Podcasts about Empathy

David Waldy is a transformational coach and a passionate advocate for "Fierce Empathy." He's here to share with us the profound impact of embracing accountability, radical ownership, and how starting with empathy can lead to life-changing transformations. We'll also dive into the four pillars of Fierce Empathy, explore his "Divine wake-up call," and discuss the crucial role faith plays in business success. This episode is packed with wisdom and actionable insights, so stay tuned! Check it out! Free Gift - The Fierce Empathy Coaching Framework - HERE - https://youtu.be/o7Rx4hbRnQo Key Discussion Points: The Power of Accountability Taking Radical Ownership Star with Empathy The 4 Pillars of Fierce Empathy His Divine Wake Up Call Step 1 for People Who Struggle How To Get Back On Track With Your Goals  Sharing The Stage With Tony Robbins & Russell Brunson How His Faith Plays Into His Business  Finding Purpose - Want to learn how to Podcast?  Check out my course How To Start, Launch, & Run Your Podcast in 30 days HERE! Get the PDF version of the course HERE! Podcasting Legacy: How to Start, Launch, & Run A Podcast To Leave A Legacy – e-book NOW AVAILABLE!! Go HERE!!  - Quick shoutout to our sponsors for this show: Tranquil Turtle Massage - Amazing massage specialist in downtown Coeur D'Alene - (Tell them I sent you for $25 off!!) CDA, Brows, Body, & Ink LLC - Offering Coeur d'Alene's Best Tattoo Brows, Plasma Fibroblast Tightening, and PMU services in the heart of downtown Coeur d'Alene!  - (Tell them I sent you for $100 off Tattoo brows or Plasma Tightening!!)  Consign Furniture & Consign Jewelry - The LARGEST consign furniture & jewelry store in the U.S.! They offer more than just consignment furniture and jewelry; they also design and sell custom-made and new furniture and jewelry. Tigatu & Tigatu Media - A lifestyle apparel company & Content Creator / Videography Craig Feistner / Stallion Performance / CDA Fitness 1 on 1 - Online & In Person Training.  Voted North Idaho #1 Personal Trainer 3x 2021, 2022, 2023.  Dotcal - Dotcal helps individuals & businesses book more meetings with scheduling tools designed to delight! - Use promo code ERIKALLEN50 for 50% off Dotcal Pro features for six months INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR OF OUR SHOW? Fill out the form HERE! - Be sure to FOLLOW David Waldy -  Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Website - Thanks for watching! Check out another playlist on my channel: The Erik Allen Show Podcasts Featuring Erik Allen Voice Over Work  Product Reviews Fun   - FREE Resources to help you

Wouldn't you love to explore the mysteries of the ancient world, understand the quirky behavior of our furry friends, and learn how to make our pets' lives better? That's exactly what we're offering you in this riveting episode! We've got an incredible lineup in store, starting with a trilobite's preserved last meal leading us to fresh insights into these ancient creatures, and a nodosaur from Alberta revealing its diet through its stomach contents.Join us as we traverse the world of animal behavior, investigating studies on the impact of predatory behavior in dogs, and how providing them an outlet for their natural instincts might improve their mental health. But we're not just about dogs; we've got feline fans covered too! We delve into research on neonatal kittens, squirrels' phenomenal navigation skills, and a fascinating look at 'contra-free loading' in cats. You'll be amazed at what we've discovered about our purring friends. To top it off, we're thrilled to have on board renowned cat behaviorist Dr. Michael Delgado. We discuss with her the unique challenges of keeping cats as a captive species and the importance of satisfying their environmental needs. You'll learn about the interactions between cats, the potential for vindictiveness, and tips on enhancing the environment to reduce competition among them. Additionally, we talk about the wonders of positive reinforcement training for cats, and how it can enrich both their lives and those of their owners. This episode is a must-listen for every animal lover out there – we promise, you won't be disappointed!Dr. Delgado's Links:Pre-Order the Doc's Book Dr. Delgado's websiteBunsen and Beaker Links:Save 10% at Bark and Beyond with the coupon code BUNSEN!The 2024 Bunsen and Beaker Calendar is ready to order!The Ginger Stuffie is on presale so check the link here!Join The Paw Pack to Support The Show!https://bunsenbernerbmd.com/pages/paw-pack-plus-communityOur Website!The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest quality companies we could find!www.bunsenbernerbmd.comSign up for our Weekly Newsletter!Bunsen and Beaker on Twitter:Bunsen and Beaker on TikTok:Bunsen and Beaker on FacebookSupport the showFor Science, Empathy, and Cuteness!Being Kind is a Superpower.https://twitter.com/bunsenbernerbmd

If you missed episode #159 with Suzie Bishop here is a bonus recap with Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton.Key Highlights:

Ken Stearns has journeyed through 15 Asian countries over 20 years, transitioning from a reader to a writer who harnesses his global experiences for deeper self-understanding. He founded The Jar Foundation to advocate for mental health awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding it. Through the foundation's podcast, "Mental Health Today With," Ken drives conversations that educate and inspire, emphasizing the need for open dialogue and accessible mental health care. As a dedicated advocate, Ken's efforts aim to build a world where everyone can openly discuss and access quality mental health resources.Here are links for you to bookmark, save, follow, memorize, write down, and share with others:The JarFacebookKen Stearns (@ken_stearns) • Instagram photos and videosKen Stearns | LinkedInThis episode is sponsored by Serenity Salt Spa ENTER THE LATEST GIVEAWAY SPONSORED BY FREEDOM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION! Join the 30 Days of Courage NOW, and you'll be part of a powerful FREE online event starting October 1st-30th30 Days of Courage — Courage 365Serenity Salt Spa Serenity Salt Spa is the 1st Himalayan Salt Therapy & Wellness Spa to come to Harford County, MarylaDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showFollow the Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast on Social Media:Facebook – Conversations with Rich Bennett & Harford County LivingFacebook Group (Join the conversation) – Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast group | FacebookTwitter – Conversations with Rich Bennett & Harford County LivingInstagram – Harford County LivingTikTok – CWRB (@conversationsrichbennett) | TikTok Sponsors, Affiliates, and ways we pay the bills:Recorded at the Freedom Federal Credit Union StudiosHosted on BuzzsproutRocketbookSquadCast Contests & Giveaways Subscribe by Email ...

Alan Samuel Cohen is a seasoned business, communication, and public speaking coach with over two decades of experience in the field, having previously worked in communications and public relations. Alan's perspective on effective communication and public speaking skills is shaped by his belief that these skills are vital for overcoming the fear of public speaking. He attributes this fear to a lack of communication skills and the inner voices that affect one's confidence. Cohen emphasizes the importance of focusing on the audience and delivering the message authentically, providing tips such as deep breathing, grounding exercises, and physical activity before speaking to manage nerves. He also stresses the significance of being oneself and avoiding the temptation to perform or adopt a different persona when speaking publicly. Join Sebastian Rusk and Alan Samuel Cohen on this episode of the Beyond The Story podcast to delve deeper into these insights and more.Timestamped Outline:(00:01:51) The Power of Personal Storytelling in Communication(00:05:36) Improving Communication and Emotional Intelligence in Business(00:13:41) Techniques for Calming the Mind and Connecting with the Audience(00:20:26) The Power of Empathy in Times of CrisisSocial Posts:

Ana explores our primary motivations of living from either love or fear, and shares related poems as well as offering questions for you to ponder.

If you were to name one thing that could simultaneously increase patient satisfaction and reduce provider burnout, would empathy come to mind? Well, based on research published in peer-reviewed journals, it should, as we'll learn from our Raise the Line guest Dr. Helen Riess, a clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and author of the book, The Empathy Effect. Trained as a psychiatrist, Riess has built a training program based on the neuroscience of emotion that bucks the prevailing wisdom that empathy is an inborn trait that can't be taught. “I feel your pain is not just a figure of speech. We actually do feel other people's pain and our very survival depends on it,” Riess explains to host Shiv Gaglani. The company Riess founded and leads, Empathetics, has put thousands of clinicians and frontline staff through its e-learning courses with impressive results including major increases in patient experience scores and improvements in staff retention with the longest follow-up case study showing an 82.9% decrease in turnover among participating clinicians. In a nutshell, the training builds perception of emotion and fosters a deeper understanding of what Riess calls ‘the whole person.' “You know, not just the broken wrist, but what does the broken wrist mean for a sixty-five-year-old woman who is the only caretaker for her grandchild?” Join us for a fascinating look at the neuroscience of empathy and its role in transforming the culture of healthcare.Mentioned in this episode: https://www.empathetics.com/

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David Colebatch, CEO of Tidal, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss Tidal's recent shift to a product-led approach and why empathizing with customers is always their most important job. David describes what it was like to grow the company from scratch on a boot-strapped basis, and how customer feedback and challenges inform the company strategy. Corey and David discuss the cost-savings measures cloud customers are now embarking on, and David discusses how constant migrations are the new normal. Corey and David also discuss the impact that generative AI is having not just on tech, but also on creative content and interactions in our everyday lives. About David David is the CEO & Founder of Tidal.  Tidal is empowering businesses to transform from traditional on-premises IT-run organizations to lean-agile-cloud powered machines.Links Referenced: Company website: https://tidal.cloud LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-colebatch/ TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. Returning guest today, David Colebatch is still the CEO at Tidal. David, how have you been? It's been a hot second.David: Thanks, Corey. Yeah, it's been a fantastic summer for me up here in Toronto.Corey: Yeah, last time I saw you, was it New York or was it DC? They all start to run together to me.David: I think it was DC. Yeah.Corey: That's right. Public Sector Summit where everything was just a little bit stranger than most of my conversations. It's, “Wait, you're telling me there's a whole bunch of people who use the cloud but don't really care about money? What—how does that work?” And I say that not from the position of harsh capitalism, but from the position of we're a government; saving costs is nowhere in our mandate. Or it is, but it's way above my pay grade and I run the cloud and call it good. It seems like that attitude is evolving, but slowly, which is kind of what you want to see. Titanic shifts in governing are usually not something you want to see done on a whim, overnight.David: No, absolutely. A lot of the excitement at the DC summit was around new capabilities. And I was actually really intrigued. It was my first time in the DC summit, and it was packed, from the very early stages of the morning, great attendance throughout the day. And I was just really impressed by some of the new capabilities that customers are leveraging now and the new use cases that they're bringing to market. So, that was a good time for me.Corey: Yeah. So originally, you folks were focused primarily on migrations and it seems like that's evolving a little bit. You have a product now for starters, and the company's name is simply Tidal, without a second word. So, brevity is very much the soul of wit, it would seem. What are you doing these days?David: Absolutely. Yeah, you can find us at tidal.cloud. Yeah, we're focused on migrations as a primary means to help a customer achieve new capabilities. We're about accelerating their journey to cloud and optimizing once they're in cloud as well. Yeah, we're focused on identifying the different personas in an enterprise that are trying to take that cloud journey on with people like project, program managers, developers, as well as network people, now.Corey: It seems, on some level, like you are falling victim to the classic trap that basically all of us do, where you have a services company—which is how I thought of you folks originally—now, on some level, trying to become a product or a platform company. And then you have on the other side of it—places that we're—“Oh, we're a SaaS company. This is hard. We're going to do services instead.” And it seems like no one's happy. We're all cats, perpetually on the wrong side of a given door. Is that an accurate assessment for where you are? Or am I misreading the tea leaves on this one?David: A little misread, but close—Corey: Excellent.David: You're right. We bootstrapped our product company with services. And from day one, we supported our customers, as well as channel partners, many of the [larger size 00:03:20] that you know, we supported them in helping their customers be successful. And that was necessary for us as we bootstrapped the company from zero. But lately, and certainly in the last 12 months, it's very much a product-led company. So, leading with what customers are using our software for first, and then supporting that with our customer success team.Corey: So, it's been an interesting year. We've seen simultaneously a market correction, which I think has been sorely needed for a while, but that's almost been overshadowed in a lot of conversations I've had by the meteoric rise and hype around generative AI. Have you folks started rebranding everything with a fresh coat of paint labeled generative AI yet as it seems like so many folks have? What's your take on it?David: We haven't. You won't see a tidal.ai from us. Look, our thoughts are leveraging the technology as we always had to provide better recommendations and suggestions to our users, so we'll continue to embrace generative AI as it applies to specific use cases within our product. We're not going to launch a brand new product just around the AI theme.Corey: Yeah, but even that seems preferable to what a lot of folks are doing, which is suddenly pivoting their entire market positioning and then act, “Oh, we've been working in generative AI for 5, 10, 15 years,” in some cases. Google and Amazon most notably have talked about how they've been doing this for decades. It's, “Cool. Then why did OpenAI beat you all to the punch on this?” And in many cases, also, “You've been working on this for decades? Huh. Then why is Alexa so terrible?” And they don't really have a good talking point for that yet, but it's the truth.David: Absolutely. Yeah. I will say that the world changed with the OpenAI launch, of course, and we had a new way to interact with this technology now that just sparked so much interest from everyday people, not just developers. And so, that got our juices flowing and creativity mode as well. And so, we started thinking about, well, how can we recommend more to other users of our system as opposed to just cloud architects?You know, how can we support project managers that are, you know, trying to summarize where they're at, by leveraging some of this technology? And I'm not going to say we have all the answers for this baked yet, but it's certainly very exciting to start thinking outside the box with a whole new bunch of capabilities that are available to us.Corey: I tried doing some architecture work with Chat-Gippity—yes, that is how I pronounce it—and it has led me down the primrose path a little bit because what it says is often right. Mostly. But there are some edge-case exceptions of, “Ohh, it doesn't quite work that way.” It reminds me at some level of a junior engineer who doesn't know the answer, so they bluff. And that's great, but it's also a disaster.Because if I can't trust the things you tell me and you to call it out when you aren't sure on something, then I've got to second guess everything you tell me. And it feels like when it comes to architecture and migrations in particular, the devil really is in the details. It doesn't take much to design a greenfield architecture on a whiteboard, whereas being able to migrate something from one place to another and not have to go down in the process? That's a lot of work.David: Absolutely. I have used AI successfully to do a lot of research very quickly across broad market terms and things like that, but I do also agree with you that we have to be careful using it as the carte blanche force multiplier for teams, especially in migration scenarios. Like, if you were to throw Chat-Gippity—as you say—a bunch of COBOL code and say, “Hey, translate this,” it can do a pretty good job, but the devil is in that detail and you need to have an experienced person actually vet that code to make sure it's suitable. Otherwise, you'll find yourself creating buggy things downstream. I've run into this myself, you know, “Produce some Terraform for me.” And when I generated some Terraform for an architecture I was working on, I thought, “This is pretty good.” But then I realized, it's actually two years old and that's about how old my skills were as well. So, I needed to engage someone else on my team to help me get that job done.Corey: So, migrations have been one of those things that people have been talking about for well, as long as we've had more than one data center on the planet. “How do we get our stuff from over here to over there?” And so, on and so forth. But the context and tenor of those conversations has changed dramatically. What have you seen this past year or so as far as emerging trends? What is the industry doing that might not be obvious from the outside?David: Well, cost optimization has been number one on people's minds, and migrating with financial responsibility in mind has been refreshing. So, working backwards from what their customer outcomes are is still number one in our book, and when we see increasingly customers say, “Hey, I want to migrate to cloud to close a data center or avoid some capital outlay,” that's the first thing we hear, but then we work backwards from what was their three-year plan. And then what we've seen so far is that customers have changed from a very IT-centric view of cloud and what they're trying to deliver to much more business-centric. Now, they'll say things like, “I want to be able to bring new capabilities to market more quickly. I want to be able to operate and leverage some of these new generative AI technologies.” So, they actually have that as a driving force for migrations, as opposed to an afterthought.Corey: What I have found is that, for whatever reason, not giving a shit about the AWS bill in my business was a zero-interest-rate phenomenon. Suddenly people care an awful lot. But they're caring is bounded. If there's a bunch of easy stuff to do that saves a giant pile of money, great, yeah, most folks are going to do that. But then it gets into the idea of opportunity cost and trade-offs. And there's been a shift there that I've seen where people are willing to invest more in that cost-cutting work than they were in previous years.It makes sense, but it's also nice to finally have a moment to validate what I've assumed for seven years now that, yeah, in a recession or a retraction of the broader industry, suddenly, this is going to be top-of-mind for a lot of folks. And it's nice to see that that approach was vindicated because the earlier approach that I saw when we saw something like this was at the start of Covid. And at that point, no one knew what was happening week-to-week and consulting leads basically stopped for six months. And that was oh, maybe we don't have a counter-cyclical business. But no, it turns out that when money means something again as interest rates rise, people care about it more.David: Yeah. It is nice to see that. And people are trying to do more with less and become more efficient in an advanced pace these days. I don't know about you, but I've seen the trends towards the low-hanging fruit being done at this point so people have already started using savings plans and capabilities like that, and now they're embarking in more re-architecture of applications. But I think one stumbling block that we've noticed is that customers are still struggling to know where to apply those transformations across their portfolio. They'll have one or two target apps that everybody knows because they're the big ones on the bill, but beneath that, the other 900 applications in their portfolio, which ones do I do next? And that's still a question that we're seeing come up, time and again.Corey: One thing that I'm starting to see people talking about from my perspective, has been suddenly they really care about networking in a way that they did not previously. And I mean, this in the TCP/IP sense, not the talking to interesting people and doing interesting things. That's been basically steady-state for a while. But from my perspective, the conversations I'm having are being driven by, “Wait a minute. AWS is going to start charging $3.50 a month per assigned IPV4 address. Oh, dear. We have been careless in our approach to this.” Is that something that you're seeing shaping the conversations you're having with folks?David: Oh yeah, absolutely. I mean right off the bat, our team went through very quickly and inventoried our IPV4, and certainly, customers are doing that as well. I found that, you know, in the last seven years, the migration conversations were having become broader across an enterprise customer. So, we've mapped out different personas now, and the networking teams playing a bigger role for migrations, but also optimizations in the cloud. And I'll give you an example.So, one large enterprise, their networking team approached us at the same time as their cloud architects who were trying to work on a migration approached us. And the networking team had a different use case. They wanted to inventory all the IP addresses on-premises, and some that they already had in the cloud. So, they actually leveraged—shameless plug here—but they leveraged out a LightMesh IPAM solution to do that. And what that brought to light for us was that the integration of these different teams working together now, as opposed to working around each other. And I do think that's a bit of a trend change for us.Corey: IPAM has always been one of those interesting things to me because originally, the gold standard in this space was—let's not kid ourselves—a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. And then there are a bunch of other offerings that entered into the space. And for a while I thought most of these were ridiculous because the upgrade was, you know, Google Sheets so you can collaborate. But having this done in a way with particular permissions and mapping in a way that's intuitive and doesn't require everyone to not mess up when they're looking at it, especially as you get into areas of shared responsibility between different divisions or different team members who are in different time zones and whatnot, this becomes a more and more intractable problem. It's one of those areas where small, scrappy startups don't understand what the fuss is about, and big enterprises absolutely despair of finding something that works for them.AWS launched their VPC IPAM offering a while back and if you look at it from the perspective of competing with Google Sheets, its pricing is Looney Tunes. But I've met an awful lot of people who have sworn by it in the process, as they look at these things. Now, of course, the caveat is that like most AWS offerings, it's great in a pure AWS native environment, but as soon as you start getting into other providers and whatnot, it gets very tricky very quickly.David: No, absolutely. And usability of an IP address management solution is something to consider. So, you know, if you're trying to get on board with IPAM, do you want to do three easy steps or do you want to follow 150? And I think that's a really big barrier to entry for a lot of networking teams, especially those that are not too familiar with cloud already. But yeah, where we've seen the networking folks get more involved is around, like, identifying endpoints and devices that must be migrated to cloud, but also managing those subnets and planning their VPC designs upfront.You've probably seen this before yourself where customers have allocated a whole bunch of address space over time—an overlapping address space, I should say—only to then later want to [peer 00:13:47] those networks. And that's something that if you think you're going to be doing downstream, you should really plan for that ahead of time and make sure your address space is allocated correctly. Problems vary. Like, everyone's architecture is different, of course, but we've certainly noticed that being one of the top-button items. And then that leads into a migration itself. You're not migrating to cloud now; you're migrating within the cloud and trying to reorganize address spaces, which is a whole other planning activity to consider.Corey: When you take a look at, I guess the next step in these things, what's coming next in the world of migrations? I recently got to talk to someone who was helping their state migrate from, effectively, mainframes in many cases into a cloud environment. And it seems, on some level, like everyone on a mainframe, one, is very dependent on that workload; those things are important, so that's why they're worth the extortionate piles of money, but it also feels like they've been trying to leave the mainframe for decades in many cases. Now, there's a sense that for a lot of these folks, the end is nigh for their mainframe's lifespan, so they're definitely finally taking the steps to migrate. What's the next big frontier once the, I guess, either the last holdouts from that side of the world wind up getting into a cloud or decide they never will? It always felt to me like migrations are one of those things that's going to taper off and it's not going to be something that is going to be a growth industry because the number of legacy workloads is, at least theoretically, declining. Not so sure that's accurate, though.David: I don't think it is either. If we look back at past migrations, you know, 90, 95% of them are often lift-and-shift to EC2 or x86 on VMware in the cloud. And a lot of the work that we're seeing now is being described as optimization. Like, “Look at my EC2 workloads and come up with cloud-native or transformative processes for me.” But those are migrations as well because we run the same set of software, the same processes over those workloads to determine how we can re-platform and refactor them into more native services.So, I think, you know, the big shift for us is just recognizing that the term ‘migrations' needs to be well-defined and communicated with folks. Migrations are actually constant now and I would argue we're doing more migrations within customers now than we have in the past because the rate of change is just so much faster. And I should add, on the topic of mainframe and legacy systems, we have seen this pivot away from teams looking for emulation layers for those technologies, you know, where they want to forklift the functionality, but they don't want to really roll up their sleeves and do any coding work. So, they're previously looking to automatically translate code or emulate that compute layer in the cloud, and the big pivot we've seen in the last 12 months, I'd say, is that customers are more willing to actually understand how to rebuild their applications in the cloud. And that's a fantastic story because it means they're not kicking that technology debt can down the road any further. They're really trying to embrace cloud and leverage some of these new capabilities that have come to market.Corey: What do you see as, I guess, the reason that a number of holdouts have not yet done a migration? Like, historically, I've seen some that are pretty obvious: the technology wasn't there. Well, cloud has gotten to a point now where it is hard to identify a capability that isn't there in some form. And there's always been the sunk cost fallacy where, “Well, we've already bought all this stuff, and it's running here, so if we're not replacing it anytime soon, there's no cost benefit for us to replace it.” And that's actually correct. That's not a fallacy there. But there's also the, “Well, it would be too much work to move.” Sometimes true, sometimes not. Are you seeing a shift in the reasons that people are giving to not migrate?David: No, I haven't. It's been those points mostly. And I'd say one of the biggest inhibitors to people actually getting it done is this misconception that it costs a lot of money to transform and to adopt cloud tools. You've seen this through the technology keeps getting easier and easier to adopt and cheaper to use. When you can provision services for $0 a month and then scale with usage patterns, there's really no reason not to try today because the opportunity cost is so low.So, I think that one of the big inhibitors that comes up, though, is this cultural barrier within organizations where teams haven't been empowered to try new things. And that's the one thing that I think is improving nowadays, as more of this how-to-build-in-the-cloud capability becomes permeated throughout the organization. People are saying, “Well, why can't we do that?” As opposed to, “We can't do that.” You know what I mean? It's a subtle difference, but once leadership starts to say, “Why can't we do this modern thing in the cloud? Why can't we leverage AI?” Teams are given more rope to try and experiment, and fail, of course. And I think ultimately, that culture shift is starting to take root across enterprise and across public sector as well.Corey: One of the things that I find surprising is the enthusiasm with which different market segments jump onto different aspects of cloud. Lambda is a classic example, in that it might be one of the services that is more quickly adopted by enterprises than by startups and a lot of cases. But there's also the idea of, “Oh, we built this thing last night, and it's awesome.” And enterprises, like you know, including banks and insurance companies don't want to play those games, for obvious reasons.Generative AI seems to be a mixed bag around a lot of these things. Have you had conversations with a number of your clients around the generative AI stuff? Because I've seen Amazon, for example, talking about it, “Oh, all our customers are asking us about it.” And, mmm, I don't know. Because I definitely have questions about and I'm exploring it, but I don't know that I'm turning to Amazon, of all companies, to answer those questions, either.David: Yeah. We've certainly had customer conversations about it. And it depends, again, on those personas. On the IT side, the conversations are mostly around how can they do their jobs better. They're not thinking forwards about the business capabilities. So, IT comes to us and they want to know how can we use generative AI to create Lambda functions and create stateless applications more quickly as a part of a migration effort. And that's great. That's a really cool use case. We've used that generative AI approach to create code ourselves.But on the business side, they're looking forwards, they want to use generative AI in the, again, the sample size of my customer conversations, but they see that the barrier to entry is getting their data in a place that they can leverage it. And to them, to the business, that's what's driving the migration conversations they're having with us, is, “How do I exfil my data and get it into the cloud where I can start to leverage these great AI tools?”Corey: Yeah, I'm still looking at use cases that I think are a little less terrifying. Like, I want to wind up working on a story or something. Or I'll use it to write blog posts; I have a great approach. It's, “Write a blog post about this topic and here are some salient points and do it in the style of Corey Quinn.” I'll ask Chat-Gippity to do that and it spits out something that is, frankly, garbage.And I get angry at it and I basically copy it into a text editor and spent 20 minutes mansplain-correcting the robot. And by the time it's done, I have, like, a structure of an article that talks about the things I want to talk about correctly. And there may be three words in a sequence that were originally there. And frankly, I'm okay with plagiarizing from the thing that is plagiarizing from me. It's a beautiful circle of ripping things off that that's glorious for me.But that's also not something that I could see being useful at any kind of scale, where I see companies getting excited about a lot of this stuff, it all seems to be a thin veneer over, “And then we can fire our customer service people,” which from a labor perspective is not great, but ignoring that entirely, as a customer, I don't want that. Because by the time I have to reach out to a company's customer service apparatus, something has gone wrong and it isn't going to be solved by the standard list of frequently asked questions that I clicked on. It's something that is off the beaten path and anomalous and requires human judgment. Making it harder for me to get to people who can fix those things does not thrill and delight me.David: I agree. I'm with you there. Where I get excited about it, though, is how much of a force multiplier it can be on that human interaction. So, for example, in that customer's service case you mentioned, you know, if that customer service rep is empowered by an AI dashboard that's listening to my conversation and taking notes and automatically looking up in my knowledge base how to support that customer, then that customer success person can be more successful more quickly, I think they can be more responsive to customer needs and maybe improve the quality, not just the volume of work they do but improve the quality, too.Corey: That's part of the challenge, too. There have been a number of companies that have gotten basically rapped across the snout for just putting out articles as content, written by AI without any human oversight. And these don't just include, you know, small, scrappy content mills; they include Microsoft, and I believe CNN, if I'm not mistaken, had something similar with that going on. I'm not certain on that last one. I don't want to defame them, but I know for a fact Microsoft did.David: Yeah, and I think some of the email generators are plugging into AI now, too, because my spam count has gone through the roof lately.Corey: Oh, my God. I got one recently saying, “Hey, I noticed at The Duckbill Group that you fix AWS bills. Great. That's awesome and super valuable for your clients.” And then try to sell me bill optimization and process improvement stuff. And it was signed by the CEO of the company that was reaching out.And then there was like—I expand the signature view, and it's all just very light gray text make it harder to read, saying, “This is AI generated, yadda, yadda, yadda.” Called the company out on Twitter, and they're like, “Oh, we only have a 0.15% error rate.” That sounds suspiciously close to email marketing response rates. “Welp, that means 99% of it was perfect.” No, it means that you didn't get in front of most of those people. They just ignored it without reading it the way we do most email outreach. So, that bugs me a fair bit. Because my perspective on it is if you don't care enough to actually craft a message to send me, why should I care enough to read it?David: Completely agree. I think a lot of people are out there looking for that asymmetric, you know, leverage that you can get over the market, and generating content, to them, has been a blocker for so long and now they're just opening up the fire hose and drowning us all with it. So I'm, like, with you. I think that I personally don't expect to get value back from someone unless I put value into that relationship. That's my starting point coming into it, so I would maybe use AI to help assist forming a message to someone, but I'm not going to blast the internet with content. I just think that's a cheeky low-value way to go about it.Corey: I don't track the numbers anymore, but I know that at this point, through the size of my audience and the content that I put out, I have taken, collectively, millennia of human time focusing on—that has been spent consuming the content that I put out. And as a result of that, I have a guiding principle here, which is first and foremost, you've got to respect your audience. And I'm just going to have a robot phone it in is not respecting your audience. I have no problem with AI assistants, but it requires human oversight before it goes out. I would never in a million years send anything out to the audience that I hadn't at least read or validated first.But yeah, some of the signups that go out, the automatic things that you click a button and sign up for my newsletter at lastweekinaws.com, you get an auto message that comes out. Yeah, it comes out under my name and I either wrote it or reviewed it, depending on what generation of system we're on these days, because it has my name attached to it. That's the way that this works. Your credibility is important and having a robot spout off complete nonsense and you get the credit or blame for it? No thanks. I want to be doomed from my own sins, not the ones that a computer makes on my behalf.David: [laugh]. Yeah, I'm with you. It's unfortunate that so many people expect the emails from you are generated now. We have the same thing when people sign up for Tidal Accelerator or Tidal LightMesh, they get a personal email from me. They'll get the automated one as well, but I generally get in there through our CRM, and I send them a message, too. And sometimes they'll respond and say, “This isn't really David, is it?” No, no, it's me. You don't have to respond. I wanted to let you know that I'm thankful for you trialing our software.Corey: Oh, yeah. You can hit reply to any email I send out. It comes from corey@lastweekinaws.com and it goes to my inbox. The reason that works, frankly, at this scale is because no one does it. People don't believe that that'll actually work. So, on a busy week, I'll get maybe a dozen email replies to it or one or two misconfigured bounces from systems that aren't set up properly to do those things. And I weed those out because they drive me nuts.But it's a yeah, the only emails that I get to that address, honestly, are the test copies of those messages that go out, too, because I'm on my own newsletter list. Who knew? I have two at the moment. I have—yes, I have two specific addresses on that, so I guess technically, I'm inflating the count of subscribers by two, if advertisers ask. But you know, at 32,000 and change, I will take the statistical fudging.David: Absolutely. We all expect that.Corey: No, the depressing part, when I think about that is, there's a number of readers I have on the list that I know for a fact that I've been acquainted with who have passed away. They're never going to unsubscribe from these things until the email starts bouncing at some and undefinable point in the future. But it's also—it feels morbid, but on some level, if I continue doing this for the rest of my life, I'm going to have a decent proportion of the subscriber base who's died. At least when people leave their jobs, like, their email address gets turned off, things start bouncing and cool that gets turned off automatically because even when people leave voluntarily, no one bothers to go through an unsubscribe from all this stuff. So, automated systems have to do it. That's great. I'm not saying computers shouldn't make life better. I am saying that they can't replace a fundamental aspect of human caring.David: So, Corey Quinn, who has influence over the living and the dead. It's impressive.Corey: Oh, absolutely. Honestly, if I were to talk to whoever came up with IBM's marketing strategy, I feel like I'd need to conduct a seance because they're probably 300 years old if they're still alive.David: [laugh]. Absolutely.Corey: No, I get passionate about this stuff because so much of a lot of the hype now has been shifting away from letting people expand their reach further and doing things in intentional ways and instead toward absolute garbage, such as, “Cool, we want to get a whole bunch of clicks so we can show ads to them, so we're going to just generate all bunch of crap to your content and throw it out there.” Everything I write, even stuff that admittedly, from time to time, is aimed for SEO purposes for specific things that we're doing, but that's always done from a perspective of okay, my primary SEO strategy is write compelling, original content and then people presumably link to it. And it works. It's about respecting the audience and so many things get that wrong.David: Yeah, absolutely. It's kind of scary now because I always thought that podcasts and video were the last refuge of authentic content. And now people are generating that as well. You know, you're watching a video and you realize hey, that voice sounds exactly consistent, you know, all the way through. And then it turns out, it's generated. And there's a YouTube channel I follow because I'm an avid sailor, called World On Water. And recently, I've noticed that voice changed, and I'm pretty sure they're using AI to generate it now.Corey: Here's a story I don't think you probably know about yourself. So, for those who are unaware, David, I hang out from time to time in various places. There's a international boundary between us, but occasionally one of us will broach it, and good for us. And we have social conversations where somehow one of us doesn't have a microphone in front of our face. Imagine that. I don't know what that's like most weeks.And like, at some level, the public face comes off and people start acting like human beings. And something I've always noticed about you, David, is that you don't commit the cardinal sin, for an awful lot of people I meet, which is displaying contempt for your customers. When I have found people who do that, I think less of them in almost every case and I lose so much interest in whatever it is that they're doing. If you don't like the problem space that you're in and don't have respect for the people paying you to make these problems go away, you shouldn't be doing it. Like, I'll laugh at silly AWS misconfigurations, but my customers are there because they have a problem and they're bringing me in to fix it. And would I be making fun of? “Ha ha ha, you didn't spend eight months of your life learning the ins and outs of how exactly reserved instances apply in this particular context? What a fool is you.” That's not how it ever works. I wish I could say it wasn't quite as rare as it is but I'm tired of talking to people who have just nothing but contempt for their market. Good work on that.David: Thank you. Yeah, I appreciate that. You know, I had a penny-drop moment when I was doing a lot of consulting work as an independent contractor, working with different customers at different stages of their own journey and different levels of technology capabilities. You know, you work with management, with project people, with software engineers, and you start to realize everybody's coming from a different place. So, you have to empathize with where they're at.They're coming to you usually because you have a level of expertise, that you've got some specialization and they want to tap into that capability that you've created. And that's great. I love having people come to me and ask me questions. Sometimes they don't come to me nicely asking questions, they make some assumptions about me and might challenge me right off the bat, but you have to realize that that's just where they're coming from at that point in time. And once you connect with them, they'll open up a little bit more, too; they'll empathize with yourself. So yeah, I've always found that it's really important for myself personally, but also for our team to empathize with customers, meet them where they're at, understand that they're coming from a different level of experience, and then help them solve their problems. That's job number one.Corey: And I'm a firm believer that if you don't respect your customer's business, they shouldn't be your customer. It's happened remarkably few times in the however many years I've been doing this, but there have been a couple of folks that have reached out I always very politely decline to work with them when this happens. Because you don't want to make people feel obnoxious for reaching out and, like, “Can you help me with my problem?” “How dare you? Who do you think you are?”No, no, no, no, no, none of that. But if there's a value misalignment or I don't think that your product is going to benefit people who use it as directed, I will not let you sponsor what I do as an easy example. Because I can always find another sponsor and make more money, but once I start losing the audience's trust, I'll never get that back, and I know that. It's the entire reason I do things the way that I do them. And maybe, on some level, from purely capitalist perspective, I'm being an absolute fool, but you know, if you have to pick a way to fail and assume you're going to get it wrong, how do you want to be wrong? I'll take this way.David: Yeah, I agree. Keep your ethics high, keep your morals high, and the rest will fall into place.Corey: I love how we started having ethical and morality discussions that started as, “So, cloud migrations. How are they going for you?”David: Yeah [laugh]. Certainly wandered into some uncharted territories on that one.Corey: Exactly. We started off in one place; wound up someplace completely removed from anything we could have reasonably expected at the start. Why? Because this entire episode has been a beautiful metaphor for cloud migrations. I really want to thank you for taking the time to chat with me on this stuff. If people want to learn more, where should they go to find you?David: tidal.cloud or LinkedIn, I'm very active on LinkedIn these days.Corey: And we will, of course, put links to both of those in the show notes. Thank you so much for going down this path with me. I didn't expect it to lead where it did, but I'm glad we went there.David: Like the tides ebbing and flowing. I'll be back soon, Corey.Corey: [laugh]. I will take you up on that and hold you to it.David: [laugh]. Sounds great.Corey: David Colebatch, CEO at Tidal. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn and this is Screaming in the Cloud. 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The buzz about AI focuses on how we can bolster our skills, knowledge and efficiency. But what role can AI play in enriching our lives as social beings with feelings, relationships and dreams? In this special interview, Mustafa Suleyman and Reid Hoffman — co-founders of Inflection AI, and two of the leading AI minds today — sit down to discuss the human-centered ideals at the core of Mustafa's cutting-edge work. They offer a clear eyed, optimistic view on how AI will revolutionize our lives.Mustafa discusses his early experiences with AI, his pioneering work with DeepMind and Google, and the ideals that were central in creating the AI Assistant, Pi. He also discusses how we should be actively creating the future that we want to see, as outlined in his recent book, The Coming Wave. This interview is also the ideal primer for our upcoming miniseries "AI and You," in which Reid will talk with an array of AI leaders (including Mustafa) to explore how you can harness AI to scale your productivity, your business, and yourself, while staying safe in the process.Register for our live October Strategy Session: https://mastersofscale.com/AISubscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Have you ever wondered about the journey taken by those who work in the field of prosthetics and orthotics? Claire Kilpatrick, a prosthetist and orthotist with a background in engineering, takes us on an inspiring trip of her career. From her pivot away from product management to finding her calling in prosthetics and orthotics, Claire's narrative is a testament to the power of unexpected discoveries and life-changing decisions. She also opens up about her innovative approach of combining traditional fabrication with additive manufacturing to provide the best possible care for her patients.Claire doesn't stop at technical expertise. Her practice thrives on an essential ingredient – compassion. As she interacts with her patients, Claire uses empathy as her compass, guiding her to understand their distinct needs. In the second chapter of our discussion, we delve into the importance of physical and emotional wellness in patient care, as well as the benefits of a rotation-based residency program. Claire offers unique insights and valuable advice from her personal experience, making this a must-listen for any healthcare professional or aspiring clinician.As we wrap up, Claire takes us to the front lines of medical technology. She highlights her experiences with additive manufacturing and its transformative impact on patient care. Not only has it allowed her to produce better products, but it's also paved the way for her to create custom solutions for her clients. The future of prosthetic design, as Claire sees it, is boundless. From the utilization of CAD design to the advent of direct fit systems, this episode provides a compelling glimpse into the future of prosthetics and orthotics. Dive in and get inspired by Claire's journey and vision.

Hey Angels, In Todays I speak with my dear friend Stephan about navigate your heart's GPS, and have a candid conversation on dating and relationships. We talk all things dating from communication, to wether or not men really need an ultimatum and so much more! I know you will enjoy this as I did filming it! Click this link to access my other platforms and you can book a 1:1 consult with me! All My Platforms! If you have enjoyed this episode, please be sure to rate and review this podcast! Thank you for your time, thank you for listening and thank you for your support! And remember to always stay Kind! xo AThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5482848/advertisement

Get the book on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/64KPL0w Introduction: [00:00] Welcome to an emotional and insightful podcast episode where Josh and Troxell discuss the challenges and rewards of leadership, the power of loyalty and resilience, and the profound impact of their decisions on the military. I. Being a Leader: Challenges and Rewards [01:20] Leadership brings both challenges and rewards. Josh and Troxell share their personal experiences, highlighting the need for resilience and the importance of fostering a cohesive organization. II. Surrender or Die: Reflections of a Combat Leader [07:45] Explore the hero's journey through Duke Jacob's book, "Surrender or Die," and discover the parallels between combat leadership and WWE's tribute to the troops. Witness the indomitable spirit of leaders in challenging circumstances. III. Vince McMahon and the Military: A True Gentleman's Appreciation [14:32] Dive into the world of Vince McMahon, the chairman of WWE, and his relentless pursuit of perfection. Learn about his deep appreciation for the military and the profound mission of four boats, symbolizing the unity between the military and civilian communities. IV. Military Families: Unbreakable Bonds and Unique Qualities [21:05] Experience the unique qualities of military families through heartwarming stories of loyalty, resilience, and the profound impact of deployments. Discover the strength and sacrifices of those who support our military personnel. V. Lessons from General Dunford: Perspectives from a Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman [28:14] Learn valuable leadership lessons from General Dunford, the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Explore the importance of perspective, selfless service, and effective decision-making in shaping a successful leader. VI. Working with Vietnam War Veterans: Mentorship and Resiliency [35:50] Hear Josh and Troxell's experiences working with Vietnam War veterans and the invaluable mentorship they received. Delve into the lessons learned about readiness, resiliency, and the delicate balance of guidance and respect. VII. Overcoming Challenges: The Power of Resilience [42:18] Witness the resilience of Vietnam veterans and be inspired by their stories of triumph over tough times. Learn how the power of resilience can help overcome adversity and shape a stronger individual. VIII. Empathy and Leadership: The Importance of Caring for Others [48:55] Explore the impact of empathy in effective leadership and hear inspiring stories of leaders who genuinely care for their teams. Understand the role of empathy in building strong and cohesive organizations. IX. Facing Adversity: Lessons from a Trying Time [55:42] Reflect on General Dunford's unwavering leadership during a challenging period. Discover the power of resilience in the face of adversity and learn from his example in staying strong amidst pressure. X. General Dunford: Loyalty, Purpose, and Preparation [1:02:10] Celebrate General Dunford as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and learn about the qualities that define his leadership: loyalty, sense of purpose, and preparedness for challenging situations. XI. Sandra's Decision: Changing the World and Embodying Heroism [1:08:26] Uncover the transformative power of Sandra's decision to stay in the military. Explore the hero's journey and its profound impact on individuals and society as a whole. Conclusion: [1:14:03] In this captivating podcast episode, Josh and Troxell explore the essence of leadership, drawing insights from their experiences and the wisdom of General Dunford, Vince McMahon, and military families. Through their stories, we are inspired to embrace resilience, loyalty, empathy, and purpose in our own lives, making a positive impact in the world around us.

Ever dreamt of a cosmic adventure? Well, we've got you covered. An epic tale of NASA's Osiris Rex mission, where we faced challenges akin to landing on crushed Cheerios, and the joy of emerging victorious with a sample from an asteroid. If you're a science enthusiast, this is your ticket to understanding the trials, triumphs, and the euphoria in the scientific community with the asteroid sample's return. But that's not all! Ever had a restless night's sleep and woke up with a dry mouth? Then, you might want to hear about the unusual trend of mouth taping. Emerging as a post-surgery practice for a deviated septum, it's now a TikTok sensation. We chew over the anecdotal benefits and the need for a scientific seal of approval before you decide to tape your mouth shut for that elusive good night's sleep. Our curiosity doesn't stop there. Join us as we unfurl the fascinating world of bird cognition - the tufted titmouse and its 63 life-long learned vocalizations and its humble counterpart, the brown-headed cow bird with nine. Plus, we journey back in time to an ancient cold snap that almost wiped out our pre-human ancestors. As we chat about these and more, including our experiences learning Spanish and dealing with snoring, we promise you an episode filled with humor, facts, and some astounding revelations, making it a must-listen!Bunsen and Beaker Links:Save 10% at Bark and Beyond with the coupon code BUNSEN!The 2024 Bunsen and Beaker Calendar is ready to order!The Ginger Stuffie is on presale so check the link here!Join The Paw Pack to Support The Show!https://bunsenbernerbmd.com/pages/paw-pack-plus-communityOur Website!The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest quality companies we could find!www.bunsenbernerbmd.comSign up for our Weekly Newsletter!Bunsen and Beaker on Twitter:Bunsen and Beaker on TikTok:Bunsen and Beaker on FacebookSupport the showFor Science, Empathy, and Cuteness!Being Kind is a Superpower.https://twitter.com/bunsenbernerbmd

Have you ever found yourself stuck in a cycle of seeking pleasure and avoiding pain? Let's be honest, we all have our vices and, in a sense, we're all addicts. This week, we sit down with Mike Diamond, an interventionist and author who shook things up by challenging us to reframe our perception of addiction. From the search for new highs to the aversion of lows, we uncovered the universal human struggle, reflecting on Buddha's principle of balance as a potential path to love and enlightenment. Mike joins Ruben to crack open the concept of mastery, taking a hard look at how sitting in silence, acknowledging our weaknesses and committing to daily progress are key to achieving it. We challenged the notion of 'average' and explored the power of unconscious competence - the point when your skill becomes a deeply ingrained habit. Lastly, we turned our hearts to empathy, compassion, and the art of meeting people where they are - labels, definitions and all. Drawing inspiration from Robert Downey Jr's transformative journey, we dove into the importance of reframing our past experiences to better our present relationships. We even dissected the dangers of toxic positivity, the power of micro-wins, and the impact of our past experiences on our current relationships. So, if you're ready for a conversation full of love, vulnerability, and enlightenment, tune in. How does Mike live through love? “You can't give love if you don't love yourself. So I always work on myself, first take responsibility for how I choose to think, how I choose to feel and how I choose to act, and then I make sure I come in a critic and I'm kind to myself. And by being kind to myself, and you know being being a good person, then I can put love out into the world.” "The purpose of this experience is to find out your purpose, to be of value to people that helps them reach their potential… To find peace, love and be better to people." - Mike Diamond ----- In this episode, you will learn… The concept of addiction extends beyond substances: This episode explores how we are all addicts in our pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain, understanding this perspective helps to break the stigma around addiction and allows us to understand it as a universal human experience. The importance of self-reflection and mastery: The episode discusses the need to embrace our weaknesses, face discomfort, and invest in self-improvement continuously. Reframing trauma can be transformative: The episode explores how we can change our perspective on traumatic experiences, allowing us to heal and move forward. Empathy and kindness are vital in overcoming challenges: This episode underscores the significance of empathy and kindness in helping ourselves and others overcome struggles. The dangers of toxic positivity: The episode discusses the concept of toxic positivity and how it can impede personal growth and development. ----- "I believe we're all addicts because we're all searching for pleasure and avoiding pain.” - Mike Diamond About the guest: Mike Diamond is a TV personality, director, life coach, and author of the book “A Dose of Positivity”. Follow Mike @themike_diamond ----- Follow Ruben on Instagram Watch and subscribe to Live Through Love on YouTube An Operation Podcast original in collaboration with Live Through Love Media

Join us as we delve into the intricacies of empathy and biblical kindness in personal relationships and life challenges. This episode aims to unravel the complexities of these two often misunderstood concepts, highlighting their unique roles and potential pitfalls. While empathy provides the emotional validation people seek, biblical kindness offers a framework for meaningful change. Yet, each can be counterproductive or even harmful when misapplied. Listen in to learn how a balanced approach to empathy and biblical kindness can lead to constructive outcomes, whether you're seeking personal growth or striving to help others. Don't miss this insightful discussion that promises to shift your perspective and enrich your interpersonal experiences.   Subscribe to Substack: https://christianitynow.substack.com If you want to support the show with a one time donation, go to www.buymeacoffee.com/christianitynow   If you want to support the show monthly, www.patreon.com/christianitynow    You can. also PayPal:  nearcurches@gmail.com    Be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristianityNowStreams             #empathy #empath #biblicalkindness #love #agape #agapelove #godislove #bibletime #biblelesson #biblestudy #christianpodcast #churchofchrist #love #christianitynow #christianitytoday 

This is episode 631. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's  best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Kyla O'Connell with Win-Win Sales Training. Kyla will be a speaker at the IES Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference on October 12. The interview was conducted by Gina Stracuzzi, chairperson for the conference. KYLA'S ADVICE:  "Explore how empathy is really emerging as a superpower in business. Not just because of how we're going to influence our customers to want to buy from us, not just because we're going to influence our teams to work harder to hit their goals because we're influencing them. Having that empathy for yourself so that you can recognize when you're having an off day, and forgive yourself, and get back to the next play. Because again, it's the kindest thing you can do, but it's also the most effective thing you can do for your career."

I recently had the opportunity to discuss the transformative power of mindful travel on the latest episode of the Living the Sweet Life podcast. In this episode, we explore how being present, cultivating a heightened sense of perception, and deepening connections can positively impact our travel experiences. Here are 3 key takeaways from the conversation: 1️⃣ Cultivate Presence: When we travel with intention, we can leave behind the anxiety of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow. By setting the intention of mindful travel, we immerse ourselves in the present moment and appreciate the beauty of each instant. Being grateful and present enables us to fully savour our travel experiences. 2️⃣ Heightened Sense of Perception: Mindful travel awakens our senses to the new and different. From hearing new noises to tasting new foods, our sensory perception is heightened, allowing us to create vivid memories. So, don't be afraid to try new things and step out of your comfort zone. The world is full of exciting experiences waiting to be explored! 3️⃣ Deep Connection: By being present and open to new experiences, we foster a deep connection with the places we visit and the people we meet. We appreciate unique stories and cultures, gaining insights that broaden our perspective of humanity. Traveling with intention allows us to break stereotypes and develop empathy for different customs, languages, and traditions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tj-sweet/support

In this podcast episode, Rex engages in a conversation with Justin Ferguson, architect and Lead Strategist at BHDP Architecture. Join us as we discover Justin's journey and how it led him to embrace community-oriented design, its impact on people in spaces, and how he applies it in practice. Justin shares how his experiences in urban design led him to reevaluate the role of architecture in benefiting communities. His story highlights the transformative potential of design when coupled with empathy and community engagement. He emphasizes the crucial role of empathy, trust, and innovation in shaping a workplace culture that fosters collaboration and prioritizes employee well-being. As Justin shares his experiences and insights, he helps us see architecture and design in a new light, showcasing their power to shape both communities and workplaces. The Resilience Lab in an Imagine a Place Production.

"The future is human," says leadership luminary Prof Sudhanshu Palsule. In this Investec Focus Talk Lesley-Anne Gatter, global head of People and Organisation at Investec, chats to Palsule on why organisations need to find their purpose, and leaders need to find empathy, in order to survive in an age of AI and machine learning. Investec Focus Radio SA

Establishing a connection with listeners requires that podcast guests show up to record with hosts from a state of empathy. In this episode, Ron Macklin shares that empathy is the key to creating a dialogue that the audience can't stop listening to. By being an empathic guest, you position yourself to impact listeners' lives, ultimately leading to more collaborations and connections. Get ready to raise your impact as a podcast guest!MORE: https://podpros.com/246Key Moments:00:00:15 - The Power of Empathy00:01:30 - Starting with Ourselves00:04:26 - Empathy for Others00:08:10 - Foundation of Podcasting00:11:47 - Conclusion: Fun and CreativityTimestamped Summary:00:00:15 - The Power of EmpathyRon Macklin introduces the podcast episode and defines empathy as understanding the situation and feelings of others. He emphasizes the importance of being empathetic in podcasting and shares how building trust and vulnerability can create a meaningful connection with guests and listeners.00:01:30 - Starting with OurselvesRon discusses the need to look at ourselves first before going on a podcast. He encourages self-compassion and acceptance of fears and insecurities, highlighting that being human means feeling scared and insufficient. By practicing empathy towards ourselves, we can create a positive mindset before engaging with others.00:04:26 - Empathy for OthersRon explains that everyone, regardless of their status or background, experiences fears and insecurities. By holding the belief that others are just like us, it becomes easier to see their vulnerability and appreciate their unique gifts. Being empathetic towards others opens up a space for genuine connection and collaboration.00:08:10 - Foundation of PodcastingRon asserts that empathy and vulnerability form the foundation of impactful podcasting. By sharing vulnerable stories, both hosts and guests can create a safe space for listeners to drop their defenses and embrace their true selves. This openness allows for deeper conversations and the potential for new collaborations.00:11:47 - Conclusion: Fun and CreativityRon encourages embracing empathy, vulnerability, and connection with a sense of fun. He emphasizes that the process of being open and honest can lead to greater creativity and surpassing perceived limitations.MORE: https://podpros.com/246

Episode summary below… It's Frii Lunch, with a Special thanks to our sponsors: Dobie & Rollins Orthodontics Excellence, Excitement, and Empathy! Helping you LOVE YOUR SMILE. Visit https://www.dr-orthodontics.com Rogen Miller | Licensed Realtor & Property Investor. Handling ALL your Real Estate needs from buying, selling, investing & more. Visit: RogenMiller.remax-rise-ct.com On this episode, Frii meets up with Kimberly Turner, owner of the NEW Bougie Thrift Boutique in West Haven, Connecticut. A fairly new, full-time entrepreneur, Kim shares how her mother's deep roots surrounding love for the community, and the recent Covid pandemic help shape the vision she has for the new storefront. If you're the bougie type OR the thrifty type, you'll be glad you found this place. Visit the Bougie Thrift Boutique at 86 Campbell Ave. West Haven, CT GRAND OPENING October 8th, 2023 2pm-6pm. FOLLOW YOUR HOST HERE: https://linktr.ee/therealfrii Show produced by: Frii Branding LLC www.FriiBranding.com

It may come as a shock, but Jen and Pete have never done an episode of the podcast about goals before today! So this week, they dive in to the idea of how we might stack our goals, and how that might help us to adjust them or eventually let them go.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:What is the concept of goal stacking?What are some ways that goals can be organized in to projects?How might focusing on more than one goal actually help to move them all forward?To hear all episodes and read full transcripts, visit The Long and The Short Of It website: https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/.You can subscribe to our Box O' Goodies here (https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/) and receive a weekly email full of book and podcast recommendations, quotes, videos, and other interesting things that Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

In this episode, we dive into the importance of practicing the pause and repairing connections with our children, even when things don't go as planned. Join us as we reflect on real-life experiences and valuable lessons in parenting. We discuss how sometimes, it's not about forgetting to practice the pause but rather not being in the right state of mind to do so. Our emotions can take over, leading to reactions we didn't intend. Discover why it's crucial for parents to stay within the "green zone" to be intentional in practicing the pause. Alysia shares a heartwarming story of a recent exchange with her own child, highlighting the power of connection and understanding. Learn how to offer your child opportunities for making amends and how to reinforce their kind hearts. Plus, don't miss our announcement about the upcoming "Guilt…Less Parenting" workshop, where we'll delve even deeper into the topic of parental guilt. Whether you're joining us live in Brentwood or tuning in to our podcast, we're here to support you on your parenting journey. We will be live at St Martin of Tours School at 6p 11955 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90049 Join us for this insightful episode, and remember, you're not alone on this imperfect mommying adventure! www.raisingenlightenedchildren.com Connect with us: linktr.ee/raisingenlightenedchildren --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/momsupportcoach/support

Susan's Top 5 CliftonStrengths are:  Belief, Empathy. Context, Adaptability and Connectedness Susan grew up in South Carolina and  graduated from Clemson University. She spent 35 years in college ministry with CRU and has been married to Shannon for 31 years. They have  two daughters, one grandson, two granddaughters. Susan loves swimming 4-5x a week, baking, loves watching all kinds of sports live or on TV, going on dates with Shannon, being alone, camping, and  getting to be around her  grandkids everyday and every night (most of the time!) Find out your strengths by taking the CliftonStrengths Top 5 Assessment   Workshops and Coaching with Barbara Culwell Subscribe & Leave a Review on Embrace Your Strengths      

It's not that hard to change the work culture, but it does take a conscious effort to do some self-reflecting as a leader to look at the employee environment, ask employees what they'd really like, and make that a daily practice. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Natalie Petouhoff. Natalie is a best-selling author and Senior Customer Experience Strategist. Natalie's career spans many years in technology and customer and employee experience with positions in and consulting at companies including Salesforce, Hulu, Marriott, General Motors, General Electric and many more. Natalie's current passion is shifting outdated paradigms by juxtaposing current beliefs with seemingly contradictory ones to reveal insights to drive the future of work, customer's experiences, businesses, and humanity forward. She believes we can imbue technology with our hopes and dreams for a future focused on bettering humanity. We just need to understand what we are optimizing for and why. Together Graham and Natalie discuss the disconnect with the customer experience, the future of the workforce, and her book Empathy in Action.   For more information about Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, please visit: https://www.drnatalienews.com For more information about Empathy in Action: How To Deliver Great Customer Experiences at Scale by Tony Bates & Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, please visit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1646870433?tag=kirkus-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 Connect with Natalie on Linkedin, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnataliepetouhoff  

It was a sad realization that convinced me that a fair number of people have no idea what self love is and and even less of an understanding of how to practice it. We have been, from our earliest part of life, fully indoctrinated by actions, words and subtle inferences. Our parents, teachers, siblings, extended family, religious people, friends and more have impressed all of their beliefs, attitudes, fears, insecurities onto you. You learn a great deal about yourself early on and I can step out on a limb and say that, unless you're a narcissist, you probably don't think too much of yourself. We must redefine self love. We tend to go with a very 3rd dimension definition that says we must pamper ourselves and become fully involved with trying to convince our ego that material things and activities are the remedy for poor self image. It has been my experience that if I stared slowly by finding things about myself that I approve of while stating the intention that I will realize and be enamored of my truest self, the one hiding under tons of wrong perspectives, self loathing and feeling as though I was so flawed and unworthy of any good thing that I could dig my way out of what seemed a never ending nightmare. It is a journey for sure and takes dedication to the endeavor of self reflection in order to change all of those beliefs that keep us from realizing who we really are and why we're here. It is more important than ever that we learn the skills that direct us to places of discovery within ourselves because that's where our answers are, that's where we learn how powerful and eternal we are. Join Kristin and I as we share what we know about this subject! Blessings!Martha Juchnowski

Nir Eyal shares why you make terrible life choices. Episode 2915: Fundamental Attribution Error: Why You Make Lousy Life Choices by Nir Eyal of Nir And Far on Empathy Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir's writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Symphony Commerce, Worklife (acquired by Cisco) and Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn). Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. The original post is located here: https://www.nirandfar.com/2018/09/fundamental-attribution-error.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fantastic and powerful podcast from John O'Leary got me thinking about today's message.  Hope it connects with you - in fact listening to John O'Leary's podcast episode HERE will surely help.   Thanks for listening.  Please take a few moments to subscribe & share this with someone, also leave a 5 Star rating on Apple Podcasts and ITunes or other services where you find this show.  Find me on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/coachtoexpectsuccess/   on Twitter / “X”:  @coachtosuccess   and on Instagram at:  @coachjohndaly  - My YouTube Channel is at: Coach John Daly.   Email me at: CoachJohnDalyPodcast@gmail.com     You can also head on over to https://www.coachtoexpectsuccess.com/ and get in touch with me there on my homepage along with checking out my Top Book list too.  Other things there on my site are being worked on too.

"Sympathy is easy because it comes from a position of power. Empathy is getting down on your knees and looking someone else in the eye, and realizing that you could be them, and that all that separates you is luck." -Dennis Lahane While on my knees next to my fallen dad several years ago, I thought of this quote. Dad has been living with Parkinson's disease for almost three decades. Over this time, he's lost the ability to walk, drive and earn. It's difficult for my dad to speak and lately, becoming more difficult to swallow. And yet today, Dad, seated in his trusty wheelchair, is the perfect embodiment of the joy we all wish we possessed. Let me explain.

In this episode of Life Science Success, my guest is Brian DeDecker.  Brian is the CEO and co-founder of Seedling Biosystems in Boulder, Colorado. The planet's ecosystems strain from current chemical and protein manufacturing methods and Brian co-founded Seedling to help solve this crisis. 

Are you facing roadblocks in your business, struggling to connect with your customers and adapt to corporate structures? Have you ever considered that empathy could be your solution? Join our podcast host, Stacy Sherman and guest, Natalie Petouhoff, as they embark on a journey into the world of empathy in business. You'll hear how top-performing companies are using empathy to overcome these common challenges. And, discover practical insights and strategies to break free from corporate constraints and authentically value customers and employees. The insights shared are based on research and real-life case studies, providing actionable takeaways to enhance your business success now and into the future. More at

You might be familiar with the phrase 'emotional intelligence,' but do you know how deeply it can impact the lives of those on the front lines of service? Today's guest, Greg Campbell, Ph.D. VP of Law Enforcement & Government at TalentSmart EQ and former Deputy Chief Inspector of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service unpacks the transformative power of emotional intelligence, particularly amongst service personnel. Drawing from his personal journey that began in Compton and led to a career in law enforcement, Greg offers invaluable perspectives on understanding and harnessing our emotions to shape healthier actions.Growing up, Greg's father, a Vietnam War veteran, was emotionally distant due to unaddressed war trauma, and this personal experience sparked his interest in emotional intelligence and its potential to heal and empower. His research on the impact of emotional intelligence on first responders and military personnel is absolutely fascinating. Emotional intelligence is not just about processing trauma but also about understanding our emotions and using them to guide our actions better. As our conversation with Dr. Campbell evolves, we touch upon the realities of law enforcement and how emotional intelligence can play a vital role in policing. The power of emotional intelligence is not just theoretical; it's practical and applicable in the real world—from mentoring and training to community policing.Show Note Resources:LinkedIn: Gregory Campbell, PhD Book: Emotional Intelligence 2.0Book: Emotional Intelligence HabitsSupport the showAdditional Resources: Subscribe/Rate/Review on iTunes ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: >>>HEREEnroll Here

Welcome, beautiful souls, to an empowering journey of self-discovery and resilience! Have you ever felt dismissed or criticized when you openly identify as an empath? Fear not, for together, we will address this pushback, unpacking the common accusations of being "overly emotional" to being a "people pleaser." We'll delve into why these criticisms surface, exploring the fear of the unknown, power dynamics, and the complexity of human nature itself. But don't worry; I'll equip you with rock-solid rebuttals to help you stand your ground confidently and gracefully.Embracing your empathic nature can be challenging, especially when confronted by naysayers. But remember, these external pushbacks might hold some merit. As we explore and understand this resistance, we'll gain invaluable insights, allowing us to navigate these encounters with empathy and compassion. This is the core of our empathic journey: understanding and addressing the fear, projection, and complexity that can be misconstrued as pushback.Finally, we'll learn to set emotional boundaries and recharge our energy. Protecting your emotional space from skeptics is paramount to your well-being, and I'm here to guide you on how to do just that! We'll cover all the steps from recognizing energy drains, creating your invisible fence, and mastering the art of verbal judo. So, make yourself a comforting herbal tea, grab your notebook, and join me on this enlightening journey. Remember, other people's opinions should never drown out your self-awareness and empathic nature. Stand strong, beautiful souls!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Ep 68 - Dr Bill Pink, President of Ferris State University, Finding Common Ground: Empathy, Communication, and Self-DiscoveryOftentimes you've felt a disconnection between yourself and others. Maybe you've found that other people have an easier time bridging that gap than you do yourself. Dr. Bill Pink is one of those people and he's here to share what he's picked up along the way.Dr. Bill Pink became the 19th president of Ferris State University in July 2022 and is the first African-American appointed to the position since the University's founding in 1884.Dr. Pink was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation executive committee, and he is a member of the Higher Learning Commission board of trustees as well as being involved in many other areas. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: How did Dr. Pink end up at Ferris State University?What Dr. Pink learned from teaching Public SpeakingHow much benefit does a phone call contain over a textHow to keep in mind you have no idea what other people are going through and find and maintain empathyTips for how to come back after inadvertently offending someoneHow grace and compassion can help you navigate the worldTips for having difficult conversationsWhy starting on common ground and not focusing on differences can be effectiveHow you can work towards understanding each other without having to agreeHow to truly determine what you are good atHow to decide which relationships to pursueFAVORITE QUOTE: “Find the person who is more focused on their relationship with God, than they are on their relationship with you. Did you find that one? Grab and hold on tight because that's the person you want.” Dr. Bill Pink  HOW TO GET INVOLVED: All About the Benefits is a podcast that uncovers the transformative power of unearthing your inner superpowers.  We're here to explore the incredible benefits that come from digging deep within ourselves.  Uncover hidden strengths and untapped abilities that lie within each and every one of us.  Whether you're seeking personal growth or looking to make a lasting impact on the world, this podcast is your guide to unleashing your inner superhero.  Be sure to catch this and other profound episodes of All About the Benefits in Apple Podcasts.

Nir Eyal shares why you make terrible life choices. Episode 2915: Fundamental Attribution Error: Why You Make Lousy Life Choices by Nir Eyal of Nir And Far on Empathy Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir's writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Symphony Commerce, Worklife (acquired by Cisco) and Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn). Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. The original post is located here: https://www.nirandfar.com/2018/09/fundamental-attribution-error.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https: