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Ashlee is joined by Ducks Unlimited Senior Waterfowl Scientist and DU Podcast Co-Host Dr. Mike Brasher and Senior Director of Conservation Strategy Dr. Scott Stephens as they discuss the current proposal by the United States Fish & Wildlife Service to potentially withdrawal the current wetland drainage rule in the Prairie Pothole region, which is the primary breeding ground for nearly 75% of the ducks in North America, the implications of this proposed change, the timeline of the request for proposed comments, and suggestions for any alternatives to the current rule, and how exactly permanent wetland easements operate in practice. This is one to listen to this week! Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org Support our Conservation Club Members! Classic African Hunting: https://classicafricanhunting.com/ FTW Ranch: https://ftwsaam.com/ Everyone Deserves to Play: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/everyone-deserves-to-play/ See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com Don't forget to go subscribe to our new The Origins Foundation Podcast Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@TheOriginsFoundationPodcast - who knows, you may be a lucky subscriber who wins some cool stuff from our partner companies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hour 1 for 8/4/26 Drew broadcasts LIVE from the 144th Supreme Convention in Denver Colorado. First, he welcomes Sean Pott, the Senior Director of Evangelization and Education for the Knights of Columbus (1:11). Then, Drew and Dennis J. Gerber discuss the Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund (17:34). Finally, Deepak Devaraj Chief Investment Officer and President of Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors and Drew discuss investing with Catholic values (34:03). Links: kofc.org/relevant
TestTalks | Automation Awesomeness | Helping YOU Succeed with Test Automation
Your developers just got supercharged by AI coding agents. Your test coverage did not. So how do you keep quality high when product code is shipping faster than any test team can follow? In this episode Andrew Knight, the Automation Panda and Senior Director of Product and Engineering at Cycle Labs, shares how his six person team is running the biggest release quarter in company history using AI coding agents, spec driven development, and Playwright. You will discover: How Playwright turned itself into an AI automation platform with the MCP server, the planner, generator, and healer agents, and the new CLI and skills approach that cuts your token usage way down. Why Andy uses Spec Kit to codify his testing strategy once, in markdown, so quality standards get baked into every single pull request instead of being caught in review. How to decide which AI generated tests are actually worth running when compute time and budget are finite. What AI slop looks like from a manager's seat, and how to build a team culture that catches it before it ships. Why Andy believes AI coding tools are the new compiler and markdown is the new programming language, plus my pushback on what that means for everything testers were trained to care about. What Andy really thinks about token costs, subscription tiers, and what happens when the AI subsidies run out. Plus the one piece of advice he gives to any tester still sitting on the sidelines of the AI shift. Whether you are an automation engineer, a QA lead, or an engineering manager trying to figure out where testing fits in an AI first workflow, this episode gives you a practical playbook you can start using this week.
Baseball By Design: Stories of Minor League Logos and Nicknames
The Reno Aces dig deep into their hometown's heritage with two of their identities: The "Biggest Little City" alternate identity plays on the city's slogan, found on an iconic arch on the edge of town, and a Reno Silver Sox brand honors the town's baseball past. Guests this week include: Blake O'Brien, Senior Director of Creative Services, Reno Aces Dan Simon, Studio Simon: www.studiosimon.net, Insta @studio_simon Find the Baseball By Design podcast online: Instagram @baseballbydesign Threads @baseballbydesign Bluesky @baseballbydesign.bsky.social Facebook @baseballbydesignpodcast linktr.ee/BaseballByDesign Baseball By Design is a member of the Curved Brim Media Network.
In this month's episode, Emma and Danny Hoffman, Senior Director of Global Retail Strategy, unpack three developments reshaping the consumer relationship.Kroger's planned acquisition of Giant Eagle and Uber's offer for Delivery Hero show how retailers and platforms are expanding across stores, loyalty, pharmacy, delivery, data and local commerce. TikTok Shop's growing use of AI-assisted affiliate content raises questions about scale, creator control and consumer trust.They also explore Carrefour Belgium's balanced nutrition strategy and what a retailer-led health push means fro broader Europe. Emma and Danny discuss what it reveals about the relationship between retailers, government and brands, what it would take for a similar model to take hold in the U.S., and how brands can build affordable wellness and broader value into their portfolios as consumer expectations evolve.
The Travelers Institute hosted Marisa DiNatale, Senior Director and Head of Global Forecasting at Moody's Analytics, for a deep dive on the economy. She shared her macroeconomic outlook and her perspective on what businesses and individuals should be watching for in the months ahead.This program is presented as part of the Travelers Institute's Forces at Work initiative, an educational platform that helps today's leaders navigate the shifting dynamics of the modern workplace and prioritize employees and their well-being.Watch the original Wednesdays with Woodward® webinar: https://institute.travelers.com/webinar-series/symposia-series/liability-environment.-----Visit the Travelers Institute® website: http://travelersinstitute.org/.Join the Travelers Institute® email list: https://travl.rs/488XJZM.Subscribe to the Travelers Institute® podcast newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7328774828839100417.Connect with Travelers Institute® President Joan Woodward on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-kois-woodward/.
Ricky Fernandez is one of the most recognizable personalities in North Alabama sports and serves as the Senior Director of Marketing and Promotions for the Rocket City Trash Pandas, where he leads the creative vision behind one of Minor League Baseball's most celebrated fan experiences. As the energetic on-field emcee at Toyota Field, Ricky has become the face and voice of countless unforgettable moments, entertaining thousands of fans each game while helping transform every home stand into a community event rather than simply a baseball game.A Huntsville native through and through, Ricky was born and raised in the Rocket City. He graduated from Bob Jones High School before earning his degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, giving him deep roots in the community he now helps entertain. His love for North Alabama and its people has made him a passionate ambassador for the region, both on and off the field.Before joining the Trash Pandas organization, Ricky built a career in broadcasting, working in local radio as a producer and on-air personality. His background behind the microphone sharpened the quick wit, timing, and audience engagement skills that have become trademarks of his work today. He has a natural ability to connect with crowds, making him one of the most recognizable public personalities in the Huntsville-Madison area.Ricky joined the Rocket City Trash Pandas during the organization's formative years in 2019, helping launch a franchise that would quickly become one of the premier success stories in Minor League Baseball. Interestingly, he nearly left his mark on the club before ever being hired—he finished second in the team's famous "Name the Team" contest with his submission, ThunderSharks, before "Trash Pandas" was ultimately selected. That connection to the franchise's earliest days has made him an integral part of its identity ever since.Over the years, Ricky has risen through the organization from Game Entertainment and Promotions Manager to Director and now Senior Director of Marketing and Promotions. In that role, he oversees the club's promotional calendar, theme nights, giveaways, fan engagement initiatives, and in-game entertainment strategy. From sold-out bobblehead nights and specialty jerseys to nationally recognized promotional events, Ricky's creativity has helped make Toyota Field one of the most entertaining venues in all of Minor League Baseball.His influence extends well beyond baseball. Ricky has helped position Toyota Field as a year-round entertainment destination by supporting concerts, festivals, holiday events, community celebrations, collegiate athletics, and special attractions that bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Town Madison each year. His work demonstrates how modern sports marketing is about building experiences that strengthen an entire community.Today, Ricky Fernandez is widely regarded as one of the driving creative forces behind the Rocket City Trash Pandas' remarkable success. Whether he's orchestrating a memorable promotion, hyping a packed crowd between innings, or developing the next big idea that keeps fans coming back, Ricky combines hometown pride, marketing innovation, and infectious enthusiasm to create experiences that have made the Trash Pandas one of the most beloved brands in Minor League Baseball.Visit https://trashpandasbaseball.com for more information on the Rocket City Trash Pandas and when you can see Ricky do this thing at a game.Host/Interviewer: M. Troy Bye, Owner, Our Town with Troy Bye, a brand of the Our Town Company, LLC Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5NjTsQ72k00C5n7ghLapAWatch on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0JwD62zXPncMeFeQdTVomHAudio only available in all other platforms where you get your podcastsFollow us on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/our-town-w-troy-bye-50033a234/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ourtownpodcast/
A debate over government regulation in the AI industry is intensifying after models built by OpenAI and Anthropic were able to access the open internet during testing and hack into various public organizations and accounts. There are growing calls to slow the pace of development so that safety and security measures can catch up. But how does the Trump administration feel about that? And are top AI executives even on the same page? For more: Anthropic said its AI models hacked into other companies' systems during testing --- Guests: Jennifer Ji, Center for Security and Emerging Technology & Hadas Gold, CNN AI Correspondent Host: David Rind Producer: Paola Ortiz Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin Senior Director of Podcasts: Zach Goldbaum Photo: Nathan Howard/Reuters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rachel Quinn, Senior Director at Live Nation, explores what transforms arenas and concert venues into unforgettable experiences, from community-driven design and public art to the evolving role of technology in live entertainment.For show notes and more: https://ninedotarts.com/podcast-building-the-modern-arenaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the biggest gaps between where Americans spend their time and where advertisers spend their money. We explore the disconnect in social media, the imbalance in subscription OTT, and why digital audio continues to be a dark horse. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Principal Forecasting Writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and Senior Director of Forecasting Oscar Orozco. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com Get more insights like these with our free, industry-leading newsletters covering advertising, marketing, and commerce. Sign up at emarketer.com/newsletters Purchase tickets and register for EMARKETER's The Future of Digital 2026 Summit here: https://www.emarketer.com/events/summit/2026-future-of-digital/?utm_source=events_page Report mentioned in episode: https://www.emarketer.com/content/us-ad-spending-vs-time-spent-2026?_gl=1 For a transcript of this episode click here: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-ad-dollar-attention-gap-social-media-subscription-ott-digital-audio-behind-numbers © 2026 EMARKETER
Send us Fan MailRyder Weischedel on Sports Psychology, Strength & Conditioning, Mental Toughness, and Building Championship Athletes | Plates & Pancakes PodcastWhat separates great athletes from everyone else? Is it strength, speed, talent… or something deeper?In this episode of the Plates & Pancakes Podcast, Steven Thompson sits down with Ryder Weischedel, Senior Director of Strength & Conditioning and Campus Wellness at the University of Jamestown and a 2026 Master Strength and Conditioning Coach (MSCC), to discuss the role of sports psychology, mental performance, strength training, and culture in developing successful athletes.Ryder shares his incredible coaching journey from growing up in a South Dakota rodeo family to coaching at Baylor, the University of Tulsa, Buena Vista University, and ultimately helping lead one of the nation's most respected Division II strength and conditioning programs.Topics covered include:• Sports psychology and mental performance training • Building mentally tough athletes • Strength and conditioning philosophy • College strength coach career path • Athlete motivation and accountability • Nutrition strategies for athletic performance • Weight management for football linemen • GPS athlete monitoring technology • Vertical jump development • Strength coach leadership and culture • Training over 650 collegiate athletes • Division II athletics vs. NAIA athletics • Developing resilient athletes through controlled adversity • Coaching philosophy and athlete relationships • Lessons learned from rodeo and how they translate to athleticsRyder also breaks down his coaching philosophy:“Wings Crispy. Coffee Black. Chili Hot. Grits Guaranteed.”A mindset built around attention to detail, relentless effort, energy, accountability, and grit that has helped shape hundreds of collegiate athletes.Whether you're a strength coach, athletic performance coach, football coach, sports psychologist, personal trainer, athlete, or sports science student, this episode is packed with practical coaching strategies you can immediately apply to your own program.If you enjoy conversations about strength & conditioning, sports performance, athlete development, leadership, coaching culture, sports psychology, football training, nutrition, and mental toughness, make sure to like, subscribe, and share the episode.#StrengthAndConditioning #SportsPsychology #MentalPerformance #AthleteDevelopment #StrengthCoach #CollegeFootball #FootballTraining #SportsPerformance #Leadership #SportsScience #Nutrition #MentalToughness #PerformanceTraining #PlatesAndPancakesPodcast #StevenThompson #RyderWeischedelhttps://youtube.com/@platesandpancakes4593https://instagram.com/voodoo4power?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=https://voodoo4ranch.com/To possibly be a guest or support the show email Voodoo4ranch@gmail.comhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/voodoo4ranch
Today, John, Les, and Special Guest Peter Harrell—former Senior Director for International Economics at the NEC & NSC—trace the arc of U.S. trade and economic policy toward China from the engagement era of the late 1990s through future administrations. For decades, Washington operated on the theory that integrating China into the global economy through the WTO would create market opportunities and encourage political liberalization — a paradigm that persisted through Clinton, Bush, and Obama even as warning signs accumulated. The shift came gradually, driven by Chinese malign tactics, Xi Jinping's consolidation of power, and a business community that eventually saw more risk than opportunity in the relationship.What tools — tariffs, export controls, industrial policy — have actually moved the needle on economic security, and which are more political theater than strategy? Did Trump's first-term tariffs reshape trade flows in any meaningful way, or did transshipment through states such as Vietnam and Mexico simply obscure continued Chinese dominance? How should policymakers think about the trade deficit as a strategic variable, and what would it actually take to address it? Check out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Fault Lines.@lestermunson@johnclipsey@petereharrellLike what we're doing here? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe. And don't forget to follow @faultlines_pod and @masonnatsec on Twitter!We are also on YouTube; watch today's episode here: https://youtu.be/Metg6cjphQo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Send us Fan Mail Live from CEL East in New York, Keith and Brendan sit down with Sam Friedman, the NFL's Senior Director of Global Social & Creator Strategy, to unpack how the league builds its creator ecosystem — from player social support to platform partnerships and of course a nod to the Taylor Swift strategy. Sam breaks down last season's global activations, how creators complement broadcasts World Cup-style, and what's ahead for a record nine international games including Australia, Paris, and Rio.
By Doug Green “Modernization does not have to mean abandoning the reliability, security and control organizations already depend on.” In this Technology Reseller News podcast, Darrell Butler, Senior Director of Product Management at Avaya, discusses how Avaya Nexus™ is designed to modernize critical enterprise communications while preserving the resilience required by government, healthcare, financial services, defense and other highly regulated industries. For years, enterprise communications strategies were often framed around a “cloud-first” approach. Butler explains why many organizations are now taking a more measured view—combining the automation, scalability and innovation available through the cloud with the operational continuity and local survivability traditionally associated with on-premises infrastructure. Built on key components of the Avaya Aura® platform, Avaya Nexus provides a modernization path for existing Avaya customers without forcing them into a cloud-only deployment. Core capabilities can be delivered through the cloud while on-site gateways and endpoints help maintain communications if connectivity to the cloud is interrupted. Darrell Butler “If you get cut from the cloud and you still need your hospital—or whatever the operation may be—to keep its phone calls up, we can do that with Nexus,” Butler says. The conversation also examines Avaya's continued commitment to Aura. Butler emphasizes that Aura is not going away and will continue to be supported and developed, while Nexus offers customers an additional path for modernizing their communications environments. AI is another important part of the strategy. Nexus supports capabilities including speech transcription and translation and is designed to connect with AI services available through Avaya Infinity™ and third-party platforms. At the same time, organizations retain control over how and where their communications data is used—an essential consideration for regulated and security-sensitive environments. Butler also discusses Avaya Government Cloud's achievement of Impact Level 4 High authorization. The milestone strengthens Avaya's position in the public sector and demonstrates its ability to support sensitive government communications and workloads. “We wanted to make sure that it wasn't a big, heavy lift from a customer perspective. We'll do the heavy lift,” Butler says. Additional Avaya Resources Avaya Announces Avaya Nexus™ Mission-Critical Voice Platform for Critical Communications in Highly Regulated Industries Avaya Government Cloud Achieves Prestigious IL4 H Certification, Reinforcing Commitment to National Security Journeys DC Panel: When Public Sector Communications Can't Fail About Avaya Avaya is an enterprise software leader that helps organizations deliver exceptional customer and employee experiences. Its solutions enable enterprises and governments to orchestrate AI, intelligent workflows and human expertise across communications and customer interactions. Avaya supports cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployment models to meet each organization's operational, security and business requirements. About Avaya Nexus Avaya Nexus is a critical communications infrastructure solution designed for organizations where communications cannot fail. It provides a secure and resilient voice foundation that supports cloud and on-premises capabilities while integrating with operational systems such as notifications, workflows and radio communications.
Take Action Now!! Submit your public comment/Sign the petitionhttps://www.ducks.org/save-the-duck-factory For decades, duck hunters have invested in protecting the Prairie Pothole Region through duck stamp purchases and wetland easements. Now, a proposed change by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could weaken protections for more than 1.7 million acres of these critical wetlands. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Scott Stephens, Senior Director of Conservation Strategy for Ducks Unlimited, and Dr. Mike Brasher, Senior Waterfowl Scientist for Ducks Unlimited, to break down exactly what's happening, why it matters, and what it could mean for the future of waterfowl hunting. We discuss: • What wetland easements are and how they work• What drain tile setbacks are and why they matter• Why Ducks Unlimited is urging hunters to take action• How this could affect duck production in the Prairie Pothole Region• The science behind the current 2024 rule• What every waterfowl hunter can do before the August 7 comment deadline This is an issue that goes beyond politics or social media arguments. If you care about ducks, duck hunting, and the future of the resource, this is a conversation you need to hear. If you found this episode valuable, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with another waterfowler. The more hunters who understand what's at stake, the stronger our voice will be. Partners Mentioned in This Episode Slayer Duck Callshttps://slayercalls.com Flight Day Ammunition (Use code NAW10 for 10% off)https://flightdayammo.com Mammoth Guardian Dog Crateshttps://mammothpet.com Retay USAhttps://retayusa.com Shotty Gear (Use code FDH10 for 10% off)https://shottygear.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Susanna W. Blair, Senior Director of Regulatory and Technical Affairs for the Consumer Brands Association (CBA), which represents the interests of the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) community. Having left the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after a distinguished career as a senior scientist and policy expert, Dr. Blair is putting her science policy chops to good use at CBA. We discuss CBA's mission, its focus on food and beverage ingredients, how Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) advocacy has impacted CBA, the Association's focus on the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) framework, among other priority projects CBA is pursuing, and much more. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS PODCAST ARE PROVIDED SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. THE MATERIALS ARE NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE OR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES. ALL LEGAL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED DIRECTLY BY A LICENSED ATTORNEY PRACTICING IN THE APPLICABLE AREA OF LAW. ©2026 Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. All Rights Reserved
Hon. Lindsey Graham (1955-2026) For more than two decades, Senator Lindsey Graham was a consequential voice on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. He played a prominent role in some of the era’s most contentious judicial-confirmation battles, including the nominations of Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, and, as chairman during the 116th Congress, helped guide President Trump’s judicial nominees through the committee.Join us for a discussion reflecting on Senator Graham’s legacy, including his impact on the federal judiciary and the Senate’s advice-and-consent role.Introduction by Sheldon Gilbert, President and CEO, The Federalist SocietyFeaturing:Hon. Andrew N. Ferguson, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, Former Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryMichael Fragoso, Partner, Torridon Law PLLC; Former Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Lee Holmes, Shareholder, D.C. Office Managing Shareholder; Former Staff Director and Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryKatherine Nikas, Senior Director, Microsoft; Former Staff Director and Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary(Moderator) Hon. Julius N. Richardson, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Scale content smarter in a multi-channel world. In this episode, guest host Peter Gavrilos of Americaneagle.com sits down with Jeff Eaton, Senior Director of Content Systems at Contentful, to explore content operations, AI, content governance, and omnichannel delivery. Learn why a strong content strategy, not simply creating more content, is becoming the foundation of successful digital experiences. This podcast is brought to you by Americaneagle.com Studios. Follow this podcast wherever you listen to them! Connect with: Lessons for Tomorrow: Website // Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // YouTube Peter Gavrilos: LinkedIn Jeff Eaton: LinkedIn Resources: Contentful Integration and Development Services | Contentful - Website
In Part 2 of this Pulse Check, Understanding the Modern Student Journey, host Faton Sopa is joined by guest Robert Kadar to dismantle the outdated reliance on traditional marketing funnels in higher education and highlight a critical industry misalignment. Guest Name: Robert M. Kadar, Senior Director of Marketing, Yeshiva University Guest Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkadar Guest Bio: Robert Kadar is a higher education marketing leader with more than fifteen years of experience across marketing strategy, communications, enrollment, fundraising, media relations, and organizational leadership. He combines strategic thinking, data-driven analysis, and hands-on marketing expertise to strengthen institutional brands, drive enrollment growth, and improve return on investment. Throughout his career, Robert has managed complex marketing initiatives, large-scale teams, and significant budgets across higher education institutions and advertising environments, including one of the largest universities in the United States. His work focuses on using research, data, and insights into student behavior to develop more effective and meaningful approaches to higher education marketing. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Mallory Willsea https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallorywillsea/https://twitter.com/mallorywillseaAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:The Higher Ed Pulse is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too!Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — The AI Workforce Platform for Higher Ed. Learn more at element451.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jennifer Mondino has been a civil rights lawyer and advocate for survivors of gender-based violence for almost 25 years. She is currently the Senior Director of the TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund at the National Women's Law Center. The TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund was launched in January 2018, months after #MeToo went viral. It is the only nationwide resource for people facing workplace sex harassment and retaliation to connect with legal help, and the only legal defense fund that provides dedicated funding for legal representation and media and storytelling assistance in workplace sex harassment and retaliation matters. Host: Katie Koestner Editor: Evan Mader Producers: Catrina Aglubat and Emily Wang
Good Karma Brands gave every teammate ChatGPT Enterprise on Labor Day. Less than a year later, 65% of the company uses AI daily. In the first episode of our AI Transformations series, presented by Google Cloud, Senior Director of Innovation Ty Bauschek tells Mike Kaput how they did it: the pilot, the training cadence, and the automations already saving teammates 10 to 15 hours a week. It's a candid look at what real, fast, company-wide AI adoption takes: top-down urgency, a culture that rewards experimentation, and a new innovation team turning three-hour tasks into ten-minute ones. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here Timestamps: 00:01:00 — Introducing the AI Transformations Series 00:04:11 — Meet Ty Bauschek and Good Karma Brands 00:06:22 — Why AI became an urgent, top-down priority 00:08:23 — The rollout: a 50-person pilot and seven Tuesdays 00:10:17 — The tools: ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude, Codex 00:11:34 — How adoption evolved 00:13:43 — Use-case spotlight 00:18:09 — Driving real adoption, not shallow use 00:20:13 — Hitting 65% daily usage: training & the newsletter 00:22:42 — Building an innovation department & the "Cam" breakthrough 00:25:52 — How the innovation specialist role works day to day 00:29:33 — Deciding where to focus & freeing up partner time 00:32:41 — What's next & Ty's advice for other companies This episode is presented by Google Cloud: Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner. Learn more about Google Cloud here: https://cloud.google.com/ Visit our website Receive our weekly newsletter Join our community: Slack Community LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Looking for content and resources? Register for a free webinar Come to our next Marketing AI Conference Enroll in our AI Academy
In this summer bonus episode of The Food Professor podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois broadcast live from the SIAL Food Innovation Show in Montreal for a conversation with Naïla Bassin, Marketing Leader Canada, and Carlo Stocco, Managing Director, North America, both of Andriani S.p.A., the Italian company behind Felicia, Italy's fastest-growing pasta brand. Felicia means "happy" in Italian, and the brand's Canadian arrival is built on a simple but stubborn problem: Canadians want healthier pasta, but the better-for-you category has long asked shoppers to compromise on taste and texture. Carlo traces the company's roots to Gravina in Puglia in southern Italy, its rapid European growth, and the decision to build a North American manufacturing facility in London, Ontario rather than simply import from Europe. That plant now anchors a national launch, with organic ingredients increasingly sourced in Canada and an ambition to bring the entire supply chain onshore. Naïla unpacks what makes the product different. Felicia owns its technology and mills its own raw materials, which matters enormously when there's no gluten to bind the pasta. The result is a seven-SKU lineup built on single ingredients and vegetables rather than blends and fillers: buckwheat, brown rice and spirulina, chickpea, red lentil, oat and green cauliflower. One organic red lentil serving delivers 23 grams of protein and 14 grams of fibre, plus iron and potassium. The oat pasta recently took home a NEXTY award for best gluten-free product at Expo West in Los Angeles, chosen from more than 1,000 submissions. The conversation turns to the retail strategy every emerging food brand wrestles with. Felicia has launched in specialty and health stores across Ontario and Quebec, landed at Loblaw in the natural health aisle, secured Costco with red lentil penne plus a limited mid-May drop of organic oat and green cauliflower cavatappi, is rolling into Save-On-Foods, and is in discussions with Sobeys. But where should it live on shelf? Carlo makes the case for the main pasta aisle using Italy's Esselunga, where 14 Felicia items sit alongside conventional pasta and grow the total category, much as cereal and bakery have already been transformed. A sharp listen for anyone tracking Canadian grocery innovation, better-for-you food trends and brand building in a crowded category. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Visiting Professor in Food Policy and Distribution at McGill University and a Professor in Food Distribution and Policy in the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University.Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. He is one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability with over 775 published peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr. Charlebois is also an editor for the prestigious Trends in Food Science Technology journal. He co-hosts The Food Professor podcast, discussing issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries and which is the most listened Canadian management podcast in Canada. Every year since 2012, he has published the now highly anticipated Canadian Food Price Report, which provides an overview of food price trends for the coming year. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, nationally as well as internationally. He has testified on several occasions before parliamentary committees on food policy-related issues as an expert witness. He has been asked to act as an advisor on food and agricultural policies in many Canadian provinces and other countries.With extensive experience collaborating with businesses, governments, and NGOs, Dr. Charlebois combines academic rigor with practical expertise, making him one of the most influential voices in the global agri-food landscape. His work continues to advance the understanding of food systems, fostering innovation and resilience in a rapidly evolving industry. In 2025, he received the prestigious Charles III medal recognizing his tremendous work in informing Canadians about food issues. Michael LeBlanc is a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and media entrepreneur. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions hosted senior retail executive on-stage in 1:1 interviews worldwide. Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including The Remarkable Retail Podcast, The Voice of Retail, The Food Professor, The FEED powered by Loblaw and the Global eCommerce Leaders podcast. He has been recognized by the National Retail Federation (NRF) as a global Top Retail Voice for 2025 and 2025, and continues to be a ReThink Retail Top Retail Expert for the fifth year in a row.
Human trafficking is a serious issue that can happen in plain sight, making awareness and training critical for industries that interact with the public every day. In this episode of Shelf Confidence, PFMA is joined by Philadelphia City Councilmember Dr. Nina Ahmad; Marisa Balanda, Deputy Policy Director at PennDOT; and Laura Cyrus, Senior Director of Industry Training and Outreach at TAT, for a conversation about human trafficking awareness, prevention and response. The discussion explores how trafficking can intersect with transportation networks, major events, convenience stores, fuel retailers, delivery operations and other frontline businesses. Guests also share insight on the importance of recognizing warning signs, reporting concerns safely and equipping employees with the tools they need to respond appropriately. For food and beverage retailers, transportation professionals and community partners, this episode highlights how awareness, preparation and industry collaboration can help protect vulnerable people and strengthen communities across Pennsylvania.#tatnonprofit #PennsylvaniaDOT If you enjoy Shelf Confidence, please subscribe and share. Thanks for listening!
Health care organizations still have to handle thousands of patient record requests manually. In addition to individual records requested by doctors, patients, lawyers, and others, there is a constant stream of requests for hundreds of records at a time for audits and quality reviews—and a lot of them still come in by fax, telephone, or postal mail.Sherpas Healthcare Solutions is a medical record retrieval company that takes on the burden of fulfilling these requests. In a recent video interview, we had a chance to chat with Kaylan Blice-Mullins, Senior Director of Provider Relations at Sherpas Healthcare Solutions, and Brian Sitongia, Medical Records Manager at one of their clients, Wills Eye Hospital, to learn more about how Sherpas Healthcare Solutions is helping relieve the burden of all these requests.Learn more about Sherpas Healthcare Solutions: https://scanningsherpas.com/Learn more about Wills Eye Hospital: https://www.willseye.org/Healthcare IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/
Michael is joined by Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Senior Director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), who just concluded his seventh trip to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion. Mark delivers an operational update on his work training Ukrainian brigade commanders and assesses the strategic political reshuffle in Kyiv. He compares President Volodymyr Zelensky to a wartime Winston Churchill—brilliant yet fallible—and evaluates the new military leadership under Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi. Finally, Mark draws on his naval expertise to argue why the U.S. Navy must commit to physical escort operations through the Strait of Hormuz to permanently break Iran's economic grip.
On today's podcast episode, we present our “Unofficial Monthly Retailer Awards” (UMRAs) for July, including awards for “Most Impactful Campaign,” “Best IRL Initiative,” and “Greatest Under-the-Radar Move.” Listen to the discussion with Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Senior Analyst Blake Droesch, Senior Editor Karen Jacobs, Senior Director of Content Becky Schilling. Subscribe to EMARKETER's newsletters. Go to https://www.emarketer.com/newsletters Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com For a transcript of this episode click here: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-nike-rips-script-play-doh-bloom-kits-adults-more-reimagining-retail © 2026 EMARKETER
Your AI bill just stopped behaving like a software bill. For twenty years, IT leaders got very good at counting seats: buy a hundred, pay for a hundred. Then AI swapped the seat for a meter, and the number stopped holding still.This episode follows the burn from three vantage points: a financial analyst rationing a $250-a-month token budget he tore through in two days; the tech executive who watched enterprise AI bills climb 7x, 10x, 20x; and the IT leader at a 300-person company who refused to solve it with a usage dashboard. Along the way: Meta's leaked internal token leaderboard, Uber blowing its entire annual AI budget by April, and the uncomfortable question of who profits when everyone's told to use more.In this episode:Why token-based pricing breaks the budgeting playbook IT has relied on for two decadesWhat happens to the people using the tool when the meter starts running — and why rationing has a hidden costWhy measuring usage is the wrong scoreboard, and who benefits when you keep score anywayThe mid-market move that beats policing: measure centrally, push the judgment to managers, and get clear on what you're optimizing forFeaturing Brian Elliott, CEO of Work Forward; Daryl Dore, Senior Director of IT & Information Security at Higher Logic; and Benjamin, a financial analyst who spoke with us on condition of anonymity.Support our sponsor:This episode is brought to you by Sophos MDR. Running Microsoft security tools and drowning in alerts? Sophos MDR's 24/7 experts investigate and stop the real threats. >>> Learn more at: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/solutions/use-cases/microsoft#ITLeadership #AICostManagement #SaaSManagement #FinOps #EnterpriseAI #TokenBurn #ITAMShow Notes & ResourcesReferenced in this episodeMeta's internal AI token leaderboard (Fortune) — 85,000 employees ranked by token consumption; shut down days after it leaked.Uber burns its 2026 AI budget in four months (Forbes; TechCrunch) — adoption jumps 32% to 84% in a month; spend later capped.Jensen Huang on token consumption as a productivity signal (Tom's Hardware).Gartner: worldwide AI spending forecast to grow 47% in 2026 (Gartner).Zylo 2026 SaaS Management Index — the scale of wasted SaaS spend (Zylo).Brian Elliott's newsletter, Work Forward.Guest: Daryl Dore — Higher Logic.This episode's sponsor: Sophos MDR, in partnership with Softchoice — 24/7 managed detection and response for Microsoft environments. https://www.sophos.com/en-us/solutions/use-cases/microsoft The Catalyst by Softchoice is the podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection of humans and technology.
My friends across duck country, I ask you one question, are the duck done for? Are you willing to let duck populations fade into oblivion. We talk about the weather and how it affects duck migration a-lot on the FowlWeather Podcast, but we know one thing for sure, if ducks are never produced, it does not matter what the weather does, ducks that don't hatch can't come south each duck season. We also know that ducks need wetlands to produce more ducks. But here we are, the USFWS for some reason isadvancing a proposal that could reduce the 1.7M acres of wetland easements that they hold. And remember these are wetland easements paid for with your Duck Stamp dollars, and as far as we can see, they may be gone in the coming years, wetlands possibly gone forever. With over half of the prairie pothole wetlands already gone and duck numbers struggling, we don't want to lose more acres. As noted on the FowlWeather social media posts and on this Monday mornings episode, we were working to get waterfowl experts on to dissect and help us learn about what is happening with FWS prairie pothole wetland easements and we aimed high because we have both Dr. Scott Stephens, Senior Director of Conservation Strategy and Dr. Mike Brasher, Senior Waterfowl Scientist with us tonight. Both of Ducks Unlimited, these men are passionate duck hunter-conservationists and we are honored to have them on the FowlWeather Podcast to help us learn about this important topic. The way I like to state it when people ask about this potential FWS policy change…… the FowlWeatherPodcast position and what we tell them is this “this all could be worse than bad”.
The business of songwriting is a full-blown economy of its own — chock full of jargon like “splits,” “P-R-Os,” “plugger” and “mailbox money.”But what does it all mean? Today we follow the money: how writers get paid, what happens when a song gets cut, what the different kinds of publishing deals are, and what the implications are for copyrights now that AI has come to town. It's day three of songwriting week and we're talking about the business of songwriting.This episode was produced by Liv Lombardi and Mary Mancini.Guests Lydia Schultz Cahill, Sr. Director of Creative Services, SESAC Performing Rights, Nashville Dr. E. Michael Harrington, Musicologist Olivia Rudeen, singer-songwriter Chandler Nicole Sherrill, Senior Director of Creative, Electric Feel Entertainment
Matt Orsagh spent 25 years inside mainstream finance, including as Senior Director of Capital Markets at the CFA Institute. Then he concluded that ESG was painting the house while it was on fire. Now, as co-founder of the Arketa Institute for Post-Growth Finance, he makes the case that a post-growth world is coming, by disaster or by design. We discuss why degrowth is a diet, not austerity; why green growth collides with physics and the Jevons paradox; and his answer to the Global South objection: Africa should be allowed to grow, it is the Global North that needs the diet. Plus a radical rethink of pensions, a third of the world's assets, built on natural and social capital, not just piles of gold. Listen, then share it with someone who still believes efficiency will save us.
I honed my marketing chops at The Home Depot. I spent six years of my life in an orange apron. Six years reflighting media, plussing up paid search, and trying to predict the exact week spring will arrive so we can flip end caps from snow blowers to mulch. If you've ever worked retail, you know brand loyalty doesn't end when you clock out for the last time. Brand loyalty like that is tattooed on you.So the fact that I'm sitting here, having a perfectly civilized conversation with today's guest, is honestly a small miracle. He's Lowe's. He's my sworn enemy. He's the vest to my apron. The blue to my orange. And even though I've been out of the home improvement game for six years, I still feel like I'm going to get caught when I walk into that big blue box store. Old habits die hard.But here's the thing about rivalries: The good ones make you pay attention to the other side. And I have to hand it to Lowe's: what they're building right now, especially in AI, deserves respect. Everyone is talking about AI. Every panel, every keynote, and every LinkedIn post has a suspiciously confident hot take. We're exhausted by it, but we can't stop talking about it because there's just so much still unfolding, too many new use cases showing up every single week. And I hate to break it to you, but if you're still only using AI to make your mean email sound nice, you're behind. Big time.The real conversation isn't about whether to use AI. It's about how to get started. Are no legacy systems weighing you down? Do you have decades of process and infrastructure you can't just rip out and rebuild overnight? Or are you somewhere in the middle?How do you align strategy, product and partnerships while bringing a legacy organization along for the ride? We sat down with Lowe's Senior Director of AI, Sravan Vadigepalli to find out.
In this episode of John Solomon Reports, host John Solomon dives deep into the ongoing AI revolution and the critical role of data centers in America's technological future. Recorded live at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Solomon discusses the alarming rise of misinformation surrounding data centers and their impact on local communities. He highlights the transformation of public perception, where once welcomed for their economic benefits, data centers now face resistance fueled by fear and disinformation.Joining Solomon is Steve DelBianco, President and CEO of NetChoice, who sheds light on the myths surrounding data centers, such as concerns over water consumption and electricity costs. DelBianco emphasizes that modern data centers often use less water than golf courses and contribute to lowering electricity rates by enhancing grid efficiency. Together, they address the importance of educating communities about the economic opportunities that data centers bring, including job creation and tax revenue that can support local infrastructure and schools.The episode also features insights from EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi, who discusses the agency's efforts to expedite permitting processes for data centers, ensuring that America maintains its competitive edge in the global AI race against China. Fotouhi outlines how the Ratepayer Protection Pledge is designed to safeguard consumers from rising electricity costs associated with new data centers.Later, economist Stephen Moore joins the conversation, sharing his thoughts on the necessity of data centers in driving economic growth and innovation. He warns against the dangers of succumbing to misinformation and urges listeners to recognize the vital role technology plays in shaping a prosperous future.Lastly, Jake Morabito, Senior Director of Policy, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), highlights the misinformation surrounding data centers, including misconceptions about their water usage and impact on electricity prices. Morabito also explains how data centers often consume less water than traditional industries and contribute to lower electricity rates by stabilizing the grid. They also discuss the job creation potential of data centers in a time when manufacturing is on the rise, emphasizing the skilled trades and local economic benefits that come with these developments.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Matt Britton welcomes Claire Nance, the Senior Director of Marketing Communications at Microsoft's Xbox Media Solutions. Claire explains the transition of the gaming business following Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard and how the company now offers a full spectrum of opportunities across mobile, PC, and console. The discussion focuses on the global reach of 3.6 billion gamers, the role of mobile gaming in providing universal access, and why the industry must move past outdated stereotypes to understand the modern gaming audience. Claire also shares her philosophy on player-first advertising and her non-linear career path that led her into one of the most immersive sectors of entertainment. Follow Suzy on Twitter: @AskSuzyBizFollow Claire Nance on LinkedInSubscribe to The Speed of Culture on your favorite podcast platform.And if you have a question or suggestions for the show, send us an email at suzy@suzy.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What separates companies that consistently grow from those that simply launch products? In this episode, Caitlin Mayer, Senior Director of U.S. Marketing for Medtronic's Acute Care & Monitoring business, shares the go-to-market principles that have helped her team build stronger customer partnerships, align cross-functional teams, and accelerate growth through portfolio-based marketing. Drawing on real-world experience leading commercialization strategies in one of healthcare's fastest-growing care settings, Caitlin explains why today's customers expect more than products. They expect solutions that improve workflows, deliver economic value, and solve meaningful operational challenges. She also shares the planning process her team uses to unite marketing, sales, clinical, and product teams around a single business objective, creating the alignment needed to execute consistently and drive measurable results. What you'll learn: 1. Why portfolio selling creates stronger customer partnerships than product-centric selling. 2. How customer insights should shape positioning, segmentation, and go-to-market strategy. 3. How cross-functional alignment creates better execution and measurable business results. 4. A practical framework for moving from product launches to sustainable revenue growth. About Caitlin Mayer: Caitlin Mayer is the Senior Director of U.S. Marketing for Medtronic's Acute Care & Monitoring business. With more than 15 years of experience in healthcare marketing, she specializes in customer-centered go-to-market strategy, cross-functional alignment, and building commercial programs that drive measurable growth. Resources: • Connect with Caitlin Mayer on LinkedIn • Follow Medtronic on LinkedIn • Explore the Medtronic website
A deadly terror attack on a Pride event in Berlin prompts more calls for a crackdown on Islamic extremism. Fresh off the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump signals a new phase in the Iran conflict: And, the key midterm contests are locked in. Reporting from Tim Rice and Cabot Phillips. Plus, we speak with Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 3006- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Concerned Women For America - Join CWA's growing army of fighters for truth and download their free practical guide for engagement and voting at https://ConcernedWomen.org/WIRE Dose Daily - New customers can save 35% on your first month of subscription by going to dosedaily.co/WIRE or entering WIRE at checkout.Ethos - Take 10 minutes to get covered today, with life insurance through Ethos. Get your free quote at https://ETHOS.com/wire. - - -Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Experienced field engineers are retiring or moving on faster than ever, and the troubleshooting knowledge they carry rarely makes it into a manual before they go. In this episode, Deniz Mullis, Senior Director of Global Technical Operations at Cytiva, examines why closing that knowledge gap takes daily feedback loops, cleaner documentation, and technician trust. Deniz joins Emerj's Yolandi de Weerdt to walk through what breaks first during a rollout, how her team builds confidence in AI-assisted guidance, and what has to be true inside a service organization before an AI investment can pay off. This episode is sponsored by Aquant. Learn how consultants are winning business with evidence-based AI ROI, and building long-term capabilities instead of chasing short-term gains. Download our free PDF report, "3 Keys to Thriving in the Coming Era of Automation" at emerj.com/cok1
In this episode of Resiliency Radio with Dr. Jill, Dr. Jill Carnahan welcomes Eric Fernandez, Senior Director of Hyperice's Rehab Division, for an exciting conversation about the science behind recovery, circulation, and nervous system regulation. From elite athletes to individuals living with chronic illness, they explore how technologies like Normatec compression therapy are transforming recovery, improving circulation, reducing inflammation, and supporting long-term health. Together they discuss the growing role of compression therapy in performance, lymphatic health, dysautonomia, longevity, and everyday wellness. Whether you're looking to recover faster, optimize performance, improve circulation, or simply age more gracefully, this episode offers practical, science-backed strategies to help your body recover and thrive.
In this episode of Shift AI, Noah Smith, Vice Provost for AI at the University of Washington and Senior Director of NLP Research at the Allen Institute for AI, joins host Boaz Ashkenazy for a wide ranging conversation on how universities are preparing for a workplace increasingly run by AI agents.Noah's path wound from a PhD at Johns Hopkins to a tenured professorship at Carnegie Mellon, until a call from UW pulled him west in 2015 to help build out its natural language processing faculty. A few years later he took on a second role leading a research team at the Allen Institute for AI, and this past November added a newly created role as UW's first Vice Provost for AI. The conversation covers how faculty across UW are experimenting with AI in the classroom, from an interactive logic textbook in the philosophy department to new AI literacy courses, and digs into OLMo, the fully open language model project Noah leads at Ai2, unpacking why releasing the weights, code, and training data together, not just an API, matters for regulated industries, universities, and anyone who wants to retrain a model rather than just prompt it.Noah lays out a scenario where 80 percent of entry level work gets done by autonomous agents and argues the skill universities need to double down on is not AI literacy so much as discernment, the ability to unwrap a problem and figure out what questions to ask.This one is for university administrators, provosts, and faculty grappling with AI policy, as well as founders and engineers building on open source models, and anyone curious how a major research university is trying to get ahead of the agentic era instead of just reacting to it.Chapters[00:05] Welcome to Shift AI, live from UW's Foster School of Business[03:44] Noah's path from Carnegie Mellon to UW's Vice Provost for AI[06:08] Bagging groceries: Noah's first paid job[08:11] Six months in: what surprised Noah most about the role[09:22] How AI is reshaping teaching and pedagogy at UW[11:33] Preparing students for a world where agents do 80 percent of the work[14:08] Inside the Allen Institute for AI and the origins of OLMo[15:52] What "fully open" really means for language models[17:49] Specialized models versus general-purpose models for regulated industries[19:47] AI governance, security, and UW's new governance committee[24:35] The future of work in two words: human agencyConnect with Noah SmithLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-smith-0322511a4/Connect with Boaz AshkenazyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boazashkenazy/Email: info@shiftai.fm
“Infrastructure used to be invisible. Now, it's the brand. ” - Kamila ThompsonThank you for tuning in to The CUInsight Network, with your host, Robbie Young, Vice President of Strategic Growth at CUInsight. In The CUInsight Network, we take a deeper dive with the thought leaders who support the credit union community. We discuss issues and challenges facing credit unions and identify best practices to learn and grow together.My guest on today's show is Kamila Thompson, Senior Director of Growth at Nexcess. She comes on the show to discuss the way that we think about technology, trust, and the future of digital banking. Listen as we talk about protecting a credit union's core system and why the systems surrounding it can have an even more profound impact on security, compliance, and the member experience.Throughout our conversation, Kamila explains how digital transformation has left many institutions managing vendors and integrations, creating complications that often are not understood until an examination or outage exposes the gaps. She shares some practical insights into why leaders need to explain the “why” of their technology in plain language, and we also discuss what organizations can do to better prepare for future exams while strengthening resilience behind the scenes. We explore how member expectations have changed over time—reliability is no longer defined by branch hours or friendly service alone but is measured by whether digital experiences work flawlessly when members need them. Kamila makes the case that infrastructure has become part of a credit union's brand and that trust is built via consistent and dependable technology!As we wrap up the episode, Kamila looks ahead to AI-ready infrastructure, the growing role of purpose-built cloud environments, and why credit unions shouldn't have to choose between innovation, compliance, and security. She also undergoes our usual round of rapid-fire questions, and you're going to want to tune in for her answers. Enjoy my conversation with Kamila Thompson!Connect with Kamila:Kamila Thompson, Senior Director of Growth at Nexcessnexcess.com Kamila: LinkedInNexcess: LinkedIn | YouTubeShow notes from this episode:Shout-out: Indiana JonesShout-out: Kamila's daughterShout-out: Star WarsShout-out: Kamila's grandfatherShout-out: Robbie's grandfatherPlace mentioned: CaliforniaPlace mentioned: WashingtonPlace mentioned: New YorkPlace mentioned: New JerseyPlace mentioned: Nashville, TennesseePlace mentioned: The Great Smoky MountainsBook mentioned: The MANIAC by Benjamin LabatutShout-out: John von NeumannIn this episode:[1:30] - Hear how Kamilla found an ideal fit at Nexcess, combining her passions for marketing, data, and secure infrastructure.[4:58] - Kamilla discusses how rapid digital transformation often leads to hidden compliance risks without a strong infrastructure foundation.[7:21] - It's important for leaders to understand and document their digital infrastructure to meet regulatory expectations.[9:44] - Reliable digital infrastructure has become central to member trust, satisfaction, and long-term retention.[12:32] - For the foreseeable future, Nexcess will be focusing on AI-ready infrastructure, as it enables financial institutions to scale without sacrificing speed or compliance.[13:54] - We learn why Kamilla looked up to her grandfather.[15:11] - Traveling with Nexcess has inspired Kamilla to explore Nashville and the Smoky Mountains.[15:52] - Hear why Kamilla recommends the book The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut.[16:46] - Kamilla explains how getting up early helps her maintain balance.[17:41] - In closing, Kamilla argues that lasting digital trust depends on reliable infrastructure, not just polished apps.
According to Gartner, at least 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned after proof of concept due to escalating costs, poor data quality, or unclear business value. There are a lot of factors working against them, and too often failure happens when teams are right in the middle of building. They’ve spent significant time, money, IT capacity on something that may very well have been doomed from the start. So how do you know if something is actually worth building with AI or if you should just focus on buying instead? Riley Rogers: Hi, and welcome to the Win/Win Podcast. I’m your host, Riley Rogers. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic is Keith Weaver, Senior Director of Global IT and Enterprise Applications at Highspot. Thanks so much for joining us today, Keith. I’d love if you could just kick us off by telling us a little bit about yourself, your background, and your role. Keith Weaver: I have been leading our global IT team at Highspot. I’ve been in IT for, I think, getting close to 20 years now, just overseeing all kinds of different systems and specialties within those systems. Our IT team at Highspot is IT operations, making sure everyone has devices, equipment, all of that globally. We’re now in seven countries. As well as system engineering, making sure everyone has the right tools, that they’re optimized for the business. And then we have specific teams in IT that specialize in financial systems and HR systems. In the world of AI, it’s a whole new world and it’s a lot of fun. RR: So 20 years in IT, you’ve kind of run the gamut. But it sounds like the last two and a half years have crammed almost 20 years’ worth of change into a very short window. When we were planning for this episode, you mentioned to me that you read four or five newsletters every morning just to keep up with the pace of innovation. Can you walk us through why you’re spending so much time learning and how IT has had to evolve to keep up with this pace of development? KW: What I’ve seen is mostly it’s the same things that we’ve done, except it’s done at a much faster pace. It is kind of an unheard of pace that AI is moving. Every day, the reason I read five different newsletters is because there are so many new things getting released, whether it’s a new model or a new tool, and then there are things within the tools that are getting released. Trying to understand all those things, the new protocols that are getting released, the new ways people are building or executing on AI, or the new things people are learning, is just really critical. And all of that is at a speed that we’re just not accustomed to. So I think that the objective of what an IT team does to continue to keep the business unlocked, able to do their best work with the technology and tools while making it secure and scalable, those things are the same. It’s just the speed now that it’s running, and the speed from the business. The business is moving so fast, and their expectation is that IT continues to deliver at that pace. I’ll give you some examples. I get probably, me personally, not my team, but me personally, I probably get 20 to 50 requests for new connections, new skills, new tools every week. That’s in Slack, in Jira. It’s just nonstop, and that’s just unheard of before AI. It just didn’t happen. It would be like, “Oh, we have this big initiative, and we’re gonna do this thing.” And now it’s just like, “Can I have this? Can I have that?” And all good things, it’s just how do we do that, and how do we keep up? RR: So when you have 20 to 50 requests hitting your desk every week, it can probably start to feel a little overwhelming. And I wonder if the folks who are sending these requests your way maybe don’t know the considerations behind every single one of these ideas. I’d love if you could give us a view of what you’re seeing across the industry as both technical and non-technical teams are all noodling on the idea of how to build with AI, how to buy AI tools, how to bring them all together and create a combination that actually works. What are you seeing? KW: Well, I think if you think back a year to a year and a half ago, mostly people were buying tools. Building was… It’s so funny ’cause we’re talking about a year ago or a year and a half ago, but building was much harder. And really with Claude, the Opus class models that came out, it really started unlocking the ability for everyone to start building. And so since then, the conversation shifted from, “Yeah, we can go buy this tool,” to “We can build this internally.” And there’s a lot of excitement to build because building’s fun. The pendulum just swings often on these things, and so we’re kind of in that wave where everyone’s super excited about building something. And I think we’ll end up in a place that is more normalized, where we’re building some, we’re buying some. We’re doing a hybrid approach. I think that is where we’ll end up. It’s just, it has swung really far to, “Look, we can just go build that thing.” RR: So it sounds like we’re kind of in the early phase of a cycle that you’ve seen time and time again, where surrounded by enthusiasm, but maybe we don’t have much direction. And like you said, building is fun, so I imagine you probably hear a lot of, “Hey, look what I built,” or, “Why can’t we just build this?” So when something like that lands in your inbox, what’s the first thing that goes through your mind? KW: If it’s, “Look what I built,” there’s lots of questions, like how is it being deployed? What’s the next step with this? Who’s gonna own it? How is this actually out in the world, and how are we gonna make sure that it’s as scalable and secure? If it’s a conversation, I would say this is more so where we hear, “We want to build this thing,” or, “We can just go build this thing. Why would we buy this?” I think the thing that I would ask is, what is the long-term path for this? Because deploying is just the first step. It’s the iteration. It’s the test. It’s continuing to deploy it. It’s maintaining it. It’s supporting it. It’s the full life cycle of any software project. What resources are gonna do that? How are we going to maintain this and support this long term? Those are usually the questions that I start asking. RR: And you’re quite equipped to speak to the build side of the equation because you’ve done it. You’ve tackled the planning, the deployment, the maintenance, the ongoing support, the full life cycle, like you said, of a software project. And you’ve done it with AI. I’d love if you could walk us through your first test case. Tell us a little bit about what you were thinking going in, and what you learned along the way about what works, what doesn’t, and what was surprisingly difficult. KW: Yeah. So we built an IT AI agent and an HR agent, and we did that with a cross-collaborative team. I think we started it last fall and then deployed it in February or March this year. And I would say the main objective there was not that these are the tools that are gonna change the way we function. The main objective was a learning. It was an R&D investment. So we knew that we had to, as an IT team, be able to help the business deploy these agents, and we found some use cases that we could. The IT one we can own in-house. The HR one, we already collaborate with them very closely on a number of things. So it felt like a good first step for us to dip our toes, learn a lot about how to build these, what works, what doesn’t. And these agents are more than just chatbots. They really were taking actions in tools like Jira and Workday, Highspot itself. And we built them using the Workato platform, and what we learned through it is it was actually really exciting and really easy to get to a place where this mostly works, and this is pretty, it feels like this could be really powerful. That was, like, the first three weeks. The rest of the time was, “Oh, gosh, how are we going to get this thing so that it doesn’t give somebody some really poor answer from a security standpoint or an HR answer that needs to be rooted in truth?” And then how can we make sure that it repeatedly does these actions no matter what people prompt, that it’s really controlled? I often described it to my team like it was training a four-year-old. I have four kids and they’re all older now, but it was like I was back in those toddler stages. Like, “Why’d you decide to do that? That was a bad decision. Stop.” And trying to train it and get it to that point, it just took a massive amount of time. And since we’ve launched it, it’s a lot of resources to read the conversation, understand what was asked, understand what it did and where it went wrong, then refining it, then retesting it, then redeploying it. It’s a cycle. It’s this continual cycle, and that takes a lot more resources and time than I originally thought it would. RR: Ballpark, what did that investment look like? How long did it take you to build? How many queries did you have to manually validate before you trusted the thing? And how much are you still investing today to keep it alive? KW: In the beginning, you just start giving it manual prompts and testing it to see what it does. Then you produce your test cases, and you manually go through those test cases, and every time you make some major changes, you go through those test cases, make sure that it’s still hitting. Because just changing one little thing, for example, if you take a tool and change the prompt or the description of that tool, you actually have to do regression testing on all the things that someone could prompt, because just changing that one little description, the agentic reasoning could choose to use that tool or not use that tool at the wrong places. So it’s really important to do this regression testing. Then we started going through how do we automate some of this testing, and we were able to do some of that. But I think the biggest takeaway is with software, traditional software, you do regression testing, but if you change this bit of code, really that’s what you have to worry about, anything within that bit of code, not the whole stack, not the whole thing. This was, I think, a really big takeaway. We would make a small change, and something unrelated, completely unrelated, would start acting weird. And then you have model changes. You’re like, “Oh, I want to move to the latest model.” Well, that latest model now, the reasoning’s different, how it picks up tools might be different, and so that also has been a challenge. I think over time, especially as the tools evolve, the automated testing will get easier. We can have Claude, for example, go through and give it a bunch of questions, evaluate the responses. But you’ve got to build that too. That’s all something you’ve got to build in order to maintain this thing. RR: Now, you said this project was conceived last fall, launched, not necessarily finalized, ’cause it’s never really finalized, but launched publicly in the February March timeframe. So now we’re almost a year out from initial conception, couple months out from launch. Given your point about things changing so much in the last year and a half, now knowing what the landscape looks like, would you have built differently or would you have built at all? KW: It’s a great question. I think if I go back to my objective that I needed to learn and I needed my team to learn how to deploy these things and the challenges of it, I wouldn’t change what we’ve done, and they’re still deployed in production right now, although we are not spending a massive amount of time making them better. Would I change what I’ve done? No, but that’s because of where my objective was. My objective wasn’t to massively change the HR process or the IT process. It was to learn. And I think that given the right investment, we could move them further along. However, I do not believe that building something that every business has to do, IT and HR stuff, that… all those questions that we get, both of those teams get, are the same across most organizations. Most of the things employees need to do in these functions are the same across all organizations. So I don’t know that I would double down and want to go build the agentic functionality behind IT and HR. What I would want to do is look at our specific processes, things that are unique about our business, not only where we have the information, but what tools we use, and then maybe specific processes of how we do something, and figure out how do I build that piece and tie it into something that’s delivered. And there are so many, just talking about the IT space, there are so many systems right now that have the agentic functionality and give you the ability to tie in all your different tools. So I would probably try to leverage those rather than just building everything from the ground up. RR: As an aside, I will say I have used both the IT and the HR agents. They’re quite cool. The HR one talked me through my vision insurance at 8:00 PM on a Saturday, so thank you for that. Very helpful. So you mentioned that this was something that you and the team invested in as a learning, so you could understand what the process of building an agentic workflow looked like, an agentic tool looked like. So having now seen what it looks like, what must be invested in order to do this successfully, how do you draw the line between what you can build, what you should build, and what you’re better off just buying? KW: I think you should build the things that are unique to your business. You could think about this as your moat, but I think it goes beyond that. It’s where your processes or the way you handle something is very unique. In those cases, it may make sense to build something from scratch. But if it’s not unique to your business, like go back to the HR and IT, most of it’s just not unique. And so in most cases, when you don’t have something unique, then it likely makes sense to buy it, because you get the power of the organization that has built that tool behind it, pushing that tool forward much faster than you’re ever going to push it forward, ’cause we’re just not gonna hire that many engineers to do it. And so if there’s an IT tool out there that is bringing all that agentic functionality to the forefront, then why would I not leverage that, as long as I believe in the company, they have a track record to deliver, and they have the ability to build on top of it for some unique IT process that I have or some deterministic termination workflow that I want to execute. If I can do that, then I would say let me build what’s unique and tie it into something where the base or the product is being delivered. RR: Outside of that uniqueness component, if you’re a GTM leader trying to make that call, what other questions would you be thinking about and asking yourself? KW: I think I would just go back to that uniqueness test. Is this unique to my business? Is this a unique sales motion, a unique thing that we do here because of what we’re selling or how we’re selling that I can’t expect a vendor to build this or be able to deliver it? Or is it roughly the same thing everyone else is doing, the same problem everyone else is trying to solve? There are unique components, ’cause there are always unique components to this, but those unique components can be built alongside or included within that tool. And here’s the wonderful thing, if you just take AI or Claude, for example, we’re using Claude internally, you have a tool that has all the MCP capabilities like Highspot, like Salesforce, and you have some unique process with some maybe even proprietary tool that you want to do. Well, the great thing is you can bring that all into Claude. You can use Workato or build a skill within Claude and use that, whatever you’re building for that unique process, that unique system, and tie it in with those other tools that already are giving you a lot of functionality, and now you’ve expanded what you already had, and you’re spending your time in that uniqueness layer. What’s unique to us? That, to me, there’s value in that, to build there, because you’re not gonna get another organization to spend the time, money, or energy building on that. RR: So it sounds like it kind of comes down to a basic cost benefit call. Is the upfront investment and ongoing maintenance worth what that unique build will actually deliver? KW: When you’re doing the cost analysis, you can’t look at just what it costs to build. You have to look at the full life cycle. An analogy for you is, if you go back, maybe 20 years when SaaS really became a big thing, you had Salesforce kind of leading the charge. In all of the sales cycles, they would say, “You no longer need servers, and you no longer need admins.” The business manages this themselves, and everyone was super excited. Oh, this is gonna, the ROI’s gonna be so great on this. The business is gonna own this. We can move really quickly because we can change workflows and do this stuff and own it all internally. We don’t need an IT team to manage servers, et cetera. And everyone got really excited about this, and I remember all those years ago being like, “Guys, I don’t know if that’s really gonna be true.” So now you fast-forward, and it hasn’t been 20 years. For the last 15 years, we’ve been actually hiring system admins like crazy. We have Salesforce admins, NetSuite admins, Workday admins, Jira admins, and we are spending millions of dollars on these admins to maintain these systems that were supposed to have a great ROI. And I haven’t seen any studies on it, but I bet if we could compare on-prem with old software that we used to buy and put on-prem to SaaS, we would say that it was a lot cheaper to do it. And we’re not gonna go back. We’re not gonna do that any differently anymore, but I think we have to use that same type of lens. The ROI is not just the build. It is how are we gonna maintain this and keep it long term. RR: Yeah, and that’s the pendulum swing you mentioned earlier. Excitement, then reality hits, then we’re back to the next shiny thing. For those in that stage of enthusiasm that maybe don’t know what they’re getting themselves into, what do you wish they understood before kicking off a build or approaching IT with an idea? KW: I think the full cost. That you can’t do the math by just looking at what it costs to build, or that I can get a couple of my key people to go build this thing in Claude, but it’s how are we going to scale this in the organization? How are we going to deploy this thing? How are we going to maintain it? How are we going to support it? Who’s gonna take the support questions at midnight when they come in? And then how are we gonna iterate to keep ahead and make sure that it can do everything that we need it to do and stays ahead of where the business is going? RR: And when you’re having those conversations, at what point should IT actually be in the room? And what happens when you’re not? KW: I think that IT should be brought in the room as soon as a team is saying, “We can build this instead of buying it.” And really, I think that IT is not there, or hopefully we’re not there to say no. We’re there to help shed a light on what it’s actually going to take long term so that we make the best decisions. Because ultimately, I think we understand the technology and we understand the challenges of deploying stuff like this and then maintaining it long term. That’s what we do. And so if we’re in the room earlier, we can at least shine a light on it and give kind of that picture of reality so that we’re making the best decisions and there’s no surprises. Because the worst thing is that decision to build is made, they start building it, they realize they need IT’s help, and IT has a roadmap. We don’t have the resources or the ability to step in and solve this problem. Now you’ve wasted money. RR: Yeah. I saw a really interesting stat from some original research by Influ2. They surveyed marketing and sales leaders that are in the market for technology, and of those leaders, only 10% of them saw the IT perspective as valuable during the evaluation. 38% of them, however, then came back and said our biggest blocker, the number one blocker, in fact, was IT. So that disconnect is very clear, and it’s causing very clear consequences down the line. KW: I think what I would say is the best IT teams don’t want to be blockers. We don’t get excited blocking what the business is doing. We get excited leveraging the technology and moving it forward as fast as possible and seeing the business successful. So that’s what we want to do. It’s really hard when decisions have been made that back us into a corner and we’re like, “There’s no way to scale this, support this, continue this.” And then we’re seen as a blocker, but if we just had the conversation earlier, we could actually mitigate that much earlier. RR: So it sounds like the theme here is that your IT team wants to be a partner, not a gatekeeper or a blocker. And so knowing that, bring them along for the ride. Give them a seat at the table. Your programs, your investments will be better for it. If you had to boil this all down to one tip for marketing, sales, or enablement leaders on partnering with IT as they bring AI into their tech stack, what would it be? KW: I think if you can bring the IT team in and have a forward-looking view over the next year, over the next two years. It’s really hard to look two years out with AI and how fast it’s moving, but over the next year maybe, this is where we want to get. This is what we want to automate. This is what we need to fix. This is what we need to deliver in order to continue to execute on our objectives. If IT is on the same page there, we can be a proactive resource and help to get them there. We read all these things every day, there might be something that I’m seeing in the market or happening that I can bring to the table. Or at very least, when you come to me in six months and say, “Okay, I pulled the trigger on this thing,” we had that conversation. I knew it was coming. I knew the direction we were going, and directionally I was aligned with you, and so now I’m supporting that initiative rather than it being a surprise with no resources. So let us help with the roadmap. I think if we could do that across the whole business with IT, we would win together. RR: The one pretty clear takeaway, I think, whether you build, whether you buy, or whether you land somewhere in between, bring your IT team into the conversation, and you’re set up either way. Keith, last question for you. Just curious, what would you say to someone who looks at this build, buy, blend conversation and asks, “Why don’t I just build Highspot myself?” KW: When you build something as big and as complex as Highspot, there’s a lot of learnings that happen, a lot of iterations, a lot of changes to get to where you are. And trying to build that from scratch is very difficult. And I think the next thing that you may hear is, “Well, we can cobble this together.” I would just say you’re going to maintain that thing that Highspot has a full engineering team to make that as wonderful and as best as it can be. And how many engineers can you staff to do that and keep the velocity of it so that whatever you’re building is gonna move faster and be better than what Highspot’s building? And then what’s that gonna cost you? Going back to that build versus buy, when you start looking at how many engineers it takes not only to build it, but then to maintain it, support it, deploy it, I think the ROI doesn’t pencil out. RR: The moment you throw out the phrase cobble together, I think you’ve kind of already answered your own question. Keith, thanks for the window into a world most of us in go-to-market rarely see. This was a lot of fun, and I’m really excited to share the news. IT is there to help, and when you give them a seat at the table, your AI investments will be better for it. KW: Yeah. Thank you so much. I appreciate the time. RR: To our audience, thanks for listening to this episode of the Win/Win Podcast. Tune in next time for more insights on how to maximize go-to-market success with Highspot.
This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Fishtank Learning.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.Building on the April edWeb podcast, Using Whole Texts to Foster Student Agency and Critical Thinking, this follow-up session turns from the what and the why to the how.Katie Gribben, District Instructional Lead for ELA/Literacy, Upper Schools at Cambridge Public Schools, and Brigitte Seyferth, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning at LEARN Charter Schools, joins Emily Wojtusik, Senior Director of Implementation at Fishtank Learning, to explore why new ELA curriculum adoptions stall in schools and districts and the seven shifts that make them stick. The panelists reframe adoption not as a purchase but as a multi-year change process: one that is a science, involves investment and training, and that can't be done alone.Listen to this session to discover:Why Good Curricula Stall: The seven most common traps, from handing teachers new materials with no time to train to not having a school or district leader to champion the implementation to expecting results before year three.What Makes Adoption Stick: How to build the systems, investment, change management, and shared ownership that carry a curriculum past the learning in the first year, including phasing in one adoption at a time to prevent teacher overwhelm.Implementation as a Science: Why lasting change means giving a new curriculum three-plus years, creating space for teacher reflection and voice, and adjusting schedules, structures, and routines so the materials can succeed.The Cost of Stalling—and the Power of a Pilot: What districts lose when adoptions fizzle—student learning stalls, teacher trust erodes, and there's no sustainable expertise—and how a well-run pilot works out the logistics and builds buy-in before full rollout.This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 district leaders, school administrators, curriculum directors, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders.Fishtank LearningCreate the classroom connections that matterDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.
Technology can move fast, but trust still moves people. Nikki sits down with Raina Fryer, Head of Talent Strategy, and Jeff Boucher, Senior Director at Titus Talent Strategies, to explore why relationships still win in the age of AI. Together, they unpack how leaders can use technology to create more capacity without losing the human connection that builds culture, trust, and belonging. From strategic HR influence to relational business development, Raina and Jeff challenge leaders to stop treating people problems like automation problems. This conversation is a reminder that AI can summarize, organize, and accelerate, but it cannot build trust, spot human potential, or make someone feel truly seen. Additional Resources: Connect with Raina on LinkedIn Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn Learn more about Titus Talent Strategies Learn more about Titus Strategic Network Listen to the podcast: Talent Talks Explore Live Events with Titus Watch Gut + Science (and more) on YouTube! Connect with Nikki on LinkedIn Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn Learn more about PeopleForward Network Nikki's Key Takeaways: Technology reveals culture, it does not build it. AI should enhance relationships, not replace them. Human connection is a competitive business advantage. HR must shape strategy, not just support it. Soft skills are now critical leadership skills.
If the healthcare sector were a country, it would be the fifth largest carbon emitter on the planet. Yet sustainability remains one of the most underdeveloped strategies in healthcare leadership. In this Insight from Episode 104: Practicing Green Health, Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN, PHN, formerly the Senior Director of Network Experience & Solutions at Practice Greenhealth, makes the case that embedding sustainability into healthcare operations and culture is not a separate agenda; it is a patient safety, health equity, and workforce issue all at once. She offers three clear strategies for healthcare leaders ready to act: identify the right channels of appeal to move leadership, engage communities as true partners rather than passive recipients, and mobilize nurses, who are uniquely positioned to lead this work from the inside out. If you know a healthcare professional whose work reflects grit, innovation, or extraordinary care—or if that story is your own—we encourage you to apply for the TIME Healthcare Champion of the Year, in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, a branded award. To listen to this Insight clip's full episode, visit the SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 104: Practicing Green Health on APPLE, SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE, or your favorite streaming platform. Learn more about SEE YOU NOW. Visit the ANA Innovation website for additional resources. https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation
It's our 6th annual BLOTTO VETOES Spectacular! Every year we take a moment of reflection on our anniversary to make some alignments on our great big Beatles list. We heard from you and we heard each other. Did we make a move? Did we invite a famous Canadian podcaster to moderate our discussion? Tune in to find out. As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), or on the web (blottobeatles.com). We want to hear from you!Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.We have a shop! Grab some merch. You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.Peace and Love.Hosts: Becker and TommyGuest: Ethan Alexanian of Fans on the RunExecutive Producer: Scotty C.Senior Director of Sonic Strategies: RBAssociate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)Artist-in-Residence: Colin Driscoll (@theroyal.we)
Episode 7 of new NOLAnerdcast. 07/10/26 featuring guest Mat Piscatella, Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana! Finn and Mat chat about Mat's impressive history with gaming, his career throughout the industry, a shocking revelation about LEGO Dimensions, and so much more!
Avi Ashkenazi, Senior Director of Product Design at Deel (Shopify and iwoca before that), walks through the Shredder: the framework he built for reverse-engineering any company's strategy from the outside, using nothing but public information.It's the skill that moves designers from executing the brief to shaping it.We get into:Why studying competitors through their screens is the most superficial read there isThe tree metaphor: products are the fruit, strategy is the hidden trunk, and everything around it talksHow to read org charts, careers pages, investors and partners as leading indicators of a company's next moveWhy companies ship their org chart, and how to spot the seams in the productHow AI has changed the way Avi runs the framework since he built it at iwocaUsing the Shredder on your own company, to find out what your strategy actually is
We hear some emotional audio about Salvy's record tying homer in the Need to Know! The, Senior Director of Royals Pitching Performance Paul Gibson joins the show! Finally, a Gold no-no for The Kicker!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Great leaders don't just adapt to change—they create the environment where innovation, collaboration, and business growth thrive. Craig Taylor, Senior Director and Canada Channel Chief at Lenovo, joins the program to explore how leadership, culture, and a relentless focus on customer outcomes are transforming the technology channel. Drawing on more than three decades of experience, Craig touches on leadership principles that have shaped his career, and how Lenovo's One Lenovo strategy is breaking down organizational silos to deliver greater value for customers and partners alike. He also shares his perspective on the evolving role of AI, channel partnerships, and why today's technology leaders must focus more on solving real business challenges. Craig discusses how Lenovo is enabling partners through education, upskilling, and a channel-first approach that empowers them to lead customer transformation. Highlights: Lasting success comes from aligning people, technology, and strategy around measurable business outcomes. Lenovo's One Lenovo strategy is transforming the customer and partner experience. Building a partner-first culture through collaboration, accountability, and trust. “Sharing best practices and learning from each other. This is coopetition.”" Why education, upskilling, and ecosystem partnerships are critical for future success. “Engage, Empower, Educate” Learn more about the community by visiting Lenovo 360 for MSP: https://tinyurl.com/360forMSP Timestamps: Leadership Role 7:22 One Lenovo Strategy 9:35 Lenovo 360 Pathways 12:42 Recognition & The Team 17:55
Ever wondered why some TEDx applications get rejected before the speaker even opens their mouth?Tune in to my conversation with Michael Ashford and learn: How to find the idea worth sharing on a TEDx stageHow to articulate your core ideaWhat kinds of speeches have no place on TED stagesWhat is expected from a speaker who wants to present at a TEDx eventWhy authentic storytelling is essential for a successful speechStrategies for successful TEDx applicationHow to balance emotion and evidence in talksMichael Ashford is a two-time TEDx speaker, the curator and head speaker coach at TEDxManitouSprings, and a speaking and communication coach. He's coached hundreds of speakers, including more than 50 TEDx speakers across nearly a dozen events.Michael has a Masters degree in Mass Communication and is the Senior Director of Marketing at a Denver-based software company. He is also a former award-winning journalist, and his work across various platforms has been featured in publications like Men's Health Magazine and Podcast Magazine.Connect with Michael: michaelashford.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldashford/
Two worlds that have never previously spoken the same language are now building the same machine.This week Chris sits down with David Nichols, CEO, Co-Founder and Engineer at Loupe, an alum of the show making his return. We are also joined by Kristen Quasey, Architecture & Portfolio Sales Manager, and Jan Bajorat, Senior Director of Software-Defined Automation, both at Siemens, for this special bonus episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, live from Automate 2026.Together they get into software-defined automation, what that looks like on the shop floor, and why it's picking up momentum right now.David shares the story behind SASE, the Society of Automation Software Engineers, and what it felt like building a community around an idea before most of the industry had caught on. Kristen and Jan bring the perspective of a company adapting to a new generation of engineers and a shifting global workforce.In this episode, find out:What David means when he compares software-defined automation to a "chocolate and peanut butter" combination.Why David describes SASE as starting from a place of desperation rather than strategy.How Kristen and Jan see a new generation of engineers changing what companies need from automation.How building the software of a machine before its mechanics has changed what David's team was able to deliver.How a distributed team can fix a production issue without setting foot on the plant floor.Why Jan believes software-defined automation is what makes industrial AI possible at scale.Why global workforce shortages are pushing manufacturers toward a software-defined approach.Why software-defined automation is not the same thing as software automation.Enjoying the show? Please leave us a review here. Even one sentence helps. It's feedback from Manufacturing All-Stars like you that keeps us going!Tweetable Quotes:“If we can make it through this phase where we're kind of out in the wilderness, it's great. We're excited about what the next 10 years are going to look like, and I hope a lot of it looks like this.” - David Nichols, CEO, Co-Founder and Engineer at Loupe “When you have certain devices that are typically on the hardware side and you have a software-defined approach, you can now scale much quicker and be a lot more flexible.” - Kristen Quasey, Architecture & Portfolio Sales Manager at Siemens“With so many unfilled jobs that you need, you need a huge step. You need to drastically change, and this is what SCA is about. It's a big step up. It's not a small incremental thing.” - Jan Bajorat, Senior Director of Software-Defined Automation at SiemensLinks & mentions:Loupe is an engineering organization serving machine builders by providing control systems and developing software for automated equipment.Siemens is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company's purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone.SASE is a community of engineers who are converging and completely revolutionizing software practices and automation.Make sure to visit http://manufacturinghappyhour.com for detailed show notes and a full list of resources mentioned in this episode. Stay Innovative, Stay Thirsty.
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