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In this episode, Dave sits down with his great friend and business partner, Sean Degnan- serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Action Cultivates Excellence (ACE). They dive into Sean's passion for doing hard things, the journey through grief and healing, and the power of leadership. They discuss how ACE is making an impact and why celebrating others' wins is at the heart of what they do. If you're ready to be inspired and learn how to overcome challenges while cultivating excellence, this episode is for you!
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Oliver Aust speaks with Dr. Oliver Degnan about a critical issue: burnout. It's not just stress, it's much more dangerous. Dr. Degnan challenges common misconceptions about burnout and lays bare the self-inflicted wounds that lead to the brink.He explores the crucial difference between stress and burnout, how a breakdown in trust fuels it, why it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, the power of positive connection, why "work-life balance" is flawed, and how to leverage AI to prevent it.Dr. Degnan's message: burnout is a defect in our relationship with our environment, and you are in charge of fixing it. This episode delivers the strategies you need to take control and lead with clarity.Key takeaway: Stop blaming external factors. Burnout is preventable.Find out more about Dr. Oliver Degnan and get your burnout score here: https://www.drdegnan.com/Make sure you're subscribed to the Speak Like a CEO newsletter to become a top 1% communicator: https://eoipsocommunications.com/newsletter/Do you want to speak with confidence, inspire your team, and accelerate your career? You can now join the Speak Like a CEO Academy and work with Oliver over the next 90 days to become a top 1% communicator and transform your career. https://speaklikeaceoacademy.com/
In The Digital Executive podcast, Dr. Oliver Degnan, a pioneering technology executive and leadership coach, discusses his extensive experience in AI and healthcare innovation. With leadership roles at IBM Watson Health, Intuit, and major healthcare organizations, Dr. Degnan shares how AI is revolutionizing patient care, operational efficiency, and physician burnout prevention. He emphasizes the importance of designing AI solutions that integrate seamlessly into healthcare workflows, acting as supportive companions rather than intrusive tools. His insights highlight how AI-driven diagnostics, predictive analytics, and automation are transforming both the patient and provider experience. Dr. Degnan also delves into leadership challenges faced by tech executives transitioning from hands-on roles to strategic decision-making. He stresses the need for balancing innovation with stability, developing strong communication skills, and prioritizing human-centric technology solutions. By fostering a leadership approach that prioritizes real-world problem-solving over mere technological capability, he helps organizations achieve sustainable progress. For a deeper dive into his insights, tune in to the full podcast episode.
In this episode of The Digital Executive podcast, Dr. Oliver Degnan, a pioneering technology executive and leadership coach, discusses his extensive experience in AI and healthcare innovation. With leadership roles at IBM Watson Health, Intuit, and major healthcare organizations, Dr. Degnan shares how AI is revolutionizing patient care, operational efficiency, and physician burnout prevention. He emphasizes the importance of designing AI solutions that integrate seamlessly into healthcare workflows, acting as supportive companions rather than intrusive tools. His insights highlight how AI-driven diagnostics, predictive analytics, and automation are transforming both the patient and provider experience.Dr. Degnan also delves into leadership challenges faced by tech executives transitioning from hands-on roles to strategic decision-making. He stresses the need for balancing innovation with stability, developing strong communication skills, and prioritizing human-centric technology solutions. By fostering a leadership approach that prioritizes real-world problem-solving over mere technological capability, he helps organizations achieve sustainable progress. For a deeper dive into his insights, tune in to the full podcast episode.
In this milestone 200th episode, Dave sits down with his business partner and great friend, Sean Degnan to discuss their journey building ACE (Action Cultivates Excellence) a men's leadership development group. Together, they dive into the first year of ACE, breaking down how they successfully executed 20 events and built a positive reputation both within their community and with brand partners. Dave and Sean share their tactics for growth, how they handled both successes and challenges, and what the future of ACE holds as they continue to inspire and develop leaders. Whether you're interested in entrepreneurship, leadership, or community-building, this episode offers a deep look into the strategies and mindset behind building a thriving business.
* List of Discoveries Squeezing Evolution: Did you know that dinosaurs ate rice before rice evolved? That turtle shells existed forty million years before turtle shells began evolving? That insects evolved tongues for eating from flowers 70 million years before flowers evolved? And that birds appeared before birds evolved? The fossil record is a wonderful thing. And more recently, only a 40,000-year squeeze, Neanderthal had blood types A, B, and O, shocking evolutionists but expected to us here at Real Science Radio! Sit back and get ready to enjoy another instant classic, today's RSR "list show" on Evolution's Big Squeeze! Our other popular list shows include: - scientists doubting Darwin - evidence against whale evolution - problems with 'the river carved the canyon' - carbon 14 everywhere it shouldn't be - dinosaur still-soft biological tissue - solar system formation problems - evidence against the big bang - evidence for the global flood - genomes that just don't fit - and our list of not so old things! (See also rsr.org/sq2 and rsr.org/sq3!) * Evolution's Big Squeeze: Many discoveries squeeze the Darwinian theory's timeframe and of course without a workable timeframe there is no workable theory. Examples, with their alleged (and falsified) old-earth timeframes, include: - Complex skeletons existed 9 million years before they were thought to have evolved, before even the "Cambrian explosion".- Butterflies existed 10 million years before they were thought to have evolved. - Parrots existed "much earlier than had been thought", in fact, 25 million years before they were thought to have evolved. - Cephalopod fossils (squids, cuttlefish, etc.) appear 35 million years before they were able to propagate. - Turtle shells 40 million years before turtle shells began evolving - Trees began evolving 45 million years before they were thought to evolve - Spores appearing 50 million years before the plants that made them (not unlike footprints systematically appearing "millions of years before" the creatures that made them, as affirmed by Dr. Marcus Ross, associate professor of geology). - Sponges existed 60 million years before they were believed to have evolved. - Dinosaurs ate rice before it evolved Example - Insect proboscis (tongue) in moths and butterflies 70 million years before previously believed has them evolving before flowers. - Arthropod brains fully developed with central nervous system running to eyes and appendages just like modern arthropods 90 million years earlier than previously known (prior to 2021, now, allegedly 310mya) - 100 million years ago and already a bird - Fossil pollen pushes back plant evolution 100 million years. - Mammalian hair allegedly 100-million-years-old show that, "the morphology of hair cuticula may have remained unchanged throughout most of mammalian evolution", regarding the overlapping cells that lock the hair shaft into its follicle. - Piranha-like flesh-eating teeth (and bitten prey) found pushing back such fish 125 million years earlier than previously claimed - Shocking organic molecules in "200 million-years-old leaves" from ginkgoes and conifers show unexpected stasis. - Plant genetic sophistication pushed back 200 million years. - Jellyfish fossils (Medusoid Problematica :) 200 million years earlier than expected; here from 500My ago. - Green seaweed 200 million years earlier than expected, pushed back now to a billion years ago! - The acanthodii fish had color vision 300 million years ago, but then, and wait, Cheiracanthus fish allegedly 388 million years ago already had color vision. - Color vision (for which there is no Darwinian evolutionary small-step to be had, from monochromatic), existed "300 million years ago" in fish, and these allegedly "120-million-year-old" bird's rod and cone fossils stun researchers :) - 400-million-year-old Murrindalaspis placoderm fish "eye muscle attachment, the eyestalk attachment and openings for the optic nerve, and arteries and veins supplying the eyeball" The paper's author writes, "Of course, we would not expect the preservation of ancient structures made entirely of soft tissues (e.g. rods and cone cells in the retina...)." So, check this next item... :) - And... no vertebrates in the Cambrian? Well, from the journal Nature in 2014, a "Lower-Middle Cambrian... primitive fish displays unambiguous vertebrate features: a notochord, a pair of prominent camera-type eyes, paired nasal sacs, possible cranium and arcualia, W-shaped myomeres, and a post-anal tail" Primitive? - Fast-growing juvenile bone tissue, thought to appear in the Cretaceous, has been pushed back 100 million years: "This pushes the origin of fibrolamellar bone in Sauropterygia back from the Cretaceous to the early Middle Triassic..."- Trilobites "advanced" (not the predicted primitive) digestion "525 million" years ago - And there's this, a "530 million year old" fish, "50 million years before the current estimate of when fish evolved" - Mycobacterium tuberculosis 100,000 yr-old MRCA (most recent common ancestor) now 245 million- Fungus long claimed to originate 500M years ago, now found at allegedly 950 Mya (and still biological "the distant past... may have been much more 'modern' than we thought." :) - A rock contained pollen a billion years before plants evolved, according to a 2007 paper describing "remarkably preserved" fossil spores in the French Alps that had undergone high-grade metamorphism - 2.5 billion year old cyanobacteria fossils (made of organic material found in a stromatolite) appear about "200 million years before the [supposed] Great Oxidation Event". - 2.7 billion year old eukaryotes (cells with a nucleus) existed (allegedly) 1 billion years before expected - 3.5 billion year "cell division evidently identical to that of living filamentous prokaryotes." - And even older cyanobacteria! At 220 million years earlier than thought, per Nature's 3.7 billion year old dating of stromatolites! - The universe and life itself (in 2019 with the universe dated a billion, now, no, wait, two billion!, years younger than previously thought, that's not only squeezing biological but also astronomical evolution, with the overall story getting really tight) - Mantis shrimp, with its rudimentary color but advanced UV vision, is allegedly ancient. - Hadrosaur teeth, all 1400 of them, were "more complex than those of cows, horses, and other well-known modern grazers." Professor stunned by the find! (RSR predicts that, by 2030 just to put an end date on it, more fossils will be found from the geologic column that will be more "advanced" as compared to living organisms, just like this hadrosaur and like the allegedly 100M year old hagfish fossil having more slime glands than living specimens.) - Trace fossils "exquisitely preserved" of mobile organisms (motility) dated at 2.1 billion years ago, a full 1.5 billion earlier than previously believed - Various multicellular organisms allegedly 2.1 billion years old, show multicellularity 1.5 billion years sooner than long believed - Pre-sauropod 26,000-pound dinosaur "shows us that even as far back as 200 million years ago, these animals had already become the largest vertebrates to ever walk the Earth." - The Evo-devo squeeze, i.e., evolutionary developmental biology, as with rsr.org/evo-devo-undermining-darwinism. - Extinct Siberian one-horned rhinos coexisted with mankind. - Whale "evolution" is being crushed in the industry-wide "big squeeze". First, geneticist claims whales evolved from hippos but paleontologists say hippos evolved tens of millions of years too late! And what's worse than that is that fossil finds continue to compress the time available for whale evolution. To not violate its own plot, the Darwinist story doesn't start animals evolving back into the sea until the cast includes land animals suitable to undertake the legendary journey. The recent excavation of whale fossils on an island of the Antarctic Peninsula further compresses the already absurdly fast 10 million years to allegedly evolve from the land back to the sea, down to as little as one million years. BioOne in 2016 reported a fossil that is "among the oldest occurrences of basilosaurids worldwide, indicating a rapid radiation and dispersal of this group since at least the early middle Eocene." By this assessment, various techniques produced various published dates. (See the evidence that falsifies the canonical whale evolution story at rsr.org/whales.) * Ancient Hierarchical Insect Society: "Thanks to some well-preserved remains, researchers now believe arthropod social structures have been around longer than anyone ever imagined. The encased specimens of ants and termites recently studied date back [allegedly] 100 million years." Also from the video about "the bubonic plague", the "disease is well known as a Middle Ages mass killer... Traces of very similar bacteria were found on [an allegedly] 20-million-year-old flea trapped in amber." And regarding "Caribbean lizards... Even though they are [allegedly] 20 million years old, the reptiles inside the golden stones were not found to differ from their contemporary counterparts in any significant way. Scientists attribute the rarity [Ha! A rarity or the rule? Check out rsr.org/stasis.] to stable ecological surroundings." * Squeezing and Rewriting Human History: Some squeezing simply makes aspects of the Darwinian story harder to maintain while other squeezing contradicts fundamental claims. So consider the following discoveries, most of which came from about a 12-month period beginning in 2017 which squeeze (and some even falsify) the Out-of-Africa model: - find two teeth and rewrite human history with allegedly 9.7 million-year-old teeth found in northern Europe (and they're like Lucy, but "three times older") - date blue eyes, when humans first sported them, to as recently as 6,000 years ago - get mummy DNA and rewrite human history with a thousand years of ancient Egyptian mummy DNA contradicting Out-of-Africa and demonstrating Out-of-Babel - find a few footprints and rewrite human history with allegedly 5.7 million-year-old human footprints in Crete - re-date an old skull and rewrite human history with a very human skull dated at 325,000 years old and redated in the Journal of Physical Anthropology at about 260,000 years old and described in the UK's Independent, "A skull found in China [40 years ago] could re-write our entire understanding of human evolution." - date the oldest language in India, Dravidian, with 80 derivatives spoken by 214 million people, which appeared on the subcontinent only about 4,500 years ago, which means that there is no evidence for human language for nearly 99% of the time that humans were living in Asia. (Ha! See rsr.org/origin-of-language for the correct explanation.) - sequence a baby's genome and rewrite human history with a 6-week old girl buried in Alaska allegedly 11,500 years ago challenging the established history of the New World. (The family buried this baby girl just beneath their home like the practice in ancient Mesopotamia, the Hebrews who sojourned in Egypt, and in Çatalhöyük in southern Turkey, one of the world's most ancient settlements.) - or was that 130,000? years ago as the journal Nature rewrites human history with a wild date for New World site - and find a jawbone and rewrite human history with a modern looking yet allegedly 180,000-year-old jawbone from Israel which "may rewrite the early migration story of our species" by about 100,000 years, per the journal Science - re-date a primate and lose yet another "missing link" between "Lucy" and humans, as Homo naledi sheds a couple million years off its age and drops from supposedly two million years old to (still allegedly) about 250,000 years old, far too "young" to be the allegedly missing link - re-analysis of the "best candidate" for the most recent ancestor to human beings, Australopithecus sediba, turns out to be a juvenile Lucy-like ape, as Science magazine reports work presented at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2017 annual meeting - find skulls in Morocco and "rewrite human history" admits the journal Nature, falsifying also the "East Africa" part of the canonical story - and from the You Can't Make This Stuff Up file, NPR reports in April 2019, Ancient Bones And Teeth Found In A Philippine Cave May Rewrite Human History. :) - Meanwhile, whereas every new discovery requires the materialists to rewrite human history, no one has had to rewrite Genesis, not even once. Yet, "We're not claiming that the Bible is a science textbook. Not at all. For the textbooks have to be rewritten all the time!" - And even this from Science: "humans mastered the art of training and controlling dogs thousands of years earlier than previously thought."- RSR's Enyart commented on the Smithsonian's 2019 article on ancient DNA possibly deconstructing old myths... This Smithsonian article about an ancient DNA paper in Science Advances, or actually, about the misuse of such papers, was itself a misuse. The published research, Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines, confirmed Amos 9:7 by documenting the European origin of the biblical Philistines who came from the island of Caphtor/Crete. The mainstream media completely obscured this astounding aspect of the study but the Smithsonian actually stood the paper on its head. [See also rsr.org/archaeology.]* Also Squeezing Darwin's Theory: - Evolution happens so slowly that we can't see it, yet - it happens so fast that millions of mutations get fixed in a blink of geologic time AND: - Observing a million species annually should show us a million years of evolution, but it doesn't, yet - evolution happens so fast that the billions of "intermediary" fossils are missing AND: - Waiting for helpful random mutations to show up explains the slowness of evolution, yet - adaption to changing environments is often immediate, as with Darwin's finches Finches Adapt in 17 Years, Not 2.3 Million: Charles Darwin's finches are claimed to have taken 2,300,000 years to diversify from an initial species blown onto the Galapagos Islands. Yet individuals from a single finch species on a U.S. Bird Reservation in the Pacific were introduced to a group of small islands 300 miles away and in at most 17 years, like Darwin's finches, they had diversified their beaks, related muscles, and behavior to fill various ecological niches. So Darwin's finches could diversify in just 17 years, and after 2.3 million more years, what had they evolved into? Finches! Hear this also at rsr.org/lee-spetner and see Jean Lightner's review of the Grants' 40 Years. AND: - Fossils of modern organisms are found "earlier" and "earlier" in the geologic column, and - the "oldest" organisms are increasingly found to have anatomical, proteinaceous, prokaryotic, and eukaryotic sophistication and similarity to "modern" organisms AND: - Small populations are in danger of extinction (yet they're needed to fix mutations), whereas - large populations make it impossible for a mutation to become standard AND: - Mutations that express changes too late in an organism's development can't effect its fundamental body plan, and - mutations expressed too early in an organism's development are fatal (hence among the Enyart sayings, "Like evolving a vital organ, most major hurdles for evolutionary theory are extinction-level events.") AND: - To evolve flight, you'd get bad legs - long before you'd get good wings AND: - Most major evolutionary hurdles appear to be extinction-level events- yet somehow even *vital* organs evolve (for many species, that includes reproductive organs, skin, brain, heart, circulatory system, kidney, liver, pancreas, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, lungs -- which are only a part of the complex respiration system) AND: - Natural selection of randomly taller, swifter, etc., fish, mammals, etc. explains evolution yet - development of microscopic molecular machines, feedback mechanisms, etc., which power biology would be oblivous to what's happening in Darwin's macro environment of the entire organism AND: - Neo-Darwinism suggests genetic mutation as the engine of evolution yet - the there is not even a hypothesis for modifying the vast non-genetic information in every living cell including the sugar code, electrical code, the spatial (geometric) code, and the epigenetic code AND: - Constant appeals to "convergent" evolution (repeatedly arising vision, echolocation, warm-bloodedness, etc.) - undermine most Darwinian anatomical classification especially those based on trivialities like odd or even-toed ungulates, etc. AND: - Claims that given a single species arising by abiogenesis, then - Darwinism can explain the diversification of life, ignores the science of ecology and the (often redundant) biological services that species rely upon AND: - humans' vastly superior intelligence indicates, as bragged about for decades by Darwinists, that ape hominids should have the greatest animal intelligence, except that - many so-called "primitive" creatures and those far distant on Darwin's tee of life, exhibit extraordinary rsr.org/animal-intelligence even to processing stimuli that some groups of apes cannot AND: - Claims that the tree of life emerges from a single (or a few) common ancestors - conflict with the discoveries of multiple genetic codes and of thousands of orphan genes that have no similarity (homology) to any other known genes AND (as in the New Scientist cover story, "Darwin Was Wrong about the tree of life", etc.): - DNA sequences have contradicted anatomy-based ancestry claims - Fossil-based ancestry claims have been contradicted by RNA claims - DNA-based ancestry claims have been contradicted by anatomy claims - Protein-based ancestry claims have been contradicted by fossil claims. - And the reverse problem compared to a squeeze. Like finding the largest mall in America built to house just a kid's lemonade stand, see rsr.org/200 for the astounding lack of genetic diversity in humans, plants, and animals, so much so that it could all be accounted for in just about 200 generations! - The multiplied things that evolved multiple times - Etc. * List of Ways Darwinists Invent their Tree of Life, aka Pop Goes the Weasle – Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Evolutionists change their selection of what evidence they use to show 'lineage', from DNA to fossils to genes to body plans to teeth to many specific anatomical features to proteins to behavior to developmental similarities to habitat to RNA, etc. and to a combination of such. Darwinism is an entire endeavor based on selection bias, a kind of logical fallacy. By anti-science they arbitrarily select evidence that best matches whichever evolutionary story is currently preferred." -Bob E. The methodology used to create the family tree edifice to show evolutionary relationships classifies the descent of organisms based on such attributes as odd-toed and even-toed ungulates. Really? If something as wildly sophisticated as vision allegedly evolved multiple times (a dozen or more), then for cryin' out loud, why couldn't something as relatively simple as odd or even toes repeatedly evolve? How about dinosaur's evolving eggs with hard shells? Turns out that "hard-shelled eggs evolved at least three times independently in dinosaurs" (Nature, 2020). However, whether a genus has an odd or even number of toes, and similar distinctions, form the basis for the 150-year-old Darwinist methodology. Yet its leading proponents still haven't acknowledged that their tree building is arbitrary and invalid. Darwin's tree recently fell anyway, and regardless, it has been known to be even theoretically invalid all these many decades. Consider also bipedalism? In their false paradigm, couldn't that evolve twice? How about vertebrate and non-vertebrates, for that matter, evolving multiple times? Etc., etc., etc. Darwinists determine evolutionary family-tree taxonomic relationships based on numbers of toes, when desired, or on hips (distinguishing, for example, dinosaur orders, until they didn't) or limb bones, or feathers, or genes, or fossil sequence, or neck bone, or..., or..., or... Etc. So the platypus, for example, can be described as evolving from pretty much whatever story would be in vogue at the moment... * "Ancient" Protein as Advanced as Modern Protein: A book review in the journal Science states, "the major conclusion is reached that 'analyses made of the oldest fossils thus far studied do not suggest that their [allegedly 145-million year-old] proteins were chemically any simpler than those now being produced.'" 1972, Biochemistry of Animal Fossils, p. 125 * "Ancient" Lampreys Just Modern Lampreys with Decomposed Brain and Mouth Parts: Ha! Researches spent half-a-year documenting how fish decay. RSR is so glad they did! One of the lessons learned? "[C]ertain parts of the brain and the mouth that distinguish the animals from earlier relatives begin a rapid decay within 24 hours..." :) * 140-million Year Old Spider Web: The BBC and National Geographic report on a 140-million year old spider web in amber which, as young-earth creationists expect, shows threads that resemble silk spun by modern spiders. Evolutionary scientists on the otherhand express surprise "that spider webs have stayed the same for 140 million years." And see the BBC. * Highly-Credentialed Though Non-Paleontologist on Flowers: Dr. Harry Levin who spent the last 15 years of a brilliant career researching paleontology presents much evidence that flowering plants had to originate not 150 million years ago but more than 300 million years ago. (To convert that to an actual historical timeframe, the evidence indicates flowers must have existed prior to the time that the strata, which is popularly dated to 300 mya, actually formed.) * Rampant Convergence: Ubiquitous appeals to "convergent" evolution (vision, echolocation, warm-bloodedness, icthyosaur/dolphin anatomy, etc.), all allegedly evolving multiple times, undermines anatomical classification based on trivialities like odd or even-toed ungulates, etc. * Astronomy's Big Evolution Squeeze: - Universe a billion, wait, two billion, years younger than thought (so now it has to evolve even more impossibly rapidly) - Sun's evolution squeezes biological evolution - Galaxies evolving too quickly - Dust evolving too quickly - Black holes evolving too quickly - Clusters of galaxies evolving too quickly. * The Sun's Evolution Squeezes Life's Evolution: The earlier evolutionists claim that life began on Earth, the more trouble they have with astrophysicists. Why? They claim that a few billion years ago the Sun would have been far more unstable and cooler. The journal Nature reports that the Faint young Sun paradox remains for the "Sun was fainter when the Earth was young, but the climate was generally at least as warm as today". Further, our star would shoot out radioactive waves many of which being violent enough to blow out Earth's atmosphere into space, leaving Earth dead and dry like Mars without an atmosphere. And ignoring the fact that powerful computer simulators cannot validate the nebula theory of star formation, if the Sun had formed from a condensing gas cloud, a billion years later it still would have been emitting far less energy, even 30% less, than it does today. Forget about the claimed one-degree increase in the planet's temperature from man-made global warming, back when Darwinists imagine life arose, by this just-so story of life spontaneously generating in a warm pond somewhere (which itself is impossible), the Earth would have been an ice ball, with an average temperature of four degrees Fahrenheit below freezing! See also CMI's video download The Young Sun. * Zircons Freeze in Molten Eon Squeezing Earth's Evolution? Zircons "dated" 4 to 4.4 billion years old would have had to freeze (form) when the Earth allegedly was in its Hadean (Hades) Eon and still molten. Geophysicist Frank Stacey (Cambridge fellow, etc.) has suggested they may have formed above ocean trenches where it would be coolest. One problem is that even further squeezes the theory of plate tectonics requiring it to operate two billion years before otherwise claimed. A second problem (for these zircons and the plate tectonics theory itself) is that ancient trenches (now filled with sediments; others raised up above sea level; etc.) have never been found. A third problem is that these zircons contain low isotope ratios of carbon-13 to carbon-12 which evolutionists may try to explain as evidence for life existing even a half-billion years before they otherwise claim. For more about this (and to understand how these zircons actually did form) just click and then search (ctrl-f) for: zircon character. * Evolution Squeezes Life to Evolve with Super Radioactivity: Radioactivity today breaks chromosomes and produces neutral, harmful, and fatal birth defects. Dr. Walt Brown reports that, "A 160-pound person experiences 2,500 carbon-14 disintegrations each second", with about 10 disintergrations per second in our DNA. Worse for evolutionists is that, "Potassium-40 is the most abundant radioactive substance in... every living thing." Yet the percentage of Potassium that was radioactive in the past would have been far in excess of its percent today. (All this is somewhat akin to screws in complex machines changing into nails.) So life would have had to arise from inanimate matter (an impossibility of course) when it would have been far more radioactive than today. * Evolution of Uranium Squeezed by Contrasting Constraints: Uranium's two most abundant isotopes have a highly predictable ratio with 235U/238U equaling 0.007257 with a standard deviation of only 0.000017. Big bang advocates claim that these isotopes formed in distant stellar cataclysms. Yet that these isotopes somehow collected in innumerable small ore bodies in a fixed ratio is absurd. The impossibility of the "big bang" explanation of the uniformity of the uranium ratio (rsr.org/bb#ratio) simultaneously contrasts in the most shocking way with its opposite impossibility of the missing uniform distribution of radioactivity (see rsr.org/bb#distribution) with 90% of Earth's radioactivity in the Earth's crust, actually, the continental crust, and even at that, preferentially near granite! A stellar-cataclysmic explanation within the big bang paradigm for the origin of uranium is severely squeezed into being falsified by these contrasting constraints. * Remarkable Sponges? Yes, But For What Reason? Study co-author Dr. Kenneth S. Kosik, the Harriman Professor of Neuroscience at UC Santa Barbara said, "Remarkably, the sponge genome now reveals that, along the way toward the emergence of animals, genes for an entire network of many specialized cells evolved and laid the basis for the core gene logic of organisms that no longer functioned as single cells." And then there's this: these simplest of creatures have manufacturing capabilities that far exceed our own, as Degnan says, "Sponges produce an amazing array of chemicals of direct interest to the pharmaceutical industry. They also biofabricate silica fibers directly from seawater in an environmentally benign manner, which is of great interest in communications [i.e., fiber optics]. With the genome in hand, we can decipher the methods used by these simple animals to produce materials that far exceed our current engineering and chemistry capabilities." Kangaroo Flashback: From our RSR Darwin's Other Shoe program: The director of Australia's Kangaroo Genomics Centre, Jenny Graves, that "There [are] great chunks of the human genome… sitting right there in the kangaroo genome." And the 20,000 genes in the kangaroo (roughly the same number as in humans) are "largely the same" as in people, and Graves adds, "a lot of them are in the same order!" CMI's Creation editors add that "unlike chimps, kangaroos are not supposed to be our 'close relatives.'" And "Organisms as diverse as leeches and lawyers are 'built' using the same developmental genes." So Darwinists were wrong to use that kind of genetic similarity as evidence of a developmental pathway from apes to humans. Hibernating Turtles: Question to the evolutionist: What happened to the first turtles that fell asleep hibernating underwater? SHOW UPDATE Of Mice and Men: Whereas evolutionists used a very superficial claim of chimpanzee and human genetic similarity as evidence of a close relationship, mice and men are pretty close also. From the Human Genome Project, How closely related are mice and humans?, "Mice and humans (indeed, most or all mammals including dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys, and apes) have roughly the same number of nucleotides in their genomes -- about 3 billion base pairs. This comparable DNA content implies that all mammals [RSR: like roundworms :)] contain more or less the same number of genes, and indeed our work and the work of many others have provided evidence to confirm that notion. I know of only a few cases in which no mouse counterpart can be found for a particular human gene, and for the most part we see essentially a one-to-one correspondence between genes in the two species." * Related RSR Reports: See our reports on the fascinating DNA sequencing results from roundworms and the chimpanzee's Y chromosome! * Genetic Bottleneck, etc: Here's an excerpt from rsr.org/why-was-canaan-cursed... A prediction about the worldwide distribution of human genetic sequencing (see below) is an outgrowth of the Bible study at that same link (aka rsr.org/canaan), in that scientists will discover a genetic pattern resulting from not three but four sons of Noah's wife. Relevant information comes also from mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) which is not part of any of our 46 chromosomes but resides outside of the nucleus. Consider first some genetic information about Jews and Arabs, Jewish priests, Eve, and Noah. Jews and Arabs Biblical Ancestry: Dr. Jonathan Sarfati quotes the director of the Human Genetics Program at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Harry Ostrer, who in 2000 said: Jews and Arabs are all really children of Abraham … And all have preserved their Middle Eastern genetic roots over 4,000 years. This familiar pattern, of the latest science corroborating biblical history, continues in Dr. Sarfati's article, Genesis correctly predicts Y-Chromosome pattern: Jews and Arabs shown to be descendants of one man. Jewish Priests Share Genetic Marker: The journal Nature in its scientific correspondence published, Y Chromosomes of Jewish Priests, by scie
Episode 080- An ultra discussion with Geoffrey Degnan owner of Secondhand Silver. We chat about his early upbringing in Philadelphia, curation of jewelry process, personal experience at flea markets/pop ups, and much more.
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In this episode, Vinny sits down with Sean Degnan, an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and co-founder of Action Cultivates Excellence. Join in on a conversation about leveling up, finding your true potential, and shedding all of the deadweight in your life. Today on The Vinny Brusco Show: The Importance of an Encouraging Social Circle Living in Alignment with Your True Purpose The Benefits of Not Drinking Alcohol Becoming Yourself Rather Than Who Others Want You To Be How to Achieve Excellence Through Action Connect with Sean Degnan: Instagram: @sean.degnan Website: www.acesanctuary.com - Connect with Vinny Brusco: Instagram: @thevbshow YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheVinnyBruscoShow Website: www.vinnybrusco.com
Right out of a science fiction movie - what if there was a magic spray that could control living organisms to do your bidding? Well, that spray exists, and researchers like Rebecca Degnan are using it for good. Rebecca, from the University of Queensland, is taking a double-stranded RNA spray to control rust fungi that are infecting plants to cure or prevent infection. Tune in to uncover more!Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on July 24, 2024 and contacted via email.www.mushroomrevival.comWe are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you're picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.Focus (Lion's Mane): Needing a little more focus in your daily life? Lion's Mane is known to be the mushroom for the brain and may support cognitive function.Calm (Reishi): Looking for some tranquility and zen in your life? Reishi will bring you into the zen state of mind you've been searching for.Daily 10 (Mushroom Mix): It's like having 10 bodyguard mushrooms fighting off all those bad guys. This is a good place to start as it contains all of the daily mushies you need. Not sure where to begin? Take our mushroom quiz here.Use code ‘PODTREAT' for a 30% discount.
On this episode of the ROCPOD, Brandon talks about spending the day down at The U with his Football Hotbed kids. He got to spend some time with plenty of UM folks and has some updates. Kevin Beard was named one of the nation's top recruiters and Brandon talks about what makes Coach Beard such a great recruiter. Finally, Brian and Brandon had the pleasure of speaking with one of their favorite people, recently retired Miami Hurricanes beat writer Susan Miller Degnan. Susan came full of stories and talked about the differences in covering the team now versus when she first got in the beat 30 years ago. No Canes fan is going to want to miss this conversation.
Our Roundtables members share their financial metrics at every meeting, in what we call the composite report. But there's one field that's almost always reported as zero. It's the proactive outbound sales call metric. It's confusing to many, not just as a field on a spreadsheet, but as an activity. Abe Degnan says this metric is valuable... The post Unraveling the Undervalued “Proactive Outbound Sales Call” Metric with Abe Degnan – [Best of PowerTips Unscripted] appeared first on PowerTips Unscripted.
On this episode of Real With Omar, I sit down with Sean Degman, co-founder of ACE and partner at Sailhouse of Tarrytown. Together, we delve into the profound concept of loss. Both Sean and I recently experienced the loss of a parent, and we discuss how such life-altering events can serve as powerful motivators and offer deep insights into our identities and values. Join us for an intimate and enlightening conversation on finding strength and perspective through adversity. Contact Omar https://www.instagram.com/askluisomar/ https://askluisomar.com/ https://hudsongrouprealty.com/ Contact Jason Degnan https://www.instagram.com/sean.degnan/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-degnan-889a0a154
Dave sits down with great friend and business partner, Sean Degnan. They discuss the backstory of Action Cultivates Excellence (ACE), a detailed breakdown of their first summit and some insight into their current and future plans.
Comedy people Deanna Ortiz and Mike Degnan join Andy and Steph to take a big one off the board: 1961's OG "West Side Story"! It's a stone cold classic... but is it?? We can't tell, so let's unpack it. Is the way Puerto Ricans are presented in this movie cool? or is it crazy? CRAZY? COOL? GO! We talk about how a man fired from the set goes on to win an Oscar for directing the movie. Deanna's obsession with "Romeo and Juliet" keeps us on task (kind of) for links to Willy Shakes. Mike tells us how the Jerky Boys helped get him into this film when he was but a boy. Steph talks tritones! And Andy's just like, "remember that Gap ad?" the No Skips playlist on spotify (not one overture so far!!): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6NWZ1ETlRqC9s7gcVIoTFW?si=e25b86e4a05a48a6check out our Patreon at patreon.com/dumbfun Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
January in Chicago was always brutal. The winter of 1946 was no different. Three murders with one kidnapping in the same area. Were they all the work of one killer? Or was an "innocent" man put away for life while a more brutal killer was still on the loose, living amongst us...?Check out our updated website and sign up for our newsletter at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.comWant an episode every week, plus other awesome perks and discounts? Check out our Patreon pageFind out merch at AmericanHauntingsClothing.comFollow us on Twitter @AmerHauntsPod, @TroyTaylor13, @CodyBeckSTLFollow us on Instagram @AmericanHauntingsPodcast, @TroyTaylorgram, @CodyBeckSTLThis episode was written by Troy TaylorProduced and edited by Cody BeckOur Sponsors:* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com/* Check out undefined and use my code HAUNTINGS for a great deal: undefinedSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/american-hauntings-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The brutal murders of Ross, Brown, and Degnan shocked the city of Chicago and terrified and outraged the city's residents, who wanted only to feel safe once again. Under intense pressure from the press, the public, and city officials, investigators were desperate to catch the killer and solve the case by any means necessary, even if they had to break more than a few rules and ignore some inconvenient facts in order to do it.Thank you to the incredible Dave white of Bring Me the Axe & 99 Cent Rental Podcast for research!ReferencesAmended Petition for Executive Clemency. 2002. C-06103 (Illinois Prisoner Review Board, April).Arizona Republic . 1946. "Defendant fails in plea to jury." Arizona Republic, June 20: 18.Banks, Joe. 1946. "Prisoner says he killed girl." Tucson Daily Citizen, June 26: 1.Chicago Tribune. 1946. "Police resift all clues in Degnan case." Chcago Tribune, January 12: 1.—. 1946. "2 rewards offered for 'execution' of girl's kidnap-slayer." Chicago Tribune, January 8: 2.—. 1946. "Call Heirens sane; today's plea in doubt." Chicago Tribune, September 4: 1.—. 1946. "Child stolen from her bed during the night." Chicago Tribune, January 8: 1.—. 1945. "Ex-WAVE slain, plea written in red on wall." Chicago Tribune, December 11: 1.—. 1946. "Handwriting similarity to killer's shown." Chicago Tribune, June 27: 1.—. 1946. "Heirens gets new grilling following 'futile' lie test." Chicago Tribune, July 1: 1.—. 1946. "Heirens made choice of plea, attorneys say." Chicago Tribune, August 7: 12.—. 1946. "Murders, assaults, thefts, shooting; Heirens' story." Chicago Tribune, August 7: 1.—. 1945. "Mystery grows in WAVE slaying." Chicago Tribune, December 12: 1.—. 1943. "Organize posse of tenants and catch prowler." Chicago Tribune, August 9: 18.—. 1946. "Repudiates his 'confession' in Degnan slaying." Chicago Tribune, June 29: 6.—. 1946. "Student held in Degnan case puzzles police." Chicago Tribune, June 29: 1.—. 1946. "Tubs in basement, saw and ax held best clews." Chicago Tribune, January 9: 1.—. 1946. "U.C. Sophomore, facing police quiz, fakes coma." Chicago Tribune, June 29: 1.—. 1946. "Use of serum in Heirens quiz still mystery." Chicago Tribune, July 1: 5.—. 1945. "Widow is found in home; suitor quizzed." Chicago Tribune, June 6: 10.Decatur Daily Review. 1946. "Chicago girl kidnapped; note demands $20,000." Decatur Daily Review, January 7: 1.—. 1946. "Janitors grilled in kidnap-death." Decatur Daily Review, January 9: 1.Decatur Herald. 1945. "Brutal WAVE slayer sought." Decatur Herald, December 12: 1.Higgins, Michael. 2007. "1940s killer denied parole." Chicago Tribune, August 3: 1.—. 2007. "Is 61 years in prison enough retribution." Chicago Tribune, July 29: 1.Kennedy, Dolores. 1991. William Heirens: His Day in Court. New York, NY: Bonus Books.New York Times. 1946. "Heirens confesses in no-chair deal." New York Times, August 7: 36.Pantagraph. 1945. "Former Wave found brutally slain in Chicago bathtub." Pantagraph, December 10: 1.People of the State of Illinois v William Heirens. 1954. 33165 (Supreme Court of Illinois, September 23).People of the State of Illinois v William Heirens. 1995. 1-90-2240 (Appellate Court of the State of Illinois, March 15).Priddy, Gladys. 1945. "Slain ex-WAVE a friend to all, roomate says." Chicago Tribune, December 14: 3.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
BIG, BIG NEWS AHEAD!!!! We are SO excited to announce that The SEQUEL, yes, the 2nd book of The Dr. Wren Muller Series will be released on September 17th, 2024! To Pre-order go to https://zandoprojects.com/books/the-butcher-game/ PLUS! If you preorder the book, get an autographed poster while supplies last by visiting thebutchergame.com.On June 5, 1945, forty-three-year-old Josephine Ross was found stabbed to death in her Chicago apartment. Nothing had been stolen from Ross' apartment and it appeared as though there were ritualistic aspects to the murder, but with little evidence and no suspects, the case hit a dead end almost as soon as it started. Ross' murder came to detectives' minds six months later, when another Chicago woman, Frances Brown, was found murdered in her apartment. This time an ominous message was scrawled on the wall in red lipstick: “For heavens sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself.” The brutal nature of the two murders, and the implication that the killer would strike again, terrified the women of Chicago, and that fear was stoked by the city's five major newspapers, who were in a daily battle for readers' attention. The story reached a fever pitch just one month later when six-year-old Suzanne Degnan was abducted from her bedroom by someone who'd entered through an open window. Despite the presence of a ransom note demanding $20,000, investigators discovered Degnan's dismembered body in the sewer a short time later.Thank you to the incredible Dave white of Bring Me the Axe & 99 Cent Rental Podcast for research!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
When you are enthusiastic and receptive to feedback, excellent conversations occur.And according to @Chris Degnan, Chief Revenue Officer at @Snowflake Computing, conflict in the workplace can be constructive rather than destructive when it's delivered in a respectful, curious way.Imagine that!But you don't have to just imagine it—you can live in that world."The Humility Essential for Success: You're part of that rocket ship, but you're not the rocket ship," says Degnan.He stressed the importance of maintaining humility, regardless of position, which will create an open, feedback-friendly culture. And that's an environment that will cause people to stick around.Resources: Harvard Business Review
In the wake of the global pandemic, some of the loudest voices in corporate America proclaimed the end of work as we know it. Lockdown, it seemed, had proven workers could be productive from home. Work-from-home came into vogue. We'd never have to commute to the office again, some suggested.But as pandemic-era restrictions eased in mid-2021, Steve Degnan, then chief human resources officer for Nestlé Purina PetCare, joined other senior leaders and prepared to bring its workforce back. All of them. In-person.“It was not without controversy,” Degnan, EMBA 2008, recalled. “It was our belief that better work happens when people are together. But we did lose people.” Indeed, about 30% of Purina's workforce declared its dissatisfaction with the return-to-work policy, which launched in 2022. The company, for years a leader in worker satisfaction ratings on jobseekers website Glassdoor, saw its scores plummet in the wake of the decision.Beyond their basic belief that employees work better together, Purina leaders had also just gone through a process to combat “big company diseases” such as lumbering decision-making and single-stream work processes. They'd fostered greater agility in their work teams, empowered team members to make decisions, coached effective collaboration.“That work was being blown up,” he said. Degnan, now retired, recalled how senior leadership knew it would have to spend some of its cultural capital to implement a decision that many rank-and-file employees would support—but that a small and vocal group would not, including a large share of Generation Z and Millennial team members.Why did Purina buck what seemed to be a trend in its approach to the workplace? How did it manage the communication of that requirement? What were leaders willing to sacrifice to make that decision—and what were they not willing to sacrifice?RELATED LINKSMore about Steve DegnanMore about Andrew KnightBloomberg: “People Working in the Office Spend 25% More Time on Career Development” (paywall)A version of the same story that's not behind a paywallNestlé Purina PetCareMcKinsey & Company: “Americans are embracing flexible work—and they want more of it”Business Insider: “Here's a list of major companies requiring employees to return to the office”Nina Leigh Krueger: Her On Principle episode, “Out of the Box”CREDITSThis podcast is a production of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. Contributors include:Katie Wools, Cathy Myrick, Judy Milanovits and Lesley Liesman, creative assistanceJill Young Miller, fact checking and creative assistanceAustin Alred and Olin's Center for Digital Education, sound engineeringHayden Molinarolo, original music and sound designMike Martin Media, editingSophia Passantino, social mediaLexie O'Brien and Erik Buschardt, website supportPaula Crews, creative vision and strategic support
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Chris Degnan serves as Snowflake's Chief Revenue Officer and has been with the company since 2013. Starting as employee #13 and Sales employee #1, Chris built a go-to-market strategy from the ground up, driving sustained high growth and global reach. Under his sales leadership, Snowflake has grown its annual product revenue from $0 to over $1 billion. Prior to Snowflake, Chris served in Sales leadership roles at EMC and Aveksa, and worked in enterprise sales at Informatica and Covalent Technologies (acquired by VMware). In Today's Episode with Chris Degnen We Discuss: 1. From SDR To World Leading CRO: How did Chris first make his way into the world of sales? What does he know now that he wishes he had known when he started in sales? What are the single biggest mistakes young sales people make today scaling their careers? 2. The Secret to Hitting Quota in Sales: Why does Chris believe all reps need to do 8 customer calls per week? How do the best sales reps approach sales prospecting today? Is cold outbound dead? How does Chris advise his teams on cold calls and emails? What are the best reasons reps should say no to customers? Should reps be discounting today? What is an acceptable level? 3. Sales and Product: The Most Important Relationship: Why does Chris believe sales and product is the most important relationship? What can leaders do to ensure sales and product communicate effectively? How does Chris use sales calls today both with his sales team and with product? What are the single biggest reasons comms between sales and product breaks? 4. Mastering Sales Leadership: How does Chris approach sales forecasting? What works? What does not work? Does Chris celebrate when quota is hit? How do you find the balance between pushing further and harder but also celebrating the wins? How do the best sales leaders train and develop their talent? What do the worst do? 5. Customer Success is BS: Professional Services for the Win: Why does Chris believe that customer succeed is BS and you should get rid of it? Why are professional services so much better? How should the org be structured then when removing CS and adding professional services? Who is then responsible for upsell?
In this episode of The Revenue Builders Podcast hosted by John McMahon and John Kaplan, Snowflake's CRO Chris Degnan delves into the pivotal decisions and strategies that led Snowflake to its incredible growth. Chris shares insights into recognizing key moments and adapting to changing market dynamics. From selling to large enterprises to navigating the shift to the cloud, Chris provides valuable lessons on scaling a successful business.KEY TAKEAWAYS[00:00:53] The pivotal moment when Capital One became a game-changer for Snowflake's growth.[00:02:21] Identifying an ideal customer profile and how it reshaped Snowflake's strategy.[00:03:06] Mechanically expanding the addressable market and pursuing a larger customer base.[00:06:40] Balancing the rapid expansion of the addressable market while maintaining focus and not overextending.[00:08:40] Adapting to changes and reorganizing the sales team to effectively target large enterprises.[00:10:32] The importance of adaptability, coachability, and a willingness to try new strategies.[00:12:40] The significance of understanding your company's culture and capabilities before making major changes.HIGHLIGHT QUOTES[00:01:19] "We got something, and it was a lot of work because they wanted us to do more engineering work than we originally planned."[00:04:43] "You can't build a business on just the large enterprise. Getting new logos matters."[00:05:53] "The competition can't help them vacate the data center; Snowflake can."[00:07:28] "You can't sell to the large enterprise the same way you're selling to small and medium businesses."[00:09:24] "What worked before doesn't mean it's going to work forever."[00:10:50] "You gotta figure out, is this game-changing? How do you balance it and understand what you have in the kitchen before bringing something new?"[00:12:40] "Before you decide to remodel, figure out what's in the kitchen first."Listen to the full episode with Chris Degnan in this link:https://revenue-builders.simplecast.com/episodes/scaling-and-growth-with-chris-degnanCheck out John McMahon's book here:Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/1K7DDC4Check out Force Management's Ascender platform here: https://my.ascender.co/Ascender/
Dave is joined by Sean Degnan who shares his personal story of overcoming anxiety and depression along with some great tangible takeaways to apply to your own life. Sean's journey has led him to owning and operating 4 businesses by the age of 31. This is one you don't want to miss!
Guest: Chris Degnan, CRO of SnowflakeChris Degnan was a teenager when his world got turned upside-down: His stockbroker father was revealed to be a serial liar & fraudster and was sent to prison; the wealth he thought his family had evaporated; and their house was foreclosed on by the IRS. The traumatic experience gave him both an “insane drive” and a slew of anxieties, which shaped the person he became as an adult ... and led him, eventually, to the C-Suite of Snowflake. “Those things have built character,” Chris says. “I'm super proud of the person I am… That's what matters to me.” In this episode, Chris and Joubin discuss adjusting to tech fame, holding onto perspective, detecting lies, being the monster, paranoia, talking about anxiety, fear of flying, living your values, Mike Scarpelli, trimming down meeting sizes, sales calls, being abrasive, Mike Speiser, succession plans, and Mark McLaughlin.In this episode, we cover: Defining yourself by your job (01:04) The origin of Chris' insecurities (06:25) Passion for the sport (11:11) Dinner-table conversation (15:41) “If I stop working, I'm going to die” (17:22) Changing history (20:34) Snowflake and its competitors (24:29) Bob Muglia and hiring big-company people (27:10) Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman (31:53) Getting the truth (37:42) Denise Persson (41:58) Therapy and support systems (48:37) Bringing your friends (51:52) Links: Connect with ChrisLinkedIn Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner Perkins This episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm
Part of the Construction Executives Live SeriesIs a recession looming? Learn insights from industry experts and learn how understanding your financial numbers could prepare and equip you for upcoming challenges.Duane Barney helps Remodeler's make more money by building a sustainable business model so they can achieve their dreams. Duane has lived and breathed residential construction for more than 30 years. He worked his way up as a carpenter, superintendent, project manager, and President of four separate companies. Along the way, Duane saw first-hand that being a great builder isn't enough to have a great construction business. He discovered that he is just as passionate about teaching builders how to construct a great business so they can have a great life too.Abe Degnan is president, visionary designer, and leader of Degnan Design Builders. Abe is passionate about leadership, community service, and his family. A proud father of 6 kids, he'd love to share his family's passion for orphan hosting and adoption! Please read about this on his LinkedIn profile.In getting to know Abe, there is one thing that is undeniable, he is selfless and has a deep desire to take care of his family, clients, staff and the community he serves!In The Zonehttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/in-the-zone/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-16-is-a-recession-coming-time-to-know-your-numbers-with-duane-barney-and-abe-degnan
215: Attention all sales leaders who want to build a cohesive team! Have you been misled by these popular myths about building a cohesive sales team through communication and collaboration? Myth #1: A team that agrees on everything is the most cohesive. Myth #2: Communication alone is enough to build a cohesive team. Myth #3: Collaboration should be done solely within the sales team. But don't worry, Nick Degnan is here to set the record straight and reveal the truth about building a truly cohesive sales team.In this episode, you will be able to:Unearth the significant impact of a thriving company culture on sales triumph.Delve into the art of assembling a unified sales team with clear communication and teamwork.Understand the significance of adopting a long-term outlook in crafting a winning sales career.Realize why ethics and respectful treatment of customers are essential in the sales world.Conquer the obstacles of accelerated company expansion and develop organizational resilience.My special guest is Nick Degnan, a seasoned sales leader with a wealth of experience in building and managing successful sales teams. Throughout his 17-year career, Nick has worked with tech giants like EMC, Pure Storage, and Tanium, honing his sales strategy and team management expertise. As the current SVP of Global Sales at Axonius, Nick is deeply committed to fostering a collaborative and communicative environment to support a high-performing sales team. His insights on building cohesiveness and driving results have made him a go-to resource for sales managersThe resources mentioned in this episode are:Visit salesbluebird.com/research to learn more about the IT Harvest cybersecurity platform.Check out Axonius for world-class technology that solves real-world problems.Join the team at Axonius, surrounded by good people who work hard and value excellence.Connect with Nick Degnan on LinkedIn to stay up-to-date on his latest insights and experiences.Subscribe to the Sales Bluebird podcast for more tips and strategies on growing sales in the cybersecurity industry.Nick Degnan on LinkedInAxonius websiteSupport the show
In this Pharmacy Leadership Episode, SICP Chair, Sarah Stephens, sits down with the Section of Inpatient Care Practitioner's Awardee Daniel Degnan to discuss what membership within the section and ASHP means to him and how it has helped him develop as a pharmacy practice leader. The information presented during the podcast reflects solely the opinions of the presenter. The information and materials are not, and are not intended as, a comprehensive source of drug information on this topic. The contents of the podcast have not been reviewed by ASHP, and should neither be interpreted as the official policies of ASHP, nor an endorsement of any product(s), nor should they be considered as a substitute for the professional judgment of the pharmacist or physician.
David English Hello. I’m David English, and I want to welcome you to another episode of Profiles and Stewardship, where my dad, Bill English, has conversations with business owners about how they integrate their role as a business owner and leader with their faith in Jesus Christ. Today, Bill is talking with Abe Degnan, owner of Degnan Design, Design, Build and remodel into Forest, Wisconsin. In this episode, Abe and Bill talk about a range of issues that Christian business owners face. If you want to hear about how a mature, successful Christian business owner uses his business and his...
Chris was Snowflake's first sales hire, and he built the commercial business from $0 to $1B+ ARR. What is the optimal relationship between a VP Sales and the Founder/CEO during this journey?Many sales leaders solely focus on hitting their number. That's certainly important, but sales also plays a pivotal role in product strategy by acting as the voice of the customer. The goal is to achieve a collaborative push-pull relationship with founders and sales leaders that drives more customer value.
Chris is CRO at Snowflake and has been leading sales there for 9 years. He's helped grow from $0 to $1B+ ARR. He's clearly a software sales legend. So how is Chris coaching his reps and leaders during today's recessionary environment? What should you change about your sales playbook in order to keep winning in a down market? This is the perfect episode for sales reps, sales leaders, and founders/CEOs who are looking for advice on how to navigate selling in a downturn. Key Takeaways: [01:58 - 03:52] The mindset and action plan of a great sales reps in a recession[03:52 - 05:37] A passion and conviction for what you're selling[05:42 - 07:09] Addressing specific challenges of today, adding value, saving money[07:16 - 10:29] Understanding customer pain in difficult macro environments, solving for competitor gaps[10:34 - 13:03] Don't waste people's time, have a genuine conversation[13:06 - 15:27] The business value of Snowflake's model[15:28 - 18:42] Increasing sales, driving cost savings and business value[19:38 - 26:34] How sales reps and leadership should be thinking about success[26:35 - 31:27] Pipeline generation and sales success[31:26 - 32:45] It's easy to blame others[32:45 - 36:27] Dealing with smaller budgets and cultivating empathy and problem solving[36:27 - 39:14] Preparing for 2023 budgets and planning differently
This week Ashley Scoot Meyers talks with writers, Josh Stifter and Daniel Degnan. These guests first hit the scene by being featured on the Rebel Without A Crew TV Series along with Robert Rodriguez. They talk about that experience and making their first movie which was documented in the show, The Good Exorcist (2018). Their […]
In this episode of the Revenue Builders podcast, our hosts John McMahon and John Kaplan talk to Snowflake's Chief Revenue Officer, Chris Degnan. Chris talks about his experiences working in a raw startup environment, and why he chose to leave a relatively comfortable position to do so. Chris lives and breathes the art of the grind, and relishes the prospect of being challenged, showing his aptitude for adapting to different situations and coming up with creative solutions. Tune in to hear the story of how a startup like Snowflake stood up to the likes of Amazon and IBM in the cloud data warehouse, and how a smaller company can overturn the dominance of an established player. Additional Resources:Donate to help cure multiple myeloma: https://themmrf.org/Connect to Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-degnan-524470/Listen to More Revenue Builders: https://forc.mx/3bfW5Od HIGHLIGHTSWhy Chris joined Snowflake in its raw startup phaseGetting the first two contracts and building a 'real' productStanding up to giants in the cloud storage spaceRespect the competition, or get crushedThink of your job as a 90-day contractDon't put all of your eggs in the large enterprise basketsThe benefits of the consumption model in SaaS QUOTESChris on how they stood up to Amazon in the cloud data warehouse space: "I always say that I'm better lucky than good. There's a lot of luck that I kind of ran into in my career at Snowflake. The first set of things that were helpful was Amazon, while they were the first cloud data warehouse with Amazon Redshift, it was not a good product. We actually solved a lot of the problems. What I would do is I would actually build lists and focus on the people that were using Amazon."Chris on why he continues to grind, everyday: "I'm always afraid that someone's going to take something from me, and I'm always going to do my best to grind and keep my job. And that's how I am as a human."Chris on the benefits of the consumption model for the customer: "The benefit is in the customer, because the customer is saying that I have a business partner who actually is invested in making me successful, not just selling the idea and leaving." Check out John McMahon's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Qualified-Sales-Leader-Proven-Lessons/dp/0578895064
Filmmakers Josh Stifter and Daniel Degnan join Matthew Pejkovic on the Matt's Movie Reviews Podcast to talk about their new movie 'Greywood's Plot', a pitch black comedy horror that tells the story of a pair of amateur cryptozoologists who investigate the sighting of a cryptid on a plot of land owned by an eccentric recluse. Support Matt's Movie Reviews Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=33903624 TeePublic: https://tinyurl.com/2p9c5kpn Amazon: tinyurl.com/2p98rf6r Follow Matt's Movie Reviews! Website: http://mattsmoviereviews.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matts-Movie-Reviewsnet/151059409963 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MattsMovieReviews LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1036986/admin/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/mattsmovierev MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/mattsmoviereviews
The Psychos chat with Greywood's Plot and The Good Exoricist star, Daniel Degnan.
Here's what we're following today: L.A. County officials reach settlement with coalition of businesses on Skid Row and advocates for unhoused Angelenos John Horn's Emmy preview South L.A.'s Victory Baptist Church burns to ground in suspicious fire The Leimert Park intersection of 43rd and Degnan is now “Barbara Morrison Square” in honor of the late jazz singer and UCLA jazz professor The Highland Park Youth Arts Center I-5 closures through Castaic This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. Support the show: https://laist.com
Holyoke Media, en asociación con WHMP radio, emiten diariamente la Síntesis informativa en español a través del 101.5 FM y en el 1240 / 1400 AM. Esta es la síntesis informativa del martes 6 de septiembre de 2022: - El concejal del Distrito 2 de la ciudad de Holyoke, Will Puello-Mota, acusado de cargos de pornografía infantil, falsificación y obstrucción de la justicia en Rhode Island, fue notificado el 1 de septiembre, que su escaño ahora se encuentra vacante. La acción corresponde a la Sección 46 de la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad de Holyoke. El presidente del Concejo Municipal, Todd McGee, informó además que Puello ya no recibirá un estipendio ni beneficios que corresponden a los concejales activos de la ciudad. Puello-Mota fue arrestado el 11 de mayo en la base de la Guardia Nacional Aérea de Barnes en Westfield. La procuradora adjunta de la ciudad, Kathleen E. Degnan, quien escribió la carta a Puello, le citó específicamente el motivo. La Sección 46 establece: “Cualquier cargo establecido bajo o por esta ley, excepto el cargo de superintendente de escuelas, quedará vacante si el titular deja de ser residente de la ciudad. La condena del titular de cualquiera de tales delitos por un delito punible con pena de prisión operará para crear una vacante en el cargo que ocupa”. Un sólido debate iniciado por el concejal de la ciudad, Kevin Jourdain, al comienzo de la reunión del concejo, el 2 de septiembre, impulsó a que saliera a la luz la información sobre la posición de Puello. Degnan advirtió a los concejales de la ciudad que no se involucren en los cargos contra Puello, quien no ha sido condenado por ningún cargo. Él tiene los derechos de la Quinta Enmienda y los derechos civiles que le corresponden, dijo. Por su parte, Puello-Mota planea tomar acción legal contra la Ciudad de Holyoke para recuperar el puesto del Distrito 2. FUENTE: HOLYOKE MEDIA - En una victoria legal para el expresidente Donald Trump, una jueza federal accedió el lunes a su solicitud de un maestro especial para revisar los documentos incautados por el FBI en su casa de Florida y también detuvo temporalmente el uso de los registros por parte del Departamento de Justicia con fines de investigación. La decisión de la jueza federal de distrito Aileen Cannon autoriza a un experto legal externo a revisar los registros tomados durante la búsqueda del 8 de agosto y eliminar del resto de la investigación cualquiera que pueda estar protegido por reclamos de privilegio abogado-cliente o privilegio ejecutivo. Es posible que algunos de esos registros finalmente se devuelvan a Trump, pero la jueza pospuso un fallo sobre esa cuestión. La orden se emitió a pesar de las enérgicas objeciones del Departamento de Justicia, que dijo que no era necesario un maestro especial en parte porque los funcionarios ya habían completado su revisión de documentos potencialmente privilegiados. El departamento dijo que estaba revisando la decisión. Aun así, no está claro que la decisión tendrá un efecto significativo en las decisiones de investigación o acusación a largo plazo o en el resultado final de la investigación. Según la orden del juez, continuará una evaluación separada por parte de la comunidad de inteligencia de EEUU sobre el riesgo que representa el aparente mal manejo de los registros clasificados. El departamento y los abogados de Trump deben presentar antes del viernes una lista de candidatos maestros especiales propuestos. FUENTE: AP
Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) welcomes Josh Stifter and Daniel Degnan (Greywood's Plot | Movie, Horror) to the Show! (Click to go there) ● FB: www.facebook.com/GreywoodsPlot ● IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt5915626 A pitch-black horror/comedy from producers Jason Goldberg (Glorious) and Brandon Waites (Followed), premieres on digital September 16 from Terror Films. A labor of love, sending four real life friends into the wilderness of northern Minnesota to film a no budget 1950's creature feature; with a modern, gory twist, the film is directed by and stars Josh Stifter alongside Daniel Degnan, Keith Radichel, and Nathan Strauss. Scripted by Stifter and Degnan, Greywood's Plot! explores the hunger for instant gratification in a modern world and the dark lengths mediocre men will go for infamy. A struggling paranormal blogger named Dominic is on the verge of ending things forever, when a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep and changes his life... A rare sighting of a classic cryptid caught on tape sends Dom and his best friend Miles on a road trip to find the fabled creature -- and repair a fractured friendship along the way. Their half-baked journey leads them to a plot of land owned by an eccentric recluse by the name of Doug Greywood. ● Media Inquiries: October Coast www.octobercoastpr.com
Second-generation and family-owned, Degnan Design-Build-Remodel has served the Madison area for decades. Abe Degnan grew up learning the business as a helper and carpenter. He is the president, visionary designer, and leader of the team. He also manages day-to-day business operations. Abe is passionate about leadership, community service, and his family. Start listening to Abe's story now!
Four MPs and supporters of Ivanishvili accuse the US of a coup attempt, Degnan's reply to the accusation, Saakashvili's supporters request his transfer abroad for medical treatment, six foreign tourists stuck on the Tetnuldi peak, the 15th annual Black Sea Jazz Festival, and much more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at georgia@rorshok.com or follow us on Instagram @Rorshok_G or Twitter @RorshokGeorgiaLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.To read the Association Implementation Report on Georgia, follow the link: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2021_association_implementation_report_in_georgia.pdfTo check out the MPs' full statement, click on the link: https://oc-media.org/ivanishvili-supporters-accuse-the-us-of-attempting-coup-in-georgia/?fbclid=IwAR3f6C4cHkZ73vHHcqEbDn8406V_tPOO_5A_7jaHBG2pxz7isd5ueNXcRqM
Jason Haugen sits down with Scott Degnan. Scott is Co-Founder and Partner at RV Business Solutions, a leading buy-sell advisor to RV dealers, and President of Degnan Management Group Inc., a privately held consulting and advisory company.On This Episode:Scott shares how he got started in the RV industry, after originally planning on becoming a pro golfer.Jason and Scott discuss how to emotionally navigate changes in life and career.Scott shares what originally drew him to Fleetwood and then to Winnebago.Discover how to create a culture of transparency.Key Takeaways:There is no substitute for hands-on experience.Look for people who will mentor you and check you.As a leader, you need to find out what you don't know.Tweetable Quotes:"My talk and walk had to be aligned." – Scott Degnan
Most people have the goal of retiring in the home the live in. In rural farm houses, that may be easier said than done. Abe Degnan with Degnan Design-Build-Remodel in DeForest is a past president of the Wisconsin Home Builders Association, and one of only a handful of Certified Aging in Place Specialists in Wisconsin that can help walk people through making their current living space friendly for future mobility challenges they may face. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 1946, Suzanne Degnan was six years old and living in Chicago with her parents and older sister, Betty. The night before she was supposed to return to school following Christmas vacation, Suzanne disappeared out of her window in the middle of the night. Under intense nationwide scrutiny, the Chicago Police Department worked around the clock to catch the killer. Did they arrest the right person or were they simply trying to close the case?
Doth Protest Too Much: A Protestant Historical-Theology Podcast
This is a re-upload of our second episode, Rev. Andrew Christiansen discusses natural theology and its sub-topic of natural law. We cover many years and many figures in this episode: Athanasius, Gregory of Nyssa, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Richard Hooker and more! There is no guest tonight, we just had some free time and some paid for podcast hours... so enjoy! For further reading on your own, we briefly referred to some excellent writings by scholars in this episode: *Jaroslav Pelikan's book Christianity and Classical Culture *Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica *D.A. Degnan's article "Two Models of Positive Law in Aquinas" from the Thomist journal *Siegbert Becker's book The Foolishness of God *Gifford Grobien's article "What is Natural Law? Medieval Foundations and Luther's Appropriation" as found in the book Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal *Torrance Kirby's chapter on natural law from the Cambridge Companion to Richard Hooker *David VanDrunen's excellent book Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms: A Study in the Development of Reformed Social Thought. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
In this episode, Craig sits down with Chris Degnan, Chief Revenue Officer of Snowflake. Craig and Chris will identify the actionable insights from Chris' experiences (good and bad) that drove Snowflake's impressive growth and led to the most successful IPO in stock market history. They discuss Degnan's overall sales strategy and dive into specifics around pipeline generation, sales enablement, sales-marketing alignment, tech stack, and more.Runtime: 50:25
Brad Long and Mike Degnan, CIO and Analyst respectively come Fiducient Advisors, previously DiMeo Schneider. The two work beautifully together. They share that the ICIO business is growing and they are really making inroads to large advisory firms. Definitely work Fiducient into your roster of managers to see as anchor meetings in Chicago. Bio: Brad joined DiMeo Schneider & Associates, L.L.C. in 2012. As Partner and Research Director, he directs the firm's Core Investment Strategy Group, overseeing investment research across global equity, global fixed income and global real assets. He is a member of the firm's Investment Committee, Discretionary Committee and all Research Teams. Additionally, Brad leads the firm's efforts in Mission -Aligned Investing™ across both public and private markets as well as chairs the firm's Target Date Committee. Prior to joining the firm, Brad worked in various research capacities at Citigroup and Wells Fargo in New York. He received a BA in Finance and Minor in Economics from The University of Colorado and is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society of Chicago and CFA Institute. Additionally, he is active with Greenhouse Scholars, a nonprofit providing financial and personal support to under-resourced college students. In his free time, Brad loves cooking and spending time with his wife and young sons. Bio: Michael researches and performs operational due diligence on core investment managers and is a member of the firm's Core Investment Research Group. Prior to joining the firm, Michael was the Director of Research at ORION. Investment Advisors and worked with the investment management group of Clark Enterprises Inc., a private investment firm. He received a BA in Finance from the University of Maryland and is a CFA® charterholder and member of the CFA Society of Washington and CFA Institute. In his free time, Michael enjoys spending time with his sixteen nieces and nephews and rooting on University of Maryland and DC sports teams.
In this episode, I interview Sean Degnan. Sean is an entrepreneur and motivational speaker who learned from experience that if you don't first manage your energy, you can't manage your time properly. We discuss how he manages his time/energy for maximal productivity and how you can learn to do the same.Follow Sean: https://www.instagram.com/sean.degnan/https://www.instagram.com/diningwithdegzz/https://www.instagram.com/ai1solutions/
Had to re-upload it but episode 6 is live! I bring on Sean Degnan the founder of Dining with Degzz and All in 1 Solutions to talk about how he manages all that while working a full-time job. He gives some tips for getting your "side hustle" started and turning that into a career. I also do a little solo action to start the show, talk eSports and video games in general. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adam-krieger/support
Ellevate Podcast: Conversations With Women Changing the Face of Business
On this Best Of Giving Tuesday edition, Veena Jayadeva, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guardian and Sarah Degnan Kambou, PhD, CEO & President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), join us to talk about women's role in global development, understanding marginalized communities and how they change, as well as how you can pick philanthropic causes yourself. The powerful duo also discuss the importance of working locally, creating individual impact, activating your personal network as well as Giving Circle and the Women and Girls Fund.