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How can private capital turn sustainability challenges into investment opportunities in emerging markets?Monique Mathys-Graaff, Interim Chief Markets Officer at the PRI, is joined by Lisa Genasci, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, at ADM Capital, and Vishal Bhavsar, Senior VP & Head ESG at Multiples Alternate Asset Management. Lisa and Vishal are practitioners behind two initiatives shortlisted for the PRI Awards: ADM Capital's  'Project Banyan', shortlisted for Recognition for action: nature, and Multiples Alternate Asset Management's 'The Suraksha Operating Model', shortlisted for Recognition for action: human rights. Drawing on their work in private credit and private equity, they discuss how environmental and social considerations can move beyond frameworks to become part of everyday investment decision-making.From financing the often-overlooked SMEs at the heart of Asian agricultural supply chains to embedding human rights and worker safety into portfolio companies, Lisa and Vishal share practical examples of identifying material risks others may miss. They explore how due diligence, investment agreements, loan documents, active engagement and technical assistance can be used to manage risk, strengthen businesses and support long-term value creation. Detailed coverage:Private capital as a driver of real-world changeLisa and Vishal reflect on their unconventional routes into investment and why they came to see finance as a powerful lever for influencing how businesses operate. From environmental challenges across Asia to workplace safety in India, both discuss translating sustainability issues into investment priorities. Finding opportunity in Asia's financing gapLisa explains how agricultural SMEs can sit at the centre of major supply chains while remaining underserved by mainstream finance. Private credit can provide the working and growth capital these businesses need while supporting improvements in traceability, land management, farmer resilience and environmental performance. When environmental risks become financial risksWater stress, biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate volatility can quickly affect yields, supply, procurement costs and ultimately repayment capacity. The discussion explores why looking beyond conventional financial analysis can reveal risks – and opportunities – that might otherwise be missed. Making human rights and worker safety an investment priorityVishal discusses the process of identifying human rights and safety risks across portfolio companies and their wider value chains. Rather than treating these issues as standalone policies, the focus has been on embedding them into business priorities, building internal capabilities and allocating the resources required to address them.Change takes time, buy-in and persistenceEmbedding responsible investment practices does not happen overnight. Vishal describes a three-to-four-year journey from initial conversations and internal buy-in to developing a framework that eventually expanded across upstream and downstream value chains. Embedding sustainability into investment termsThe conversation moves from identifying risk to operationalising it. Lisa explains how sustainability related due diligence, impact targets, action plans and landscape covenants can be incorporated directly into loan documentation, while Vishal outlines how human rights and safety commitments can become part of private equity investment agreements and portfolio action plans. From risk management to value creationResponsible investment can influence more than the individual company receiving capital. Lisa shares how active engagement and technical assistance can improve practices across supply chains, while both guests emphasise the importance of connecting material sustainability issues directly to business outcomes. Chapters:00:00 – Introduction: private capital in emerging markets01:59 – Lisa's journey from environmental issues to private credit04:29 – Vishal's journey: human rights and workplace safety07:47 – Finding opportunity in Asian agriculture and SMEs11:05 – When environmental risks become financial risks13:22 – Making human rights and worker safety a business priority16:20 – The journey from idea to implementation19:22 – Embedding sustainability into private credit23:09 – Integrating human rights into investment decisions25:33 – Lessons for the future of responsible investmentDisclaimer:This podcast and material referenced herein is provided for information only. 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Innovation comes in many areas, and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but also embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and creators in the award-winning Innovation in Compliance podcast. In this episode, host Tom welcomes Doni Hoti, co-founder and CEO of Adclear. Hoti brings a fascinating perspective on embedding compliance directly into content creation. He begins with the shift in advertising and marketing compliance from a slow, “checkpoint” back-office function to an embedded, revenue-enabling capability. Hoti explains that modern content creation involves many stakeholders and must move at near-real-time speed, while enforcement risk and the cost of losing customer trust keep rising. He describes how AI has broken traditional review models by increasing both content volume and speed expectations and how Adclear uses horizon scanning across global regulators, agentic AI, and company-specific policies to deliver more deterministic, auditable compliance guidance tied to rulebooks. Fox and Hoti then turn to third-party and affiliate challenges, regulator-ready documentation and audit trails, and business outcomes such as reduced review SLAs, scalable approvals, and revenue uplift, with marketing increasingly owning the process alongside legal and compliance. Key highlights: Compliance Disconnect Trust and Shopfront Embed Compliance Third-Party Risks AI as Solution Audit Trail Proof Resources: Adclear Doni Hoti on LinkedIn Tom Fox Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience. It is available on the following sites: Amazon.com Stoney Creek Publishing Barnes and Noble Texas A&M University Press Bookshop.org Google.Books Walmart This week only, the Kindle e-book version is available for $0.99 on Amazon.

With Meta Connect in the rearview mirror, Steven Dickens offers his big takeaways from the event and what new Meta Platforms (META) tech means for the Mag 7 stock as it hits 52-week highs. He believes the company's Muse AI agent, along with the pocket-sized Muse Charm and VR glasses, will embed AI directly with people's day-to-day lives. That infusion is what Steven sees giving Meta a deeper monetization entrenchment that its massive social media footprint already provides.

The Belonging Question Diversity gets measured. Belonging gets felt. What actually creates it in an organisation? In this best-bits episode of Building Better Cultures, we delve back into Episodes 72 and 77 to hear about structural DEI accountability from Wema Hoover, and belonging as a fundamental human need in teams from Peter Docker. Both have operated at real scale, so this is practice rather than theory. Wema Hoover is direct about where most organisations get stuck. The barrier isn't a lack of good intentions, it's that the good intentions stop at communication. Saying what you stand for feels like progress, and a statement posted in a moment of public attention feels like action, but neither survives contact with the following quarter. What actually moves things is a diagnostic: what do our hiring numbers look like, what do our leadership teams look like, can we measure impact rather than activity? Then expectations set explicitly with leadership groups, and consequences when those expectations aren't met, repeated until the work is simply how the organisation operates rather than a programme with a start and end date. Asked what leaders should do, her answer starts closer to home: look in the mirror. Educate yourself, understand where your own gaps are, create the space for dialogue, and pay attention to the people who don't have the networks or the sponsorship, because talent doesn't surface on its own in systems that were never designed to surface it. Peter Docker builds belonging from the ground up, starting with a child who wants to be part of a group of friends and a street where neighbours look out for each other's kids. That gets him to a distinction worth borrowing: taking responsibility is not the same as being held accountable. One is chosen, the other is imposed, and people choose it when they feel they belong. He takes it to the Iraq deployment in 2003, where what mattered wasn't checking in on the task but checking in on the person, and then to the very ordinary version of the same thing for teams working apart: a postcard, a bar of chocolate, a call that isn't about work. He finishes on the strongest version of the argument. In genuinely extreme situations, people put themselves on the line for each other, and they don't do it because of rules or standards. They do it because they belong, and what works there works everywhere else too. The common thread? Belonging isn't a programme or a policy. It's built in the small, deliberate things leaders do, and measured in what people choose to do when nobody is making them. Key Takeaways Good intentions are not the problem, stopping at them is. Most organisations know what they want to say. Far fewer check whether anything changed. A statement is not a strategy. It's naive to think a post in a moment of public attention sustains anything on its own. Start with the diagnostic. Hiring data, the make-up of leadership teams, and honest measurement of impact tell you where you actually are, which is where the work starts. Expectations need consequences attached. Set them with leadership groups, be clear about what happens when they're not met, or you're describing an aspiration rather than running a business. The goal is for it to stop being a programme. When it's embedded in how the organisation works, it no longer needs a banner. Leaders look in the mirror first. Educating yourself and understanding your own gaps comes before trying to change anyone else. Notice who doesn't have the network. Sponsorship and visibility are how talent gets discovered, and the systems were never built to do that evenly, so it has to be deliberate. Taking responsibility is different from being held accountable. One is chosen and one is imposed, and people choose it when they feel part of something. Check in on the person, not the task. In a war zone or on a Tuesday, the question that matters is how are you, not where are we on the deliverable. Distance makes the small things bigger. A postcard, a chocolate bar or a call that isn't about work does more for connection than another meeting. In extreme situations people put themselves on the line for each other, and not because of the rules. They do it because they belong, and what works there works in business too. Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction: diversity gets measured, belonging gets felt 00:28 – Wema Hoover: what are the real barriers to equitable and inclusive cultures? 01:10 – Why a statement in the moment doesn't sustain change 01:30 – The diagnostic: hiring data, leadership teams, and measuring impact 02:30 – Setting expectations with leaders, and what happens when they're not met 03:10 – Embedding it so it stops being a programme 03:30 – What role do leaders play? 04:10 – Looking in the mirror first 04:50 – Creating the space for dialogue 05:30 – Seeing the people without the networks or the sponsorship 06:09 – Peter Docker: belonging as a fundamental human need 07:32 – Taking responsibility vs being held accountable 07:50 – The street, the neighbours, and looking out for each other's kids 08:44 – Iraq, 2003: checking in on the person rather than the task 09:38 – The small things that travel: a postcard, a chocolate bar, a phone call 10:26 – Why hybrid makes human connection matter more, not less 12:32 – People who put themselves on the line, and why they do it 13:05 – Wrap-up Hear the full conversations EP072 – Wema Hoover: https://www.inspiringchange.ie/podcast/episode/1fb175bb/80-unlocking-the-power-of-diversity-building-a-culture-of-inclusion-and-equity-wema-hoover EP077 – Peter Docker: https://www.inspiringchange.ie/podcast/episode/fa7c2f53/87-lead-from-behind-how-to-cultivate-healthy-cultures-and-empower-teams-peter-docker Connect with us LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram Connect with Scott McInnes: LinkedIn Tags belonging, diversity equity and inclusion, DEI, inclusion, workplace culture, leadership, accountability, sponsorship, psychological safety, hybrid working, human connection, teams, employee engagement, internal communications, military leadership, Wema Hoover, Peter Docker, Scott McInnes, Building Better Cultures, Inspiring Change, best bits, podcast compilation

Engineering the AI-Driven Sales Architecture: Streamlining Workflows, Enhancing Bio-Data Scoring, and Maintaining Human Integrity with Tom GersicIn a recent episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur Podcast, host Josh Elledge sat down with Tom Gersic, Founder and CEO of YouEx AI, to explore the rapidly shifting integration of artificial intelligence within corporate sales pipelines and inbound lead qualification engines. Tom, a veteran technology architect and automated workflow strategist, details how B2B companies, agency founders, and enterprise sales leaders can break free from fragmented software stacks and inefficient manual data entry. This conversation delivers an actionable operational guide for sales executives looking to deploy deeply embedded AI web agents, automate multi-source prospect research, score buying intent in real time, and maintain transparent human oversight to accelerate deal velocity.The Integrated AI Sales Engine: Eliminating Operational Debt and Escalating Pipeline VelocityThe primary operational drag impeding modern sales organizations is not a lack of artificial intelligence tools, but rather the severe friction caused by fragmented tech stacks. Tom Gersic explains that sales representatives routinely waste valuable selling hours manually shuffling prospect data between single-point tools, spreadsheets, LinkedIn accounts, and CRMs, acting as manual labor for the software rather than leveraging it for deal acceleration. To overcome this inefficiency, revenue leaders must shift from surface-level automation to deep, workflow-level AI integration. Embedding intelligent web agents directly into digital properties allows companies to capture detailed behavioral data across multiple prospect visits, automatically log interaction histories inside a centralized CRM, and route qualified opportunities to specialized reps without administrative delays.Maintaining buyer trust while leveraging automated outreach requires a disciplined commitment to keeping humans in the loop at every critical conversion milestone. A major risk in corporate AI adoption is the temptation to deploy fully automated, unvetted messaging agents that impersonate human reps or issue generic, robotic outreach. Strategic revenue leaders avoid over-automation by utilizing AI strictly as an intelligent co-pilot—letting automated systems handle background research, lead scoring, and preliminary draft creation while reserving final message editing, context validation, and relationship building for real sales professionals. Clear disclosure of automated interactions combined with seamless human handoffs ensures that prospective clients experience immediate value without compromising corporate authenticity or regulatory compliance.Furthermore, maximizing lifetime customer value demands extending AI search capabilities into multimedia brand assets, turning static content archives into interactive sales enablement tools. For enterprise leaders, agency founders, and media producers, deploying conversational search agents across large video or podcast libraries allows prospective clients to instantly search back catalogs by specific operational topics, technical frameworks, or guest names. Coupling intelligent media indexing with automated lead-scoring engines ensures that high-intent prospects are identified and engaged while their buying interest is at its peak. When deeply integrated web agents, automated prospect research, human-in-the-loop governance, and conversational media architectures are synthesized into a single sales ecosystem, organizations eliminate administrative friction, protect brand credibility, and predictably multiply enterprise valuation.About Tom GersicTom Gersic is the Founder and CEO of YouEx AI, a veteran software architect, and an expert in sales process automation. Drawing from extensive technical experience building integrated digital platforms and workflow engines, Tom specializes in helping B2B enterprises and sales organizations eliminate administrative complexity. He is a prominent thought leader focused on helping revenue teams deploy ethical, deeply integrated AI systems that automate lead research, streamline CRM data management, and empower sales reps to focus on high-value client relationships.About YouEx AIYouEx AI is an elite sales automation technology platform engineered to help businesses streamline inbound lead capture, prospect research, and CRM data integration. The company specializes in delivering custom conversational web agents, multi-source behavioral tracking tools, intelligent lead scoring engines, and automated sales routing playbooks. Through transparent AI architectures and seamless human-in-the-loop workflows, YouEx AI enables sales teams to eliminate manual software friction, identify high-intent buyer opportunities, and maximize revenue velocity.Links Mentioned in This EpisodeYouEx AI Official Website: youex.aiTom Gersic on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tomgersicKey Episode HighlightsResolving the Fragmented Tool Dilemma: Eliminating manual data copy-pasting by integrating AI directly into core sales workflows and centralized CRM platforms.The Human-in-the-Loop Governance Model: Utilizing AI as an intelligent assistant for drafting and research while requiring human oversight to preserve authentic communication.Automated Lead Research and Intent Scoring: Leveraging AI to scan public web data, identify buying authority, and score leads in real time before rep assignment.Interactive Conversational Web Agents: Transforming static website landing pages into dynamic, multi-visit tracking hubs that capture real-time prospect intent.Conversational Search for Media Repositories: Indexing podcast libraries and multimedia assets with AI agents to allow prospective clients to instantly search back catalogs.ConclusionThe conversation with Tom Gersic reinforces that achieving sustainable sales acceleration requires an intentional balance of advanced workflow automation and authentic human relationship building. By standardizing internal data governance, eliminating manual administrative friction, and maintaining strict transparency in AI-driven communications, business leaders can transform an underperforming sales process into a highly structured, self-sustaining revenue engine.More from The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

Most institutions measure access at admission and affordability, then ration the experiences that actually change student outcomes to whoever finds them. The experiential learning that employers say they want gets delivered to honors cohorts and groups of thirty while everyone else gets the catalog. In this episode of the Changing Higher Ed® podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. W. Brooke Elliott, Dean of the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. The conversation covers how Gies scaled experiential learning from a selective offering into a curricular requirement across every program, and what it cost on the staffing, funding, and governance side to make it hold. Elliott is starting her third year as dean in her twenty-fourth year at Gies, where the land-grant mission is expressed through a purpose statement committing the college to expanding access to business education. Her operational focus is on what accessibility means after enrollment: whether the live client projects, consulting engagements, and immersions inside a degree are reachable by a large share of learners rather than a selected few. This conversation is especially relevant for presidents, boards, provosts, and deans evaluating whether to scale experiential learning beyond pilot programs and selective cohorts. Topics Covered Redefining accessibility to include the experiences inside the degree, not just admission and price How Gies sources 300 to 400 live client projects a year to place every junior on a team Why undergraduate employer projects are free, and how project sourcing functions as the recruiting pipeline The staffing model: a dedicated experiential learning office paired with internal learning designers Embedding experiential capstones inside online graduate programs serving roughly 7,000 students Investing in faculty AI capability for 18 months before changing the curriculum The iMBA governance precedent that made current innovation move quickly Real-World Examples Discussed Business 301, Business in Action, a junior-year course placing every student on a live client project, and Business 401, Crafting Your Purpose, sending seniors into their local and home communities Illinois Business Consulting, in its thirtieth year, and the Disruption Lab, which pairs Gies and Grainger College of Engineering students on technology problems sourced from inside the college International immersions redesigned into domestic and then virtual formats, including a virtual immersion with a partner institution in Japan Replacing programming-language modules in the undergraduate core with modules on using AI to program, and launching the MSBAi with a first cohort of 30 Students correcting their assumptions about John Deere and Caterpillar by working the companies' actual problems Three Key Takeaways for Higher Education Leadership Mission and purpose alignment only matters when it functions as a decision rule for resource allocation and program design. Learner-centric requires faculty first, because faculty deliver the experience. Invest in capability before expecting delivery. Leading authentically is what mobilizes people past what an org chart can compel, and disruption is where access expands if someone goes after it. Read the transcript:  Read the transcript: https://changinghighered.com/scale-experiential-learning-to-every-student/ #ExperientialLearning #HigherEducation #HigherEducationPodcast

Welcome to Digital Learning Today. In this episode, Jeff Bradbury explores the strategic systems that shape the future of education, focusing on Instructional Coaching, Artificial Intelligence, Professional Learning, and the latest Educational Technology Trends. In this episode, Jeff Bradbury interviews Caroline Davidson from World Book about literacy, content knowledge, and innovative tools like Classmate to support teachers and students. They explore strategies for integrating literacy across content areas and supporting diverse learners. Become a High-Impact Leader: This episode is just the beginning. To get the complete blueprint for designing and implementing high-impact systems in your district, get your copy of my book, "Impact Standards." Strategic Vision for Digital Learning:Learn how to create a district-wide vision that aligns digital learning with your educational goals, transforming how standards-based instruction is designed and supported.Curriculum Design and Implementation:Discover practical strategies for integrating digital learning into existing curricula, creating vertical alignment of skills, and mapping digital learning across grade levels.Effective Instructional Coaching:Master the art of coaching people rather than technology, building relationships that drive success, and measuring impact through student engagement rather than just technology usage. Purchase your copy of “Impact Standards” on Amazon today! In This Episode … The process of creating an encyclopedia and updating contentThe importance of literacy as a gatekeeper to knowledgeHow to support students with varying literacy levelsThe launch and purpose of World Book's Classmate platformStrategies for integrating literacy into content areas Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to the episode and guest07:08 Supporting students with prior knowledge and content familiarity08:01 Understanding the difference between literacy and content knowledge09:27 The importance of practice and explicit instruction in literacy10:58 Cognitive load and prior knowledge in reading comprehension12:10 Supporting new students and diverse learners13:29 Introduction to World Book's Classmate platform14:41 How Classmate supports literacy and content knowledge15:14 Literacy as a gatekeeper to knowledge16:36 Assessing student literacy and decoding skills18:10 Supporting teachers without an ELA background19:32 Supporting literacy in non-ELA content areas21:17 Getting started with Classmate for teachers22:11 Using Classmate to enhance content and literacy23:41 Embedding literacy supports with AI tools24:15 The role of instructional coaching in literacy support25:17 Making literacy part of classroom culture26:40 Advice for teachers starting the school year28:21 Resources to learn more about World Book and Classmate28:52 Lightning round: book recommendations and classroom routines Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://classmate.worldbook.com/ About our Guest: Caroline Davidson Caroline Davidson is the Associate Manager of Learning Design at World Book, where she shapes educational resources that support meaningful learning. A former classroom teacher, she spent years working with students in grades 4–6 and holds endorsements in Reading K–12 and Mathematics K–8. She earned her M.A. in Differentiated Instruction, bringing both hands-on teaching experience and academic expertise to her work in creating effective, learner-centered content. Meet ClassMate by World Book Meet ClassMate by World Book — the reading and learning platform built for and trusted by middle school teachers! For over 100 years, World Book has inspired curiosity and built reliable knowledge. ClassMate carries that legacy forward. Unlike AI tools built on the open web, ClassMate works exclusively within World Book's expert-written, editorially reviewed content library. Teachers create engaging classroom activities quickly and with confidence. The result: students build knowledge, strengthen literacy, and think critically, while educators spend more time teaching. 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As we look toward 2026 and 2027, data centre leaders across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong stand at a critical juncture. Surging AI demand is colliding with power constraints and increasingly divergent regulatory landscapes, as seen in Singapore's high benchmarks and emerging hubs like Thailand and Johor. The challenge has shifted from merely collecting sustainability data to embedding green energy as a strategic differentiator. For CIOs, success now depends on forging partnerships to navigate these complexities, building AI-ready and resilient infrastructure while developing the skilled workforce essential for executionIn this PodChats for FutureCIO, Govind Choudhary, GM of Southeast Asia and India at Digital Realty, shares his perspective on how CIOs are embedding sustainability into AI infrastructure.1.            What is Digital Realty?2.            How do you see data centres in Asia addressing the growing gap between sustainability data collection and meaningful action?3.            How should CIOs, in partnership with data centre operators, navigate the diverging regulatory landscapes across the region?4.            Given the accelerating use of AI, how should CIOs design and build the right infrastructure for AI workloads while maintaining sustainability?5.            Do should CIOs, again working with DC operators, address the skilled workforce requirements to execute this strategy?6.            How should CIOs manage sovereign data requirements while leveraging regional scale?7.            Any recommendation on how to build resiliency against power constraints and grid instability?8.            How should CIOs embed sustainability as a competitive differentiator, not just a compliance cost?9.            Not all DC operators are equal, what is your advice when selecting their operator/partner to address calls for embedding sustainability not just in their AI infrastructure but across all their compute needs – local and international?

Where a person lives in the United States significantly influences both the quality of the cancer care they receive and their treatment outcomes. With a growing mortality gap between patients living in urban and rural areas and a distinct struggle for patients in rural communities to afford their care, implementing thoughtful, targeted outreach in rural areas has never been more important. In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with 2026 ACCC Innovator Award winner Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD, MA, FAAN, Professor and Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at Winship Cancer Institute, about her program's Embedded Community Staff model, which provides funding to community partners that hire local individuals who are deeply familiar with their communities, their needs, and their resources. "It's a beautiful partnership. The people in the communities have the knowledge and superb expertise of their own community, and then we can provide the funding and oversight." – Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD, MA, FAAN Guest: Theresa W. Gillespie, PhD, MA, FAAN Professor and Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Resources: ACCC 43rd National Oncology Conference 2026 ACCC Innovator Winship Cancer Institute Local Staff, Lasting Impact: A New Model for Rural Cancer Prevention Primary Care Meets Cancer Prevention: Insights From Sanford World Clinic – Ghana From Fatigue to Function: Redefining Rural Cancer Care Through Exercise Oncology Shared Solutions for Rural Oncology: Insights Across the Americas  

Daniel Mason is the author of six books of fiction, including The Piano Tuner, the story collection A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth — which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize — and North Woods, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Dublin Literary Award. He's also a physician and a professor in Stanford's Psychiatry Department. His latest is Country People, published by Random House and out last month. It's a Good Morning America summer book club pick and a NYT bestseller. It's contemporary, it's hilarious and, for us procrastinators who would rather fall down research rabbit holes than write, it's very relatable. It also gives writers a bunch of craft lessons to sink our teeth into. How to use your text to teach readers how to read your novel. Embedding content into form (this novel is a master class in that). Using different textures and kinds of writing to enhance your storyline, and more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. You can find hundreds of past interview on our website. (Recorded on August 13, 2026) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.)

Make It So is my new eight-week seminar, and this episode is the full walkthrough — what it is, who it's for, and why I built it around practice instead of prediction. The name comes from Jean-Luc Picard: you're telling me you want to do something, so do it. And there's research behind that instinct. Herminia Ibarra at London Business School has shown that identity shifts when you apply what you're learning — you can think about something extensively, but real learning starts when you make it real. Leadership programs hand you a framework. This is a practice, and preparation starts with examining what you're already assuming to be true. That's my Assumption-Ground Audit: it doesn't start with strategy, it starts a layer back — what are we treating as settled that we haven't even looked at? Everyone has a history, a present, and a future, which means futurism doesn't require a crystal ball. It's woven into your life already — how you respond, how you plan, how you envision what's ahead. And there's no one future. There's futures. For decades, Canada operated on the assumption that the US was its biggest trading partner and a great neighbour. This summer, that's not proving reliable. Tariffs may be temporary. Repairs may not be. Whatever your version of that assumption is — in your work, your business, your family — you can't build for the future until you've looked at what you're assuming will hold. In this episode: Who this is for: people who sense things before the room catches up — not the "this is the way it always was" crowd Building across a permacrisis: climate, economic uproar, geopolitical drama, technology upheaval — how do you adapt when your strategy stops being realistic within 90 days? Why so much of change is rooted in identity, which assumptions are load-bearing in yours, and why letting go of a story you tell about yourself can feel like grief (my neighbours' US-centred retirement plans, my husband's shift as our kids moved to university) Trust: who you trust, why, what disrupts it — and how you repair it when the breach is cultural and underlying-values level, not day-to-day What's a true signal and what's just noise: how you scan, what bias impedes your noticing, and how you make meaning out of what you notice Scenario thinking as a leadership tool, not just a planning exercise Language and power: who gets to name things, who respects the reasons for a name, and what the Lake Ontario / "Lake America" drama says about hierarchy and identity Embedding: setting up a practice you run in your own life — almost like configuring a tool stack for a world that's shifting in real time How I used these skills myself: implementing work from home a full decade before the pandemic, and moving away from working for an American division ten years before this summer A note for American participants — what I'll ask you to be able to sit with before you join Why this is a moment to invest in Canada and be chosen for the Canadian perspective, not because the historical choice has always been an American expert These skills are transferable — they'll apply to your work, your parenting, your relationships. It's not a straight line; it's learning to work with the currents, the waves, the disruptions, and get closer to where you want to be. More of what you want, less of what you don't. That's the hope and possibilities in the future of work. The details: Eight weeks, starting Tuesday, September 8 Runs through Telegram and is designed to be asynchronous — live sessions are recorded, time zones aren't a barrier, and it's open to participants anywhere in the world Twenty seats total, across three tiers: Program (fully asynchronous, CAD $1,600), Program + Office Hours (CAD $2,400), and Program + 1:1 (CAD $3,200, two private sessions with me, by application) Enroll at nolasimon.com/make-it-so The future isn't predicted. It's practiced.  

Episode 266: In Bain's early 2026 Consumer Banking Benchmark, provided by NPS Prism, Chime had the highest NPS among the companies we measured. That raised a basic question: How does a financial technology company serving people who live paycheck to paycheck earn greater loyalty than institutions built around customers with much higher balances? Sam Krause is the Senior Vice President of Operations and Member Experience at Chime. As she explains, Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. "We are a FinTech. We partner with bank partners behind the scenes who hold all our deposits." Most Chime members already had bank accounts. The important distinction is between having access to an account and having a product designed around the way you actually live. Chime operates without branches, giving it lower fixed costs than traditional banks. Members who qualify can receive their paychecks up to two days early or use a free feature called SpotMe for up to $200 in fee-free overdrafts. Those benefits cost money and expose Chime to risks many traditional banks avoid. But about two-thirds of members use Chime as their primary account. Most of the company's revenue comes from interchange on daily card use. Helping members get access to their money sooner can increase usage, strengthening the economics that make those benefits possible. Sam also explains how Chime tries to turn "member obsession" into an operating discipline. NPS is one of the company's three highest-level goals. For example, competitive benchmarking exposed a gap in funding and transfers that internal data alone had not made urgent enough. Chime then combined the NPS Prism benchmark data with direct member feedback to identify the specific problems and change its priorities. The consequences can be intensely personal. Sam describes a member named Carmen who used SpotMe to put gas in her car so she could reach chemotherapy appointments scheduled shortly before her payday. Her story illustrates why a short-term liquidity problem that might look minor to a product team can matter enormously to the person experiencing it. In this episode, learn how Chime preserves member obsession as it grows and leverages better outcomes for members into greater usage, loyalty, and growth. Guest: Sam Krause, Senior Vice President, Operations & Member Experience Host: Rob Markey, Partner, Bain & Company Give us feedback: Customer Confidential Podcast Feedback Send us a note: Contact Rob Timestamped Topics 00:52 – Cutting insurance claim resolution from weeks to minutes shapes Sam's approach to customer experience 01:28 – Aligning the business model with what is best for customers 02:51 – Designing financial products for the two-thirds of Americans living paycheck to paycheck 03:25 – Giving members paychecks up to two days early and up to $200 in fee-free overdraft 05:40 – Using primary account relationships and interchange to make the economics work 08:03 – Taking risks traditional banks avoid to give members faster access to their money 09:04 – Distinguishing access to banking from helping customers gain financial control 12:13 – Designing simpler money-management tools for the 80% who are not natural planners 14:14 – Finding the two customer segments where the products have the strongest fit 18:38 – Seeing simplicity and ease of use emerge as the biggest drivers of promoters 19:41 – Helping members increase credit scores by 30 points on average over eight months 22:17 – Scaling customer obsession through employee bootcamps and direct customer listening 24:00 – Making NPS one of three company-level goals 30:30 – Using competitive benchmarks to prioritize funding and transfer problems 32:57 – Building trust in a digital model with 24/7 access to human support 39:30 – Hiring "hungry, humble, and smart" employees as the company scales 41:30 – Embedding company values into employee evaluation and coaching Notable Quotes 08:03 "We're willing to take that risk on behalf of our members." 09:04 "There's a difference between having access and having something that is actually helping you gain control of your finances and reach your financial goals and make financial progress." 15:52 "We figured it out. And it turns out when you can crack that, you gain a very large and very loyal member base." 26:31 "You shouldn't be surprised that senior executives lose interest in something like this if you are not doing the work to prepare it." 28:36 "At the end of the day, it's about the member perception and the member view." 32:36 "We have to do more than a traditional bank would because that's what our members need." Additional Resources about Chime: How Chime is Leading the Way in Customer Loyalty: https://www.bain.com/insights/how-chime-is-leading-the-way-in-customer-loyalty-snap-chart/ What it Takes to Build the AI-Native Modern Bank: https://www.bain.com/insights/what-it-takes-to-build-the-ai-native-modern-bank/ How Analytics Can Deepen Banks' Customer Relationships: https://www.bain.com/insights/how-analytics-can-deepen-banks-customer-relationships/ 

Dominique Mamcarz, Director of Sustainability at Geopost, discusses Geopost's sustainability strategy and its recent Sustainability Report. Embedding sustainability in the Geopost business Geopost's sustainability programme A pragmatic approach to reducing Geopost's carbon footprint Measuring emissions reliably and customers' emissions reporting The role of Geopost's Carbon Calculator Breakdown of Geopost's carbon emissions Replacing diesel vehicles with electric vehicles Advances in electric vehicles and TCO Challenges in line haul, including biofuels and electrification Charging infrastructure and scheduling challenges Solar panels and making best use of Geopost facilities Producing and storing electricity at Geopost sites Future of sustainability at Geopost Preparedness for extreme weather events Low-emission, low-traffic, and green zones in city centres  

Instacart's Laura Jones returns to share practical lessons from Instacart's brand transformation, including prioritising effectiveness, brand-first marketing strategy, partnerships, Instacart's chase to win a Cannes Lion and much more. Guests: Laura Jones, Chief Marketing Officer, Instacart Ann Marie Kerwin, Americas Editor, WARC Chapters: [00:00] Introduction: Instacart's marketing transformation project [01:36] Building the Instacart brand: From performance-pnly to full-funnel marketing [03:47] Balancing functional messaging and emotional storytelling [05:24] Redefining marketing measurement: From last-touch ROAS to portfolio impact [08:02] Explaining marketing effectiveness to the C-suite [09:25] Scaling an in-house creative agency [12:31] Instacart's 2026 Super Bowl campaign [16:41] Brand-building partnerships: WNBA and Feeding America [19:27] Brand stewardship: A new view on marketing effectiveness [21:22] Embedding brand across product, CX and culture [21:33] Learning from Cannes Lions and Raising the Creative Bar For 40 years, WARC has been providing the marketing industry with rigorous, unbiased evidence and expert effectiveness guidance. The WARC Podcast publishes a new episode every Tuesday and Thursday. Subscribe to The WARC Podcast here: https://www.warc.com/en/warc-podcasts Sign up to daily WARC News for free: https://www.warc.com/en/latest Book a demo: https://www.warc.com/en/subscribe

Amid the SaaSpocalypse panic, fintech companies remain relatively resilient, protected by the specialized and highly-regulated nature of the financial market. But investors are looking for strong retention and growth, including AI-driven revenues. Jason Gurandiano, Head of U.S. Technology Banking and Global Head of Fintech Banking, is joined by colleagues Matt Thomas and Asif Ahsan to analyze what will set the winners apart from the competition.Key PointsPublic and private markets in fintech remain robust.While affected by AI disruption, the sector has been more resilient than the broader software market.Investors are looking for high retention and growth, including AI-driven revenues.Wealthtech and Insurtech are attracting most interest and are set to see strong M&A.Opening and introductions [00:06]Jason Gurandiano, Head of U.S. Technology Banking and Global Head of Fintech Banking, summarizes RBC's 11th annual fintech conference. It attracted the biggest engagement of the past five years: 430 delegates and 740 investor interactions. He introduces Matt Thomas, Managing Director in Technology Investment Banking, and Asif Ahsan, Managing Director in M&A.Hunt for investments [02:15]Fintech innovation is accelerating. Private investors are actively seeking new investments; public investors are striving to understand the impact of AI on current investments. The winners will be companies demonstrating high gross retention as well as growth that is at least partly driven by AI features.Fintech's resilience [7:37]The specialized and highly-regulated nature of finance is providing fintech with some protection from the disruption affecting software more broadly. But there is a bifurcation, with successful companies achieving robust trading multiples and perceived losers trading near cyclical lows.Embedding offers insulation [9:10]Fintechs that are strongly embedded with their end customers have most protection, and have the opportunity to go on the offense with new products.Areas of opportunity [11:36]Wealthtech and Insurtech are attracting most interest: M&A is likely to remain strong in these subverticals over the next 12 to 18 months. Capital markets software has strong interest, but incumbents face threats from customers with their own AI budgets.

Bhavik Vasa argues that India's AI opportunity lies in specialised models built around proprietary data and practical business problems. The conversation explores where he sees value in applied AI, why a digital footprint is not the same as a credit decision, and what faster underwriting could mean for small businesses.We discuss UPI, GST and the India Stack, the economics of large language models, and Vasa's view that financing will become increasingly embedded in everyday business tools.Follow the Ryan Dsouza podcast for more conversations about India's economy, technology and public life.Chapters:0:00 Cold open0:46 Has the AI revolution reached B2B?2:32 We've seen this hype cycle before3:53 The value shifts to applied AI6:32 Why India should build SLMs, not another frontier model9:03 Instant underwriting on proprietary Indian data10:33 What LLMs changed that machine learning couldn't12:45 UPI, GST and the India Stack13:54 A digital footprint is not a credit decision17:51 If the rails are ready, where is the lending explosion?21:53 Does regulation slow this down?25:20 Squaring SLMs with OpenAI and Anthropic's growth26:38 "You're only looking at revenue, not the cost of operations"29:02 Is enterprise data actually ready?30:48 GeM Sahay: instant credit for ten lakh MSMEs34:30 The future of financing is invisible35:40 The AI tools Bhavik actually uses38:18 Embedding credit inside Tally and QuickBooks40:24 Closing thoughtsArtwork background: Carl Lender, Datacenter Server Racks (cropped and composited), CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Datacenter_Server_Racks_(22370909788).jpg · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Daniel Mason is the author of six books of fiction, including The Piano Tuner, the story collection A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth — which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize — and North Woods, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Dublin Literary Award. He's also a physician and a professor in Stanford's Psychiatry Department. His latest is Country People, published by Random House and out last month. It's a Good Morning America summer book club pick and a NYT bestseller. It's contemporary, it's hilarious and, for us procrastinators who would rather fall down research rabbit holes than write, it's very relatable. It also gives writers a bunch of craft lessons to sink our teeth into. How to use your text to teach readers how to read your novel. Embedding content into form (this novel is a master class in that). Using different textures and kinds of writing to enhance your storyline, and more. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. You can find hundreds of past interviews on our website. (Recorded on August 13, 2026) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

According to Salesforce’s State of Sales Report, sales teams use an average of 10 tools to close a deal, which then leaves 66% of reps to say that they’re overwhelmed by the sheer number of platforms they’re expected to juggle in their day-to-day. So when an enablement team goes to roll out new tools, reps more than likely just stop listening because it feels like it’s just another login that they’ll slowly stop opening over time. So how do you introduce something new without asking reps to change how they already work? Riley Rogers: Welcome to the Win/Win Podcast. I’m your host, Riley Rogers. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic is Ryan Costello, go-to-market senior enablement tools specialist at Enverus. Ryan, thank you so much for joining us today. I’m super excited to have you here. As we’re jumping into this topic, and a little bit of a loaded one, could you kick us off just by telling us a little bit about yourself, your background, and your role? Ryan Costello: Thanks for having me, Riley. So I’m Ryan Costello, coming to you from Indianapolis, Indiana. I started my professional career as a high school English teacher. I taught for 18 years, and then I left the classroom. I spent a couple years as a learning consultant at Lessonly and Seismic, and for the last two or three years, I’ve been working at Enverus. We’re an energy technology company, and I’ve been on our sales success team, helping our reps use the tools they’re asked to use more efficiently. So I manage our content and learning management systems, as well as our call recording and social selling softwares. That’s the quick version of me. RR: So sounds like you’re the right person to talk to when it comes to tool adoption and long-term tool adoption. As we’re thinking about how you’re making that happen in the specific environment that you’re working in, I’d love to get a little bit of background on the challenges that you’re coming up against. So what is it that makes your go-to-market motion complex, and how are you trying to solve these challenges or simplify these challenges with tools? RC: Enverus is a company that helps all fields in the energy industry. So that means that we are helping solar companies, oil and gas companies. We’re helping people that are investing in new energy technologies. And so there are so many different fields within the energy industry, and we have hundreds of products and SKUs that sometimes overlap with those various segments, that it can become a real challenge to get all of that information to the right reps. And so what we’re trying to do when it comes to helping them leverage tools is making sure that as we continue to offer more and more for our customers, we want to make sure that as that haystack grows, their ability to find the needle, to find the piece of content they need, or the training to get better at selling, doesn’t take away from their time with customers. That’s really what we’re ultimately focused on. RR: As you’re, again, helping reps find the needle in the ever-expanding haystack, it does sound like there are many avenues through which your sellers, your sales managers, anybody who’s looking for information can go try to access it from the bajillion platforms that we all have. So where do your teams today work from? RC: First and foremost, we’ve had Highspot for years, and our organization is really comfortable with it. The reps understand its value, but they’re often in other platforms. So one example I’ll use is, they’re in Salesforce a lot. And so for a while now, we have incorporated a Highspot widget in Salesforce so that they can search for content from that platform, and many of them have grown accustomed to it because they just, for whatever reason, live in Salesforce more. But like everybody else right now, companies, including ours, are starting to give them access to AI platforms. And so our entire go-to-market organization right now is in ChatGPT, and then our sales leaders and marketing, my team, is also in Claude. So when I’m primarily serving the reps, the main need that we found was that the reps are being told, “Use ChatGPT.” And so what we found was they were spending more time in a platform like ChatGPT. So to have an option where Highspot could essentially follow them there, any opportunity we have for Highspot to be where they’re naturally at is something that we’re interested in. When they were spending more and more time in ChatGPT, we needed something that let them more easily get to Highspot without having to travel there, basically. RR: So since you’ve started using the Highspot MCP Server to, like you said, bring Highspot along with you wherever your teams are working, whether that is Claude, whether that’s ChatGPT, what kind of use cases are you seeing sellers using that for? And maybe what kind of use cases were they trying to use these tools for previously that were kind of difficult because they didn’t have enough context to really deliver them? RC: One thing that they’ve really enjoyed within the platform is that now you can use the search bar and ask it a question, and it’ll give you an AI-generated response, and you can have that conversational experience. They were still saying, “Yeah, but I need to combine the information on our products that we have in Highspot with the information that I’m getting from a call transcript with a customer or some information in email correspondence that I’ve had with them.” And so what we’ve started to see with the Highspot MCP and ChatGPT is the ability to combine the information in Highspot with the capabilities that exist outside of the platform. But by having Highspot present in ChatGPT through the MCP connector, they’re able to do things without jumping around and having to manually synthesize it themselves. RR: I know you spent a lot of time testing it yourself before you launched it out to the field to make sure this was something valuable, something they would use, something that fit into their workflow. Can you walk me through what the process of evaluating this looked like? RC: When it became available, we met with our Highspot CSM and a Highspot TAM to talk through what the MCP was designed to do. And before I wanted to have our reps try it out, I wanted to make sure that it would serve their needs. And so the Highspot team gave me a whole set of sample scenarios. Here are the types of questions that we think reps would be served by. And I took quite a bit of time. I tested every sample prompt, every scenario that Highspot gave me. So I took the time to see, are the prompts and scenarios that Highspot has designed this MCP to help with, are they landing with the content that we happen to have? That was a really important process because I certainly identified some prompts and scenarios that just because of the nature of our business, didn’t quite land. So that was the first step, was let me try these out and see what lands and what doesn’t land, so that I could identify what to unveil this with to ensure that the first time a user tries it, it hits. So that testing allowed me to prepare resources that would lead with what it’s best at and give some troubleshooting right off the bat so that if they stub their toe, they had a quick solution. So that was all just the testing phase to then get to resources so that I could create a how-to video and a how-to guide so that they could step by step set it up and try it out. RR: To the point at the top, you launch a tool, it sounds scary, nobody uses it. If you can make it easy, or at least feel digestible, you give yourself a little bit of an edge. So I’d be curious, in addition to the resources that you built and the thoughtfulness with which you approached what works, I’d love to know a little bit more about what the rollout to your teams looked like. RC: So after I had tested everything, we did what I would consider a soft launch. We let all of our Highspot users know that it was available, and we designed those resources so that whether they were using ChatGPT or Claude, the resources focused more on what the Highspot MCP could do regardless of the platform. All the information was essentially the same so that we didn’t have to create two different versions of everything. But once we had tested and had those general resources, we let everybody know via email and our Teams channels, “This is now available. Try it out.” And that probably lasted a month and a half. And while that was happening, I was asking, “If anybody’s trying this and you’re having success or not, let me know.” Because before we did a full rollout, I needed to know the real-world application and value of the MCP, which I just can’t do myself because I’m not a rep and I’m not talking to customers. And so during that soft launch, our reps who were always up to try something new, they were our guinea pigs, so that when we did a full launch about a month and a half later, I could have more specific use cases. And so the full launch had resources that were more specific to us, and I was just more aggressive. So we again fully launched through email and Teams channel communication. And then every week, I would provide specific examples from our guinea pigs earlier, knowing that it had genuinely helped them, and that would ultimately give this more credence. And so for the last month and a half or so, that’s what’s been happening. Every week, I post new updates, I continue to ask for feedback. It’s amazing the motivation a ten dollar Starbucks card will get in people responding to surveys. And during all that time I’ve been able to continue to fine-tune the resources we have to make sure that we’re helping them avoid frustration and continuing to point out all the time it’s saving by eliminating some of the context and tool switching that takes up way too much of their day. RR: I’d be really curious too, when you were in those conversations with your early, we’ll call them champions, but also guinea pigs, what were some of the things that were coming up that were exciting, some of the use cases that they were enthusiastic about? RC: I would say the number one example that I was seeing was being able to use the MCP connector to combine insights they were getting from customers with the resources available. So something as simple as, “Here are the calls I’ve had with the customer so far. What resources would speak to their pain points or challenges?” But in addition to that, we have a lot of information in Highspot, and not all of it is going to hit in every moment of the sales cycle. And so the MCP connector would give us recommendations not only on what to share, but when to share it. For example, we would have a user say, “Here are the last three calls I’ve had with the customer. What should I share with them from Highspot?” And it would respond with maybe six pieces of content, but then it would say, “I recommend sharing pieces one, two and four right now. These other resources may be helpful as follow-up.” The other use cases that I’ve seen pretty often are more on the marketing and product side of things, where they too are looking at customer call recordings and trying to make sure that our content speaks to the actual concerns and ever-evolving needs that our customers have. And they too have been using the MCP server to make sure the content we have speaks to today’s concerns. This allows them, again, in a place like ChatGPT, where they are doing some more sophisticated synthesis of information from various resources, to not have to jump back to Highspot and look through the information we currently have published, which has been really helpful. And then the third one that I’ll mention, I would say this is starting to come up more often. I have had some users that have said, “I really like that I can use the MCP connector in ChatGPT to generate an initial pitch link.” So if they ask through the MCP what resources would help this customer, and it says these three, they can generate that pitch link with those three pieces of content right there in that same conversation. I think that’s been really helpful. RR: And then it kind of expedites the time from strategy all the way through to action, where you know exactly what you need to do, you have great suggestions, and then you can, boom, from the place that you’re working in, send it out the door. That’s huge. But I’m curious, you did all of this testing, all of this evaluation, did this go the way you expected, or are people using this in ways that you had never imagined? RC: I think it’s going as expected because of the time that we took to test it first. With a lot of other tools that are being rolled out, sometimes everyone’s so eager to get people exploring and trying that they give them access and say, “Let us know what’s working and what’s not.” And that just increases the likelihood that more people are going to stub their toe, and I think that hurts adoption. I get to benefit from being on a team where my role allows me to slow things down a little bit and test. And because of that, I was pretty confident that when we rolled this out, we would be leading with what was most likely to work, and frustration would be minimal. And that’s certainly what we’ve found. During the soft launch when we just said, “It’s available. Here are some basic instructions,” I did look at some stats, and at least on the ChatGPT side, the Highspot MCP connector was being used a few hundred times a month. And then once we did the full rollout that had the specific examples from, you call them champions, I call them guinea pigs, when we had those more specific examples, last month it was about 1,000 uses of that connector. So we saw that increase, and what did not increase was people reaching out to me saying, “This is broken,” and, “This isn’t working.” So it went as I expected, and that’s because we had the luxury that I know not everyone has. RR: And I think that takes me well into the next question, which is that all of this is very new, whether it’s to the teams building it or the teams that are being asked to use it. So when you’re trying to roll out a workflow that is either a new AI tool itself or a connector to an AI tool, anything that feels unfamiliar and foggy, why do you think that change management is so important, and why did you invest so heavily in that? RC: Change management is important, first of all, because that’s the reality of the world we live in now, that we’re constantly being asked and then sometimes required to use these new technologies. And I think a big part of my responsibility on our sales success and enablement team is to make sure that any new tool speeds them up, it doesn’t slow them down. It makes them better at their job, and it doesn’t make them worse. If they don’t know how to efficiently leverage that tool, it’ll take them longer than it should, it’ll frustrate them, and in some cases it may cause them to make mistakes. And so making sure that you approach change management with a focus on minimizing disruption and decreasing the chance of them making a mistake or running into a wall, I think is time well spent. Because otherwise, you’re making it much more likely that their first experience with this new tool is not going to make them faster or better, therefore they’re not going to adopt it. If it doesn’t do those things, it’s not worth their time, and it’s not worth whatever money we’re spending on it. If you want to make sure that money’s well spent, you’ve got to make sure that rollout is setting them up for quick success. RR: I like the principle you laid out there, of any new tool, what is it meant to do? Sure, we have broader goals, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t slow them down, doesn’t make them worse. Okay, so you’re a couple months into the rollout. You have more than just a handful of folks using it now. With Highspot MCP Server and these connectors between all of the AI tools that you’re using live now, what early signals are you seeing that are telling you, “This actually was a good use of our time, and not only that, it is impacting how our sellers behave, perform, execute”? RC: I would say two things. These AI platforms are fairly limited in the stats that you can find right now, but I do at the very least know that the connector is being used way more often now than it was the month before, than it was the month before. So there are some basic numbers that I think prove that this is being successful. The other thing, too, is more anecdotal, and that is just people reaching out or sharing with their colleagues when the Highspot MCP connector fit into their established workflows. So what we’re seeing more often is in team sessions, when they’re talking about deals, they’re referencing, “This was the point when I used the connector to do this or that.” And in turn, what’s happening is that information is allowing our team, when training our new users for some of these platforms, to lead with that. For example, when I’m training our new hires on Highspot, generally speaking, I’m now adding a section that talks about not just finding Highspot content in Highspot, but finding it in ChatGPT, because I know that their managers are telling them to do a lot of other things there, because there are all these other agents that are being built in that place. And then vice versa, I mentioned earlier that the most common use we’re finding is combining customer call transcripts with Highspot content. So when I’m training them on our call recording software, I’m also mentioning the Highspot MCP, because that’s starting to settle into those workflows of how do I quickly get insights on the conversation I just had? But now they are learning that part of that process can also involve Highspot through the MCP. So the numbers are telling us it’s being used more, so I think that’s good. But then just anecdotally, people are sharing when in the real world of my day did it actually help? And that helps us in turn set everybody up for that success by pointing out those moments. RR: Do you have a success story that a seller brought to you and said, “In this specific deal, this worked out really well and enabled me to achieve X”? Anything like that, that you were like, “Yes, this is the win I was looking for.” RC: There have certainly been examples where someone reached out to me, and typically it was because of a clock running. And so they would say, for example, “The call finished. As soon as it processed, I was able to immediately give ChatGPT the call transcript, ask it what I should share in Highspot, do a quick check to make sure it was legit,” and then they were able to share that content in their follow-up with the customer. Whereas previously, that might have taken another day. And so the example was the Highspot MCP allowed me to more quickly follow up with the customer with relevant content. The other example that I would use is more on our new hires. I’ve talked a lot about how the Highspot MCP is helping us better access the content that’s designed for our customers. The new hires are also finding it helpful learning about our products for their own sake and how to level up. For example, asking what training exists in Highspot that can help me deal with objections. The Highspot MCP has been a quicker process, so I think that them improving their own sales skills is something that this connector speaks to as well. RR: I love that use case, the self-serve onboarding workflow almost of I’m coming into the company, I’m confused, but I know that any answer I’m looking for lives here, and I can ask it in really natural, sometimes confused language questions that will give me the right answer without needing to have the level of detail that you might otherwise. We kind of glossed over a question I wanted to ask earlier. What is the pie-in-the-sky vision of the kind of usage that you’re looking to eventually drive as this rollout continues on? RC: I think the ultimate goal is to make sure that when the Highspot MCP adds genuine value, it saves them time in a common moment of their day, that we’re able to reference that in all the other training that we do. As use increases, as we continue to get feedback on when it helped them, making sure that we go back to our training and resources on that part of the sales process, and making sure we’re calling out the value of the connector in that moment. So what we want to do is make sure that in all of our training, when it would be helpful in their day-to-day workflows, that we are calling it out, that we are giving them the information they need to use it effectively, because that is going to speed up their day. That is going to make them more successful. So it’s less about Highspot MCP-only resources, and more about sprinkling it into all of the sales skill training that we do. RR: Because it works best when it’s quiet. It’s one of those things that your sellers don’t need to know the tools that they’re using like the back of their hand the way you do. They just need to trust that they’ll deliver for them in the way they expect. Okay, last question for you. For anyone tuning in that’s thinking about tackling a rollout, whether it is of we’re just trying to get ChatGPT or Claude or any sort of AI tool out into the world, or we’re trying to bring our tools into it, what’s one thing about your approach that you’ve laid out here that you would say, “Please do not skip this”? RC: Don’t skip testing. I know that people higher up in the organization are maybe a little more eager to roll things out and gain value in things, but if you skip testing, you’re less likely to realize that value. So anything you can do to give yourself time to test means it will be less painful, less embarrassing, less deflating to identify issues. A rushed rollout is going to take more time in the long run because you’re going to have to clean it up in public, and that creates a whole new host of challenges. If you have the time to test, don’t skip it. If you’re struggling to gain that time to test, all I can say is to try and advocate by pointing out that reality. That is going to, in the long run, create a quicker time to value. RR: The challenge with some of this is that the advice is sometimes frustrating because you know you need it, you know you need time, you know you need patience. The enthusiasm needs to be dulled a little bit before you can take it out into the world, and it’s hard, I think, especially because there’s so much pressure on a lot of folks that are doing the building, and there’s just a lot of excitement on, “I’ve spent two and a half weeks, three weeks, two months, whatever the case may be, building this. I want to bring it to life.” So I appreciate the measured advice to take a breath, take a breather, slow down to go fast. And I appreciate the time broadly. It has been really wonderful to hear what you’ve been working on and all of the work it has taken to get to this point, so thank you for coming on and joining us. RC: Appreciate it. RR: To our audience, thank you for listening to this episode of the Win/Win Podcast. Be sure to tune in next time for more insights on how you can maximize go-to-market success with Highspot.

Edtech Throwdown Episode 222: 6 Strategies for Battling Student ApathyWelcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 222 called 6 Strategies for Battling Student Apathy. In this episode we'll discuss the hot topic of student apathy, whether or not we think this is real, and how to battle it. This is another episode you don't want to miss, Check it out.Segment 1:There is lots of talk about student apathy these days. Have we seen this for ourselves?Nick says, maybeSegment 2:1. Learning Packages (Modular, Choice-Based Bundles)What it is: Consolidating multi-step tasks, content resources, and assessments into self-paced, modular units rather than handing out isolated daily assignments.How it decreases apathy: Apathy flourishes when students feel like passive order-takers. Learning packages restore autonomy by giving students control over their pace and offering choices in how they acquire knowledge and show mastery (e.g., choice boards). Having a visible roadmap eliminates ambiguity and lets students build momentum independently.2. Authentic / Real-World Task Framing (PBL)What it is: Structuring assignments around real-world problems, community impact projects, or public audiences (e.g., presenting to local business leaders or publishing a podcast).How it decreases apathy: Apathy is often a rational response to perceived irrelevance. When work moves beyond "doing it for the teacher's gradebook" to solving a real problem or addressing an authentic audience, students see immediate value and purpose in completing it.3. Competency-Based / Mastery Revision PoliciesWhat it is: Replacing rigid "one-and-done" deadlines with a system where students can revise, resubmit, or retake assessments until they prove standard mastery.How it decreases apathy: "Learned helplessness" drives a huge portion of student apathy—if a student believes they will fail anyway, checking out protects their self-esteem. Reframe work as a process of continuous growth removes the fear of permanent failure, motivating students to stick with a task until they get it right.4. Gamified Micro-Milestones & Visual ProgressWhat it is: Breaking large assignments into bite-sized checkpoints unlocked sequentially, often mapped on a visual progress bar or Kanban board (To Do, In Progress, Done).How it decreases apathy: Long assignments can feel overwhelming, triggering avoidance and apathy. Micro-milestones create immediate feedback loops and quick wins, giving students frequent hits of satisfaction as they physically check off steps and watch their progress advance.5. Interdependent Peer Accountability (Cooperative Learning)What it is: Designing collaborative structures (like the Jigsaw method or small-group roles) where every team member holds a piece of the puzzle necessary for the group's success.How it decreases apathy: Students are often indifferent to compliance requests from authority figures, but they care deeply about their social standing with peers. When their effort directly supports or impacts their classmates, peer accountability activates social motivation.6. Utility-Value Reflection PromptsWhat it is: Embedding short reflection questions at the beginning or end of assignments asking students to articulate how a skill connects to their personal goals, interests, or future plans.How it decreases apathy: Psychological research shows that when students explicitly write down why a skill matters to their own life (e.g., "How does analyzing arguments help you negotiate or spot misinformation?"), their intrinsic motivation and assignment completion rates increase significantly.Edtech Throwdown: Vote on twitter @edtechthrowdown and under the pinned post on the profile.Segment 3: Where to Find EdTech ThrowdownDo us a few favors:Subscribe to the Edtech Throwdown PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon PodcastsStitcher YouTube Twitter FacebookWrite us an Apple Podcast Review!Tell your friends aboutwww.edtechthrowdown.comTell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast NetworkSubscribe to our Podcast Channels and SocialsApple PodcastsSpotify YouTube Twitter (@edtechthrowdown)FacebookInstagramConnect with us on Social MediaGuise's Social

In this week's episode, Jess speaks with Morgan Carter, Troy Walker, and Alison Spence about a novel means of embedding Indigenous ways into a dietetics curriculum. They discuss what their curriculum entailed, and the many ways that it could be generalised into other allied health education curricula. SPA Resources: Lowitja Institute research guides and reading lists - https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/topclass/topclass.do?expand-OfferingDetails-Offeringid=3139 Demonstrating inclusive and respectful language - https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/topclass/topclass.do?expand-OfferingDetails-Offeringid=3307 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/topclass/topclass.do?expand-OfferingDetails-Offeringid=3307 Speech Pathology practice in Aboriginal spaces - https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/topclass/topclass.do?expand-OfferingDetails-Offeringid=279095 Position Statement: Culturally responsive speech pathology practice - https://speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/resource?resource=1097 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culturally Responsive Capability Framework - https://speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/resource?resource=1097 Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and offers our respect to Elders, across all times and places. The Speak Up podcast recognises the central role of yarning and oral storytelling in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, how this translates to knowledge translation, and that colonisation has interrupted these practices of Language and knowledge sharing. The Speak Up podcast acknowledges the need for truth-telling and deep listening, the central role that Language plays in connecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with Culture, Country, and Community, and the interwoven nature of health, and social and emotional wellbeing. We recognise that the Traditional Owners of the Lands across Australia have been here since time immemorial, and that their sovereignty over this land, was never ceded. Free access to transcripts, as well as a full list of resources and references for this podcast, is available via the SPA Learning Hub (https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/). You will need to sign in or create an account. For more information, please see our Bio, or for further enquiries, email speakuppodcast@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au Disclaimer: © (2026) The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited. All rights reserved. Important Notice, Please read: The views expressed in this presentation and reproduced in these materials are not necessarily the views of, or endorsed by, The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited (“the Association”). The Association makes no warranty or representation in relation to the content, currency or accuracy of any of the materials comprised in this recording. The Association expressly disclaims any and all liability (including liability for negligence) in respect of use of these materials and the information contained within them. The Association recommends you seek independent professional advice prior to making any decision involving matters outlined in this recording including in any of the materials referred to or otherwise incorporated into this recording. Except as otherwise stated, copyright and all other intellectual property rights comprised in the presentation and these materials, remain the exclusive property of the Association. Except with the Association's prior written approval you must not, in whole or part, reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute, publish or electronically communicate (including by online means) this recording or any of these materials.

Defence's chief data officer and AI strategist explain how autonomy reshapes decision making while keeping commanders accountable for outcomes   The Australian Defence Force's approach to artificial intelligence and autonomous systems is not a rush towards unmanned warfare, it is a disciplined pivot toward decision-aid systems that augment human judgement rather than replace it. Speaking ahead of ADSTAR 2026, Defence's chief data integration officer, Dr Paul Robards, and chief of space, intelligence, national security and cyber division, Andrew Seedhouse, outline how the Defence Force is engineering accountability into AI systems at scale.    The centrepiece is a philosophy that officers remain personally accountable for all decisions, with AI functioning as a high-powered analytical support tool rather than an autonomous agent. The challenge is acute. Defence systems now ingest vast volumes of sensor data, satellites, drones, communications and cyber intelligence, creating information overload rather than clarity.   AI's role is to parse this deluge, surface decision options ranked by strategic utility and present them with full traceability back to the source data. Commanders retain the final say; algorithms provide the why. Both speakers emphasise the tension between technological velocity and governance rigour. Frontier AI labs release new capabilities weekly. Defence's testing, security validation and policy alignment move faster than legacy defence timelines but must remain slower than pure research cycles. Experimental systems run on ranges with physical limiters; enterprise systems sit firewalled in sandboxes until rigorous vetting confirms fitness for operational deployment. Equally critical is Australia's industrial capacity challenge. Ukraine's autonomous systems success reflects decades of manufacturing expertise. Australia must build equivalent capability rapidly yet cannot rely on Defence alone to sustain industry. Commercial diversification and allied procurement partnerships are essential. The strategic upside for a middle power is stark: AI enables capability multiplication without conventional force parity. Small teams wielding superior analytics and autonomous systems can achieve disproportionate effect. The hard work now is execution without ethical compromise.   Enjoy the podcast,  The Defence Connect team

At the dawn of his career, Tony Jones filmed Four Corners documentaries like Frozen Asset alongside producer Martin Butler. Now, for the first time in decades, Tony steps back into the world of documentary filmmaking with his animal advocacy film Sentient.Sentient is not an easy film by any measure. It's complex, harrowing, and simply devastating to experience. That is, quite clearly, by design. After all, Tony is asking us to empathise with the primates, all the while asking the ultimate question: how can we be better citizens of the world and stop inflicting this level of harm on fellow animals? When will we as a global society start to enact change that sees animals as sentient beings with choices and rights?These issues, and more, is what Tony unpacks in the following interview, recorded ahead of Sentient's screenings at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July 2026, and now released ahead of the films launch at the Melbourne International Film Festival.Tickets for screenings are available at MIFF.com.au, and Tony Jones will be in attendance at the festival. Screenings are held on 11 & 13 August 2026.the Curb... is a completely independent and ad free website that lives on the support of listeners and readers just like you. Visit thecurb.com.au/subscribe, where you can support our work from $2 a month. Paid subscribers get access to our monthly competitions, exclusive interviews and articles, and more.Sign up for the latest interviews, reviews, and more via https://www.thecurb.com.au/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the dawn of his career, Tony Jones filmed Four Corners documentaries like Frozen Asset alongside producer Martin Butler. Now, for the first time in decades, Tony steps back into the world of documentary filmmaking with his animal advocacy film Sentient.Sentient is not an easy film by any measure. It's complex, harrowing, and simply devastating to experience. That is, quite clearly, by design. After all, Tony is asking us to empathise with the primates, all the while asking the ultimate question: how can we be better citizens of the world and stop inflicting this level of harm on fellow animals? When will we as a global society start to enact change that sees animals as sentient beings with choices and rights?These issues, and more, is what Tony unpacks in the following interview, recorded ahead of Sentient's screenings at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July 2026, and now released ahead of the films launch at the Melbourne International Film Festival.Tickets for screenings are available at MIFF.com.au, and Tony Jones will be in attendance at the festival. Screenings are held on 11 & 13 August 2026.the Curb... is a completely independent and ad free website that lives on the support of listeners and readers just like you. Visit thecurb.com.au/subscribe, where you can support our work from $2 a month. Paid subscribers get access to our monthly competitions, exclusive interviews and articles, and more.Sign up for the latest interviews, reviews, and more via https://www.thecurb.com.au/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enterprise brand campaigns frequently struggle with inefficient audience targeting and poor match rates when relying on static data segments. Dharmesh Patel, Global Curation Strategy Lead at OnAudience, breaks down how multi-source identity graphs and supply-side curation are transforming programmatic media buying across the open web.Key tactical themes covered:Connecting 12 data sources within an ID graph to evaluate recency and frequency signals.Activating audience data at the SSP layer to optimize match rates and campaign KPIs.Using AI query agents to translate 25-page strategy documents into targetable ad segments.Preparing adtech architecture for automated bot-to-bot (MCP to MCP) system interactions.Embedding audience data early in creative planning to bridge the gap between creative and media execution.Dharmesh Patel is the Global Curation Strategy Lead at OnAudience (Cloud Technologies), overseeing global curation models, taxonomy strategy, and programmatic data partnerships.Connect with our guest:Follow Dharmesh Patel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darthmesh/Explore OnAudience : https://www.onaudience.com/Simplify Paid Media Process with Strike Social: https://strikesocial.com/guaranteed-paid-social-media-ads-outcomes/Connect with Host Dylan Conroy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanconroy/

Betsy Helmuth welcomes special guest Zandra Zuraw, who shares her journey from a varied professional background to interior design. Zandra discusses her transition to podcasting and the challenges she faced, recounting her early podcasting days and shift towards teaching and design retreats. They talk about adapting to COVID with online courses and launching "Slow Style Home." The conversation explores evolving career paths, partnerships, and finding one's voice. Zandra explains the principles and mindset of the Slow Style framework, embedding values and subconscious interpretations in home decor, and furniture arrangement. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction and welcome with special guest Zandra Zuraw 1:42 Zandra's journey from varied professional background to interior design 4:16 Transitioning to podcasting and dealing with challenges 7:00 Early podcasting days and shift towards teaching and design retreats 8:12 Adapting to COVID with online courses and launching "Slow Style Home" 10:22 Evolving career paths, partnerships, and finding one's voice 12:51 Principles and mindset of the Slow Style framework 19:58 Embedding values and subconscious interpretations in home decor 24:44 Deep dive into values in home decor and furniture arrangement 29:51 Exploring the Slow Style philosophy and room context changes 33:32 More from Zandra Zuraw: podcast and book details 35:41 Betsy's closing remarks and episode credits - You can achieve a luxe look in your home without hiring a high-end designer by embracing your unique style and being intentional about your design choices. - Developing a signature style involves experimenting and playing with different elements in your space to find what truly resonates with you over time. - Incorporating personal values into your home decor can make your space more meaningful and reflective of who you are, whether through sustainable choices or creating a welcoming environment for family and friends. Don't forget to subscribe for more design tips and inspiration! Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Uploft.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AffordableInteriorDesign.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit your design questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to be featured on the show ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Become a Premium Member⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and access the bonus episodes Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to become an interior designer with Uploft's Interior Design Academy. Get Betsy's book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠betsyhelmuth.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more about our residential interior design services, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ModernInteriorDesign.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For our commercial interior design services, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OfficeInteriorDesign.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@uploftinteriordesign⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/UploftIntDes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@uploftinteriordesign⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/company/uploft-interior-design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy the show, please spread the word and leave a review on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2010, producer David Gutnick travelled to Haiti soon after the devastating earthquake there. Embedding with a local family, he slept on the ground alongside hundreds of thousands of others, now homeless after the earthquake. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed more than 220,000 and some 300,000 were injured. Those survivors were left eking out survival in their already impoverished and insecure nation. David spent a day and a night living with The Merisier family, Nadine, her husband Madsen, their five children, a son and daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. From our special summer archival doc series, this is 24 in Delmas 56

Are YOU curious about self publishing? Wondering how much you can make from it and how it differs from traditional publishing? In this episode, prolific self-published author Matt Rogers shares his experience writing three or four novels a year and selling more than a million copies! He also talks about his move to traditional publishing in 2025 – including his latest novel, The Damned, as well as some unique writing methods he employs in his routine and much much more! 00:00 Welcome03:39 Graduate spotlight07:55 Writing tip: Don’t give up after your start!12:12 WIN: Murder Most Delicious by Danielle Postel-Vinay14:20 Word of the Week: ‘Accoutre’15:07 Interview with: Matt Rogers16:19 Matt’s early writing origins18:28 Self-publishing breakthrough22:02 Transcribing for craft25:33 Prolific output and bookstores29:15 Influences and endorsements32:47 Self-publishing hustle35:41 From indie to bookstores37:55 Matt describes his new books41:02 Embedding philosophy inside thrillers44:21 Ideas and writing routine47:24 Editing workflow and wordcounts50:13 Self versus traditional publishing53:33 Writing advice and reading recommendations57:22 What’s next?58:20 Final thoughts Read the show notes Connect with Valerie and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | ValerieKhoo.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aaron Alva is a Harvard Berkman Klein Center fellow and the Founder of Alva Strategy Center, advising organizations and enforcers on privacy, security, and AI governance. Previously, Aaron was a lead tech advisor at the FTC, where he was instrumental in driving the agency's approach to privacy and security enforcement. In this episode… Privacy risks often hide in how companies collect, use, and share personal information. Smart TVs, health-related websites, and location data have all drawn regulatory scrutiny when data is used in ways consumers did not reasonably expect. A decade of FTC privacy enforcement shows companies what regulators consider unfair or deceptive. So, what can companies learn from these cases to strengthen their privacy practices? Reducing privacy risk starts when companies understand the data they collect, where it goes, why it's being used, and whether that use is necessary in the first place. Companies should pay close attention to handling sensitive data with care, including health information, location data, children's and teens' data, and driver behavior data. Embedding stronger privacy practices often comes down to establishing clear purpose limitations, thoughtful data minimization measures, limited retention, and privacy-enhancing defaults. It also requires a regular and thorough review of AdTech tools, like pixels and tags. Getting these practices right can help companies reduce regulatory risk. Yet when companies fall short, the FTC and state privacy regulators can impose remedies that reach beyond fines, requiring companies to delete data, stop certain data uses, change platform default settings, or build a stronger privacy program.  In this episode of She Said Privacy/He Said Security, Jodi and Justin Daniels talk with Aaron Alva, Founder of Alva Strategy Center, about what companies can learn from a decade of FTC privacy enforcement. Aaron explains the role technologists play in helping enforcement agencies work through technically complex privacy issues during investigations. He delves into lessons from major enforcement actions involving smart TVs and social media platforms and shares insights on the FTC's privacy remedies. Aaron also explains how companies can strengthen their privacy practices by setting clear limits on data use, treating sensitive data with care, and aligning privacy controls with consumer expectations.

This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Clare Stark, Head of Futures Literacy and Foresight at UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.They're a specialized UN agency dedicated to promoting world peace and security through international collaboration in education, arts, sciences, and culture. Headquartered in Paris, its mission spans 194 member states and encompasses several focus areas. Key Initiatives include World Heritage Sites, Global Education, Scientific & Ethical Standards, and Cultural Heritage Safeguarding.Clare is a dedicated professional with more than 20 years of experience in international development cooperation, she's passionate about ensuring that technology leads to positive social transformations, and using futures literacy and foresight to inspire collective action to shape the futures we want, using evidence-based approaches to enhance anticipatory capacities.She covers a lot of ground in the podcast, including UNESCO's role in advancing futures literacy and anticipatory governance / Embedding foresight into national and int'l policymaking / The Global Anticipatory Policy Coalition / AI governance, AI readiness and responsible deployment / Climate anxiety & information anxiety / Trust, democracy and misinformation / Leadership through collective intelligence and collaboration / The importance of culture, history and indigenous knowledge in shaping future policy / Participatory foresight involving young people, educators and citizens / The future of education, creativity and public policy in an AI-enabled world. So, I hope you enjoy listening to her as much as I did, in what I hope you'll agree is a fascinating conversation re: the growing importance of anticipatory governance and futures thinking in addressing today's global challenges.

Das Thema KI übt auf nicht wenige Menschen die gleiche Anziehung aus wie gratis Nagelpilz. Ein exklusiver Spaß für Menschen, die einen Laserpointer am Schlüsselbund haben und sich Witze in Programmiersprache erzählen. Für die meisten andern ist KI einfach ist eine ungebetene Erinnerung an die eigene Inkompetenz. Und das Miststück ist dabei, sich Stück für Stück unsere liebe Welt unter den Nagel zu reißen. Zum Beispiel unsere Jobs, und da muss man doch was tun! Das Wichtigste vorweg: Man muss wirklich gar nichts können, um Chatbots zu nutzen. Nicht einmal schreiben. Prompts, Vibe Coding, Embedding - das sind in erster Linie Begriffe, mit denen Leute Ahnung simulieren, aber nichts, was uns davon abhalten sollte, sich jetzt ein paar Chatbots zu unseren willigen Gehilfen zu machen. Der Zukunfts- und Trendforscher Oliver Leisse berät Unternehmen zu gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Trends. In den letzten Jahren hat sich Oliver vor allen Dingen mit der Auswirkung von KI auf die Bereiche des täglichen Lebens beschäftigt. Er geht davon aus, dass unser Berufsleben, wie wir es heute kennen, mehr als angezählt ist. Vor allen Dingen recht einfache Einsteigerjobs werden wohl sehr bald von KI-Systemen übernommen, sagt Oliver. Andere Tätigkeiten sind mit KI viel schneller erledigt. Da bleibt dann mehr Zeit für einen frisch aufgebrühten Flat White und eine lange Gassirunde oder ihr nutzt die freien Stunden, um euch mithilfe von KI noch unentbehrlicher fürs Unternehmen zu machen. KI stattet einen mit Fähigkeiten aus, die euch bisher nicht mal im Traum erschienen sind. Wichtig ist nur, dass alle mitmachen. Der Techanalyst und Podcaster Philipp Klöckner warnt vor einer gesellschaftlichen Spaltung, getriggert durch KI-Trainingsdaten. KI hat auf weißer Mann gelernt, deshalb benachteiligen KI Modelle, alle, die nicht dazu gehören. Schade, wenn KI zukünftig Personalentscheidungen trifft, zum Beispiel. Link zur Folge: https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/jobverlust-ki-shumer-warnung-arbeitsmarkt-100.html FLEXIKON LIVE am 3.11. in Köln beim Cologne Comedy Festival: https://comedy.cologne/events/flexikon-der-podcast/ Link zur unserer Untenrum-Empfehlung der Woche: Liebt Euch! Der Dating Podcast von DASDING: https://www.ardsounds.de/sendung/liebt-euch-der-dating-podcast/urn:ard:show:178a60183a5a9d80/

In this session from DX Annual, Rebecca Fitzhugh, Lead Principal Engineer at Atlassian, moderates a panel featuring Nidhi Allipuram, Vice President, Enterprise Developer Experience and Platform at Nationwide, Jai Schniepp, Senior Director, DevX Product Management at Comcast, Brent Foster, Vice President and Head of Architecture and Strategy at TD Bank, and Praveena Patchipulusu, Vice President of Engineering at HPE.Together, they discuss how large enterprises are approaching AI adoption, what it takes to build an AI-first software development lifecycle, and how engineering leaders are balancing speed, security, governance, and developer experience. They also share their perspectives on the changing role of engineers, human accountability, and how organizations can prepare for the future of software engineering.Where to find Rebecca Fitzhugh: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmfitzhugh • X: https://x.com/RebeccaFitzhugh Where to find Jai Schniepp:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaschnieppWhere to find Nidhi Allipuram: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhi-allipuramWhere to find Brent Foster: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/engineeringthefuture• Website: https://brentfoster.meWhere to find Praveena Patchipulusu: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveena-patchipulusu-158741In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Intro(02:28) The AI journey across TD Bank, Comcast, and HPE(05:59) Inside Nationwide's AI-assisted development lifecycle(10:04) Reimagining the software development lifecycle with AI(11:32) Security, governance, and human accountability(15:27) Embedding security and guardrails into AI workflows(17:55) How AI is changing the role of an engineer(21:52) What developer experience looks like in the AI era(26:55) What software engineering may look like in 2030(32:47) How to prepare for the AI-driven futureReferenced:• Atlassian• TD Bank• Comcast Corporation• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)• Nationwide • GitHub Spec Kit• Abi Noda

Kelle Fontenot, Chief Digital Officer at KPMG, joins me to talk about how one of the world's largest professional services firms is embedding AI into the way work gets done. Kelle shares how KPMG is approaching enterprise AI adoption through its AIQ program, why AI requires close partnership between digital, HR, technology, and the business, and what it takes to drive change across 250,000 people globally. We also get into the realities of AI adoption inside a large, highly regulated organization: digital teammates, AI agents, tool overload, trust, security, and why traditional training alone doesn't change behavior. Kelle offers a practical look at how leaders can move beyond experimenting with AI and start making it part of the everyday flow of work without losing human judgment along the way.

Kelly Anne Pipe is Head of Developer Experience at Vanguard, and Nicole Scribner is a Director in the firm's Chief Technology Office focused on engineering enablement and advancement.In this session from DX Annual, Kelly Anne and Nicole share how Vanguard is expanding its AI strategy beyond software engineering to the entire product development lifecycle. While the company initially focused on tools like GitHub Copilot for engineers, they found that faster coding alone did not significantly improve delivery speed. Product managers, designers, QA teams, and organizational processes were still operating at a different pace.To address this challenge, Vanguard developed a product team maturity model built around three stages: Augmented, Accelerated, and Autonomized. The framework spans six dimensions, from AI-powered delivery and AI-ready codebases to team autonomy, operations, and responsible AI.Kelly Anne and Nicole explain how Vanguard is applying the model across more than 800 product teams, the behaviors they believe will enable faster delivery, and the lessons they have learned about measurement, organizational change, dependencies, and scaling AI across the product development lifecycle.In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Intro(02:16) The state of AI one year ago at Vanguard(02:54) The engineering bubble(05:05) Building an AI maturity model for 800 product teams(08:24) Dimension 1: AI-powered product delivery(10:00) Dimension 2: AI-ready codebase(12:20) Dimension 3: Autonomous agent utilization (13:00) Dimension 4: AI-augmented operations(14:00) Dimension 5: Team autonomy and enablement(16:11) Dimension 6: Responsible AI(18:15) The people problem: role evolution (20:00) The measurement problem (22:55) Lessons learned from rolling out the maturity model (26:46) What's ahead (30:10) Q&A #1: Getting your codebase ready for AI(32:22) Q&A #2: Audit trails and responsible AI(34:16) Q&A #3: Vanguard's maturity model progress(36:15) Q&A #4: Measuring cycle time across 800 teamsReferenced:• Vanguard• Jennifer St Pierre - Dell Technologies | LinkedIn• Mercari

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Embedding batteries into appliances to bypass big bottlenecks: home electrical upgrades. Instead of rewiring buildings, Copper turns induction stoves into distributed energy assets that can also support the grid.Copper is building appliances with integrated energy storage, starting with Charlie, a 30” induction stove with a built-in battery. The company focuses on making electrification cheaper, faster, and easier for multifamily buildings and older housing stock.They've received $60M in equity funding and government contracts so far.Before co-founding Copper, CEO Sam Calisch helped launch Rewiring America, was an Activate Fellow, co-authored Electrify, and previously founded Elmworks. He earned his PhD from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms.Here's what we discussed:Installation arbitrage that changes adoption economics – Traditional induction stoves often require expensive 240V upgrades and panel work, while Charlie plugs into an existing 110V outlet behind most gas stoves using an onboard 5kWh LFP battery to deliver high-power cookingMultifamily as the wedge market – Buildings facing costly gas infrastructure repairs can avoid six-figure retrofit costs, with some projects saving over $100k by switching directly to Copper's battery-enabled electric appliancesAppliances as grid assets – Aggregated stoves participate in California's DSGS virtual power plant program, providing dispatchable capacity during peak demand and potentially offsetting future appliance costsLicensing instead of building everything alone – Copper is pursuing partnerships with incumbent appliance manufacturers rather than vertically integrating every product category itselfFounder operating system – Weekly written goals, deliberate “play time” for experimentation, outdoor activity, and separating business problems from personal identity to sustain long-term decision quality--Join our confidential CEO community.Private CEO group for VC/PE-backed climate tech founders navigating capital, strategy, and scale. Capped at 45 CEOs. See if you're a fit → entrepreneursforimpact.comJoin 40,000 professionals who get our newsletter.Climate tech finance, strategy, leadership. 2-min read. → entrepreneursforimpact.substack.comLeave a podcast review.If you got value, take 30 seconds and do the community a favor. It helps push more capital and talent toward scalable climate solutions.

Is your messaging making you memorable, or just visible?You could have the best content engine in your industry, be publishing consistently across multiple channels, and focusing on quality. But if it isn't memorable, none of it sticks.Core messaging and positioning is one of those things that sounds simple until you try to do it well. If you asked ten people in your organization what you are all about and why customers should choose to work with you, would they all broadly answer in the same way?In most organizations, the answer is no.That inconsistency shows up everywhere. In your content, on your website, in sales conversations, and in ways that are hard to trace back to the source.In part four of our seven-part B2B content strategy series, Amy Woods digs into what messaging is, what goes into a messaging framework, and how to know whether yours is working for you.Find out:What messaging is and why consistency is what makes it stickWhether you can have a B2B content strategy without clear messagingThe five components every B2B messaging framework needsHow to define your messaging and positioning through internal conversationsHow to use your messaging framework on a daily basis, including how to embed it into your AI toolsThe signals that tell you your messaging is workingWhen to review your messaging and how to update it without doing a hard pivotImportant links & mentions:Blog post about this episode: https://www.content10x.com/357Part one of the B2B content strategy series - What Is a B2B Content Strategy (And Why Does It Matter)?: https://www.content10x.com/354Part two of the B2B content strategy series — How Do You Align a B2B Content Strategy to Business Goals?: https://www.content10x.com/355Part three of the B2B content strategy series — How Does Competitor Analysis Fit Into Your B2B Content Strategy?: https://www.content10x.com/356B2B content strategy series on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVwaHzx-z4d4Rcnrh2VsUN9d47rrdMypp&si=NjYvp1Ilo26KnIF3Amy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amywoods2/Content 10x website: https://www.content10x.com/Amy's book: www.content10x.com/book (Content 10x: More Content, Less Time, Maximum Results)Timestamps:01:57 Free B2B Content Operations Benchmark Assessment02:35 What is messaging?03:44 Why a great content strategy can't exist without clear messaging04:33 Who owns messaging?05:10 Core components of a messaging framework06:55 How to define messaging through internal conversations08:35 Where messaging shows up in real-world execution09:16 Opinionated content and category positioning10:38 Embedding messaging into AI tools and workflows11:09 How to know your messaging is working (or not working)13:08 Quantitative vs qualitative signals from customers and sales13:47 Revisiting and adjusting your messaging framework16:07 Recap and what's next17:55 Wrap upAbout the host:Amy Woods is the CEO and founder of Content 10x, a creative agency that provides specialist content strategy, creation and repurposing support to B2B organizations.She's also a best-selling author, hosts two content marketing podcasts (The Content 10x Podcast and B2B Content Strategist), and speaks on stages all over the world about the power of content marketing.Join thousands of business owners, content creators and marketers and get the latest content marketing tips and advice delivered straight to your inbox every week https://www.content10x.com/newsletter

The ethics issues that arise in neuroscience research are usually novel, unresolved and understudied. Embedding ethicists in labs helps scientists navigate these challenges and develop strategies in real time to prevent harm.

In this episode, Kate Webber, Chief Solutions Officer at the PRI, is joined by Claudia Wearmouth, Global Head of Responsible Investment at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, and Travis Antoniono, Investment Director for Sustainable Investments at CalPERS.Together, they explore how responsible investment is being applied in practical, financially material ways, including how it is embedded into investment processes, how transparent dialogue between asset owners and managers supports long-term outcomes, and the role evidence plays in sustainable investment decision-making.Overview:Responsible investment is increasingly moving from a specialist function to a core part of investment decision-making. Across public and private markets, sustainability and governance considerations are being integrated into due diligence, portfolio construction, stewardship and long-term risk management.This episode explores how investors are building practical frameworks around financial materiality, balancing quantitative tools with qualitative judgement, and adapting to rapidly evolving risks such as climate change and AI disruption.Detailed coverage:Embedding sustainability into investment processesBoth guests explain how sustainability considerations are now integrated throughout the investment lifecycle, from initial due diligence through to ongoing monitoring and exit decisions.Financial materiality and fiduciary dutyThey explore how responsible investment supports long‑term, risk‑adjusted returns and helps meet fiduciary responsibilities to beneficiaries.The role of dedicated expertiseTravis Antoniono discusses embedding dedicated sustainability specialists directly into investment due diligence teams, while Claudia Wearmouth outlines how sustainable investment analysts can better work alongside fundamental research teams.Data, evidence and judgementThe conversation explores how responsible investment relies on a growing evidence base. While data is still evolving, investors increasingly combine quantitative tools with qualitative insight and real-world case studies.Explore real-world examples of how investors are combining data and judgement in practice in the PRI's investment case database: https://public.unpri.org/investment-tools/investment-case-databaseHow AI is changing investment researchAI is beginning to transform investment analysis itself, helping teams assess sector disruption, and emerging financial impacts more dynamically.Building organisational buy-inBoth guests highlight that embedding responsible investment depends on strong leadership and clear direction, with teams working together to apply it in practice.The importance of asset owner–manager relationshipsTransparency, trust and detailed communication are highlighted as essential for aligning investment objectives, stewardship expectations and long-term strategy execution.Practical lessons for investorsThe episode concludes with practical recommendations on how investors can improve governance and decision-making through more consistent use of evidence and ongoing dialogue.Chapters:00:08 - Introduction and the investment case for responsible investment01:29 - Embedding sustainability into investment processes05:14 - Sustainability, fiduciary duty and long-term returns10:56 - Building the evidence base for responsible investment13:39 - How AI is changing investment analysis20:15 - Creating organisational buy-in and investment alignment22:18 - Climate solutions, strategy and total portfolio thinking27:12 - Asset owner and investment manager collaboration35:15 - Key lessons on transparency, trust and detail37:04 - Practical recommendations for investorsDisclaimer:This podcast and material referenced herein is provided for information only. It is not intended to be investment, legal, tax or other advice, nor is it intended to be relied upon in making an investment or other decision. PRI Association is not responsible for any decision made or action taken based on information on this podcast. Listeners retain sole discretion over whether and how to use the information contained herein. PRI Association is not responsible for and does not endorse third parties featured on in this podcast or any third-party comments, content or other resources that may be included or referenced herein. Unless otherwise stated, podcast content does not necessarily represent the views of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment. All information is provided “as is” with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy or timeliness, or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. PRI Association is committed to compliance with all applicable laws. Copyright © PRI Association 2026. All rights reserved. This content may not be reproduced, or used for any other purpose, without the prior written consent of PRI Association.

Introduction What if the real bottleneck in commercial insurance isn't distribution or pricing—it's the workflow itself? Nearly $100 billion of SME P&C insurance is placed every year using manual processes, disconnected systems, and data that lives in spreadsheets and email threads. Hamesh Chawla has spent the last four years building the infrastructure to change that. Before founding Mulberri in 2021, Chawla led product and technology at Edelman Financial Engines and Asurion. He came to insurance not as a lifer but as a technologist who saw an industry still running on 20th-century tooling. Mulberri is his answer: an AI operations platform connecting PEOs, brokers, SMEs, and carriers—from smart submission and risk scoring to quote-and-bind and certificate of insurance. In this conversation, Josh Hollander and Chawla dig into why the MGA market was the right pivot, what AI governance looks like when binding decisions carry real capital risk, and why the SME segment is the most underserved frontier in commercial insurance. Guest Bio Hamesh Chawla is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mulberri, an AI operations platform for MGAs, PEOs, brokers, and carriers serving the SME market. Before Mulberri, he was EVP and Chief Product & Technology Officer at Edelman Financial Engines, with prior roles at Asurion and Zephyr (acquired by SmartBear). He holds an MS in Computer Science from Texas A&M University. Mulberri has raised $10.8M from Eos Venture Partners, Altamont Capital Partners, MS&AD Ventures, and Hanover Technology Management. Key Topics • The $100B manual workflow problem — Nearly $100B of SME P&C is placed annually using ACORD forms emailed back and forth, loss runs parsed by hand, and decisions made without the data that exists in the market. Mulberri automates this stack. • From embedded insurance to AI operating system — Chawla explains why he pivoted from embedded distribution to building the workflow layer MGAs actually run on—ingesting unstructured data, structuring it through a GenAI OS, and routing decisions with full context. • AI governance when capital is at stake — When AI is binding real policies, black-box models get rejected. Mulberri surfaces claim propensity, frequency, severity, and loss ratio so underwriters can interrogate and trust the output. • The PEO channel as data and distribution — PEOs sit on firmographic and workforce data directly predictive of workers' comp risk. Embedding into that channel is both a data strategy and a go-to-market strategy. • Building for carriers, brokers, and SMEs simultaneously — Carriers need loss ratio visibility, brokers need submission efficiency, SMEs need straightforward access. Aligning all three is the hardest product problem in the space. Notable Quotes "Our mission since day one has been to leverage technology to complement underwriters' expertise—simplifying and streamlining the business insurance process while ensuring transparency." "The Risk Engine puts the information underwriters need at their fingertips to make fast, accurate decisions—not replacing them, but making them dramatically more effective." Resources Guest: • Mulberri: https://www.mulberri.io • Hamesh Chawla on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hameshchawla/ Host & Organization: • Joshua R. Hollander on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuarhollander/ • Horton International (USA): https://www.horton-usa.com/ • Insurtech Leadership Podcast (LinkedIn Showcase): https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/insurtech-leadership-show Subscribe & Review If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe on your favorite platform and leave a review. The Insurtech Leadership Podcast is available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

As sustainability conversations increasingly center on regulation, compliance deadlines and investment in new data systems, something risks getting lost: the need to invest in people who drive the change. Todd Corley's perspective emphasizes the importance of inspiring and developing individuals across all levels of an organization. Rooted in a career shaping social, philanthropic, sustainability and belonging initiatives in corporate workplaces, he now holds one of the most distinctive roles in the industry as Chief People and Impact Officer at Carhartt. From that vantage point, he builds strategy bottom-up, and asks a different question: What happens when you treat people and culture not as a support function to your people and impact strategy, but as its foundation?   Integrating this strategic framework within global organizations requires persistence, adaptability, and a willingness to accept that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to building a purpose-driven culture. In this webinar, we explored: - How Todd's journey to Chief People and Impact Officer shapes his approach to sustainability - What it looks like to structure teams and governance for real impact, and why capacity building is a strategic investment - Carhartt's people-first approach in practice: examples of community connection, skilled trade development and accessible circularity - Making the internal business case: navigating pushback and keeping purpose at the core - Reasons for optimism, and what the industry needs to do next to act on them

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Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+:https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Acceptance is power. Growth starts when people stop resisting discomfort and start moving with reality instead of against it. In this episode, Leila explains why anxiety, fear, and negative thoughts only control people who treat them like they were facts. She also shares the mental frameworks that helped her stop spiraling. Learning that thoughts are not facts might be the difference between staying trapped and finally moving forward.In this episode00:00 The power of active acceptance02:25 Why you must audit your beliefs04:06 Identifying and swapping irrational beliefs05:32 Embedding new beliefs with actionMore Value:Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribeReceive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featuredLearn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

“If you're not growing, you're dying.” – Brent W. RempeIn this week's episode, Carol Schultz sits down with Brent Rempe (President & CEO of First Alliance Credit Union) to unpack what actually drives workplace evolution—and why most companies fail to make their values meaningful. Brent shares how his team redefined their mission, vision, and values after realizing the old ones didn't resonate, and how simplifying them into something tangible changed the direction of the organization.Brent explains why having too many values makes them forgettable, how organizations can embed values into hiring and performance systems, and why alignment matters more than raw output. They explore how behavioral interviews reveal real character, why pairing HR with hiring managers improves decision-making, and how growth can expose weaknesses inside a team. The conversation also touches on leadership realities—like imposter syndrome—and why purpose and storytelling are critical to keeping employees engaged. The episode closes with a practical look at how companies can create workplaces where people feel connected to the impact of their work, not just the job itself.TakeawaysMission, vision, and values only work if they are simple and actionableToo many values make culture harder to understand and applyValues should be embedded into hiring, performance, and daily decisionsBehavioral interviews help uncover genuine alignment—not rehearsed answersHR involvement improves hiring consistency and reduces biasGrowth without alignment can create internal frictionEmployees stay engaged when they feel their work has real impactStorytelling helps teams connect to purpose and meaningEven experienced leaders deal with imposter syndromeStrong culture creates momentum, not just complianceChapters00:03 Intro: What it means to evolve a workplace04:13 Rethinking mission, vision, and values05:14 Why simplicity in values matters07:33 The three core tools: mission, vision, values08:17 Embedding values into hiring and performance09:10 How to interview for alignment10:28 The role of HR in better hiring decisions15:58 Defining the ideal member and growth focus18:05 Looking beyond credit scores: human-centered decisions20:26 Growth challenges and team development26:19 Imposter syndrome among leaders31:25 Purpose, storytelling, and employee motivationConnect With Host Carol SchultzFind more information about our host Carol Schultz and her company at Vertical Elevation, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.Want to be our next guest expert? Email cat.gloria@verticalelevation.com with your information.And of course, click "follow" to stay up-to-date on new episodes and leave an honest review/rating letting us know what you thought!

In this episode, I'm joined by Drs. Brandon May and Maggie Pavone, and Kate Heersink to talk about how we can better support healthier lifestyles for individuals with developmental disabilities. We start by digging into how each of them came to this work. Maggie shares some early experiences working as a direct support professional, where she began to notice patterns between food-related variables and challenging behavior. Brandon talks about coming into behavior analysis through the health and fitness world, and seeing firsthand how difficult it was to support individuals in building healthier routines without a clear behavioral framework. Kate adds her perspective from working with individuals with brain injury, where the connection between physical health and overall functioning is hard to ignore. We also spend some time acknowledging that this isn't entirely new territory. There's a solid body of work—both within and outside of behavior analysis—focused on physical activity and health for individuals with disabilities. At the same time, there's still a gap when it comes to practical, easy-to-implement tools that can be used by the people doing the day-to-day work. From there, we get into the early development of the Fit 4 All program and how it's currently being implemented in a day program setting for adults with developmental disabilities. Kate walks through what a typical session looks like, including: Starting the day by ensuring wearable tech (e.g., a Fitbit) is in place Using a token system tied to individualized goals (hydration, movement, functional fitness, and nutrition skills) Embedding physical activity throughout the day (walking, fitness videos, etc.) Teaching basic nutrition concepts using structured learning trials Incorporating functional skills like cooking where appropriate One of the things I appreciated about this approach is how integrated it is. Rather than treating exercise or nutrition as separate, isolated targets, they're woven into the flow of the day and supported through clear contingencies and reinforcement systems. We also talk about the importance of working within real-world environments. This isn't about creating tightly controlled, clinic-based interventions—it's about meeting people where they are and building systems that can be implemented by direct support staff, teachers, and caregivers in the settings where individuals actually live and spend their time. This is very much a "boots on the ground" application of behavior analysis—figuring out how to increase things like step count, heart rate, and water consumption in ways that are practical, sustainable, and individualized. And like a lot of good ABA work, it involves ongoing problem-solving—adjusting activities, testing different approaches, and using data to guide decisions. If you're a BCBA, or someone working directly with individuals with developmental disabilities, this conversation is a good reminder that health and wellness is an area where our science has a lot to offer—and probably more room to grow.

Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS breaks down why every business website needs an active, well-structured blog. He introduces content pillars — long-form foundational articles around 3,000 words — and content clusters, shorter supporting articles around 700 words that link back to the pillar to build semantic authority. The session also covers how embedding multimedia like YouTube videos and infographics increases "in-view" time and reduces bounce rates. It closes with Favour revealing his background as a music producer and playing an original instrumental track live.Who is this for?Business owners, content creators, and digital marketers who want to turn their website blog into a long-term traffic and authority asset — especially anyone publishing content inconsistently or without a proper content structure.Key Moments & Timestamps01:33 — Why every business website needs an active blog and a structured sitemap.04:21 — How embedding YouTube videos retains traffic and intellectual property on your domain.65:01 — Understanding content pillars (3,000 words) vs. content clusters (700 words).68:00 — How infographics increase content shares by up to 300% and lower bounce rates.143:10 — Favour reveals his music production background and plays an original instrumental track live.FAQsQ: Why embed a YouTube video instead of sharing the link?A: Embedding keeps traffic and intellectual property on your domain, increasing "time on page" and sending positive ranking signals to search engines.Q: What is the difference between a content pillar and a cluster?A: A pillar is a comprehensive long-form article on a broad topic. A cluster is a shorter article that links back to the pillar, building semantic authority over time.Q: Do people still read blogs in 2026?A: Yes. While many people skim, search engine bots read everything — and AI tools like ChatGPT, Siri, and Alexa pull answers directly from published blog content.Action StepsAudit Your Sitemap: Confirm your blog is active and properly indexed in your XML sitemap.Embed Your Media: Keep traffic on-site by embedding YouTube videos and podcast episodes directly into blog posts.Build Content Pillars: Write one comprehensive pillar article, then support it with 3–5 shorter cluster articles that link back to it.Use Infographics: Add visual elements to increase screen time and lower your bounce rate.Refresh Old Content: Update popular older posts with new information to keep them evergreen and re-indexable by search engines.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today

What does it really take to build a successful business that creates both financial returns and meaningful social impact?In this episode of Mirror Talk: Soulful Conversations, we sit down with Brent Freeman, Founder and President of Stealth Venture Labs, who has helped brands like Crocs, Poo-Pourri, and Home Chef generate over $500M in revenue.Brent shares the deeper principles behind sustainable entrepreneurship, including how to build a business rooted in purpose, why social impact should be part of a company's DNA, and how joy can become a real metric for success. He also opens up about his powerful Return Of Joy principle and how reconnecting with the things he truly loved transformed his health, mindset, impact, and results.If you are building something meaningful, navigating challenges, or trying to grow without losing yourself in the process, this conversation will give you wisdom, clarity, and practical encouragement.In this episode, you will learn:How to build a business that creates both profit and positive social impactWhat it truly means to be a social entrepreneurImportant habits every successful entrepreneur should buildCommon obstacles entrepreneurs face and how to overcome themHow to lead by example in business and in lifeBrent Freeman's Return Of Joy principle and how it can transform your lifeHow to create an abundance mindsetThe future of digital marketing in an AI-driven worldBrent's advice for anyone who wants to become truly successfulTimestamps:00:00 - Introduction to Brent Freeman02:22 - Brent's background and entrepreneurial journey05:26 - Embedding social impact into your business DNA09:09 - Scarcity mindset vs abundance mindset11:39 - The power of giving and community impact14:16 - Turning obstacles into opportunities for growth16:21 - Building resilience through hardship20:07 - Lessons from challenges and setbacks22:20 - Leading by example and building strong teams25:43 - Creating a high-performance culture with emotional intelligence27:01 - Brent's Return Of Joy principle30:33 - Reconnecting with joy through daily practices35:19 - The activities that bring Brent joy37:53 - Stealth Venture Labs and the future of digital marketing40:05 - AI and the evolution of marketing43:02 - Brent's advice for aspiring entrepreneursResources and Links:Stealth Venture LabsBrent Freeman on LinkedInBrent Freeman on InstagramThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillConnect with Brent Freeman:Website: https://www.stealthventurelabs.com/Profile: https://speakonpodcasts.com/brent-freeman/If this episode encouraged you, share it with someone building a business, pursuing purpose, or trying to grow without losing joy along the way.Ask what is on your heart. Mirror Talk will reflect back what may help you see more clearly. Try it here: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com/ask-mirror-talk/Thank you for joining me on this MIRROR TALK podcast journey. Please subscribe to any platform and remember to leave a review and rating.Stay connected: https://linktr.ee/mirrortalkpodcast More inspiring episodes and show notes are here: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/ Your opinions, thoughts, suggestions, and comments are important to us. Please share them here: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com/your-opinion-matters/ Could you support us by becoming a Patreon? Please consider subscribing to one or more of our offerings at http://patreon.com/MirrorTalk All proceeds will help enhance the quality of our work and outreach, enabling us to serve you better.We use and trust these podcasting tools, software, and gear. We've partnered with amazing platforms to give our Mirror Talk community exclusive deals and discounts: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com/best-podcasting-tools/

Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones David Holthouse is a gonzo journalist, writer & filmmaker. His documentaries include Operation Odessa, the Last Narc, Sasquatch & Krishnas. https://davidholthouse.com SPONSORS https://amentara.com/go/dj - Use code DJ22 for 22% off your first order. https://shopify.com/dannyjones - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today. https://liquid-iv.com - Use code DANNY for 20% off your first order. https://mengotomars.com - Use code DANNY for 50% Off & 3 Free Gifts. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS https://davidholthouse.com FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Operation Odessa 05:38 - Surveillance in Russia 12:07 - Cartel's access to technology & intel 14:44 - Cartel Influencers 18:13 - Why Chihuaua City, Mexico is terrifying 21:06 - Gonzo journalism 24:39 - The Last Narc & who killed Kiki Camarena 30:53 - Felix Rodriguez responds to Kiki Camerana rumors 35:59 - The trauma of Vietnam veterans 39:18 - More veterans die at home than at war 42:07 - Felix Rodriguez's relationship with CIA 45:03 - California's unsolved Sasquatch murder 49:13 - The scariest moment of filming Sasquatch documentary 53:32 - The scariest part of California 01:01:31 - "Mirroring" for good documentary filmmaking 01:04:51 - What Chinese cartels are up to 01:06:19 - Narco Mennonites 01:11:25 - Crazy story about El Chapo 01:15:14 - Staying up for 72 hours with meth heads 01:20:34 - Embedding with Skinheads 01:29:48 - Visiting Aryan Fest 01:37:59 - How to spot Scientologists 01:41:14 - The Hare Krishna movement 01:48:39 - David's production style 01:55:44 - David's secret to finding new projects 02:02:13 - Supernatural beliefs in Mendocino, CA 02:07:53 - Interdimensional portals in the woods 02:08:55 - David saw the Pheonix Lights 02:15:17 - Link between Epstein Files & UFOs 02:19:33 - California's energy policy relies on Iran oil 02:26:17 - Why we need nuclear power Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices