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On this episode of the Scouting For Growth podcast, Sabine VdL talks to Geetha Sham, MD and President of CamCom in Europe, and Sathes Singam, innovation scout and programme manager at ERGO Group. In this episode we will explore how ERGO's Venture Client model turned a promising pilot into a production with great capability, then we will investigate what it really takes to deploy AI in regulated multi-market environments, and how governance – if used right – can become a growth accelerator not a roadblock. KEY TAKEAWAYS During initial discussions with our first insurance customer, we realised the process of inspection was time consuming, human heavy, subject to human fatigue resulting in expensive, long cycles and inconsistency. This gap is now filled by our AI model which provides a machine vision eye, using a mobile device accurately capturing images of vehicles which leads to damage assessments, reducing false positives. We want to democratise image capture, hence we have built our product in such a way that it can operate on any type of forum, and mobile devices made since 2016. That makes us a leader in our own area, staying focussed without scattering in the name of trying to do everything ourselves. There has been global adoption of AI – although what it does and how it is used varies – because every industry is seeing the value add. The standard way of implementing it is simple: It has to be aligned to the businesses and should not hamper the existing business or processes that exist within the industry/group. Edge cases must be addresses in a different way and modified so they are not completely controlled by the standard feedback learning. BEST MOMENTS ‘Startup collaboration, in my experience, should become top of management agenda.' ‘It's crucial to have someone locally who knows the culture in their particular country, and knows the people that need to be addressed.' ‘It's all about involving all relevant stakeholders in clear and transparent communication.' ‘Each country has local laws, so there's not only customisation, there's also localisation that has to addressed. That's where the governance model comes in handy.' ABOUT THE GUESTS Geetha Sham is MD and President of CamCom in Europe. She is a seasoned technologist and scale-up strategist who has held senior roles at Oracle and Mindtree and is now building out CamCom's European footprint from Dusseldorf. Sathes Singam is an innovation scout and programme manager at ERGO Group. He is the lynchpin behind ERGO's deployment of CamCOm across the Baltics, Europe's first testbed of this solution. ABOUT THE HOST Sabine is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur. She is the CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew a venture lab that accelerates the curation, validation, & commercialization of new tech business models. Sabine is renowned within the insurance sector for building some of the most renowned tech startup accelerators around the world working with over 30 corporate insurers, accelerated over 100 startup ventures. Sabine is the co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, a top 50 Women in Tech, a FinTech and InsurTech Influencer, an investor & multi-award winner. Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Facebook  TikTok Email Website This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

Ако това, което правим, ви харесва, вижте как можете да подкрепите Ratio тук: ratio.bg/support/ Любомир Бабуров, Дарин Тенев и Стоян Ставру обсъждат: - Кой е Марк Антоний и защо гледа обезумяло? - Как се чувства Дерида, когато котката му го гледа гол във банята? - Какво се крие в погледа на котките? - Как котките са свързани с автобиографичността? - Как котката на Бубер се различава от котката на Монтен? - Защо папите не обичат котките и как това е свързано с чумата? - Имат ли пол котките? - Колко живота имат котките? - Имат ли котките нужда от права (Дона Харауей)? - Какво представлява етиката без право (Жак Дерида)? - Различни ли са котките в Япония? - Къде ходят котките докато ги няма? - Защо котката на Крипке не е това, което е котката на Шрьодингер? - Може ли радикално емпиричното (котката, с която живеем) да промени трансцеденталните ни способности (света, в който живеем)? В този епизод се потапяме в бездната, отворена от въпросите, които Жак Дерида си поставя в „Животното, което следователно съм“. Ще проследим защо погледът на котката разрушава привидната сигурност на човешката идентичност, как голо тяло застава пред един поглед, който не се поддава на опитомяване, и как това събитие ни връща в своеобразно извънредно положение, където правото е факт, а животът остава без защита. Как да се справим с невъзможността да защитим животното, без да го колонизираме чрез езика на правото? Защо котката, а не кучето, е избрана като радикален свидетел на нашата голота? Един разговор едновременно в автобиографичното, но и отвъд антропоцентризма, насред етиката, но без право – а там, където границите престават да бъдат това, което бяха. Приятно слушане! :) Гледайте епизода на видео тук: https://youtu.be/wP1ZyM471EY За госта: Дарин Тенев е литературовед и японист. Преподава в Софийския и в Пловдивския университет. Последната му книга е „Лабиринтът на модалностите“ (ВС Пъблишинг, 2024). С мъка трябва да потисна едно движение на свян. С мъка да накарам да замълчи в мен един протест срещу неприличието. Срещу непристойността, която може да съществува в това да се окажеш гол, с изложени гениталии, на голо пред една котка, която ви гледа без да мръдне, само за да види. Непристойност на едно животно голо пред друго животно, значи, бихме казали един вид животнепристойност [animalséance]: изначален, уникален и несравним опит за непристойността, която би била в това да се явиш наистина гол пред настоятелния поглед на животното, поглед доброжелателен или безмилостен, учуден или признателен. Поглед на зрящ, на визионер или свръх-прозорлив слепец. Тогава като че ли се срамувам, гол пред котката, но също се срамувам от това, че се срамувам.“ Животното, което следователно съм Жак Дерида, прев. Дарин Тенев 2025 ________ #about #podcast Серията „Vox Nihili“ на Ratio Podcast и Предизвикай правото! изследва пресечните точки на науката и технологиите с етиката и правото, а също така и редица дискусионни теми в сферата на философията. В рамките на серията сме обособили групи от разговори, обединени от различни теми, сред които: философски анализи на филми, право и литература, представяне на диалозите на Платон, културни интерпретации на различни чудовища (vox monstri) и др. Ако търсите отдадена и провокативна философия, насочена към настоящето, тази серия е за вас. Това е една от шестте серии на Ratio Podcast – един подкаст за любопитни хора. С негова помощ ще си сверите часовника за всичко най-ново в света на науката и културата и ще чуете неформални разговори, свързани или вдъхновени от наука.

Japan's image as a sophisticated country with a solid, unique traditional culture is well placed.  For example, every year around 130,000 Shinkansen bullet trains run between Tokyo and Osaka, bolting through the countryside at speeds of up to 285 kilometers an hour and boast an average arrival delay of 24 seconds.  Think about that average, sustained over a whole year!  Such amazing efficiency here is combined with basically no guns, no drugs, no litter, no graffiti, very little crime and the people are so polite and considerate. If you step on their foot in the crowded subway cars, they apologise to you for getting their foot in the wrong place. If you drop your wallet there is a close to 100% chance of you getting it back, intact. Considering all of the above and with the biggest concentration of Michelin three star restaurants in the world, no wonder Tokyo is the best city in the world to live in.  Once Covid is contained, put Japan on your bucket list folks, you won't regret it. Yet sales professionalism is still so far behind, by Western standards. I am going to make incredibly broad, general statements here, but actually they are true for most salespeople in Japan.  How do I know this?  We have been teaching sales training here since 1963 and these are the things companies consistently ask us to fix.  Let's highlight a few things which may surprise you about sales in Japan. Asking for the order is avoided.  Saying “no” is culturally taboo, so the best way to avoid having to say it or to hear it, is to save everyone's face and leave the outcome deliberately vague.  There are shelves of books in English on how to close the sale,  many are in translation, but not a great take up here as yet.  When the seller meets any resistance from the buyer, the first reflex is to drop the price by 20%. Western sales managers would be apoplectic if this was the default objection handling mechanism.  Here defending your price, through explaining the value, is thrown overboard and simple price point reductions are the preferred lever. Objection handling skills are weak, because the seller sees the buyer not as a King but as a God. The seller's job is to do everything God wants.   The salespeople are predominantly on base salary and bonus remuneration arrangements, so not much commission sales “fire in the belly” going on here. Salespeople love the spec, the data, the detail and are not so keen on the application of the benefits. How do we know this?  I am a buyer here too and in they come bearing their catalogue, flyer or their slide deck to take me through all the details. Surprisingly, they never rise above the spec waterline to talk about value or benefits or how to apply the benefits.  It is the same in our sales classes and we see this phenomenon in the role play sequences.  Salespeople struggle to think about what the spec represents in terms of the benefits to the buyer. This opens up the can of worms about understanding buyer needs. By any definition, getting straight into the detail of the product or service, without asking the buyer any questions, is insanity.  Yet this is normal here.  So much for all that slick American consultative sales jive. We are back to the God problem. The seller must not brook God's displeasure by rude behaviour, such as asking questions about what are their firm's problems. Ergo, the buyer completely controls the sale's conversation. They demand the pitch be made straight up, so that they can lacerate it, to make sure all the risk has been cut out.  Buyers are incredibly risk averse in Japan. This a zero default, no errors, no mistakes business culture.  This is great as a consumer of course. However, the seller is not considered a partner here, more of a slave to the buyer's every whim and demand. So the Japan business sales process is pretty “refined”. There are only three steps. The salesperson opens with their pitch, then we move immediately to client objections.  Next, the buyer will get back to you, but probably not.  How does any business get done here?  Please see the next section! Sellers really prefer to concentrate on existing clients, rather than running around trying to find new clients. They rely on the firm brand to do all the prospecting work, rather than their skill as a professional in sales. Hunters are a rare breed of salesperson in Japan, as everyone prefers being a farmer.  This is probably true of everywhere, because obviously it is much easier to keep the business going, than to start a new piece of business.  Japanese salespeople just take it to new heights of speciality. Salespeople never think to ask permission of the buyer to ask questions. Such a simple thing, but so hard to break out of your own cultural context to actually execute.  Once we teach them how easy it is, the scales literally fall from their eyes and they become true believers in asking questions, before introducing anything about the detail of their solution line up. The first foreigners who lived in Japan in the late 19th Century often described Japan as a “topsy turvey” world, because so many things were opposite to what they were used to back in Europe and America.  The differences are what makes it so fascinating and why I have been here for 36 years and am never leaving.  These differences are also a big business opportunity too, as many companies have found, including ourselves.  See you over here after Covid!  

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Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: Junge Menschen fürchten Altersarmut – und handeln Mehr als die Hälfte der 20- bis 29-Jährigen sorgt sich um Altersarmut – deutlich mehr als in älteren Generationen. Das zeigt das aktuelle Anlegerbarometer von Union Investment. Nur ein Viertel der jungen Befragten sieht sich aktuell gut fürs Alter abgesichert. Doch viele handeln: 69 % setzen auf private Vorsorge, 35 % haben bereits Verträge abgeschlossen. Besonders gefragt: Aktienfonds. Auch bei älteren Befragten bleibt die Skepsis gegenüber der gesetzlichen Rente hoch. Deepfake-Betrug: Schäden steigen auf fast 900 Mio. $ Die Zahl der Deepfake-Betrugsfälle nimmt rasant zu: Allein im ersten Halbjahr 2025 wurden 580 Vorfälle registriert – fast viermal so viele wie im gesamten Vorjahr. Der finanzielle Schaden summiert sich laut Surfshark auf 410 Mio. $, insgesamt sind es seit 2019 rund 897 Mio. $. Besonders betroffen: Privatpersonen, die 60 % der Verluste tragen. Gefälschte Promi-Kampagnen und imitierte Führungskräfte zählen zu den häufigsten Maschen. Sicherheitsexperten fordern mehr Aufklärung – denn die Technologie ist der Regulierung aktuell weit voraus. Mehr dazu >>> AfW unterzeichnet EU-Statement zur Omnibus-Initiative Der Bundesverband Finanzdienstleistung AfW hat das „Joint Statement on the Omnibus Initiative“ unterzeichnet. Über 275 Organisationen fordern damit die EU-Kommission auf, zentrale Elemente der Nachhaltigkeitsregulierung wie CSRD, ESRS und CSDDD zu vereinfachen – jedoch ohne Transparenzverlust. Der AfW warnt davor, dass Vermittler künftig weniger ESG-Daten, aber weiterhin Beratungspflichten haben werden. Das gefährde die Qualität und Rechtssicherheit der Beratung, so Vorstand Norman Wirth. Generali und HelloBetter starten digitales Therapieprogramm für psychische Gesundheit Versicherten der Generali steht mit dem Programm „Mein MentalHealthCoach“ ab sofort eine neue digitale Hilfe bei Depressionen und Angststörungen zur Verfügung. Die Kooperation von HelloBetter, PREVENT.ON und Generali Health Solutions kombiniert Online-Screening, evidenzbasierte Therapieprogramme und persönliche Betreuung. Ziel ist eine frühzeitige und effektive Versorgung auf Basis wissenschaftlicher Standards. Die Programme von HelloBetter zeigen dabei nachweislich eine hohe Wirksamkeit. Mehr dazu >>> Wüstenrot und Deutsche Bank kooperieren im institutionellen Bauspargeschäft Seit dem 1. Juli 2025 arbeiten Wüstenrot und die Deutsche Bank im Bauspargeschäft für institutionelle Kunden zusammen. Zielgruppen sind kommunale Einrichtungen, Wohneigentumsgemeinschaften und spezielle juristische Personen. Neben Bausparverträgen umfasst die Kooperation auch Finanzierungen mit Bausparunterlegung. Die Partner sehen darin großes Potenzial für Modernisierungsprojekte und langfristige Zinssicherung. Auch Vorratsbausparverträge zur Mitarbeiterbindung sind Teil des Angebots. Wüstenrot baut damit seine Position als Kooperations-Bausparkasse weiter aus. ERGO und fb research erweitern digitale Beratungspartnerschaft Die ERGO Group AG und fb research vertiefen ihre langjährige Zusammenarbeit bei digitalen Beratungslösungen. Herzstück der Kooperation sind die Tools check&save, check+care, QuickCheck und DeepCheck, die bundesweit in der Ausschließlichkeitsorganisation von ERGO eingesetzt werden.

Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: Allianz und HUK-COBURG dominieren beim Kundenzugang Die Allianz und die HUK-COBURG (inkl. HUK24) sichern sich laut der aktuellen Studie „Unternehmensprofile Versicherungen 2025“ von research tools über ein Viertel aller Produktabschlüsse am Markt. Mit 16 % geplanter Abschlüsse führt die Allianz vor der HUK-COBURG (12 %). Auch bei der Kundenausschöpfung (Allianz: 81 %, HUK: 80 %) liegen sie vorn. Die Studie basiert auf 4.000 Interviews und 6.860 erfassten Abschlüssen. Versicherer erwarten für 2025 deutlich stärkeres Beitragswachstum Der GDV hebt seine Prognose für 2025 an: Die Bruttobeitragseinnahmen sollen branchenweit um 7,3 % steigen – statt wie bisher angenommen um 5 %. Besonders kräftig wächst das Einmalbeitragsgeschäft in der Lebensversicherung (+24,2 %). Auch die Kfz-Versicherung könnte 2025 wieder in die Gewinnzone zurückkehren. Die Prognose für die Private Krankenversicherung bleibt bei +7,5 %. DAV fordert Agenda 2035 für die Alterssicherung Die Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung (DAV) begrüßt die geplante Rentenkommission der Bundesregierung – mahnt aber Tempo und klare Zielvorgaben an. DAV-Vorsitzende Susanna Adelhardt warnt vor einem bloßen „Weiter so“: „Es zählt jetzt nur noch eins: machen – jetzt.“ Die DAV fordert eine verbindliche Agenda 2035 mit konkreten Handlungsfeldern, generationengerechter Lastenverteilung und Reformvorschlägen ohne Denkverbote. Drei zentrale Punkte: sofortiger Start der Kommission, Definition konkreter Zielgrößen über alle drei Säulen hinweg sowie Offenheit für unbequeme Maßnahmen. Baufinanzierung: Eigenkapitalanteil sinkt, Tilgung auf Tiefstand Laut dem Dr. Klein Trendindikator Baufinanzierung (DTB) für Juni 2025 bringen Immobilienkäufer immer weniger Eigenkapital ein. Der Beleihungsauslauf stieg auf 87,18 % – ein Jahreshöchstwert. Gleichzeitig fiel die anfängliche Tilgung mit 1,69 % auf den niedrigsten Stand seit Juli 2011. Die durchschnittliche Darlehenssumme kletterte auf 314.000 EUR, die Standardrate auf 1.458 EUR. Der Anteil an KfW-Darlehen lag bei 8,04 %. Die durchschnittliche Zinsbindung sank leicht auf zehneinhalb Jahre. LKH mit Wachstum in der Zusatzversicherung Die Landeskrankenhilfe (LKH) verzeichnete 2024 ein starkes Neugeschäft in der Zusatzversicherung. Insgesamt stiegen die Beitragseinnahmen auf 957,3 Mio. EUR. Trotz steigender Leistungsausgaben blieb das versicherungsgeschäftliche Ergebnis mit 140,0 Mio. EUR stabil. Der Mitgliederbestand wuchs auf 317.404 Personen. Zwei neue Tarifserien in der Zusatz- und Vollversicherung sowie digitale Services trieben die Entwicklung voran. Die Eigenkapitalquote beträgt weiterhin solide 41,9 %. ERGO Österreich nutzt Radar Live für Kfz-Pricing Die ERGO Versicherung AG in Österreich hat die Pricing-Plattform Radar Live von WTW als zentrale Lösung für die Prämienkalkulation im Kfz-Geschäft eingeführt. Die Software ermöglicht eine Echtzeitberechnung auf Basis moderner Analyse- und Modellierungsmethoden. Ein entscheidender Vorteil: die nahtlose Integration in bestehende IT-Systeme. Unterstützt wurde die Einführung durch das WTW-Projektteam. Ziel ist ein präziseres, flexibleres und kundenzentriertes Pricing.

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[ Werbung | Diese Folge ist in Kooperation mit Novafon entstanden.] Was steckt eigentlich hinter dem Begriff "lokale Vibrationstherapie"? In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Alexandra Schubert von Novafon ganz praxisnah darüber, wie Vibrationstherapie in der Physio-, Ergo- und Logopädie eingesetzt werden kann. Dabei geht es nicht nur um die physiologischen Grundlagen, sondern vor allem um konkrete Beispiele aus dem Alltag: Wie nutzen wir das Novafon bei Schmerz, Spastik oder Sensibilitätsstörungen? Und was ist eigentlich bei der Anwendung in der Tiertherapie oder zu Hause wichtig?

Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: SDK und Stuttgarter besiegeln Gleichordnungskonzern Die SDK Gruppe und die Stuttgarter Versicherungsgruppe haben ihren Zusammenschluss zum 1. Juli vollzogen. Beide Versicherer agieren künftig als Gleichordnungskonzern mit einer wechselseitigen Personalunion in den Vorstandsgremien. Mit rund 1.600 Mitarbeitern, über 1,85 Mrd. EUR Beitragseinnahmen und mehr als 1,8 Mio. Verträgen entsteht eine neue Versicherungsgruppe mit Fokus auf Kranken-, Lebens- und Unfallversicherung. Eine neue gesellschaftsrechtliche Struktur ist bis Ende 2026 geplant. Signal Iduna mit neuem Vorstandsvorsitzenden: Torsten Uhlig folgt auf Ulrich Leitermann Führungswechsel bei Signal Iduna: Seit dem 1. Juli ist Torsten Uhlig neuer Vorstandsvorsitzender der Signal Iduna-Gruppe. Er übernimmt die Position von Ulrich Leitermann, der nach mehr als zwölf Jahren an der Spitze des Versicherungsunternehmens ausscheidet. Zugleich wurde Alexandra Markovic-Sobau zur neuen Vorständin für Vertrieb und Marketing berufen. Mit der Neubesetzung verjüngt Signal Iduna das Vorstandsteam und stellt die Weichen für die Strategie „MOMENTUM 2030“, die auf weiteres Wachstum in den Zielgruppen Handwerk, Handel und Öffentlicher Dienst ausgerichtet ist. Vom Hype zum Standard: Schadenökosysteme auf dem Vormarsch Schadenökosysteme entwickeln sich zunehmend vom Trend zum strategischen Instrument: Laut einer Studie von Verisk und den Versicherungsforen Leipzig planen rund 70 % der Versicherer und über 60 % der Dienstleister eine Beteiligung an solchen vernetzten Systemen. Ziele: Effizienzsteigerung, Kostenreduktion und bessere Kundenerfahrung. Dr. Philipp Scharner übernimmt Geschäftsfeld Mobilität bei der Bayerischen Die Versicherungsgruppe die Bayerische besetzt eine Schlüsselposition neu: Zum 1. Juli übernimmt Dr. Philipp Scharner die Leitung des Geschäftsfelds Mobilität. Er folgt auf Andreas Buhre, der das Unternehmen zum Jahresende verlässt. Scharner bringt als promovierter Volkswirt strategische Expertise und Erfahrung in der Steuerung der Unternehmensgruppe mit. Der Bereich Mobilität steht angesichts von Schadeninflation, Reparaturkosten und datengetriebener Modelle vor großen Herausforderungen. Ergo übernimmt Next Insurance vollständig Die Ergo Group hat die vollständige Übernahme des US-Digitalversicherers Next Insurance abgeschlossen. Mit dem Einstieg in den US-Markt stärkt Ergo ihre Position im KMU-Segment. Die Transaktion erfolgte auf Basis einer Bewertung von 2,6 Mrd. $. Next Insurance bleibt als technologiegetriebene Marke erhalten. Baloise erweitert gewerbliche Sachversicherung Mehr Schutz für KMU: Baloise verbessert ihre gewerbliche Sachversicherung mit neuen Leistungen wie dem Verzicht auf den Einwand der groben Fahrlässigkeit bis 100.000 EUR, höheren Sublimits für Seng- und Schwelschäden sowie neuen Bausteinen für Elektronik und Werkverkehr. Auch der digitale Abschluss über Thinksurance ist möglich.

Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: KI verändert die Customer Journey: Versicherer müssen umdenken Die Akzeptanz von Künstlicher Intelligenz im Versicherungskontext wächst rasant. Laut dem neuen „KI-Monitor-Assekuranz 2025“ von HEUTE UND MORGEN erwarten Kunden mehr Schnelligkeit, Flexibilität – und Unabhängigkeit. Besonders junge, technikaffine Zielgruppen nutzen bereits KI-Tools wie ChatGPT zur Informationssuche. Für einfache Serviceanliegen ist die Bereitschaft zur KI-Nutzung groß – bei sensiblen Themen bleibt das Vertrauen in den Menschen entscheidend. Fußball bleibt Spitzenreiter bei Sportunfällen Pünktlich zur Frauen-EM 2025 veröffentlicht Ergo aktuelle Zahlen zu gemeldeten Sportunfällen. Spitzenreiter bleibt Fußball mit 2.425 Fällen (36,7 %) und einem Anstieg von 8,2 % zum Vorjahr. Auf Platz zwei folgt der Skisport mit 929 Unfällen, Platz drei belegt der Radsport (684 Fälle). Insgesamt registrierte Ergo 6.615 Sportunfälle im Jahr 2024 – exakt einen mehr als 2023. Auffällig: Reitunfälle sind seltener geworden, bleiben aber besonders folgenschwer. HFK1676 startet mit Betriebshaftpflicht für Maklervertrieb Die Maklermarke HFK1676, ein Joint Venture von Provinzial und andsafe, bietet nun auch eine Betriebshaftpflichtversicherung an. Nach Privathaftpflicht und Hausrat richtet sich das neue Produkt gezielt an Gewerbekunden. Die digitale Antragsstrecke ist schlank, aber leistungsstark. „Innerhalb kurzer Zeit haben wir unsere neue Betriebshaftpflichtversicherung konzipiert“, so Sabine Krummenerl, Vertriebsvorstand Makler. Weitere Produkte, etwa eine Kfz-Versicherung, sollen folgen. Führungswechsel bei Pangaea Life: Heiko Reddmann wird dritter Geschäftsführer Die Pangaea Life GmbH erhält Verstärkung in der Geschäftsführung: Ab dem 1. Oktober 2025 tritt Heiko Reddmann als dritter Geschäftsführer neben Uwe Mahrt und Achim Steinhorst an. Er folgt auf Daniel Regensburger, der zum Jahresbeginn zur Investmentgesellschaft Pangaea Life Capital Partners AG in die Schweiz gewechselt ist. Reddmann bringt jahrzehntelange Erfahrung aus Vertrieb, Strategie und Produktentwicklung mit und war zuvor unter anderem Geschäftsführer der HonorarKonzept GmbH. Ziel ist es, die strategische Weiterentwicklung der Pangaea Life GmbH voranzutreiben und die Position im nachhaltigen Vorsorgemarkt auszubauen. Union Investment stellt Portfoliomanagement neu auf Zum 1. Juli 2025 übernimmt Tobias Schmidt die Gesamtleitung des Portfoliomanagements bei Union Investment. Er folgt auf Carola Schroeder, die ihre übrigen Geschäftsführungsaufgaben weiter wahrnimmt. Zudem wird Arne Rautenberg neuer Leiter des Aktienportfoliomanagements. Er tritt die Nachfolge von Benjardin Gärtner an, der das Unternehmen zum 31. August auf eigenen Wunsch verlässt. Vorstand Frank Engels lobt beide Nachfolger als erfahrene Kapitalmarktexperten mit starkem Leistungsausweis. HUK-Coburg: Dr. Michael Pickel neu im Aufsichtsrat Die HUK-Coburg hat Dr. Michael Pickel neu in ihren Aufsichtsrat berufen. Er folgt auf Barbara Saunier, die altersbedingt ausscheidet. Pickel war bis Januar 2025 Vorstandsvorsitzender der E+S Rück und gilt als ausgewiesener Kfz-Versicherungsexperte. Vorsitzender Prof. Dr. Heinrich R. Schradin betont: „Kaum jemand versteht den Markt so gut wie er – gerade in Zeiten der Transformation eine wertvolle Verstärkung.“

Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: Lebensversicherer profitieren von ZZR-Auflösung – Zinslast bleibt Herausforderung Die deutschen Lebensversicherer verzeichnen 2024 stabile Erträge – auch dank Rückflüssen aus der Zinszusatzreserve (ZZR). Die laufende Verzinsung liegt im Schnitt bei 2,52 %. Zugleich bremsen stille Lasten und schwache Neugeschäftszahlen das Wachstum. Besonders Einmalbeiträge treiben den Bestand. Assekurata sieht Handlungsbedarf in Politik und Vertrieb. BVK kritisiert Rentenpaket: „Mutlos und nicht generationengerecht“ Der BVK zeigt sich enttäuscht vom neuen Rentenpaket der Bundesregierung. Die Festschreibung des Rentenniveaus auf 48 % bis 2031 sei teuer und nicht nachhaltig finanziert. Private und betriebliche Vorsorge blieben außen vor. BVK-Präsident Michael H. Heinz mahnt: „Das Paket verkennt die Notwendigkeit, die kapitalgedeckte Vorsorge zu stärken.“ vfm-Gruppe erzielt erneut Rekordergebnis Die vfm-Gruppe steigerte 2024 ihre Courtage- und Provisionserlöse auf 63,2 Mio. EUR – ein Plus von über 10 %. Das Kompositgeschäft bleibt stärkste Umsatzsäule. Unterstützt durch KI, Marketingservices und neue AOplus-Kooperationen verzeichnet der Maklerverbund auch 2025 starkes Wachstum. Zum 30-jährigen Bestehen wurde vfm zudem mit dem GOLD-Award und der neuen PLATIN-Auszeichnung als „zuverlässigster Maklerverbund“ geehrt. MRH Trowe & Lurse stellt Management neu auf Nach dem Zusammenschluss mit der Heubeck AG zählt MRH Trowe & Lurse zu den Top 3 Beratungen für Pensions, Benefits und Compensation in Deutschland. Zum 1. Juli 2025 übernimmt Norman Dreger als Sprecher des Managementteams die Gesamtverantwortung. Das neue Führungsteam soll die Position im Markt weiter ausbauen. Matthias Edelmann wechselt in den Aufsichtsrat. KRAVAG wächst weiter – 75 Jahre, 11 % Beitragsplus und neue E-Lkw-Initiative Die KRAVAG-Gesellschaften melden bis Mai 2025 ein Beitragswachstum von rund 11 %. Damit setzt der Spezialversicherer seine positive Entwicklung fort – im Jubiläumsjahr 75 Jahre nach der Gründung. Neben stabiler Performance bei KRAVAG-LOGISTIC und KRAVAG-ALLGEMEINE kündigt der Versicherer neue digitale Angebote für E-Lkw-Ladeinfrastruktur und Nachhaltigkeitsberatung an. ERGO und ECODYNAMICS veröffentlichen Whitepaper zur KI-Sichtbarkeit Wie bleiben Versicherer auch im Zeitalter von ChatGPT und Co. online sichtbar? Diese Frage beleuchtet ein neues Whitepaper von ERGO Innovation Lab und ECODYNAMICS. Es zeigt, wie große Sprachmodelle (LLMs) Suchverhalten und Sichtbarkeitsregeln verändern – und bietet konkrete Strategien für Content- und Marketingteams.

Diesmal mit einem echten Highlight für die Versicherungsbranche! Im Mittelpunkt steht der Insurance Monday rund um Google und den GDV. Gastgeber Sebastian Langrehr und Simon Moser nehmen euch gemeinsam mit den hochkarätigen Gästen Anja Käfer-Rohrbach (stellvertretende Hauptgeschäftsführerin beim GDV), Jan Meessen (Leiter Versicherungen bei Google) und Simon Moser (Muffintech) mit auf eine spannende Reise in die Zukunft der Versicherungswirtschaft.Angetrieben durch ihre unterschiedlichen Blickwinkel – zwischen Regulatorik, Digitalisierung und technologischer Transformation – diskutieren die Gäste, warum der Handelsblatt Insurance Summit 2025 weit mehr als nur ein weiteres Branchenevent ist. Freut euch auf einen lebhaften Austausch zu den großen Game Changern der Branche: KI, Datenstrategien und die Frage, wie Regulierung und Innovation Hand in Hand gehen können. Natürlich gibt es auch persönliche Einblicke, schnelle Fragerunden und viele Best Practices aus der Praxis.Euch erwartet eine Folge voller Insights über die Herausforderungen und Chancen, die Digitalisierung, Datenschutz und neue Geschäftsmodelle für Versicherer mit sich bringen. Perfekt für alle, die wissen wollen, wie sich Politik, Technologie und die Bedürfnisse der Kund:innen im Finanz- und Versicherungssektor verändern – und was das für die nächsten Jahre bedeutet.Wir sprechen über KI in der Assekuranz: Innovation, Regulierung, Skalierung – und wie Technologien schon heute echten Mehrwert schaffen. Mit Stimmen von ERGO, Ping An, GDV, Google und mehr.

If this keeps up, we might all long to have the machines take over. In this episode, the Inflation Guy discusses the victory of a socialist candidate in the New York City mayoral primary this week - and, even if we would like to hope that he has no chance of winning in the general election...he does. Ergo, we should probably think a little bit about what socialism means for inflation.  Really, nothing about socialism is great. And that includes inflation. NOTES Monetarium website on Reserve.org: https://reserve.org/monetarium/ “Shortages are Unmeasured Inflation” blog post: https://inflationguy.blog/2021/10/24/shortages-are-unmeasured-inflation/ Blog for this month's CPI: “Inflation Guy's CPI Summary (May 2025)” (https://inflationguy.blog/2025/06/11/inflation-guys-cpi-summary-may-2025/ ) Ep. 140: White Whale Spotted - Inflation-Linked Cash - the USDi Coin: https://inflationguy.podbean.com/e/ep-140-white-whale-spotted-inflation-linked-cash-the-usdi-coin/ Blog for last month's CPI: “Inflation Guy's CPI Summary (April 2025)” (https://inflationguy.blog/2025/05/13/inflation-guys-cpi-summary-april-2025/ ) To Subscribe to Quarterly Inflation Outlook: https://inflationguy.blog/shop/    To Subscribe for free to the blog: https://inflationguy.blog/ Check out the website! https://www.EnduringInvestments.com/ Check out the other website! https://usdicoin.com/

Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: § 34k GewO kommt: Vermittlung von Ratenkrediten wird reguliert Ab dem 20. November 2026 benötigen Vermittler von Raten- und Verbraucherkrediten eine eigene Erlaubnis nach § 34k GewO. Der Gesetzentwurf sieht eine neue IHK-Sachkundeprüfung, Weiterbildungspflichten und Registereintragungen vor – eine „Alte-Hasen-Regelung“ entfällt. Der AfW fordert ausreichende Prüfungskapazitäten und kritisiert Ausnahmen für Absatzfinanzierer scharf. IDEAL bekommt neuen Kapitalanlage-Vorstand Marc Schwetlik übernimmt ab Oktober 2025 das Kapitalanlageressort bei der IDEAL Versicherungsgruppe. Er folgt auf Karlheinz Fritscher, der nach 20 Jahren im Unternehmen zum Jahresende ausscheidet. Schwetlik war zuvor CIO der Bayerischen. DEVK wächst stark – Rekord im Neugeschäft, Rückversicherung treibt Konzern Die DEVK steigert 2024 ihre Beitragseinnahmen um 12,4 % auf 5,4 Mrd. EUR. Das Neugeschäft erreicht mit 1,1 Mrd. EUR ein Rekordniveau. Besonders kräftig wuchs die Kfz-Versicherung (+21,3 %). Die Rückversicherung bleibt Hauptwachstumstreiber, das Kapitalanlageergebnis legt um 16,9 % zu. Für 2025 erwartet der Konzern weiteres Wachstum, u. a. durch neue Produkte in der Altersvorsorge. Pangaea Life setzt auf Walnut Live für digitalen Fondsvertrieb Die Pangaea Life GmbH nutzt ab sofort die Vertriebsplattform Walnut Live für den digitalen Vertrieb ihres Anlageprodukts „Pangaea Life Institutional Co-Invest US Residential“. Damit können Finanzberater das nachhaltige US-Immobilieninvestment vollständig digital zeichnen. Walnut Live bietet Funktionen wie Videoberatung, Co-Browsing und CRM. Laut Anbieter wurden durch die Plattform bereits 128.000 Seiten Papier und 350.000 Fahrtkilometer eingespart. ERGO stärkt Geschäft in Nordeuropa Die ERGO Group AG hat ihre dänische Reiseversicherungsgesellschaft und den norwegischen Krankenversicherer zur neuen ERGO Forsikring A/S fusioniert. Mit Sitz in Kopenhagen soll das pan-nordische Unternehmen Wachstum in Dänemark, Norwegen und Schweden vorantreiben. Tarifliche Ausbildungsvergütungen steigen deutlich Im Ausbildungsjahr 2024/25 steigen die tarifvertraglichen Ausbildungsvergütungen um durchschnittlich 6,4 %. In vielen Branchen liegen die Einstiegsvergütungen inzwischen über 1.000 EUR im Monat – besonders hoch in Pflege, Banken und Industrie. Stärkster Zuwachs mit +18,6 % im Backhandwerk. Hintergrund ist der zunehmende Fachkräftemangel.

In dieser Folge von career to go geht es um strategische Innovation, digitale Transformation und modernes Leadership in der Versicherungsbranche. Zu Gast ist Bessem Ayari, Global Head of Innovation Strategy & Scouting bei der ERGO Group AG. Er bringt langjährige Erfahrung aus der Unternehmensberatung und der Luftfahrt mit – und gestaltet bei ERGO heute zentrale Innovationsprozesse.

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Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: Pflegereform: Bündnis fordert strukturelle Kurskorrektur Zum Start der Bund-Länder-Kommission zur Reform der Pflegeversicherung fordert ein breites Bündnis aus Pflegeverbänden, Wirtschaft und jungen Interessenvertretungen rasche strukturelle Veränderungen. Die Initiative Generationengerechte Pflege warnt vor kurzfristigen Maßnahmen zulasten kommender Generationen und plädiert für einen generationengerechten Umbau. Versicherungsforen Leipzig: Doppelspitze geht – Rosenbaum übernimmt allein Zum 30. Juni 2025 verlassen Justus Lücke und Jens Ringel auf eigenen Wunsch die Geschäftsführung der Versicherungsforen Leipzig. Hintergrund sind unterschiedliche Auffassungen über die künftige Strategie. Markus Rosenbaum, Mitgründer und seit Ende 2024 wieder in der Geschäftsführung, übernimmt die Leitung zunächst allein. Der Geschäftsbetrieb läuft laut Unternehmen unverändert weiter. ERGO: Lena Lindemann übernimmt weiteres Vorstandsressort Lena Lindemann, Arbeitsdirektorin der ERGO Group AG, übernimmt zum 1. Oktober 2025 zusätzlich die Ressortverantwortung von Ulf Mainzer. Damit verantwortet sie künftig auch die Bereiche Recht, Compliance, Einkauf und Corporate Governance. Mainzer verlässt ERGO nach 18 Jahren auf eigenen Wunsch zum Jahresende. Allianz Trade: Betriebskapitalbedarf auf Rekordhoch seit 2008 Laut neuem Bericht von Allianz Trade ist der globale Betriebskapitalbedarf (WCR) 2024 auf 78 Tage gestiegen – der höchste Stand seit der Finanzkrise 2008. In Deutschland legte der WCR um 2 Tage zu, in Westeuropa sogar im dritten Jahr in Folge. Grund sind vor allem längere Zahlungsziele. Während US-Firmen Lagerbestände abbauen, agieren europäische Unternehmen zunehmend als „versteckte Bankiers“. Allianz Trade warnt vor möglichen Folgen durch Handelskonflikte und höhere Zinsen. BCA AG kooperiert mit Waldenburger Versicherung Der Maklerpool BCA AG hat mit der Waldenburger Versicherung einen neuen Produktpartner für die Privatkunden-Sachsparte gewonnen. Makler profitieren ab sofort vom erweiterten Angebot in Haftpflicht-, Schaden- und Unfallversicherung – mit besonderem Fokus auf nachhaltige Lösungen und erneuerbare Energien. Die Waldenburger ist Teil der Würth-Gruppe. Krisenjahre wirken finanziell nach: Ältere und Mieter weiter unter Druck Die Jahre 2021 bis 2024 haben Spuren hinterlassen: Laut einer Studie von ifo Institut, TU München und N26 kämpfen vor allem ältere Menschen und Haushalte mit hohen Mietausgaben weiterhin mit finanziellen Engpässen. Junge Erwachsene hingegen konnten durch steigende Einkommen ihre Ausgaben ausgleichen. Die Forscher fordern Maßnahmen zur Stärkung der finanziellen Resilienz – etwa über günstigere Kredite, Rücklagenförderung und stabile Wohnkosten.

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Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: Plansecur: Frühstart- und Aktivrente begrüßenswert – aber unzureichend Die Finanzberatungsgruppe Plansecur begrüßt die geplante Frühstart- und Aktivrente der Bundesregierung, warnt jedoch vor falschen Erwartungen: „10 EUR im Monat sind ein gutes Signal – mehr aber auch nicht“, so Geschäftsführer Heiko Hauser. Er fordert eine klare Kommunikation und verweist auf offene Fragen zur Umsetzung. Finanzbildung müsse laut Plansecur in den Schulunterricht aufgenommen werden, um nachhaltige Altersvorsorge zu fördern. R+V: Nils Reich wird Komposit-Vorstand Die R+V Versicherung bekommt zum 15. September 2025 einen neuen Komposit-Vorstand: Nils Reich übernimmt das Ressort von Klaus Endres, der im April das neugeschaffene Ressort Operations und IT leitete. Reich kommt von Axa, wo er zuletzt als CEO Health das weltweite Krankenversicherungsgeschäft verantwortete. Der promovierte Mathematiker bringt umfassende Expertise aus dem Schaden-/Unfallgeschäft mit – unter anderem aus seiner Zeit als Komposit-Vorstand bei Axa Deutschland. Ab 2026 wird auch der Maklervertrieb Teil seines Ressorts. Lohnfortzahlung kürzen? Mehrheit der Arbeitgeber hält das für kontraproduktiv Die Reduktion der Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall ist laut einer aktuellen Studie von TK, IFBG und Haufe bei Arbeitgebern mehrheitlich unbeliebt: Rund 65 % der über 1.500 befragten Unternehmen halten die Maßnahme für nicht hilfreich zur Produktivitätssteigerung. Nur 23 % sehen darin einen Nutzen. Besonders restriktiv äußerten sich Geschäftsführer, während Personal- und Gesundheitsverantwortliche deutlich zurückhaltender waren. TK-Chef Dr. Jens Baas warnt: Kürzungen könnten zu längeren Krankheitsausfällen führen – entscheidend seien gesundheitsfördernde Strukturen und eine wertschätzende Unternehmenskultur. ERGO führt digitale Notfallkarte für Reisende ein Die ERGO Reiseversicherung bietet ihren Reisekrankenversicherungskunden ab sofort eine digitale Notfallkarte an, die in der Wallet-App von Android- und iOS-Geräten gespeichert werden kann. Die Karte ermöglicht schnellen Zugriff auf Kontaktdaten, medizinische Services, Länderinfos und die Schadenmeldung. Entwickelt wurde sie mit dem Start-up Miss Moneypenny Technologies. Die physische Karte entfällt künftig. ARAG verlängert Sponsoring für Borussia Düsseldorf und Timo Boll Die ARAG bleibt bis 2028 Hauptsponsor des erfolgreichsten Tischtennisvereins Europas, Borussia Düsseldorf, und setzt zudem ihre Partnerschaft mit Timo Boll fort – künftig als „Botschafter des Deutschen Tischtennis“. „Unser Engagement im Tischtennis ist nachhaltig, glaubwürdig und mit Wirkung in der Breite“, so ARAG-Vorstandssprecher Dr. Renko Dirksen. Die Partnerschaft umfasst auch Nachwuchsförderung und soziale Projekte. HanseMerkur übernimmt Neubau „Medical Science Center“ in Hamburg Die HanseMerkur Grundvermögen AG hat den fertiggestellten Neubau des „Medical Science Center“ in Hamburg-Langenhorn für einen ihrer Immobilien-Spezialfonds übernommen. Der moderne Gebäudekomplex umfasst rund 24.000 m² Nutzfläche und ist vollständig vermietet – unter anderem an das Medizinische Labor Nord (Sonic Healthcare) und die Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben. Eine Kita für 150 Kinder rundet das Mixed-Use-Konzept ab. Die Immobilie erfüllt den KfW-55-Standard und strebt eine DGNB-Gold-Zertifizierung an.

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Interview with Niël Pretorius, CEO of DRDGOLD Ltd.Our previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/sustainable-gold-silver-producers-showcase-new-value-creation-model-6117Recording date: 13th May 2025DRDGOLD Limited (NYSE:DRD) has established a distinctive position in the gold mining industry with its innovative approach of recovering gold from historical mine tailings rather than conventional underground mining. This South African producer combines environmental remediation with profitable gold production in a waste-neutral business model that's proving particularly effective in today's strong gold market.Under CEO Niël Pretorius's leadership, DRDGOLD is executing a major infrastructure investment program to extend the operational life of its assets through 2040. The company recently completed a 60 MW solar power facility and is implementing a 180 MW battery energy storage system, addressing previous power challenges. Additional investments include new tailings storage facilities and expanded processing capacity at both its Ergo and Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) operations.What stands out about DRDGOLD's growth strategy is that it remains entirely self-funded. Strong gold prices have driven record performance, allowing the company to maintain its 18-year dividend streak while simultaneously funding its capital expansion program without external financing. By FY2028, DRDGOLD targets a combined processing throughput of 3 million tonnes per month and annual gold production of approximately 200,000 ounces.The company's ESG credentials are compelling. Rather than generating new mining waste, DRDGOLD processes legacy tailings and deposits them into modern facilities with superior environmental standards. This approach enables concurrent rehabilitation of mining sites and reduces final closure costs.DRDGOLD's business model offers several advantages over traditional mining operations. With approximately 5.5 million ounces of gold resources already above ground in tailings, the company faces minimal geological risk. Its engineering-focused approach emphasizes processing efficiency and consistent output, functioning almost like a gold-processing factory.The company maintains a no-hedging policy, providing investors with full exposure to gold price increases. This strategy aligns with broader macroeconomic trends supporting gold, including geopolitical tensions, inflation concerns, and growing interest in hard assets.DRDGOLD also prioritizes organizational continuity and talent development, with nearly half its workforce now comprising women and a new generation of young professionals advancing through the ranks. This stable management team and strong corporate culture support the company's long-term vision of optimized resource recovery coupled with responsible environmental stewardship.View DRDGOLD's company profile: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/drdgold-limitedSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com

 JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN @ FOR THIS WEEK'S ASTROLOGICALLY SPEAKING PODCAST WHICH DROPS MAY 16 @https://www.karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking It seems clear now in hindsight that the May 12 Scorpio Full Moon asked us--& asks us still in the waning portion of this month's lunar cycle--to release any attachment to making sudden changes in, or reversals of, long held, deeply felt values.In essence, the May 12 lunation served as a warning that a sudden change in values may not serve the overall evolutionary process--which understands that things cannot remain the same forever but also that change must occur slowly because that is how the evolutionary process works. Ergo, we need to release our tendency to decide to suddenly do an about face vis-a-vis our long held traditional values.This becomes even clearer when we remember two things: That Pluto is now transiting through the Uranus-ruled sign of Aquarius, denoting that evolutionary change over the long term is necessary & that it may be led by the eventual progressive empowerment of groups; & that the U.S. is undergoing still its Pluto return which began in February 2022.The Taurus Sun normally does not like change. It likes its creature comforts & finds security in its resources, including land, money, and its physical body & possessions. In short, Taurus is reluctant to change what it deems pleasurable. And what's pleasurable is what Taurus values.However, when the Taurus Sun exact conjoins sudden change maker Uranus on May 17—particularly in stubborn change resistant Taurus—the Uranian principle that the longer change has been resisted the more sudden & shocking it will seem when it inevitably occurs becomes prevalent. In addition, Uranus, which rules Aquarius, tends to bring us sudden—sometimes shocking & often unexpected—revelations with lightning speed that provide us stark clarity. That's why astrologers often refer to Uranus as the “great awakener.”The Sun also represents the leader in mundane astrology. And, what's changing rapidly now is related to his or her personal values, rather than those of the collective (read: the people.) Given that Neptune's now in Aries, we are seeing an awakening, or new birth if you will, of the need for freedom of choice within the greater collective, especially in America.And this has presented us with a dilemma in terms of this nation's long held values around equality & freedom from tyranny. The current U.S. Pluto return, in effect for several years ahead still, denotes that adaptation will be necessary in order to avoid total extinction of the democratic process here.This podcast takes a deep dive into the sudden, recently attempted changes to both the 236 year-old U.S. Constitution & its long held & accepted legal premise around issues such as habeas corpus & the right to due process, the emoluments clause, birthright citizenship, and more. While it's true that the U.S. Constitution is in need of a modern-day upgrade, sudden change is not the way. That's because we don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater in terms of its basic principles such as that “all men are created equal,” and that the U.S. Government is one “of the people, by the people, for the people.”What will be necessary in the years to come, under the tutelage of Pluto in Aquarius, will be an update to the meaning of these words. “All men,” for example should not mean only White male Christian aristocratic landowners or corporate robber barons. It must extend its humanitarian Aquarian nature into a more collectively Neptunian sense that ALL humans deserve equal rights—including minorities, women, immigrants, LGBTQ+, etc.--& that corporations & billionaires must not tyrannically control the masses. These are the immediate issues to ponder as transiting Jupiter in Gemini forms a square to the transiting Virgo South Node & Pisces North Node, which urges us to move away from trying to control every aspect of our environment & toward relaxing into a more empathic, inclusive one. This is especially true right now in terms of Jupiter-related archetypes: law, immigration, higher education, religion, & a free press (read: freedom of speech.) As we move toward the third quarter monthly “crisis in consciousness” lunar square of the Aquarius Moon to the Taurus Sun on May 20, the tension between groups of people and a stubborn pleasure-loving executive may become even more palpable. Perhaps objections by the people to our president accepting a $400 million “palace in the sky” jet from Qatar IS a violation of the American Constitution & a step too far, eh?When the Sun enters Gemini later that day, perhaps there will be an about face, as Gemini can be fickle. And, since America's current president's natal Sun/Uranus conjunction in Gemini has proven to be part of how American policy is decided at this point, a change of mind is always possible. If nothing else, the Gemini archetype is good at both being mentally adaptable as well as adept at making an about face.Next week's Mercury/Uranus conjunction in Taurus may well lead to an unexpected announcement of some kind by May 23, especially since Mercury enters its own sign of Gemini May 25. Perhaps more deals will be made & announced, who knows? We already have a lot of that going on, including the possibility of some kind of move toward a resolution of the war by Russia against Ukraine based on current discussions between the two now.Meanwhile, there's lots to say about Saturn's upcoming entrance into Mars-ruled Aries on November 24, too, so be sure to tune into  https://www.karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking starting today May 16, & catch up on all the latest Astro News You Can Use! See you then! Namaste…

In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with John Purdy, co-founder of Ergo and a seasoned leader who has helped shape the Irish tech landscape over the past three decades. From launching Ergo in 1993 with just a handful of people to scaling it into one of Ireland's top IT services companies, John shares the highs, the hard decisions, and the philosophies that guided him through it all. John shares a rare behind-the-scenes look at how he scaled Ergo without external investment and spun out an eventual unicorn, Fenergo, along the way. He opens up about the emotional and strategic decision to step away as CEO after 28 years, and what he's doing now to give back—both to founders and to causes close to his heart. If you're building a business or figuring out what comes after success, this is the playbook. Show Notes: In this episode, we cover:

Am 22. Mai wäre Jean Tinguely 100 Jahre alt geworden. Zum Jubiläum lässt es das Museum Tinguely in Basel spuken. Moderatorin Nina Mavis Brunner wagt als erste eine Fahrt durch die Kunst-Geisterbahn und begleitet Jean-Marc Gaillard, der Tinguelys Maschinen am Leben hält; für Basel und die ganze Welt. Zum Jubiläumsfest am 22. Mai wartet das Museum Tinguely in Basel mit einer kunstvollen Geisterbahn auf. Im Solitude Park wird die Wiener Prater Geisterbahn aus den 1930er Jahren, die einst auf der Basler Herbstmesse Kult war, zu neuem Leben erweckt. Die britische Künstlerin Rebecca Moss und der Künstler Augustin Rebetez, der in der Westschweiz lebt und arbeitet, gestalten den Innenraum der historischen Bahn komplett neu. Die Kollaboration ist eine Referenz auf die gigantische Installation «Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce», die Tinguely 1977 zusammen mit Bernhard Luginbühl, Daniel Spoerri und Niki de Saint Phalle zur Eröffnung des Centre Pompidou in Paris kreierte. «Kulturplatz»-Moderatorin Nina Mavis Brunner hat sich in die Geisterbahn gewagt. Ebenfalls wird der runde Geburtstag mit diversen Ausstellungen im In- und Ausland gefeiert. Ergo gehen Tinguelys Werke aus Basel auf Reisen. Heikel, denn die Maschinen sind fragil. Trotz Eisen. Jede Bewegung bedeutet: dem Tod ein Stückchen näher. Dass die meisten aber auch heute noch laufen, ist nicht zuletzt Jean-Marc Gaillard zu verdanken, der dem Meister noch fünf Jahre lang vor dessen Tod 1991 persönlich assistierte. Seit 2003 ist Gaillard Konservator am Museum Tinguely, baut mit seinen Kollegen Maschinen des Künstlers weltweit auf und ab und sucht nächtelang im Internet nach Ersatzteilen, um «Jeannots» Werke so originalgetreu wie nur irgend möglich am Leben zu erhalten. Denn wenn das Räderwerk nicht mehr dreht, wird es seiner Seele beraubt.

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It's been just over 20 years since the Battle of Fallujah, a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. But back then, in the wake of 9/11, the battlefield was filled with troops who believed in serving and defending the country against terrorism. “Going to Fallujah was the most horrific experience of our lives,” said Mike Ergo, a team leader for the US Marines Alpha Company, 1st Battalion. “And it was also, for myself, the most alive I've ever felt.”This week on Reveal, we're partnering with the nonprofit newsroom The War Horse to join Ergo's unit as they reunite and try to make sense of what they did and what was done to them. Together, they remember Bradley Faircloth, the 20-year-old lance corporal from their unit who lost his life, and unpack the mental and emotional battles that continue for them today.This episode originally aired in January 2025. Support Reveal's journalism at Revealnews.org/donatenow Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at Revealnews.org/newsletter Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

AVI-SPL, the leading global provider of technology solutions that transform how people and technology connect, has unveiled its new Customer Experience Centre in Tallaght, Dublin. This latest investment reflects AVI-SPL's long-term commitment to Ireland, where over €6.2 million has been invested since entering the Irish market. AVI-SPL is a modern workplace system integration company operating in over 70 offices globally and partnering with 86% of the Fortune 100 listed companies. It offers end-to-end design, deployment, and managed services of AV, UC and collaboration technology across all sectors including finance, professional services, technology and pharmaceutical. AVI-SPL were also behind the installation of the Dublin Portal livestream project in the city centre. The company entered the Irish market in 2022 with the acquisition of Irish-based AV integrator, Sonics AVI and has since tripled its headcount here as it continues to grow. Within Ireland alone, AVI-SPL customers range from local enterprises to global blue-chips with presence in-county, such as LinkedIn and Workhuman. At the launch, Thomas Stone, President of South Dublin Chamber of Commerce said:"I am thrilled a global technology leader like AVI-SPL is staying and continuing to invest in Tallaght. The opening of this world-class Customer Experience Centre today is a powerful endorsement of South Dublin as a dynamic hub for innovation and enterprise. By bringing cutting-edge solutions and expertise, this investment not only elevates our local economy but also creates new opportunities for collaboration and growth across the wider business landscape." Mike Kellaway, Managing Director, UK & Ireland, AVI-SPL said: "Our investment in Ireland reflects the huge potential we see here. The new experience centre allows our teams to deliver best global practices right here in Ireland, offering our clients a hands-on look at the next generation of workplace technology - enabling our clients to reduce complexity and boost collaboration ROI. "Our growth projections reflect the rapidly increasing demand for top-tier office space and reduction in commercial premises vacancies in Ireland. Through our experience with the biggest brands globally, we can accelerate businesses to the next phase of their growth journeys." Colin Barrett, General Manager, AVI-SPL Ireland said: "The opening of our Customer Experience Centre is a milestone event for us in Ireland. Through the centre, we will showcase leading-edge enterprises the workplace technologies as they would be implemented in onsite corporate environments, from boardrooms to multi-purpose collaboration spaces. This is an exciting period for our business with huge growth opportunities, as organisations everywhere navigate the complex nature of hybrid work." To celebrate this milestone, AVI-SPL is hosting two events on 1st May 2025: a grand opening of the Customer Experience Centre in Tallaght and an industry forum event in Dublin City Centre, focused on future-ready workplace strategy with Irish rugby legend, Brian O'Driscoll, Anne Sheehan, Microsoft's EMEA Enterprise Lead, entrepreneur and founder of Ergo, John Purdy, Robin van Meeuwen, Creston EMEA Director and John Murphy, AVI-SPL Global Chief Operations Officer. For more information, please go to https://avispl.com/about-us/locations/dublin/ See more stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follo...

American culture and the 'melting pot' through the eyes of Gene Valentino and his guest Nicole Kiprilov. Both are guests/contributors on Newsmax. An appreciation of America is explored. The Democrat takedown with and through the 'Deep State' has failed. Nicole reveals her insight of the return of America as a Millennial. She explains the 'gaslighting' of America has failed. Ergo, 80-million Americans supported Donald Trump, turning their backs on the leftist ideology. She explains that Pete Hegseth has exposed what's gone wrong at the Pentagon. Whether it's DEI or Transgender initiatives in the Defense Department, she claims Pete Hegseth has exposed blatant hypocrisy. The DOGE initiatives have not even touched the Defense Department yet. They will. Democrats using NGO's to fuel the entry of Democrats into office, was/is a deep state complicit strategy that almost worked. The key question is; will the Republicans organize to the level necessary to stave-off the deep state threat from the left in the future? The bureaucracy that Donald Trump is breaking up IS the 'deep state' that was taking down America. This deep state bureaucracy is failing. Time for Constitutional Amendments to address BAD BEHAVIOR of elected officials and staff. Subscribe & Share with family and friends!Two GOP Strategists & Operatives ~ Nicole Kiprilov Joins Gene Valentinoon the GrassRoots TruthCast with Gene ValentinoORIGINAL MEDIA SOURCE(S):‣ Originally Recorded on April 21, 2025‣ GrassRoots TruthCast: Season 2, Episode 281‣ Image courtesy of: GeneValentino.com➡️ Join the Conversation: https://GeneValentino.com➡️ WMXI Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NewsRadio981➡️ More WMXI Interviews: https://genevalentino.com/wmxi-interviews/➡️ More GrassRoots TruthCast Episodes: https://genevalentino.com/grassroots-truthcast-with-gene-valentino/➡️ More Broadcasts with Gene as the Guest: https://genevalentino.com/america-beyond-the-noise/ ➡️ More About Gene Valentino: https://genevalentino.com/about-gene-valentino/

Motiva breast implants are now available at La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre!San Diego plastic surgeon Dr. Diana Breister explains what makes these breast implants such a game-changer. From the lower risk of capsular contracture and rupture to the cutting-edge science behind their design, there's a lot to love.Curious about the difference between Motiva's SmoothSilk Ergonomix (the “Ergo”) and Round implants? Dr. Breister breaks it down, including how to figure out which one might be the right fit for your body and goals. Schedule a free consultation to see (and feel) the Motiva breast implants yourself.Learn how you can get a $250 rebate on your breast augmentation surgery using Motiva's SmoothSilk Round or Ergonomix implants, now through May 31, 2025.Learn more about breast augmentationLearn from the talented plastic surgeons inside La Jolla Cosmetic, the 20x winner of the Best of San Diego and global winner of the 2020 MyFaceMyBody Best Cosmetic/Plastic Surgery Practice.Join hostess Monique Ramsey as she takes you inside La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre, where dreams become real. Featuring the unique expertise of San Diego's most loved plastic surgeons, this podcast covers the latest trends in aesthetic surgery, including breast augmentation, breast implant removal, tummy tuck, mommy makeover, labiaplasty, facelifts and rhinoplasty.La Jolla Cosmetic is located just off the I-5 San Diego Freeway at 9850 Genesee Ave, Suite 130 in the Ximed building on the Scripps Memorial Hospital campus.To learn more, go to LJCSC.com or follow the team on Instagram @LJCSCWatch the LJCSC Dream Team on YouTube @LaJollaCosmeticThe La Jolla Cosmetic Podcast is a production of The Axis: theaxis.io 

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Tammy's 13‑year‑old was diagnosed with T1D a year ago; she shares her journey from anger to acceptance as her family navigates autoimmune challenges. Tandem Mobi ** Free Juicebox Community (non Facebook) JUICE CRUISE 2025 Blue Circle Health Eversense CGM Learn about the Medtronic Champions Try delicious AG1 - Drink AG1.com/Juicebox Use code JUICEBOX to save 40% at Cozy Earth  CONTOUR NextGen smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app Learn about the Dexcom G6 and G7 CGM Go tubeless with Omnipod 5 or Omnipod DASH * Get your supplies from US MED  or call 888-721-1514 Learn about Touched By Type 1 Take the T1DExchange survey Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today! The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you! *The Pod has an IP28 rating for up to 25 feet for 60 minutes. The Omnipod 5 Controller is not waterproof.  ** t:slim X2 or Tandem Mobi w/ Control-IQ+ technology (7.9 or newer). RX ONLY. Indicated for patients with type 1 diabetes, 2 years and older. BOXED WARNING:Control-IQ+ technology should not be used by people under age 2, or who use less than 5 units of insulin/day, or who weigh less than 20 lbs. Safety info: tandemdiabetes.com/safetyinfo Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.  If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find it!  

Ergo, Ireland's largest indigenous IT solutions provider, has announced the launch of its new Cyber Resilience and Cyber Recovery Service offering to coincide with World Backup Day. Ergo's offering is a robust end-to-end solution designed to safeguard organisations against cyber threats and ensure rapid recovery in the event of a cybersecurity incident. The growth of Ireland's digital economy has created both significant opportunities and challenges for businesses across all sectors. Approximately 41% of goods and services produced in Ireland are now transacted digitally, including both digitally ordered and digitally delivered products. As a result, cyber threats pose serious risks not only to individual businesses but also to the broader economy. Cyber threats are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated, and ransomware attacks globally and in Ireland, are on the rise, with global security spending expected to grow by 12.2% year-on-year in 2025. If an organisation's backup solution is not immutable, it can be entirely compromised by cyber-attack, making an organisation not only vulnerable to losing business critical data but also negatively impacting its bottom line due to unplanned downtime, reputational damage and potential regulatory penalties. Figures from Ireland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) show more than 5,000 cyberattacks were reported by companies in Ireland in 2023 with an unknown quantity of unreported attacks. Regulatory pressure in the form of NIS2, DORA, CER, PART-IS, have also forced organisations across most sectors, to have cyber resilience policies and protections in place. In today's world, businesses must be more resilient and prepared for the potential risks and threats inherent with digital platforms. Ergo's new offering, available in Ireland and Northern Ireland, leverages the latest technologies and best practices to provide an end-to-end approach to cyber resilience, from backup management and rigorous testing to 24/7 monitoring and incident response. In the event of an incident, Ergo's Cyber Resilience and Cyber Recovery Service offering, ensures that businesses can recover efficiently and effectively. Commenting on the launch, Lorne Chedzey, CIO at Ergo said: "With the increasing prevalence of cyber threats, it's no longer a question of if, but when, a business will need to recover from an incident. We've seen an uptick in the number of attacks targeting organisations of all sizes, which show no signs of slowing down, and if we follow the trends, are only going to get worse. "With scores of Irish organisations reporting significant instances of cyberattacks as reported by the NCSC each year, something needs to change. "Our new Cyber Resilience and Cyber Recovery Service Offering is designed to provide peace of mind, ensuring our clients are prepared for whatever comes their way. World Backup Day is a timely reminder of the importance of both data protection and robust cyber resilience." To learn more about Ergo's Cyber Resilience and Cyber Recovery Services, visit https://ergotechnologygroup.com/security/cyber-resilience/ See more stories here.

Die große Schalke-Show für die Ohren hat hohen Besuch. Schalke-Lennart auch bekannt als Schalke-Lennart ist zu Gast. Und das Original macht Original-Lennart-Sachen. Das heißt: freie Schnauze, großes Herz, viele Emotionen und klare Kante. Wir reden über die aktuelle Situation im Verein, über legendäre Begenungen mit Lino Tempelmann und Olaf Thon, durchforsten die Fragen unserer Gäste und kommen doch nicht zum Ende. Ergo: das war der Start in eine schalkeschöne Verbindung. Hört zu, wenn ihr auch Original-Schalker seid. https://www.instagram.com/knappencast/ Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.Gern unterstützen wir dich bei deiner Podcast-Produktion.

Good police work is rarely done from the barrel of a gun - that sort of thing is for emergencies. Ergo, good super hero work follows the same rules. Just because it's possible to use laser vision or throw a car into the sun, that doesn't mean you can really stop crime by doing so. Good super hero work means identifying the crime, gathering evidence, and following the rules. Usually.

The connection between technology and psychology may not be immediately apparent but our instincts when under attack, wherever the threat may come from, are often surprisingly similar. Lorne Chedzey, Chief Information Officer at Ergo, delves into the parallels between technology and psychology. As both a technology specialist and someone who has spent many years studying the human science of psychology, I have witnessed a parallel between how humans behave when facing a psychological threat, and how many CISO's and IT leaders behave when facing the potential threat of a data breach. Information technology is a product of the human mind so perhaps this is not too surprising. However, we can gain some insights from psychology that can be useful, like how the powerful human forces of fear and acceptance can play a key role in our cyber resilience strategy, and what to look out for as common pitfalls in strategic thinking. Many years ago, during my psychology degree, I studied the stress response, writing my thesis around the effectiveness of various coping mechanisms. It's human nature to focus on trying to prevent something unpleasant and the human body has developed a "fight or flight" response to respond to threatening events, which is often the cause for many people to suffer from a chronic stress response as well as anxiety. These symptoms can be incredibly debilitating for some people, and they were born during our evolution where this response, which raises cortisol levels in the bloodstream can lead to action, to flee from the bear chasing us through the woods. In modern times, we still feel the same feelings, but our environment is very different. When we have unpleasant experiences today, we often protect ourselves from these psychologically threatening events with defence mechanisms, such as avoidance. This can sometimes be effective in warding off the initial threat, but by doing so, we are not preparing ourselves for a time when we cannot avoid this situation. When this happens, the situation can cause considerable psychological damage. This coping strategy is only affective when we can control the variables. To draw parallels to the cyber-security realm, IT leaders have built a fortress, of prevention technologies, with firewalls, identity and access management systems, which are all effective at avoiding the threat of a cyber-attack. All of this is needed to protect their organisations valuable data from falling into the wrong hands, which is why it is a wise strategy to pursue. However, this alone is of no use if you do eventually get breached, and you are in a situation where you're facing a threat where you are not in control of the variables, and there is a risk of considerable business and reputational damage, as well as a lot of stress. If someone is struggling with chronic stress because they are finding it difficult to cope with external factors, sometimes it's helpful to understand where the issue is coming from, so that they can identify the root cause and start to do something about it. Often counselling or cognitive behavioural therapy can be useful in this instance. A good therapist will delve deeply into thoughts, and feelings, and how these may result in specific behaviours. This can sometimes provide someone with an "aha" moment, where they can link an external stimulus, to a thought, and then onto a behaviour. This can be effective at changing behaviour and reducing the stress response. From a cyber security perspective, it is the instigation of observability tools to identify and analyse where there may be potential breaches. Using SIEM systems to collect and analyse event logs can detect potential threats that could be a root cause to a possible breach. Utilising vulnerability management systems to identify systems, networks and software that may have holes that need to be plugged. This exploration work is very effective at understanding where the root cause of a breach may occur, and gives an...

Texas A&M students Aspen Burke, Lillian Bravo and Samuel Britton recently spoke with Problem Solved: The IISE Podcast during #AppliedErgo2025 in Orlando, Florida.Learn more about the conference at: iise.org/AEC

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Hello there folks, this is your official notification that the School of Movies Summer Commissions season window is now open. And it's a special case this time around. Originally this run was meant to pay for our second family vacation, the last one being back in 2017. We're going to Italy. But the week after we booked it our landlord of nine years dropped the bomb on us that he needed to renovate our home, so we're out by the end of March with all the moving costs and the sudden spike in rent that this is going to entail. And upon hearing this my computer of nine years decided now was the time to begin a slow collapse. I have been having problems with it for a few years now, but I'm having to replace the whole thing with a brand new workstation that should hopefully last me the best part of a decade. Which means a huge amount of money is to be paid in a very short span of time. Ergo this window wis open for the foreseeable future. I already have four shows lined up from the earliest of Discord community, but I want to leave this open in the hopes of repairing our shattered finances. We're going to be okay, we aren't going to starve and we won't be turfed into the street, but every commission will help us right now. So if you have a suggestion get in touch in the usual ways, email, Patreon message, Discord and I guess Bluesky and whatever fascist-platforming mutant helllbeast Twitter has become this week. Each movie show is a standard of $150 via a single Paypal payment to help us sort and declare everything come tax season, TV and video games cost more, depending on the time and effort required to complete them. I will allow suggestions for anime and comics. Wish us luck as at the time of publication we have less than a month to leave the only place that has ever felt like a real home and as yet we have no house to move to. What I want is stability and for the way to be clear for us to carry on recording School of Movies every week. That's my goal for the year. What really should be the watchword for the 21st Century: Sustainability.

On this remastered episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we talk about playnig D&D martial classes: because sometimes the best strategy is hitting things really, really hard until they stop moving. Are spells overrated? Do you prefer solving problems with the sharp edge of a sword instead of a 10-minute ritual? This week on the RPGBOT.Podcast, we're diving into the world of martial classes in D&D—where the solutions are simple, the damage is high, and the closest thing to spellcasting is yelling really loud. Tune in before the wizards convince you otherwise. If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra Twitter: @RPGBOTDOTNET Facebook: rpgbotbotdotnet Bluesky:rpgbot.bsky.social Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.Games Twitter: @GravenAshes YouTube@ashravenmedia Randall James @JackAmateur Amateurjack.com Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati

There is a popular saying in America that offers succinct insight into our culture. I think it was coined by Gen-X, but I'm not sure. What I do know is that this cliché is unique, because the only way to understand it is by hearing the speaker's tone.The expression is a reply to the American greeting, “How's it going?”, and, at face value, the response, “I'm living the dream,” sounds nice. However, as all native speakers know, this can imply that the person is elated, or absolutely miserable!Which, full circle, is the best example I can think of to illustrate the impossibly inconsistent reality of “life in America.” For some, “life's a dream,” but for others, it's an endless, devastating slog of 40+hour work weeks with little to no time off.I won't bore you with statistics, but suffice it to say it's common knowledge now that Americans, for decades, have been taking less vacations and paid-time off than other first-world countries, even the ones bosses love to stereotype as “worse than us.”Why does this matter? It matters because Americans now use, “I'm too tired from work” as an excuse for everything, even giving up on ourselves and others, and it's harming society. People are now “too tired” to be healthy, spend time with family, keep in touch with friends, and care about their community, and the result? Obesity, crime, suicide, and “low information” rates are skyrocketing “from sea to shining sea.”I started writing about the conspicuous meanings for “I'm living the dream” because it's a “binary term” that exposes our division, but I also think it's important to study because it uses sarcasm, a relatively new, but now stable aspect of American culture. Sarcasm is my favorite rhetorical device—FULL STOP. I'm deeply sarcastic, and it gets me in trouble all the time. For example, I often offend others with “wry jokes” about my son's abduction, and I recently made a sarcastic joke about an item in a stranger's grocery cart that 99% of us would get, but she didn't, and I hurt her feelings.However, the older I get, the more I see the disturbing reason for why and how people like me are so attracted to sarcasm. It's because, sometimes, it's a device we can use to deceive others when we're emotionally broken and can't handle our devastation.Like, I obviously don't find anything funny about what my ex-wife has done with our son and how it's affected him, me, my family, and even my friends, all of whom abruptly lost access to a boy we love and had been investing our hearts into.Ergo, it's probably not funny when someone is asked, “How are you?” and their impulse is to employ a sarcastic comment about The American Dream to mask the fact that they're emotionally broken from their participation in our “work culture.” Which makes sense, since some jobs are degrading and others are meaningless, and in both cases, they embitter the person to the point where they feel like they aren't valuable or valued, both of which create resentment. This is how “classism” works.But there's a third reason many Americans have a sarcastic opinion of our “work culture,” and this is why many of us feel like social order is breaking down. The other reason our working-class has resentment against the system/culture is because many Americans have jobs that are not degrading and do have meaning, but they're forced to do it so much that it bleeds into their “regular life” and this is why we now use the scariest term I've ever heard in my life: “work-life balance.” If you really think about this term, it's psychotic. It implies that we have a life, and then a “non-life” called work. That's deranged, and it ‘promotes' rage and apathy.And before you call me “pink,” I know that “work” and capitalism aren't the problem. People are resentful in socialist and communist countries too. What people resent is feeling like they're not helping the team, or that the team is taking them for granted.Here's my advice (because you shouldn't complain unless you offer a solution):Few, if any of us, can stop corporations from “doing what corporations do,” but all of us can give compassion to people with degrading or meaningless jobs, and we can also show compassion to wealthy people who were bamboozled into trading free time for money. These people might have more than others think they need, but they also suffer as they age and realize that instead of “living,” they worked all the time.The point I'm trying to make, and I think it's consistent, is that with deep, philosophical inquiry, it's possible to understand people who are not like us and whom we will never be like, and with this process comes great peace. No wise person ever said “love everyone,” let alone “like everyone.” What they say, over and over again, is “accept everything,” which includes “bad” systems and “bad” people.I love the environment and so do you! After all, the environment gives us everything we love and need, from the oxygen we breathe, to the junk food we eat, standing over the trashcan at 11pm (Just me?). That's why I think you should listen to my interview with David Auge, a prominent figure in the field of environmental management. David is on a mission to transform the humanities' approach to looking at sustainability issues. He is a Certified Sustainable Development Professional, Energy Manager, Hazardous Material Manager, a registered Professional Engineer. He's also really, really, like super-duper smart. Let's hope osmosis works! Listen here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.substack.com/subscribe

It's been 20 years since the Battle of Fallujah, a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. But back then, in the wake of 9/11, the battlefield was filled with troops who believed in serving and defending the country against terrorism. “Going to Fallujah was the most horrific experience of our lives,” said Mike Ergo, a team leader for the US Marines Alpha Company, 1st Battalion. “And it was also, for myself, the most alive I've ever felt.”This week on Reveal, we're partnering with the nonprofit newsroom The War Horse to join Ergo's unit as they reunite and try to make sense of what they did and what was done to them. Together, they remember Bradley Faircloth, the 20-year-old lance corporal from their unit who lost his life, and unpack the mental and emotional battles that continue for them today. Support Reveal's journalism at Revealnews.org/donatenow Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at Revealnews.org/newsletter Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices