Podcast appearances and mentions of eric hobbs

In this installment of our Safety Perspectives From the Dallas Region podcast series, Frank Davis (shareholder, Dallas) and John Surma (shareholder, Houston) are joined by Milwaukee shareholder Eric Hobbs, who is the chair of the firm's Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group. The speakers discuss the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) continued focus on ergonomics, including in some National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) and as part of the proposed Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA). They also discuss whether OSHA's recent standard interpretation means that certain common treatments may lead to the finding of a recordable restricted duty.

In this podcast recorded at Ogletree Deakins' national Workplace Strategies seminar, Eric Hobbs, who is chair of the firm's Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group and a shareholder in the firm's Milwaukee office, leads a discussion of the latest news from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), including the expanded electronic reporting requirements, new enforcement guidance on heat stress, the latest developments regarding safety in warehousing and fall protection, and the new proposed rule revising the walkaround inspection regulation. Eric is joined by Wayne Pinkstone (shareholder, Philadelphia) and Robert Rodriguez (shareholder, Sacramento), co-chair of the firm's Workplace Violence Prevention Practice Group, to cover what's to come in 2024—OSHA's new standards on infectious diseases and workplace violence. As a bonus, Robert reviews the latest from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA).

Welcome to Chatter with BNC, Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. On today's episode, Ben Kinney speaks with Eric Hobbs, the  President at Technology Associates. They talk about his career journey and how he got to be where he is, what's new in the world of tech, and more.

Welcome to Chatter with BNC, Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. On today's episode, Ben Kinney speaks with Eric Hobbs, the  President at Technology Associates. They talk about his career journey and how he got to be where he is, what's new in the world of tech, and more.

Dr. Dennis Davis and Joe Beachboard interview national workplace safety expert Eric Hobbs about the new OSHA workplace standards. Later, Karen Tynan joins the show to clarify how the rules are different in California. And Dennis and Joe have their final battle over who tells the better wine story.

Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are on location at Solemn Oath’s Still Life in Logan Square. The guys are joined by Eric Hobbs and John Barely to talk about Solemn Oath’s journey over the last 10 years and what the future holds. It was a pleasure catching up with these guys, especially since the last time they talked it was just as Solemn Oath was figuring out how to adjust their business from the effects of Covid-19. Hopefully the future is looking rather bright for the next 10 years.Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 57.6MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

In this episode of Dirty Steel-Toe Boots, host Phillip Russell is joined by Eric Hobbs, the chair of Ogletree Deakins' Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group. Phillip and Eric take a first look at the Supreme Court's decision staying the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) enforcement of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) until the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (and, ultimately, the Supreme Court) has an opportunity to weigh in on the merits. Phillip and Eric explore the implications of the Court's stay on future court decisions, OSHA's potential actions with regard to the ETS and the National Emphasis Program (NEP), and employer's next steps in light of these judicial and agency actions.

In this episode of Dirty Steel Toe Boots, host Phillip Russell is joined by Eric Hobbs, the chair of Ogletree Deakins' Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group for a first look at the emergency temporary standard (ETS) just released by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The speakers discuss what an ETS is under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, what it must contain, and legal arguments and procedures for how it may be challenged. Phillip and Eric also discuss various requirements for employers under the ETS including how it counts the 100+ employee minimum, how it excludes employees who work exclusively outside or remotely, and other key points.

Welcome to Dirty Steel-Toe Boots, a podcast for employers about OSHA enforcement. In this episode, Phillip Russell and Eric Hobbs discuss the structure of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the agency's new leadership, including in Washington, D.C., and the regional and area offices. The speakers emphasize the importance of building relationships with OSHA leadership and area offices and address the impact of the Biden administration's new enforcement priorities.

Dr. Dennis Davis and Joe Beachboard interview national workplace safety expert Eric Hobbs about the new OSHA workplace standards. Later, Karen Tynan joins the show to clarify how the rules are different in California. And Dennis and Joe have their final battle over who tells the better wine story.

Joe and Dennis interview workplace safety expert Eric Hobbs, who previews emergency COVID standards that all employers will soon be required to comply with. And the battle continues between Joe and Dennis over who has the best wine story. The biggest winner though is one member of the audience, who will win the bottle of his or her choice.

Today’s conversation is another one of those times when I feel profoundly grateful that I get to close the loop with someone that takes me back ten years or more—to when a seed got planted, or a relationship got established, and a decade later we’re able to look back and connect the dots on a story that would have been impossible to imagine playing out the way it did. It’s a reminder for me that I get every so often of the importance of doing good, human, connective things with our work even, and maybe especially if, we don’t know how it’s going to effect someone. But if we do get a chance to see the end result—or at least a milestone—it can be incredibly edifying and soul-confirming. That’s not to say that what Rob Brennan of Supermoon Beer Company is doing is the end of anything—in fact, it’s just about to begin. But as you’ll hear in this conversation, so much of the way in which he tells the story of Supermoon involves telling the story of others, and how they were a kind of spiritual journey to where he ended up—even if many of the people in his life suspected it the whole time. Rob’s journey to Supermoon takes place within a community of people that admired him. My own witness to his journey started at a home-brew party threw with some friends. It was a high concept affair that I’ve never really encountered the likes of since. And it showed how much Rob cares about the beer, but also the context and experience of that beer. He came to Good Beer Hunting’s annual camping trip called Olly Olly, which we host with our friends at Camp Wandawega each fall—although certainly not this fall—in which he met the co-founding team from Penrose Brewing, Tom Korder and Eric Hobbs, and so began his inevitable journey into the professional side of brewing. He was a stop of the Joshua-Bernstein-inspired tour we hosted in Chicago called Homebrew-to-Pro, featuring people who had started breweries, or “gone pro” from their home brewing roots - like Jerry Nelson of Une Anne and Gary Gulley of Alarmist Brewing. But after he cycled out of Penrose and moved north to Milwaukee, it started to seem like the vision for starting a brewery that most of us, his friends had, was maybe also cycling out. Maybe that’s just what we wanted for him—but it wasn’t what he wanted. Maybe we were gonna have to let it go and let him live his life. But a couple months ago—something popped up on his Instagram that looked suspiciously like something that might become a brewery after all. And I can tell you that my heart skipped a beat. It’s about a week away from opening. And the beers are fantastic. This is Rob Brennan of Supermoon, listen in. One quick note before we jump in: this is being recorded during the now worst spike of the pandemic—so me and Rob were being extremely cautious—which means we recorded this outside in the cold, so you will hear some background noise here and there—a breeze, some chirpy birds, a contractor hammering down the street and a car or two driving down the alley we were next to. We did our best dear listener, so thanks for your generosity.

Whether it is cells engineered to provide therapeutic benefits or biomanufacturing processes to replace energy-intensive and toxic chemical byproducts of industrial manufacturing, getting the right cell for the job is essential. Berkeley Lights has developed platform technologies that allow researchers to rapidly screen large numbers of cells and analyze them to identify the best cells for their purposes. We spoke to Eric Hobbs, CEO of Berkeley Lights, about the company's platform technology, how it works, and how it can help accelerate the emergence of the new bioeconomy.

chicagobeerpass · Chicago Beer Pass: Eric HobbsWelcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago.On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White have a guest joining them. Eric Hobbs has had an amazing journey here in the Chicagoland craft beer scene, from Goose Island, to opening Penrose and now a member of the Solemn Oath team. Solemn Oath started in Naperville just as the craft beer revolution was getting rolling in Chicagoland and with a terrific brand and tasty beer, they became a celebrated presence on the scene. Eric Hobbs joined the Solemn Oath team a few years ago as the Chief Operations Officer and has helped push the brand forward even more as well as helping to launch their City Water beverage.Brad and Nik have known Hobbs for years so it felt good to have a beer and catch up while we are all sheltered in place.Having issues listening to the audio? Try the MP3 (73.1 MB) or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!

This episode is a two-parter devoted to the intersection of taprooms and retailers as they increasingly find themselves in competition with each other for the limited number of customers and dollars available in their markets for craft beer. There are a number of factors that have made taprooms a newly competitive aspect of the three-tier system—or what’s left of it in some cases. Laws have been changing, the consumer experience is shifting, OG beer bars are feeling the squeeze from every bar and restaurant seemingly carrying craft beer now, and larger trends like at-home consumption, bottle shares, trading circuits, and beer tourism. It’s hard out there for a retailer right now, and it’s kind of becoming taprooms versus everybody. The purpose of this two-part series was to dig into that tension and determine if there’s a concrete principle at play, or if, like most things in craft beer, it’s more of a loose relationship-based thing where some competition is welcome, and some isn’t. Most of all: how are we going to be thinking about all this in the future? Because I think we can all agree that competition that works in the drinker’s favor is generally a good thing, but if we start losing great bars in the process, then maybe we’re not all getting what we want in the end. Solemn Oath Brewery in Naperville, Illinois is the catalyst behind these episodes. As a small production brewery making right about 8,000 barrels, with an expanded taproom and a new one opening in the city of Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, they were starting to feel the pushback from some key retail accounts who see them as competition. So they took the bold step of reaching out, inviting those accounts to brew a beer called Taproom Exclusive, and serving it anywhere but. They asked us to come along and lead a discussion around how we can maybe sort all this out productively and gain some perspective. Bavarian Lodge and Hopleaf joined in—both accounts that have carried Solemn Oath over the years, but who have been vocal about how they don’t like where things are heading. Kudos to everyone for being willing to come the the table—both figuratively and quite literally—over a beer and dig into the issue. This episode is recorded at the Hopleaf, and I’m joined by: Michael Roper, proprietor of Hopleaf Peter Rock-Tiernes of Middlebrow, who just owned a taproom in Logan Square Jay Jankowski of Maproom, just down the street from Middlebrow and Solmenn Oath’s future second taproom Eric Hobbs, sales director at Solemn Oath This is Taprooms Vs. Everybody, Pt. 1. Listen in.

Luckily, for the majority of us, there are very few jobs that carry with it an assumption of who you are. Values, ethics, personality type, all there wrapped up neatly with your job title. Can you imagine if every time you mentioned what you did for a living people made an immediate judgement about you? Not too fun. Today’s guest, Eric Hobbs, carries around one such title with him. Eric is a lawyer, and he is well aware of the snap judgements people like us make about “people like him”. In Eric’s email to me detailing what he does for a living he even went so far as to say “Wait! Wait! Hear me out; yes, lawyers kind of suck (I’ll be the first to admit that), but I’m not one of those sucky lawyers”. First of all, that is really funny and shows what an honest and humorous perspective Eric has. Second, what is this non-sucky type of lawyer that Eric is referring to? Why a corporate lawyer that is, working for a company that makes outdoor recreation equipment, a huge passion of Eric’s. He’ll tell us all about what it is like to work in an industry that is related to your hobby, and what sorts of crazy things people try to sue his company for.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American transcendentalist, has an interesting way of describing what progress looks like — he paints a picture of a boat, tacking back and forth with the wind, as it makes its way across the ocean. From a distance, it appears to go in a straight arching line towards its pre-determined destination. But of course, up close, it’s a thousand little zigs and zags, working with the momentum of the wind in order to propel itself forward. The final destination may be determined — but it’s place on the horizon is only ever approximate until those final moments when it comes closer and closer upon hitting the far shore.  For me, this is the metaphor of the emergent business strategy. And for today’s small brewers, it represents a way to plot a vision for the future, while also admitting that the prevailing winds of change will be something you have to grapple with, as elegantly as possible, on your way across the sea.  And he summarizes all this, all these little decisions that composite big decisions by saying,  “The force of character is cumulative.” Today’s guests are a pair that have done a good job of doing just that. Eric Hobbs and Tom Korder of Penrose Brewing Company in Geneva, Illinois, about an hour west of the city of Chicago along the metro train line, set out on the Belgian-inspired journey that began in their days together at Anheuser-Busch and Goose Island, and went forward into a future all their own.  They learned some lessons early on that they adapted to quickly and with grace. Such as hitting the market early with a Belgian single and hearing “where’s your IPA” a hundred times a week. And running a bottling line for the first time, and having some yeast management issues. And hosting bottle releases for their sours, and realizing just how intense that kind of crowd can be when they don’t get what they want, how they want it.  Through all of this — these two have tacked back and forth on their way to the brewery they always imagined. And in my opinion, they’re loosening up the sails, and picking up speed. 

Special Guests: Tom Korder and Eric Hobbs from Penrose Brewing.

Special Guests: Tom Korder and Eric Hobbs from Penrose Brewing.

Special Guests: Tom Korder and Eric Hobbs from Penrose Brewing Company.

Special Guests: Tom Korder and Eric Hobbs from Penrose Brewing Company.