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In a market where everyone has smart people, strong credentials, and now access to the same AI tools, what is the actual differentiator and how do firms truly stand out? On today's episode of the CMO Series Podcast, Alex Haidar is joined by Roanne Neuwirth, a B2B enterprise marketing leader and advisor whose career spans over two decades across law firms, global management consultancies, and boutique professional services firms. From Hale and Dorr to Boston Consulting Group, Farland Group, and Bates Communications (acquired by BTS), Roanne has spent her career working with leadership teams to define market position, build client relationships, and drive sustainable growth. Roanne brings her unique outside-in perspective to challenge how legal and professional services marketers think about positioning, growth, and the role of AI. She makes the case that while technology levels the expertise playing field, genuine thought leadership and client feedback programmes are more important than ever in advancing marketing into the strategic force that truly differentiates. Roanne and Alex discuss: What actually separates the firms that grow from the ones that stand still Why marketing should be at the table driving growth, not sitting behind it The difference between a market position and a service list, and why so few firms get it right Where firms are going wrong on AI, and what they should be asking instead Whether the bar for building authentic client relationships has been raised Her number one piece of advice for the next generation of professional services CMOs

Vinted wasn't an overnight success. The game-changing decision that saved it from failure? Making selling completely free. Adam Jay, CEO of Vinted's Marketplace arm, talks to Sir Richard Harpin about how he helped perfect the Vinted playbook and rolled it out into 26 markets worldwide – France was the first success story.Adam reveals the mistakes made along the way, the pivots that mattered, and the leadership lessons every founder and CEO needs to hear. Drawing on his experience at Boston Consulting Group and Expedia, he breaks down how Vinted transformed from a struggling startup into a profitable, fast-scaling platform now valued at €8 billion. Themes include:Why removing seller fees was the turning point for Vinted's growthHow to scale a marketplace business across multiple international marketsWhat CEOs can learn from failure, pivoting, and resilienceWhy joining an external board of directors can sharpen your leadershipVinted's mission to make second-hand items the first choice globally Business Leader is a membership community for ambitious CEOs and founders of mid-sized UK companies, designed to help them grow with purpose through strategic support, peer-to-peer learning, expert coaching, and high-impact events. Sign up for our Business Leader newsletter here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8:05PM: Gallup reports that nearly half of college students say AI has made them reconsider their majors. Should students choose majors based on industry trends? Or is it better to find the right fit for their natural talents and strengths despite what's popular? Guest: Alix Hogu - author of From Hidden to Limitless: The Secret to Reaching Your Highest Potential, is a mentor with over 20 years of professional coaching experience, specializing in confidence building and discovering natural talents. 8:15PM: A Journey of Honor: Flag Sojourn 250. The Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office is honored to host Flag Sojourn 250, a solemn year-long tribute celebrating our flag, nation, its people, and the enduring spirit of unity and service. Guest: Sheriff Donna Buckley – Barnstable County Sheriff 8:30PM: Ever had someone in your life stuck who cannot get out of their own way with unhealthy habits? What is it that stops or gets people in your life to change, and why is it so hard? Guest: Kristy Ellmer – co-author of the book: How Change Really Works & managing partner and director at the Boston Consulting Group. 8:45PM: Extended Weekend Weather Forecast. What you can expect. Guest: Brian Thompson – AccuWeather MeteorologistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kalibrera ledningsgruppen: Så lyckas ni med nästa fas Bolag rör sig genom fem faser – uppbyggnad, skalning, mognad, avmattning och förnyelse. Varje fas ställer egna krav på finansiell förståelse, strategi och ledningskompetens.  En ledningsgrupp som är briljant i en fas kan vara helt felkalibrerad för nästa. Att inte ställa om i tid riskerar både framdrift och lönsamhet.  Hur går det här att förutse och undvika? Vad krävs strategiskt och i ledarskapet för att lyckas? Här tar vi stöd av ett gäng gediget grundat i siffror och ledningsstrategi.  Tillsammans visar de hur treenigheten ekonomi, strategi och ledarskap samspelar – och vad det betyder för bolag som vill växla upp. De delar forskningsinsikter, spaningar och egna erfarenheter som bolagsbyggare och investerare. Lär dig avkoda de finansiella nyckeltal som avslöjar vilken fas ditt bolag är i just nu och få med dig praktiska, konkreta exempel från verkligheten. Du behöver ingen akademisk ekonomibakgrund för att hänga med i snacket. Perfekt för dig som redan sitter i ledningsgrupp eller styrelse – eller är nyfiken på att göra det framöver.   Välkommen till ett lunchsamtal med både finansiella nycklar och strategiskt ledarhantverk.  Gäster Therese Hillman, civilekonomexamen från Handelshögskolan i Stockholm och idag vd för designkoncernen Network of Design och styrelseledamot. Tidigare vd på spelbolaget NetEnt och Gymgrossisten. Christopher Sundman, finansanalytiker (CEFA och AFA) från Handelshögskolan i Stockholm och fondförvaltare av Handelsbanken Hälsovård Tema, som nyligen utsetts till årets bästa fond i Lipper Fund Awards Nordics 2026. Pontus Engström, PhD i International Management och programansvarig för Chefakademins Executive Master of Finance. Tidigare vd och grundare av MTI Investment och dessförinnan på Boston Consulting Group och Credit Suisse. Idag även rådgivare och styrelseledamot. Calle Fleur Chefredaktör på Chef och vd för Chefakademin.

This episode of "Dirt to Dinner: Digging In" features host Garland West interviewing Nancy Post, a senior adviser at Boston Consulting Group and former Vice President of Technology at John Deere. The discussion centers on how technology — including artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation — is fundamentally transforming the modern food system to meet the challenge of feeding a global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050.

Es gibt immer mehr Superreiche in der Welt. Das sagt die Boston Consulting Group in ihrem aktuellen Wealth Report. Markus Plettendorff und Melanie Böff klären, warum die Zahl der Superreichen steigt und was diese Entwicklung für die Debatte über Reichtum und Steuern bedeutet.Zehn Minuten Wirtschaft:Wie gerecht ist Deutschlands Wohlstand verteilt?https://www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:e08adc04e4f5ab0e/

L'intelligence artificielle transforme en profondeur l'économie du conseil. Automatisation des analyses, baisse des coûts, réduction des équipes, les grands cabinets comme McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group ou Accenture font face à une remise en question historique de leur modèle économique. Une révolution qui touche particulièrement les jeunes consultants et oblige le secteur à se réinventer. L'intelligence artificielle inquiète de plus en plus les grands cabinets de conseil dans le monde. OpenAI et Anthropic ont récemment annoncé le lancement de structures spécialisées dans le déploiement de leurs technologies directement auprès des entreprises. Une évolution qui pourrait profondément modifier l'équilibre du secteur du consulting. Traditionnellement, lorsqu'une entreprise souhaite restructurer son organisation, lancer une transformation ou revoir sa stratégie, elle fait appel à des consultants. Ces derniers réalisent alors des études de marché, des analyses financières, des audits concurrentiels ou encore des présentations stratégiques destinées aux directions générales. Un travail souvent long, coûteux et mobilisant parfois plusieurs dizaines de consultants pendant plusieurs semaines. Mais l'arrivée de l'IA générative bouleverse complètement cette mécanique. Désormais, certains modèles d'intelligence artificielle sont capables d'exécuter une partie de ces tâches en quelques minutes seulement : résumer des centaines de documents, produire des analyses sectorielles, créer des présentations ou générer des diagnostics préliminaires. À lire aussiAvec l'essor de l'intelligence artificielle, faut-il craindre une vague massive de licenciements? Des cabinets plus productifs mais moins dépendants des consultants juniors Cette transformation améliore fortement la productivité des cabinets de conseil. Chez McKinsey & Company, certaines équipes auraient vu leur taille réduite grâce à l'automatisation de nombreuses tâches analytiques. Le cabinet développe également des milliers d'agents IA internes afin d'assister ses consultants. Officiellement, les grands groupes du conseil ne parlent pas de suppressions massives d'emplois. Mais tous reconnaissent une forte hausse de la productivité. Et lorsqu'un secteur de services devient soudainement beaucoup plus efficace grâce à la technologie, une question finit forcément par émerger : aura-t-on encore besoin d'autant de salariés ? Les premiers concernés sont les jeunes diplômés. Historiquement, les consultants juniors étaient chargés des tâches de recherche, d'analyse et de préparation des supports stratégiques. Des missions qui servaient aussi de formation avant de monter progressivement en compétences. Or précisément, ce sont ces tâches de base que l'intelligence artificielle automatise aujourd'hui le plus rapidement. Le secteur fait donc face à un paradoxe majeur. Si l'IA réalise désormais les missions d'apprentissage des jeunes consultants, comment ces derniers pourront-ils acquérir l'expérience nécessaire pour devenir les experts de demain ? Pour l'instant, les cabinets peinent à apporter une réponse claire à cette question. À lire aussiIA et recrutement: pourquoi les entreprises changent leurs critères d'embauche Le conseil ne disparaît pas : il change de valeur Au-delà de l'emploi, c'est surtout le modèle économique du conseil qui évolue. De plus en plus d'entreprises commencent à utiliser directement les outils d'intelligence artificielle en interne pour produire des analyses ou des diagnostics auparavant confiés à des cabinets spécialisés. Dans un contexte où les entreprises cherchent à réduire leurs dépenses, beaucoup de dirigeants s'interrogent désormais : pourquoi payer plusieurs centaines de milliers d'euros une mission de conseil si une partie du travail peut être automatisée ? Pour les cabinets, tout l'enjeu consiste désormais à démontrer que leur valeur ne repose pas uniquement sur la production d'analyses. Car si l'IA progresse très rapidement, elle ne sait toujours pas gérer certains aspects fondamentaux de la vie des entreprises : arbitrer entre des intérêts divergents, piloter des transformations complexes, convaincre des équipes réticentes ou gérer les rapports humains et hiérarchiques. C'est précisément sur cette dimension humaine que les cabinets veulent aujourd'hui se repositionner. L'intelligence artificielle rend l'information largement accessible et peu coûteuse. En revanche, la rareté économique se déplace vers d'autres compétences : le jugement humain, la capacité à gérer la complexité, la confiance ou encore l'accompagnement stratégique des organisations. La question n'est donc peut-être plus de savoir si les consultants seront remplacés par les machines, mais plutôt quels consultants sauront travailler efficacement avec elles.

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Dass superreiche Menschen, super viel Geld haben, ist klar. In Zahlen ausgedrückt: Wer als superreich gilt, besitzt mehr als 100 Millionen Dollar. Zum Vergleich: In Deutschland haben rund 80% der Menschen ein Finanzvermögen von unter 250.000$. Wie die Boston Consulting Group heute veröffentlicht hat, ist die Zahl der Superreichen in Deutschland deutlich gestiegen. Aber wie sind die Menschen so reich geworden und was macht das mit ihnen und ihrem Leben? Ich bin Theresa Lienen.

Your values shape every relationship you have - so what happens to them during a separation?Kate is joined by Katie Lancaster, an executive and leadership coach, to explore why holding onto your values during divorce can change everything about how you come out the other side. If you're trying to get through a divorce or separation in a kinder, calmer way, this conversation is full of practical tips to help you stay grounded.We talk about:How to stay true to yourself in tough divorce negotiations - even when emotions are running high The ABC technique (awareness, breathe, choose) for moving from reaction to response Why self-compassion is a non-negotiable, not a nice-to-have Why your divorce might not feel over even when the paperwork says it isThis episode is for anyone going through separation or divorce who wants to come through it feeling stronger, kinder and more like themselves.Meet Katie LancasterKatie Lancaster is an ICF and CTI certified executive and leadership coach who helps senior leaders and teams perform better and find more meaning in their work. After starting her career at Boston Consulting Group in Munich and completing an MBA at IESE Barcelona, she held board-level roles at global communications agencies in London. She has also built her own consultancy, advises start-ups and is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. You can learn more about Katie on her website and you can get in touch with her on LinkedIn.More divorce resourcesNeed expert help right now?Book a free 15-minute consultation with an amicable expert for guidance on the legal, financial, emotional or co-parenting aspects of separation.Want ongoing support through separation?Join amicable space for bonus podcast episodes, exclusive webinars and articles on emotional wellbeing and an interactive community where you can share questions and get expert advice from amicable specialists. Start your free trial here.Kate's book amicable divorce includes dedicated chapters on emotional readiness and timing, navigating separation with kindness, rebuilding your identity and moving forward with confidence. Find it on Amazon today.Got a question for a future episode?Share your thoughts at hello@amicable.co.uk or through direct messages on Instagram.#EmotionalJourney

Philip Jameson discusses why most organizational transformations fail despite strong strategic intent, significant investment, and broad awareness that change is necessary. Drawing on his work at Boston Consulting Group and the research behind How Change Really Works, Jameson argues that the core problem is often not strategy itself, but a poor understanding of "how humans behave during periods of change." The conversation begins with Jameson's unusual path into consulting through classical music and leadership at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He reflects on the orchestra's temporary departure from the Sydney Opera House during its renovation and why the experience fundamentally shaped his thinking about institutional change. "It was an experience that I had had of really a change gone right," he explains, "and it made me passionate about giving the gift of great change to as many people in my life as I could." A major focus of the discussion is what Jameson calls "false alignment" — situations where leadership teams behave "as if you're more agreed than you really are." He argues that many transformations fail because executives believe they share a common vision until operational specifics expose deep disagreements. The episode also explores why leaders often avoid disagreement altogether. Citing behavioral research from Julia Minson, Jameson explains that people routinely overestimate how damaging disagreement will feel in practice. "It is much worse to imagine having a disagreement with someone than it is to actually have a disagreement with someone," he says. Another major theme is agency. Jameson draws on the "IKEA effect," the tendency for people to value outcomes they helped create themselves. In successful transformations, employees feel they have "their thumbprint on the design of the change." "Change really works," he argues, "when the people affected by that change… feel that they have contributed meaningfully to it in some way." The conversation also examines why organizations frequently underestimate barriers to adoption. Jameson outlines seven common reasons employees resist new tools, systems, or behaviors — including skill gaps, lack of time, lack of perceived benefit, and fear of losing status or value inside the organization. Rather than treating resistance as irrational, he argues leaders should approach adoption with "deep empathy" and structured thinking about human behavior. Another important thread concerns rituals and operating cadence during transformation. Jameson describes successful change efforts as highly disciplined systems with consistent decision-making rhythms, clear forums, and predictable escalation paths. "In great changes," he says, "there's a very consistent drumbeat." The episode also explores storytelling as a strategic tool during periods of uncertainty. Jameson outlines three recurring narratives used in successful transformations: the threat story, the fitness story, and the destiny story. The strongest organizations, he argues, usually commit to one clear narrative rather than mixing several competing explanations. The latter part of the discussion turns to AI and organizational adaptation. Jameson views AI transformations primarily as behavioral transformations rather than purely technical ones. "Maybe you think of it as an AI change," he says, "but really it's about human beings." Throughout the conversation, Jameson returns to one central idea: organizations rarely fail because they lack intelligence or ambition. They fail because leaders underestimate how difficult it is for groups of people to change behavior collectively and sustain that change over time. For executives, operators, and transformation leaders, the episode offers a practical framework grounded not only in strategy, but in the behavioral science of how change actually happens. Get Philip's new book, How Change Really Works, here: https://tinyurl.com/2zb4p63d Claim your free gift: Free gift #1 McKinsey & BCG winning resume www.FIRMSconsulting.com/resumePDF Free gift #2 Breakthrough Decisions Guide with 25 AI Prompts www.FIRMSconsulting.com/decisions Free gift #3 Five Reasons Why People Ignore Somebody www.FIRMSconsulting.com/owntheroom Free gift #4 Access episode 1 from Build a Consulting Firm, Level 1 www.FIRMSconsulting.com/build Free gift #5 The Overall Approach used in well-managed strategy studies www.FIRMSconsulting.com/OverallApproach Free gift #6 Get a copy of Nine Leaders in Action, a book we co-authored with some of our clients: www.FIRMSconsulting.com/gift

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving beyond basic support tools into a new generation of “AI agents” - systems capable of independently analyzing information, making decisions, and executing tasks that once required human involvement. This shift is expected to reshape global workforce structures and transform how businesses operate. For Vietnam, it presents an opportunity to accelerate digital transformation, strengthen competitiveness, and integrate more deeply into the global technology value chain.In episode 391 of the Vietnam Innovators podcast (English Edition), Huy Nguyen Tuong, Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group, shares his insights on the rise of AI agents and their implications for businesses and the future of work.---Listen to this episode on YoutubeAnd explore many amazing articles about the pioneers at: https://vietcetera.com/vn/bo-suu-tap/vietnam-innovatorFeel free to leave any questions or invitations for business cooperation at hello@vni-digest.com

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Shalin Desai. Together we explore: Trying to escape vs. learning the skills to navigate difficult situations Learning and practicing The Art of Living breathing What is within our control Training your mind The role of emotions at work The connection between breath and emotions Emotional regulation: how? Taking the mental “trash” out regularly Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration   Shalin Desai is the Director of Programs for the Art of Living Foundation, one of the world's largest nonprofit organizations, whose initiatives have positively impacted over 500 million people across 180+ countries. With more than 25 years of experience teaching breathwork and meditation, Shalin is known for integrating ancient wisdom with modern leadership and well-being practices. He also serves as Chief Revenue Officer of Sri Sri Tattva, a global wellness brand offering natural and Ayurvedic products that promote holistic health through a blend of tradition and science. For over 15 years, Shalin has designed and delivered corporate leadership and wellness programs for organizations including Microsoft, Dell, Boston Consulting Group, Accenture, Salesforce, Eli Lilly and Company, and Merck & Co. His work helps leaders and teams manage stress, build resilience, and cultivate mental clarity while reconnecting with a deeper sense of purpose. Shalin is known for his Intuitive Life Scan, a breakthrough approach in which trained guides provide unbiased insights into an individual's current situation. A highly engaging speaker known for his relatable storytelling and humor, Shalin inspires audiences with practical techniques they can apply immediately to improve focus, leadership, and overall well-being. Shalin holds a degree in Supply Chain Management from the State University of New York and lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two children. Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

Why do so many organizational change efforts stall or flat out fail? Julia Dhar, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, says the problem often isn't strategy, it's behavior. Leaders spend enormous time designing change, but far less understanding whether employees are willing, motivated, and equipped to adopt it. She shares research around how leaders can create genuine alignment, and what it takes to sustain momentum once the novelty fades. Dhar is coauthor, along with Kristy Ellmer and Philip Jameson, of the book "How Change Really Works: Seven Science-Based Principles for Transforming Your Organization".

David Helmer spent years working on cooling systems for GE jet turbines before moving to Boston Consulting Group, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and West Point. He joins Decouple to explain why the gas turbine, despite being conceptually understood for centuries, only became buildable in the crucible of the Second World War, and why mastering it remains beyond the reach of all but a handful of institutions on earth.The conversation covers the materials science at the heart of the technology, where turbine blades operate above their own melting point and components in continuous distress are kept flying for hundreds of additional cycles before refurbishment. We examine why innovation cycles in aviation are measured in decades rather than years, drawing direct comparisons to nuclear's certification constraints and contrasting both with the faster but higher-risk iteration model of the rocket sector. The discussion moves from aviation into power generation, tracing the combined cycle plant's efficiency gains, the AI-driven demand surge now stretching turbine order books to 7 years, and what the scramble to convert end-of-life commercial jet engines for data center power reveals about supply chain limits. The episode closes on geopolitics: why only 3 companies produce competitive commercial jet engines, what reverse engineering cannot unlock, and why Russia's turbine capability was always more dependent on Western materials, machine tools, and maintenance expertise than anyone acknowledged until the sanctions arrived.Listen to Decouple on:• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PNr3ml8nEQotWWavE9kQz• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decouple/id1516526694?uo=4• Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1516526694/decouple• Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/ehbfrn44• RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/23775178/podcast/rssWebsite: https://www.decouple.media

Estados Unidos vive una verdadera fiebre de los centros de datos. Con el auge de la inteligencia artificial y de las criptomonedas, se multiplican los proyectos de mega centros de datos de empresas como Google Amazon o Meta que necesitan cada vez mas potencia de cálculo. Pero este fenómeno plantea serios problemas ambientales y algunas comunidades locales empiezan a rebelarse contra estos proyectos. El gesto es anodino, pero cuando preguntamos algo a ChatGPT o a otra aplicación de inteligencia artificial (IA), un centro de datos procesa nuestra pregunta, consume medio litro de agua y 10 veces más electricidad que un buscador clásico. Solo para desarrollar las infraestructuras de IA, las grandes empresas tecnológicas estadounidenses prevén invertir 5,2 billones de dólares en la construcción de centros de datos de aquí a 2030. Un desarrollo gigantesco que dispara la demanda de electricidad y de agua. El proyecto de data center Stratos en Utah, por ejemplo, consumirá 9 gigawats, el doble del consumo actual de todo el estado de Utah. Y según la consultora Boston Consulting Group, el consumo de electricidad de los centros de datos en 2030 será equivalente a lo que consumen en total los 2 tercios de la población estadounidense. Pero en algunos municipios, vecinos, organizaciones ecologistas y responsables políticos municipales se levantan contra el apetito de agua y energía de las empresas tecnológicas. En Texas, por ejemplo, donde los recursos energéticos abundantes y una exención fiscal estimulan la instalación de centros de datos, vecinos del municipio de San Marcos en el centro del estado se movilizan desde hace más de un año contra varios megaproyectos.  Es el caso en Texas, en el centro del estado, donde la Data Center Action Coalition, un grupo de residentes de San Marcos, batalla desde hace un poco más de un año contra varios proyectos de centros de datos en la región. "Hemos estado vigilando diferentes proyectos de centros de datos en las inmediaciones de San Marcos y también hemos empezado a organizarnos contra centros de datos aún mayores en un condado adyacente dentro de la cuenca del río San Marcos. Hay 9 o 10 propuestas de centros de datos a gran escala, muchos de los cuales planean construir sus propias centrales eléctricas de gas que procede del fracking. Esos planes necesitarían ampliar las líneas eléctricas. Y el costo se repercutiría en los consumidores. Predicen que costará unos 32 mil millones de dólares", explica Si Frede, activista de dicha coalición. Amenazan los recursos hídricos Además de la demanda de energía, muchas veces de origen fósil, los centros de datos requieren cientos de millones de litros de agua cada año para enfriar los servidores, alerta la activista texana. Un reciente artículo de la Universidad de Texas en Austin calcula que los centros de datos consumirán entre 3% y 9% del agua del estado en 2040. "Nos preocupan también los generadores diésel de auxilio, las centrales eléctricas y el aumento del costo del suministro de electricidad. Además, las proyecciones indican que nuestra ciudad se va a quedar sin agua en 2047. Y esa proyección no toma en cuenta el cambio climático o la demanda del centro de datos. Vivimos ya en una situación de sequía extrema. El verano pasado, el acuífero alcanzó mínimos históricos”, advierte la activista Si Frede, entrevistada por Radio Francia Internacional. Esta resistencia se observa en otros estados donde también se multiplican los proyectos de centros de datos. “Actualmente tenemos observación de resistencia de oposición a centros de datos en 42 estados”, observa Miquel Vila, analista principal de riesgos en Data Center Watch. Este proyecto de la empresa 10ALabs monitorea la emergente protesta contra los centros de datos y los riesgos políticos y regulatorios que genera. La creciente oposición contra los data centers La oposición a estas mega infraestructuras informáticas se observa en Virginia, el principal foco global de centros de datos, “e incluso en estados que han sido bastante abiertos para los centros de datos como por ejemplo Texas. pero sobre todo vemos esta oposición en áreas como Michigan, Indiana, Illinois y Ohio”, detalla Vila. A nivel político, algunos municipios ya han pisado el freno para parar la expansión de los ‘ data centers”. “Habrá a lo mejor 50 municipios que han aprobado moratorias contra centros de datos, la mayoría de ellas temporales, en las cuales no se pueden construir centros de datos durante unos meses. Muchas veces el argumento es que no tienen la capacidad legislativa y regulatoria para afrontar esta nueva economía, Entonces necesitan tiempo para mirar cómo aproximarlo”, explica Miquel Vila. Además, una quincena de estados ha estado discutiendo leyes o moratorias a nivel estatal contra centros de datos. El caso del estado de Maine En abril pasado, los legisladores del estado de Maine aprobaron una moratoria de 18 meses en la construcción de data centers de gran tamaño. La iniciativa de ley estatal, sin embargo, fue vetada por la gobernadora. En algunos casos, la movilización de los ciudadanos produce efectos a escala municipal. "Del conjunto de los proyectos que hemos estado rechazando, en el área de San Marcos, uno ha sido detenido, el de la empresa Highlander; otro se ha estancado bastante; otro ha sido pausado; y luego otro ha sido pospuesto, por lo menos, un año y medio. Así que, tras nuestro trabajo de agitación, de protesta ante el gobierno municipal, los concejales finalmente entraron en razón y votaron en contra de estos cambios que este desarrollador necesitaba para construir un centro de datos. Sobre otro proyecto, no tenemos mucha información porque los vendedores firmaron cláusulas de confidencialidad”, lamenta Si Frede, activista texana. “Parte de nuestra estrategia es apostar al estancamiento y la desaceleración de estos proyectos. Esperemos que toda esta burbuja estalle”, concluye. En diciembre pasado, decenas de organizaciones civiles estadounidenses firmaron una carta para alertar a los congresistas estadounidenses sobre cómo el frenesí de criptomonedas y de inteligencia artificial dispara el costo de la energía. Una energía que procede en 56% de los casos de fuentes fósiles, lo que agrava el cambio climático, alerta Jim Walsh, director de políticas de la ONG ambiental Food and Water Watch, quien coordinó este llamado a los congresistas. " Food and Water Watch apoya una moratoria nacional sobre los centros de datos que pondrá fin a todos los nuevos centros de datos en los Estados Unidos hasta que haya salvaguardias para proteger al público, así como nuestros recursos hídricos y energéticos de la expansión masiva de los centros de datos”, comentó Walsh a RFI. La oposición a los centros de datos se ha ido observando también en Europa y Latinoamérica, también por motivos ambientales.   Entrevistas: -Miquel Vila, analista principal de riesgos en Data Center Watch. -Jim Walsh, director de políticas de la ONG ambientalista Food And Water Watch -Si Frede, activistas de la Data Center Action Coalition en San Marcos, Texas.

In this episode, Howard Farran sits down with Dr. Sonia Szamocki, Oxford-trained physician and Founder and CEO of 32Co, a UK-based AI-powered health tech platform bringing specialist-level care to high street dental practices. Dr. Szamocki shares her journey from emergency medicine and ophthalmology to Boston Consulting Group and ultimately to founding 32Co — driven by a conviction that technology, not more specialists, is the key to solving access in healthcare. The conversation explores how 32Co is tackling two major areas — orthodontics and sleep medicine — by connecting general dentists with specialist oversight, AI-driven workflows, and full compliance infrastructure. With 90% of the UK population within 30 minutes of a 32Co dentist, the platform is also pioneering the bridge between dentistry and mainstream medicine through its patient-facing sleep brand, Aerox Health. Howard and Dr. Szamocki also compare the UK and US healthcare landscapes and what each can learn from the other. Episode #1695 : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran, Howard sits down with Dr. Sonia Szamocki — Oxford-trained physician, founder, and CEO of 32Co — to talk about using AI to bring specialist-level care to everyday dental practices.  From clear aligners to sleep apnea, 32Co is quietly reshaping how dentistry and medicine connect — and why that gap has cost patients for far too long.

The more AI tools you use, the more productive you get. Right? Not exactly. Boston Consulting Group leader Gabriella Rosen Kellerman studied what actually happens to people who are using AI intensively at work, and what she found is that beyond a certain point, something breaks. Not burnout. Something different, something the existing research wasn't equipped to explain, and something that organisations are currently making worse without realising it. In this episode, I sit down with Gabriella to unpack AI Brain Fry: what it is, who is most at risk, and why the sweet spot for productivity might be far fewer tools than you think. We also get into what managers are doing, often unknowingly, that adds 15% more mental fatigue to their teams, and the one cultural message that does more to protect employees than any AI policy. If you have ever ended the day feeling strangely depleted despite not having done anything physically tiring, this episode will name what's happening and tell you what to do about it. Gabriella and I discuss: What AI Brain Fry is and why it sits outside the existing burnout literature Which roles are showing the highest rates of brain fry and what that signals about AI oversight work more broadly The productivity cliff: why two to three AI tools is the sweet spot, and what happens to output beyond that What the most sophisticated AI users do differently to the people with 25 browser tabs open The two manager behaviours that either cut mental fatigue by 15% or actually increase it Why some common organisational messages about AI are making employees more vulnerable to fatigue, not less The 10/20/70 rule that most organisations are skipping entirely in their AI rollouts How to do an informal audit of whether your team is currently suffering from brain fry Key quotes "The goal is to develop acute self-awareness of our own intelligence as we come to meet this new alien intelligence." "AI is completely changing the psychology and behaviour of work. Brain Fry is a proof point of that." Connect with Gabriella Rosen Kellerman on LinkedIn and her website, and check out her research and writing at Harvard Business Review. If you enjoyed this chat with Gabriella, I think you'd also love the first time she came on How I Work, where we talked all about thriving in times of uncertainty. You can find that episode here. My latest book The Energy Game is out on July 7, 2026. You can order a copy here: https://amzn.to/48ID29M Connect with me on the socials: Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amanthai) If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha-imber.ck.page/subscribe Visit https://www.amantha.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au Credits: Host: Amantha Imber Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens if AI delivers major advances in capability and productivity, but also creates significant disruption to jobs, incomes, and public finances? That question sits at the heart of today's episode.Our guest is Adrian Brown, the Founder and Chief Executive of Windfall Trust, a nonprofit focused on helping governments and societies prepare for the economic consequences of advanced AI. Windfall describes itself not as a think tank, but as a “policy accelerator for the age of artificial intelligence”.Their work starts from a simple premise: if AI systems significantly reshape the economy, then the question is not only how we build them, but how we prepare for their impacts, and how the gains are ultimately shared.Before founding Windfall Trust, Adrian was the founding Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact, worked as a policy advisor in the UK Cabinet Office, and held roles at McKinsey and the Boston Consulting Group.Selected follow-ups:Windfall TrustExercise Cygnus (Wikipedia)Erik Brynjolfsson (personal site)Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence (paper by Erik Brynjolfsson and colleagues)Anton Korinek (personal site)Windfall's UK Scenarios exerciseThe Economic Singularity (recent discussion paper by Calum Chace)Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age (OpenAI)UK Government announcement of the formation of "The AI and Future of Work Unit"UK Chancellor Rachel Reeve's announcement of a new "AI Economics Institute""AI will kill income tax" - episode of Robert Peston's podcast "The Rest is Money"Windfall Policy AtlasTask-Completion Time Horizons of Frontier AI Models (METR)Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain DeclarationC-Suite PerspectivesElevate how you lead with insight from today's most influential executives.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

This Devotional address with President Alvin F. Meredith III was delivered on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM MST in the BYU-Idaho I-Center. Alvin F. Meredith III became the 18th president of Brigham Young University-Idaho on August 1, 2023. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 3, 2021, and continues to serve in that role today. Prior to his call as a General Authority, President Meredith served as president of the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission. He also served as an Area Seventy in the North America Southeast and Asia Areas, and in a number of other Church callings including as a full-time missionary in the Utah Salt Lake City Mission. In his professional career, President Meredith worked as a senior executive of Asurion in Tennessee, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He also worked for The Boston Consulting Group and GE Capital. President Meredith earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

In this episode, Sam talks with Peter Koerte, member of the managing board and chief strategy and technology officer of Siemens, about how industrial AI is quietly transforming the infrastructure that powers everyday life. While consumer AI grabs headlines, Peter explains how artificial intelligence is improving factories, transportation systems, energy grids, and buildings behind the scenes. The conversation explores what makes industrial AI different — from the need for near-perfect accuracy to the challenge of working with proprietary, domain-specific data. Peter shares examples like predicting train door failures days in advance, optimizing building energy use, and accelerating complex engineering simulations. Peter and Sam also discuss the importance of domain expertise, the value of data-sharing partnerships across companies, and why transformation is as much about people and workflows as it is about technology. Read the episode transcript here. Guest bio: As a member of the managing board, chief strategy officer, and chief technology officer of Siemens, Peter Koerte is responsible for developing the company's strategy and leading its worldwide research and development activities. His current priorities include accelerating development of innovative sustainable technologies and continuing development of the Siemens Xcelerator business platform. Koerte previously headed Digital Health, a Siemens Healthineers unit that develops AI-supported diagnostic procedures for health care. He joined the corporate strategy side of the company in 2007 after working for the Boston Consulting Group. Koerte holds a master's degree in business and engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and a doctorate in strategy and international management from the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. He also completed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. Me, Myself, and AI is a podcast produced by MIT Sloan Management Review and hosted by Sam Ransbotham. It is engineered by David Lishansky and produced by Allison Ryder. We encourage you to rate and review our show. Your comments may be used in Me, Myself, and AI materials. ME, MYSELF, AND AI® is a federally registered trademark of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.

In this episode, Crina and Kirsten take on the so-called “ambition gap”—and promptly flip it on its head. Spoiler: women aren't less ambitious. The system just hasn't been built to recognize, support, or reward their ambition in the same way. Drawing on research from McKinsey & Company and Boston Consulting Group, the episode starts with a myth-busting reality check: early in their careers, women's ambition tracks almost identically to men's -  but by the manager level, that gap widens significantly not because women lose drive, but because workplaces systematically drain it. So what's actually happening? Crina and Kirsten unpack the structural issues behind the idea that there is an ambition gap between men and women: women are less likely to have sponsors, less likely to have career advancement conversations with managers, and more likely to carry the invisible “people management tax”—the mentoring, emotional labor, and team support work that keeps organizations running but rarely leads to promotion. Add in a lack of visible role models in leadership, and the message becomes clear: “this path might not be for you.” Over time, ambition to achieve the next level on the ladder doesn't disappear—it gets recalibrated. And here's the twist: what looks like an “ambition gap” may be a rational decision. Before anyone starts wringing their hands about women “leaning out,” the episode pivots to something far more interesting: ambition isn't shrinking—it's evolving. New data shows that 86% of senior women leaders feel more ambitious than they did five years ago, and 92% are energized about what's ahead. The difference? Women are redefining what ambition actually means. It's less about titles and linear ladders, and more about autonomy, flexibility, impact, and multi-dimensional careers. Today's leaders are executives and advisors, founders and board members—crafting portfolios that reflect their values and lives, not corporate scripts.   Crina and Kirsten land on a powerful reframe: the issue isn't that women lack ambition—it's that traditional workplaces lack imagination. When ambition is supported, visible, and aligned with real human priorities, it doesn't fade. It expands - and that, listeners is what is happening for women who work.  Women aren't opting out. They're rewriting the rules.

The episode reveals an accelerating structural shift toward infrastructure dependence and liability transfer in the context of AI and cloud adoption. According to analysis from Omnia and Synergy Research Group, hyperscalers such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are capturing a growing portion of global data center capacity, while real-world constraints—including finite GPU and power availability—are limiting expansion despite surging demand. This concentration makes the underlying compute power less elastic and more volatile, directly impacting how MSPs operationalize AI services. Vendors, meanwhile, are backing away from accountability for AI-driven outcomes, increasingly shifting risk and responsibility onto operators and integrators. Supporting evidence includes Omnia's report of a 29% year-over-year jump in global cloud infrastructure services spend, reaching $110.9 billion in Q4 2025. AWS revenue increased 24%, Azure 39%, and Google Cloud 50% in the same period. Synergy Research Group found that enterprise on-premises data centers dropped from 56% of global capacity in 2018 to 32% by the end of 2025, with projections to fall further to 19% by 2031. Over 800 new hyperscale data centers are in the pipeline, but constraints on power and electrical equipment mean growth is not limitless. New AI workloads—such as Z AI's GLM 5.1 model designed for autonomous, multi-hour tasks—underscore that demand is moving from short interactions to long-running processes, increasing unpredictability and operational risk. Additional developments reinforce this structural shift. TechCrunch reported that new tools are designed for prolonged AI workload monitoring, not just deployment, requiring persistent oversight and checkpoints. Microsoft's own Copilot terms flag the platform as for entertainment purposes only, disclaiming reliability and placing responsibility for business use on the operator. Research cited from Boston Consulting Group identified that 14% of workers using AI tools reported significant mental fatigue, with entry-level staff especially vulnerable. These trends highlight the operational and human governance burdens introduced by AI, which are not addressed by vendor promises. For MSPs and IT leaders, these mechanisms create immediate contract and operational risks. Overpromising capacity or reliability exposes providers to gaps in liability, especially since vendors disclaim responsibility for AI outputs. Service agreements should include explicit capacity constraint clauses and audit all AI tool deployments for vendor liability terms before renewals. Establishing governance, monitoring, and accountability as billable service layers is crucial; otherwise, these burdens will default to the MSP as unpaid liability. Hybrid and colocation strategies remain relevant for regulated clients who cannot wholly depend on hyperscalers. Moving forward, structured runtime quotas and compute governance may be required to manage risk as agentic workloads increase and vendor accountability recedes. 00:00 Cloud Capacity Crunch 03:53 Agentic AI Rises 05:32 Liability Shifts Down 08:34 Why Do We Care?  Supported by:  Nerdio ScalePad 

Is AI in the workplace lightening your load...or frying your brain?Researchers at Boston Consulting Group and the University of California, Riverside coined the term "AI brain fry" to describe “mental fatigue that results from excessive use of, interaction with, and/or oversight of AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity.” In other words, doing too much with A.I.There's something kind of comically tragic about the idea that these tools that were meant to lighten our loads seem to be doing the opposite for some. But beyond the psychic damage, there's a lot in this brain fry idea that points to how we work with AI: for example, with all the managing it needs, is turning us all into bosses? And is this really the future of work?Brittany is joined by John Herrman, tech columnist for New York Magazine, to get into the ins and outs of AI brain fry.(00:00) Who gets "AI brain fry"(05:34) The strange incentives behind more AI-powered output(09:30) Is working with AI simulating management?(12:42) How AI chat tools challenge workplace boundaries(16:18) The anxious future of work with AIFor more episodes about AI and modern life, check out:Me and my partner don't see eye-to-eye about AI. Now what?The hard work of having "good taste"You're not broken - the job market is.Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluseFor handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR's Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

In this episode of BCG on Compliance, your host Hanjo Seibert talks to James Treacy to find out why we are still only recovering a small fraction of illicit funds around the world. James is the CEO and co-founder of AML Intelligence, an Irish-based publication focusing on highlighting the latest in anti-money laundering techniques around the world. In today's episode he unpacks one of the biggest realities of financial crime: less than half a percent of illicit proceeds are seized globally. As we continue our innovation series, in today's episode James shares which methods he would use to increase seizures and captures. He also takes us behind the curtain of AML Intelligence and shares the important work his publication is doing to help publicise money laundering practices across the world. About the Show:BCG on Compliance is a podcast from Boston Consulting Group that explores today's most pressing criminal trends and how compliance experts are adapting to counter those threats.As financial crimes become increasingly sophisticated, compliance can no longer be just a checkbox. It's emerged as a transformative force in every industry, reshaping practices in ethics, risk management, money laundering and cyber security. On BCG on Compliance, we dive deep into the extraordinary minds that are driving that change.Hosted by Hanjo Seibert, a leading expert in compliance, anti-financial crime and fraud, BCG on Compliance features interviews with heavy-hitters propelling compliance to the forefront of the industry. From crime prevention gurus to ethics champions, we'll ask provocative questions and bring you rich insights from the global players shaping the future of compliance, all in a dynamic and compact 20-minute episode.Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the field, BCG on Compliance is your quick, comprehensive guide. Join us as we explore the profound ways compliance is altering industries around the globe. And connect with us at bcgoncompliance@bcg.comNew episodes are released monthly. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.Episode Links:Hanjo Seibert LinkedInBCG LinkedInBCG websiteAML Intelligence.

Welcome back to Our Agile Tales as we continue our conversation with Bjarte Bogsnes, exploring case studies from his latest book, This Is Beyond Budgeting. The book distills nearly three decades of experience challenging traditional budgeting, targets, and control-based management.In this episode, we discuss with Bjarte  how target setting evolved at Equinor from 2005 onward through separating target setting, forecasting, and resource allocation, including allowing indicators without targets and emphasizing team-set, often more ambitious goals and relative “reality targets” versus peers. Bjarte says Beyond Budgeting adoption spans many industries, is stronger in Europe, and is equally relevant in the public sector, citing Norway's NAV contact centers eliminating cost budgets and a 12,000-inhabitant municipality using self-managed teams, continuous decisions, and stakeholder alignment while still submitting an external “budget.” He argues budgets embed distrust and predictability assumptions, making true agility impossible without Beyond Budgeting, challenges absolute annual financial targets, and advocates relative targets, holistic evaluation, and common incentives. Finally, he describes surveys by Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company linking Beyond Budgeting to benefits like higher sales and leading financial planning practices.Key topics and timestamps00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro01:06 Evolving Targets at Equinor03:39 Who Adopts Beyond Budgeting05:14 Public Sector Breakthroughs05:41 NAV Pilot No Cost Budgets07:10 Municipality Self Managed Teams10:00 Funding Constraints Not Earmarks14:24 Why Budgets Block Agility18:24 No Budget No Targets22:09 Forecasting and Ambition23:28 Consulting Surveys and Benefits27:16 Wrap Up and Next EpisodeAbout Bjarte BogsnesBjarte Bogsnes is Chairman of the Beyond Budgeting Round Table, a former global finance executive, and a leading thinker in management innovation. He is the author of Implementing Beyond Budgeting and This Is Beyond Budgeting, showing how organizations can replace rigid, calendar-driven systems with models built on trust, transparency, and adaptability — creating companies that are both more responsive and more human.Follow Bjarte at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjarte-bogsnes-41557910/Music: https://www.purple-planet.comVisit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Dr. Daniel Stelter, Ökonom, Buchautor und ehemaliger Managing Director der Boston Consulting Group ist zu Gast in dieser Ausgabe. Sein neues Buch „Absturz – so retten wir Deutschland" erscheint am 20. April. Deutschland steckt nach wie vor in wirtschaftlichen Schwierigkeiten. Michael Bröcker und Stelter diskutieren die Reformfähigkeit der Koalition und die deutsche Energiepolitik – und was durchgreifende Reformen wirklich bedeuten würden.Hier geht es zur Anmeldung für den Space.TableTable Briefings - For better informed decisions.Sie entscheiden besser, weil Sie besser informiert sind – das ist das Ziel von Table.Briefings. Wir verschaffen Ihnen mit jedem Professional Briefing, mit jeder Analyse und mit jedem Hintergrundstück einen Informationsvorsprung, am besten sogar einen Wettbewerbsvorteil. Table.Briefings bietet „Deep Journalism“, wir verbinden den Qualitätsanspruch von Leitmedien mit der Tiefenschärfe von Fachinformationen. Professional Briefings kostenlos kennenlernen: table.media/testenHier geht es zu unseren WerbepartnernImpressum: https://table.media/impressumDatenschutz: https://table.media/datenschutzerklaerungBei Interesse an Audio-Werbung in diesem Podcast melden Sie sich gerne bei Laurence Donath: laurence.donath@table.media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every year, MIT Technology Review publishes its list of the 10 most important emerging technologies — and every year, Simon Erickson breaks it down through an investor's lens. In this episode, Simon and Heather review MIT's breakthrough technology lists from 2023, 2024, and 2025 to see what's already become reality, then preview the 2026 list live from the MIT Tech Review website. From weight loss drugs and AI-powered search to small language models, next-gen nuclear, and generative coding — which technologies are actually investable right now, and which are still 3–5 years out? Simon walks through the MIT framework alongside the Gartner Hype Cycle and Boston Consulting Group's value creation index to help investors separate the signal from the noise.Whether you're tracking AI companions, sodium-ion batteries, robotaxis, CRISPR gene editing, or hyperscale data centers, this episode gives you the big-picture context to start positioning early in the technologies shaping our future.

Podcast Summary In this episode of On the Brink with Andi Simon, Dr. Andi Simon speaks with Joe Davis, former senior partner at Boston Consulting Group and author of The Generous Leader. Their conversation explores how leadership has evolved in a fast-changing world—and why the most effective leaders today succeed by developing others, listening deeply, and embracing humility. The discussion offers practical insights on leadership, team development, and navigating uncertainty with confidence and compassion. Why Leadership Must Change in a World of Constant Disruption We are living through an era of continuous transformation—technological disruption, shifting workforce expectations, and evolving organizational cultures. As Dr. Andi Simon notes, the past is no longer a reliable guide for the future. Leaders must adapt, not by controlling change, but by learning how to move with it. Joe Davis's career journey reflects this reality. From Procter & Gamble to Harvard Business School and ultimately to leadership roles at BCG, his path was anything but linear. Instead of following a predictable trajectory, Davis embraced unexpected opportunities—often the ones others might avoid. Key takeaway: Great leaders don't follow a fixed path—they develop the agility to step into the unknown. What Is a Generous Leader? At the heart of the conversation is Davis's core idea: leadership is not about personal success—it's about enabling others to succeed. A "generous leader" gives of themselves freely to help others grow, without expecting immediate personal gain. This mindset transforms leadership from a position of authority into a platform for impact. Core Traits of Generous Leadership Generous Listening – Truly hearing others, not interrupting or assuming Generous Communication – Connecting with clarity and empathy Generous Inclusion – Bringing diverse voices into the conversation Generous Development – Actively coaching and growing others Generous Recognition – Celebrating contributions, big and small Small Acts, Big Impact – Simple gestures that build trust Authenticity & Vulnerability – Leading as a human, not a persona The Leadership Mistake Most People Make One of the most powerful moments in the podcast is when Davis reflects on a common leadership error: thinking you already know what others are going to say. He shares a story of interrupting a colleague mid-thought—only to be told bluntly to "let me finish." The lesson was clear: Listening is not waiting to speak—it's learning something you don't already know. This insight is critical in today's workplace, where collaboration and innovation depend on diverse perspectives. Leadership at Scale: Can You Lead 7,000 People? Davis once led over 7,000 people. His approach offers a valuable lesson for executives and emerging leaders alike: You don't scale leadership through control—you scale it through culture and systems. How to Lead at Scale Reinforce clear values consistently Build structured feedback and development processes Promote people who model the culture Communicate constantly—and check if your message is truly understood Create environments where people feel seen and heard When leaders align behaviors, values, and systems, leadership becomes self-reinforcing across the organization. Why Empathy Is a Strategic Advantage During the COVID-19 pandemic, Davis realized how disconnected leaders can be from employees' lived realities. While he had space and comfort at home, younger employees were working from cramped apartments, sharing limited resources. This realization changed how he led. Leadership insight: You cannot lead effectively if you don't understand the context in which your people are living and working. Empathy is no longer optional—it is a strategic necessity. The Future of Leadership: From Authority to Enablement One of the most important shifts discussed in the episode is this: The leader's job is not to have the best answer—but to get the best answer out of the room. This reflects a broader transformation: From command-and-control → to collaborate-and-enable From individual expertise → to collective intelligence From certainty → to adaptability In a world shaped by rapid change and uncertainty, leaders must become facilitators of growth—not just decision-makers. Final Takeaway: Ask and Listen If there is one lesson to remember, it is simple but profound: Ask. And then listen. Great leadership begins with curiosity and humility. By understanding others' perspectives, leaders unlock innovation, trust, and performance. Why This Matters Now As organizations face talent shortages, generational shifts, and accelerating change, leadership is being redefined. The most successful leaders will not be those who know the most—but those who develop the most in others. Joe Davis's philosophy of generous leadership offers a powerful roadmap for navigating this new reality. From Observation to Innovation, Andi Simon, PhD CEO | Corporate Anthropologist | Author Simonassociates.net Info@simonassociates.net @simonandi LinkedIn

In this episode, Ray Cochrane digs into a new study showing AI is literally frying workers’ brains, then unpacks Anthropic’s wildest month ever – from a 1,487% user surge to Pentagon retaliation to a leaked model called Mythos. Also covered: OpenAI kills Sora after burning $15 million a day, OpenClaw’s terrifying security holes, Apple axing the Mac Pro, ARM’s first-ever production CPU, and why King Tut’s dagger was forged from a meteorite. – Want to start a podcast? It’s easy to get started! Sign-up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens the show with a study that puts a name to something most AI-heavy workers have already felt. From there, the episode moves through one of the most turbulent months in AI industry history, touching on corporate ethics, national security, hardware shortages, and ancient archaeology. AI Use at Work Is Causing “Brain Fry” A study from Boston Consulting Group and UC Riverside surveyed 1,500 full-time US workers and found that 14% experience what researchers call “AI brain fry” – mental fatigue from excessive AI tool oversight. Those affected report 33% more decision fatigue, 39% more major errors, and an increase in intent to quit from 25% to 34%. Notably, productivity peaks at one to three AI tools and drops off at four or more. Cochrane relates this directly to his own workflow, often running two to four tools side by side. However, he pushes back on the doom framing. He argues that context switching across multiple projects and rubber-stamping AI output without review are the real sources of fry. His takeaway: either work more slowly with greater intent, or use the accelerated pace to reclaim free time. Anthropic’s Wild Month: Exodus, Pentagon, and Mythos Claude sessions surged by roughly 1,487% from mid-January to early March, knocking ChatGPT off the top spot in the app store for the first time. ChatGPT uninstalls spiked nearly 300%, one-star reviews exploded 775% in a single day, and a boycott movement called “Quit GPT” has grown to between 2.5 and 4 million participants. The catalyst was OpenAI stepping in to take the Pentagon defense deal that Anthropic had publicly declined. Cochrane is firmly against automated domestic surveillance and autonomous weaponry, noting that the models are not reliable enough for such responsibilities. OpenAI tried to walk it back, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation called their language “weasel words.” Meanwhile, the Department of Defense slapped Anthropic with a supply chain risk label – a national security designation previously reserved for hostile foreign companies. Anthropic sued the Trump administration. Then Microsoft filed a legal brief in Anthropic’s defense, joined by 149 former judges, dozens of Google and OpenAI employees, and nearly two dozen retired generals. On top of all that, security researchers discovered an unsecured data cache exposing nearly 3,000 unpublished Anthropic files, including a model code-named Mythos (also called Capybara). Internal documents describe it as a step change in capabilities, scoring dramatically higher than Opus 4.6 on coding, reasoning, and cybersecurity. Then Anthropic’s source code leaked publicly as well. Sponsor: GoDaddy Economy hosting is $6.99/month, WordPress hosting is $12.99/month, and domains are $11.99. Both hosting plans include a free domain, professional email, and SSL certificate. Go to geeknewscentral.com/godaddy for the best pricing and to directly support this independent show. OpenAI Shuts Down Sora Video App OpenAI announced on March 24th that it is killing Sora, its AI video-generation app. Downloads cratered from 3.3 million in November to 1.1 million by February. The real numbers are brutal: Sora was costing roughly $15 million per day to run against a total lifetime revenue of just $2.1 million. The Sora web and app experience ends April 26th, with the API shutting down September 24th. Additionally, the Disney partnership – a billion-dollar deal meant to validate AI in Hollywood – collapsed completely. Deep fakes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robin Williams appeared almost immediately despite guardrails, and both families protested publicly. Cochrane notes that competitors like Runway, Pika, and Kling are still operating, and suspects Hollywood will pivot to generating scene backgrounds rather than full content. OpenClaw Is a Security Nightmare Cochrane’s personal OpenClaw install started making outbound requests flagged by his ISP – with no changes or new skills installed. He shut it down and plans to wipe the device entirely. The broader picture is alarming. A January 2026 audit found 512 vulnerabilities in OpenClaw, eight critical. Twenty-six percent of community skills contain at least one vulnerability. Oasis Security discovered a vulnerability chain called “Clawjacked” where any website can silently take full control of a developer’s agent. Between March 18th and 21st alone, nine additional vulnerabilities were disclosed, several of which were rated 9.9 out of 10. Cochrane draws a direct parallel to the browser extension era: supply chain attacks hidden as helpful tools. Claude Code Auto Mode: AI Policing AI Anthropic published details on a new “auto mode” for Claude Code after finding that users approve 93% of permission prompts – essentially mashing “yes.” Auto mode replaces manual approvals with a two-layer defense: an input scanner to detect prompt injection and a second AI model that monitors the first and decides whether to allow each action. The safety checker can only see what the user asked for and what the AI is trying to do. It cannot see the AI’s reasoning, so the AI cannot talk its way past the check. However, Cochrane notes it still misses about one in six dangerous actions (17%), and the fundamental question remains: if the base layer can get infected, so can the checker. Qwen Overtakes Llama as Most-Deployed Self-Hosted LLM RunPod’s 2026 State of AI report, based on usage data from 183 countries, reveals that Alibaba’s Qwen has overtaken Meta’s Llama as the most popular self-hosted AI model. Llama 4 has barely been adopted, with users sticking to version 3 because it just works. Additionally, vLLM now powers 40% of all AI endpoints, NVIDIA’s latest GPU usage scaled 25x last year, and nearly 70% of AI image work runs through ComfyUI. Cochrane sees Qwen winning on merit and argues that is how open source should work. AI Data Centers Are Taking All the CPUs Too AI data centers are not just consuming GPUs and memory anymore – CPUs are now being strained too. Intel server CPU lead times have stretched from two weeks to six months. AMD typically occurs at 8 to 10 weeks. Server CPU demand is projected to jump 15% in 2026, but Intel’s output capacity is growing in single digits. The shift from chatbots to autonomous AI agents is changing the hardware ratio, since agents require far more CPU power to coordinate tasks and call tools. TSMC is prioritizing more profitable AI chips over regular CPUs. Cochrane warns that consumers and businesses are effectively subsidizing the AI boom through higher prices and longer waits. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2: First Dual-Cache X3D CPU AMD announced the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, the first CPU with dual-cache X3D technology. It arrives April 22nd with 208MB of total cache and a 200W TDP – up from the current model. However, AMD is unusually honest, calling the gains “modest,” ranging from 5-13% depending on the workload. Notably, they have not released gaming benchmarks, which is conspicuous for an X3D chip. Cochrane owns a single X3D chip and sees no reason to upgrade. ARM Launches “AGI” CPU After 35 years of licensing chip designs to Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung, and NVIDIA, ARM has launched its first production silicon: a 136-core server chip co-developed with Meta as the lead customer. ARM’s stock jumped about 16% on the news. You can pack over 8,000 cores in a single air-cooled rack, or over 45,000 with liquid cooling. Volume shipments begin by the end of 2026. Cochrane appreciates the move but calls the “AGI” branding marketing hype. The bigger story is ARM transitioning from blueprint designer to direct competitor against Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA in data centers – while still licensing to the companies it now competes against. Apple Discontinues the Mac Pro Apple removed the Mac Pro from its website and confirmed that no future model is planned. The $6,999 machine had not been updated since the 2023 M2 Ultra model. Apple is pointing professionals toward the Mac Studio with its M4 Ultra chip, with an M5 Ultra refresh expected later this year. They also discontinued the $700 wheels kit, $300 feet kit, and Pro Display XDR the same week. Cochrane says good riddance – the Mac Studio covers what 90% of users need. Apple’s AI Pin: An AirTag-Sized Wearable Reports suggest Apple is developing an AirTag-sized wearable AI pin with cameras, microphones, and wireless charging. It would clip to clothing or hang as a necklace, running as an iPhone accessory powered by an upgraded Siri with Google’s Gemini AI. A possible 2027 release is expected alongside iOS 27, though development is early and could be canceled. Cochrane ties this to a broader shift: data collection moving from the application layer to physical devices. Apple employees internally refer to the device as “the eyes and ears of the iPhone.” He warns that always-on wearable cameras, combined with existing AI-powered surveillance poles, are pushing society deeper into mass data collection without meaningful consent. Quantum Entanglement Speed Measured for the First Time Scientists at TU Wien’s Institute of Theoretical Physics, led by Professor Joachim Burgdorfer, measured how fast quantum entanglement happens for the first time. The answer: about 232 attoseconds – a billionth of a billionth of a second. The research was published in Physical Review Letters in late 2024 and is now circulating widely. Einstein called quantum entanglement “spooky action at a distance.” Turns out it is not instantaneous – just extraordinarily fast. This measurement technique opens the door to quantum cryptography and quantum computing. However, Cochrane clarifies: this does not mean faster-than-light communication. Entanglement links particles but does not transmit information through space. Bronze Age Iron Artifacts Came From Outer Space Geochemical analysis by French scientist Albert Jambon, originally published in the Journal of Archaeological Science in 2017, confirmed that virtually all Bronze Age iron artifacts were made from meteorites. The artifacts span Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and China, including beads dating to 3200 BCE and the famous dagger from King Tut’s tomb, dating to around 1350 BCE. The story resurfaced after researchers published new findings this month on fragments of meteoritic iron weapons from China’s Sanxingdui sacrificial site. Bronze Age people lacked the technology to smelt iron ore, but meteoritic iron arrived in a metallic state, ready to be forged. Cochrane closes the episode, noting that ancient civilizations were working with extraterrestrial material before they could produce their own iron – resourcefulness that deserves respect. Cochrane wraps up the show by thanking GoDaddy for over twenty years of partnership and reminding listeners to subscribe, sign up for the newsletter, and reach out via email. The post Agentically Frying your Brain using AI #1861 appeared first on Geek News Central.

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The promise of artificial intelligence is that it will take on all the boring tasks we don't want to do and free us up to do the fun, high-level work. But managing the AI tools can be its own kind of work. A new study from the Boston Consulting Group found that when workers have to closely monitor and manage their AI tools can cause cognitive exhaustion, which they dubbed “AI brain fry.”Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes spoke with Matt Kropp, managing director and senior partner at BCG and one of the co-authors of this new study.

The promise of artificial intelligence is that it will take on all the boring tasks we don't want to do and free us up to do the fun, high-level work. But managing the AI tools can be its own kind of work. A new study from the Boston Consulting Group found that when workers have to closely monitor and manage their AI tools can cause cognitive exhaustion, which they dubbed “AI brain fry.”Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes spoke with Matt Kropp, managing director and senior partner at BCG and one of the co-authors of this new study.

In 2019, when Julia Hoos moved to Houston for a role with Boston Consulting Group, she had no interest in the energy industry. For one thing, it was — and largely remains — a boy's club. For another, energy just didn't excite her. But as she started learning about the energy transition, Julia became curious. Before long, she was crunching numbers for an oil and gas client looking to understand how California's zero-emissions vehicle mandate would impact demand for its fuel products. Then, in 2022, Julia joined power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research, where she focuses on the eastern U.S. and the PJM power market. This week on With Great Power, Julia talks to Brad Langley about the pressures that PJM is facing, and its reform efforts. They also discuss how demand flexibility could support more data centers without adding new generation, and how utilities are using large load tariffs to manage costs and grid reliability. Credits: Hosted by Brad Langley. Produced by Mary Catherine O'Connor. Edited by Anne Bailey. Original music and engineering by Sean Marquand. Stephen Lacey is executive editor. The GridX production team includes Jenni Barber, Samantha McCabe, and Brad Langley.

Jim Hemerling is Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group's San Francisco office and a leader in the firm's People & Organization and Transformation Practices. He has been the leader of BCG Greater China and is a Fellow of the BCG Henderson Institute. His work with clients and his research focuses on holistic human-centric approaches to organizational transformation. Jim is a co-author of BCG's new book - Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism, and Technological Revolution. Global companies remain hamstrung by organizational forms that leave them mired in bureaucracy and slow to respond to changing needs. To grow in the volatility of the 21st century, firms must go beyond the familiar matrix structure and reconfigure themselves in more flexible ways. COVID-19 and its myriad effects on ways of working will force leaders to rethink how they build teams and acquire, upskill, and retain talent. Hemerling and his colleagues launched a study of dozens of global companies to determine successful leadership strategies and found that, though seemingly obvious, the best leaders put people and their needs first, rather than regarding them as resources to exploit. Hemerling and coauthors write about these topics in Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism, and Technological Revolution (October 6, PublicAffairs). BCG's first major book in years, it will redefine strategy in the post-COVID era. Extending their research far beyond the expected Silicon Valley players, Hemerling and his coauthors at BCG looked at over fifty companies and interviewed hundreds of CEOs across sectors and geographies. The trends: By 2030, companies around the world will have some eight-five million skilled jobs unfilled—a gap that will exact a severe economic toll; In a 2018 BCG survey of 366,000 people from two hundred countries, ranked "good work-life balance" as much more important than "financial compensation" Over 40 percent of hiring managers anticipated that nontraditional educational criteria—like a coding "boot camp"—would soon be just as good a credential as a college degree when evaluating candidates.   For incumbents to thrive amidst these challenges, they must deploy new strategies that touch every part of their business, from value propositions and global supply chains to leadership and social responsibility goals. A huge part of this is leadership and the future of work—how to retain employees, attract top talent, and navigate tension when global forces are changing attitudes about work and life. Examples of innovative leadership: Deemphasizing hierarchy encourages employees to take ownership of projects and propel them forward without bothering to seek approval from bosses; Exploiting the gray area of informal conversations that typically take place between colleagues allows employees to break free from their daily work and innovate; Gamifying candidate screening and identifying talent via online competitions and hackathons to appeal to a new generation. Claim your free gift: Free gift #1 McKinsey & BCG winning resume www.FIRMSconsulting.com/resumePDF Free gift #2 Breakthrough Decisions Guide with 25 AI Prompts www.FIRMSconsulting.com/decisions Free gift #3 Five Reasons Why People Ignore Somebody www.FIRMSconsulting.com/owntheroom Free gift #4 Access episode 1 from Build a Consulting Firm, Level 1 www.FIRMSconsulting.com/build Free gift #5 The Overall Approach used in well-managed strategy studies www.FIRMSconsulting.com/OverallApproach Free gift #6 Get a copy of Nine Leaders in Action, a book we co-authored with some of our clients: www.FIRMSconsulting.com/gift

Is AI making your people more capable, or just more dependent? In this solo episode of The Good Leadership Podcast, Charles Good explores one of the most important leadership questions of the AI era: what happens to judgment, expertise, and human thinking when AI starts doing more of the cognitive heavy lifting? Drawing on research from Ethan Mollick, Boston Consulting Group, behavioral science, learning science, aviation, chess, and real-world leadership practice, Charles unpacks the hidden capability gap that can form beneath rising productivity. He reveals why higher output does not always mean stronger people, how AI can either sharpen or replace human thinking, and what leaders must do now to ensure their organizations are not just faster, but genuinely smarter.Chapters00:00 The Impact of AI on Human Capability02:39 Understanding AI Adoption and Transformation04:53 The Hidden Capability Gap06:59 The Autopilot Problem and Its Lessons09:21 Cyborgs vs. Centaurs: Human-AI Collaboration11:30 The Generation Effect and Learning Frameworks13:33 Categorizing Capabilities: Risks and Strategies15:27 Patterns of AI Use: Replacement vs. Sharpening18:35 Practical Steps for Leaders20:11 The Future of Human and AI Collaboration21:07 Key Insights and Takeaways Subscribe to my Substack — Outlearn to Outperform https://charlesgood.substack.com/

In this episode, Minter Dial welcomes Peter Tonagh, acclaimed Australian business leader and board chair, recognized for his transformative roles at organizations like Boston Consulting Group, Foxtel, News Corporation, and Quantium. Drawing on a career that spans high-level consulting, operational leadership, and deep experience in media and technology, Peter Tonagh shares his journey from a small-town upbringing to the C-suite, highlighting the key experiences that shaped his leadership ethos. In this thoughtful conversation, Peter unpacks the real-world challenges of moving from consulting into operational roles, revealing why decision overload, people management, and culture are often underestimated hurdles for new executives. The discussion explores Peter's evolution in understanding brand—not as a static asset, but as the living sum of every customer interaction—and illustrates how building authentic partnerships with employees and suppliers is vital for business success. Minter and Peter also delve into the realities of governance, the role of boards, and the necessity of balancing compliance with innovation in today's turbulent business landscape. With a sharp focus on purpose and organizational DNA, Peter shares why aligning personal and corporate purpose is crucial for high-performing leadership and how psychological safety and authentic culture underpin diversity and team success. The conversation culminates with an exploration of artificial intelligence: Peter offers pragmatic frameworks for AI adoption, urging leaders to see non-adoption as the bigger risk. He shares practical methods for keeping AI productive and safe—such as building personal digital twins and placing a human firmly “in the loop.” Brimming with actionable leadership insights, hard-won lessons on brand and culture, and an energizing vision for AI-driven transformation, this episode is essential listening for anyone navigating disruption, building teams, or driving innovation at scale.

Magyarország energiaáraknak és olajválságoknak való kitettségéről volt szó, illetve a lehetséges kormányzati válaszlépéseket értékeltük. Vendégünk volt Bod Péter Ákos egyetemi tanár, a Magyar Nemzeti Bank korábbi elnöke. Adásunk második részében a Portfolio AI in Business 2026 konferenciáról jelentkezünk. Az AI-fejlesztések ma már nem merülnek ki látványos pilotokban: az a lényeg, mennyire szolgálják az üzleti célokat, mennyire mérhető a hatásuk, és hogy a szervezet képes-e gyorsan tanulni, majd ennek alapján újratervezni. Erről beszélgettünk Turny Ákossal, a Boston Consulting Group igazgatójával. Főbb részek: Intro – (00:00) Olajválság, Magyarország – (01:53) Mesterséges intelligencia – (12:04) Címlapkép forrása: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A.I. is changing the ways war is waged. This week, we explore how the U.S. and Israel are using A.I. to identify targets in the conflict with Iran — and why data centers and fiber optic cables are targets on the front lines. Then, researcher Julie Bedard breaks down “A.I. brain fry,” a new condition she and her colleagues studied among A.I. users at work. And finally, Casey shares his battle with Grammarly after the company used his identity in a new A.I. feature, without his consent. Guest: Julie Bedard, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group who is also the lead author of a survey of “A.I. brain fry” in the workplace. Additional Reading: U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says How A.I. Is Turbocharging the War in Iran Anthropic's A.I. tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud A.I. Fatigue Is Real and Nobody Talks About It Token Anxiety A.I. Doesn't Reduce Work — It Intensifies It Grammarly Is Using Our Identities Without Permission   We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ashkan Afkhami of Boston Consulting Group discusses how AI agents and tech will transform healthcare, including how agentic AI will reshape the sector's workforce.

Generative AI is reshaping how leaders think, decide, and communicate. Used thoughtfully, it can sharpen strategic thinking and accelerate decision-making. But when GenAI output replaces genuine insight, it can expose leaders who can't defend their thinking under pressure. In this episode of Leadership Lounge, Emma Combe sits down with Amy Scissons, Sean Dineen, and Fawad Bajwa to explore how senior leaders can harness GenAI's potential while avoiding its pitfalls. They discuss: How C-suite leaders are using GenAI in their work The growing concern about "workslop"—GenAI-generated output that lacks real insight The critical skills needed to pressure-test GenAI output and avoid shallow thinking Why transparency and accountability matter more as GenAI becomes embedded in workflows “Leaders carry a lot of wisdom. They need to feed that wisdom into AI and educate it. Context is king.” Sean Dineen, Leadership Advisor, Russell Reynolds Associates Four things you'll learn from this episode: 1. GenAI can elevate strategic thinking: senior leaders are using GenAI as a sparring partner to pressure-test decisions, create board personas, and refine their perspectives before high-stakes moments. 2. Polish doesn't equal depth: GenAI-generated output can look impressive, but it can also lack substance. Leaders who can't defend their thinking under scrutiny will be exposed. 3. Critical thinking is your competitive advantage: the ability to interrogate GenAI output, provide context, and apply wisdom separates leaders who use GenAI effectively from those who outsource their judgment. 4. Transparency and accountability are non-negotiable: leaders must own their outputs, regardless of how much GenAI contributed to the process. In this episode, we will cover: (02:00) Using GenAI as a sparring partner and creating board personas to pressure-test strategic thinking. (04:39) Why senior leaders should experiment with GenAI tools to build confidence before trusting them with critical decisions. (09:05) The personal risk for leaders who rely on seemingly polished GenAI output without developing their own point of view. (09:50) How GenAI can create false flattery and why leaders need to ask it to be critical. (10:50) Why credibility is a leader's currency—and how shallow GenAI-generated thinking can erode trust. (13.13) Why critical thinking—built through struggle and learning from mistakes—is the most essential leadership skill in a GenAI world. (16:20) The importance of transparency and accountability when using GenAI tools. (17:45) How GenAI output reflects your approach: clear and thoughtful inputs amplify clarity; rushed inputs amplify shallowness. A closer look at the research from this episode: Boston Consulting Group, AI at Work 2025: Momentum Builds, but Gaps Remain | BCG Russell Reynolds Associates, Season 5 - Ep. 2 | AI or Die: A Conversation with Coveo Chairman and CEO Louis Têtu | Redefiners - Podcast Series | Russell Reynolds Associates Harvard Business Review, AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity Russell Reynolds Associates, Global Leadership Monitor | Russell Reynolds Associates Russell Reynolds Associates, Season 3 - Ep. 18 | A Front Row Seat to the AI Revolution with Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith – Part 2 | Redefiners - Podcast Series | Russell Reynolds Associates

To understand what is currently happening in the Middle East, particularly as concerns U.S., you need to understand three things: The cudgel of Political Zionism Luring ‘Christian Zionists’ (oxymoron) to do the fighting (dying) As limited hangout, drawing attention away from Ben Gurion Canal Project Israel, so-called as central Command Node The Beast / ten horns (Commercial Babylon) will destroy the great whore (Religious Babylon) When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers[1] “Nothing personal, it’s just business.” – Otto Berman Links Headlines Maddow connects the dots as Trump boosts Russia while Putin helps Iran target Americans | Raw Story “I’m F–cking DONE”: The Internet Is Losing Its Absolute Mind Over Karoline Leavitt’s Draft Comments | Buzzfeed Lindsey Graham asks Americans to 'send their sons and daughters to the Middle East' to fight Iran | The Mirror Trump’s new DHS pick can’t stop embarrassing himself — and he hasn’t even started | Opinion | Raw Story Pete Hegseth Outright Quotes Scripture in Iran War Briefing | The New Republic Trump targeted by four FBI code-named counterintel probes that ensnared hundreds of Americans | Just The News Canadian police investigate reports of gunfire at US consulate in Toronto | AP News Trump's ‘free flow of energy' vow fails to restart shipping in strait of Hormuz | The Guardian Ed Martin, outspoken Justice Department lawyer, is formally accused of ethical violations | CNN White House Forced to Walk Back Trump’s Brazen Threat | The Daily Beast Discussed United States of LARPing On the dangers of cosplay – by Alex Berenson The Cudgel of Political Zionism Benjamin Netanyahu – Wikipedia Netanyahu’s government has been orchestrating the genocide in Gaza, culminating in the South Africa v. Israel case before the International Court of Justice in December 2023. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant in November 2024 for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine. Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv. His mother, Tzila Segal, was born in Petah Tikva in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem—her family had migrated from Minneapolis in 1911, having relocated there from Lithuania in the 1870s—and studied law at Gray’s Inn, London. His father, Warsaw-born Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky), was a historian specializing in the Jewish Golden Age of Spain. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Mileikowsky, was a rabbi and Zionist writer. When Netanyahu’s father immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, he adopted a Hebrew surname of “Netanyahu”, meaning “God has given.” While his family is predominantly Ashkenazi, he has said that a DNA test revealed some Sephardic ancestry. He claims descent from the Vilna Gaon. At MIT, Netanyahu studied a double-load while taking courses at Harvard University, completing his bachelor’s degree in architecture in two and a half years, despite taking a break to fight in the Yom Kippur War. Professor Leon B. Groisser at MIT recalled: “He did superbly. He was very bright. Organized. Strong. Powerful. He knew what he wanted to do and how to get it done.” At that time he changed his name to Benjamin “Ben” Nitai (Nitai, a reference to both Mount Nitai and to the eponymous Jewish sage Nittai of Arbela, was a pen name often used by his father for articles). Years later, in an interview with the media, Netanyahu clarified that he decided to do so to make it easier for Americans to pronounce his name. This fact has been used by his political rivals to accuse him indirectly of a lack of Israeli national identity and loyalty. Netanyahu worked as an economic consultant for the Boston Consulting Group… Revisionist Zionism – Wikipedia Lebensraum – Wikipedia Greater Israel – Wikipedia Pastor Adam Fannin, Law of Liberty Baptist Church: Who is the Synagogue of Satan? – YouTube Mentioned Genesis 9 (KJV) – God shall enlarge Japheth, and Genesis 10 (KJV) – And the sons of Gomer; Japheth – Wikipedia Linked END TIMES Prophecy – YouTube Romans 11 Israel was Cast Away, Not God’s People – YouTube Who is the Israel of God? – Pastor Tim DeVries – YouTube American civil religion – Wikipedia Ceremonial deism – Wikipedia The Apotheosis of Washington – Wikipedia Biblical Religion and Civil Religion in America by Robert N. Bellah Thom Hartmann, Jared Kushner has some explaining to do – Alternet.org Israel as Central Command Node You Can't Understand Israel Until You See This || Prof Jiang Xueqin #profjiangstyle – YouTube Ben Gurion Canal Project The Blogs: The Ben Gurion Canal: Vision Amidst Upheaval | Bepi Pezzulli | The Times of Israel What is Israel’s Ben Gurion canal plan and why Gaza matters Gaza's genocide, the Ben-Gurion canal, and the politics of reconstruction – erasure by design – Middle East Monitor Ben Gurion Canal will Reshape Regional Power Dynamics Israel's $55 Billion Canal to Rival Suez | A Project That Could Change Global Trade – YouTube How is the Proposed Ben Gurion Canal Tied to Israel’s Gaza Invasion? – CounterPunch.org At the September 2023 G20 meeting shortly before the Hamas attack, the India-Middle East Corridor was announced. It would create a transportation link from India to Europe across the Arabian Peninsula via Dubai in the UAE to the Israeli port of Haifa. In December 2023, even after Israel launched its invasion of Gaza, UAE and Israeli interests made a deal to create a land bridge between Dubai and Haifa. The Geopolitics of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor US, India, Saudi, EU unveil rail, ports deal on G20 sidelines | Reuters ‘Israel’,UAE to establish land bridge between ports: Israeli media | Al Mayadeen English The £77 Billion Canal To Rival Suez Canal And Connect The Red And Mediterranean Seas – 2oceansvibe News | South African and international news Mystery Babylon: Commercial Babylon Destroys Religious Babylon Revelation 17 (KJV) – And there came one of Revelation 18 (KJV) – And after these things I WWIII WW3 – Albert Pike and the Three World Wars The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the ‘agentur’ of the ‘Illuminati’ between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion… We shall unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view. This manifestation will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time. Col Doug Macgregor: We’re in a Run Up to WW3 – YouTube Iran’s Missiles DEVASTATE Haifa Port & Tel Aviv, Trump Eyes Ground War | Elijah Magnier – YouTube John Mearsheimer: No Winning in Iran for the U.S. – YouTube Jeffrey Sachs Warns US Militarism Risks Wider War Over Iran – YouTube Industrial Complex Apex The Anglo-American Establishment Quigley exposes the secret society’s established in London in 1891, by Cecil Rhodes. Quigley explains how these men worked in union to begin their society to control the world. He explains how all the wars from that time were deliberately created to control the economies of all the nations. Audience Contributed Who Will Replace the American Empire? Simon Dixon vs Professor Jiang (Official Re-upload) – YouTube On This Day On This Day – What Happened on March 10 Today in History: March 10, the Tibetan uprising of 1959 | AP News What Happened on March 10 – On This Day What Happened on March 10 | HISTORY March 10 – Wikipedia Holidays Harriet Tubman Day in some parts of the United States Historical Events 2023 – Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC. 2008 – The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring. 2000 – Dot-Bomb: NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5,048.62 (or was it 5,132.52?): The dotcom boom, which started in 1997, accompanied the advent of countless new Internet-based companies. When the speculative bubble burst, many small investors were affected. 1982 – Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun. 1979 – 1979 International Women’s Day protests in Tehran: Protestor involvement peaks with 15,000 Iranian women and girls performing a three‐hour-long sit‐in at the Courthouse of Tehran. 1977 – Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. 1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam. 1970 – Vietnam War: My Lai war crimes: The U.S. Army accuses Capt. Ernest Medina and four other soldiers of committing crimes at My Lai (also known as Songmy) 1969 – James Earl Ray pleaded guilty – on his 41st birthday! – in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.) 1959 – Tibetan uprising: thousands of Tibetans rebelled against occupying Chinese forces, surrounding the Dalai Lama's palace to protect him from potential harm. Fierce fighting between Tibetans and Chinese forces ensued in the following days, causing the Dalai Lama to flee Tibet for India, where he remains in exile today. 1945 – WWII: Deadliest air raid of World War II sets Tokyo on fire after nighttime B-29 bombings; more than 100,000 people die, mostly civilians 1933 – The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead. 1922 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation. 1876 – The first telephone call is made: Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the words “Mr. Watson, come here – I want to see you” to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, who was in the next-door room. 1864 – President Lincoln signs Ulysses S. Grant's commission to command the U.S. Army: President Abraham Lincoln assigned Ulysses S. Grant, who had just received his commission as lieutenant-general, to the command of the Armies of the United States. 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War. 1496 – Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain. Births 1994 – Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer-songwriter 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress and director 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor and director 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress, producer 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor, martial artist 1928 – James Earl Ray, accused assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (died 1998) Deaths 2018 – Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer, founded luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952 2012 – Jean Giraud, French author, illustrator 1988 – Andy Gibb, English/Australian singer 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse, activist, abolitionist, Underground Railroad “conductor” Footnotes The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. 2008. Edited by John Simpson and Jennifer Speake, 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 2009, www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199539536.001.0001/acref-9780199539536-e-650. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026. African proverb, meaning that the weak get hurt in conflicts between the powerful. 1936 New York Times 26 Mar. ︎

Julia Dhar, Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group and founder of the firm's Behavioral Science Lab, joins us to discuss why most organizational change efforts fail and what leaders can do differently. Drawing on behavioral science and her work advising major organizations, she explains why the challenge of change is rarely about strategy alone and more often about human behavior.  Julia begins with a simple but powerful discipline used by many successful consultants: asking two questions repeatedly. First, "what is true about this situation?" and second, "what do I believe is true because of my perspective?" Confusing facts with assumptions is one of the most common causes of poor decisions, especially when leaders begin to treat their own expectations as evidence.  The conversation explores why roughly seventy percent of organizational change efforts fail to reach their stated objectives. Julia explains that many leadership teams concentrate on defining the strategy but devote far less attention to the conditions required for people to adopt new behaviors. Successful organizations focus on the "how" of change: shaping incentives, clarifying expectations, and reinforcing specific behaviors that make a strategy real in daily work.  Several practical insights emerge from the discussion: Leaders often overestimate how comfortable employees are with change. In surveys, executives typically report feeling positive about change, while most employees feel neutral and a meaningful portion feel anxious. Recognizing this gap is the first step toward leading change effectively. Emotions and incentives must be addressed together. People rarely adopt behaviors that conflict with their incentives, and fear or anxiety makes sustained change unlikely. Leaders who want durable change must create optimism about the future, give people agency in shaping how change unfolds, and offer clarity about expectations. Behavior must be defined precisely. Broad goals such as "be more accountable" or "be more customer centric" are not actionable. Effective change requires specifying the exact behaviors expected and creating routines that make those behaviors repeatable. Recognition plays a powerful role in shaping behavior. Leaders who identify and praise specific actions reinforce the habits they want to see more frequently, often at little cost and with lasting effect. Organizations frequently underestimate the value of listening. Employees are usually willing to provide feedback, but they become disengaged when their input leads to no visible response. Closing the feedback loop—demonstrating that input leads to action—builds credibility and energy for change. Julia also discusses the pressures executives face as organizations adopt new technologies such as artificial intelligence. Rather than framing the challenge as a threat to relevance, she argues that automation may free leaders to focus on neglected responsibilities, including understanding frontline work and strengthening human relationships across the organization.  Throughout the discussion, she returns to a broader principle: effective strategy requires an equally disciplined approach to human behavior. Leaders who combine clear strategy with attention to emotions, incentives, habits, and feedback loops dramatically increase the likelihood that change will succeed. Julia closes with a perspective that reflects both her research and her experience advising organizations around the world. In any team or company, every individual has the ability to "bring joy and inspire hope." That ability, combined with the belief that people and organizations remain capable of change, is often the most powerful force available to leaders. Get Julia's book, How Change Really Works, here: https://tinyurl.com/2zb4p63d Claim your free gift: Free gift #1 McKinsey & BCG winning resume www.FIRMSconsulting.com/resumePDF Free gift #2 Breakthrough Decisions Guide with 25 AI Prompts www.FIRMSconsulting.com/decisions Free gift #3 Five Reasons Why People Ignore Somebody www.FIRMSconsulting.com/owntheroom Free gift #4 Access episode 1 from Build a Consulting Firm, Level 1 www.FIRMSconsulting.com/build Free gift #5 The Overall Approach used in well-managed strategy studies www.FIRMSconsulting.com/OverallApproach Free gift #6 Get a copy of Nine Leaders in Action, a book we co-authored with some of our clients: www.FIRMSconsulting.com/gift

Enterprise IT spending is projected to reach $4.5 trillion by 2026, but this growth is concentrated in software, cloud services, and AI infrastructure for large organizations, according to HG Insights and Omdia research cited by Dave Sobel. The system integration market is positioned to approach $950 billion in 2025, with enterprises working with an average of 6.3 technology partners. A substantial surge in AI-optimized server sales, as reflected in Dell Technologies' reported 342% year-over-year increase in revenue for those systems, is reshaping supply chains and vendor dynamics, leading to shortages of DRAM, SSDs, and hard drives. Underlying this development are volatile component costs. DRAM prices have doubled quarter over quarter, and both Micron Technologies and Western Digital have indicated they are sold out for 2026. HP reports that RAM now constitutes 35% of new PC materials costs, up dramatically from 18% the previous quarter. Such cost shifts are creating downstream risks for managed service providers (MSPs) with fixed-price agreements, as the economic assumptions underpinning many contracts—stable hardware prices and predictable cloud costs—no longer hold. The episode also highlights an increase in application sprawl and a widening gap between IT budgets and other operational costs. A Torii report shows large enterprises use over 2,191 applications on average, with more than 61% bypassing formal IT approvals, resulting in unmanaged security and compliance exposure. Additionally, 80% of small businesses report rising energy costs that directly compete with IT budget allocations. Industry analysis from Jefferies and Boston Consulting Group signals that AI and automation are not viewed uniformly as productivity boosters and may compress revenue models in both Indian and domestic IT services sectors. The practical implication for MSPs is the urgent need to audit and reprice contracts related to hardware procurement and refresh cycles, clearly documenting and communicating current cost realities with clients. Dave Sobel stresses reframing device lifecycle extensions as a security risk rather than a cost-saving measure and warns against selling clients on speculative AI market projections. The advice is to focus on specific, scoped use cases and to structure agreements that accurately reflect volatility in component costs and the operational burden of application sprawl, ensuring financial and legal accountability as the IT services landscape evolves. 00:00 $4.96T IT Spend Surge Bypasses SMBs as AI Infrastructure Captures Enterprise Budgets 03:58 Dell's $43B AI Server Backlog Triggers DRAM Shortage, Repricing Downstream Hardware 05:52 AI Shrinks IT Services Revenue Model; MSPs Face Contested Implementation Role   This is the Business of Tech.    Supported by:

Raoul Ruparel, director of Boston Consulting Group's Centre for Growth, discusses his research showing Britain’s biggest industries have been responsible for the decades-long decline in productivity that has roughly halved the GDP growth rate since the end of the 1990s. He spoke to Stephen Carroll and Caroline Hepker on Bloomberg Daybreak Europe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith speaks with Amanda Luther, Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group and global lead of BCG's AI Transformation practice, about what their latest 1,500-company AI study reveals about the widening gap between AI leaders and laggards. Only 5% of companies are truly "future-built" with AI embedded across their core business functions. These firms are seeing measurable gains in revenue growth, EBIT margins, and shareholder returns. Meanwhile, 60% of organizations are either experimenting or struggling to extract real value. Amanda breaks down how BCG measures AI maturity across 41 capabilities, how AI impact flows through the P&L, and why leading companies invest twice as much in AI as their competitors. She explains where AI is actually creating value today, from sales and marketing to procurement and retail operations, and why most of that value comes from core business functions, not back-office automation. The conversation also explores the rise of agentic systems, why many early agent deployments fail, and what it really takes to redesign workflows around AI. Amanda shares practical advice for companies stuck in experimentation mode, how to prioritize the right use cases, and why training and change management matter more than chasing the perfect vendor. If you want to understand how AI is reshaping competitive advantage in enterprise organizations, this episode provides a data-backed look at what separates the leaders from everyone else.   Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X: https://x.com/craigssEye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI   (00:00) The AI Value Gap (01:17) Inside BCG's 1,500-Company AI Study (04:14) What "Future-Built" Companies Do Differently (09:30) How AI Impact Is Measured on the P&L (12:57) Why AI Leaders Invest 2X More (14:16) Where AI Is Driving Real Cost Reduction (16:20) Agentic AI: Hype vs Reality (20:13) Where Agents Actually Create Value (24:22) Tech vs Talent: Where the Money Goes (26:58) Will AI Laggards Slowly Disappear? (31:58) Why Adoption Is Accelerating Now (40:07) How to Start: Amanda's Advice to AI Laggards  

Enterprise XR hasn't disappeared, it has quietly moved into places where it saves time, reduces errors and changes how people work every day. On this episode of the AI XR Podcast, Charlie Fink and Rony Abovitz talk with Boston Consulting Group partner Kristi Woolsey, who leads BCG's immersive practice, about how XR plus AI is already being used for training, maintenance, onboarding, retail and architecture inside some of the world's most conservative organizations.Kristi shares a Swiss Rail project where field technicians wear lightweight AR glasses that recognize who they are and which train car they are standing in front of, pull the correct procedures from internal systems and use AI to turn thick manuals into simple task checklists.She explains how this leads to double-digit efficiency gains for both experienced and new workers, and how a small behavior design choice – automatic logging for headset users versus manual end-of-shift paperwork for everyone else – helped overcome skepticism on the front line. Drawing on her background as a physical-space architect, she also describes how VR and rapidly improving 3D tools are changing the way companies design stores, offices and buildings before anything physical is built.AI XR News you should know, Charlie and Rony cover Anthropic's massive new funding round and ethics turbulence, Chinese generative video tools like Seed Dance 2 and Kling that put TV-quality visuals in reach of “garage Spielbergs,” and Meta's reported seven million Ray-Ban and Oakley AI smart glasses sold – early signals of where wearable AI and XR are really headed.Key Moments01:03 – Anthropic's huge raise and what the ethics departure might signal05:08 – Seed Dance 2 and Kling showcase a new level of generative video08:35 – Meta's seven million smart glasses and the reality behind that number12:10 – Why wearable AI may be the real “last mile” of turning us into cyborgs15:28 – Inside the early metaverse tours Kristi and Rony built for enterprises20:27 – How BCG's VR onboarding keeps new hires engaged months before day one23:30 – Swiss Rail's AR and AI maintenance assistant and what it actually does on site27:05 – Designing XR systems that give value to both the business and frontline workers30:29 – Using VR as a lab for retail and workplace behavioral strategy33:06 – How AI-generated 3D models point toward “build every space digitally first”This episode shows how “metaverse” ideas have turned into practical tools: XR plus AI is cutting training times, improving maintenance quality and letting companies experiment with spaces before they exist. Kristi's examples make it clear that the real action is in careful workflow design, not flashy avatars.This episode is brought to you by Zappar, creators of Mattercraft, the leading visual development environment for building immersive 3D web experiences for mobile, headsets and desktop. https://mattercraft.io/Mattercraft combines the power of a game engine with the flexibility of the web and now includes an AI assistant that helps you design, code and debug in real time, right in your browser. To explore what's possible with AI-powered XR on the web, start building smarter with Mattercraft from Zappar.Listen to “Enterprise XR Meets AI: How Smart Glasses, Digital Twins and Holodecks Are Quietly Changing Work – Kristi Woolsey” on the AI XR Podcast and follow the show for new episodes every week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send a textFive days into deployment as a Marine infantry officer, a live-fire training accident severed Captain Patrick Nugent's sciatic nerve and paralyzed his right leg. What most people called “the worst thing that could ever happen” became the turning point for everything that came next.Patrick is a Marine veteran, Invictus Games athlete, Harvard Kennedy School and Wharton grad, Boston Consulting Group consultant, and future Paralympic hopeful. And in this episode of Consequence of Habit, he joins JT to talk about grit, habits, and cognitive reappraisal: the ability to literally rewrite the story you tell yourself about adversity.Patrick walks through the injury, the brutal recovery at Walter Reed, and the decision to treat his situation not as an ending, but as an opening. They dig into keystone habits, goal-tracking, stoic philosophy, and why believing “this might be the best thing that ever happened to me” changed his life. If you're facing something that feels defining or impossible, this conversation will give you a new lens, and a roadmap. - - - - - - - - - - -Support Consequence of HabitSubscribe: Apple Podcast | SpotifyCheck us out: Instagram | Twitter | WebsiteThe show is Produced and Edited by Palm Tree Pod Co.

On today's show we are talking about the adoption of AI in the workplace. We're going to look at three studies that were done last year by Harvard University and the Boston Consulting Group. The third was done by Microsoft and looked at about 370,000 employees using Copilot. The studies looked at AI usage and productivity gains for certain types of tasks. The results were quite striking.The study found that even with widespread initial usage for the first three week, many employees stopped using AI in their daily work. In fact, the true adoption of AI in daily work seems to be following an 80/20 rule with nearly 80% dropping the use of AI almost altogether. For those on mobile devices, usage continued, but the usage shifted to being more like a search tool rather than a full on AI assistant.The issue doesn't appear to be related to basic training. People are averaging 6 hours of training and they learn how to generate prompts. The issue is that they hit a wall. The study found 20% monthly active usage. The rest are dormant after that initial period. So why am I telling you this? This is a real estate podcast, not an AI podcast. Real estate investing is a business like any other business. It has all of the same basic functions. It has a finance function, operations, customer service, quality assurance, project management. All of these functions can have their productivity improved to some degree with the adoption of AI somewhere in the workflow. -----------**Real Estate Espresso Podcast:** Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1)   iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613)   Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)   LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)   YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)   Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)  **Y Street Capital:** Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital)   Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)  

This Devotional address with President Alvin F. Meredith III was delivered on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 11:30 AM MST in the BYU-Idaho I-Center. Alvin F. Meredith III became the 18th president of Brigham Young University-Idaho on August 1, 2023. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 3, 2021, and continues to serve in that role today. Prior to his call as a General Authority, President Meredith served as president of the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission. He also served as an Area Seventy in the North America Southeast and Asia Areas, and in a number of other Church callings including as a full-time missionary in the Utah Salt Lake City Mission. In his professional career, President Meredith worked as a senior executive of Asurion in Tennessee, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He also worked for The Boston Consulting Group and GE Capital. President Meredith earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.