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In this episode, Ceci Connolly, President and CEO, Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), discusses Medicare Advantage market disruption, plan exits, beneficiary impacts, and the need for risk adjustment reform to support sustainable coverage in local communities.

Scott Shay, founder of N3XT, joins Disruption/Interruption to explain how traditional fractional reserve banking puts depositors' money at risk by lending it out while telling customers their funds are safe and available. He traces the systemic failures of this model from the 2008 financial crisis to government pressure campaigns like Choke Point, arguing that businesses unknowingly carry hidden counterparty risk every day. Shay presents N3XT as the first full reserve bank in the United States, where every deposited dollar is held in short-term Treasuries and available to account holders at all times. The result is a bank that enables immutable, real-time settlement for B2B payments, eliminating the delays and risks of legacy banking rails. Key Takeaways: 3:56 — What is fractional banking and why does Scott Shay call it a "noble lie"? 5:00 — When does the hidden risk of fractional banking become visible? 11:14 — How does N3XT's full reserve model eliminate risk for business depositors? 18:20 – Who benefits most from immutable, real-time settlement? Quote of the Show (22:28):"Money should work for the buyer and the seller, not just for the bank." — Scott Shay Join our Anti-PR newsletter where we’re keeping a watchful and clever eye on PR trends, PR fails, and interesting news in tech so you don't have to. You're welcome. Want PR that actually matters? Get 30 minutes of expert advice in a fast-paced, zero-nonsense session from Karla Jo Helms, a veteran Crisis PR and Anti-PR Strategist who knows how to tell your story in the best possible light and get the exposure you need to disrupt your industry. Click here to book your call: https://info.jotopr.com/free-anti-pr-eval Ways to connect with Scott Shay:LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-shay Company Website: https://n3xt.io How to get more Disruption/Interruption: Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/eccda84d-4d5b-4c52-ba54-7fd8af3cbe87/disruption-interruption Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruption-interruption/id1581985755 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6yGSwcSp8J354awJkCmJlD YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=disruption+%2F+interuuptionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Rhodes University says it is deeply concerned about the continued disruption of essential services on campus amid ongoing student protests. The university's leadership has accused the Student Representative Council of preventing staff responsible for critical services from accessing residences and campus facilities. These services include the provision of food, cleaning, and water, which the university says are vital to the health, safety and wellbeing of students. To discuss the situation, We spoke to Olwetu Gwanya, Communications and Media Relations Manager at Rhodes University.

Arian Simone joins Anthony O'Neal for a conversation on how she went from a financially savvy family and a profitable college business to living in her car at 23, and how that experience permanently changed how she thinks about security, debt, investing, and entrepreneurship. They unpack the lessons she inherited from generations of women who built wealth, why she believes access to capital matters, the mistake that taught her not to play small, and why real financial freedom is less about looking successful and more about having options when life goes left.KEY POINTS 00:00 – Introduction: Arian Simone joins Anthony on The Table02:28 – From full-ride scholarships to living in her car at 2305:35 – The grandmother who built wealth and paid for college debt-free11:27 – Seven months homeless, rock bottom, and the faith that carried her through13:19 – Why access to capital matters and the mission behind Fearless Fund22:00 – Venture capital explained: cash, equity, and ownership28:13 – The profitable business Arian closed because she thought she failed33:11 – The $10M opportunity that taught her not to play small38:49 – How living in her car changed her approach to debt and security44:18 – Two paths to wealth: entrepreneurship and generational financial habitsQUOTES: “Everybody's not free from disruption. Disruption can hit your life at any point in time.” – Arian Simone “You need to be very careful when you choose who you want to align with your vision.” – Arian Simone GUEST RESOURCES: Arian Simone Website | https://www.ariansimone.com/ IG | https://www.instagram.com/ariansimone/ ABOUT ANTHONY ONEAL:Anthony O'Neal is a nationally bestselling author, speaker, and host of The Table with Anthony O'Neal. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Banking and is a professor of Consumer Economics at Virginia Union University. Since 2014, he's helped millions of people get out of debt, build wealth, and break generational poverty. His mission is to help you maximize your income, eliminate debt, and create a life of freedom and legacy.

In this episode, Ceci Connolly, President and CEO, Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), discusses Medicare Advantage market disruption, plan exits, beneficiary impacts, and the need for risk adjustment reform to support sustainable coverage in local communities.

Dom talks with Rabobank senior animal protein analyst Jen Corkran about how trade disruptions are expected to redirect global beef flows for the remainder of 2026. They discuss the factors behind this, including Chinese trade quotas, a looming suspension of Brazilian beef into the EU and the 90-day emergency tariff waiver implemented by the US, plus what it all means for NZ producers and exporters. Tune in daily for the latest and greatest REX rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for more.

Ever feel like invisible forces are tripping you up, even when everything seems fine? I had no clue I was my own worst enemy until I peeled back three "identities" I'd been wearing.  First, I thought being a "good guy" meant never rocking the boat. Turns out, it just let standards slip and boundaries vanish. Then I leaned into my "fun boss" vibe only to use fun as an escape hatch from real work. And finally, I crowned myself a "messaging expert," which led to dangerous overconfidence and getting blindsided by industry shifts.  It wasn't the labels themselves that caused the chaos. It was my rigid definitions of them. Once I learned to redefine each identity holding firm to standards, being intentional with fun, and staying hungry for fresh insights my business and personal life leveled up.  Today on the podcast, I'm unpacking how your self-defined labels might be sabotaging your growth, and exactly how to flip the script.  Listen in and discover:  • Why "nice" without boundaries actually weakens your leadership  • How using fun as a distraction creates more stress, not less  • The danger of resting on your expertise and how to stay on the cutting edge  • The simple mindset tweak to redefine any identity for better results  Ready to turn your identities into superpowers? Tune in now and transform how you show up.  Did you enjoy this episode? I'd love it if you'd share it on Instagram and tag me @iambrandonlucero! Thank you for supporting the show. Find me on: IG: @iambrandonlucero Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmBrandonLucero  Website: https://www.brandonlucero.com 

Seth Godin, bestselling author of more than 20 books, visionary, friend of the pod and the inventor of email marketing, returns to The Remarkable Retail podcast to discuss his new book, The Knot. Seth reframes the Gordian Knot legend: Alexander didn't cut it, he pulled out the hidden pole at its centre and then untied it. The lesson? Every place we feel stuck has hidden entanglements, and the way through is to name them. Seth explains how wanting two incompatible things at once keeps people and companies frozen, and why struggling retailers are often defending real estate rather than embracing their purpose: creating delight worth more than what customers pay.Drawing on Kodak, Netflix, Blockbuster and Google, he tackles the sunk-cost fallacy with a memorable first-class-to-Dubai analogy, explains how status, affiliation and fear shape boardroom decisions, and offers practical advice for anyone whose boss won't let them change: run small experiments, share the credit, own the blame. Seth also warns that AI is turning every remaining employee into a manager, an identity shift for people trained since childhood to ask for the right answer. His challenge to retail leaders is to trade golf for surfing, tell the truth about where their time actually goes, and get close enough to customers to rediscover the empathy that makes great merchants.Before we get to Seth, Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc celebrate Steve's hat trick as an NRF Top Retail Voice, then it's into the tail end of earnings season. Costco is Exhibit A for retail's great concentration, posting net sales up 11.2% and a 9.4% comp, with digitally enabled sales up nearly 20%, though higher fuel prices flatten the numbers by a couple of points. J.C. Penney illustrates the collapse of the unremarkable middle, with sales down 8% and net income cut by more than half. And in a return of the Wobbly Unicorn Corner, Stitch Fix's turnaround looks stalled as active clients slip and weak guidance sinks the shares.We finish with Steve unpacking Adobe's forecast of 6.7% growth in November and December online spending, and why margins, not comps, will be the real holiday story. He also marks the closing of the storied Neiman Marcus downtown Dallas flagship, home of the Zodiac Room, and shares a fun fact: Home Depot is the top-returning S&P 500 stock of the past 45 years. On the radar screen, Steve examines AI's mood swing as data-centre pushback grows and consumer adoption slows. At the same time, Michael looks at the halt of Canadian beer and spirits exports to the U.S., and at U.S.–China retail, from Luckin's rise to Walmart's roughly $30 billion business in China. About UsSteve Dennis is a strategic advisor and keynote speaker focused on growth and innovation, who has also been named one of the world's top retail influencers. He is the bestselling author of two books: Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption and Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a Forbes senior retail contributor and on social media.Michael LeBlanc is a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and media entrepreneur. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions hosted senior retail executive on-stage in 1:1 interviews worldwide. Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including The Remarkable Retail Podcast, The Voice of Retail, The Food Professor, The FEED powered by Loblaw and the Global eCommerce Leaders podcast. He has been recognized by the NRF as a global Top Retail Voice for 2025 and 2026 and continues to be a ReThink Retail Top Retail Expert for the fifth year in a row.

Brandon Sedloff and Matt Adler explore the world of small bay industrial real estate and the path from family business to independent fund manager. Adler, founder and managing partner of Adler Real Estate Partners, shares how he spun out of a third-generation family operation to build a specialized platform focused exclusively on multi-tenant light industrial properties across the Sun Belt. The conversation on The Distribution reveals why this once under-the-radar asset class has become one of real estate's most sought-after sectors and how focused operators compete when larger managers enter the space. They discuss: - Why spinning out of a family business required balancing independence with preserving relationships - How small bay industrial became a "HALO" asset class, hard assets with low obsolescence, resistant to AI disruption - What institutional investors misunderstand about office build-outs in industrial properties - How a disciplined operator grows NOI even when interest rates move against them - Why staying focused on one property type in mid-sized deals creates competitive advantage against mega managers This episode offers practical insight for anyone interested in niche real estate strategies, the transition from operating partner to fund manager, or how specialist platforms win by executing better than diversified competitors. Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:57) - Matt's family real estate background (00:09:49) - Early career and deciding to leave the family business (00:11:19) - Working with Apollo and the GFC (00:14:18) - Starting the fund business (00:16:29) - Spinning out from the family business (00:21:25) - Adler Real Estate Partners today (00:23:59) - Small bay industrial explained (00:28:09) - Why small bay industrial is hot right now (00:31:36) - HALO and the AI advantage (00:32:47) - Competition and differentiation (00:38:01) - The office buildout misconception (00:42:36) - Competing with mega managers (00:46:34) - Headwinds and opportunities ahead (00:50:53) - Closing thoughts Links: Matthew on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mladler/ Adler Partners - https://adler-partners.com/ Brandon on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bsedloff/ Juniper Square - https://www.junipersquare.com/

Disruption to global energy supplies has exposed the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels for sustainability as well as sovereignty concerns. Latin America, a region that depends on fossil fuels for two-thirds of its energy, feels this more than most. With a focus on the Americas transition finance summit, organised by OMFIF and Bolsa Institucional de Valores, Anne Simpson, vice chair at OMFIF, joins David Marsh, chairman of OMFIF, to discuss the region's prospects for mobilising long-term capital. Together, they examine fiduciary duty, political backlash in the context of climate risk, domestic market participation and partnerships between local and international investors.  The Americas transition finance summit takes place in Mexico City on 30 September.

What will it take for Kenya Airways to turn its business around? In this episode, Julius Thairu, Chief Commercial and Customer Officer at Kenya Airways, discusses the airline's priorities: restoring grounded aircraft, improving reliability, rebuilding customer trust, and pursuing profitability. The conversation explores Kenya Airways' growth strategy, Nairobi's role as an African aviation hub, the airline's fleet and cargo ambitions, and how digital transformation and customer data could improve the passenger experience.  Julius also explains why getting the fundamentals right, especially punctuality, route relevance, and disruption recovery, is essential to the airline's next chapter.  Chapters  00:00 — Kenya Airways' turnaround and 50-year legacy  04:32 — Stabilization, strategy, and the grounded fleet  07:48 — Profitability, growth, and Nairobi as a hub  13:02 — Customer experience and the gap between promise and reality 17:49 — Fleet targets and the cargo opportunity  19:41 — Passenger priorities and reliability challenges  24:03 — Network changes and improving operational reliability 28:14 — Disruption recovery and customer accountability  29:04 — Digital transformation and customer data 33:39 — Growth strategy, investment, and profitability  39:15 — Kenya Airways' key markets and future priorities  #KenyaAirways #AfricanAviation #Aviation #CustomerExperience #AirlineIndustry #Africa #Kenya #AviaDev #Nairobi Sign up to the AviaDev mailing list https://www.aviadev.com/keep-me-updated

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Jesus disrupts, the religious authorities demand to know why, and I think it's a fair question. Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

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The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com Garth Heckman Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   We can see this verse from two different perspectives: You as a father and you under your father.  Let me start with the first…   I AM THANKFUL FOR MY FATHER  -  Dad reading praying every day.. still does.     -   My Dad at Spencer Lake youth camp       -   My Dad Turing himself in to the DNR   I was forged in the hands of a warrior… it is now my job to forge my sons so that they may forge their sons!        Young men are more lonely than ever before.        So we have a divide in our country today in Gen Z. Men are coming back to Jesus Women are opting out Men want marriage and families  More women then ever do not   One thing I do know: Scripture says family is a priority. And that makes it a target for satan our enemy.  Satan will attack not just the family       **but every element of it. Kids, husbands, Wives, young women meant to be wives, young men meant to be husbands.   #1 Thing men need to understand about the game of women and marriage.    Women love dangerous men… but wait there's more   You become unbelievably attractive when you know God, his word, hear his voice and obey.            SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD Arrows in the hands of an angry God!    It is in a woman's DNA to want a man of God!  Which is why many women do not want a man in todays world… there is a shortage of dangerous men.      So how does a young man grow, mature and lean into being a man of God.     #1 You will hang with who you hang with   Shad Shack and Benny - Don't miss the foundation to their decision: They did it together.    David and his mighty men.    Jesus had 1 best friend, 3 close friends, 12 solid friends, 72 like minded friends,  Jesus sent out the disciples in 12 and 2. Again, don't miss the point - you must have a ride or die crew for Jesus!      One of the biggest influences in my life as a young man in High School and my first year out of high school was hanging out with some college and career guys from my church. Tim Kruse, Brian White, Steve Wetzel, Tom Alexander, Sean O'Hearan. I would go down to the UW campus and watch and listen to them preach open air to the college students walking past from classes. They would get mocked, ridiculed and they would also see a lot of kids come to Christ. This group of about 12 guys were unstoppable.        #2 Understand you are an instrument of war.    Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   Are you ready to be a man of God? A Father? A Warrior? All men must be willing to prepare to be a warrior who has children they are ready to unleash on the world for God. You may never have kids, but God will most definitely put young men in your life through out your faith walk to help launch into warfare. Are you ready to do that?   Notice the Psalm is written from the perspective of the father being the warrior, and his children (particularly sons, in the ancient near-eastern context) being the arrows he shoots into the future — meaning the original picture is about legacy and generational impact,  Now lets lip the metaphor — asking "what makes a good arrow, and who has to shoot it"        An Arrow Has No Power of Its Own — It Must Be Shaped   You can have a razor sharp broad head, a powerful bow… but if the arrow shaft is compromised it will never hit its target.    Before an arrow is ever shot, it has to be made: straightened, weighted, fletched. A crooked arrow, however sharp its tip, flies wildly off target no matter how strong the archer is.   There has to be disruption, challenge, pain and time. None of those can be skipped in order to be worthy of being in the hand of warrior.  Disruption breaks self-reliance. As long as a man's life is running smoothly on his own terms, he has little reason to depend on God. Disruption — losing a job, a relationship falling apart, a plan collapsing — tends to be what exposes how much a man was actually trusting in himself. Moses spent 40 years as a nobody shepherd in the wilderness before God called him; Joseph was sold into slavery and imprisoned unjustly before he was elevated. The disruption wasn't punishment — it was the thing that stripped away what he was leaning on so he'd have to lean on God instead.   Challenge builds endurance, and endurance builds character. This is almost verbatim what James 1:2-4 says — trials test faith, and that testing produces perseverance, and perseverance, if you let it finish its work, makes you "perfect and entire, wanting nothing." Romans 5:3-5 says something similar: suffering produces patience, patience produces experience, experience produces hope. The logic isn't "pain is good" — it's that character can't be built without resistance, the same way muscle can't be built without load.   Pain refines. Scripture repeatedly uses the image of metal being purified by fire — the heat doesn't destroy the metal, it burns off what doesn't belong (1 Peter 1:6-7, Malachi 3:3). Pain has a way of burning off performance, image management, and comfort-seeking, and revealing what a man actually believes when the stakes are real.   Time is what makes it real rather than manufactured. You can't compress spiritual maturity into a weekend. David was anointed king as a boy but spent years as a fugitive before he actually sat on the throne — the anointing came first, but the readiness came from time. Even Jesus, fully God, "learned obedience by the things which he suffered" (Hebrews 5:8) — there's something about lived, tested time that a single moment of decision can't substitute for.   What I'd add — a few things that change the picture, not just add to it:   Suffering alone doesn't guarantee godliness — the response does. Two men can go through the same disruption; one comes out bitter, hardened, and self-protective, the other comes out humble and more dependent on God. The pain isn't what transforms — how it's met is. Without humility and a willingness to actually submit to God in it, hardship just as often produces cynicism as character.   It's not meant to be walked alone. "Iron sharpens iron" (Proverbs 27:17) exists for a reason — a man processing pain in isolation is far more likely to either numb out or spiral than one who has other men actually in it with him. Community isn't an accessory to the formation process, it's usually the difference between suffering that shapes and suffering that just wounds.   The Word has to be the anchor, not just the pain. Scripture is what gives suffering meaning and direction instead of just being chaos a man survives. Psalm 1 and Joshua 1:8 both tie a man's fruitfulness to meditating on God's word — the trials do the breaking, but the Word is what rebuilds him toward something rather than just leaving rubble.   It's grace, not achievement. This is worth holding carefully — the goal isn't "suffer enough and you'll earn godly character." Galatians 5:22-23 calls maturity "fruit of the Spirit," not fruit of hardship. God does the actual transforming; the trials are the context he often works through, not a formula a man runs to produce holiness on his own effort.   So I'd say your instinct is right, but I'd reframe it slightly: it's not disruption, challenge, pain, and time that make a man godly — it's how he responds to those things, in community, anchored to the Word, surrendered to God, over that stretch of time. Take away any of those and the suffering can just as easily harden a man as shape him.               Application: The straightening process isn't punishment; it's what makes the difference between an arrow that flies true and one that veers off no matter how hard he's "launched" into life.   Scripture tie-in: Proverbs 27:17 — "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." An arrow doesn't sharpen itself; it's sharpened by something harder than itself pressing against it — mentors, fathers, Scripture, correction.     2. An Arrow's Power Comes From the Bow, Not Itself   Alex Revells video: waiting for my gun to kill someone… LOL.    Straight, precise, sharp, weighted, tested… but powerless with out the weight of the draw behind it.    An arrow, no matter how well made, has zero propulsion of its own. All its force comes from tension stored in something else — the archer's drawn bow.   Application: A young man's strength for life doesn't originate in himself — it comes from abiding in Christ, the source of real power. Self-reliance is like an arrow trying to launch itself; it goes nowhere.   Scripture tie-in: John 15:5 — "Apart from me you can do nothing." There are two parts to this… don't miss it!   The garden that was given to the man… run down, falling apart, walls broken down, weeds, overgrowth, birds and animals feces…  “You absolutely right… but just between you and me… you should have seen this place when it was just Gods”.      3. An Arrow Must Be Aimed — Direction Matters More Than Speed   A powerful shot with no aim is worse than useless — it can actually cause harm. The strength of the draw means nothing if the target is wrong.     Targets. White, black, blue, red, gold.  The overall target Matt. 6:33 seek ye first the kingdom Each circle is a greater focus in your life. My inner circle is the gospel shared with others   Application: Raw ambition, drive, and talent in a young man without godly direction is dangerous, not just wasted — misdirected strength (anger, sexual drive, ambition, competitiveness) becomes destructive rather than fruitful. The question isn't just "how much power do you have," but "what target has your life been aimed at?”   Scripture tie-in: Proverbs 4:25-27 — "Let your eyes look straight ahead... do not turn to the right or the left." 1 Corinthians 9:26 — Paul says he doesn't run "aimlessly" or box "beating the air" — deliberate aim, not just effort, is the point.     5. Arrows Are Made For War, Not Display   A quiver full of unused, un-shot arrows isn't a blessing; it's wasted potential.   What are young men trained for today? Gaming? Porn? Money? Partying? Status?    Scripture tie-in: Ephesians 6:12 — "we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against... spiritual forces of evil" — young men are being called into a real, active spiritual battle, not just personal self-improvement.   The question isn't whether you have potential — every arrow does. The question is: who's shaping you right now, what's your life aimed at, and are you willing to be trained for the fight you were actually made for?"

With the end of a supply chain disruption, you might breathe a sigh of relief. But don't hold your breath waiting for things to get back to normal.

Join Rob McConnell as he welcomes Adam Hartung, business strategist, author and expert on innovation, organizational change and corporate leadership. Hartung is the author of Create Marketplace Disruption: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition, in which he developed what he calls The Phoenix Principle—a management philosophy arguing that successful organizations must continually adapt to changing markets rather than become locked into strategies and practices that worked in the past. Hartung has held executive positions in Fortune 100 companies and worked with consulting organizations including Boston Consulting Group and Coopers & Lybrand. Hartung's Phoenix Principle challenges what he calls the “Defend & Extend” mentality—the tendency of organizations to protect existing products, practices and business models even as circumstances around them change. His alternative emphasizes recognizing marketplace shifts, challenging institutional “lock-in,” creating disruptions and establishing what he calls “White Space,” where new approaches can be tested and developed. The central lesson is straightforward: long-term survival depends upon an organization's willingness to recognize change and adapt before a crisis forces it to do so. During this conversation, Rob and Adam examine those principles through the lens of the catastrophic BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The April 20, 2010 explosion killed 11 workers and initiated the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history. Subsequent litigation found BP grossly negligent in connection with the disaster, and the company ultimately faced tens of billions of dollars in settlements and other costs. The catastrophe provides a powerful case study for examining corporate decision-making, risk management, leadership, organizational culture and what can happen when warning signs and potentially catastrophic risks are inadequately addressed.Join Rob McConnell and Adam Hartung on The 'X' Zone Radio Show for a discussion that goes beyond BP and asks questions relevant to virtually every organization. Why do successful companies sometimes become prisoners of their own past? What happens when protecting profits and established procedures becomes more important than adapting to changing risks? Can corporate culture make an organization blind to danger? And could the principles that allow a company to reinvent itself before competitors destroy it also help prevent the kind of organizational failures that can contribute to catastrophe? Adam Hartung's appearance is preserved in The 'X' Zone guest archives as “The Phoenix Principle and The BP Oil Spill Disaster.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.Please note that all CANCOM/XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email programming@xzbn.net.We are proud to announce the we have launched TWATNews.com, launched in August 2025.TWATNews.com is an independent online news platform dedicated to uncovering the truth about Donald Trump and his ongoing influence in politics, business, and society. Unlike mainstream outlets that often sanitize, soften, or ignore stories that challenge Trump and his allies, TWATNews digs deeper to deliver hard-hitting articles, investigative features, and sharp commentary that mainstream media won't touch.These are stories and articles that you will not read anywhere else.Our mission is simple: to expose corruption, lies, and authoritarian tendencies while giving voice to the perspectives and evidence that are often marginalized or buried by corporate-controlled media

When "national security" gets invoked, is it actually about protecting the country—or bypassing the law? Michael Steele uncovers how high-stakes foreign policy, quiet media blackouts, and bizarre proposals are being leveraged for political gain. You'll get a clear, unfiltered look at how fear is turned into electoral strategy, why key institutions are being tested, and what these precedents mean for your vote and the future of American democracy.Catch Michael Steele on The Weeknight Mondays - Fridays at 7pm EST on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/weeknightFollow Michael on X: https://x.com/MichaelSteeleFollow Michael on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsteele.bsky.socialFollow Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chairman_steele/Follow Michael on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chairman_steeleListen to The Michael Steele Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michael-steele-podcast/id1412905534Watch The Michael Steele Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJNKzTkCZE9uNqPiKYw5eU5YkS_mMsr6oIf you enjoyed this, be sure to share it with a friend!

Jeffrey Cole, director at the Center for the Digital Future, doesn't see some Mag 7 companies leading the future of tech. "Most companies really aren't ready to understand disruption," says Jeffrey, explaining how historic disruptors like Alphabet (GOOGL) are now being disrupted by new tech like OpenAI's ChatGPT. He points to Big Tech giants like Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (META) as key targets at risk. Jeffrey sees SpaceX (SPCX), Anthropic, Nvidia (NVDA), and even Intel (INTC) as companies that will continue to disrupt the stock market.

In this 40K Fireside episode, Vik and Dave preview the LGT meta by looking through the top ELO players attending the event and the lists they are bringing.We start with updates on Atlas, the Master Matrix, new course content, and the wider LGT field, before diving into the big faction trends: Custodes everywhere, Orks rising fast, Dark Angels still hanging around the top, and some interesting questions around dispositions like Priority Assets and Disruption.From there, we go through some of the most interesting top player lists at the event, including Innes Wilson's AdMech, Manny's Dark Angels double Nephilim Jetfighter build, Dave's Blood Legion Daemons, Liam's wild CSM Disruption list, Naseem's Ultramarines throwback, Glenn's Tau, Andy's Necrons, Greg's Votann, Vik's Sisters, Matt Bonnet's Orks, and even some Thunderhawk madness.We also talk through sleeper picks, faction specialists, top cut predictions, which armies may overperform, and why this LGT could reward players sticking with what they know rather than simply chasing the obvious meta picks.02:24 Main Show13:52 Dispositions Priority Assets Talk18:18 Top ELO Lists Intro18:35 Innes Wilson AdMech Breakdown22:28 Manny Dark Angels Jetfighters25:56 Dave Blood Legion List30:55 Liam CSM Disruption Spice35:28 Naseem Ultramarines Throwback39:35 Glenn Tau Left Field Pick41:29 Tau Loadout Talk43:09 Necrons Without Vault45:39 Votann Meta Sleeper47:55 Why Sisters Not Eldar50:10 Sisters Vehicle Core54:59 Terrain And Weapons57:20 Orks Dread Mob Threat01:00:35 Honorable Mentions01:04:26 Thunderhawk Madness01:08:16 Top Cut Predictions01:12:45 Goals And SignoffSee you all again soon - by the Fireside,Vik & DaveCheck out our E-courses for competitive Warhammer at https://40kfireside.com#warhammer #40kFireside #firesidepodcast #firesideJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyYYtA8JdF-04NKO7ZmORkQ/joinFor Business Inquiries: [40kFireside@gmail.com](mailto:40kFireside@gmail.com)

In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, host KJ speaks with Jon Kokot, co-founder and CEO of Civic, an AI-native gov-tech company tackling the massive backlog of constituent communications flooding government offices. Jon shares how Congress received 80 million pieces of correspondence in 2024 alone, driven by AI drafting tools that have lowered the barrier for citizens to contact their representatives. Civic's platform auto-categorizes inbound messages, maps constituent concerns geographically, and helps offices respond with actionable data so that staff can reclaim hours of their day. Jon discusses the company's first customers in New York City processing 311 data, beta users in the US House of Representatives, and a mission to give residents real agency in the American democratic experiment. Key Takeaways: 5:00 — What is driving the surge in government correspondence? 15:35 — Who are the early adopters of this gov-tech platform? 24:30 — How does Civic's platform handle a 300,000-email backlog? 25:20 – When will staffers see meaningful time savings after switching? Quote of the Show (4:47):"We want to improve the function of our democracy so that residents feel that they have agency in this American experiment."— Jon Kokot Join our Anti-PR newsletter where we’re keeping a watchful and clever eye on PR trends, PR fails, and interesting news in tech so you don't have to. You're welcome. Want PR that actually matters? Get 30 minutes of expert advice in a fast-paced, zero-nonsense session from Karla Jo Helms, a veteran Crisis PR and Anti-PR Strategist who knows how to tell your story in the best possible light and get the exposure you need to disrupt your industry. Click here to book your call: https://info.jotopr.com/free-anti-pr-eval Ways to connect with Jon Kokot:Company LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/get-civicCompany Website: https://get-civic.com How to get more Disruption/Interruption: Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/eccda84d-4d5b-4c52-ba54-7fd8af3cbe87/disruption-interruption Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruption-interruption/id1581985755 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6yGSwcSp8J354awJkCmJlD YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=disruption+%2F+interuuptionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Im Kassenzone-Bus auf der DMEXCO analysieren Alex und Pip Klöckner schonungslos die aktuelle Lage im E-Commerce und die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen durch Künstliche Intelligenz – von der Automatisierung in der Softwareentwicklung bis hin zur potenziellen Disruption der Google-Suche und traditioneller Managementstrukturen in deutschen Konzernen. Im Fokus stehen außerdem der drastische Wertverlust von Shein aufgrund fallender regulatorischer Schranken, die schwindenden Margen im Multichannel-Handel und die Frage, welche Geschäftsmodelle künftig überhaupt noch profitabel wachsen können. Warum gibt es abseits von Amazon, Meta und Google im digitalen Handel kaum noch E-Commerce-Gewinner, die profitabel wachsen? Und welche Berufsbilder bieten im Commerce- und Tech-Sektor überhaupt noch Zukunftssicherheit, wenn KI klassische Rollen zunehmend verändert? Energiezone: https://www.energiezone.org/ Partner in der Folge: https://linktr.ee/kassenzone Community: https://kassenzone.de/discord Feedback zum Podcast? Mail an alex@kassenzone.de Disclaimer: https://www.kassenzone.de/disclaimer/ Kassenzone” wird vermarktet von Podstars by OMR. Du möchtest in “Kassenzone” werben? Dann https://podstars.de/kontakt/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=shownotes_kassenzone This podcast uses ad tracking. Learn more via Spotify Ad Analytics terms of service and Podstars privacy policy. https://help.adanalytics.spotify.com/spotify-ad-analytics-terms-of-service & https://www.podstars.de/datenschutz Alexander Graf: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandergraf/ https://twitter.com/supergraf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KassenzoneDe/ Blog: https://www.kassenzone.de/ E-Commerce Buch 2019: https://amzn.eu/d/5Adc1ZH Plattformbuch 2024: https://amzn.eu/d/1tAk82E

In this episode, Guo Harn Hong (Argus Global Lead for Base Oils) is joined by Chu Ren Tan (Senior Base Oils Analyst), Li Li Chng (Associate Editor, Base Oils), Tara Tang (Associate Editor, Base Oils & Waxes) and Victor Hu (Senior Analyst) to discuss how geopolitical tensions, logistical disruptions and shifting trade flows continue to reshape Asia-Pacific base oils markets. While new capacity additions across the region have eased some supply pressures, the lubricant supply chain remains under strain as refiners optimise output streams and downstream blending economics evolve.   The discussion explores the impact of changing crude and base oil trade flows, refinery strategies affecting product availability, and the opportunities emerging for market participants amid ongoing disruption.   Key themes: Geopolitical tensions and logistical challenges reshaping crude and base oil trade flows New Asia-Pacific capacity easing supply constraints, but not fully resolving market disruption Refinery optimisation and its impact on base oil production and lubricant supply chains Emerging trade opportunities amid shifting regional market dynamics

Todd White sits down with Heather Schott on Holy Disruption to tell the story most people have never heard in full — drug addiction from age 12, a homicide-suicide threat to his own family, getting shot at from ten feet away, and the exact moment "sin consciousness" was replaced by "son consciousness." Twenty-one years later, he's still burning — sharing the gospel on every ski lift, every gondola, every grocery line. This is a raw, unfiltered conversation about why Christians are afraid to witness, what it actually costs to be free from shame, and why your testimony isn't optional — it's the glory God is owed.

Jeffrey Cole is one of the world's leading voices on media, technology, and the digital future. He founded the World Internet Project, the longest-running global study of online behavior, and has spent more than three decades studying how major technological shifts reshape society and business. He also directs the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School and has taught more than 35,000 students. In this episode, Jeffrey shares his perspective on why AI could be the most disruptive technology in history, where new opportunities are emerging, and how entrepreneurs and workers can thrive in a rapidly changing economy. On this episode we talk about: Why the internet, COVID, and AI represent an unprecedented period of disruption—and how AI could be the most disruptive technology yet The difference between innovation and true disruption, and how disruption can completely reshape or eliminate entire industries How AI may transform the job market and why careers centered around human connection, creativity, caregiving, and hands-on skills could become increasingly valuable Why the trades and apprenticeship models may be better positioned for the future than traditional four-year college pathways How technology has leveled the playing field for entrepreneurs, making it possible to build businesses and creative projects with dramatically lower costs and overhead Top 3 Takeaways Look for opportunity in disruption. When industries are being transformed, entire new niches and business models emerge. Instead of resisting change, entrepreneurs can look for the opportunities created by it. Develop skills that are difficult to automate. Human connection, caregiving, creativity, and hands-on skills may become increasingly valuable as AI and automation replace more routine jobs. Keep overhead low and surround yourself with smart people. Technology has dramatically reduced the cost of starting businesses and creating products, giving individuals and small teams opportunities that once required massive amounts of capital. Notable Quotes "All of this chaos creates incredible opportunities to find new niches, to really build new businesses." "AI has the potential to be the most disruptive technology of all time." "The best single thing you can do is be around smart people with low overhead." Connect with Jeffrey Cole: Book: ⁠Disrupters at the Gate⁠ Website: jeffrey-cole.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyicole/ A Word from Our Sponsors: - The most successful business owners don't do it all themselves — they delegate. Upwork lets you build a team of highly skilled specialists for every function your business needs, so you can focus on what you do best and let experts handle the rest. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free! - Scribe captures workflows as work happens and automatically generates step-by-step guides with screenshots and instructions, so no one has to sit down and write documentation from scratch. Learn more at scribe.how/tmm and mention Travis Makes Money for your first month of Scribe Capture free on select plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@gmail.com Garth Heckman Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   We can see this verse from two different perspectives: You as a father and you under your father.  Let me start with the first…   I AM THANKFUL FOR MY FATHER  -  Dad reading praying every day.. still does.     -   My Dad at Spencer Lake youth camp       -   My Dad Turing himself in to the DNR   I was forged in the hands of a warrior… it is now my job to forge my sons so that they may forge their sons!        Young men are more lonely than ever before.        So we have a divide in our country today in Gen Z. Men are coming back to Jesus Women are opting out Men want marriage and families  More women then ever do not   One thing I do know: Scripture says family is a priority. And that makes it a target for satan our enemy.  Satan will attack not just the family       **but every element of it. Kids, husbands, Wives, young women meant to be wives, young men meant to be husbands.   #1 Thing men need to understand about the game of women and marriage.    Women love dangerous men… but wait there's more   You become unbelievably attractive when you know God, his word, hear his voice and obey.            SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD Arrows in the hands of an angry God!    It is in a woman's DNA to want a man of God!  Which is why many women do not want a man in todays world… there is a shortage of dangerous men.      So how does a young man grow, mature and lean into being a man of God.     #1 You will hang with who you hang with   Shad Shack and Benny - Don't miss the foundation to their decision: They did it together.    David and his mighty men.    Jesus had 1 best friend, 3 close friends, 12 solid friends, 72 like minded friends,  Jesus sent out the disciples in 12 and 2. Again, don't miss the point - you must have a ride or die crew for Jesus!      One of the biggest influences in my life as a young man in High School and my first year out of high school was hanging out with some college and career guys from my church. Tim Kruse, Brian White, Steve Wetzel, Tom Alexander, Sean O'Hearan. I would go down to the UW campus and watch and listen to them preach open air to the college students walking past from classes. They would get mocked, ridiculed and they would also see a lot of kids come to Christ. This group of about 12 guys were unstoppable.        #2 Understand you are an instrument of war.    Psalm 127:3-5 — "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.”   Are you ready to be a man of God? A Father? A Warrior? All men must be willing to prepare to be a warrior who has children they are ready to unleash on the world for God. You may never have kids, but God will most definitely put young men in your life through out your faith walk to help launch into warfare. Are you ready to do that?   Notice the Psalm is written from the perspective of the father being the warrior, and his children (particularly sons, in the ancient near-eastern context) being the arrows he shoots into the future — meaning the original picture is about legacy and generational impact,  Now lets lip the metaphor — asking "what makes a good arrow, and who has to shoot it"        An Arrow Has No Power of Its Own — It Must Be Shaped   You can have a razor sharp broad head, a powerful bow… but if the arrow shaft is compromised it will never hit its target.    Before an arrow is ever shot, it has to be made: straightened, weighted, fletched. A crooked arrow, however sharp its tip, flies wildly off target no matter how strong the archer is.   There has to be disruption, challenge, pain and time. None of those can be skipped in order to be worthy of being in the hand of warrior.  Disruption breaks self-reliance. As long as a man's life is running smoothly on his own terms, he has little reason to depend on God. Disruption — losing a job, a relationship falling apart, a plan collapsing — tends to be what exposes how much a man was actually trusting in himself. Moses spent 40 years as a nobody shepherd in the wilderness before God called him; Joseph was sold into slavery and imprisoned unjustly before he was elevated. The disruption wasn't punishment — it was the thing that stripped away what he was leaning on so he'd have to lean on God instead.   Challenge builds endurance, and endurance builds character. This is almost verbatim what James 1:2-4 says — trials test faith, and that testing produces perseverance, and perseverance, if you let it finish its work, makes you "perfect and entire, wanting nothing." Romans 5:3-5 says something similar: suffering produces patience, patience produces experience, experience produces hope. The logic isn't "pain is good" — it's that character can't be built without resistance, the same way muscle can't be built without load.   Pain refines. Scripture repeatedly uses the image of metal being purified by fire — the heat doesn't destroy the metal, it burns off what doesn't belong (1 Peter 1:6-7, Malachi 3:3). Pain has a way of burning off performance, image management, and comfort-seeking, and revealing what a man actually believes when the stakes are real.   Time is what makes it real rather than manufactured. You can't compress spiritual maturity into a weekend. David was anointed king as a boy but spent years as a fugitive before he actually sat on the throne — the anointing came first, but the readiness came from time. Even Jesus, fully God, "learned obedience by the things which he suffered" (Hebrews 5:8) — there's something about lived, tested time that a single moment of decision can't substitute for.   What I'd add — a few things that change the picture, not just add to it:   Suffering alone doesn't guarantee godliness — the response does. Two men can go through the same disruption; one comes out bitter, hardened, and self-protective, the other comes out humble and more dependent on God. The pain isn't what transforms — how it's met is. Without humility and a willingness to actually submit to God in it, hardship just as often produces cynicism as character.   It's not meant to be walked alone. "Iron sharpens iron" (Proverbs 27:17) exists for a reason — a man processing pain in isolation is far more likely to either numb out or spiral than one who has other men actually in it with him. Community isn't an accessory to the formation process, it's usually the difference between suffering that shapes and suffering that just wounds.   The Word has to be the anchor, not just the pain. Scripture is what gives suffering meaning and direction instead of just being chaos a man survives. Psalm 1 and Joshua 1:8 both tie a man's fruitfulness to meditating on God's word — the trials do the breaking, but the Word is what rebuilds him toward something rather than just leaving rubble.   It's grace, not achievement. This is worth holding carefully — the goal isn't "suffer enough and you'll earn godly character." Galatians 5:22-23 calls maturity "fruit of the Spirit," not fruit of hardship. God does the actual transforming; the trials are the context he often works through, not a formula a man runs to produce holiness on his own effort.   So I'd say your instinct is right, but I'd reframe it slightly: it's not disruption, challenge, pain, and time that make a man godly — it's how he responds to those things, in community, anchored to the Word, surrendered to God, over that stretch of time. Take away any of those and the suffering can just as easily harden a man as shape him.               Application: The straightening process isn't punishment; it's what makes the difference between an arrow that flies true and one that veers off no matter how hard he's "launched" into life.   Scripture tie-in: Proverbs 27:17 — "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." An arrow doesn't sharpen itself; it's sharpened by something harder than itself pressing against it — mentors, fathers, Scripture, correction.     2. An Arrow's Power Comes From the Bow, Not Itself   Alex Revells video: waiting for my gun to kill someone… LOL.    Straight, precise, sharp, weighted, tested… but powerless with out the weight of the draw behind it.    An arrow, no matter how well made, has zero propulsion of its own. All its force comes from tension stored in something else — the archer's drawn bow.   Application: A young man's strength for life doesn't originate in himself — it comes from abiding in Christ, the source of real power. Self-reliance is like an arrow trying to launch itself; it goes nowhere.   Scripture tie-in: John 15:5 — "Apart from me you can do nothing." There are two parts to this… don't miss it!   The garden that was given to the man… run down, falling apart, walls broken down, weeds, overgrowth, birds and animals feces…  “You absolutely right… but just between you and me… you should have seen this place when it was just Gods”.

Get the basics right in school and everything else builds on it. Miss that window, and it is very hard to course correct. In this compilation from the BRAVE archive, Adam Huh Dam of Stick 'Em, Adriel Yong of Clouted, Henry Motte-de la Motte of Edge Tutor and host Jeremy Au break down what actually improves learning outcomes, and why so much of edtech does not. Why authenticity and real traction can beat a polished pitch, from the team that won the 2025 Hult Prize (Adam Huh Dam) Why more screens and gadgets in schools have made outcomes worse, and where AI can genuinely help students (Adam Huh Dam) How the US and Singapore education systems differ, and how gaps in public schooling create private markets like college counseling (Jeremy Au and Adriel Yong) Why time abroad and cross-border relationships matter more for young people as AI takes over routine work (Adriel Yong) Why selling into public school systems takes so long, from multi-stakeholder buying to risk aversion (Henry Motte-de la Motte) Why K-12 is the highest-ROI investment a government can make, and what the Asian Tiger economies got right (Henry Motte-de la Motte) Watch the full episodes: Adam Huh Dam, Co-Founder of Stick 'Em How To Win A $1M Prize And Fixing The Global Education Crisis | Adam Huh Dam of Stick ‘Em - EP682 https://youtu.be/jaeEyRF3doA  Adriel Yong, Co-Founder & COO of Clouted AI Has Changed The Way We Create, Consume And Value Content | Adriel Yong - E730 https://youtu.be/qqrkSe95nmY  Henry Motte-de la Motte, Founder & CEO of Edge Tutor Henry Motte-de la Motte: Education Tech Challenges - E372 https://youtu.be/oENqetfds_4  Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/edtech-future-of-learning  BRAVE is Southeast Asia's leading tech podcast, hosted by Jeremy Au. Honest conversations with the region's top founders, investors, and operators on building startups in Southeast Asia. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you never miss one. Listen & Subscribe YouTube (English), YouTube (Bahasa Indonesia), Spotify (English), Spotify (Bahasa Indonesia), Spotify (Chinese), Spotify (Vietnamese), Apple Podcasts Follow BRAVE LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp Follow Jeremy Au LinkedIn, X / Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Twitch Resources Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at www.bravesea.com #Education #EdTech #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #Philippines #Indonesia #TechPodcast #STEAM #K12 #AIinEducation #EducationPolicy #Founders #SEAstartups  00:00 Intro 00:40 Adam Huh Dam: going to London knowing we wouldn't win 03:48 Why Stick 'Em won the Hult Prize 04:50 AI in classrooms: the low-hanging fruit 06:07 More screens, worse outcomes 07:36 Jeremy Au & Adriel Yong: Singapore versus America 09:57 College counseling and pay to play admissions 11:51 The moonshot: six months abroad for every student 13:22 Henry Motte-de la Motte: education's long sales cycles 14:23 The window closes at 18 15:04 What the Asian Tigers got right 15:50 Outro

Ist der General Counsel noch Risikobegrenzer – oder längst strategischer Business Partner, der zentrale Entscheidungen mitgestaltet? In dieser Folge des The Agenda Podcasts von Sherpany erläutert Dr. Henning Kuschewitz – General Counsel der Talanx AG / HDI Group – wie die Disruption von Unternehmen die Rolle des General Counsel grundlegend verändert und was das für Vorstände und Aufsichtsräte bedeutet. Kuschewitz beschreibt den Wandel vom Gatekeeper zum Business Partner: wie Legal sich seinen „Seat at the Table“ verdient, warum risikobasierte Beratung das Schwarz-Weiß-Denken ablöst und wie seine Abteilung „legal like a business“ führt. Er gibt zudem offene Einblicke in den intensiven KI-Einsatz in seinem Team – von der Prüfung großer Vertragsmengen für die DORA-Compliance (Digital Operational Resilience Act) bis zu selbst gebauten Entscheidungstools zum AI Act – und erklärt, warum nicht Kontrolle, sondern die richtige Teamkultur Innovation erst möglich macht. Sie sind an tiefgehenden strategischen Themen für Vorstände, Aufsichts- und Verwaltungsräte interessiert? Abonnieren Sie den The Agenda Podcast von Sherpany, dem führenden Anbieter von Lösungen für das Meeting-Management.  In diese Folge erfahren Sie: Warum sich die Rolle des General Counsel von der Risikokontrolle hin zur strategischen Business-Partnerschaft wandelt Wie risikobasierte Beratung – Risiken benennen und tragfähige Lösungswege aufzeigen – das juristische Schwarz-Weiß-Denken ablöst. Warum die rechtzeitige Einbindung des General Counsel eine der größten Herausforderungen der Rechtsabteilung bleibt Wie Legal, Compliance und Datenschutz als ein integrierter Partner auftreten, damit das Business eine schnelle, ganzheitliche Antwort erhält. Warum der Austausch mit Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat strategischer wird und die juristische Einordnung Grundvoraussetzung ist, aber nicht Teil der Diskussion. Wie eine Legal-Strategie aus Digitalisierung und KI einerseits und „running legal like a business“ andererseits Kapazität für höherwertige Aufgaben schafft. Warum sich der frühe KI-Einsatz auszahlt – und warum es keinen idealen Startzeitpunkt gibt. Wie die richtige Teamkultur – Eigenverantwortung, Gestaltungsfreiheit und psychologische Sicherheit – Innovation wirksamer treibt als Steuerung von oben  Chapters: 00:00  Wie Disruption die Rolle des General Counsel verändert 02:22  Die VUCA-Welt und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Rechtsabteilung 05:48  Business-orientierte Beratung: Nähe zum Geschäft und juristische Unabhängigkeit 07:26  Risikobasierte Beratung: Risiken benennen und Lösungswege aufzeigen 08:15  Legal, Compliance und Datenschutz als ein integrierter Partner 10:13  Im Boardroom: wie sich der Austausch mit Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat verändert hat 14:13  Legal-Strategie: zwei Pfeiler und „we run legal like a business“ 17:17  KI in der Rechtsabteilung: von ersten Use Cases zu Agenten und Vibe Coding 21:36  Innovationskultur fördern, ohne die Kontrolle aufzugeben The Agenda wird von Ingo Notthoff moderiert – Podcast-Produzent und -Moderator mit langjähriger Erfahrung in Führungs- und Managementrollen auf Konzern-, Mittelstands- und Verbandsebene. Thank you for listening! Visit us at Sherpany.com or follow us on LinkedIn for board, board committee, and executive meetings solutions.

The Remarkable Retail podcast turns six. Steve Dennis opens with the macro picture: inflation remains stubborn, driven largely by fuel. U.S. diesel just hit an all-time high, regular gas is up 36% year over year, and retailers absorbing higher freight costs say they're nearing their breaking point. Michael LeBlanc adds that diesel is almost perfectly correlated with food inflation, and that Canadian retailers expect fuel surcharges to persist into early 2027.The hosts review the first holiday forecasts. Deloitte projects 4 to 4.8% growth for November through January, with e-commerce up about 8%; Bain sees 4.5% growth and roughly 9% online over November and December. Steve wonders whether high fuel costs could push more shoppers online.At Macy's Inc., Bloomingdale's posted its highest comp ever at 11.3%, while the Macy's nameplate managed just over 1%, in line with Dillard's. Coresight's mid-year data shows store closings down 44% against an unusually heavy prior year, openings at their lowest since 2020, and a widening gap between scarce A-quality space and struggling B, C and D properties. Toys R Us is betting big, planning 120 more small-format U.S. stores before the holidays, though Michael notes the concept stumbled in Canada.The centerpiece: Steve's Pardon the Disruption post arguing that "the race to the doorstep is escalating." With Amazon rolling out sub-same-day delivery in as little as 30 minutes and holding roughly 40% of e-commerce, most retailers can at best match the offering through store fulfillment and gig partners like Instacart and DoorDash, at far worse economics. The smarter play: reach delivery parity where it matters and compete on reasons beyond ultra-convenience. Both hosts agree traditional grocers sit squarely in the bullseye as Amazon moves from the everything store to the everyday store.In earning news Inditex posted a 9% August sales gain, Zara plans 20 new U.S. stores, and sister brand Bershka is expanding fast from Miami to New York, India and Brazil. Kroger's sales were flat and guidance was cut, with retail media (up 24%) the lone bright spot.On the radar screen: Target Beauty Studio replaces Ulta shops in about 600 Target stores, and Michael shares insights from his quarterly retailer conversations on AI's ROI, including a McKinsey finding that change-management costs run roughly three times the technology itself, plus the shock of seat-based bills and exhausted token budgets. About UsSteve Dennis is a strategic advisor and keynote speaker focused on growth and innovation, who has also been named one of the world's top retail influencers. He is the bestselling author of two books: Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption and Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a Forbes senior retail contributor and on social media.Michael LeBlanc is a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and media entrepreneur. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions hosted senior retail executive on-stage in 1:1 interviews worldwide. Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including The Remarkable Retail Podcast, The Voice of Retail, The Food Professor, The FEED powered by Loblaw and the Global eCommerce Leaders podcast. He has been recognized by the NRF as a global Top Retail Voice for 2025 and 2026 and continues to be a ReThink Retail Top Retail Expert for the fifth year in a row.

What does it take to survive and thrive for two decades in the notoriously brutal fashion industry? It starts with a willingness to disrupt your own success. In 2006, Donna Ida founded her eponymous denim brand, building a highly successful retail empire. But as the business grew, she realized that permanent brick-and-mortar stores, skyrocketing rents, and operational clutter were pulling her away from what she loved most: the product, the brand, and the customer.So, she did the hard thing. She made a painful short-term decision for long-term joy: she pulled the plug, closed her permanent high-street shops, and pivoted entirely to a highly lean, e-commerce, and pop-up-driven model. Today, Donna runs her global brand directly from her smartphone—no laptop, no desk, and no back-office bloat.In this episode, Gary Gamp sits down with the "Jean Queen" herself live in beautiful Burford in the Cotswolds. Donna shares her raw, unfiltered wisdom on how to build a business that lasts. We explore the power of "moving energy" through temporary retail spaces, why you should never spend a penny on something the customer can't see, and why keeping your business simple is the ultimate competitive advantage.Key takeaways from this episode:Never Spend on What the Customer Can't See: Inspired by Jeff Bezos, Donna's golden rule is to keep the business simple. Don't get bogged down in backend details; pour your money and energy only into what directly impacts the product quality, the website, and the customer experience.The Power of Moving Energy: Permanent physical stores get stale quickly. Instead of waiting for customers to come to you, keep the energy moving by taking the "mountain to Mohammed" through targeted, high-impact temporary pop-ups and shared retail spaces.Declutter to Focus: Mental clarity starts with physical decluttering. Donna operates her entire business from her phone—no laptop, no desk, and no busywork to create false productivity.Own the Process: As companies grow, they get bloated and over-reliant on external roles. By keeping operations lean and staying deeply involved in the product yourself, you preserve quality and truly own both your successes and your mistakes.Send us Fan MailLinks & references: https://www.thecompanydoctor.com/Gary Gamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garygampGeorge Clode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeclodeGary's new book, Career Catalyst - available online now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Career-Catalyst-Secret-Skills-School-ebook/dp/B0DFYVG6XY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

1913 NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIAGlobal Conflict Disruption And Geopolitical InstabilityColonel Jeff McCausland analyzes multifaceted geopolitical crises spanning the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In Yemen, expanding Houthi strikes against critical shipping lanes and Saudi oil infrastructure threaten global energy supplies while complicating United States regional security commitments. McCausland also examines internal political turmoil in Israel surrounding Prime Minister Netanyahu ahead of upcoming elections. Regarding the war in Ukraine, he highlights Russian parliamentary elections that solidified Putin's political dominance. He warns that Moscow continues a persistent hybrid warfare campaign against NATO nations while negotiations over Ukrainian sovereignty remain deeply contentious among key global stakeholders. (6)

AI is everywhere in the headlines right now—and some of the smartest people in technology are warning that artificial intelligence could pose serious risks to humanity. But is this truly the beginning of the end, or are we seeing another round of fear that often comes with major technological change? In this episode of Dollars and Sense, Joel Garris of Nelson Financial Planning takes a thoughtful, practical look at the current AI debate. From the Luddites and the Industrial Revolution to Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb to the Y2K scare, history shows that every generation has faced fears about new technology—and humanity has repeatedly found ways to adapt. This conversation is not about ignoring risk. It is about keeping risk in perspective. AI may bring real challenges, including cybersecurity threats, misinformation, economic disruption, and questions about human control. But panic rarely leads to wise decisions—especially when it comes to your life, your money, and your future. Plus, Joel also shares an important reminder about protecting your home from property and deed fraud by signing up for free local property fraud alerts—a simple step that can help you monitor one of your largest assets. 

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Supply chains are facing pressure from every direction, from inflation and shifting consumer behavior to climate-driven disruption and rapidly evolving AI capabilities. For leaders, the challenge isn't simply keeping up. It's figuring out where to focus, how to make faster and better decisions, and how to turn emerging technology into measurable business value.In this episode of The Buzz, powered by MFG.inc, Scott Luton and special guest co-host Tanzil Uddin with Manifest are joined by Dheera Anand, Partner at Bain & Company, to unpack some of the biggest forces shaping supply chain today. They explore the latest challenges at the Panama Canal, changing consumer behavior, and lessons in regional resilience from APAC before diving deep into AI and supply chain transformation.Dheera shares practical examples of how organizations are moving beyond AI experimentation and “pilot fatigue” to create real operational value. The conversation also explores high-frequency decision-making, the importance of choosing the right AI applications, and how AI could reshape integrated business planning through faster scenario planning, continuous monitoring, and an “always-on” approach to IBP. Key TakeawaysPredictability and visibility are critical to resilience. Disruptions such as those affecting the Panama Canal demonstrate why companies need to understand their exposure throughout the supply network, not just at tier one.Consumers are still spending, but they're becoming more value-conscious. Retailers need greater precision around inventory, working capital, automation, and productivity as economic pressures continue.AI's greatest value may be in high-frequency decisions. Thousands of small operational decisions can create significant value leakage when humans simply don't have the capacity to address them all in real time.Moving beyond AI pilot fatigue requires better use-case selection. Leaders should consider data availability, decision frequency, variability, and the consequences of error when determining where AI can deliver scalable value.World-class IBP is a decision process—not a reporting process. Effective IBP should drive decisions, trade-offs, scenario planning, and preparation for what happens when the plan changes.AI could make IBP increasingly “always on.” Faster scenario modeling, automated assumption monitoring, and early-warning signals could move organizations beyond the traditional monthly planning cadence.Not all complexity creates value. Organizations need greater visibility and governance to distinguish complexity that customers value from complexity that adds cost without meaningful return. Supply chain leaders don't need more technology experiments; they need practical ways to turn technology, data, and planning into better decisions. Tune in to hear Scott, Tanzil, and Dheera explore how leaders can move beyond AI pilots, strengthen resilience, rethink IBP, and build supply chains that are better equipped to compete in an increasingly complex environment. 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Few industries have survived as many waves of disruption as music—from vinyl and MTV to streaming, AI, and now virtual artists. The performers who endure do more than react: they anticipate the next curve, reinvent without losing their identity, and keep experimenting before a crisis forces them to change.  In this episode of C-Suite Perspectives, Sara Murray, Managing Director, International at The Conference Board, is joined by Peter Corijn, Founder and CEO of VUCASTAR Consulting, Senior Fellow at The Conference Board, author, and recording artist under the name Paul Numi, to explore what business leaders can learn from the music industry about disruption and reinvention.  Together, they examine seven strategies for responding to a game changer; how artists including David Bowie, U2, Madonna, and Prince remained relevant; and why curiosity, resilience, diverse teams, and continuous experimentation underpin lasting success. They also discuss how leaders can innovate without abandoning their core identity, which capabilities organizations should develop before the next crisis, and whether generative AI can replicate the creativity and emotional experience that remain distinctly human.  More from The Conference Board:  Beyond AI Pilots: Building Future-Ready Companies  AI Is Transforming Organizations. How Will Yours Change?  C-Suite Outlook 2026: Uncertainty and Opportunity 

Artificial intelligence data centers are quietly transforming rural land markets across the country, driving up property values and sparking intense community backlash. For real estate investors and anyone tracking the AI infrastructure buildout, this intersection of technology and physical assets represents a fundamental shift in where value is being created.Today's Stocks & Topics: The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM), Market Wrap, Coupang, Inc. (CPNG), OpenAI Raising Capital, Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (VCTR), AI Data Centers Are Eating the Land Market: Real Estate's Next Big Disruption, Retirement, Genelux Corporation (GNLX), Oil Refinery Stocks.Our Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code claud.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/INVEST for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Can anyone actually stop AI right now? This week: a viral resignation warning AI "could kill us all by the end of the decade," a rogue AI agent cyberattack, Dario Amodei calling on the industry to slow down, and the President of the United States calling the whole thing a "hoax."I sat down with Bruce Mehlman — Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy under George W. Bush, and author of the Age of Disruption newsletter — and returning guest Katie Harbath, former Public Policy Director at Facebook and author of the upcoming book Disrupting Politics: A Front Row Seat to the Collision of Technology and Democracy (out October 6), to ask whether there's any real path to government action here, or whether this is just the next round of an arms race neither party can win.We cover the 10-day timeline that got us here, whether the data-center backlash is really a stand-in for deeper AI anxiety, how AI has scrambled traditional party lines, what companies can do on their own versus what only government or a global agreement can accomplish, whether a "kill switch" is even possible, the Reagan "trust but verify" problem applied to AI, and Katie's own front-row memories of the technology-democracy collision, including January 6th.CHAPTERS00:00 Cold open: "It escalated quickly"00:02 Guest introductions00:03 The 10-day timeline00:05 What actually alarmed them00:06 Bruce's 7 factors behind the convergence00:11 The state preemption fight — Hawley, Blackburn00:13 Did Trump just step into a "bear trap"?00:14 How AI scrambled party alliances00:26 Data centers: proxy, or just affordability?00:30 Talking to my kids about AI risk00:34 What companies can do vs. what only government can do00:41 Is a "kill switch" possible?00:47 China, Xi's visit, and the nuclear non-proliferation parallel00:51 Liability, Section 230, and who you sue when an AI hacks you00:57 Reagan's "trust but verify," applied to AI00:58 Katie's book: the January 6th storyBruce Mehlman's Age of Disruption: https://brucemehlman.substack.com/Katie Harbath's Anchor Change: https://anchorchange.substack.com/Worth Knowing on Substack: https://worthknowing.substack.com/#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIRegulation #AISafety #Congress #TechPolicy #DarioAmodei #Anthropic #OpenAI #Midterms2026

Curiosity is the secret ingredient to real change—and this episode dives deep into why embracing what you don't know can spark growth, connection, and excellence. What does it really mean to "do good better"? Lou Diamond sits down with the fearless and refreshingly candid Jess Pettitt—keynote speaker, author, and newly inducted Speaker Hall of Famer—to unpack her personal journey, her trilogy of work on enough-ness and trying, and how redefining responsibility and agency can unite us in polarized times. Jess brings stories, smart strategies for cultivating curiosity at work, and a behind-the-scenes look at what recognition from your peers truly means. Get ready to laugh, reflect, and maybe even challenge what you think you know.Timestamped Overview00:00 Episode intro and Jess Pettitt's candid welcome[00:48] Jess's thought leadership: enough-ness, trying, and making “doing good” better[04:56] The evolution of Jess's trilogy—why lived experience and business lessons collide[06:07] Disruption and change: what can businesses “do better” today?[08:41] “Good Enough Now”—where the idea really came from[10:58] Polarization, facts, and the danger of algorithmic echo chambers[12:16] Redefining responsibility and agency in work and life[14:55] Why polarization might be what actually helps us improve[16:25] How technology changed communication—and what we've lost[18:20] Rediscovering curiosity: breaking out of echo chambers[20:17] Building curiosity-driven cultures at work[21:38] The power of conversation: a no-device workplace experiment[23:35] How to spark connection by asking questions you don't know the answer to[27:52] Jess's Speaker Hall of Fame induction and what it means[33:18] The real definition of excellence and peer recognition[35:39] Where to find Jess Pettitt and her books[36:42] Speed round: activities, first concerts, and powerful music memories[40:16] Closing remarks and episode wrap-up

1903 BEAUMONT, TEXASGlobal Refined Fuel Crisis Drives MarketsMichael Bernstam analyzes the global refined petroleum crisis, emphasizing that diesel crack spreads have reached record levels due to refinery bottlenecks and geopolitical conflicts. Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and drone strikes on Russian refineries have cut refined product supplies by millions of barrels daily. Because U.S. shale oil yields lighter products unsuitable for heavy diesel production and domestic refineries operate near full capacity, elevated fuel prices are projected to persist into 2027. Concurrently, China is de-risking its foreign reserves by purchasing Russian gold to mitigate potential Western sanctions while exploiting Moscow's fiscal strains to demand steep discounts on natural gas imports. (1)

1910 BAKUCONTENTS-JBS-9-9-2026Global Refined Fuel Crisis Drives MarketsMichael Bernstam analyzes the global refined petroleum crisis, emphasizing that diesel crack spreads have reached record levels due to refinery bottlenecks and geopolitical conflicts. Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and drone strikes on Russian refineries have cut refined product supplies by millions of barrels daily. Because U.S. shale oil yields lighter products unsuitable for heavy diesel production and domestic refineries operate near full capacity, elevated fuel prices are projected to persist into 2027. Concurrently, China is de-risking its foreign reserves by purchasing Russian gold to mitigate potential Western sanctions while exploiting Moscow's fiscal strains to demand steep discounts on natural gas imports. (1)Commercial Space Progress And Planetary ExplorationBob Zimmerman highlights commercial space advancements, noting Stoke Space's $1 billion capital raise to develop its fully reusable Nova rockets and Isar Aerospace's historic orbital launch from Norway. Meanwhile, bureaucracy continues to hinder British spaceport development. In orbital operations, Catalyst demonstrated satellite rendezvous capabilities despite failing to save the Swift observatory's decaying orbit. Additionally, U.S. firms boycotted a Frenchsummit over restrictive proposed EU regulations. Internationally, European and Japanese orbiters successfully separated ahead of Mercury orbital insertion. However, Zimmerman raises concerns over NASA's Perseverance rover dithering on Mars without taking core samples for 15 months. (2)Russian Hybrid Warfare And Balkan GeopoliticsIvana Stradner details Russia's persistent hybrid warfare against Western democracies, utilizing social media, cyber operations, undersea cable sabotage, and disinformation to erode alliance cohesion. She notes how the populist AfD party leveraged platforms like TikTok to capture youth votes in Saxony-Anhalt. Stradner emphasizes that Vladimir Putinexploits Western risk aversion and seeks to divide NATO, arguing Washington must project decisive strength. In the Western Balkans, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić continues balancing between the West, Russia, and China to preserve authoritarian control, despite growing domestic protests led by students and young citizens seeking democratic reform. (3)German Political Turbulence Following AfD SurgeJudy Dempsey analyzes the political shockwaves caused by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) securing nearly 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt. This outcome has pressured Chancellor Friedrich Merz to defend democratic institutions while maintaining the CDU's strict firewall against forming coalitions with the populist party. Dempsey highlights that AfD's success relies heavily on strong TikTok engagement by young figures like Ulrich Siegmund, appealing to middle-aged men and youth. Although AfD's platform promotes anti-refugee sentiment and hostility toward the EU, Dempsey warns that anti-EU policies would undermine Germany's economic foundation. (4)Trade Conflict Drives RealignmentCharles Burton discusses the severe breakdown in U.S.-Canada economic relations following retaliatory tariff escalations and trade bans. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has framed the dispute around defending national sovereignty, recalling historical precedent like the 1890 McKinley tariffs that fostered Canadian nationalism. In response to proposed 50% U.S. tariffs and import bans, Canada implemented targeted tariffs against red-state exports. Burton observes that this rift is forcing Ottawa to diversify its resource exports away from the United States toward alternative global markets, warning that Beijing is eagerly waiting to deepen economic and strategic ties with Canada. (5)China Strategic Ambitions In Cislunar SpaceRick Fisher examines growing strategic competition between the United States and China in cislunar space, the critical region between Earth and the Moon. A leaked Chinese military academic article outlines principles for cislunar combat, complemented by plans to launch 30 monitoring cubesats to support space operations. Fisher notes that China's long-standing strategy aims to control cislunar space much like its territorial claims in the South China Sea. He stresses that without firm American deterrence, Beijing could unilaterally establish dominance over cislunar transit and future lunar activities, making preparation for potential conflict essential to maintaining access. (6)U.S. Canada Friction And International DiplomacyMary Kissel assesses escalating trade tensions between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, driven by disputes over protectionism and retaliatory tariffs. She notes that while both leaders find political advantage in public confrontation ahead of domestic elections, economic integration across energy, banking, and defense remains crucial. Kissel warns against Ottawa using China as an economic counterweight. Turning to European security, Kissel expresses skepticism regarding recent White House diplomatic overtures to Moscow, arguing that negotiating without imposing firm consequences fails to counter Vladimir Putin's unyielding demands and ongoing hybrid warfare tactics across Western Europe. (7)Global Commodity Crises And British PoliticsSimon Constable discusses recent weather, global commodity price spikes, and British political developments. Following relief from long summer heat in France, global markets are facing surging energy costs, with Brent crude hitting $100 per barrel, European electricity rising 30%, and high diesel prices. Agricultural commodities like soybeans, wheat, and corn have also climbed significantly. In Great Britain, Prime Minister Burnham's government faces controversies over turning away volunteer migrant rescue vessels, defunding Territorial Army reserves, and elevated bond yields. Additionally, Foreign Minister Ed Miliband addressed contentious proposals regarding Israeli West Bankimport bans. (8)US Naval Readiness Facing Chinese ExpansionCaptain James Fanell addresses concerns over rust on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, framing it as routine maintenance strain from over 200 days of continuous combat sorties. China has leveraged the warship's appearance for cognitive warfare to push a narrative of American decline. Fanell warns that the U.S. Navy is severely overstretched due to extended deployments, a fleet reduced from fifteen to ten carriers, and decades of flawed ship designs. Meanwhile, China's rapidly expanding fleet conducts aggressive maneuvers near Taiwan and Japanese islands, positioning to potentially enforce a blockade or invade Taiwan. (9)

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