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Veteran crime reporter Bob Ward of Boston 25 News joins me for a candid conversation about the recent online hysteria surrounding a New England serial killer after 12 people have been recovered around Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Drawing from his nearly three decades as host of "New England's Unsolved," Bob shares the profound impact of covering cases like Theresa Corley's 1978 murder—a young woman he personally knew before her death. This intimate connection frames a deeper discussion about the responsibility journalists carry when amplifying victims' stories.The conversation turns to the troubling social media frenzy claiming a serial killer is responsible for recent bodies discovered throughout New England. While acknowledging the region's history with serial predators, we agree that there is cause for concern about how unfounded speculation harms legitimate investigations and re-traumatizes families. "It's very tempting to think that one bad guy or two bad guys are responsible for all this evil, "but I just don't think life works that way."  -Bob WardWe spotlight numerous cases deserving attention—Melanie Melanson, Debra Melo, Bruce Crowley, Reina Morales Rojas—whose families continue waiting for answers while internet sleuths chase shadows.• The justice system often fails victims' families by providing few updates while requiring them to repeatedly relive trauma at parole hearings• Online speculation about a "New England serial killer" diverts resources from legitimate investigations• Internet misinformation is causing real harm, from false confessions to wrongful accusations• True crime advocacy should focus on supporting families and respecting victims rather than sensationalizing casesJoin us at Middlesex County Superior Court on Monday, May 12th at 10am for the arraignment in Charlene Rosemond's murder case, whose family has waited 16 years for justice.Other cases included: Andy Puglisi, Beth Brodie, Jeffrey Curley, Janet Downing, Colleen Ritzer, Shaun Ouillette, Miguel Oliveras, New Bedford Highway murders, Boston Strangler, Henry Bedard, Jr, Deanna Cremin, Bruce Crowley, Brittany Tee, Maura Murray, Shannan Gilbert, Lonene Rogers "Lonnie's Law"Up next, the history of serial killers in New England.More at crimeofthetruestkind.comSupport the showFollow Instagram | Facebook | BlueSky | TikTok | Threads | YouTube For show notes & source information at CrimeoftheTruestKind.comGive the dogs a bone tip jar: buymeacoffee.com/truestkindBecome a patron: Patreon.com/crimeofthetruestkindThis podcast has minimal profanity but from time to time you get one or some curse words. This isn't for kids.Music included in episodes from Joe "onlyone" Kowalski, Dug McCormack's Math Ghosts and Shredding by Andrew King

Thanks to our Partners, NAPA Auto Care, NAPA TRACS and Automotive Management Network This episode focuses on the importance of planning ahead for selling a business in the auto repair industry. Bob Ward stresses that business owners should start identifying and training potential successors early—often from their current team. He walks through a clear four-step process to help with the transition, covering key areas like finding the right fit, determining the business's value, securing financing, and handling legal requirements. Bob Ward, Perpetual Business, Bob's Previous Episode HERE. Bob Ward's Email: bob@wardden.com Show Notes Watch Full Video Episode TST Big Event, March 29th, 2025: https://www.tstseminars.org/ Bob Ward's Ownership Essentials Class April 10-12, Phoenix, AZ: https://perpetualbusiness.co/product/ownership-essentials-phoenix-2025 Importance of Succession Planning (00:00:00) Challenges of Retirement (00:02:23) Value of Transitioning Ownership (00:03:23) Procrastination in Planning (00:05:01) Family Involvement in Succession (00:06:08) Role of Key Employees (00:07:30) Facilitating Ownership Transition (00:08:01) Four Steps to Succession (00:08:27) Retention Strategies (00:10:30) Equity Equivalence Concept (00:11:08) Managing Ownership Changes (00:12:53) Successor Responsibilities (00:15:09) Financing the Purchase (00:16:31) Process Simplification (00:17:31 Successor Concerns (00:21:53) Owner's Perspective on Successors (00:22:22) Missed Opportunities in Succession (00:22:49) Financial Realities for Successors (00:23:14) Perpetual Business Concept (00:28:39) Compatibility Assessment Importance (00:32:57) Essential Career Goals Discussion (00:34:11) Overcoming Fear of Ownership (00:36:40) Identifying the Right Successor (00:37:19) Valuation Metrics Discussion (00:39:36) Thanks to our Partners, NAPA Auto Care, NAPA TRACS and Automotive Management Network Learn more about NAPA Auto Care and the benefits of being part of the NAPA family by visiting https://www.napaonline.com/en/auto-care NAPA TRACS will move your shop into the SMS fast lane with onsite training and six days a week of support and local representation. Find NAPA TRACS on the Web at http://napatracs.com/ Get ready to grow your business with the Automotive Management Network: Find on the Web at http://AftermarketManagementNetwork.com for information that can help you move your business ahead and for the free and informative 

We're kicking off the year with theme park LEGEND Bob Ward, in an all-new episode of Experience Imagination! With an illustrious 50-year career, including co-founding Universal Creative and earning the THEA Lifetime Achievement Award, Bob has shaped some of the most iconic destinations and attractions worldwide.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow in the US and it is supposed to be a holiday when we give thanks for our blessings in life. My wife usually has everyone in our family tell what they are thankful for this year. I also see many people posting things they are grateful for during the month of December. Last month I was lucky enough to have dinner with Bob Ward and we were talking about some of the things we'd seen in travels, often some stressful times for ourselves or others. We've seen many people get upset or angry or have some other reaction. Both of us have some empathy for others, recognizing that we don't really know their history or experiences, and it doesn't make sense for us to get upset. If we knew those things,  we might better understand the reaction that someone displays to a situation. Read the rest of Have Grace

Join us at IAAPA Expo 2024 in Orlando for live events at the Storyland Studios booth #1073! Wednesday, Nov. 20 11am – Live interview with Disney Imagineering's Jeanette Lomboy 4pm – Storyland Design Challenge Grand Prize announcement Thursday, Nov. 21 11am – Live interview with Universal Creative's Bob Ward 4pm – Exclusive unveiling of Storyland's new 800-acre sports development Meet and greet with us and our guests each day—see you there!  

Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data team, which owns the development for Microsoft SQL Edge to Cloud. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 30-plus years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2022, including Azure SQL. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server, Azure SQL, AI, and Microsoft Fabric, often presenting talks on new releases, internals, and specialized topics at events such as SQLBits, Microsoft Build, Microsoft Ignite, PASS Summit, DevIntersection, and VS Live. You can also learn Azure SQL from him on the popular series aka.ms/azuresql4beginners. You can follow him at @bobwardms or linkedin.com/in/bobwardms. Bob is the author of the books Pro SQL Server on Linux, SQL Server 2019 Revealed, Azure SQL Revealed, and SQL Server 2022 Revealed, available from Apress Media.   Topics of Discussion: [4:22] Bob's long history with Microsoft and the evolution of SQL Server. [6:41] What are the big use cases that SQL Server can now do? [7:38] Beyond RDBMS framework. [9:34] Building innovation off an already trusted brand. [9:50] What's the vision of AI on SQL Server? [10:51] It's all about smarter searching. [14:26] AI assistance features in SQL Server, such as the SQL Copilot and natural language to SQL query generation. [16:02] Hybrid searching. [19:41] Challenges and opportunities in AI Integration. [20:43] Content moderation is now being added to the loop. [22:39] The categories of different models. [23:16] The potential for industry-specific models to enhance AI capabilities in fields like insurance underwriting. [28:19] Knowing which model to use. [33:17] The trend towards industry-specific training of AI models to better suit specific business needs. [34:07] The current vision for SQL Server. [35:22] Innovating in the cloud. [38:30] The potential for SQL Server to handle AI workloads on small form factors, such as edge devices and standalone boards.   Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Ep 162 with Bob Ward Bob on LinkedIn Azure SQL Revealed: The Next-Generation Cloud Database with AI and Microsoft Fabric SQL-AI-Samples Samples Intelligent Applications with Azure SQL Database LangChain   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

October 16, 2024 ~ A new poll that shows retired Michigan residents are eyeing the economy as the election draws near. Bob Ward, pollster and partner at the Fabrizio Ward polling firm, shares the results of the poll with Kevin.

Bob Ward, pollster and partner at Fabrizio Ward, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss a new AARP poll that found former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat in Michigan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bob Ward, pollster and partner at Fabrizio Ward, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss a new AARP poll that found former President Donald Trump slightly ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bob Ward, pollster and partner at Fabrizio Ward, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss a new AARP poll that found Vice President Kamala Harris slightly ahead of former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bob Ward, pollster and partner at Fabrizio Ward, joins "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss a new AARP poll that found former President Donald Trump slightly ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state of Michigan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bob Ward, pollster and partner at Fabrizio Ward, joins "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss a new AARP poll that found former President Donald Trump beating President Joe Biden in a poll taken after the historic June presidential debate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Check out new AI integrations for your Azure SQL databases. With Retrieval Augmented Generation, you can bridge structured data with generative AI, enhancing natural language queries across applications. With advanced vector-based semantic search, discover precise insights tailored to your data, while Copilot in Azure streamlines troubleshooting and T-SQL query authoring. Optimize workflows, personalize responses, and unlock new levels of efficiency in SQL-driven AI applications. Accelerate performance troubleshooting and complex query authoring tasks with Copilot in Azure. Quickly diagnose database issues and receive expert recommendations for optimization, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. Seamlessly traverse hierarchies within tables and generate intricate queries with ease, saving time and resources. Bob Ward, Azure Principal Architect, shows how to unleash the full potential of your SQL data, driving innovation and intelligence across your applications.   ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - AI and Azure SQL 01:40 - Using T-SQL for search 02:30 - Using Azure AI Search 03:17 - Vector embeddings and skillsets 04:08 - Connect your SQL data to an AI app 05:44 - Test it in Azure OpenAI Studio playground 07:22 - Combine native JSON data type in SQL 08:30 - Hybrid search 09:56 - Copilot in Azure: Performance troubleshooting 11:11 - Copilot in Azure: Query authoring 12:24 - Permissions 12:40 - Wrap up   ► Link References For building AI apps, check out https://aka.ms/sqlai  Try out new copilot experiences at https://aka.ms/sqlcopilot   ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics?  As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/podcast   ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics  • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics  

In the return of Cowboy Up!, the 2024 Alpine Cowboys broadcast team of Roen Elbert and Rambling Ryan sit down with Cowboys president Bob Ward to discuss his role with the club, the team's history and expectations surrounding the 2024 season. Catch every game home and away with Roen and Ryan this summer at the links below! KVLF Radio (Home and Away Games): https://lightningstream.com/player.aspx?call=KVLF Meridix TV (Home Games, $): https://www.meridix.com/channel/?liveid=AlpineCowboys#/schedule 2024 Schedule: https://alpine.pecosleague.com/cowboys.asp?page=11&team=4&year=2024

This week on Not For The Faint, Summer takes us through the perplexing case of Bob Ward, a prominent Florida real estate mogul who was convicted of murdering his wife, Diane. Then, Alyssa covers the chilling story of Eric Smith aka The Freckle Face Killer, who at the age of 13 years old murdered his 4 year old neighbor, Derrick Robie

How does artificial intelligence fit in with SQL Server? At the Microsoft Fabric Conference in Las Vegas, Richard sat down with Muazma Fahid and Bob Ward to discuss the AI developments in SQL Server. Muazma talks about SQL Server as a crucial source of data for building machine learning models and the new features added to make SQL Server a key store for vector data and other elements of machine learning. There's also Copilot for Azure SQL Data to help with diagnostics in your databases and to use natural language to write queries - it SQL Server Natural Language Query all over again, but certainly better than ever. LinksResponsible AI PracticesPhi-2Retrieval Augmented GenerationCopilot for Azure SQL DataJSON in SQL ServerRegEx in SQL Serversp_invoke_external_rest_endpointSQL AIRecorded March 27, 2024

Follow Burden of Proof on iHeartRadio - https://ihr.fm/42hBvl2Follow on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3qs2bT1Follow Everywhere Else - https://bit.ly/3qrlRGAAlready facing a financial crisis that would cause life as they knew it to cease, the Ward family never anticipated the tragedy to come. A 911 call recorded a dispassionate-sounding Bob Ward informing the dispatch that he shot and killed his wife.Was it a textbook true crime case of a man whose failing finances pushed him to do the unthinkable? Some say yes, but the family says no.Tune in as Savannah makes her best effort at covering this case unbiasedly and Elysia is left with a lot of questions about investigators alleged activity at the Ward family home.https://m.facebook.com/burdenofproofpod?mibextid=kFxxJDhttps://www.instagram.com/burdenofproofpod?igsh=MXYxcmJxMHA4ZHo4eg&utm_source=qrhttps://youtube.com/@burdenofproofpod?si=8Tcz7z_65cIqJjzN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can find Indie Drop-In at https://indiedropin.com Help Indie Drop-In support indie creators by buying us a coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/indiedropin Brands can advertise on Indie Drop-In using Patreon https://patreon.com/indiedropin Twitter: https://twitter.com/indiedropin Instagram: https://instagram.com/indiedropin Facebook: https://facebook.com/indiedropin Any advertising found in this episode is inserted by Indie Drop-In and not endorsed by the Creator. If you would like to have your show featured, go to http://indiedropin.com/creators ~~~~~~

On today's episode of Insights Tomorrow, Patrick LeBlanc and Bob Ward, Principal Architect for Microsoft SQL, join the show to discuss Bob's career journey. Starting from his college days, working on C programming against mainframe databases, and later specializing in database products like Ingress and Oracle, Bob shares his transition to Microsoft. He details joining the technical support team for SQL Server when internet and email were absent, relying on phone and fax communication. The conversation delves into the challenges of transitioning from on-premises databases to SQL and VM in Azure. Bob and Patrick touch on performance concerns and how the cloud has both eased and retained some challenges. They emphasize the importance of query tuning and performance monitoring in virtual machines or a platform-as-a-service environment, highlighting how certain classic SQL practices still apply. In this episode you'll learn: Working in tech support for SQL Server in the absence of internet and email Insights into the evolution of SQL Server highlighting key changes and advancements Challenges transitioning from on-premises databases to SQL and VM in Azure Some questions we ask: How do certain classic SQL practices still apply in the modern cloud environment? When did you transition from a developer to specializing in SQL Server at Microsoft? How did SQL Server's shift from on-premises to the cloud? Resources: View Bob Ward on LinkedIn View Patrick LeBlanc on LinkedIn Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at microsoft.com/podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No, I don't have a way to license a SQL Server instance for your application for free. Microsoft still charges for production workloads. However, there are several ways that you can do development or testing for free, or at a greatly reduced cost. Bob Ward spent a bit of time researching options and he's written a post that outlines a number of your options. It's very comprehensive and I know a lot of us are grateful to Bob for summarizing our options. As I work with developers in organizations, there are often questions about the licensing for dev editions. This comes up more with Oracle than other platforms, but SQL Server does get asked about. We made a decision to support SQL Server Developer Edition in Redgate Clone, which is in line with what Bob's post above says: this edition is for developers (and it's free). There is one caveat here, which I never knew. The licensing guide says you cannot build test data and move that into production. I'm assuming this doesn't mean you can't create a list of US states, countries in the world, or statuses. I think this means something more substantial, but if anyone knows, let me know. Read the rest of Free SQL Server

Already facing a financial crisis that would cause life as they know it to cease, the Ward family never anticipated the tragedy to come. A 911 call recorded a dispassionate sounding Bob Ward informing the dispatch that he shot and killed his wife.  Was it a textbook true crime case of a man who's failing finances pushed him to do the unthinkable? Some say yes, but the family says no.  Tune in as Savannah makes her best effort at covering this case unbiasedly and Elysia is left with a lot of questions about investigators alleged activity at the Ward family home.    Don't forget to leave us the weekly emoji! Find us on Instagram and Facebook!     Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/murder-trial-millionaire-bob-ward-killed-wife-prosecutors/story?id=14532065 https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2018/11/02/former-isleworth-millionaire-convicted-of-killing-wife-fights-for-bond-again/ https://mynews13.com/content/dam/News/static/FL/generic-images/documents/0507_n13_bob_ward_sentencing_defense_filing.pdf https://myeclerk.myorangeclerk.com/DocView/Doc?eCode=CdmhJQb72jZUEYd5MBwNaQJgqNvxxXLq%2FDa5NbhVGf%2FtkYUlPB1yULw5jIwBnhEobupw%2FzuIQocJy09ddg6ZMPpq%2BqsmvP8vgepmncvwbmp4%2BFivDNflHtOULSGObf%2Fk8Pnc5YmrYkRgtG6GPZLnTA%3D%3D     Graphic Art By: Taylor Poe Music By: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181

In this episode, we dig into the chilling case of Adam Montgomery, a New Hampshire man set to face trial this week for the alleged murder of his five-year-old daughter, Harmony. Join Court TV host and former prosecutor Vinnie Politan, along with Ted Rowlands and special guest Bob Ward, as they navigate the timeline of Harmony's disappearance constructed by investigators, which reveals a heartbreaking story of alleged abuse and concealment. You'll also hear from Harmony's mother, Crystal Sorey, who finally reported her daughter missing in November 2021 after months of unsuccessful attempts to contact her.Jump to:6:26: Case Background10:21: Timeline of Harmony's Disappearance20:14: Crystal Sorey Interview

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I've spent over 30 years working with SQL Server. I saw a post recently from Bob Ward who is celebrating 30 years at Microsoft, noting this is also the 30th anniversary of SQL Server on Windows. It's been an honor for me to get to know Bob, learn from him, and spend time socially at various events around the world. He's truly been a force in improving the SQL Server platform through the years. While SQL Server has been on Windows for 30 years, I've got a bit more than 30 years working with the platform as I actually started managing a SQL Server instance on OS/2. With the addition of Linux, I've now run SQL Server on three different server OS hosts: OS/2, Windows, and Linux. That's somewhat amazing to me, especially as one of my April Fools jokes came true. This was one of the most-read articles on SQL Server Central for a long time, and perhaps it influenced enough people at Microsoft to build and release a Linux version. Read the rest of 30 Years of SQL Server on Windows

Bob Ward discusses the importance of early and thorough succession planning, using real-life examples of both successful and unsuccessful transitions. Bob emphasizes the need for business owners to develop their successors and to consider their employees' career goals. It's never too early to start thinking about the future of your business and who might be capable of carrying it forward. Bob Ward, President of Wardden LLC, Look for Bob's Previous Episode HERE. Perpetual Business Co website HERE. Show Notes: Watch Full Video Real-life examples of succession planning [00:00:58] Bob and Carm discuss the importance of succession planning and share real-life examples of successful transitions. The reality of leaving a business and the need for planning [00:04:01] Bob emphasizes the importance of not procrastinating succession planning and highlights the need for business owners to plan ahead for their departure. Qualifying potential buyers and employees [00:07:21] Bob explains the process of qualifying potential buyers or key employees by discussing their desires, goals, and qualifications for taking over the business. Grooming potential buyers [00:10:22] Discussing the process of grooming potential buyers and the knowledge and qualifications they need to run the business. Success rate and honesty in the process [00:12:11] Explaining the high success rate in succession planning and the importance of being honest with both the owner and potential buyer. Internal candidate and outside buyer [00:15:33] Exploring the role of the succession planning expert when dealing with internal candidates and outside buyers, and the different considerations for each scenario. Developing the Company [00:20:12] Discussion on the importance of owners developing their skills beyond just technical expertise. Qualifying the Buyer [00:21:25] Exploration of a success story where a buyer accumulated equity equivalence over seven years to purchase a business. Failed Succession Attempts [00:25:11] Examples of failed succession attempts, including a candidate backing out at the last minute and a forced arrangement that didn't work out. Succession planning process [00:29:43] Discussion on the minimum and typical number of stages in the succession planning process, including the development and grooming of potential buyers and sellers. Starting succession planning early [00:30:27] Importance of starting succession planning at a young age, including strategies such as golden handcuffs, development agenda, and profit sharing bonuses to retain key employees and build a successful succession plan. The highest calling of leadership [00:31:26] Highlighting Harvey Firestone's quote on the growth and development of people as the highest calling of leadership, emphasizing the importance of developing others for long-term success in succession planning. Thanks to our Partner, Dorman Products. Dorman gives people greater freedom to fix vehicles by constantly developing new repair solutions that put owners and technicians first. Take...

Shawn Clark served two tours in Iraq as a US Marine, he survived Iraq, but met a horrible end in scenic Malden, Massachusetts in the middle of the afternoon. The Malden Police say they've made progress and they don't see the Clark case as being  a "cold case". But they aren't revealing much more. At least two African American men 20-30, entered Scott's skateboard business located on Main Street, Malden at 12:30pm and tried to rob the business, Shawn Clark fought, he fought like a Marine and the assailants ended up shooting Shawn multiple times. He died a short time later. The public expected a quick arrest, however a decade has past with no arrests. Shawn was actually filling in for a sick employee on the day of the murder, could there be more to this case, then meets the eye? There is a $60,000 reward in this case. If you have ANY information on this case please call the Massachusetts State Police at 781-897-6600 or Malden Police at 781-397-7171. This case can be solved!Bob Ward Fox 25-https://bit.ly/3OWQDQfCBS Boston-https://cbsn.ws/3Eggg9O

Last summer saw intense heatwaves across the world. And already this year, global air, surface and sea temperatures have hit the highest levels on record. China, India and the US are currently experiencing heatwaves. In June, the UK's Met Office released a health warning because of the high temperatures. In this episode Gaia Vince investigates what causes heatwaves and how hotter weather impacts our health. She finds out how we can prepare ourselves as the temperatures rise. Gaia is joined by Peter Stott at the Met Office Centre for Climate Prediction, who reveals more about the forecast and what causes heatwaves. She also speaks to Bob Ward, policy director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment, who gives us the lowdown on the UK's heat health warning system and says what the future could look like if we continue to miss climate targets. In addition, Dann Mitchell, professor of climate science at the University of Bristol, discusses the health impacts of extreme heat. Guillermo Rein, professor of fire science at Imperial College London, explains what sparks wildfires and how they spread. Elsewhere, Germany has launched a high-tech heat health warning system to warn people when the temperatures are rocketing. Gaia speaks to Andreas Matzarakis, from Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, who developed the system. Presenter: Gaia Vince Producer: Harrison Lewis Content Producer: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Assistant Producer: Robbie Wojciechowski Editor: Richard Collings

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Improve hybrid workloads with updates to SQL Server 2022, now generally available. Link local SQL Servers to Azure SQL Managed Instances for bidirectional disaster recovery, achieve massive speedups with differential snapshot-based backup and restore, as well as anywhere management of your SQL Servers with Azure Arc-enabled SQL provisioning, and new pay-as-you-go licensing. For raw performance, we'll demonstrate intelligent Degree of Parallelism feedback where SQL optimizes the thread count of queries automatically. Bob Ward, Principal Architect for Microsoft SQL Server, joins Jeremy Chapman to share improvements to query performance, Azure integration, and costs for both licensing and compute, local or in the cloud. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:01 - Backup and disaster recovery 02:31 - Failover between SQL Server and Managed Instance 05:24 - Snapshot backups 07:57 - Restore a snapshot backup 08:59 - SQL Server management: Pay-as-you-go 10:40 - SQL Server performance: Query optimizations 13:21 - Wrap up ► Link References: Start a free version of SQL Server 2022 at https://aka.ms/getsqlserver2022 Check out our free online workshop at https://aka.ms/sql2022workshop ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/podcast ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics 

PASSENGER 15: CEO of THG Creative, former SVP Attraction Development for Universal Studios, and tall cool one, Phil Hettema! Polish your time travel goggles and prepare for our fifteenth timely and timeless adventure — this one journeying through the spectacular 40+ year career of TEA Lifetime Achievement recipient Phil Hettema. After working at Disneyland providing costumes for projects created by previous passenger Ron Miziker, Phil was one of the initial members of Universal Creative (with previous passenger Bob Ward), where he rose to SVP of Attraction Development and oversaw the creative development of all major attractions and shows, including Terminator 2: 3D, Jurassic Park, The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Backdraft, and masterplans for five Universal parks. As an encore, Phil founded The Hettema Group, where he lead a world-class team to create such projects as One World Trade Center, the High Roller Observation Wheel, and Beyond All Boundaries. Today, Philis the CEO of THG Creative, continuing to share his brand of uniquely creative and impactful designs around the world.

Passenger 12: Thea Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, strategic planner, master planner, designer, and former SVP of Universal Creative: Bob Ward   Time waits for no one, so plan now for the 11th timely and timeless episode of The Sprit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger, 50-year industry veteran, and Thea Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bob Ward. Bob spent 20 years as an SVP at Universal Creative and is responsible for such beloved projects as Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Florida, Universal CityWalk, Universal Studios Japan, Universal's Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios Beijing, as well as Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus World, Samsung Everland (Korea) and Qiddiya (Saudi Arabia)!

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With his anthropology background and an extensive knowledge of bones, orthopedics and OMM were natural interests. Great osteopathic physicians such as Bob Ward influenced him with their abilities to diagnose and treat with the skills and empathy of their hands. Throughout his career he has seen the clinical benefits of OMT for his patients and has taken his experience and knowledge to the medical community in numerous countries throughout the world. On the day to day, he works with patients in the nursing home helping them improve their function and quality of life. If you would like to reach out to the good Dr. Prokop you may at: prokop@msu.edu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benjamin--greene/message

Join the team as they discuss the listener requested case of Ruth Marie Terry.  You can follow us on Instagram at smalltownmissing.Sources:“How to find out more about the ‘Lady of the Dunes,' identified as Ruth Marie Terry”- article by ClaireVoeglein of the Cape Cod Times, published on November 1, 2022.“Provincetown 1974 cold case: ‘Lady of the Dunes' timeline”- article by Zane Razzaq of the Cape CodTimes, published on November 8 th , 2022.FBI.gov- “Ruth Marie Terry”- for any information about Ruth Marie Terry's characteristics“FBI identifies ‘Lady of the Dunes,” woman whose mutilated body was found on beach towel”- article byFrank O' Laughlin, Boston 25 News Staff, and Bob Ward, Boston 25 news, published on October 31,2022.Four-episode podcast- “The Lady of the Dunes”- 2019 Apple Podcast Series.“Lady in the Dunes”- article from Provincetown-ma.gov, published on October 31 st , 2022. UpdatedNovember 3, 2022.

What can SQL 2022 do for you? Richard chats with Bob Ward about the upcoming release of SQL Server 2022 and its evolution toward data anywhere. Bob talks about running SQL on edge devices, on-premises, in containers, virtual machines, and, of course, in the cloud. The management tools like Azure Arc make it easy to take care of all the places your SQL data can now live - and let you be the data administrator you can be! Check out Bob's latest book on SQL Server 2022 and all its hybrid data capabilities!Links:SQL Server 2022SQL Server 2022 RevealedMicrosoft PurviewAzure Role-Based Access ControlAzure Data LakesAzure Arc-Enabled SQL Managed InstanceAzure SQL Managed InstanceMicrosoft Intelligent Data PlatformSQL Server 2022 PreviewRecorded October 26, 2022

Build, test, and deploy scalable apps quickly with Azure SQL updates for developers. Check out platform enhancements for modern, cloud-based apps: -Create apps locally with Azure SQL Database emulator -Initiate serverless operations with SQL trigger in Azure Functions -Build simple and secure API connections to data with Data API Builder, coming soon Principal Architect from the SQL engineering team at Microsoft, Bob Ward, joins Jeremy Chapman to share recent updates for the developer experience. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:41 - Highlights of solutions for developers 03:13 - Built-in query intelligence 05:56 - Azure SQL Database emulator 07:44 - SQL trigger in Azure Functions 10:44 - Data API Builder 12:32 - Wrap up ► Link References: Get published code for assigning work orders based on geolocation at https://aka.ms/sqlgeocodesample ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? As Microsoft's official video series for IT, you can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at Microsoft. • Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries?sub_confirmation=1 • Talk with other IT Pros, join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog • Watch or listen from anywhere, subscribe to our podcast: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/website • To get the newest tech for IT in your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/msftmechanics ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics • Share knowledge on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ • Enjoy us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msftmechanics/ • Loosen up with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@msftmechanics  

I'm on vacation this week but the ladies at Dealing Justice are filling in.  Dealing Justice is one of my favorite true crime podcasts and I'm so excited to share it with all of you! Join Lori and Jen as they bring you the story of Theresa Corley.  December 4, 1978 nineteen year old Theresa Corley started the night out partying and celebrating a friend's birthday.  She left angry and was going to walk home. Only she never made it home. Missing for three days and then ultimately found dead.  This case has led to years of grief, rumors and uncertainty. Theresa's family and friends want answers and won't give up on the fight for justice and to find out once and for all what happened on that walk home? And who is responsible for sexually assaulting and killing Theresa?  Special thank you to Bob Ward, Boston 25 News. Not only a source for this episode and an accomplished journalist but he's also from Franklin, Massachusetts and a friend of Theresa's.  Boston 25 News Series: New England's Unsolved: https://www.boston25news.com/news/new-englands-unsolved-new-push-for-evidence-on-40th-anniversary-of-teens-murder/883806185/ Theresa Corley's Facebook Group Run by her family, sister Gerri: Justice for Theresa Corley Bellingham MA 1978/ Link: https://www.facebook.com/TCorley1978 Vintage South Productions www.vintagesouthproductions.com FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIALS:  DEALING JUSTICE ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dealingjustice/ DEALING JUSTICE PAGE ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ColdCasePlayingCards DEALING JUSTICE DISCUSSION GROUP ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643365972677807 DEALING JUSTICE ON TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@dealingjustice DEALING JUSTICE ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/dealing_justice WANT YOUR OWN DECK OF COLD CASE PLAYING CARDS?  Florida Cold Case Playing Card decks available including the 1st edition, first ever deck of cards used in this program before it went to other states! And even now in a couple of other countries. Dealing Justice is not selling them but we have a link to who is: https://www.adamservesflorida.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dealing-justice/donations

Record-breaking temperatures are serving as yet another wake-up call for the people of this planet, as Europe bakes under intense heat. Thousands have died and firefighters are battling flames from France to Greece. We're joined by Bob Ward from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, and the climate-focused mayor of Bristol England, Marvin Rees.  Also on today's show: Simon Munday, author of Race for Tomorrow, who traveled to 26 countries to discover how those on the frontlines are adapting to the climate crisis; Sinn Fein VP Michelle O'Neill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In Las Vegas, once again, this is the Q&A session from the SQL Server & Azure SQL Conference in April 2022. Richard moderated questions and answers from SQL luminaries, including Bob Ward, Buck Woody, Pam Lahoud, Bradley Ball, Des Fitzgerald, Davide Mauri, Rie Merritt, and Kevin Farlee. The conversation ranges over Azure SQL migration, new features in SQL Server 2022, challenges in scaling, reliability, disaster recovery, and more!Links:SQL Server and Azure SQL ConferenceRecorded April 7, 2022

Host Nicole Bennett, a digital news producer with Cox Media Group, sits down with esteemed journalists from across the industry who've covered some of the most notorious crimes in American history. Episode 12 features an in-depth conversation with Boston 25's Bob Ward on the unsolved Gardner Museum art heist.

December 4, 1978 nineteen year old Theresa Corley started the night out partying and celebrating a friend's birthday. She left angry and was going to walk home. Only she never made it home. Missing for three days and then ultimately found dead. This case has led to years of grief, rumors and uncertainty. Theresa's family and friends want answers and won't give up on the fight for justice and to find out once and for all what happened on that walk home? And who is responsible for killing Theresa? As well as sexually assaulting her?  Special thank you to Bob Ward, Boston 25 News. Not only a source for this episode and an accomplished journalist but he's also from Franklin, Massachusetts and a friend of Theresa's.  Boston 25 News Series: New England's Unsolved:  https://www.boston25news.com/news/new-englands-unsolved-new-push-for-evidence-on-40th-anniversary-of-teens-murder/883806185/ Theresa Corley's Facebook Group Run by her family, sister Gerri  Justice for Theresa Corley Bellingham MA 1978/ Link: https://www.facebook.com/TCorley1978 Vintage South Productions www.vintagesouthproductions.com   FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIALS:  DEALING JUSTICE ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dealingjustice/   DEALING JUSTICE PAGE ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ColdCasePlayingCards   DEALING JUSTICE DISCUSSION GROUP ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643365972677807   DEALING JUSTICE ON TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@dealingjustice   DEALING JUSTICE ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/dealing_justice   WANT YOUR OWN DECK OF COLD CASE PLAYING CARDS?  Florida Cold Case Playing Card decks available including the 1st edition, first ever deck of cards used in this program before it went to other states! And even now in a couple of other countries. Dealing Justice is not selling them but we have a link to who is: https://www.adamservesflorida.com/

Bob Ward, estate and tax planning attorney with offices in Vancouver and Maryland, joins Mike to discuss various aspects of estate planning, especially as it relates to taxes. How does the tax system affect estate planning? What is the gift and estate tax exemption? What is a trust and how does it impact estate planning? […]

In this episode, Nigel discusses whether the UK government can cope with a wave of Ukrainian refugees. Amnesty International's Steve Valdez-Symonds talks about the UK visa system. Bob Ward, a climate change researcher, debates Nigel over the future of fracking. Then for Talking Pints, Nigel is joined by British green energy industrialist Dale Vince OBE. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ID has a new season of Unraveled for you to listen to. Introducing the first episode of Unraveled: Mystery at the Mansion, a part of the iconic anthology from discovery+.Season 4, "Unraveled: Mystery at the Mansion" tracks the riveting murder case of Bob Ward, a Florida real estate mogul accused of killing his wife. The state may be convinced of Bob's guilt, but his family, including his two daughters and his sister-in-law, staunchly maintain his innocence. Co-hosts Alexis Linkletter and Billy Jensen break down the evidence and investigate what really happened to Diane Ward.Listen wherever you get your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dr. Erik Korem was the first sport scientist in the U.S. and has led the way in which sports and science has improved performance. Having coached Gold Medal Olympians and NFL superstars,  he is now the Founder and the CEO of AIM7. You can learn the hacks of high performance including: The relationship of sports performance to business performance What high performance is and how to achieve it High performance is available for everyone not just elite sports people How short term stress can be a good thing!   Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services Find out more about Erik below: Erik on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-korem-phd-19991734/ AIM7 Website: https://www.aim7.com Erik on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErikKorem Erik on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikkorem/   Full Transcript Below ----more---- Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker.   Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you. I'm excited to be joined by human performance rock star today, Dr. Erik Kareem. Was the first sport scientist in the U.S. and has led the way in which sports and science has improved performance. He is now the founder and the CEO of a groundbreaking business AIM7. But before we get a chance to speak with Eric, it's The Leadership Hacker News. The Leadership Hacker News Steve Rush: The use of sports phrases in business is nothing new. Whether you have a “game plan” or you're “pitching” to a client, or you may “drop the ball”, sports lingo pops up every day and more useful than these simple idioms has been the motivational wisdom shared by great sports coaches over the years. Just scan YouTube for motivational speeches, and there's a mixture of sports stars and business leaders, all sharing their advice using sports language. “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary,” which was a great quote by Vince Lombardi. Lombardi was first truly great sports coach to be thought of in a leadership sense in this way. The hugely successful Green Bay Packers sports coach of the 1960s American football team, revolutionized what it was like to be a coach of a sports team. He was capable of gems, such as. “Individual commitment to a group effort is what makes it teamwork, a company work, a society work, but also a civilization work,” and “leaders aren't born, they are made and they're made just like anything else through hard work and determination.” It was very much about the greater good of a team. It was almost a form of sports socialism. And without that, he felt that you just had a group of people doing their own thing. The challenge of business and sport to get a team working together smoothly, often needs a whole range of skills. Skip forward to Premier League soccer or football, depending on where you're listening to this from. Alex Ferguson, or now Sir Alex Ferguson had over 38 years in management and he was a working-class Scotsman who won an astonishing 49 trophies who helped grow the Manchester United team to become one of the world's biggest brands. And interestingly, he often credits the work because of the shipyards in Glasgow where he grew up, as the inspiration for the foundations of teamwork that he strives for. So, in researching this subject, I pulled the top five threads that came to the fore from the various sports coaches and leaders. Number one, teamwork, communication and self-discipline are the cornerstones of team success. Number two, perfection never happens. Be obsessed with improving instead. Number three, failure usually comes before success, so reframe it. So, you only win or you only learn. Number four, accept what you cannot control and focus on what you can affect. And number five, teams need diversity. Encourage diverse personalities. Everyone has a different skill and a different role to play. And I guess the final word goes to John Calipari, the incredible University Basketball coach in the United States, and he states, “Leadership is about serving everyone under you and asking yourself, how do I give everybody the tools that they need for them to succeed and for them to proceed?” It's a great lesson to take into business, and there are plenty of others. That's been The Leadership Hacker News. If you have any insights, information or stories, please get in touch with us. Start of Podcast Steve Rush: Joining me on show today is a groundbreaking special guest. He's a high-performance expert. Dr. Erik Korem is the founder and CEO of AIM7. He was the first sports scientist in the United States and has worked with the NFL, and numerous Olympians along the way. He's now also the host of The BluePrint Podcast. Erik, my friend, welcome to the show. Dr. Erik Korem: Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here. Steve Rush: So, you have a really interesting story that got you hooked into fitness, wellbeing and the studying the science behind it. And I just wondered if you might be able to share that story with our guests. Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah, absolutely. So, I grew up in Dallas, Texas, and I was an overweight kid and I was frequently picked on and something I really struggled with as a child and it got me thinking a lot and really kind of obsessed with like, how can I improve my body? There are some, you know, certain genetic factors I was fighting. I was kind of a top-heavy kid. And I was just really interested in like, how can I get better? And really the story goes, I was watching late night, one night, I was probably like 10 o'clock with my dad. There was this group of gentlemen on TV. They were called the power team. You ever seen these people on TV that like Bend bars in their mouths and they break bats and stuff. Steve Rush: Strongest men competition. Dr. Erik Korem: Exactly, and one of the gentlemen got up and he starts telling this story and he said, you know, when I was a kid, I was overweight and slow. And he said, I was always the last one to finish whatever we had a race or fitness test. And he said, one day I decided that I was never going to be last again. And that was like my story to the T. And I looked at my dad and I said, I'm never going to be last again. And I wasn't, and not that it was easy, but I started. By the time I was like, I don't know, six or seven grade, I was getting my dad to take me to bookstores. And I was just reading books on how to get faster. It wasn't so much like how to lose weight. It was like, how can I be faster? How can I improve my athletic performance? Because I played baseball. I played a bunch of different sports and as my body started to grow and mature, I started to become a pretty decent athlete, but I was hooked. I was always looking for a way to improve myself. Steve Rush: It's a really interesting, bit of psychology. I want to unpack that with you, if you don't mind. So many youngsters at that time would have literally just gone out and started jogging or running, joined a club, would have maybe started losing weight. Yet you took to the discipline of studying what was going on first. Did you notice that was something that was a conscious act for you at the time? Dr. Erik Korem: Well, my dad is an investigative journalist. And so, I guess the thing that he always instilled in us is like to seek the truth. It's like you have to do research. I don't think it was conscious at the time, but I figured, well, there's got to be some books on this. And ironically, I went to Barnes & Noble bookstore and I found this book called Sports Speed. And it was written by Dr. Bob Ward who was the first, I mean, he was a strength conditioning coach in the NFL, which did not really exist. Tom Landry, the Dallas Cowboys hired him. And they were doing all sorts of amazing scientific things with the athletes. This is back in like the seventies and I sort of reading this and it was actually a really good text to read for anybody. And so, I started actually doing things that were really good for me. I kind of got lucky that I didn't read some crazy, you know, muscle fitness magazine, because that didn't appeal to me. It was more like, how can I do something that's really going to transfer into something that I love, which was playing sports. So, I was always seeking and I was hungry and thirsty for knowledge. And that I guess luster or thirst for knowledge never really left me. Steve Rush: What was a moment that you noticed that your studies versus your application of that study into your fitness and wellbeing. What was that kind of key, pivotal moment that you'd noticed it was definitely making a difference for you? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah. I think it was high school. I wanted to get faster. So, I was like every day after everybody was done working out, I would go out to the track and I would do track and field drills, which is so ironic because I never knew that I would end up working in professional track and field, but I was doing rudiment drills, different plyometric exercises. And then when that off season ended, and then we started going to the summer program, I just noticed I was moving so much better on the field. And I noticed my mobility was better and my athleticism was improving. And that was kind of like, okay, things are starting to translate. I also think, you know, puberty was in full effect and so it's easier to adapt during that time, but that's really, I think when it first started clicking that, Hey, what I'm doing is really impacting my performance Steve Rush: And over this has become a real passion for you. And I know that you've dedicated your life and your work to this as a career. And we're going to about how that's pivoted in the moment to the world of AIM7, which is the film that you now lead. But before that, perhaps we could just think about what was it then that caused you to focus this as a career and help others along the way? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah. So, I went to Texas A&M University, which is a big school here in the states and I was playing football and I was actually a biomedical science major because I thought I wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon. And there was a physiology lab attached to our training facility. And I would see people wearing these masks and they were doing like gas exchange tests and all sorts of things. And I went to our head strength, conditioning coach, and I said, Hey, what is going on here? And he said, you know, there's a real science to this. It's not just lifting weights. And I was like, yeah, I kind of know that. And he goes, I mean, there's like a real deep science. And so, I ended up changing my major and I absolutely got hooked. When I finished playing football, I went to The University of Arkansas and studied physiology and exercise science. And I was working as a graduate assistant in the weight room. I think over those two years, I think I read thousands of texts and just whatever I could get my hands on. Now I had like, you know, libraries of information. And then I actually had human beings that I could work with and test things on. And it just clicked and I absolutely loved it. And there was nothing like coming up with an idea for a specific sport, deconstructing the sport, applying it and seeing what happened. And then when the athletes had success, you know, it was just so rewarding. Steve Rush: You then started working with the NFL, a number of different Olympians and help them with the whole notion of tracking their intake as well as their outputs. Tell us a bit about that journey? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah. So, when I was actually at the University of Arkansas, one day, I was in the weight room and this coach walked in and he's like, Hey, would you be interested in training these athletes? And these were world-class sprinters. One of them was Veronica Campbell Brown, and she's an eight-time Olympic medalist, three-time Olympic gold medalist, one of two women in the history of the Olympics to ever win the 200-meter gold twice back-to-back. And I was fortunate to go travel the world with her and see how the rest of the world was trading athletes. And that just really opened my eyes because in the states at the time, you know, we have a problem here in the United States. We have way too many good athletes. And so, when you have an abundant resource, it's not like you're looking for the absolute best way to train and develop them because you got so many of them, and so countries like Australia and in the UK later on, really ramped it up and we're investing money, government money into developing athletes. And so, I went to Australia and I spent a month with an Aussie rules football team. This is back in 2011 because I wanted to learn about the emerging world of sports science and high performance. And I came back and I was working at one of the top football programs in America at the time, Florida State. And I went to our head football coach and said, Hey, I think there's something we can apply. It's called athlete tracking technology. And what it is, it's like a little tracking device that are connected GPS satellites, and that accelerometers and gyroscopes, and they can connect to heart rate. Essentially you can quantify what's happening on the field. So, imagine like you drove your car, your entire life with no dashboard and no GPS. You don't know how far you went, the stress on the engine, if your oil is low. Well, now we could quantify the game of football and it allowed us to train our athletes more specific to the demands of the game. And then we were able to change some of the ways that we practice to reduce injuries. From the 2011 season to the 2012 season. We had almost a 90% reduction in injury. Steve Rush: That's amazing. Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah, and our team went on to win a championship. Well, the media started picking up and the NFL flew in and they're like, Hey, what are you guys doing here? Like what is happening? Like what is this tracking technology? And it really just blew up and expanded to almost every major college program in the country uses it. Now the NFL has adopted a version of it. It's led to things like Next Gen Stats. And so, my career changed, I went from being just a strength coach to more of a sports scientist and then something called a high-performance coordinator where I would look at the big picture of what was going on, the physical, the psychological, the technical, and the tactical components of sport and bring them together to help us win. But this came from looking at things from a system-wide view instead of just looking at one particular part. Steve Rush: It was absolutely groundbreaking, wasn't it, that time? It really changed the way that sports interacted with science too. Dr. Erik Korem: Yes, it did. And it just makes sense. If you look at any other industry, people are looking for advantages. They want to understand everything to the greatest resolution that they can. And in sport, it just hadn't quite been done yet because it's kind of an old school mentality of, well, we won at this point in time, but we were doing this. So, we're just going to repeat that, well, that's not very wise. And we start applying some scientific methodology to things, you can ask really good questions, and then you can see if your hypothesis is correct or not. And it allows you to innovate at a faster speed. Steve Rush: Amazing stuff, and delighted that we have the opportunity for you to share that here too. So, a massive congratulations, but also, I guess the learning and the lessons that you've taken from your sports and scientific career has led you to lead and found AIM7, right now. Tell us a little bit about work you're doing with them? Dr. Erik Korem: Thank you. Yeah, so when we first started using athlete tracking technologies, we had a ton of data and no idea what to do with it. I literally hired a former NASA propulsion engineer because we had so much information and I'll never forget this. After our first practice, we had these tracking devices on the athletes. I went into the head football coach. I was like, Hey, here's the report? And it was just a sheet of numbers essentially. And he looked at it, he goes well, was practice hard? And I looked at him. I was like, I think so. And he got really upset and I went back to my office and I'm sitting there. I'm like, what did I do wrong? And I realized that I'd given him a bunch of data, that he had no idea how to use. And so that's when it really hit me, that data without insight is useless. And so fast forward, about eight, nine years, I started looking at the wearable technology, the consumer market and like, okay, we got all these Fitbits and Apple Watches. I wonder if the same thing exists, you got all this data, but people don't know what to do with like, okay, so what I walked 10,000 steps or slept seven hours. So, I started doing research and I found that the number one complaint was people literally said their data was useless. And so, without insight to change behavior, their Fitbit or Apple Watch or whatever would just end up on the sock drawer. So, I went and tested it like a scientist. I called up a buddy of mine and we're like, okay, let's see if we can link tech data from an apple watch to health outcomes. And ironically, we asked people, what is it that you really want from your data? And they said, we want more energy, makes a lot of sense. Look at coffee and people buying Starbucks, billion-dollar industries, right. For energy. And not only were we able to predict people's energy, we could predict their energy and mood states multiple days in advance. So, what we've built is a company called AIM7 and we take data from this wearable technology and we pair it with the best in the world in the fields of high performance. And we create very simple solutions for you using your data to improve things like your energy, sleep, stress and weight loss. So, we take this data, we pair it with, you know, amazing information using something called a Decision Intelligence Infrastructure, and we can deliver custom health wellbeing programs at scale to millions of people. Steve Rush: It's an incredibly exciting venture. Dr. Erik Korem: That you. Steve Rush: And one, if you think about your game-changing background, I think genuinely this could be really game changing for everybody else to tap into their own high-performance. And from the last time you and I met, I remember you describing almost like a weather forecast, but for you and your fitness, your wellbeing and your mood. Dr. Erik Korem: Exactly. Steve Rush: You can always fast forward couldn't you and say, well, you know, next Thursday, I'm due to be having really low mood because of what I know, therefore I might decide to work from home on that day and maybe go to the gym or take some interventions that will help me improve my mood in a safe environment, right? Dr. Erik Korem: 100%. So, we're starting people on their journey with 16-week programs, because what I've found is, people like to be coached. So, we're going to teach them all the mechanisms that they need to know and understand to help them be more robust and adaptable. And then at the end of that journey, we become like their personal coach forever. So, you'd come into our system every day on the app, fill out what we call a calibration for like 15 seconds. And then it would be like, Steve, based off of all the things in your lifestyle that you like to do, this is where we see you right now. Here's the best actions you could take today so that you continue to feel and perform at your best because our target audience is people that care about their health and wellbeing, but they're time poor. You don't have tons of time to spend on this. And so, they want a simple solution that's targeted for them, Steve Rush: I guess it's time, but it's also Know-how poor, isn't it? Dr. Erik Korem: Yes. Steve Rush: I'm sitting at my desk thinking, Gosh, I feel really quite tired, yeah. I'll get another coffee, which actually is just going to mask the underlying cause to what's really making me feel a little bit down. Having some data and some tactics available as could physically lift me without any other false intervention. Dr. Erik Korem: I love that. Yeah. You pulled that one out. That's a great. Steve Rush: If you think about the world of business that we're in, then, you know, I can improve my inter-day performance just by being more aware. Dr. Erik Korem: 100%. Steve Rush: I'd love it. Dr. Erik Korem: If you can get 10%, 15% more out of yourself without draining the tank all the time. I mean, it's a game changer for people. Steve Rush: So, let's get into the notion of high-performance because it's banded around a lot. We hear it in sports, you hear it in business, but how would you describe what high performance is? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah. So, in sport, I had this definition that I always use, when I would talk to people, I would say our goal is to develop the most resilient and adaptable athletes that can consistently obtain their performance potential. So, in any endeavor, let's just take athletics to start with. The athlete that can train the most and harness their skill and practice or skill and refine it the most under pressure has the best chance of winning. And to do that, you have to train a lot, but you can get over-trained and burned out rather quickly. And so, the key thing is the ability to be adaptable. And if you translate this to high performance in any industry, it's your ability to adapt, to achieve your potential. And the only way you can do that is you have to lean into stress. And so, stress, you know, we need to kind of reframe our mindset around stress. The last year has been really stressful for everybody in the world, but stress isn't a bad thing. It's actually the required thing to change your brain, to learn a new skill, to change physically. The key is you have to use that stress and then you have to be able to adapt to it, to improve. And so that's what high performance to me is, is the ability to adapt rapidly so that you can achieve your potential. Steve Rush: And it's an interesting notion too, isn't it? The whole philosophy of you got to lean into stress because most of us will actually want to avoid it. Because it doesn't feel good. Dr. Erik Korem: Right? Steve Rush: How do you might do that? Dr. Erik Korem: Well, we have to reframe what it is. First of all, like stress is not a bad thing. Short-Term stress, now long-term stress from certain things can be really, you know, harmful to the body, but like being uncomfortable, like imagine this, like if you want to sit down and learn something really difficult, right? Let's say you're trying to learn a new language or you're having to upskill yourself for work. And you sit down to engage in that. They're feelings of irritability, there's tension. And you're like, ah, this is not comfortable. That is exactly how your body responds to stress so that you can learn. So, here's what happens. When you have to bring your attention to something very difficult, you have to bring focus to it. So, the pathway to adapting to stress is through focus. Steve Rush: Right. Dr. Erik Korem: So, focus is like a diffuse light. You want to bring it to almost like a spotlight, so you're going to go, okay, I'm going to learn this thing or I'm going to do this very difficult workout. Then your body releases a number of types of chemicals, one of which is a norepinephrine or adrenaline. So, you get these feelings of like arousal. And then when you're focusing on that really difficult thing, there is a neuromodulator that's released in the brain called acetylcholine. And what it does is, it goes in marks the neurons in your brain that are being used to learn that stressful thing or that skill that you're trying to acquire for change and modification later when you sleep. Steve Rush: Wow, that's amazing. Dr. Erik Korem: And when you go to bed at night and you sleep, your brain actually strengthens those connections. So, the only way that you can get to that outcome, that you want to be more resilient to change a behavior, to learn a new skill is you have to enter through the gateway of stress. Steve Rush: I'm just wondering as you're sharing that, that seems to me so incredibly logical and sensible for me to know yet it's something that is not often shared with perhaps the wider communities in business, outside of maybe the sports industry. What do you think the reason is for that? Dr. Erik Korem: Well, when we think of stress, we think of uncomfortable situations and think of, you know, conflict at work and, you know, maybe having to receive or deliver feedback that it's really difficult. And I think that, you know, we're always trying to turn the dial down because, you know, especially, I think in the past year, people, anything else added onto your plate feels like we need to just, you know, we need to unload and we feel was just miserable. I also don't think that those basic scientific principles have been shared, or I don't know if the connection hasn't been made. I really don't know because in sports we know that you have to train, if you want to get better. If it's a physical thing, you got to stress the body and then you got to recover. I couldn't give you a great answer, why that hasn't leaked out into other domains. Like, Hey, if you want to get better at this, like, if you want to get better at marketing, you're going to have to go through this. Steve Rush: Yeah. Dr. Erik Korem: Now there's also this part of stress, like this feeling of, I think most people think of stress as like uncomfortable feelings and really stress falls on a continuum of alertness to calmness and your body can go up and down this ladder. And I think that people don't have mechanisms that they can use in the moment to regulate stress. And so, instead of being able to be in a state of where we want to be as alert calmness, we start moving into these states of panic or anxiety and we don't know how to bring ourselves back. Steve Rush: So, if I think about me being at work, being forced into focus, feeling a little bit stressful, it's even more essential than for me to get that sleep in order to transfer that down and lay that down into positivity, right? What's the converse happen? So, I'm stressed and I don't get the sleep. How does that impact on us? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah. So, adaptation is the result of stress and the appropriate dose of rest, sleep and something called non sleep rest. If you don't allow your body to adapt with enough rest, you have something called maladaptation, which means you're not adapting and you will get sick or if you're training, you could get injured, you could end up having like I said, you know, upper respiratory tract infections, your body is unable to mobilize resources for the dominant need at the time. And then it becomes this like really bad hamster wheel and it can lead to a whole lot of bad stuff. And so, if we're trying to burn it at both ends, there's times in life where you're going to have to push really, really, really hard, and you may not get enough rest, but if you just kind of look at the mean of your life, you need to prioritize restful and fulfilling sleep and being able to decompress or else you're going to get sick. Steve Rush: Yeah. Dr. Erik Korem: You know, the body can only go so far. Steve Rush: In your experience Erik. Having trained, coach, supported some of the greatest athletes in the planet, do you believe that high performance is something that everybody can achieve? Or is that just a natural born behavior? Dr. Erik Korem: No, I love this question. I think high performance is something that we can all achieve. In athletics, there are certain things that you have to be born with. So, like, if you want to be a world-class swimmer, you got to be long, you got to be tall, you got to have a long arm. There's certain, we call morphological characteristics, but then you have to acquire the skill. And then at the end of that, it's what goes on between the years. With any industry, whether you want to be a great parent, whether you want to be a great teacher, you want to be great in business, whatever it is, you have to acquire a certain set of skills. So, you got too upscale yourself, okay. And then you got to learn how to put that into practice. And then you have to be able to put it into practice when things are difficult. And so, like the best athletes in the world, like there's this myth out there that elite athletes do not feel pressure, that's wrong. So, you know, Sir Chris Hoy? Steve Rush: Yes, of course, yeah. Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah, greatest cyclist ever. Steve Rush: Absolutely. Dr. Erik Korem: He said when he was racing in an Olympic final, that it felt like he was going to the gallows. Steve Rush: Wow. Dr. Erik Korem: Think about that. Greatest cyclist of all time, felt like he was going to die. But what he said he would do is, he would then like, when he was feeling these feelings, he would grip the steering wheel or he'd focus on his feet and the clips and the pedals, what he was doing was, he was shifting his attention to where he wanted it, when he wanted it there. He was basically practicing mindfulness. Anybody can achieve high performance in their own life, but you got to have the skill set. You got to acquire the skill set, whatever that is. You've got to put it into practice. And you got to train your mind to do it in uncomfortable situations. Steve Rush: Definitely, yeah. And is there a parallel between elite sport and high-performance business people that you've worked with? Dr. Erik Korem: A hundred percent, you know, I would say like, especially in leadership roles, you know, great coaches and great business leaders, they're great systems thinkers. They don't live in a silo; they could see the big picture. That to me is like one of the biggest things. They can apply a mental model to a problem. They don't go, okay. I've been putting into this brand-new situation. And so, we're going to do it like we did, you know, I'm at Microsoft and I'm going to do it, like we did it at Apple, no different organization, a lot of different things. You got to; you have to look at problems. You have to use mental modules that you've acquired over time. You'll have to build thinking systems. I think it, especially in the leadership roles, you have to be able to listen to people. I've been around coaches that just try to cram things down, like, Hey, you know, I want a Superbowl here. And so, we're going to do it this way, and it just doesn't work. Copying the model means you copy the errors with it. Steve Rush: True. Dr. Erik Korem: And meanwhile, the person that created the models already iterated the model. Because they're realized what their errors were. Steve Rush: Yeah, I notice that too. Dr. Erik Korem: And we also hire talented folks. You give them direction. And then I like to say, you help them innovate with discipline. So, you know, here's the highway, there's four lanes. You can go into any four lanes you want, but here are the boundaries. Innovate, just stay within the lane. Just stay on the road. Does that make sense? Steve Rush: I love it. Yeah, it makes loads of sense. And also, I guess if I'm a leader listening to this now and thinking, God, I need to reboot my way of work so that I can tap into my own High-Performance. What would be your advice as to how I might do that now? Dr. Erik Korem: The things I find is people have a hard time doing focused and productive work. Maybe they're working at home and they have a lot of distractions or maybe they're at work and they just, they don't feel like they, you know, those times where you like people call it flow or whatever, where you're just like really in it. I think for any leader you want to get really good, focused, productive work. Well, you can't be focused and productive for 8 to 12 hours or 8 to 10 hours straight every day. Not going to happen. Steve Rush: No chance, yeah. Dr. Erik Korem: Here's something I would recommend. When you sleep at night, you sleep in 90-minute cycles of what's called REM and non-REM sleep, okay. 90-minute cycles. It's a 24-hour circadian rhythm that our body follows. And there's 90-minute ultradian rhythms. During the day your ability to attend to and focus on things rises and falls and 90 minutes cycles, okay. So, I organize my day in sprints, 90-minute sprints of work, followed by 20 to 30 minutes of relaxation. Steve Rush: Wow. Dr. Erik Korem: 90-minute sprints work, relaxation. Because focus is very metabolically demanding on the brain. And this is real science. This is not something that's quackery or anything like that. And so, during those 20 minutes or 25 minutes, I'll go for a walk. I'll get away from my computer, I'll take a short nap and then I'll get back into it. And guess what? I'm going to feel that stress, that agitation is, I start that 90 minutes sprint and then a minute and I'm going to hit this great peak. And then it's going to start to fall off. And then, you know, I'll take another break and I can get in four to five great sprints a day. I'm well ahead of my competition. My highs are really high and my lows are really low where they're always operating at medium. And so, and I've given this a lot of friends and they found to be very helpful in their productivity. Steve Rush: I love that. And also, that the notion of, if you don't take that 20 minutes, 15, 20 minutes recovery time, your next sprint of activity is going to have more susceptibility for distraction, right? Dr. Erik Korem: A hundred percent. Steve Rush: Yeah. I think it was Charlie Chaplin was the first individual to tap into this philosophy of attention. When he created the first of a feature film, which was 90 minutes long. And he'd worked that at that time in order to get people focused for 90 minutes, even. He had to change the reel every 11 minutes or so, whether it was scientific or just by chance at the time through studies, which is about the time that we naturally get distracted, right? Dr. Erik Korem: Very Interesting. Steve Rush: It's Interesting, isn't it? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah. Charlie Chaplain, how about that? Steve Rush: There you go. So, even then, somebody had noticed a behavioral shift in people in order to get them to stay focused for 90 minutes. They needed time in that time to be focused. Dr. Erik Korem: I would say this as well as a leader, don't make your meetings longer than 60 to 90 minutes. You can't expect your people to stay focused. And I'm reading a book called the leader's brain right now. It's on the neuroscience of leadership from Dr. Michael Platt. Steve Rush: Right. Dr. Erik Korem: He's at Wharton, fantastic stuff. And it's very quick read. I mean, I think it's a hundred pages, which I was shocked when I saw the book online. I got it. Like, are you serious? This is, but you know, it's very discreet, short little things. And I highly recommend it for anybody in a leadership position, but there's some things in there about connecting with your team. But one of the things that I didn't read this in the book, but I've really been thinking a lot about like, how am I running my team meetings? Am I connecting with folks? Or am I making them too long where they're drifting. So be brief, be bright, be gone. Steve Rush: Awesome. Now this part of the show is where we turn the table and start looking at your leadership career and tapping into those great lenses that you've had. And you've already shared a bunch of hacks with us, but I'm going to now try and ask you to distill your top three golden nuggets. What would be your top three leadership hacks Erik? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah, the first one I would say is creating the conditions for success. And for me, that's taking care of myself. Getting sleep every night, seven to nine hours, usually on my seven-and-a-half-hour person. Exercising daily and not feeling guilty about it. Spiritual for me and spending time with my family. And then I feel like that I'm fit to serve and lead others. So, I invest in my mind, body and spirit on a daily basis, I can create the conditions that are right for me to lead. Now, the second thing I would say is not assuming. My mom was a registered nurse growing and she started a catering and food manufacturing company and its multimillion-dollar company now, so proud of her. Really hustled, took her 30 years to build this thing up. And I remember as a kid, like she never used a swear word, which she would say, Erik, you know, Madison, he said, never assumed. Because you know what assuming does? It makes an ass out of you and me. And here's the thing, ask your talented experts, deep and probing questions. And don't be afraid to not know the answers, like be genuinely curious about. Like right now, I've hired full stack engineers and iOS developers. I don't know the first thing about writing code, but I am trying to learn as much as I can about what they're doing so that I can see where the problems may come up and then you'll be able to put the pieces together. And the final thing is accountability. Like who's keeping you in check, who's holding you accountable to being a good leader, to taking care of yourself or caring about other people. You got to find somebody in your life, that's going to ask you the hard questions. Steve Rush: Fantastic lessons. Thanks for sharing them. Next part of the show is also a bit of learning. We call it Hack to Attack. So, this is where something in your life or work has perhaps not gone well, could it be that you've even screwed up, but as a result of the experience is now a positive in your life and work. So, what would you Hack to Attack be Erik? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah, so I had a job, I went with a coach to a specific place and he was the new head coach and I was extremely loyal to him. And there were some early warning indicators that I ignored. Around people that were hired underneath me without my real consent. And there was a certain thing I just felt were wrong, but I ignored them and things ended up not working out. And, you know, we cordially decided to part ways. It was really amicable, but I ignored those red flags. And so, you know, my dad calls it the squeeze factor. Like when you feel that feeling in your stomach and you get that over, like you get that sensation like something isn't right here, do not ignore that. Like dig into it, figure out what it is, investigated and then act on it sooner than later, or else it's going to cost you. Steve Rush: That's great. And it's acting on it, that's most important. Not necessarily paying attention to it, but understanding what's causing it, right. Because it could be a bias. Dr. Erik Korem: Absolutely. Steve Rush: Yeah. The last bit of our show, we get a chance to get you to do some time travel. You can bump into Erik at 21 now. Look him straight in the eyes and give him some advice. What's it going to be? Dr. Erik Korem: Don't be so dogmatic. I would tell myself to be open to various ways of doing things and to what I could become because. I've been one of these people that have, you know, been very focused on a certain outcome and my career has taken a lot of twists and turns. And sometimes, you know, I have a lot of scar tissue from thinking that a certain thing should be done a certain way and it shouldn't have been done that way. And so really just, Hey Erik, you know, keep learning, keep growing, but take a step back and be open-minded to a lot of different things. A lot of different ways of getting the job done. Steve Rush: Great stuff. So as folks have been listening to you and I talk today, Erik, I'm pretty certain that they're going to want to find out a little bit more about the work you do. I'm almost guaranteed. They're going to want to explore AIM7 and what that's all about. Because I think it's going to change our world for the future. Dr. Erik Korem: Thank you. Steve Rush: And genuinely want to find out where's the best place for us to send them when we are done? Dr. Erik Korem: Yeah. So, you can follow me on Instagram @erikkorem, E-R-I-K K-O-R-E-M. And the same thing on LinkedIn and then go to aim7.com, A-I-M7 and sign up for our high-performance newsletter. And we'll also let you know when you can be one of the first beta users, our product's going to come out this summer. So, this is something that interests you go ahead and sign up on that newsletter and you will hear from us as soon as the product's available and get your first in line. Steve Rush: Awesome. We'll also make sure in our show notes links to both AIM7 and all your social media in there too. Dr. Erik Korem: Thank you so much. Steve Rush: Erik, it has been a real pleasure. I'm super grateful for you joining us on The Leadership Hacker Podcast, delighted with the progress that you're having with AIM7 and I'm super looking forward to seeing how that all develops for you too. Dr. Erik Korem: Thank you, Steve. You're a fantastic person and I love the podcast and keep doing great work. Steve Rush: Thank you, my man. Speak to you soon. Dr. Erik Korem: Take care. Closing Steve Rush: I genuinely want to say heartfelt thanks for taking time out of your day to listen in too. We do this in the service of helping others, and spreading the word of leadership. Without you listening in, there would be no show. So please subscribe now if you have not done so already. Share this podcast with your communities, network, and help us develop a community and a tribe of leadership hackers.   Finally, if you would like me to work with your senior team, your leadership community, keynote an event, or you would like to sponsor an episode. 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In June 2018, millionaire real estate mogul Bob Ward, 65, shot and killed his wife Diane, 54, in the master bedroom of the couple’s ritzy home in Isleworth, Florida. For some time, Bob’s company had been suffering financial losses due to the collapse of the real estate market, and the couple’s cars had been repossessed. […]

In June 2018, millionaire real estate mogul Bob Ward, 65, shot and killed his wife Diane, 54, in the master bedroom of the couple’s ritzy home in Isleworth, Florida. For some time, Bob’s company had been suffering financial losses due to the collapse of the real estate market, and the couple’s cars had been repossessed. […]