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For the final round of the 2025 Ontario Hockey League Playoffs, Brandon Caputo, Joel Vanderlaan and Colin Ward from the OHL in 60 Podcast record our Postgame Posse Roundtable LIVE from London's Canada Life Place for a Saturday Night matchup between Western Conference champion (1) London Knights and Eastern Conference champion (4) Oshawa Generals in Game 2 of their seven-game series, looking to hoist the J. Ross Robertson Cup in a rematch from last season's final series.Postgame comments from Oshawa Generals head coach Brad Malone and F Luke Torrance as well as London Knights head coach Dale Hunter and Easton Cowan after his 5-point night and tying the London Knights all-time playoff point record with 89.VOTE FOR US IN COMMMUNITY VOTES: https://niagara.communityvotes.com/2024/12/sports-recreation-and-fitness/entertainmentArmchair Merchandise Site: https://the-armchair-gms-sports-ne-shop.fourthwall.com/en-cad/Use our code to save $15 off your first order: https://hockeystickmancanada.myshopify.com/?sref_id=wxgk4kp&utm_campaign=referral_program&utm_source=loyalty== FOLLOW THE NETWORK ==X: https://x.com/ArmchairGMPodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@UCJUaG5QNg1jwQ5a_32rZs1QFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArmchairGMsNetwork/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/armchairgmsnetwork/Website: https://www.armchairgmsports.com/== ALSO AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO ON ==Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/thearmchairgmsApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-armchair-gms-sports-network/id1462505333Spotify: http://bit.ly/ArmchairGMAmazon Music: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/f69c2372-97f9-4c0e-8d52-ade7d7591cd4/the-armchair-gm's-sports-network== FOLLOW THE HOST ON TWITTER ==Brandon: https://x.com/BCaputo_AGMColin: https://x.com/colinward_OReece: https://x.com/reecedoumaniJoel: https://x.com/joelvanderlaan
For the final round of the 2025 Ontario Hockey League Playoffs, Brandon Caputo, Joel Vanderlaan, Reece Doumani and Colin Ward from the OHL in 60 Podcast record our Postgame Posse Roundtable LIVE from London's Canada Life Place for a Thursday Night matchup between Western Conference champion (1) London Knights and Eastern Conference champion (4) Oshawa Generals in Game 1 of their seven-game series, looking to hoist the J. Ross Robertson Cup in a rematch from last season's final series.Postgame comments from Oshawa Generals head coach Brad Malone and 2-goal scorer D Andrew Gibson as well as London Knights head coach Dale Hunter and F Kasper Halttunen.VOTE FOR US IN COMMMUNITY VOTES: https://niagara.communityvotes.com/2024/12/sports-recreation-and-fitness/entertainmentArmchair Merchandise Site: https://the-armchair-gms-sports-ne-shop.fourthwall.com/en-cad/Use our code to save $15 off your first order: https://hockeystickmancanada.myshopify.com/?sref_id=wxgk4kp&utm_campaign=referral_program&utm_source=loyalty== FOLLOW THE NETWORK ==X: https://x.com/ArmchairGMPodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@UCJUaG5QNg1jwQ5a_32rZs1QFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArmchairGMsNetwork/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/armchairgmsnetwork/Website: https://www.armchairgmsports.com/== ALSO AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO ON ==Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/thearmchairgmsApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-armchair-gms-sports-network/id1462505333Spotify: http://bit.ly/ArmchairGMAmazon Music: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/f69c2372-97f9-4c0e-8d52-ade7d7591cd4/the-armchair-gm's-sports-network== FOLLOW THE HOST ON TWITTER ==Brandon: https://x.com/BCaputo_AGMColin: https://x.com/colinward_OReece: https://x.com/reecedoumaniJoel: https://x.com/joelvanderlaan
In this episode of ClearTalk, Brad Malone and Joel Harris delve into the crucial stages of business growth, discussing the challenges and transitions that businesses face as they scale from $6 million to higher revenue thresholds. They focus on the shift away from operational firefighting towards strategic growth, exploring how business owners can add value and feel essential without being entangled in day-to-day problems.They emphasize the importance of clearly defined roles and responsibilities, advocating for written agreements to ensure team accountability. This discussion highlights the necessity for owners to delegate effectively and set clear expectations to facilitate smooth transitions in management roles. By moving from being operators to owners, they can focus on strategic decisions and long-term business health, ensuring that their involvement evolves from direct management to oversight and strategic guidance.This strategic shift requires a well-thought-out plan, focusing on investing in people and structuring management to support growth. The conversation also touches on the common pitfalls that stifle growth, such as inadequate capital management and a lack of strategic planning, which can prevent businesses from breaking through revenue plateaus.
In this episode of ClearTalk, Joel Harris and Brad Malone dive into the challenges businesses face as they scale, specifically focusing on the critical issue of capital as a barrier to growth. They discuss the distinction between real and perceived barriers to accessing capital, emphasizing that growth is often constrained not just by the availability of funds but by how effectively these funds are utilized.Joel argues that many businesses hinder their growth by not reinvesting profits back into the company, which is crucial for scaling operations, particularly in staffing and management structures. He points out that growth requires strategic planning and investment, particularly in people, which many business owners overlook.Brad and Joel explore the concept of "the discipline of earnings," stressing the importance of generating returns from every dollar spent and avoiding the trap of merely spending without a strategic return on investment. They conclude that for a business to scale successfully, it must adopt a disciplined approach to capital investment, focusing on generating and reinvesting earnings to foster sustainable growth.To learn more about how Solutions360 can help you run your business more effectively, click this link to connect with us: https://www.solutions360.com/our-mission-is-to-become-our-customers-most-valued-business-partner/
In this episode of ClearTalk, Brad Malone, Chief Operations Officer, and Joel Harris, President of Solutions360, discusses common growth barriers that companies face, such as stagnation at certain revenue milestones. The conversation highlights how company founders often hinder scalability by holding onto key roles, limiting their company's ability to grow beyond typical revenue thresholds like $10 million or $20 million.The discussion emphasizes the need for strategic delegation and building a unified management team that tackles business challenges collectively rather than in silos. An important takeaway is the litmus test for business sustainability: if a company can't operate effectively without its owner for a few months, it likely lacks the structures needed for sustainable growth. This episode offers strategies to overcome these growth barriers and promote long-term success.
In this episode of the ClearTalk Podcast, Brad Malone and Andrew Ashbury explore the critical dynamics of labor management in the integration industry. They discuss the importance of proactive planning—knowing when to "throttle up" or "throttle down" before it becomes a necessity. Brad emphasizes the need for mature systems that allow for transparent communication between sales and operations, ensuring alignment and readiness for shifts in labor demand.Andrew highlights common pitfalls, such as inadequate data systems and a siloed approach that prevent effective decision-making. Together, they underscore the strategic importance of integrating ERP systems and other tools to foster a mature collaboration that anticipates and adjusts to business needs efficiently.This conversation is a deep dive into how strategic labor management and proactive planning can smooth out the operational ebbs and flows in the integration industry, ensuring businesses are always prepared and responsive.
Prepare for a captivating episode of ClearTalk as Brad Malone, Solutions360's Vice President of Professional Services, joins forces with our CEO, Bradford Dempsey, to explore the intriguing realm of information transparency.Sharing information can ignite fiery debates among business owners, especially when it involves financial data disclosed to employees. However, Solutions360 has a game-changing solution: Q360. This powerful data repository empowers your team to make informed decisions, fueling their success.But here's the catch: education is the key. Dempsey stresses the importance of providing context and understanding alongside the shared information. Without it, misinformation spreads like wildfire, breeding problems.Discover the essential metrics for labor-based integration companies and unravel the true meaning behind Dempsey's "visibility creates efficiency" philosophy. Don't miss out!
Get ready to dive deep into the world of profitability with the latest episode of ClearTalk! Our CEO, Brad Dempsey, sits down with Brad Malone, VP of Professional Services, to uncover the truth behind measuring profitability.While profitability is a metric that grabs everyone's attention, are you measuring it correctly? As integrators are in the business of selling labor, it's essential to understand the importance of burden rates when it comes to measuring profitability. As Malone points out, many people escalate their gross profit without burdening their labor correctly, causing excess overhead and impacting their net profit.But that's just the tip of the iceberg! On this episode, you'll also discover what Dempsey means by "Profit often hides our sins" and how heroism, martyrdom, and project drama can impact project profitability.If you're ready to take your profitability game to the next level, listen to the full episode now! You'll learn that consistently profitable integrators are well-run organizations that are often a pleasure to work for. Don't miss out on all the valuable insights and tips that Dempsey and Malone have to offer.
On this episode of ClearTalk, Brad Malone, VP of Professional Services at Solutions360, joins CEO, Brad Dempsey, to discuss the BIG "WHY".Q360 is a business management tool, which is much more than just another ERP system.“We have really shifted the paradigm, from 'Go-Live' being the milestone and just focusing on the software, to focusing on fulfilling the integrator's objectives... the platform is just one aspect of the project,” says Malone.With every implementation, we start with what we call the "BIG WHY”. Why did you buy the tool? What are your business goals?What results are you after?Solutions360 uses that BIG "WHY” throughout the implementation. They want to make sure the entire team knows exactly why they're doing what they're doing.“We've got to change business processes. We've got to oftentimes teach management how to read dashboards that they've never seen before using data they've never had before. So, it's a big paradigm shift, and we're really focusing on that.” Malone reports.Also on the podcast, the pair discuss:What is Excel hell?Why should an integration company embark on this kind of major change?Listen to the podcast for all this and much more!
On this episode of ClearTalk, Brad Malone, VP of Professional Services at Solutions360, joins CEO, Brad Dempsey, to discuss closed-loop estimating.In simple terms, closed-loop estimating is the feedback loop from lessons learned from each project so they can be incorporated in future estimates, setting them up to be more accurate and profitable.There are always similarities along with uniqueness across all projects, and there are lessons to be learned from both aspects. “When we have similarities, we can fine tune our estimates, and when we have uniqueness or risk, we can figure out how much contingency we'll need,” Malone explains. “It's really a learning process.”All of this relates to LEAN principles and six sigma, which Navigate encourages integrators to adopt.“The way I look at Lean is about getting rid of waste, and drama, and really streamlining processes,” says Malone. I always use the metaphor of Michelangelo and David. How did Michelangelo carve David? Well, he just took away everything that wasn't David.”Conversely, 6 Sigma is about variation - the more similar your projects are, the more you can look at reducing the variation. By embracing these concepts, Navigate finds integrators can save 20% to 30% of their labor on a project.Also on the podcast:What are the prerequisites for implementing closed-loop estimating.Why you should not wait until the end of a project to go back and look at the original estimate.How to develop the process to estimate the way you actually run a project.
Want Pac-12 football content? Head over to our Patreon at notruckstops.com! On this week's Pac-12 basketball episode, we discussed Arizona's win over UCLA at the McKale Center. Topics include Arizona's size advantage, UCLA's offensive breakdowns and droughts, Arizona's offensive explosion in the second half, Oumar Ballo's return to dominance, and more. We brought on Brad Malone from the Bear Down Bias podcast to talk about the game and Arizona's season. We also talked about USC's massive win over Arizona State, including Vincent Iwuchukwu's promising performance and ASU's defensive collapse. All that, plus Utah's big sweep over WSU and UW, Branden Carlson going off, Oregon's fall to Stanford, and more!
The Edmonton Oilers finish up their two-game home stand tonight versus the Pacific Division leaders, the Vegas Golden Knights. This is the first meeting between the two rivals with the Golden Knights coming into Rogers Place off the back of a 4-1 over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday. Unfortunately for the Oilers, they will be looking to get in the win column again after losing 3-1 to the LA Kings on Wednesday. Edmonton made some changes to their lineup in practice yesterday putting Mattias Janmark on the top line with Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman. Additionally, Ken Holland recalled Brad Malone from the Bakersfield Condors, who has played two games in the NHL this season. Tyler, Jay and Liam will talk about the lineup decision and the recall of Malone on today's Sherwood Ford GIANT Pre-Game Show. Also on the show, the guys will give out their bets of the game, courtesy of our friends from Betway. You can catch the entire show on The Nation Network YouTube page at noon mountain time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The first week of the NHL season is almost in the books, and that means we had plenty to talk about on the brand new Tuesday episode of Oilersnation Radio. On today's show, we're talkin' about why the Oilers can't seem to start on time, previewed tonight's matchup with the Sabres, and a whole lot more.To kick off this week's podcast, we got this week's show we got started with a look at the first two games of the season, and whether or not the sloppy starts should have any of us feeling nervous. For Rick and me, getting nervous about what's happened so far doesn't make a whole lot of sense since we're just getting started. For Tyler, Dan, and Liam, they're not exactly nervous about anything yet, but they do have concerns about a few different areas. Changing gears, we looked ahead at tonight's game against the Buffalo Sabres, and what we should expect from an up-and-coming team filled with talented youngsters. Next up, we looked at Markus Niemelainen being recalled in place of Brad Malone and whether or not the big Finn can make a difference despite playing limited minutes. Lastly, we wrapped up the Tuesday episode of Oilersnation Radio with a new word association segment that... was... well... interesting, and a conversation about how getting Ryan Nugent-Hopkins going could make a world of difference for this hockey team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Bob and Mark discuss Edmonton's win over Washington and Brad Malone's impact since his recall, the Oilers depth and injury situation and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Following his first NHL goal since 2015, Brad Malone joins the show to talk about the big moment in the game against Washington, his relationship with Woodcroft and time in Bakersfield and the journey back to playing NHL minutes at 32-years-old. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brenden and David break down Koskinen's improved play and whether that changes Edmonton's focus ahead of the trade deadline, Duncan Keith's return tot he lineup and whether Brad Malone can stick in the Oilers lineup for the rest of the year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bob brings you the latest on the Oilers roster, including who is returning from injury and who headed back home from the road trip. Get pre-game audio from Jay Woodcroft, Duncan Keith and the newly recalled Brad Malone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On today's show, we talk with Stephanie and Liz from the Arlington Life Shelter about how they've helped over 25,000 people in the last 35 years, their recent expansion, and how you can help the Arlington Life Shelter too. We also speak to Brad Malone from Six Flags about Holiday in the Park that's happening until January 2nd and about what the future of Six Flags looks like.