-asset and blockchain space. He worked as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little before that, and later in the strategic initiatives group at Clear Channel Radio (now iHeartRadio). Matt is a proud graduate of Boston's own BC High - where he was of course called "Walshie" by "Fitzy" and "Sully" - going on to attend Babson and the Fuqua School of Management at Duke. Our conversation began as usual with his personal story, and went on to cover the adventure of being the crypto evangelist at one of the world's most highly regarded financial institutions. You'll get his thoughts on where the best opportunities are in the crypto space right now, and on why Bitcoin still may be a bargain.

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I'm speaking to international business consultant, Robin Charbit. Robin began his career as a chemical engineer with Exxon in 1981, and eventually led one of Exxon's international plastics businesses. He joined Arthur D. Little in 1992 first in Europe and ultimately, in Boston, where he led and managed the North American Chemicals Practice. With a colleague, he left the more classical consulting world and founded Insight Management Partners, to bring an understanding of how the mind works into business. He then met Ken Manning and they joined forces to create Insight Principles. We're talking about the link between psychological wellbeing and business success. In the sports world, professionals understand the massive link between psychological state and performance however in business, usually we just want to get the job done and in less time, we're not interested in psychological wellbeing. Robin explains how understanding the mind works is exactly what helps us to get more done in less time. What you'll learn from the show: Our natural state is that state of effortless flow and creativity - it's NOT something we have to create. We pull ourselves out of a flow state primarily through misunderstanding - attributing the outside world to causing our feelings, instead of what's going on in our own mind. Ideas are gold in business... and they become so much more common when we're in a state of balance. The moment that we remember that we're the thinker - that it's thought creating our feelings - the mind is then more likely to serve up a useful idea that will help us out. The more that we see that's the design of the system, we can be open to letting it all work beautifully.

Do you want to know how to bring insight and clarity to the business setting? Do you want to know how to work with prospective clients to identify, design, and execute projects and programs that produce outstanding business results and grow your relationshipsJoin us for a discussion with Robin and Ken who have more than 30+ plus years of looking in the direction of the three principles and over 15 years experience of offering insights in the business setting.Ken Manning, Ph.D. Ken has been interested in finding simple solutions to help people be at their best for as long as he can remember. He pursued three degrees in psychology from Brown University, Lesley College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He practiced as a clinical psychologist for 20 years. In parallel to his career in psychology, Ken also has a strong background in business, including roles in various start-ups as national sales manager, director of marketing, and advisory board member. He co-founded with his son-in-law, a successful software development company, which he still leads.In 1999 he began innovating ways to bring insight principles into the corporate world and joined with partner Robin Charbit to form their company Insight Principles.Ken has been married for 30 years, has two stepdaughters, a son and five grandchildren. He plays the piano, loves the outdoors and all kinds of sports and exercise, travel, photography, woodworking and spending time with family and friends.Robin Charbit Robin began his career as a chemical engineer with Exxon in 1981, having received his education at Sheffield University in the UK, and eventually led one of Exxon’s international plastics businesses. He joined Arthur D. Little in 1992 first in Europe and ultimately, in Boston, where he led and managed the North American Chemicals Practice.With a colleague, Charlie Keifer, he left the more classical consulting world and founded Insight Management Partners, to bring an understanding of how the mind works into business. He then met Ken Manning and they joined forces to create Insight Principles.Robin was born in the UK to French parents and met his Belgian wife Sabine, in Switzerland. They now live in Boston with their three soccer-crazed children. When time permits, Robin enjoys all things mechanical (cars, wood-working, home projects) and is an avid cinemaphile.

Deirdre White is a globally recognized leader in building tri-sector partnerships to address the world’s most pressing challenges. As CEO of PYXERA Global she has led the transformation of the organization to one that maximizes impact through strong and strategic partnerships through cutting edge programming like Global Pro Bono, Local Content Development, and Integrated Community Development.Deirdre’s expertise spans private, public and social sector experiences.  Her social sector tenure at PYXERA Global is complemented by early career roles at the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and American Councils.  She has also served on the Boards of Directors of the Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) and the US Center for Citizen Diplomacy (now a signature initiative of PYXERA Global.)  Prior to joining PYXERA Global in 2002, Deirdre was a Senior Manager in the Public Sector Practice at Arthur D. Little, Inc., leading projects focused on strategy and organization for the US Agency for International Development, the US Trade and Development Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, along with numerous government agencies across Eurasia.  Deirdre began her career in the private sector, working with Welt International, a niche consulting firm engaged in non-conventional means (barter and countertrade) of financing international trade ventures.  She later expanded her private sector experience as a Senior Manager in Arthur D. Little’s Moscow office, leading post-privatization restructuring efforts for large manufacturing enterprises in Russia and Ukraine.  She also served as an organizational development advisor to several of the Eurasian oil and gas sector’s largest firms.

The Social Network Show presents another episode of "The Anything Digital Series", with Michael Theodore, Senior Vice President, Learning and Development and General Manager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Education Foundation. "Wearable technology?" Are you one of the almost 3 million people who went out on April 10th and bought an Apple Watch? Michael Theodore tells us that the Apple Watch and other smart watches are part of the much bigger technology of "wearables" (watches, e-Textiles-devices being sewn into fabric or shoes, etc). Listen to Michael tell us why the Apple Watch is such a big deal given that it is not the first "smart" watch on the market; what exactly does the Apple Watch do that other smart watches do not do; and what wearable technology is coming in the future. (By the way, the definition of Cyborg from Wikipedia: A cyborg (short for "cybernetic organism") is a theoretical or fictional being with both organic and biomechatronic parts.) Like many digital immigrants, Michael started his career in traditional media, with a 15 year stint in local and network television news and radio. After graduating with an MBA from Harvard, he worked as a management consultant in Arthur D. Little's Media and Entertainment practice. That led to his introduction to the Internet, upon which he served as GM at both CitySearch and Kozmo.com. For the past 12 years he has served in a variety of senior management positions with industry trade associations, including the New York New Media Association, Connecticut Technology Council, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, where he is currently Senior Vice President, Learning and Development and General Manager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Education Foundation and is responsible for the Digital Media Sales Certification program and professional development workshops. You have the chance to win $100 for answering this survey (of course, you will have to answer the first question to qualify). This survey will let us find out more about our listening audience so we can target our shows for you. Please take this very short survey for us. The first question is OPTIONAL. Thanks from the staff of The Social Network Show:  http://survey.libsyn.com/thesocialnetworkshow

The Social Network Show welcomes Michael Theodore, Co-host of "The Anything Digital Series" to another episode of this series on March 26, 2015. SPAM, no not the food, email SPAM. It has been around a long time and the first recorded piece of Spam was in 1978. There is a lot more of it now and it has grown in danger. Michael Theodore, Senior Vice President, Learning and Development and General Manager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Education Foundation and co-host of this series talks about the problem with spam including how it has become dangerous; how to get it out of your email without getting a virus or malware; who is making money off spam; do spam filters work; do people make money off of spam; why do the spam emails sound so ridiculous and who falls for them; and what is on the horizon. For more information on scams, check out this Microsoft research article Why do Nigerian Scammers Say They are from Nigeria?. Like many digital immigrants, Michael started his career in traditional media, with a 15 year stint in local and network television news and radio. After graduating with an MBA from Harvard, he worked as a management consultant in Arthur D. Little's Media and Entertainment practice. That led to his introduction to the Internet, upon which he served as GM at both CitySearch and Kozmo.com. For the past 12 years he has served in a variety of senior management positions with industry trade associations, including the New York New Media Association, Connecticut Technology Council, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, where he is currently Senior Vice President, Learning and Development and General Manager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Education Foundation and is responsible for the Digital Media Sales Certification program and professional development workshops.

The Social Network Show welcomes Michael Theodore, Co-host of The Anything Digital Series to the kickoff of this new series on February 19, 2015. Have you ever wondered about the ads you see on websites? Why are there so many? Who makes the decision about what to show you? Are the advertisers spying on us? Michael Theodore, Senior Vice President, Learning and Development and General Manager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Education Foundation answers these questions and shares some fascinating information about advertising on the internet. Like many digital immigrants, Michael started his career in traditional media, with a 15 year stint in local and network television news and radio. After graduating with an MBA from Harvard, he worked as a management consultant in Arthur D. Little's Media and Entertainment practice. That led to his introduction to the Internet, upon which he served as GM at both CitySearch and Kozmo.com. For the past 12 years he has served in a variety of senior management positions with industry trade associations, including the New York New Media Association, Connecticut Technology Council, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, where he is currently Senior Vice President, Learning and Development and General Manager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Education Foundation and is responsible for the Digital Media Sales Certification program and professional development workshops.  

The Social Network Show welcomes Michael Theodore to the January 19, 2015 episode. Michael Theodore is the Vice President, Learning & Development at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). IAB, which is comprised of the leading media and technology companies, accounts for 86% of the online advertising in the U.S. IAB and it's member companies evaluate and recommend standards and practices and provide critical research on interactive advertising. In this episode, you will hear about the IAB Education Foundation. The Foundation is focusing on correcting the lack of diversity and the lack of people trained in digital media and digital advertising. Michael explains how they are trying to correct this problem and if you are interested in a career in this field, this is a good show to listen to. Like many digital immigrants, Michael started his career in traditional media, with a 15 year stint in local and network television news and radio. After graduating with an MBA from Harvard, he worked as a management consultant in Arthur D. Little's Media and Entertainment practice. That led to his introduction to the Internet, upon which he served as GM at both CitySearch and Kozmo.com. For the past 12 years he has served in a variety of senior management positions with industry trade associations, including the New York New Media Association, Connecticut Technology Council, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, where he is currently VP, Training & Development and is responsible for the Digital Media Sales Certification program and professional development worksho  

Christoph Burger is a member of the faculty at ESMT and managing director of ESMT Customized Solutions GmbH. He studied business administration and economics at the University of Saarbrücken (Germany), the Hochschule St. Gallen (Switzerland), and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA). Christoph has taught microeconomics at the University of Ann Arbor, was project leader at Otto Versand, worked as a strategy consultant at Arthur D. Little and as an independent consultant, and was vice president at the Bertelsmann Buch AG. Christoph has professional experience in strategy, post-merger integration, equity financing as well as customer and supplier management. He has solid international experience, spanning Northern and Eastern Europe and the United States.

Christoph Burger is a member of the faculty at ESMT and managing director of ESMT Customized Solutions GmbH. He studied business administration and economics at the University of Saarbrücken (Germany), the Hochschule St. Gallen (Switzerland), and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA). Christoph has taught microeconomics at the University of Ann Arbor, was project leader at Otto Versand, worked as a strategy consultant at Arthur D. Little and as an independent consultant, and was vice president at the Bertelsmann Buch AG. Christoph has professional experience in strategy, post-merger integration, equity financing as well as customer and supplier management. He has solid international experience, spanning Northern and Eastern Europe and the United States.

Inez Stewart’s career spans healthcare delivery, high-tech, and management consulting. She has been associated with some of the world’s leading companies in these industries. In healthcare delivery, Stewart has served as vice president of Human Resources for Children’s Hospital of Boston. She held a similar role at Tufts New England Medical Center for three years. At Polaroid Corporation, she was divisional vice president. She has also served as director of marketing for Latin America for Lotus Development, now part of IBM. For Arthur D. Little, she was vice president of Human Resources for the North American Consulting Division. Stewart is on the Board of Directors of campuscareercenter.com and Conexcion Latino leadership, and she is on the Board of Trustees of The Children’s Museum of Boston.

Peter Gifford is the President and CTO of Cyromech Inc. He talks about cryogenics, the science of super low temperatures, and the challenges of growing a mid-sized high tech manufacturing company.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next. Speaker 2: Okay. Speaker 3: [inaudible]Speaker 2: [inaudible].Speaker 1: [00:00:30] Welcome to spectrum the science and technology show on k a l x Berkeley, a biweekly 30 minute program bringing you interviews featuring bay area scientists and technologists as well as a calendar of local events and news. Speaker 4: Hi and good afternoon. My name is Brad Swift. I'm the host of today's show. Our guest today is Peter Gifford, [00:01:00] president and chief technical officer of crown incorporated, a manufacturer of cryogenic refrigerators for industry and research. Peter was visiting the west coast and we took the opportunity to talk with him. Peter's father, William e Gifford co-invented, the Gifford McMahon's cycle with Howard McMahon in the late 1950s while they both worked at Arthur D. Little company. The Gifford McMahon cycle is a unique method of reliably providing closed cycle refrigeration at temperatures [00:01:30] below 10 degrees Kelvin, which is minus 452 degrees Fahrenheit. The Gifford McMahon cycle became an important standard for the semiconductor industry. It was also vital to the early u s space program by cooling microwave amplifiers in ground stations for satellite communications. Peter Gifford talks about cryogenics and the integration of science, engineering and manufacturing. The day of the interview. Peter had a bad cold and his voice [00:02:00] is scratchy. Rick Karnofsky also joins me for the interview. Peter Gifford, welcome to spectrum. Well thank you. Good to be here. Peter, give us an overview of cryogenics. Speaker 5: The basic definition that I use is all the temperature range from liquid natural gas, colder. That's about a, you know about 120 Calvin and Speaker 4: what are the large scale applications of crowd genics? Speaker 5: Yeah, I wasn't around [00:02:30] in the early 19 hundreds when the early work was, but I think what they were trying to do as they are trying to separate liquid air into oxygen and nitrogen, they are trying to get oxygen so that they could make fire hotter for steel manufacturing. During the Cold War, it started to be wanting to see what the Russians were doing. So we had these satellites and they'd send them these very faint messages from satellites and the receivers. Temperatures had to be reduced low [00:03:00] enough so we can reduce without noise. That vibration of the atoms and the crystal, so we could see lay an egg breast, Jeff's cool pack of cigarettes in his pocket at the wharf and flat a boss Doc, you know, that kind of stuff. That's when the different McMahon segway refrigerator started coming out and with those small refrigerators, the next thing that happened was all the materials scientists and other physicists wanting to use cryogenics and laboratories. They found that they could start [00:03:30] to recognize more stuff, more interesting physics in their a samples at low temperatures. Then after that they started prepping vacuums with thing called cryo pumps. Every chip manufactured in every phone, television, anything is made in the Cryo pumped vacuum with a Gifford McMann type cryo pump bay on those things. We didn't make all that money, so I've had to work for a living. The next big application was cooling MRI [00:04:00] magnets. When you go in those MRI things, they slide you in there and they have that sound. Speaker 5: That's a cry refrigerator is re condensing liquid helium. That's for Calvin. It cools the magnet in there. It's just a little distance away from your body and then after that there'll be a few things coming out with high temperature superconducting future, but right now I have a, as far as HTS, I attempted superconducting applications that [00:04:30] people don't really know yet. And what does Cryo Mek do in particular for this industry? What chromic does is we manufacture crier refrigerators. That means we take heat out of something so that it can reach cryogenic temperatures below 120 Calvin cr refrigerators at our place go down to 1.7 k. It's a very simple device. What my father's invention was is he separated and integral crier [00:05:00] refrigerator with a compression part of it and the expansion part of a write together, he's separated the two and made them more reliable and you could use off the shelf air conditioning parts and the compressor while you made the expanded device. Speaker 5: Very particular, very controlled environment. That's what we do our specially, we've got 32 different crier refrigerators and 54 different products based around them. The area of cryogenics than that [00:05:30] that you work in, how do you describe that? We sort of spend most of our time looking for the new applications. So our manufacturing models, we are open and flexible to new opportunities and then we can manufacture our cry refrigerators efficiently so we can make money and stay in business. And what are some of the unique features of these? Are they larger volumes or do they get down to the lower temperatures? Well, people say small crowd coolers, small crowd colors might be anything. It's [00:06:00] hard to describe. We are talking in Watts here folks. A Wad is one joule per second of heat being taken out of an object. Okay. So we'd go down to maybe a half a watt up to like 600 watts. Speaker 5: Big Air separation plants as large cryogenics, you know, for big research institution where they're talking megawatts, we're talking very small in terms of capacities. I don't know if that defines it. That's a very tough definition. [00:06:30] Do you want to go more into the innovation of your father's invention? My father's basic innovation was back there in 1955 56, he had been working down in a, the redstone arsenal, Donald Huntsville, Alabama for the start of NASA, uh, where they had the Germans brought in to make rockets and rocket fuel, sort of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen. And so we left there. We'd come in from Boulder, Colorado. We left there and went up to Boston, [00:07:00] uh, precisely so that my father could work on making smaller ground coolers. So this big integral thing that would take about the size of an average living room could be a more portable things so they could set up these receivers for the satellite systems all around. And so to do that, he's, the separation is really the Gifford McMahon Cycle. And uh, it was, it was quite unique and it allowed people to have cry refrigerators anywhere you want [00:07:30] them. Right now. Crier refrigerators on the South Pole on the North Pole on icebreakers. I've got, um, you know, under tents in Ethiopia making liquid nitrogen for artificial insemination purposes for producing milk. Speaker 3: [inaudible]. [00:08:00] Our guest today on Spectra is Peter Gifford, the president, CTO chromic incorporated. In the next segment, Peter Talks about making cryo refrigerators. This is kv LX Berkeley. Speaker 5: What kind of balance between making new instruments and selling these new instruments versus supporting instruments that you already have [00:08:30] out there? Do you have the drive to that? Our customer is pretty much two by yielded. That'll run as long as it can go. When I first got in the business, if you made a career, refrigerated, ran for 5,000 hours, that's you know, the year as eighties six 70 or something, it was considered good. Then it went to 10,000 hours. Then it went to 20,000 hours. About the year 2000 now we're suppressing 30 and moving up to 40,000 [00:09:00] hours. Meantime between any maintenance on these devices, so that's what people expect from crier refrigerators in course of running the company over these many years. How has the manufacturing process on your side changed keep well an adding more products, but the basic products have stayed the same. What has happened is as we've made more, instead of going from one a month to one a week to [00:09:30] one a day to now three a day coming down the line, trying to build the capacity, you can focus as you get to bigger numbers and start to focus on different places, you got more people and you can start to recognize what it is that you ought to be doing at different places. Speaker 5: It's hard to see everything when you're small and you're just doing a few things. It's, it's amazing. Uh, right now my key word is the word recognize. I'm seeing [00:10:00] things clearly. I'm recognizing things a lot clearly in the manufacturing process. Plus I got a lot of people out there that are paying attention. What kind of challenges are you most interested in solving? Are they some of the managerial stuff or some of this stuff on the sales side or some of the engineering and technical challenges still? I wonder whether or not I've ever separated those. There are some interesting things coming at us. Again, recently we've instituted [00:10:30] a new quality management system where we're defining what we need. We're training people better than we audit people and we've gotten a lot better. It's very interesting, these sort of soft sociological things that you do at a company that yets the employee more, the employee starts to feel more included and it's amazing how the whole foundation of the company's quality rises. Speaker 5: [00:11:00] It's been unique to witness for the last year. So I guess what I'm saying is is I liked the manufacturing production side of it. Peter, when you joined the company, at what point in that process did you feel comfortable with the engineering aspects of the, I went back and finished a lot of the engineering courses I hadn't had in my truck. Gated scientific training. I asked my father if I needed a to get a full mechanical engineering [00:11:30] degree and he said, no, don't waste your time comfortable with the technology maybe only in the last 10 years. So that means after 27 years or so messing around, people contact us from everywhere from malaria research in Malawi, needing to have a small liquid nitrogen. People talk to us through technical issues. I think what you do when people talk to you and try [00:12:00] to ask you how they can use cryogenics or can their cryogenic connect to what they need. It took a while to accept that what I was doing just Leslie and well was the best thing I could bring to a field. Then the other thing is if somebody really needs something to, and if they're good, they will take the time to explain it to you clearly. Speaker 6: [inaudible]Speaker 4: [00:12:30] you are listening to spectrum on KALX Berkeley. Our guest is Peter Gifford. In the next segment he talks about research funding. Speaker 2: [inaudible]Speaker 5: [00:13:00] have you learned anything from other cryogenics companies? I have seen graduate and companies that spend a lot of money on developing products that people didn't need and wondered why they didn't need them. I've seen cryogenic companies, you know, make a good product that I'm sort of, you know, I missed the boat. Um, but how do you say the relationship [00:13:30] of watching your competitor move? Uh, I don't know. I don't know how to the answer that we don't spend a lot of time reverse engineering. I think historically people have been copying us most that sought. And do you see any gaps that the industry as a whole has to push through? Speaker 5: Well, you know, there are things that I would like to do. The thing is is the question is whether or not somebody needs them. [00:14:00] I guess my head is really stuck there. When you're running a business, do you do what you want to do or what your customers need? I think the answer, and that's pretty simple if you're ready, but there's a sort of a school of thought of pure engineering that you build it regardless of whether or not it's going to have any application or anything like that. It's just because it's sort of a spiritual thing that you have in you. You've got to build it and there are some people, yeah, we'll certainly make money. That's something that historically the government [00:14:30] labs were useful. Here we go. What's looking to see if we can do that? I would like to make a little statement here. Speaker 5: The federal government is not funding research in the United States anywhere at any levels equal to Korea. The Europeans anywhere we have fallen beyond what it was like the 60s and the 70s when this country was on fire and the money has been taken away from it. This idea that basic research [00:15:00] will be dead at corporations. It is not corporations job to do basic research. That tall space race, that paranoia about the communist block at stuff's gone. What is motivating it? Now I've go to Korea. Somebody took me to a university that was being set up 20,000 students, but he told me they are putting up a new one every five years. They had the latest, you know, electron microscopes, the latest big cryogenic plants and recovery [00:15:30] systems and so I'm going, wow, that isn't happening in the United States and aside idea that you don't have to fund this. Speaker 5: That's what made America really good at that time. It's just, it was all hidden from the average person. A lot of side fund research, fun universities and hopefully some of that will trickle down to you too. Some of it will. Right now I would say most [00:16:00] of our business comes from people who actually make products. I'm thinking more about learning what the next applications are. That early Gifford McMahon cycle refrigerator was funded by the government, tried to read messages off of satellites for defense. There's all kinds of stuff, early computers, the chip manufacturing, everything. It was being funded some way that way. Speaker 4: Where do you see research happening now in crowd genics? Are there institutions [00:16:30] and organizations that you follow that you look to? Speaker 5: NIST is still spending quite a bit of money on cryogenic research. That's the old national bureau standards. We'd not seen that much in university labs. As the research gravitated overseas, our strongest competitors we have is basically company in Japan. Everybody said a wondering when there's going to be a Chinese company making cryogenic refrigerators of our time. They haven't seen them yet. [00:17:00] That could be a real game changer, but there were a lot more crier refrigerator manufacturers in the eighties and nineties and some of them have left the picture consolidated under that one big company. So they got bought up basically. Yeah. Or the business took too long to get big for the investors to wait for Speaker 4: how much of the engineering can now sort of pass off to others and how big his engineering team [inaudible]. Speaker 5: Right now we have eight engineers [00:17:30] at Crab Mc, we should be more like 15 we've been having trouble hiring people. We like to get people to different types of somebody with a lot of experience deepen in cryogenics, but most of the time we want to get raw mechanical engineers directly out of school. Somebody with an open mind and with good practical tools sense the chief technical officer, part of my job, everybody calls me an entrepreneur now and entrepreneur. Really [00:18:00] the form that I am who sort of grows with a company out of nothing. We don't really know what we do. You don't really know all the things you do because you take it on naturally to be successful. You're not really that aware of it. But one of the things as I pull him back, I recognize how they need my scientific recognition in the different aspects of the business. Speaker 5: I hope that's not getting too conceptual. You know, you have an engineering perspective [00:18:30] as whether or not form, fit and function is doing what we need. You know, you have the technical perspective, the people whose hands are actually touching the device on the line. You know you have the financial officer's always looking over the shoulder, but in a technical business that's innovative, you don't want them running the show, but you want them to be aware of what's going on. You know? And then there's my point from the chief technical office and just the business thing. Can we do this? Do they get [00:19:00] it? Is there training? Getting in, is the quality being held up? That's sort of, there are different birds of prey. How about birds of friendships, sort of soaring over the situation, recognizing what ought to be done there at any moment on the production line. So that's I think my most important job and also trying to figure out strategically where we go next. Speaker 3: [inaudible] [00:19:30] spectrum is a public affairs show. [inaudible] hail expert. Peter Gifford is cryogenics engineer and our guests could today. In the next segment, Peter Talks about engineering and the stimulation it is brought to his life. Speaker 5: [00:20:00] What sort of technology changes happened over the years you've been running Cromac that affected your business? I would say the most important one for us is the Internet. The Internet allowed us to market and then communicate with people by email. When I first got into the business, the only way to send a drawing and try to figure out what somebody needed [00:20:30] from you was through the mail. Then it went to telexes, then it went to FedEx. Then it went to fax machines and now with the Internet it's just amazing if you've got a draw and you can send to anyone planted real quick and I'd say roughly about 60 to 65% of our business is overseas. In terms of other things, CMC machines, material manufacturers, a CNC, [00:21:00] CNC is computer it basically it's computer machine. In your devices, your pieces and stuff, temperature sensors had been better. Speaker 5: Vacuum equipment is getting better. What's happening is a lot of the equipment that you were working with in the fifties sixties and seventies and eighties have matured. People have been making them for a longer period of time. And that maturation and a mechanical devices is a, Jess gets better with time. That's [00:21:30] just the way it is unless you know the front offices are taking the value out of the product. You talked a little bit earlier about what you look for in a young engineer, a new engineer out of school. Do you want to go into that a little more? Uh, you think that people are maybe getting too much pressure to go to a phd? I'm not that interested in higher and a phd in what we're doing right now. I have a phd in house who is the crowd refrigerator expert [00:22:00] really getting into her career and you know, making work, you know, you gotta be there on the job. Speaker 5: Most of the phd work is laboratory work anyway. At least it is in mechanical engineering. You know, it's that integration between the science and the actual thing that's getting made. That is the important thing. And if you're in the laboratory studying, not getting out there where it's being made, then you miss all that. [00:22:30] The best thing to do is get out there and start doing it right away. It's pretty obvious when you start working with people whether or not they've got the courage to use their intelligence. You know whether or not they're going to work on their communication skills, whether or not they're going to start to recognize the important stuff you see it go out there and get involved. I would recommend sooner than later. Don't be so timid. A lot of people are timid to get involved in the workplace [00:23:00] and it's are you looking for people that have a bachelor's of science or master's degrees right now? Speaker 5: We'd be happy with Bachelor's science and that falls into that whole idea of gets started. Get going. Yeah. Get into the mix. We have a lot of very interesting applications. We recently hired three engineers all about three years ago and all three of those young guys are absolutely slumped with new things to learn and they're just alert. They're sort [00:23:30] of running around and not sitting behind computers. Drafting. They like getting a drawing, going out there, doing something, traveling, answering that service question from Kazakhstan about a little liquid helium plant. They're calling up a and talking about vacuum equipment that learning about thermal conductivity and thermal radiation. They're using size. My father once said for you, he said, Peter, you know the real enemy is, I go, what? I didn't [00:24:00] even know what he's talking about. And he said, boredom. Boredom's the enemy. And since I've been involved in cryogenics I had just not bored. Speaker 5: I'm a 63 and people were saying, oh you kind of step back from business now and I will tell you this, I am afraid of stepping back from the intellectual stimulation of the business. You know some of the stress managing all the people on the floor. Yeah, but the intellectual variation of it. No, I don't [00:24:30] know if I can step back. I think it would be self-destructive. You know, I've been in this business as 1973 and I happened in it because my father had this little company. Here's a full time college professor. So I started making refrigerators. I graduated from high school in 1966 from the best high school in Syracuse, New York, not one of the other people in that graduating class as far as I've been able to see did anything in manufacturing. 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Peter Gifford is the President and CTO of Cyromech Inc. He talks about cryogenics, the science of super low temperatures, and the challenges of growing a mid-sized high tech manufacturing company.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next. Speaker 2: Okay. Speaker 3: [inaudible]Speaker 2: [inaudible].Speaker 1: [00:00:30] Welcome to spectrum the science and technology show on k a l x Berkeley, a biweekly 30 minute program bringing you interviews featuring bay area scientists and technologists as well as a calendar of local events and news. Speaker 4: Hi and good afternoon. My name is Brad Swift. I'm the host of today's show. Our guest today is Peter Gifford, [00:01:00] president and chief technical officer of crown incorporated, a manufacturer of cryogenic refrigerators for industry and research. Peter was visiting the west coast and we took the opportunity to talk with him. Peter's father, William e Gifford co-invented, the Gifford McMahon's cycle with Howard McMahon in the late 1950s while they both worked at Arthur D. Little company. The Gifford McMahon cycle is a unique method of reliably providing closed cycle refrigeration at temperatures [00:01:30] below 10 degrees Kelvin, which is minus 452 degrees Fahrenheit. The Gifford McMahon cycle became an important standard for the semiconductor industry. It was also vital to the early u s space program by cooling microwave amplifiers in ground stations for satellite communications. Peter Gifford talks about cryogenics and the integration of science, engineering and manufacturing. The day of the interview. Peter had a bad cold and his voice [00:02:00] is scratchy. Rick Karnofsky also joins me for the interview. Peter Gifford, welcome to spectrum. Well thank you. Good to be here. Peter, give us an overview of cryogenics. Speaker 5: The basic definition that I use is all the temperature range from liquid natural gas, colder. That's about a, you know about 120 Calvin and Speaker 4: what are the large scale applications of crowd genics? Speaker 5: Yeah, I wasn't around [00:02:30] in the early 19 hundreds when the early work was, but I think what they were trying to do as they are trying to separate liquid air into oxygen and nitrogen, they are trying to get oxygen so that they could make fire hotter for steel manufacturing. During the Cold War, it started to be wanting to see what the Russians were doing. So we had these satellites and they'd send them these very faint messages from satellites and the receivers. Temperatures had to be reduced low [00:03:00] enough so we can reduce without noise. That vibration of the atoms and the crystal, so we could see lay an egg breast, Jeff's cool pack of cigarettes in his pocket at the wharf and flat a boss Doc, you know, that kind of stuff. That's when the different McMahon segway refrigerator started coming out and with those small refrigerators, the next thing that happened was all the materials scientists and other physicists wanting to use cryogenics and laboratories. They found that they could start [00:03:30] to recognize more stuff, more interesting physics in their a samples at low temperatures. Then after that they started prepping vacuums with thing called cryo pumps. Every chip manufactured in every phone, television, anything is made in the Cryo pumped vacuum with a Gifford McMann type cryo pump bay on those things. We didn't make all that money, so I've had to work for a living. The next big application was cooling MRI [00:04:00] magnets. When you go in those MRI things, they slide you in there and they have that sound. Speaker 5: That's a cry refrigerator is re condensing liquid helium. That's for Calvin. It cools the magnet in there. It's just a little distance away from your body and then after that there'll be a few things coming out with high temperature superconducting future, but right now I have a, as far as HTS, I attempted superconducting applications that [00:04:30] people don't really know yet. And what does Cryo Mek do in particular for this industry? What chromic does is we manufacture crier refrigerators. That means we take heat out of something so that it can reach cryogenic temperatures below 120 Calvin cr refrigerators at our place go down to 1.7 k. It's a very simple device. What my father's invention was is he separated and integral crier [00:05:00] refrigerator with a compression part of it and the expansion part of a write together, he's separated the two and made them more reliable and you could use off the shelf air conditioning parts and the compressor while you made the expanded device. Speaker 5: Very particular, very controlled environment. That's what we do our specially, we've got 32 different crier refrigerators and 54 different products based around them. The area of cryogenics than that [00:05:30] that you work in, how do you describe that? We sort of spend most of our time looking for the new applications. So our manufacturing models, we are open and flexible to new opportunities and then we can manufacture our cry refrigerators efficiently so we can make money and stay in business. And what are some of the unique features of these? Are they larger volumes or do they get down to the lower temperatures? Well, people say small crowd coolers, small crowd colors might be anything. It's [00:06:00] hard to describe. We are talking in Watts here folks. A Wad is one joule per second of heat being taken out of an object. Okay. So we'd go down to maybe a half a watt up to like 600 watts. Speaker 5: Big Air separation plants as large cryogenics, you know, for big research institution where they're talking megawatts, we're talking very small in terms of capacities. I don't know if that defines it. That's a very tough definition. [00:06:30] Do you want to go more into the innovation of your father's invention? My father's basic innovation was back there in 1955 56, he had been working down in a, the redstone arsenal, Donald Huntsville, Alabama for the start of NASA, uh, where they had the Germans brought in to make rockets and rocket fuel, sort of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen. And so we left there. We'd come in from Boulder, Colorado. We left there and went up to Boston, [00:07:00] uh, precisely so that my father could work on making smaller ground coolers. So this big integral thing that would take about the size of an average living room could be a more portable things so they could set up these receivers for the satellite systems all around. And so to do that, he's, the separation is really the Gifford McMahon Cycle. And uh, it was, it was quite unique and it allowed people to have cry refrigerators anywhere you want [00:07:30] them. Right now. Crier refrigerators on the South Pole on the North Pole on icebreakers. I've got, um, you know, under tents in Ethiopia making liquid nitrogen for artificial insemination purposes for producing milk. Speaker 3: [inaudible]. [00:08:00] Our guest today on Spectra is Peter Gifford, the president, CTO chromic incorporated. In the next segment, Peter Talks about making cryo refrigerators. This is kv LX Berkeley. Speaker 5: What kind of balance between making new instruments and selling these new instruments versus supporting instruments that you already have [00:08:30] out there? Do you have the drive to that? Our customer is pretty much two by yielded. That'll run as long as it can go. When I first got in the business, if you made a career, refrigerated, ran for 5,000 hours, that's you know, the year as eighties six 70 or something, it was considered good. Then it went to 10,000 hours. Then it went to 20,000 hours. About the year 2000 now we're suppressing 30 and moving up to 40,000 [00:09:00] hours. Meantime between any maintenance on these devices, so that's what people expect from crier refrigerators in course of running the company over these many years. How has the manufacturing process on your side changed keep well an adding more products, but the basic products have stayed the same. What has happened is as we've made more, instead of going from one a month to one a week to [00:09:30] one a day to now three a day coming down the line, trying to build the capacity, you can focus as you get to bigger numbers and start to focus on different places, you got more people and you can start to recognize what it is that you ought to be doing at different places. Speaker 5: It's hard to see everything when you're small and you're just doing a few things. It's, it's amazing. Uh, right now my key word is the word recognize. I'm seeing [00:10:00] things clearly. I'm recognizing things a lot clearly in the manufacturing process. Plus I got a lot of people out there that are paying attention. What kind of challenges are you most interested in solving? Are they some of the managerial stuff or some of this stuff on the sales side or some of the engineering and technical challenges still? I wonder whether or not I've ever separated those. There are some interesting things coming at us. Again, recently we've instituted [00:10:30] a new quality management system where we're defining what we need. We're training people better than we audit people and we've gotten a lot better. It's very interesting, these sort of soft sociological things that you do at a company that yets the employee more, the employee starts to feel more included and it's amazing how the whole foundation of the company's quality rises. Speaker 5: [00:11:00] It's been unique to witness for the last year. So I guess what I'm saying is is I liked the manufacturing production side of it. Peter, when you joined the company, at what point in that process did you feel comfortable with the engineering aspects of the, I went back and finished a lot of the engineering courses I hadn't had in my truck. Gated scientific training. I asked my father if I needed a to get a full mechanical engineering [00:11:30] degree and he said, no, don't waste your time comfortable with the technology maybe only in the last 10 years. So that means after 27 years or so messing around, people contact us from everywhere from malaria research in Malawi, needing to have a small liquid nitrogen. People talk to us through technical issues. I think what you do when people talk to you and try [00:12:00] to ask you how they can use cryogenics or can their cryogenic connect to what they need. It took a while to accept that what I was doing just Leslie and well was the best thing I could bring to a field. Then the other thing is if somebody really needs something to, and if they're good, they will take the time to explain it to you clearly. Speaker 6: [inaudible]Speaker 4: [00:12:30] you are listening to spectrum on KALX Berkeley. Our guest is Peter Gifford. In the next segment he talks about research funding. Speaker 2: [inaudible]Speaker 5: [00:13:00] have you learned anything from other cryogenics companies? I have seen graduate and companies that spend a lot of money on developing products that people didn't need and wondered why they didn't need them. I've seen cryogenic companies, you know, make a good product that I'm sort of, you know, I missed the boat. Um, but how do you say the relationship [00:13:30] of watching your competitor move? Uh, I don't know. I don't know how to the answer that we don't spend a lot of time reverse engineering. I think historically people have been copying us most that sought. And do you see any gaps that the industry as a whole has to push through? Speaker 5: Well, you know, there are things that I would like to do. The thing is is the question is whether or not somebody needs them. [00:14:00] I guess my head is really stuck there. When you're running a business, do you do what you want to do or what your customers need? I think the answer, and that's pretty simple if you're ready, but there's a sort of a school of thought of pure engineering that you build it regardless of whether or not it's going to have any application or anything like that. It's just because it's sort of a spiritual thing that you have in you. You've got to build it and there are some people, yeah, we'll certainly make money. That's something that historically the government [00:14:30] labs were useful. Here we go. What's looking to see if we can do that? I would like to make a little statement here. Speaker 5: The federal government is not funding research in the United States anywhere at any levels equal to Korea. The Europeans anywhere we have fallen beyond what it was like the 60s and the 70s when this country was on fire and the money has been taken away from it. This idea that basic research [00:15:00] will be dead at corporations. It is not corporations job to do basic research. That tall space race, that paranoia about the communist block at stuff's gone. What is motivating it? Now I've go to Korea. Somebody took me to a university that was being set up 20,000 students, but he told me they are putting up a new one every five years. They had the latest, you know, electron microscopes, the latest big cryogenic plants and recovery [00:15:30] systems and so I'm going, wow, that isn't happening in the United States and aside idea that you don't have to fund this. Speaker 5: That's what made America really good at that time. It's just, it was all hidden from the average person. A lot of side fund research, fun universities and hopefully some of that will trickle down to you too. Some of it will. Right now I would say most [00:16:00] of our business comes from people who actually make products. I'm thinking more about learning what the next applications are. That early Gifford McMahon cycle refrigerator was funded by the government, tried to read messages off of satellites for defense. There's all kinds of stuff, early computers, the chip manufacturing, everything. It was being funded some way that way. Speaker 4: Where do you see research happening now in crowd genics? Are there institutions [00:16:30] and organizations that you follow that you look to? Speaker 5: NIST is still spending quite a bit of money on cryogenic research. That's the old national bureau standards. We'd not seen that much in university labs. As the research gravitated overseas, our strongest competitors we have is basically company in Japan. Everybody said a wondering when there's going to be a Chinese company making cryogenic refrigerators of our time. They haven't seen them yet. [00:17:00] That could be a real game changer, but there were a lot more crier refrigerator manufacturers in the eighties and nineties and some of them have left the picture consolidated under that one big company. So they got bought up basically. Yeah. Or the business took too long to get big for the investors to wait for Speaker 4: how much of the engineering can now sort of pass off to others and how big his engineering team [inaudible]. Speaker 5: Right now we have eight engineers [00:17:30] at Crab Mc, we should be more like 15 we've been having trouble hiring people. We like to get people to different types of somebody with a lot of experience deepen in cryogenics, but most of the time we want to get raw mechanical engineers directly out of school. Somebody with an open mind and with good practical tools sense the chief technical officer, part of my job, everybody calls me an entrepreneur now and entrepreneur. Really [00:18:00] the form that I am who sort of grows with a company out of nothing. We don't really know what we do. You don't really know all the things you do because you take it on naturally to be successful. You're not really that aware of it. But one of the things as I pull him back, I recognize how they need my scientific recognition in the different aspects of the business. Speaker 5: I hope that's not getting too conceptual. You know, you have an engineering perspective [00:18:30] as whether or not form, fit and function is doing what we need. You know, you have the technical perspective, the people whose hands are actually touching the device on the line. You know you have the financial officer's always looking over the shoulder, but in a technical business that's innovative, you don't want them running the show, but you want them to be aware of what's going on. You know? And then there's my point from the chief technical office and just the business thing. Can we do this? Do they get [00:19:00] it? Is there training? Getting in, is the quality being held up? That's sort of, there are different birds of prey. How about birds of friendships, sort of soaring over the situation, recognizing what ought to be done there at any moment on the production line. So that's I think my most important job and also trying to figure out strategically where we go next. Speaker 3: [inaudible] [00:19:30] spectrum is a public affairs show. [inaudible] hail expert. Peter Gifford is cryogenics engineer and our guests could today. In the next segment, Peter Talks about engineering and the stimulation it is brought to his life. Speaker 5: [00:20:00] What sort of technology changes happened over the years you've been running Cromac that affected your business? I would say the most important one for us is the Internet. The Internet allowed us to market and then communicate with people by email. When I first got into the business, the only way to send a drawing and try to figure out what somebody needed [00:20:30] from you was through the mail. Then it went to telexes, then it went to FedEx. Then it went to fax machines and now with the Internet it's just amazing if you've got a draw and you can send to anyone planted real quick and I'd say roughly about 60 to 65% of our business is overseas. In terms of other things, CMC machines, material manufacturers, a CNC, [00:21:00] CNC is computer it basically it's computer machine. In your devices, your pieces and stuff, temperature sensors had been better. Speaker 5: Vacuum equipment is getting better. What's happening is a lot of the equipment that you were working with in the fifties sixties and seventies and eighties have matured. People have been making them for a longer period of time. And that maturation and a mechanical devices is a, Jess gets better with time. That's [00:21:30] just the way it is unless you know the front offices are taking the value out of the product. You talked a little bit earlier about what you look for in a young engineer, a new engineer out of school. Do you want to go into that a little more? Uh, you think that people are maybe getting too much pressure to go to a phd? I'm not that interested in higher and a phd in what we're doing right now. I have a phd in house who is the crowd refrigerator expert [00:22:00] really getting into her career and you know, making work, you know, you gotta be there on the job. Speaker 5: Most of the phd work is laboratory work anyway. At least it is in mechanical engineering. You know, it's that integration between the science and the actual thing that's getting made. That is the important thing. And if you're in the laboratory studying, not getting out there where it's being made, then you miss all that. [00:22:30] The best thing to do is get out there and start doing it right away. It's pretty obvious when you start working with people whether or not they've got the courage to use their intelligence. You know whether or not they're going to work on their communication skills, whether or not they're going to start to recognize the important stuff you see it go out there and get involved. I would recommend sooner than later. Don't be so timid. A lot of people are timid to get involved in the workplace [00:23:00] and it's are you looking for people that have a bachelor's of science or master's degrees right now? Speaker 5: We'd be happy with Bachelor's science and that falls into that whole idea of gets started. Get going. Yeah. Get into the mix. We have a lot of very interesting applications. We recently hired three engineers all about three years ago and all three of those young guys are absolutely slumped with new things to learn and they're just alert. They're sort [00:23:30] of running around and not sitting behind computers. Drafting. They like getting a drawing, going out there, doing something, traveling, answering that service question from Kazakhstan about a little liquid helium plant. They're calling up a and talking about vacuum equipment that learning about thermal conductivity and thermal radiation. They're using size. My father once said for you, he said, Peter, you know the real enemy is, I go, what? I didn't [00:24:00] even know what he's talking about. And he said, boredom. Boredom's the enemy. And since I've been involved in cryogenics I had just not bored. Speaker 5: I'm a 63 and people were saying, oh you kind of step back from business now and I will tell you this, I am afraid of stepping back from the intellectual stimulation of the business. You know some of the stress managing all the people on the floor. Yeah, but the intellectual variation of it. No, I don't [00:24:30] know if I can step back. I think it would be self-destructive. You know, I've been in this business as 1973 and I happened in it because my father had this little company. Here's a full time college professor. So I started making refrigerators. I graduated from high school in 1966 from the best high school in Syracuse, New York, not one of the other people in that graduating class as far as I've been able to see did anything in manufacturing. They became doctors, lawyers, some [00:25:00] other type of businessmen or professional types. Speaker 5: I'm the only one who went into manufacturing and in the eighties and the nineties and the early two thousands everybody thought I was an idiot to be trying to manufacture cryogenic refrigerators and upstate New York and uh, it's been a great career for me. It's just very, very interesting. We built a company up to 105 people. We've been profitable since 1988 no, it's been a very good life [00:25:30] and I'm very pro manufacturing and I don't think that the United States is going to get back on its feet again until people start manufacturing a lot more stuff and seeing it as a reality we can manufacturer for [inaudible]. Thanks very much for coming on spectrum. You're welcome. Speaker 2: [00:26:00] Spectrum is archive Speaker 3: iTunes university. We've made a special link. You can get to the link is tiny url.com/k a l ex spectrum. 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