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 Vicky Ferrier on Writing Herself Into Being
 - Mid-Career Reckoning, Courage, and Leading for GoodWhat if your mid-career reckoning became an awakening — a chance to realign your strengths, values and purpose?In this episode, Ruth Kearns Wollmann speaks with Vicky Ferrier, Chief People and Commercial Officer at Konsileo — a commercial insurance firm with no managers. Vicky shares insights from her rich and varied career. In particular, she shares how she navigated the messy middle of her career, rediscovered what truly mattered, and began writing her way into a future she could believe in.From self-doubt to self-authorship, from leadership principles to finding the right people, this is an honest and uplifting conversation about growth, identity, and leading for good — at work and in life.Vicky also supports young leaders globally through her work with WYSE, a UN-affiliated leadership development charity.Key Topics:Pivotal moments and mid-career questioningLeading without hierarchyCourage, humility, and imaginationWriting as a tool for clarity and growth

This month marks the opening of a new season for the red-hot NWSL–The National Women's Soccer League. Jim's this week is the Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer of the NWSL, Julie Haddon. Jim has known Julie for many years, going back to her years at the NFL as VP of Global Brand and consumer marketing, before joining the NWSL as its first-ever CMO. Great CMOs are growth drivers, and Julie has indeed done that with her team. Julie has been CMO for about 2.5 years and the growth rate is staggering; double the number of fans in attendance at matches; two new teams joining the league with more coming; a four-year media deal worth $240 million–the previous media deal was for three years for $4.5 million. And team valuations are increasing massively. Julie was a journalism major years ago at Indiana University in Bloomington, before launching a career in tech & entertainment that is epic: Dreamworks Animation, eBay, PayPal, Twitter, Zynga, Sofi, the NFL, and now the NWSL. Tune in for a conversation with a CMO who had a vision six years ago in France that she could help shape the future of women's soccer.---This week's episode is brought to you by Strawberry Frog, Deloitte and Adobe.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Host Mimi Banks is joined by Shawn Haynes, the President of WYN Beauty, and Chidinma Asonye, the Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer of WYN Beauty. They discuss their unique journey in the beauty industry, the significant involvement of Serena Williams as a founder, and the brand's commitment to active beauty. They explore the philosophy behind Wyn Beauty, the importance of clean and multifunctional products, and the strategic partnership with Ulta Beauty. The role of social media in building a community around the brand is also highlighted, along with insights into future innovations and advice for aspiring beauty professionals. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautybizshow/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, you'll hear Sahara's conversation with Shebs. This episode could be considered a masterclass in building a personal brand in the travel industry - and if you're interested in becoming a travel writer? Then you'll definitely want to listen. Shebs is a Broadcaster, writer and Podcaster. He is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers.  Currently co-executive producer of the PBS show FlyBrother with Ernest White II. He's hosted a breakfast show called, Rise & Shine, on the only dedicated travel radio station in Africa, Gallivant Radio.  Shebs also hosts a travel podcast, Take a Wander with Shebs, which can be seen on his YouTube channel and heard on all major podcasting platforms.  Shebs is also the founder, Editor & Commercial Officer for Voyagers Voice. He was also a finalist at the prestigious British Guild of Travel Writers ‘Broadcaster of the Year' (his first top gong nomination) Broadcast of the Year.  He was also nominated for DEI Champion at Travel Unity. CONNECT WITH SHEBS Website: ⁠https://shebsthewanderer.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shebsthewanderer/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shebsthewanderer/  X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShebsAlom  Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shebsthewanderer If you've been loving the show, we'd so appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! And of course, we'd love to see you in our free Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/928430197344106⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have questions about the Travel Coach Certification Program? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Send me a DM on Instagram over at @travelcoachnetwork.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ------------------- TRAVEL COACHING RESOURCES Are you ready to elevate your travel business? To achieve clarity, focus, and success instead of constant confusion? If so, then I'd love to invite you to join the Travel Coach Certification Program. Join the conversation in our Travel Coach Network Global Community. It's our free Facebook Group for aspiring and inspiring travel coaches. If you're brand new to the concept of travel coaching, be sure to grab the Beginner's Guide to Travel Coaching by clicking below. Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thetravelcoachnetwork.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TCN Global Community on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/travelcoachnetwork⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thetravelcoachnetwork/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Travel Coach Certification Program: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thetravelcoachnetwork.mykajabi.com/the-travel-coach-program⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Free Beginner's Guide to Travel Coaching:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thetravelcoachnetwork.mykajabi.com/main-email-series-and-workbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ultimate Travel Business Planner Bundle:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/TravelCoachNetwork?ref=seller-platform-mcnav⁠

In this episode of the Retail Crime Intelligence Podcast, host Bobby Haskins and Rhod Thomas, Auror's Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, discuss whether companies should develop their own software or buy existing solutions. Aside from the financial cost, Rhod gives insights into what organizations must consider before deciding. Bobby and Rhod share industry examples and ways to overcome the sunk cost fallacy that leaders tend to face.  This episode explores the best time to develop in-house solutions and when it's more advantageous to collaborate or purchase from external providers. Jump into the conversation: (00:00) An introduction to the episode with guest Rhod Thomas (05:05) Auror's impact on crime prevention and safety (08:08) A decision-making process for building or buying software (16:21) How the sunk cost fallacy affects all businesses (18:42) Why you should fail fast and learn from your mistakes (23:24) The cost of building an in-house solution  (25:54) Why you should consider the pace of technological advancement  Resources: Rhod's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhodrithomasnz Bobby's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyhaskins/ Auror's website: https://www.auror.co/

Tune in for an exceptional discussion on chemistry, manufacturing, and controls with Dr. Susan D'Costa, Chief Technical and Commercial Officer at Genezen, a US-based CDMO for viral vectors. "Geek out" with Susan and Emily on the intricacies of defining your CMC strategy and ready yourselves for a tour-de-force of analytical and process development for viral vectors. The future of cell and gene therapy is nearly here! The ASGCT Annual Meeting is less than a month away, and starting on April 22, you can download the abstracts collection to get a sneak peek at the cutting-edge research being presented May 7-11 in Baltimore. Explore the latest breakthroughs and discoveries shaping the field, and don't miss the premier event in cell and gene therapy. Visit www.annualmeeting.asgct.org to learn more and register today! Music by: https://www.steven-obrien.net/--------------------------Bright New Morning - Steven O'Brien (Used for free under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Show your support for ASGCT!: https://asgct.org/membership/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Feb 2024. We get the reaction of Sameer Lakhani, Managing Director at Global Capital Partners. Plus, we get the story behind the successfully sold over AED500 million ($136.15 million) worth of land with CEO of Union Properties Amer Khansaheb. And, more of learning about 'Live, Work and Play' - the three pillars that make Expo City Dubai the Human-Centric City of the Future with Manal AlBayat, Chief Engagement and Commercial Officer, Expo City Dubai.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to this episode of Procurement Reimagined, brought to you by Gatekeeper. Joining us today is Rachelle Hare, Managing Director at Blaze Business and Legal, a legal and procurement consulting firm. Join Daniel and Rachelle as they explore the challenges and disconnect between legal and procurement teams within organisations. Rachelle explains how her practical workshops and training approach can bridge the gap and foster collaboration. She also highlights the potential of turning legal and procurement verticals into profit centres, and the role of technology, including AI, in enhancing collaboration and efficiency. Rachelle has over 23 years of experience as a strategic management consultant, business adviser, and senior lawyer. She has held a wide range of roles, including General Counsel, Procurement Adviser, Commercial Officer, Contract Administrator, Senior Legal Counsel, and Strategic Adviser in different organisations. Rachelle is a strategic problem-solver who considers issues holistically from a combined legal, commercial, and operational angle. As the Founder and Managing Director of Blaze Business and Legal, Rachelle specialises in advising on legal, compliance, procurement, and risk management issues. Rachelle has also founded Blaze Professional Learning, where she teaches Procurement and Contracting Professionals and other Non-Lawyers how to work better with Contracts and build more collaborative working relationships. Episode Resources: Rachelle Hare on LinkedIn Blaze Business and Legal Website Blaze Professional Learning Website Procurement Reimagined Podcast Daniel Barnes LinkedIn Gatekeeper Website Book a call with a Vendor and Contract Management Expert - https://www.gatekeeperhq.com/book-gk-demo-step-1 GATEKEEPER'S GUIDE TO VENDOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT Actionable checklists, tips, and best practices. Download the ebook now for FREE: https://www.gatekeeperhq.com/free-vendor-management-ebook Would you or someone you know be a great fit for the podcast? Please fill out the Procurement Reimagined Guest Questionnaire Procurement Reimagined Podcast is handcrafted by our friends over at fame.so Previous guests include Sarah Kaye of Spin, Hannah MacDonald of Monzo Bank, Dave Jones MCIPS of Procmentum Limited, Andra Fola of Solutionary Minds, Natalia Pilipchak of Mobile Tele Systems, Rees Thomas of Graze, Nadia Stoykov of Tesca Group, Canda Rozier of Collabra Consulting, Elouise Epstein of Kearney, and Matthew Booth of PM Group. Check out our five most downloaded episodes: Reimagining Procurement by Filling Implementation Gaps with Nadia Stoykov, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Tesca Group Reimagining Procurement in an Economic Downturn with Andra Fola, Co-Founder of Solutionary Minds Aligning Cost Control and Cost Cutting to Drive Value with Sarah Kaye, Vice President of Procurement at Spin Reimagining Procurement as the Hidden Treasure for Business Growth with Natalia Pilipchak, Transformation and Excellence Director at Mobile Tele Systems A Playbook for Digitalising Procurement with Rees Thomas, Head of Procurement at Graze

In this episode, we hear from Eric Fulwiler, Co-Founder & CEO of Rival, a growth consultancy that builds challenger brands, strategies, and capabilities to change categories. Eric has helped build some of the biggest brands in the world, from billion-dollar start-ups to Fortune 50 enterprises. Before co-founding Rival in 2021 he was the Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer of 11:FS, a challenger fintech consultancy for nearly three years. He was also one of the first 15 employees and MD, EMEA of VaynerMedia reporting directly to Gary Vaynerchuk for seven years. If you're in the world of marketing, there's a strong chance you've heard of Gary Vee, the social media sensation known for sharing his marketing and entrepreneurial tips online. Eric discusses what is was like to work with Gary Vee and dives into what he learnt during his time at VaynerMedia, as well as sharing his insights into when start-ups should start thinking about their marketing and how to go about developing a strategy.Eric explains the difference between a challenger brand and an incumbent brand, and how to find and own a point of difference in a crowded market.Finally, Eric discusses his experience as a Founder and what he's learnt along the journey, as well as debunking some of the LinkedIn myths that you see all too often around entrepreneurship. Questions asked: Tell us a bit about yourself and your career journey to dateYou've previously worked directly with Gary V, what was that like? What did you learn?From your experience, when do you think is the right time for start-ups to start thinking about their marketing and how should they go about developing a strategy? What is the difference between a challenger brand and an incumbent brand? You've always a bart of an early-stage businesses but haven't founded one of your own until 2021, what are some of the key differences that you've noticed.One thing we are passionate on the show is de-bunking LinkedIn myths about Foundership, what are your thoughts on the matter, is this something you've noticed and do you post content yourself?You're now 14 months into running your own business, what have you learnt so far and what have been some of the significant challenges?What has been the biggest challenge in your career to date?And finally, what one piece of advice would you give to someone looking to start their own business or join a start-up?Follow The Start-Up Diaries Podcast on LinkedIn or learn more about Burns Sheehan.

Ian King's speaking to Rain Newton-Smith from the CBI; the chair of Water UK, Ruth Kelly; Holly Bishop, Chief Operating and Commercial Officer at NME Networks; Ruth Mortimer, Global President of Advertising Week Europe; Nick Burns, the Chief Executive of Reward Gateway; as well as Investec's Group Chief Executive, Fani Titi.

No décimo segundo episódio do podcast Walking Meeting, Inês Simas do Departamento de Marketing conversou com Miguel Bento do SL Benfica sobre o Marketing das emoções.   O Miguel Bento é o Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer do Benfica onde trabalha há 20 anos. À volta do primeiro anel do estádio da luz e com o som da águia como música de fundo, falámos sobre relações emocionais e conteúdos. O Miguel contou-nos sobre o projeto pioneiro de Fan Relationship Management e como surgiu o benficometro. Conversámos ainda sobre B2C, B2B e B2F (business to Football), sobre a importância da internacionalização e como monetizá-la. O Miguel confessou o seu orgulho nos muitos projetos de sustentabilidade da marca.   Calce os ténis, coloque os auriculares e venha connosco!  

Mr. James Golsen, Senior Commercial Officer for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, discusses his work building U.S.-Saudi trade and business relations and his journey to the important post. The 966 hosts talk with James about his role building U.S.-Saudi trade relations and enhancing investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia. They also discuss the recent Boeing deal with the newly-launched Riyadh Airlines, Richard's Al-Ula adventure, and much more. 1:32 - Richard discusses his recent adventure to Al Ula, Saudi Arabia. 28:08 - Lucien's one big thing is Saudi Arabia's announcement that it will purchase up to 121 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft equipped with General Electric's most advanced GEnex engines to anchor the newly-formed Riyadh Air and expand the Saudia Airlines fleet.41:53 - James Golsen, Senior Commercial Officer for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, joins The 966 to discuss his work building U.S.-Saudi trade and business relations and his journey to this current post. Mr. Golsen's career has taken him around the globe. Previously he served as the Senior Commercial Officer in Moscow from 2019 - 2021, and before that, he was with the US Department of Commerce as Executive Director-Asia. He's held top-level commercial roles at embassies across Asia, including in Chennai, Thailand, Shanghai, Myanmar.The 966 hosts talk with James about his role building U.S.-Saudi trade relations and enhancing investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia. They also discuss the recent Boeing deal with the newly-launched Riyadh Airlines and much more.1:11:52 - Yallah! 6 Top storylines to get you up to speed heading into the weekend.

On this episode, Toby Russell is joined by Kerry Ball, Chief Acquisitions & Commercial Officer at BritBox International.   Kerry is a seasoned entertainment executive who has spent 20+ years working at the intersection of content and technology. Having joined BritBox in July of 2022, she is responsible for group content acquisition and commercial strategy across key markets, looking at routes to market, distribution and partnerships to grow the BritBox footprint and leverage a successful acquisition strategy. The joint venture between ITV and BBC now has over 3 million subscribers across their key markets.   Toby and Kerry delve into the positioning of BritBox in different international markets, the breakdown of their content strategy, portfolio and acquisition, and their exciting involvement in the FAST space. They also touch on the importance of partners in their distribution strategy and the vital role that digital originals play in acquiring and retaining viewers on the platform.   Here is a breakdown of the topics discussed in the episode:   ·       The positioning of BritBox in different international markets ·       How BritBox evaluate markets and tailor their content strategy ·       How they operate in non-english markets ·       An in-depth look at their content portfolio including how they commission and co-produce ·       The importance of originals in becoming a successful SVOD ·       How important partners are to their distribution strategy ·       BritBox's involvement in FAST We hope you enjoyed this episode! Stay in the loop: Visit our Website: https://www.3vision.tv Follow us on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3vision Follow us on Twitter: @3Vision Download our latest insight: The 2023 TV Industry Trends & Predictions Report ➡️ https://www.3vision.tv/news-insights/the-2023-tv-industry-trends-predictions-report/

Kevin Perry talks to Amanda Laing - Chief Content & Commercial Officer for Foxtel Group - about the renewal of the HBO Discovery output deal with FOXTEL.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In case the US didn't know it was hitting a wall in wind development, some of its European friends are making that point more obvious of late. First, Orsted purchased PSEG's Ocean Wind 1 off the New Jersey coast. The company said the project could only continue with an optimized tax structure. But Allen notes the complicated patent dispute between GE and Vestas didn't help, as Ocean Wind will use GE's Haliade-X turbines. IntelStor's Philip Totaro says there's more to it - a lot more. Helpfully, Siemens outlined a plan for the US to get wind development back on track, onshore and off. Will the US take Siemens' advice? And can changes be made in time to meet those 2030 renewable goals? Joel says "nope."  It will take years to overcome a shortage of experienced workers stateside, with the Jones Act's requirements on using American workers, a lack of training programs, and little clarity from the Federal government. As China prepares to "move beyond the 18MW threshold," when, and how, will the US get wind development back on track? Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  Uptime 149 Allen Hall: For those of you on the inside, on the, on the podcast we actually have a producer. Now. You don't see or hear her, which is probably good , but, but she, she is doing some really excellent work. So we, she, she did so well. On this episode, we're gonna actually gonna split this into two. So you're gonna get a bonus episode this week and look out for. Allen Hall: This week's topics include Orsted and New Jersey's PSEG for ocean wind, one in the US Atlantic and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy puts together a plan of how to get American offshore wind and on shore wind rolling.  Joel Saxum: On the heels of that, something we've been talking about kind of regularly over the last few months of the Jones Act and some of the other things that the, the US needs to get in shape. Joel Saxum: Making these offshore goals happen. As we talk about this American Offshore Worker Fairness Act, that's a bipartisan act. Try to close up some loopholes to ensure that the people going offshore do have American passports.  Allen Hall: And Phil Totaro from IntelStor joins us for this episode. So it's nice to have Phil back on the podcast. Allen Hall: I'm Allen Hall, president of Weather Guard Lightning Tech, and I'm here with my good friend from Wind Power Lab, Joel Saxum, and this is the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. Allen Hall: All right. So big news out of New Jersey. Danish developer Orsted who we know well, has signed a deal with US Energy Company, PSEG public Service Enterprise Groups which was my power provider when I lived in New Jersey. So they're, they're buying the 25% state PSEG has had in the 1.1 gigawatt ocean wind, one project off the coast of New Jersey. Allen Hall: Orsted will now own 100% of that project once this transaction is complete. Pbs egs, chief Commercial Officer, Lathrop Craig said that it become clear that it was better for his group to step aside and allow, quote, better position investor to join the product so that it can proceed with an optimized tax structure that's. Allen Hall: Very weird language but Ocean One is, was, is still planning to use GE Hallide X 12 megawatt wind turbines that have run into patent issues with Siemens Ga Mesa. So we have. Phil Totaro from Tel Store back on the program b...

Kurt sits down with Meera Gopalakrishnan, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer, Ultrasound, at GE Healthcare. Meera discusses how she articulates value to customers, and shares insights about innovation and maximizing the potential of not-so-obvious opportunities.

Nathan Lanthois is the Chief Legal and Commercial Officer at Transdev. Nathan's career has focused primarily on public infrastructure projects, where he's gained a unique insight that most house lawyers wouldn't get the chance to see. Nathan also won the In-house Lawyer of the Year Award at the 2021 Australian Corporate Lawyer of the Year Awards.  In this episode, Nathan explains some of the challenges he had to overcome in delivering the new Sydney light rail project. He also shares some lessons he's learnt from his unique career trajectory and breaks down how these experiences led to winning his recent award. This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Elaine Bowers Coventry, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer at The Coca-Cola Company explains how we can use inclusion as a powerful tool to get better business outcomes and fully exploit the power of people. In legacy organizations, Elaine explains how can we enable new skills and capabilities to integrate and thrive.

Our guest this episode is Mark Baum Chief Collaboration & Commercial Officer of FMI - the Food Industry Association. Mark, who has been involved in the food business for nearly 40 years as both a trade association executive and industry consultant, offers his views on a wide range of subjects including the current impact of inflation, the evolving retailers-vendor relationship, impactful areas of technology and changing shopper behavior.

On this podcast, we speak with NEXTDC's Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, David Dzienciol, about Australia's cloud and data center environment. The conversation includes current drivers of data center growth in Australia, how enterprises and the public sector are coping with the necessities of hybrid IT plus how the tyranny of distance and the emergence of new industries such as space and renewable energy are driving unique customer requirements for bespoke hosting, edge infrastructure and network services. We also cover NEXTDC's view on the critical role DCs play in holistic sovereignty and security risk management, the tightening supply chain environment and the war for talent.

Barbara brings listeners inside a United for Infrastructure event focused on accelerating electric vehicle deployment and grid modernization in North Carolina, with commentary from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper; Brian Savoy, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer for Duke Energy; and Charles Lattuca, President and CEO of GoTriangle, which provides bus services in North Carolina's Research Triangle region.  Show notes:  Electrifying North Carolina transit: https://new.siemens.com/us/en/company/press/press-releases/smart-infrastructure/siemens-advances-north-carolinas-electric-transit-efforts.html  Volkswagen and Siemens invest in Electrify America: https://press.siemens.com/global/en/pressrelease/volkswagen-and-siemens-invest-electrify-americas-ambitious-growth-plan?spr_cid=120_12955&spr_pid=300000303245101&linkId=300000002778471  Acting on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: https://new.siemens.com/us/en/company/building-for-a-changing-tomorrow.html 

We've been living through the greatest workplace disruption in generations. Now, two years and counting of Covid here in Australia, that volatility isn't going anywhere and business managers are struggling. Energy is low, resilience is low, and staff numbers are fluctuating as people fall ill to Covid. Combine, mix and stir and you've got the ‘Covid shiftstorm'. We go inside the world of managers and hear what's happening, how they're feeling and get some tips on how to get through this tough period. Guests: Professor Kim Felmingham - Chair of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne Karen Gately - Founder, Corporate Dojo With thanks to the managers who shared their stories with us: Natalie Feehan - Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, EstimateOne Lia Pacquola - Head of PR and Corporate Communications MYOB Adam Chalk - Owner and Manager, Buddha Bowl Cafe

Managing a transition from being an individual contributor to a people Leader is one of the key turning points of in a career. The step into becoming a role-model to many, thus starting to also mentor rather than manage is an integral part to building C-level material talent. To better understand the keys to growing into a Leader and Mentor we invited Francesco Pastore, currently Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Paper Leader Sofidel and with a track record of success at companies like Coca-Cola, Coty, Bain and Procter & Gamble. In this conversation, we cover: Francesco's first leadership experience Promoting talent Balancing high performers and high potentials Engaging Teams in a VUCA world Managing executives from different backgrounds Francesco's Leadership philosophy

There is no question that digital technology is impacting all verticals and businesses, affecting both the customer experience and how organizations make money. The sports industry in particular, is undergoing rapid change and unlocking all kinds of opportunities for growth and new business models.Joining me in this episode is Christina Litz, the Chief Brand & Commercial Officer at True North Sports and Entertainment who are the owners and operators of the Winnipeg Jets (NHL), Manitoba Moose (AHL), the Canada Life Centre, Bell MTS Iceplex and other venues. A lawyer by background, Christina has been at the front of digital transformation for brands including Corus, Rogers, Telus, The CFL and Woodbine Entertainment Group.Listen in as Christina and I discuss;How has digital sports transformation been affecting consumers and fans?What makes a sports fan in the new world of digital engagement?New revenue streams and business models including sports data: real-time stats and numbers.Is data the core element of future monetization?Are sports gambling and the betting ecosystem the future?

Wim Souverijns is the Chief Community Engagement and Commercial Officer at Pharvaris and is focusing on HAE or hereditary angioedema a rare disease that impacts the cells as recurrent angioedema or swelling episodes. These patients go through unpredictable swellings in their body at the extremities, in the abdomen, and in the facial area.  Wim explains, "The cause of HAE is a deficiency or dysfunction in a particular enzyme called the C1-inhibitor, and there are tools to detect this deficiency or dysfunction. The levels of C1 inhibitor are measured and, based on these levels, patients with this condition are identified. That deficiency leads to a cascade of biochemical events, whereby the ultimate culprit for these swellings is a molecule called bradykinin. Bradykinin will connect to a receptor called a B2-receptor, and by doing that, it will signal to the cell that it should vasodilate - the cell basically opens its pores - meaning fluid is being taken up into the cell, into the tissue, leading to the swelling."  "The last approach addresses the penultimate event in the cascade by preventing the actual bradykinin in the plasma to connect to the B2-receptor. This is where Pharvaris is focused. We're trying to avoid bradykinin from activating the receptor, thereby avoiding swelling in the tissue. So, there are three different categories, and we are focusing on really on that bottom one, the bradykinin, because our therapy competes for the receptor." #Pharvaris #HAE #HereditaryAngioedema #Bradykinin #RareDisease Pharvaris.com Listen to the podcast here

Wim Souverijns is the Chief Community Engagement and Commercial Officer at Pharvaris and is focusing on HAE or hereditary angioedema a rare disease that impacts the cells as recurrent angioedema or swelling episodes. These patients go through unpredictable swellings in their body at the extremities, in the abdomen, and in the facial area.  Wim explains, "The cause of HAE is a deficiency or dysfunction in a particular enzyme called the C1-inhibitor, and there are tools to detect this deficiency or dysfunction. The levels of C1 inhibitor are measured and, based on these levels, patients with this condition are identified. That deficiency leads to a cascade of biochemical events, whereby the ultimate culprit for these swellings is a molecule called bradykinin. Bradykinin will connect to a receptor called a B2-receptor, and by doing that, it will signal to the cell that it should vasodilate - the cell basically opens its pores - meaning fluid is being taken up into the cell, into the tissue, leading to the swelling."  "The last approach addresses the penultimate event in the cascade by preventing the actual bradykinin in the plasma to connect to the B2-receptor. This is where Pharvaris is focused. We're trying to avoid bradykinin from activating the receptor, thereby avoiding swelling in the tissue. So, there are three different categories, and we are focusing on really on that bottom one, the bradykinin, because our therapy competes for the receptor." #Pharvaris #HAE #HereditaryAngioedema #Bradykinin #RareDisease Pharvaris.com Download the transcript here  

Jacquie Ryan was destined to end up in her current role as Chief Brand & Commercial Officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee. From growing up in an Olympic family to working as a ski instructor to an internship at a top sports marketing agency, to leading the Olympic portfolio at RBC, and reshaping the philanthropy and sponsorship portfolio at Scotiabank. Yes, Jacquie landed in the perfect role. We discuss that journey, some of the more noteworthy sponsorship initiatives she has worked on – think Olympic Torch Relay and Scotiabank/MLSE – her mentors and views on leadership. We also discuss how that leadership was put to the test over these past 2 years and how the COC emerged in great shape. And we wrap with a look ahead to Beijing 2022 and some terrific professional development advice. I've wanted to have Jacquie on the show since I started my podcast and it was worth the wait. A wonderful chat with an inspiring leader. I hope you enjoy! And for more episodes of the Influencers of Sponsorship Marketing, follow me on LinkedIn, visit Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube… or check out rothrevenue.com

This week's guest is Sri Rajagopalan, Chief Omnichannel Commercial Officer at General Mills. Sri has had an illustrious career across companies like Frito-Lay, J&J, Revlon and now General Mills, and this episodes dives deep into all the lessons he's learned along the way. If you enjoyed this conversation, we encourage you to check out Sri's podcast at www.cpgguys.com

Marketing touches every point of your business, or at least it should. The importance of marketing can never be under-played and this episode discusses some of the ways that you can add real value to your business by putting a focus on your company marketing. Thanks to Maria Rygge of AweSM Sales & Marketing who was joined by United Capital's Marketing & Communications Director, Fraser Kirk, BlueLime Marketing's Marketing Manager, Jo Eismont, and regular podcast host and United Capital Legal and Commercial Officer, Paul McGillvery.

10 ViacomCBS will headline its 2022 Upfronts by touting its credentials as a more diverse, full-service broadcaster with room to grow and a big hitting content slate straight out of the gates. I'm a Celebrity starts on January 3, with Survivor and MasterChef hot on its heels. After that, “you're into that pattern of big franchises all year,” says Chief Content Officer Beverley McGarvey. “It's about consistency, maintaining big brands, but also adding some fresh content and fresh shows.” The network is investing heavily in streaming service Paramount+, which McGarvey admits is “a hungry beast that you need to feed with lots of new shows all the time”. Key to the new 10ViacomCBS offering is its full suite: “Paramount+, 10Play, MTV, Nickelodeon… we don't run those businesses separately,” Jarrod Villani, Chief Operating and Commercial Officer, says. “Bev and I have oversight over all of those businesses.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fraser Kirk – Marketing & Communications Director, United CapitalFraser is an experienced and expert communicator who has developed and delivered marketing and PR strategies for businesses across Scotland for over 10 years. From start-up businesses to legacy family firms, Fraser utilizes a unique blend of marketing expertise and business management experience to drive rapid growth.In addition to his position on the board, Fraser leads United Capital's in-house marketing agency, BlueLime Marketing, which delivers a full range of marketing services to all group companies. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fraserkirk/Paul McGillvery – Legal & Commercial Officer, United CapitalPaul serves on United Capital's board as Legal and Commercial Officer and Company Secretary. He is also Managing Director of Affinity Business Centres.Paul has a legal career spanning more than 15 years, and in that time has acted as in-house counsel advising businesses and charities involved in high-value projects providing all types of legal advice on key commercial and charitable activities. Paul specializes in M&A and corporate governance and advises on strategic legal, compliance, operational and commercial group issues.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-mcgillvery-45b903192/

In today's episode, Jason is going to talk to Eric Fulwiler - Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer at 11 FS. It is a well-known consultant in the financial services space that specifically helps traditional financial institutions launched digital products. Episode Highlights:1.46: Talking about 11 FS, Eric says, “We are five and a half years old now. We work with traditional financial service institutions to help them essentially navigate digital challenges and opportunities in their industry.” 2.12: Eric explains, “We do a lot on the strategy side and open big banks, insurance companies, payment providers, wealth management businesses, navigate those changes, where the opportunities where the challenge is coming from.” 2.52: Eric explains about the product called PULSE, a library of Fintech user journeys from around the world. 3.50: “We got some really smart people in the company and many smart people in the industry that we know. We try to bring them together and give them a platform to share what they know and hopefully add value to their financial service professionals.” Says Eric.7.40: Jason says in Fintech all came in on an angle that came in with a method of monetization that challenges your model. Because at the end of the day, part of their value proposition had to be on cost. 8.35: 11-FS is really a fintech company, but we work with traditional organizations and financial services, and so it is really interesting to see the different perspectives and approaches that start-up to traditional companies take to everything, explains Eric.8.54 Eric: The start-ups can grow faster in many cases because of the approach they take to marketing and their go-to-market. The more relevant, modern, and current your marketing approach is, the better the result will be able to drive.10.18: Marketing is the function within an organization that should be closest to the customer. It is what connects the products to the customers you're building it for and trying to reach, and many Fintech do this well.11.50: Good marketing communicates the story of your business in a way that is compelling, relevant, and differentiated, and so that's what any CMO or any business needs to be focused on. 14.35: Jason affirms, in terms of marketing, companies will not do the extreme things necessarily because they don't want to alienate the mass market that big cultivated for so long.16.16: Jason points out that some fintech in this world has kind of cornered the mind on market share in certain demographics and functions, and that is unbelievably valuable because now they have become a default. 18.43: Jason asks, “How much do you think the negative hangover of 2008 the global financial crisis kind of impacts the demographic marketing, basically inhibit the willingness of that demographic or eagerness that demographic to work with traditional vendors?”20.05: Eric says that the second-best marketing is people who you know and trust already telling you that you should do something, and you see a lot of these Fintech taking that approach. 23.40: Many banks are just trying to throw everything they do at you in a digital experience in one shot because they think more is better, or that's their competitive mode, says Jason.24.15 Eric: Technology companies in general, think about how you have the attention and the connection with the customer? When they are building apps, it is not just about delivering, but how you can make the experience one that people enjoy.3 Key Points:11 FS is the layer on top of the technology that delivers the intelligence value-adding experience to the end consumer that will differentiate successful propositions from not successful propositions. What we are trying to build with Foundry is the level on top to really be able to enable those intelligent propositions, which is really what everybody should be going for.Modern marketing within start-ups and Fintech is about adding value, whereas traditional marketing is more about extracting value. It's about how do you get this customer to do that thing. The business and the brand that delivers more value is going to deliver Better Business results in the long term.Fintech, by the nature of being small, is usually shaving off a piece of the market so they can be more specific in how they communicate and what they say they offer. Fintech is certainly digital-first in the marketing approach that they deliver, and that allows them to be more relevant because they can segment their audiences better. Tweetable Quotes:“The start-ups can grow faster in many cases because of the approach they take to marketing and their go-to-market.” – Eric“Marketing is the function within an organization that should be closest to the customer.” – Eric“The company that is closest to the customer and has the most trust is the company that will win in the long term.” – Eric“You know having any business is about the people at the end of the day.” - EricResources Mentioned:Facebook – Jason Pereira's FacebookLinkedIn – Jason Pereira's LinkedInWoodgate.com – SponsorLinkedIn – Jason Pereira's LinkedInEric Fulwiler – LinkedIn Podcast Editing See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The Selling Sessions, United Capital's Legal & Commercial Officer, Paul McGillvery, and Marketing & Communications Director, Fraser Kirk met with Stuart Stepney, owner and Managing Director of Castle Corporate Finance. The conversation covers why many deals never complete, and the importance of understanding the needs, wants, and pressures faced by the other side. Stuart's person centred approach to deal making offers a look into the psychology of the transaction, the emotions of all parties, and the importance of managing expectations. To find out more about our expert guest Stuart Stepney, or his business Castle Corporate Finance, and also to check out their great website that we discuss at the end of the episode visit https://castlecf.com/

Heute zu Gast Lars Klodwig - Group Commercial Officer bei Knauf. Ihr erhaltet heute exklusive Einblicke in den Status Quo der Digitalisierung bei Knauf.

Get all the links mentioned in the episode here: bit.ly/231-AnthonyZaccariaSKIP THROUGH THE EPISODE:(00:04) - Welcome to Uncommon(01:09) - Guest introduction(00:31) - Forza Italia & sport(04:49) - Earliest memory(05:56) - Childhood aspirations, jobs & music(10:24) - Creativity & personality traits(12:55) - Doing business with family(14:04) - Golden principles pre-Linktree(21:51) - Linktree: highs & lows(29:42) - Social commerce & the creator economy(38:19) - The future of Linktree(41:43) - Talent managers in a social commerce world(47:06) - Unique insights(50:40) - Linktree: the new website(53:52) - The realities of having twins(56:55) - What's in the fridge?(57:34) - Anthony's favourite cake(57:51) - Best purchase under $200(58:41) - Show recommendations

This week, I've been joined by Andrew Cook: chief development and commercial officer at Repton, a co-educational independent boarding school for pupils aged 3 to 18 whose history stretches back more than 450 years. I previously spoke to Andrew in the summer of 2020 about generating commercial income for schools. In this episode Andrew and I explore the subject of broadening the fundraising mix. We begin by discussing Andrew's inspirations for making the move into the independent school sector and how his experience of attending an independent school on a bursary has driven him to utilise his professional experience to create opportunities for others. We then explore what led Andrew to diversify the income streams and broaden the fundraising mix at Repton beyond the traditional fundraising we see in independent schools.We discuss two different sources of fundraising:Firstly, I ask Andrew about his experience with events fundraising, including the time and budget events take, how they tap into the competitive nature of independent schools, the benefits of these events beyond just fundraising income and the effects of COVID on events.Secondly, we discuss how institutional or corporate fundraising is under-utilised in the independent schools sector. We explore how overcoming objections from institutions about donating to the independent school sector and developing an inspirational and comprehensive case for support is key.Episode HighlightsIntroducing Andrew Cook (03:51)What inspired Andrew to make the move into the independent school sector (04:36)What led Andrew to diversify income streams (07:00)Events fundraising (08:37)Institutional or corporate fundraising (20:40)004: The outlook for commercial income with Andrew Cook, Repton SchoolDownload your copy of the free eBook ‘The Strategic Independent School Leader' at www.consultjuliet.co.uk/ebook Catch up on previous episodes at www.consultjuliet.co.uk/podcastThank you so much for listening to The Independent School Podcast. I would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to send me some feedback here. This helps me make the podcast as helpful as possible to listeners. Thank you!

Today’s guest is a pioneering cleantech entrepreneur and product developer as chief Commercial Officer of the company Invinity Energy Systems. We’re talking about Matt Harper! He's transforming the evolution of what we call the Grid storage and value creation to enable the energy transition that we all desire so much. Matt has been in this industry for a long time and he's looked at product creation from a number of different angles. Remember you can always find the resources and learn more about today’s guest, recommendations, book links, and more than 370 other founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. Gain access to all the show notes & resources from this episode here You can connect with me, Nico Johnson, on Twitter, LinkedIn or email

Today's guest is a pioneering cleantech entrepreneur and product developer as chief Commercial Officer of the company Invinity Energy Systems. We're talking about Matt Harper! He's transforming the evolution of what we call the Grid storage and value creation to enable the energy transition that we all desire so much. Matt has been in this industry for a long time and he's looked at product creation from a number of different angles. Remember you can always find the resources and learn more about today's guest, recommendations, book links, and more than 370 other founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. Gain access to all the show notes & resources from this episode here You can connect with me, Nico Johnson, on Twitter, LinkedIn or email

In this episode United Capitals Legal & Commercial Officer, Paul McGillvery chats to Andrew Fleetwood and Lottie White, Partner and Solicitor respectively, from the commercial team at Gilson Gray. Paul, Andrew and Lottie delve deeper into the finer details of various contracts and the implications on negotiations, and discuss the best ways to prepare your business for a sale process.

In this episode we hear from Rod Mathers and Ian McDonald of MHA Henderson Loggie, and Kevan Sturrock (CFO) and Paul McGillvery (Legal & Commercial Officer) at United Capital. The podcast focusses on the financial part of selling your business, what you should consider and why it is important to manage your expectations. Some great points raised by hugely experienced panel, offering insight into what can make or break a deal.

In this episode United Capital Marketing & Communications Director, Fraser Kirk, discusses intellectual property and the steps owners should take to help the sale of their business. Fraser chats to United Capital's Legal & Commercial Officer, Paul McGillvery and Liam McMonagle, a specialist in corporate and commercial law, and Partner at top legal firm, Thorntons. The Selling Sessions podcast is brought to you by specialist construction sector investment firm, United Capital and sponsored by Affinity Business Centres and Storage Solutions. United Capital is an investment group bringing strength and stability back to the construction sector by acquiring well-performing, profitable companies. Joining the United Capital group can unlock the potential of your company, through a combination of investment and business support. Your passion for your business, backed by our experience and expertise, is a path to long-term growth and success. https://www.united-capital.co.uk/ https://www.affinitybusinesscentre.com/

This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Since their 1949 victory, the Chinese Communist Party has been highly successful in making mainland China a very hard target for foreign espionage. But hitherto, China's security and intelligence agencies have often endured a lack of interagency coordination, turf battles, and internal corruption. Under Mao Zedong, they were attacked and dismantled during the Cultural Revolution, taking decades to recover. During China's corruption crisis of the 1990s and 2000s, intelligence and counterintelligence operations were hobbled by internal graft, leading to high-level penetrations by the CIA's China Program. However, Xi Jinping has systematically attacked these problems since his ascent in 2012. His famous anti-corruption drive was partly intended to blunt alleged American efforts to provide cash for their agents within the Chinese state to secure corrupt promotions. Beijing's drive to regain “information dominance” (制信息权, zhi xinxi quan) over an increasingly fluid, networked, and technologically sophisticated society appears to be broadly successful. Interagency coordination looks more robust under strengthened party oversight by the new Central State Security Commission. Meanwhile, an intelligence and military reorganization that was launched in 2015 has resulted in a sharper mission focus by the Ministry of State Security and the intelligence units of the People's Liberation Army. This presentation will review these efforts, and what problems still exist. It will evaluate the possibility that the 2020s will be a decade of better coordinated and more aggressive espionage operations by Beijing, and the extent to which the increasingly successful surveillance state might expand and grow ever stronger inside China. About the speaker: Dr. Matthew Brazil is the researcher and writer. He pursued Chinese studies as an undergraduate at U.C. Berkeley, as an Army officer with tours in Korea and NSA, and as a graduate student at Harvard in their Regional Studies East Asia program. After a stint as the China specialist for the Commerce Department's Office of Export Enforcement, he was assigned as a Commercial Officer with the U.S. Embassy, Beijing, where he both promoted and controlled U.S. high technology exports to China. Afterward, Matt spent 20 years as a security professional, performing investigations in China for a chip manufacturer, and leading the development of a security organization in China for an American specialty chemicals firm. His PhD dissertation at the University of Sydney (2013) described the place in the Chinese Communist Party of their intelligence organs. That and further research led to his contribution as the coauthor of Chinese Communist Espionage, An Intelligence Primer (2019). Matt has begun research on a second book intended to be an integrated narrative history of intelligence operations in the Chinese Communist movement.

Four entities are interested in buying Air India, attracted by the assets of the national carrier. However, high debt and legacy issues mean that reviving the airline is no easy task. Sanjiv Kapoor, Former Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer at Vistara, and ET's Mihir Mishra discuss what's next for the Maharaja

As part of our #SponsorshipConnect event series, we sat down with Jacquie Ryan (Chief Brand and Commercial Officer at the Canadian Olympic Committee).

Despite these challenging times there is cause for optimism around the commercial income independent schools can generate by hiring out their facilities as we come through the COVID-19 crisis. In particular, schools may find that a strong brand and more flexible booking terms give them an advantage over other venues.For this episode I'm delighted to be joined by Andrew Cook, Chief Development and Commercial Officer at Repton School, UK. Andrew oversees Repton Enterprises, which generates income for the school by hiring out facilities for conferences, weddings, residential courses and sports activities, as well as through retail activities.A theme running through The Independent School Podcast is how schools balance being both a centre of educational excellence and a strong business. In this episode Andrew and I discuss the critical importance of business acumen and having commercially minded people in the senior team during these turbulent times.Episode highlightsCombining all income generation except fees within one department (4:25)The importance of building internal stakeholder engagement (6:15)Repton Enterprise's four core principles (7:10)Auditing the school's assets, assessing profitability and creating marketing plans (9:50)Reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on school income (13:40)Maintaining relationships with suppliers and customers (15.20)Looking ahead to when events can start again (17:50)Advantages schools will have over other venues in the upturn (21:30)The outlook for commercial income and the importance of commercial skill sets (24:35)Internal communication of the role of commercial income (27:00)References and resourcesSign up to Juliet Corbett's newsletter at www.consultjuliet.co.uk/signupFind out more about Juliet Corbett's work with independent schools and discover a host of free resources for schools at www.consultjuliet.co.ukRepton School: www.repton.org.ukRepton Enterprise: www.repton.org.uk/repton-enterprisesPodcast episode 003, where Juliet talks about the importance of relationships in fundraising: www.consultjuliet.co.uk/003Thank you so much for listening to The Independent School Podcast. I would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to send me some feedback here. This helps me make the podcast as helpful as possible to listeners. Thank you!

This episode will feature Minor League Baseball's (MiLB) Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer, David A. Wright. In this episode of The Route, we have David A. Wright a proven professional within the industry with vast experience in the MLS and MiLB. On this episode, David touches on a number of his experiences, such as, what it was like to work for the MLS in their early stages and how he does his job while taking 160 clubs into consideration. Tune in to the podcast to hear more... To get to know more about me, Christopher Nascimento: Follow @nascimentomktg on Twitter & Instagram, OR Listen to Episode ZERO.

Welcome!   This has been a busy week in the world of technology.  We are going to hit several topics today. From Employer device privacy, dangers of huge facial recognition databases, Marriott enters the home rental market, overblown results on dangers of screen technology, big tech stomping on small tech, smart home alarms, and cable companies, Apple stands ground on iPhone encryption, and Microsoft ends support of Windows 7. It is going to be a busy show -- so stay tuned. For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com I've got some free online privacy training coming up. I have been teaching courses on security for the FBI InfraGard's program. And now I'll share some of the step-by-step tips and tricks that we all can use to keep ourselves and our information safe online. And it won't cost you a dime. --- Related Articles: What Does Your Employer Know About Your Daily Activities Privacy Gone: Tech Start-up Has Huge Facial Recognition Database If You Can’t Beat ‘Em - Join ‘Em says Marriott Screen Time Causing Mental Health Issues Are Overblown Big Tech Stomps All Over Small Businesses Home Security and Alarm Systems Useless After Charter Cable  Pulls Plug Security First, Apple Stands Ground on iPhone Encryption No Security for Windows 7 After Today --- Automated Machine Generated Transcript: Hey, it's my intro music. Hello, everybody, Craig Peterson here. Welcome, welcome. Hopefully, you've been able to join me before. We talk a lot about technology and of course a lot about privacy and security. Technology today is all about privacy and security. Isn't it? It just seems like every time we turn around, and there's some other business out there just trying to get our information or even worse, some hacker who's trying to get it from us. So I try and help everybody understand what is going on what is privacy? What's it all about? I give a lot of tips and tricks on things and recommendations. I do a whole lot of different pieces of training, free training, pop up stuff, Facebook, and YouTube lives. I'm trying to get the word out. So I appreciate everybody that shares this. We've had an increase every week, with people subscribing to the podcast, which is excellent! You're listening to me here on the radio, and who are spreading the word. You know, there again, there's so much information out there, it's hard to know what you should believe. There are all kinds of motivations behind it. So hey, what's my motivation? Well, I'm trying to get the word out, I know that probably 90% of you wouldn't ever be a client of mine. And that's just fine. Because hopefully, the 5% that would be a client of mine will become a client, and we can help them out. But I want to get this information out. Sorry, I don't hold anything back. You've probably noticed it if you're one of those people who learned about the show or the podcast so that you now know about it, and you heard it from a friend, and the friend said, Yeah, you have to listen to Craig. You probably had an earful from somebody telling you about how I am just giving away the store. And that's my Go, hey, if I'm not giving you the store, let me know if you have any questions, let me know. It is just "me" at Craig Peterson dot com. Now, many of you may have noticed if you're on my mailing list, that we changed the format of the newsletter starting this last week. Right? It was one of those January 1 promises that we had hoped to get it up by the first of the year, and it took us a couple of extra weeks is not always the case. But then here's the new format for the weekly newsletter, if there is any real critical security stuff, updates patches that you need to apply in your business or your home. Those are now going right at the top of the newsletter. This last week, I think we had about ten a dozen or so of these very high priority security patches that required immediate patching. And we went so far as to give you links right there in my newsletter, so you can click on the links to those CVEs we're giving you a link so that you know what the critical vulnerabilities are. It tells you even what to do what software it is everything right, step by step. That's the name of my game. You can use all of that now to stay one step ahead of the bad guys one step ahead of the crackers. That's the whole idea, right? The bad guys out there trying to crack into your computers. Now, we also had two other sections. I'm not going to be able to this week, I, you know, I don't know. We'll see. We'll see. But one of the sections was my weekly podcasts broadcast in the video. So I gave you links in the newsletter last week to the YouTube videos. So you can see articles that I'm talking about it has captions so you can read along if you wanted to watch it there. And I also posted them up on Facebook. The last one for last week's show would have gone out on Friday. So Yesterday, you should have gotten that one if you're a Facebook follower. So please do follow please do subscribe. I'm, I'm I don't know that I'll be able to get much help this week because we've got something huge happening. I am trying to help people here with some of the privacy stuff. So I am going to be we're putting together right now. And I'm going to be giving away a step by step guide for you to be able to protect your privacy online through tracking. Now you know about ads online, right. And ad revenue, I think, is essential for businesses. You need to be able to show ads to get attention, right? There are so many competitors out there and so many different spaces. So how can you get your message out if you can't advertise? So there was a trend for a while to have ad blockers. Ad-blockers are more than a bit of a problem now, because how does the publisher generate any revenue when they can't sell ads. And I saw a fascinating statistic that got me going this week. Have you seen where ads directed at users of iOS, which is Apple's mobile operating system that users of Apple's iOS are using Safari, advertising to them is worth less than it is to Android? Now think about that for a minute. Why is it cost more now to send to Android users than Apple users? Well, Apple integrated some new anti-tracking technology into Safari. That is a very, very big deal, because now with that anti-tracking, technology, and Safari, the advertisers Cannot track you and other sites that you're online. So the fact that can't track you means they don't know as much about you, which means you're not worth as much from an advertiser standpoint. Now, you could argue either way, right? In my business, we do some advertising. However, mostly it is word of mouth, and that's what we've done for decades now. And word of mouth works, right? Because people know me that I helped out their business and kind of, I'm, we need some help. We need some security stuff. We need a cyber assessment, you know, how good is this? Am I covering everything? Right? So that's how I usually do it. But most businesses are having to do it via advertising. I'm thinking about doing some advertising in the future for some of the products I've put together. Apple is stopping them from tracking you when you go to multiple sites. What would it be like, if I told you how to go about blocking advertisers from tracking you going to multiple sites on your computer as well. So that's what I'm putting together. Right now we're putting together a step by step guide that we're going to be giving away. It's part of a training webinar we're going to be doing as well, that is going to teach you a lot about some of the privacy stuff that you can do. And that's coming up here in a couple of weeks. So make sure you're on my email list at, Of course, Craig Peterson, calm slash subscribe, because you'll be able to get all of that and it's free. Again, I don't hold anything back to people. I'm not some guy who doesn't know what he's talking about and just has to market sell, sell, sell. I am trying to help out here. Okay, so make sure you are on that email list. Just go ahead and go to Craig Peterson, calm slash subscribe, and all it asks for is your name and email address. And then you're going to get this new newsletter I'm doing. So the second portion of the newsletter is the top four videos that I did that week. So these are the ones that people watch the most. And I know a lot of you don't watch the video. All of the articles I discuss are in the newsletter in the third section. So that's what we're doing now. And that's based on feedback that we've had from all you guys, and I appreciate it. We got some super fans out there that email me and pretty much every week. Some people send me Facebook stuff and LinkedIn stuff, which is cool as well to see some of that. I have to warn you I will answer or someone, not me, will answer as a member of my team. And it might take a little while okay because I get thousands of emails a day, and I have some very heavy mail filtration in place. Now the excellent news is that mail filter tends to work extremely well and tends not to block legitimate emails. But the operative word there is, usually. At any rate, I still get hundreds to have to go through every day of legitimate ones, and I try and respond so if you do send an email to me that's just me at Craig Peterson calm, make sure the chat a little bit of patience and we'll we will get back to you. If it's urgent, you can always try and text me as well because, you know, I had this contact from a law firm, and they had to get some briefs filed with the court by 4 pm. 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I typically remind you in advance about one of these pieces of training, and I'll remind you like a couple of days before, I just don't want you to miss them, but I don't get kind of asked him like some other people do no question. And we don't do these very often. My big courses and training are only really once a year. Hey, you're listening to Craig Peters on WGAN stick around because we're going to get right into it when we get back Hi, everybody, Craig Peterson here. Welcome back, WGAN and online, of course, over at Craig Peterson dot com. Hey, did you know that your employer monitors you? Well, you may have known that. We're going to get into a little about what some employers are doing and also why some businesses are tracking. And when it comes to employers, of course, and some of the trackings, we're talking about still legal stuff. And when it comes to some of the big box retailers, it's still legal as well. So I guess the big question is, should it be, and what are they looking into? What are they gleaning from it, and why would they be doing it? Let's get down to that, and I'll give you a couple of tips to help you protect yourself. The Wall Street Journal this week, had a great article That was talking about, well, it was illustrating that was a kind of a cool way they did this thing. But it was talking about this guy who they named Chet. And, you know, Chet, kind of an old name, which is kind of funny, because we're always talking about it this week on the radio. When was the last time you met somebody named Chet? And for me, it's probably been 30 years, maybe, maybe a little bit longer. And perhaps that's why they use the name chat, right? Just not that common a name. But this is a paywall Wall Street Journal article, and you get like one or two or three a month or whatever it is for free. And then other than that, they want you to pay for it. So you may or may not be able to see it, but what they're doing, I think, is fascinating, because this article is walking through the day. In the life of this fictional workers, names chat. And it starts by noting that the employer logs his time and his location when he first wakes up to check his email in the morning. So there's stage one. Most of us, according to statistics, check our email first thing in the day and the last thing at night. Now I am not like that. But most of us are. So if you are, hey, I get it. But you check your email, so your employer knows that and then from there, this guy chat, he goes on to the Guest Wi-Fi. Now, here's where it's a little bit interesting. And it's something that a lot of people might not be thinking of. But when you connect to a guest Wi-Fi somewhere that provides a method for someone else, to be able to monitor you and where you are and who you are. So, for instance, if you go to your local Walmart store, Target store, you name it, store, they have Wi-Fi provided for you and that Wi-Fi can then be used to identify you and track you through the store. Some of this technology set up in such a way that it's just so accurate. It knows that you're standing in front of a specific item within the store for a minute or 30 seconds, whatever it might be. And then they can use that data now to figure out more stuff, right, big data is what it's all about. So far, poor old chap, he logged Into the guest Wi-Fi connection at the coffee shop in the morning. And then he went over to the gym. And of course, at the gym, there's a guest Wi-Fi, and you're attracted the gym, your locations tracked, and if you're like most people, you've got your Email Setup, so that it is checking every one every five minutes, 15 minutes or automatically your emails push to you. Right? Isn't that how that works? So now your employer knows where you were, and probably knows you're at the gym and even which Coffee Shop you're at. It depends on whether or not the employer has tracking software on your phone. They may know the exact location of all of those things. Now, if you're connecting to the office, and let's say you get through the email system at the office and using a VPN, that is when a lot of stuff changes and they know even more. So now, Chet arrives at his building where he works. And I don't know if you've seen these and we talked about some significant security problems with this. I'll bring it up again here right now. But when you walk in and you have your phone, and you use your phone as your badge, you know, kind of like used to swipe a badge, or maybe you tapped a badge. Now it'll use Bluetooth on your phone to identify you. Some of the newer systems are even using your face, and some are using facial recognition. Now I have a massive problem with the facial recognition stuff because Now they've got a picture of you. That's on the computer. Right? They have to take that to have the initial validation to say, yeah, this is chat. He's allowed to come in after 6 am and leave after 6 pm or whatever it is, and how secure is their database? I think that's the big question. Do you know if they're keeping your biometric safe? See, it's one thing to have your card lost or stolen, that you might swipe, are easily replaced, it can be disabled. It's one thing to forget your password or have your password stolen? Because you can always change your password. But how about your face? Your face isn't something you can easily change unless you're what was it John Travolta and Nick Nolte's Face Off, the name of that movie. I can hear you all yelling at the radio right now. Anyways, that is not going to change now. The same thing is true of your fingerprint. The same things true of Iris scans are so many types of biometrics now that people are just giving up for free. I heard something great on Stuart Varney's show on TV here this week. And Stewart was talking about yet another breach. And in this particular case, it was the Saudi Prince who had broken into Jeff Bezos iPhone using some software from a company over in Israel. And what's changed? Well, it isn't that there was a hack or that it waJeff Bezos was hacked. You know, we've had so many celebrities hacked before, what he noted, and what I want to bring up here now is we don't seem to care anymore. There was a time when that would be a big deal. What do you mean, the Crown Prince hacked the Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world smartphone and stole all of his pictures. We just don't seem to care anymore. So when we're going into the office in the morning, and it's doing a facial scan, we don't think twice about giving our face information to them. Now the government forces us to if you want a passport, or if you want a driver's license, or if you're going to get on an airplane, you know, it's one thing to have it at the point of a gun. It's quite another just to give it up voluntarily if you ask me. So now, when chats walking around the office, that Bluetooth in his phone is trackable for Near Fields communications. Some of us use our phones to unlock our computers when we're in front of them, just using that Bluetooth. And then on the other side, we have the issue of well, you know, we got Wi-Fi, and we're using the company Wi-Fi, and they want us to use the company Wi-Fi. Tracking as you move around is supposedly utilizing a lot of this data is to see which teams are frequently collaborating make sure employees aren't accessing areas they're not authorized to be in, etc. So once chat set said, this desk is browsers tracked along with his email, there's new software now that are looking at the email, it's looking at things like slack or teams, whatever you might be using to collaborate. It's figuring out whether or not the workers that you're interacting with are responding quickly. See which employees are most productive. Some of the software in the company computers, even snap screenshots every 30 seconds to evaluate the productivity in the hour's work. Now, of course, that's not typically done for people who are who knowledge workers are. That's usually more for people who are, you know, taking dictation or doing some form of a repetitive task but, you know, Hawthorne effect, right? We've been doing this forever. I remember teaching that at Pepperdine as a professor there, ai artificial intelligence keyword scanning also been used and all of this, even chats, phone conversations on his work desk, phone and work cell phone can be recorded, transcribed and monitored. And they're using this to measure productivity, etc. So bottom line, your life is not yours. You are just not secure in almost anything. But I don't want you to give up. I want you to keep trying. I want you to make sure that you're using your iPhone, use Safari because it blocks some of this tracking. And I'm going to have some excellent information for your next couple of weeks. We're working on it now to help you stop the tracking. But check it out. It's on the Wall Street Journal site. You're listening to Craig Peterson right here on WGAN and online at Craig Peterson dot com. Hey everybody, Welcome back. Craig Peterson here on WGAN online and of course at Craig Peterson dot com. That's Peterson with an "O." Hey, are you panicking about your kids or your grandkids and the use of the smartphones? Do you remember what they were saying about TV years ago? And how it rots the brains and you know, we use it as a babysitter. Kind of still do, don't we? And what effect does this have on their brains? We're starting to see the results of these devices on the younger generations because we've had the iPhone for over ten years. We've had the internet now for Well, just been about almost 20 years since it's been legal to do business online now actually is longer than that because it was 91. Wow, okay, thirty, it's been around for quite a while, and we're starting to see some of the results. We're seeing kids that have a little less patient, and they won't sit and read, like we used to read right, though, won't even sit and watch most movies, their ideal clip on these online sites where they're watching video is 15 to 30 seconds. They now have an attention span less than a goldfish, which is eight seconds a goldfish is attention span. Now, that's a bad thing. Okay. And now that they're into the workplace, some of these kids, here's what's happening now. They'll sit in a meeting, and we're as millennial usually, whereas baby boomers would sit there until give us plan our strategy, what are we going to do? So one of our options, we want to No. Okay, so we're going to do some research. So you look up this, you look up that you talk to these people, and then let's get together in a couple of days. And let's review what we've learned. And then let's make a decision, and you'll try and make a decision in unison. Now, when we're talking about the younger generation, the millennial generation, and of course, we've got Generation Z in the workplace too. Still, when we're talking about millennials, they will tend to try and get the answer right away. They'll sit on their phone, they'll b, and Google will reach out to their friends on social media and ask for their opinion. The friends might not know anything about what it is that you need to have researched. They may not know hardly anything about the whole topic that you're trying to get research, but they will reach out to these friends and get their opinions. And they are opinions are not necessarily worth anything, right? Then they will typically decide. Hey, listen, we're going to decide before we leave today. Whereas it might take the baby boomers a couple of weeks to make a decision, the younger generations millennials and Z's, will both try and make a decision right away. Now, what's the reason for this? And, you know, I, pretty much every psychologist and psychiatrist that I've spoken to, in fact, I think every one of them has said, Listen, this is 100% because of social media. It's 100%. Because of their ability to go online, these kids live online, and they always have. So how about younger kids, let's say you have grandkids or kids that are in their teens are approaching their teens. Now. Even maybe Five years old. I know some people that are getting smartphones and smart devices for their young kids, your five-year-olds. What's going on? Well, there was the research that came out a week ago by two psychology professors. They looked at the data that produced in 40 different studies. And this article in The New York Times goes on to say that they looked at the links between social media use, and they see if there are any ties with depression and anxiety, and they were looking at teenagers. And we've got the lead person here, lead investigator of this study, principal authors Candice Rodgers, a professor, University of California, Irvine, published in the Journal of child psychology and psychiatry. And the quotes here from the New York Times, there doesn't seem to be an evidence base that would explain the level of panic and consternation around these issues. And these are significant issues right with this has been a big debate for a long time as parents as grandparents, we don't want to harm our children. And we know that staring in the phones has affected us, you know, look, look at the relationship between couples and families. Did you see that Robin William's movie from years ago called RV, where the whole family was sitting around in the same room, and they were texting each other? You know, that's kind of the real world. You see people up for meals, and they're on their phones, reading articles, texting, whatever it is they're doing. There is a significant risk to our mental health from these machines in particular, and Congress has looked at some of the legislation they might pass. There have been other things to write but Is it the phone, that's the real problem when it comes to these mental issues, and that's what they were looking at the social media aspects of it. The World Health Organization said last year that infants under a year old should not have exposure to electronic screens. And the children between the ages of two and four should not have more than an hour of sedentary screen time each day. Some of the big execs over in Silicon Valley don't allow their kids to use some of the hardware-software they create. This is a problem from several directions still, right, even though there's no direct correlation between, well, let's call it depression here, and the use of social media by kids. However, I certainly have seen studies that would indicate otherwise, but there Saying that in most cases, the phone is just a mirror that reveals the problems a child would have, even without the phone. So they're saying that focusing on keeping children away from screens and making it hard to have more productive conversations about topics like how to make phones more useful for low-income people, blah, blah, blah, right? So I guess really, what they're saying is that if you compare the effects of your phone, to the impact of maybe eating correctly, or getting enough sleep, or playing games, outdoors smoking, the phone is just a very, very minor. So there was a little bit of a correlation but not a huge one. Mr. Hancock, who is one of the authors here, he's the founder of the Stanford Social Media Lab. He reads similar conclusions. He says he looked at about 226 steps. On the well being of phone users conducted, that he said that when you look at all these different kinds of well being, the net effect size is virtually zero. So there you go. Now, you know, in 2011, doctors were worried about something called Facebook depression. But by 2016 is more research came out, and they looked at that statement, they deleted any mention of Facebook depression, and emphasize that conflicting evidence and the potential positive benefits of using social media because of course, there is another side to all of that. So there you go. There's your answer if you have grandkids or kids, and you've been anxious about your kids, using these devices getting depressed because of social media, you know, okay, it's not a big problem. But here's one thing that I didn't hear dressed in any of these reports. And that is these negative self-images that tend to develop from being on social media. You look at these Instagram posts, and you look at the Kylie Jenners' of the world. I think that many girls and many boys are getting the wrong idea about what a woman's body should or could look like, and also getting a false value about it right. How much does that matter? Does that is that your relationship? I think they're getting a warped view of things, which is why I mentioned at the beginning this program that I think we see now in business, and I've talked with many people about it is very, very real. No question about it. All right. Well, when we come back, we're going to talk a little more about privacy. And this new secret of company that might end privacy as we know, in fact, they kind of already have me listening to Craig Peterson on WGAN and online, Craig Peterson dot com. Hello, everybody, Welcome back, Craig Peterson here, WGAN online and of course, Craig Peterson.com. Hey, we're talking a lot about privacy this week and next week, and that's mainly because well, it's in the news. And my wife and I have been working hard on some materials that we're going to be providing you guys. The only way you're going to get them is if you're on my mailing list because otherwise, you're never going to find out about them. But step by step guides know the sort of things I usually do this kind of going a step beyond the special reports, and then we're going to have a little webinar on it as well. We're just we're doing a whole bunch because privacy is something that I think we're starting to take for granted. Privacy is what we're beginning to expect. And I think that's a real problem. So when I saw this article this week in the New York Times by Kashmir Hill, I knew I had to share this with you. This is a brand new article. And it is very, very concerning to me for a number of reasons. It's about this guy. His name is Juan tomcat. He is from Australia, and moved up to Silicon Valley, and had been trying to do some sort of social type of an application, something that would, you know, compete out there in the world, make him a few bucks and have some fun doing it. And so he released a couple of different social apps. He had one that put Donald Trump's yellow hair on your own photo. He had a couple of others that were kind of a photo-sharing thing and nothing was all that successful. So we decided to need to be there to do a little bit more research and So he did. And he figured, you know, maybe what we need here is something a little more. That's going to help people recognize other people. So you meet someone, you have their picture, can I find that person just as an example. And in fact, he struggled for quite a while trying to figure out that this software that he had written, figuring out how the heck they were going to market it and, you know, they went to a bunch of different people and tried to figure it out and, and get it all to work. So what he ended up doing was kind of like what Mark Zuckerberg does start Facebook. He illegally crawled Facebook, YouTube Venmo millions of other websites and grabbed photographs from them and recorded the URLs for those photographs. So it's too late for you. If you have any photos anywhere online, basically That he might have found, because we're talking about 3 billion images that are in his database. That is incredible. So we had one programmer, right, this scraper that went in and stole all of these pictures. By the way, it is clearly against the terms of usage for Facebook, as well as YouTube, Twitter, Instagram Venmo. To use these to scrape the sites and to use these pictures for facial recognition. Twitter explicitly banned it, but you know, who cares, right? Like Zuckerberg, when he started Facebook, those allegations of how he stole the Harvard year yearbook and grabbed all of these pictures and then had people rating each other make mostly guys writing girls kind of a dating app sort of thing is kind of how it started. So in Now, he has found some investments. And that includes some serious money guys behind this whole thing. And it is. One of those people is Peter teal, who is one of the people who sit on the board of directors of Facebook. So Facebook says, well, we're looking into him grabbing the photos off of Facebook. I kind of wonder if anything's going to happen with Peter Thiel being on the board of directors as well. Here's how the software works. I don't know if you've seen facial recognition software before, but it basically looks at the difference. The distance between your eyes, your nose, your cheeks, you know, different points on your face that are defined, typically by bones, right. The nose is mostly the cartilage that's given its shape and its position. But it takes all of that and draws a line. I'm sure you've seen this sort of thing before. So what he's done now is he's taken those more than 3 billion images. And he's categorized them all by coming up with the vectors and mathematical formulas describing every last one of those 3 billion faces. So he's trying to figure out what I can now do with this database that I have? And he got some guys to help with some of the marketing. And he got some people to go after a few different categories industries. And he found that law enforcement was very interested in this. So let's talk about law enforcement for a minute and facial recognition technology because law enforcement has legally been using facial recognition technology for 20 years. You watch one of these TV shows like the CSI is on TV, which I don't like those shows because there are too many technical errors, and it drives me crazy. You can't do that doesn't exist, that technology doesn't exist. But so that's why I don't watch a lot of people do. The government has their National Crime information computer centers. They've got databases of faces of arrested people, people who are in prison, etc. The police can run your face through this database of people that they've had contact with before. Now it's expanded. This has been for good 20 years, but it's expanded more recently to include the databases of our DMV is our motor vehicle. In other words, our driver's licenses on the state level, and they pulled all of those in as well. Now those photos have to be shot pretty much straight on, and when they are shot straight on, then the recognition software that the law enforcement personnel are using can kind of recognize that person and do matches and everything else. So it's been an excellent tool for a lot of years. And one of the things law enforcement cannot do is collect data on everybody. So these databases that law enforcement has been using are somewhat limited. Now, I talked about this whole problem, man, it's probably been ten years ago when I first talked about it here on the radio. But the big problem I saw back then was that law enforcement was starting to use these public data aggregators. And I've had a few on the phone here before. I've done interviews with some of their CEOs and their technical people. But what these data aggregators do is take what's called open-source information, as well as paid information. Open-source information might be something they scrape a website, that is, all of the property owners in a town, or they scrape a site that has either information, right, almost everything. They might get feeds from companies like Equifax that are telling them about your credit rating, and you did this, and you bought that. They'll scrape UCC one filing to Secretary of State's office that will say, Yeah, he owns a brand new Ford Explorer, this model number, even license plate numbers they can get. So they'll pull all of this data together, they can get their hands on, and then they sell it. And you've seen ads, and I'm sure online, you know, check yourself online, see what we know about you. These are data aggregators that are selling this data, and it gets used by skip tracers, bounty hunters, law enforcement, all kinds of businesses to determine creditworthiness. They're even used to see 30 news to see if maybe you should or should not get a job. So it's kind of scary data. When you look at it, and I've looked at mine before, when I did these interviews, and I found that about a third to two-thirds of it was correct. Most of it was incorrect. We just had something similar happen when I was out at a wedding out west, and we were at this house. There was a card when we got back from an insurance company and stuck in the door handle. It had the name of a deceased relative on it. Well, you know, she's dead, so they're probably trying to sell insurance. I'm not going to do anything with this card. The next day is when we had the knock at the door, and it was the insurance investigator. She said that this relative had been in a fatal accident with car x. And they were trying to track her down. Well, guess what? She had been deceased for at least six months before the fatal accident occurred. Some third-party had used her identity, and she had to try to figure it out, Someone was hiding who they were. Now this insurance investigator was trying to figure out what's going on. The insurance investigator had her suspicions as to what might be going on. She showed us all of the information she had gathered from these public information sources, these data brokers, and they put it all together. She showed it to my wife, saying you're honest with me, and obviously, you got the death certificate, etc. Sure enough, what did they find? Well, yeah, she'd been dead for a while when the accident happened. But when, when we looked at the details of the information that they had about the deceased relative It was dramatically incorrect. It did show some associations. But it showed people on there we'd never heard of before as relatives. They had relationships wrong. But you know, it was the right place for that insurance investigator to start with and worked well. The police started using these types of databases and the federal investigators as well, because they are not regulated, like the law enforcement agencies are. Now we're starting to see law enforcement agencies, and according to this article in The New York Times, some 600 law enforcement agencies are now using this technology from a company called Clearview. They have been able to solve some bizarre, unbelievable crimes, things that happened. They found a good Samaritan. They found shoplifters they found burglars, thieves, all kinds of things that they couldn't see before because these people had never been involved with law enforcement previously. So I don't know, what do you think there are no limits on the type of data collection. I think maybe we're all going to be in trouble here. Because what happens when someone runs a picture or when they upload pictures into it. It becomes problematic here because these pictures are uploaded, and the company keeps them. Now you've got a blacklist of people that have had contact with law enforcement. What's going to happen when your employer sees that, because this database is not showing perfect matches by their admission at best 70% of the time, they come up with possible matches. Stick around, and we'll be right back. Hey everybody, Welcome back. Craig Peterson here on WGAN and, of course, online at Craig peterson.com. Hopefully, we were able to catch the first hour of today's show. We covered something in this last segment that I want to go more in-depth into, which is this secret company that has kind of come out of left-wing that is going to end privacy as we know it. And, of course, they're breaking the rules and laws all ready to put the silly thing together. And it bothers me, frankly, but above that, right, we're really from above looking at all of this. What's bothering me is honestly, I don't know we call it an apathy where we just don't seem to care that much anymore. We care when we hear about a data breach, and we care when we find out that they stole our personal information. Part of what I'm going to be teaching you in a couple of weeks in this course is how you can tell what information was stolen. So I'm going to give you some dark web tools, the dark internet so that you know where to find out if your information has been stolen. And I think that's important. So we're going to include that in the upcoming webinar, we might put that in as a bonus for attending the webinar coming up in a couple of weeks. But it is disturbing that we can hear about something like what I just talked about the last segment, which you'll find online at my website. That, to me, is very bothersome, but it's also disturbing that we're no longer getting our up and trying to get Congress or somebody to do something about it. Not that I think Congress is the answer well to anything pretty much, right? Anything they touch, they're going to mess up. We're becoming apathetic as business owners, as well as business people. As the person who all of a sudden now is responsible for it within the organization, right, the office managers, those of us who liked computers, and we kind of got stuck with the role, and that's kind of what ended up happening to me to those years ago. Right. I think I'm a lot like you in that respect that, you know, it's challenging to be an expert in everything. I've got to kind of run the office, and I got to make sure. How am I going to learn about all of this security stuff? And then on top of it, the boss is breathing down our necks, trying to get this security stuff done, right. And if you're a business owner, you're worried about it too. But what are you doing about it? And to grease the wheel, I am probably like most people out there, and you really haven't done. You've probably got antivirus software, which, as of now, is utterly useless against the newest attacks. I mean, 100% useless. Why do you think they're giving Norton away now when you buy a subscription to LifeLock? You know, it doesn't do any good anymore, that's excellent technology 20 years ago, but today, it just doesn't work. Collectively as office managers, as business owners, even as C-levels on boards in fair-sized little companies. It's like burying our head in the sand. And we're, we're hoping nothing's going to happen. Right? I'm going into companies frequently, that is, you know, re governed by various rules and regulations, and very aren't doing what the laws and regulations require and they just sitting there saying well We'll just wait for an audit. When an audit happens, if an audit happens, we'll deal with them, then, right? But what happens when your data gets stolen? There are some very crazy things going on right now. We have a client that we picked up last year. It's just incredible. They have a completely new network system, we've fixed up a lot of things for them. I think things are going to be much better for them. We got an alert from our systems that they were getting 4000 hack attempts and our coming from Iran, coming from India, Iran. It is the first time I've got to say, the very first time in all of the years now, but I've been responsible for cybersecurity for all these businesses. It is the first time that I have ever actually seen an Iranian IP address in an attack. They're trying to log into this guy's email account. So one of the employees, and I'm not going to go into more detail than that. But this is real. You hear about breaches every week, and there are more breaches every weekend. It's small businesses, large businesses, home users, just because there are breaches every week, I want everybody to be aware that that doesn't mean that it's acceptable. It may be a kind of standard. Hopefully, it's the old normal, and probably, you're going to be able to find somebody that's going to be able to help you out, right? You go to a company like mine, and you say, Hey, listen, just take care of this for me, or you attend some of my courses so that you can learn some of this stuff that you need to do at least the bare minimum. Hopefully, you're doing that and not just getting passive after hearing about it so much. What's the what's that saying "the first year, you're shocked and horrified by something, and then you become accustomed to it, and then you embrace it." Not that I'm saying you guys are going to embrace hacking and become hackers. I don't think that'll ever happen. But you just get used to that idea until you do get hacked. And then it's all done and over with. Enough of that right now, make sure you're on my email list. So you get my weekly alerts, you get my monthly summaries of the absolute must-do patches for that month. You will also find out about my pop-up training. I haven't been sending out direct notices about the Facebook Lives and things I probably should. Still, you can get all of that just by going to Craig Peterson dot com slash subscribe because we've got some great stuff coming up here in a couple of weeks going to do some of the training and webinars to go along with it. I want to move on now to another article that was over on the CNN website. And it's talking about a significant change in a major US Corporation. I was on the phone with them earlier today. We've got VRBO, and you might have heard of them. That's Vacation Rentals by owner. They've been around since 95. You may not have heard of them, but they've been around a long time. Airbnb, you probably heard about them. And you've probably heard about Marriott. They've been busy buying up hotel chains, including one chain, in particular, was hacked previously, and Marriott just really inherited all of their problems by buying that company, keep in mind if you're looking to grow and make any acquisitions. What's interesting is how do you deal with a company like Marriott, which is bricks and mortar? How do you deal with the online startups like the VRBO and Airbnb is, it is completely changing the way the hospitality business works. I kind of put "hospitality" in air quotes here. You probably didn't see me. But is it hospitality when all you have is a home that you're going into an apartment you're going into versus a fully functional hotel? Right? That's the big question. So this is cool, I think, because Marriott has decided not to try and beat Airbnb at its own game. It's going to join them. April last year, Marriott came out with its homes and villas program. And it has 5000 rentable premium and luxury homes in almost 200 locations around the world. It is amazing. It's a significant departure for Marriott. They've been offering hotel rooms for nearly 100 years. But in this case, Marriott is going to do what Airbnb and VRBO have been doing and offering homes and villas up for rent. And this is a part of the whole sharing economy, bike scooters, and homes. That's a code from Stephanie Lennart. She's Marriott's global chief Commercial Officer, when she told CNN, home rentals and being B's have been around for decades, so the core idea itself isn't that new. The new part is technology platforms, bringing it to consumers at scale so that it's democratized and affordable. So Marriott's already had success, obviously through hotel business, and as I said, I was on the phone with him this morning. I'm going to be staying in one of their hotels again. But the company is being led here by Stephanie outside of the brand comfort zone, that you know brick and mortar. It's great. They've been around for almost 100 years. But everything is changing out there. And are you changing in your business? Are you making it easy for your customers to do business with you? And that's what they were asking themselves. They've been kind of tracking and watching the home rental market. She had a pilot program going over in Europe and 2018. That became ultimately the homes and villas program that they had. They found that their most loyal customers at Marriott 30% of them had used a home rental in the prior year. I've used Airbnb. I've used VR Bo, and you know, frankly, I've had mixed results from the two of those different things. And they found out nine times out of 10 this person was renting a home for a whole different purpose and they were getting that from someone else and Marriott thinks that this is a complimentary business and adds to their core business. So isn't that kind of interesting? people stay more than triple the average one and a half night stays at the hotels in these different types of bookings. And they think that they are going to be able to do a whole lot more. They're focusing on some of these millennial trends. And frankly, you know, I'm an old G. But I have to tell you, boomers, age 23% of travelers are age 55 to 64, booked a homestay from 21% in 2017. So it's happening. We're all doing it out there, and congratulations to married for sticking their neck out. And frankly, you might need to two so keep an eye out for what other people are doing in competing industries and maybe borrow their ideas. Listen to Craig Peterson and WGAN. We'll be right back. We're going to talk a little bit about lawmakers and what small businesses are telling them right now. Welcome back. Welcome, welcome. Craig Peterson here online and on WGAN and many other radio stations during the week. Thanks for joining me. Lawmakers have long been accused of being corrupt. I'm not going to defend them, that's for sure. Here is a different type of corruption and one that a lot of people haven't thought a lot about. You know, there's been a lot in the news about Joe Biden's son. Hunter, getting money from Ukraine. Joe Biden's brother getting what is it $1.5 billion from Iraq is the latest story that I saw out there. Nancy Pelosi's son-in-law, getting money from Ukraine, John Kerry's relative getting money from Ukraine, right. You do hear a lot about alleged corruption, and you have to wonder, frankly, how do these Congress critters go down to Washington, DC, nary a penny in their pocket and end up multimillionaires. It's nuts, isn't it? And of course, they exempt themselves from certain laws that we have to live by, for instance, insider training trading rules. If you're a congressman hearing bills, it is regulations will likely be added here or there, or you're going to mandate some action by businesses. It is perfectly legal for you to go out and invest in companies that are going to take care of this problem and charge businesses a lot of money, right. All of a sudden, you're a likely multi-millionaire. If you or I were to have done that, we would be nailed for insider trading. It's long been a double standard. But here's another side of that double standard that's bothered me for a very long time. This isn't business. It includes unions. And this is where a business or union wants to get rid of the competition. And what they'll do is they'll get a congress critter to sponsor a bill that let's say it requires a licensing for something like most states have licensing for barbers. Are you kidding me? What does a barber need to know? Well, you don't know how to haircut. But you know what? A state-sponsored haircut. What does that look like something under the Soviet Union? Well, they have to know how to clean the instruments and clean them properly. They don't use autoclaves. But they do use alcohol and various other things to clean them. So what does that take a five-minute quiz on it? If you want to keep barbers out, you can put together a nice little Barbers association that goes to the state capitol. They say I think for the health and safety of our citizens in the state, we've got to have rules and regulations surrounding barbers. It gets passed. And now all of a sudden, you get to control how many barbers are. And in some states, they have several people who are allowed to have licenses look at taxi medallions in the big cities like New York City as an example. And in New York City, there's only so many of them. And they were valued at like a million and a half bucks apiece, just crazy money, and people suck their life savings into them. And then, of course, the bottom fell out of the whole medallion taxi market when Uber show showed up, and, of course, some of these other wild ride-hailing services. So we've known for a long time that both unions and businesses use the federal government to squeeze out the competition and I don't think there's any The real debate about that it happened. It happens all of the time. The left does it the right does it. They all do it to us. Well, there this last Friday, there was a hearing, and there were executives from four different businesses that pleaded with federal lawmakers to rein in Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. It is a New York Times article. And this was a congressional hearing that was in Boulder, Colorado. They had some smaller companies. Now, these companies are pretty big in their market segments, but much, much smaller than Google, Facebook, Apple, or Amazon. We're talking about such a nose, pop sockets, Basecamp, and tile. Now I have used equipment. I've had people from all of those companies on my radio show before, and those top executives testified that the biggest technology company Companies blocked their businesses. They stopped them from growing. And according to the New York Times, their stories vary. But they shared a theme that tech giants have used their powerful positions in search eCommerce, online ads, and smartphones to squeeze them out, as well as other rivals. Now, when we get down to this, I think it also boils down to the antitrust laws that we have. Right through, the whole idea was, well, we're not going to let companies get too big. We're not going to let them get two horizontal we're going to help make sure they stay in the industry, make sure there's competition. But we say that on the one hand, the federal government does right, but then, on the other hand, they don't do it at all. So let's take a great example of General Motors and what happened to GM. When a company gets to a certain size, the government This side that it is too big to fail. So our lawmakers look at it and say, Oh my gosh, how many voters work at that company. So instead of letting the market take care of the problem, and these, By the way, most of these people probably ultimately would have had jobs, probably better jobs, probably higher-paying jobs. But instead of letting the market take care of it, and split up GM, keep the profitable divisions alive, maybe let GM continue to operate them and sell off the unprofitable divisions or let them die off. Which is the way the markets work, right? It's the fittest survival of the fittest if you will, and that does well for everybody because now you have a stronger company that's doing better. While we're in the car industry. Look at what happened with Chrysler twice now twice. They've been bailed out by the tax. payers. So why didn't the antitrust laws work in those cases? Right? They didn't work. We've got examples here in New England, look at Seabrook and what's happened there and with the Old Man, and the costs that have been incurred by the ratepayers. Then we have this whole about hubbub about tobacco, so what's happening now is these big guys like Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon, are capitalizing on the strength that they have because of their size. The government regulations, and using it as a weapon against the smaller startups. And this happens every time, as I said, this is a left issue. It's the right issue. It's unions, and it's big business. These are the guys we're talking about right now. It sort of happened just this week in a federal hearing. So you now have these big companies that we don't let the market deal with anymore. Do you think that the government would allow Google to go under? Now none of these companies, to the best of my knowledge, are having cashflow issues right now Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. They're probably not likely to go under. But these smaller guys, you know, Pop Sockets and Basecamp have had issues. They've had products that they've had to let go because they weren't profitable enough, right. That sounds like what GM should have done. Tile? Who knows these guys, right? There is not the competition there needs to be out there. How do you compete with Google? Now there are some out there. I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google because DuckDuckGo does not track me. It does not sell my information. It is a pretty darn, safe place to go. Apple I use because they do not make money off of selling my data. They make money off of selling Hardware and Software and Services right. So Apple, according to Tile, is put up hurdles for their smartphone app that didn't apply to Apple's competing product. The high-end audio company said Google copied its patent speaker technology and use its dominance and search to enter new markets. Pop sockets were to make smartphone grip said that Amazon bullied it into sales agreements and ignored complaints about counterfeits on the Amazon retail platform. It goes on and on, you know, intimidating with a smile. And frankly, as I think I pointed out pretty clearly, I think Congress is part of this problem, not necessarily part of this solution. So what are you going to do about it? Let me know what you think me at Craig Peterson calm. Just drop me an email me at Craig Peterson dot com, and you're listening to me on WGAN. Hello, everybody, Craig Peterson here back on WGAN. It's our last half hour together today but fear not. We have more coming up this week. Make sure you subscribe to your favorite podcast platform, whether that's tune in Apple podcasts. I'm all over the place on any major podcasting platform. You can just search for me, and you'll find me Well, you know, if you search for me, you're not going to find me but search for Craig Peterson, and hopefully, you'll find me. I hope you saw this morning's email because we have covered several features there. We also have links to this week's podcast so that you can watch those, so hopefully, you've got that. And then we're keeping you up to date on the latest security news that you need. The patches you have to apply at your home and your company. The Big ones. And we define big and vital based on how easy it is for a bad guy to use it and whether or not we know bad guys are using it out there. We contacted the FBI this week, because of something we've been seeing going on. The FBI puts all this together and shares it. I want to put a plug out there for Infragard. There are chapters in all 50 states now. I think you will enjoy it if you are the person who's responsible for the security of your organization. Now, this includes health care and financial but even lawyers and doctors and everybody that might be considered part of the critical infrastructure is invited. I find it useful because I do get some excellent insight information, sometimes directly from the FBI through the FBI Infragard program. Now you can have to apply, and they have to do this basic background check on you. And then you can become a member and, and they share some stuff with you. They don't share with everybody else. Sometimes I think that it's, you know, they share with us maybe a little less than they should. I believe they should share with us a little bit more, but it's well worth it if you are someone involved in security. So I, you know, you've got my feeling here already right on IoT, the Internet of Things and smart homes. I have some smart home equipment in our home. There's an apple speaker, what do they call that Apple home, something like that I can't even remember now. And I've got some of the Amazon Echo stuff. I've got a little echo hockey pocket. So there's two or three them in the house, and we've got one of the apps Amazon Fire tablets. And we also have an Amazon Echo two, which is one with the screen. Then we use that for talking to grandkids and stuff, but also asking questions playing music and things. It is so handy. And then we've used Apple home also to hook up some lights and other devices. Now the apple home, by far, has the best security design of all of the rest, it tends to be a little bit more expensive. And there are not as many vendors using it because it's a bit more expensive. And Apple frankly was a little bit late to that game, but we are using it to control lights in the home, which is kind of cool. So if you invest in a lot of this IoT stuff, maybe you've made the mistake of getting Google Home. Perhaps you're using the Amazon Echo stuff, and maybe you are using the Apple stuff there. You know those are the two better ones that are out there right now. Neither Apple nor Amazon are known to sell your information or have big hacks against their devices. I chuckled when I mentioned the Google Home known to share and sell your data, and be hackable. And they found some apps people were using that were recording everything they were saying and uploading it to the internet. So stay away from that. But there are a lot more companies and just those that are in the IoT space. For instance, Verizon now has Home Security stuff where they have cameras will install, and they have alarm systems, spectrum charter also has that type of thing. So you invest a lot of money in that, and you've heard ads on the station here for some of these different you know, home security devices, wired yourself. You don't have to. Why is it just everything in between, right? Well, what happens when one of those companies decides that they don't want to be in that business anymore? That is what's happening right now with Charter Cable is killing its Home Security Service. It's been telling customers that the security devices that they've purchased, they weren't on a month to month. It wasn't a lease, and it wasn't a rental. But they're saying that their devices, the devices they purchased, will stop working on February 5. Amazing, right? So this is Charter Cable, you might know it as Spectrum that's another brand name that they've been using. And over the years, some customers to spend a lot of money on these products that will no longer work. Now I mentioned in the last segment so knows and when I was talking about the big con companies and unions left and right both working with the government to keep competition away. Well, Sonos has done something kind of similar to this charter thing. If you have an older Sonos speaker, they will give you a discount on a new Sonos speaker, because they're not going to support the old ones anymore. And they will then brick your former Sonos speaker. So the speaker that you bought and paid money for a bricking means it will no longer work. There is no way to recover it. There's no way to make it work ever again. That is a very, very big deal until a lot of people upset with Sonos. But you know, as we go forward, this is going to happen more and more and more. You're going to have internet cameras, and you're going to have sensors, they're going to be useless in a couple of weeks. Now, that's bad when you consider some people. It is according to the DSL report. Some people spend 1200 bucks on their systems. So here's a massive problem for you if you are a Charter customer Spectrum customer, and you have their security devices, and this is something that you have to watch out for, right? It's, it's the old question going with a smaller guy a bigger guy, what do you want to do? Companies come to come to me to help them with security because they know I care. They know it's a family business, that we have the whole family involved in, you know, obviously, as well as other people that work for us, versus going to an Ernst and Young, that's going to charge them an arm and a leg. They're not going to get any kind of attention from, but when we're talking about this type of equipment, this is where I think you get a real win. By going with Amazon, they are going to be a runaround. They can afford to upgrade your equipment with you, and I'm not worried about getting abandoned. Buy them a charter partner now with Amazon's ring and boat to give customers a free equipment bundle if they buy a year's worth of monitoring. Well, isn't that wonderful? So if you're an existing customer, you can throw away all of your stuff and get getting new hardware for free if you sign up for a year, and if you don't own any of their existing equipment, you can still get a hardware bundle and a year of service. So the big question is why there's no way for charter customers to keep using devices. They're using the ZigBee specification, which I've had the ZigBee people on my show before. It allows multi-vendor interoperability for smart home products. Why can't they just switch on over to another ZigBee based system? Well turns out that years ago, spectrum devices were firmware coded to prevent them from being seen and unusable within their Normal University. ZigBee devices. So this is a problem we're going to have going forward. It goes back to also data portability that we wanted for so long. Remember Hippo is supposed to give us medical record portability, we go to any doctor, they'd all have our medical records the hospital to be able to read them. And that was more than 25 years ago, and it still hasn't happened. So I'm not going to hold my breath. These alarm systems are going to be able to keep our, you know, keep it useful for the next five or ten years, more than going to be going away. All right, when we get back, we're going to talk about a significant event that occurred last week with Microsoft. And another big event. We're going to talk about what the FBI has been saying about Apple lately. So stick around, and we'll be right back. You're listening to Craig Peterson. On WGAN and online. Craig Peterson.com. Hey everybody, welcome back. Craig Peterson here, WGAN and online at Craig pet

Alexander Hauerslev Jensen is the Chief, Commercial Officer at Be my Eyes in Denmark. Be my Eyes is a mobile app that is bringing sight to blind and low-vision people. In this episode, Alexander explains how Be my Eyes works and the background to why it was initiated. - And people really want to help out and I think it’s beautiful to see that in a world where news and all politics can be slightly depressing every now and then, it’s just nice to see that people just want to help each other out. Like Be my Eyes does not discriminate in any way, we don’t care about your race, your beliefs, your sexuality or anything like that. It is just connecting someone who needs help with someone who can provide that help. And I think that connection is really pure and beautiful, and a lot of people want to be a part of that, says Alexander Hauerslev Jensen.

Seamus talks to Jamie Skella, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer at Mogul.gg, an Australian-owned online tournament platform that first launched across South East Asia but is now pushing to build its presence at home. Jamie has quite a history in esports and gaming - from playing high level CS 1.6 and Magic Arena, helping develop Telstra's GameArena platform back in the old days, and being an owner of Melbourne's GGEZ bar.We touch on a little of everything while focusing in on Mogul and what it's trying to achieve and the path ahead.Find Mogul here: http://mogul.gg/Find Jamie on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JamieSkella See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The average small business loan through the SBA’s bank-funded 7(a) loan program is nearly $420,000, and the ROI of issuing smaller loans has yet to be proven to big banks. Thus, they do so in less frequency, which puts a roadblock in SMB access to financing and business growth. Darrell Esch, Vice President and General Manager of SMB Lending at PayPal discusses the state of SMB lending, the need for SMBs to have access to smaller loans, and how industry initiatives serve as a critical stimulus for business growth. Darrell Esch is PayPal’s VP, Commercial Officer, PayPal Credit. In his role, Darrell is responsible for PayPal’s global financing solutions teams and is a key driver for setting and executing PayPal’s SMB lending activities. He joined PayPal in August 2010 from Bank of America, previously serving as Senior Vice President of its payments department. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and RingBoost.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Memorable phone numbers are a unique and affordable brand asset. Call 877-RINGBOOST or visit RingBoost.com to get yours today.

Kevin Whitelaw, Bloomberg News U.S. Government Deputy Editor, and Katia Dmitrieva, Bloomberg News U.S. Economy Reporter, share thoughts on the political and economic aspects of President Trump’s State of the Union speech. Toby Loftin, Portfolio Manager of the Hennessy BP Energy and Midstream Funds, explains why he is investing in energy companies like WPX and Energy Transfer. Darrell Esch, VP and Commercial Officer at PayPal Credit, discusses democratizing financial services. Austin Carr, Bloomberg News Tech Reporter, talks about his cover story for Businessweek Magazine on Wisconsin's disastrous deal with Foxconn. And we Drive to the Close of markets with Michael Sheldon, Chief Investment Officer at RDM Financial Group.   Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan 

Kevin Whitelaw, Bloomberg News U.S. Government Deputy Editor, and Katia Dmitrieva, Bloomberg News U.S. Economy Reporter, share thoughts on the political and economic aspects of President Trump's State of the Union speech. Toby Loftin, Portfolio Manager of the Hennessy BP Energy and Midstream Funds, explains why he is investing in energy companies like WPX and Energy Transfer. Darrell Esch, VP and Commercial Officer at PayPal Credit, discusses democratizing financial services. Austin Carr, Bloomberg News Tech Reporter, talks about his cover story for Businessweek Magazine on Wisconsin's disastrous deal with Foxconn. And we Drive to the Close of markets with Michael Sheldon, Chief Investment Officer at RDM Financial Group.   Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On this week's episode, Sean chats with Ryan Kaveney Chief Fan and Commercial Officer for the GWS Giants.  Ryan discusses the opportunities to develop a new fan base in Western Sydney for fans while building passion for Giants members along for the ride. Full show notes

Peter McGuinness, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer for Chobani, shares his unique, integrated approach which combines marketing and sales into a “Modern Demand” organization with a new way to efficiently co-create and inspire innovation.

Jerry Wilson, Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer for the Coca-Cola company, sits down for an interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management. Jerry also answers various questions from audience members. (Part 2 of 2)

In a personal interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Jerry Wilson, Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer for the Coca-Cola Company talks about his 23 year career and shares some of the wisdom he has learned.

Jerry Wilson, Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer for the Coca-Cola company, sits down for an interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management. Jerry also answers various questions from audience members. (Part 2 of 2)

Jerry Wilson, Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer for the Coca-Cola company, shares his thoughts and experienes about his company and their business plan for the future. (Part 1 of 2)

In a personal interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Jerry Wilson, Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer for the Coca-Cola Company talks about his 23 year career and shares some of the wisdom he has learned.

Jerry Wilson, Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer for the Coca-Cola company, shares his thoughts and experienes about his company and their business plan for the future. (Part 1 of 2)