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主播： 梅莉（法国）+Selah（美国） 音乐：boundaries网上有很多关于不同国家工作文化的梗。“法国人天天放假！美国人没有生活！”等等。比如，有一个很经典的美国网友自嘲：“I have surgery (手术) at 4 p.m., but I can still join the 5 p.m. meeting. I'll just stay muted (只能全程静音) because the anesthesia might not have worn off yet (可能还没从麻醉里完全醒过来).”欧洲网友这边画风是这样的：“Sorry, I can't work this week. It's my local cheese maker's anniversary (我家附近的奶酪工坊周年庆).”还有一种大家很熟悉的对比：American: “I broke my leg, but I can still answer emails.”European: “It's sunny today. I'll reply next week.”虽然这些都是网络梗(memes)，而且明显经过了夸张处理，但有意思的是，很多人看到以后都会觉得：“Wait… that actually sounds kind of true.”为什么这些刻板印象会让人觉得“好像还挺真实”？01. Live to Work or Work to Live? 为了工作而生活，还是工作为了生活？在网络上，美国人经常被描述成：Live to work (为了工作而生活)而欧洲人则被描述成：Work to live (工作是为了生活)。简单来说，前者强调工作在生活中的重要地位，而后者则更强调 (emphasize)：工作只是生活的一部分，而不是生活的全部。有人会发帖说自己“I answered emails from my hospital bed (躺在病床上还在回邮件)”，或者“I haven't taken a real vacation in three years（已经三年没有真正休过假了）”。这些话当然都是exaggerated(夸张的)，但它们之所以好笑，就是因为很多人觉得自己多少能relate to them(产生共鸣)。法国人其实也一样喜欢拿自己的工作文化开玩笑。比如一个很经典的说法：“August? Nobody's working.”“八月？没人上班。”虽然有夸张成分，但背后确实反映了一种法国的vacation culture (休假文化)——尤其到了夏天，很多公司和员工都会明显放慢工作节奏 (pace)。所以，“美国人拼命工作、法国人天天放假”当然不能当成事实。但这些internet stereotypes (网络刻板印象) 为什么会流行，本身就很值得聊。因为它们背后，确实存在一些不同的work culture (职场文化)。而接下来，我们就来看看：这些网络梗到底有多少是真的。02. Taking Vacation Without Feeling Guilty 不带愧疚感地休年假梅莉搬回法国之后，有一件事情让她印象特别深：People actually use their vacation days (大家真的会把年假休掉)，而且更重要的是：without feeling guilty (不会因此感到内疚)。在法国，很多人会把自己的年假全部休完，而且不会觉得“是不是我休太多了”“别人会不会觉得我不够努力”。相比之下，在一些美国职场中，情况可能不太一样。People have vacation days, but sometimes they feel guilty taking them (很多人也有年假，但休假的时候有时会感到内疚), or they worry they'll fall behind (或者担心自己会落后于工作进度).这时候还有一个非常实用的英语表达：To unplug (彻底从工作状态中抽离出来).这里的unplug当然不只是“拔掉插头”，而是指暂时和工作断开联系，让自己真正休息。所以，如果你说：I really need to unplug.意思就是：我真的需要暂时把工作放到一边，让自己的大脑休息一下。它和单纯的put your phone away(把手机放到一边)还不太一样。To unplug means stepping away from work completely (彻底离开工作状态).You actually disconnect from work (真正和工作断开联系).我们当然都需要努力工作，但我们也需要偶尔“unplug (彻底放松)”一下。因为rest isn't a reward (休息不是一种奖励)，它本身就是生活的一部分。而所谓的work-life balance (工作与生活的平衡)，也许就是知道什么时候应该认真工作，什么时候应该允许自己停下来。03. Is America Really That Extreme? 美国真的有那么“卷”吗？说到这里，可能有人会问：网上这些美国人的工作梗，真的都是真的吗？其实，the internet exaggerates things a little (网络上的说法确实有一些夸张)。美国的工作文化并不是所有公司、所有行业都一样。It really depends on the company and the industry (这真的取决于公司和行业).有些工作确实非常忙，员工可能需要经常加班、回复邮件；但也有一些公司非常强调：Leave work at work (把工作留在工作场所).下班之后，就是自己的时间。Younger generations in America care much more about work-life balance (美国年轻一代更加重视工作与生活的平衡) than people did twenty or thirty years ago .所以，与其说“美国人都在拼命工作”，不如说美国不同的职场之间存在非常大的差异。同样的道理，也不能简单地认为“法国人都不爱工作”。梅莉分享说：“I have American friends who have amazing work-life balance, and I also know French people who work incredibly hard (我有一些美国朋友拥有非常好的工作生活平衡，但我也认识一些工作非常努力的法国人).”所以：It's not about which country is better (这并不是哪个国家更好).Every person is different (每个人都不一样).这些都是stereotypes(刻板印象)，即使它们有时候真的很好笑，也不能把它们当成对一个国家所有人的准确描述。毕竟，网上那个“美国人断了腿还在回邮件、法国人看到太阳就不上班”的世界，更多是一个internet joke(网络玩笑)。04. Email Culture 邮件文化：什么时候该回复？如果说工作文化中有什么特别容易体现差异，那就是email culture(邮件文化)。在法国，If someone emails me on Friday evening, I usually don't expect an answer until Monday (通常不会期待你马上回复).也就是说，周末默认是休息时间。而在美国，情况就更加复杂一些。It really depends on the company and the industry (这取决于公司和行业)。有些公司同样不会要求员工周末回复，但在另一些公司，人们可能会觉得自己需要reply quickly(尽快回复)，甚至在晚上或周末也一样。不过，现在越来越多的公司开始强调healthy boundaries(健康的工作边界)——下班之后，工作和私人生活应该有一个清晰的界限。尤其是到了假期，很多人都会设置automatic reply(自动回复)：“I'm on vacation.” “我正在休假。”而且通常没有人会觉得这有什么奇怪。既然你在休假，就意味着你暂时不需要处理工作。美国当然也有很多人会使用automatic replies（自动回复），但有时候，即使已经设置了自动回复，还是会忍不住打开邮箱：“Just in case.”（以防万一。）这其实就是很多人的真实状态：人已经离开办公室了，但脑子还没有真正unplug(从工作中抽离出来)。所以，真正的休假可能不仅仅是“不回复邮件”，还包括不要一直想着：“What if there's something important?”（万一有什么重要的事情呢？）而这也正是为什么现在越来越多人开始讨论work-life balance(工作与生活的平衡)——休息的时候，就真的允许自己休息。05. Lunch Is Different Too 午饭时间，也能看出工作文化的差异除了邮件，还有一个很日常的差异：lunch(午饭)。在法国，午饭往往不只是“赶紧吃两口，然后继续工作”。People actually sit down, talk, and eat together(大家会真正坐下来，一边聊天一边吃饭).有时候一顿午饭甚至会持续一个多小时。这种sit-down lunch(坐下来好好吃饭)，其实也是法国人工作文化的一部分。而在美国，lunch通常会短很多。Lunch in America is usually much shorter.很多人可能只有很短的午休时间，甚至会eat while working (一边工作一边吃饭)，一边吃饭一边answer emails (回复邮件)或者finish projects(完成工作项目)。当然，not everyone does this (并不是每个人都这样)，不同公司和行业之间也有很大区别。所以，有时候一个国家的work culture(工作文化)，其实就藏在这些非常小的日常习惯里。06. Young People Are Changing 年轻人正在改变工作文化不过，比“美国人更拼、法国人更会休息”更有意思的是：年轻人正在改变这种工作文化。现在，越来越多的年轻人开始问一个问题：How much should work define our lives?工作，到底应该占据我们人生的多少？在美国，这种讨论尤其明显。我们经常会听到一些和职场有关的新词，比如：burnout(职业倦怠)、boundaries(工作边界)，以及quiet quitting(“安静离职”，指只完成工作职责、不再额外付出)。当然，quiet quitting并不是真的“辞职”，而是说：我会把自己的工作做好，但不会让工作无限占据我的私人时间。很多年轻人并不是不想努力。They just want success without sacrificing their health, family, or personal life.他们依然希望获得成功，但不想为了成功牺牲自己的健康、家庭和个人生活。而有意思的是，这种想法并不只出现在美国。法国一直都非常重视work-life balance(工作与生活的平衡)，而现在，越来越多的美国年轻人也开始认真思考这个问题。也许两种文化其实都可以互相学习：Hard work is important, but so is rest.努力工作很重要，但好好休息同样重要。真正重要的，可能不是“法国人应该像美国人一样努力”，或者“美国人应该像法国人一样休息”，而是找到适合自己的work-life balance。毕竟，工作是生活的一部分。It shouldn't have to become your whole life.Work hard, but don't forget to live.努力工作，但也别忘了生活。那么，你怎么看待美国和法国不同的work culture(工作文化)？欢迎在评论区告诉我们你的想法！

At EUVC Summit 2025, Marius Istrate didn't come to pitch a fund or debate capital structures.He came to talk about something harder to define—but more urgent than ever: inspirational European leadership.And it wasn't all comfortable.“It's great to win together with others. But we should be capable of winning alone if needed.”Marius spoke as someone who's helped shape ecosystems from the ground up. As the leader of Romania's largest angel group, he's seen firsthand what local ambition looks like—and what it lacks.“I don't want to be the VC who accidentally becomes a politician because no one else stepped up.”But leadership, he argued, isn't about power. It's about clarity, empathy, and ownership.“If you pinned every place in Europe that calls itself the ‘Silicon Valley of Europe,' the map would collapse.”The obsession with copying Silicon Valley is a distraction. What Europe needs isn't mimicry—it's confidence in its own identity. And that means policies, capital structures, and culture that reflect our values, not someone else's blueprint.One of the most poignant parts of Marius' talk centered on something distinctly European:“It's not fair that I should work more than my parents. It's not fair that my retirement is uncertain.”That sense of fairness—a shared European moral compass—isn't a bug. It's a feature.And it can inform the kind of political and ecosystem leadership we need now.“People don't want perfection. They want dignity. And when possible, empathy.”In a time of rising populism and political gridlock, this felt like a quiet manifesto for something different.“It shouldn't be our job to inspire people—because our political leaders should already be doing that.”Marius wasn't calling for VCs to become politicians. He was calling for a renaissance of purpose in Europe. For a generation of builders, thinkers, and yes, investors, to step up and fill the vacuum—not with slogans, but with systems, strategy, and soul.“Give us something to hope for—something we can call our own.”This wasn't a policy talk. It was a wake-up call.And in classic EUVC fashion, it ended with an open invitation: Let's talk more. Let's build better. Let's define what European leadership really means—together.From VC to VisionSilicon Valley of Europe? Please.Fairness, Dignity, EmpathyA Call to Build What's Ours

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In this episode of Changing Channels, host Larry Walsh speaks with Alessandro (Alex) Cattani, CEO of Esprinet Group, about the unique dynamics of working within the IT channel and distribution landscape across Europe. Unlike the United States, the European market is complex, shaped by distinct local economies, languages, and regulations across different countries. Cattani shares insights into how these regional distinctions require a highly localized approach, making distribution essential for navigating each country's specific business climate. The conversation explores the evolving state of distribution in Europe, highlighting the digital transformation reshaping distribution and the ongoing consolidation trend. As Cattani notes, while American distributors and global firms expand their footprint, smaller, regionally-focused distributors still play a critical role in servicing localized needs. This episode is an essential listen for anyone looking to understand the nuances of the European IT channel and how distribution strategies differ significantly from the American model. Tune in for expert insights on adapting to Europe's fragmented market and the critical role that nimble, localized distribution partners play in supporting vendors' success. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more episodes of Changing Channels. Follow us, Like us, and Subscribe! • Channelnomics: https://channelnomics.com/ • LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2NC6Vli • X (formerly Twitter):   / channelnomics   About Larry Walsh: • LinkedIn:   / lmwalsh2112   • X (formerly Twitter):   / lmwalsh_cn   • Bio: https://channelnomics.com/team/larry-... About Alessandro Cattani • LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/acattani/ Changing Channels is a production of Channelnomics, a brand of 2112 Enterprises LLC Follow @Channelnomics to stay current on the latest #research, #bestpractices, and #resources. At @Channelnomics — the voice of thought leadership — we define #channel trends, chart new #GTM strategies, and #partner with industry leaders to champion #diversity in the channel.  © 2112 Enterprises LLC

The episode begins by discussing the revised U.S. job growth data, revealing a loss of 818,000 jobs as remote work declines but stabilizes above pre-pandemic levels. Despite the challenges highlighted by the data, the Biden administration remains focused on ongoing job recovery efforts.The episode delves into the evolving landscape of remote work, with a decline in job listings offering remote or hybrid work compared to the hiring frenzy peak in 2022. The shift towards remote work stabilization at a new normal is evident, with remote workers showing higher satisfaction and engagement levels compared to those required to return to the office. Tech companies are adjusting their return-to-office policies, with a majority now offering flexible working arrangements and adopting hybrid work models.The discussion then shifts to the significant impact of AI on the technology job market, with predictions that over 92% of technology jobs will be transformed by AI. The need for AI-related skills such as AI ethics and machine learning is emphasized, highlighting the importance of ongoing training and upskilling in the workforce. European IT professionals express uncertainty about detecting AI misinformation, underscoring the challenges and opportunities presented by AI adoption.The episode concludes by addressing the complexities of supply chain management, particularly in the context of the pandemic-induced bullwhip effect causing inventory swings. Companies are still adjusting to new demand levels, with challenges in maintaining supply chain equilibrium. The importance of understanding the supply chain dynamics, both in business operations and IT infrastructure, is highlighted as a critical factor for organizational success in navigating economic uncertainties and technological advancements. Three things to know today00:00 Revised U.S. Job Growth Data Shows Loss of 818,000 Jobs, as Remote Work Declines but Stabilizes Above Pre-Pandemic Levels05:21 Small Businesses Optimistic About 2024 Despite Slower MSP Revenue Growth, Eyeing AI Investments07:40 Post-Pandemic Supply Chain Woes: Bullwhip Effect Drives Inventory Swings, Companies Seek Stability  Supported by: https://timezest.com/mspradio/https://www.huntress.com/mspradio/    All our Sponsors: https://businessof.tech/sponsors/ Do you want the show on your podcast app or the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech: https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe/Looking for a link from the stories? The entire script of the show, with links to articles, are posted in each story on https://www.businessof.tech/ Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mspradio/ Want our stuff? Cool Merch? Wear “Why Do We Care?” - Visit https://mspradio.myspreadshop.com Follow us on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079/YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradio/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradio/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftechBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessoftech.bsky.social

Huub J.M. Rutten is the VP of Research and co-founder of Sopheon. Throughout his 20 years of experience in linguistics, communication, and innovation management, he has helped manufacturing, insurance, banking, aerospace, chemical, and healthcare businesses modernize their innovation management methodologies and software. Before joining Sopheon, Huub spent 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills at various Institutions of higher education and universities in the Netherlands. In addition to his work at Sopheon, he currently serves as an adjunct professor at the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), where he teaches European IT politics and strategies.   Today, Huub is back on the podcast to discuss portfolios and how companies can operate in an uncertain business climate and still see success. Huub shares how he was inspired by a quote from the leader of the German Chemical Association about sprint portfolios and marathon portfolios. He offers his thoughts on how leaders can balance the needs of the company in both the short term and the long term. We deliberate on how global events like war affect the supply chain and recommend steps businesses can take to be prepared for those dramatic moments. Huub also explains how data can help you and your team speak the same language.   “The infrastructure that you need as a company should be based on being prepared for the dramatic moment.” - Huub Rutten   This week on Innovation Talks:   ●     How to create a balanced portfolio even in difficult financial times ●     How to plan for both short-term and long-term success ●     Why it's necessary to have both a sprint and marathon portfolio ●     Possible disruptions in the chemical industry ●     The factors that affect supply chain issues ●     The importance of good governance ●     How data organization helps with long-term success   Resources Mentioned:   ●     Ansoff Matrixes (https://www.sopheon.com/products/acclaimideas/insights/innovation-management)   Connect with Huub Rutten:   ●     Huub Rutten Website (https://www.huubrutten.com/) ●     Huub Rutten on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/huub-rutten-9958136/?originalSubdomain=nl)   This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon   Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-talks/id1555857396) | TuneIn (https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/Innovation-Talks-p1412337/) | GooglePlay (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbm5vdmF0aW9udGFsa3MubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M%3D) | Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=614195) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1dX5b8tWI29YbgeMwZF5Uh) | iHeart (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-innovation-talks-82985745/)   Be sure to connect with us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SopheonCorp/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/sopheon) , and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sopheon/) , and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners like you.   For additional information about new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter, where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com (https://www.sopheon.com/) and click here (https://info.sopheon.com/subscribe) .

Huub J.M. Rutten is the co-founder and Vice President of Research at Sopheon. He has over 20 years of experience in linguistics, communication, and innovation management. He spent 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills at universities in the Netherlands before moving into strategy development consulting and business process reengineering in various industries. Rutten is also an adjunct professor at the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), where he teaches European IT politics and strategies. His current focus is on modernizing innovation management methodologies and software, working closely with manufacturing and chemical companies. He is passionate about sustainability and digitization and the ways they intersect.   Today, Huub joins me to discuss data quality, why it's vital to the success of an organization, and why so many organizations fail to make it a priority. He shows us why data quality isn't just an IT issue but a leadership issue that requires a shift in company culture. He emphasizes the importance of data quality during a crisis and explains how good data quality can help leaders make quick decisions to keep the company operational and financially stable. He highlights the commonly held belief that data quality is a burden and stresses how essential it is to the smooth functioning of the company. Huub also underscores the need for an internal governance process and elaborates on the role of the CEO in decision-making.   “As long as companies see innovation management and innovation management systems as something that is marginal and not critical to their survival, the quality will not be top.” - Huub Rutten   This week on Innovation Talks:   ●     Why data quality isn't just an IT issue ●     Why companies often overlook data quality ●     Why data quality is more important than ever ●     How data can help you make quick decisions ●     The key aspect of data quality ●     How a lack of data can hurt you in a crisis ●     Why companies choose to focus on product innovation instead of plant utilization ●     Why you need both project and product portfolios to make the best decisions ●     Why data on product complexity, cost, and availability is necessary for decision-making ●     How an innovation council can help during a crisis   Connect with Huub Rutten:   ●     Huub Rutten Website (https://www.huubrutten.com/) ●     Huub Rutten on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/huub-rutten-9958136/?originalSubdomain=nl)   This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon   Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-talks/id1555857396) | TuneIn (https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/Innovation-Talks-p1412337/) | GooglePlay (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbm5vdmF0aW9udGFsa3MubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M%3D) | Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=614195) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1dX5b8tWI29YbgeMwZF5Uh) | iHeart (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-innovation-talks-82985745/)   Be sure to connect with us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SopheonCorp/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/sopheon) , and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sopheon/) , and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners like you.   For additional information about new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter, where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com (https://www.sopheon.com/) and click here (https://info.sopheon.com/subscribe) .

Huub J.M. Rutten is the VP of Research and co-founder of Sopheon. Throughout his 20 years of experience in linguistics, communication, and innovation management, he has helped manufacturing, insurance, banking, aerospace, chemical, and healthcare businesses modernize their innovation management methodologies and software. Before joining Sopheon, Huub spent 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills at various Institutions of higher education and universities in the Netherlands. In addition to his work at Sopheon, he currently serves as an adjunct professor at the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), where he teaches European IT politics and strategies.   Today, Huub is back on the podcast to discuss portfolios and how companies can operate in an uncertain business climate and still see success. Huub shares how he was inspired by a quote from the leader of the German Chemical Association about sprint portfolios and marathon portfolios. He offers his thoughts on how leaders can balance the needs of the company in both the short term and the long term. We deliberate on how global events like war affect the supply chain and recommend steps businesses can take to be prepared for those dramatic moments. Huub also explains how data can help you and your team speak the same language.   “The infrastructure that you need as a company should be based on being prepared for the dramatic moment.” - Huub Rutten   This week on Innovation Talks:   ●     How to create a balanced portfolio even in difficult financial times ●     How to plan for both short-term and long-term success ●     Why it's necessary to have both a sprint and marathon portfolio ●     Possible disruptions in the chemical industry ●     The factors that affect supply chain issues ●     The importance of good governance ●     How data organization helps with long-term success   Resources Mentioned:   ●     Ansoff Matrixes (https://www.sopheon.com/products/acclaimideas/insights/innovation-management)   Connect with Huub Rutten:   ●     Huub Rutten Website (https://www.huubrutten.com/) ●     Huub Rutten on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/huub-rutten-9958136/?originalSubdomain=nl)   This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon   Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-talks/id1555857396) | TuneIn (https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/Innovation-Talks-p1412337/) | GooglePlay (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbm5vdmF0aW9udGFsa3MubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M%3D) | Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=614195) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1dX5b8tWI29YbgeMwZF5Uh) | iHeart (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-innovation-talks-82985745/)   Be sure to connect with us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SopheonCorp/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/sopheon) , and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sopheon/) , and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners like you.   For additional information about new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter, where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com (https://www.sopheon.com/) and click here (https://info.sopheon.com/subscribe) .

Jon Freeman's diverse background includes studying psychology, philosophy and human sciences, becoming European IT director for a multinational company, and a business consultancy career. In parallel he has spent 40 years in personal development and as an intuition skills trainer. He is well known as a leading practitioner, theoretician and master trainer in Spiral Dynamics and is author of the ground-breaking books The Science of Possibility and Reinventing Capitalism. Previously a founder director of the UK chapter of Conscious Capitalism, he is a director of the leading-edge consultancy Future Considerations, a spiritual intelligence coach and an organizational development consultant. He is Chair of Trustees for a charity, officially rated “outstanding” in care and education of young people with special needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Huub J.M. Rutten is the VP of Research and co-founder of Sopheon. Throughout his 20 years of experience in linguistics, communication, and innovation management, he has helped manufacturing, insurance, banking, aerospace, chemical, and healthcare businesses modernize their innovation management methodologies and software. Before joining Sopheon, Huub spent 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills at various Institutions of higher education and universities in the Netherlands. In addition to his work at Sopheon, he currently serves as an adjunct professor at the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), where he teaches European IT politics and strategies.  Today, Huub is back on the podcast to discuss portfolios and how companies can operate in an uncertain business climate and still see success. Huub shares how he was inspired by a quote from the leader of the German Chemical Association about sprint portfolios and marathon portfolios. He offers his thoughts on how leaders can balance the needs of the company in both the short term and the long term. We deliberate on how global events like war affect the supply chain and recommend steps businesses can take to be prepared for those dramatic moments. Huub also explains how data can help you and your team speak the same language.  “The infrastructure that you need as a company should be based on being prepared for the dramatic moment.” - Huub Rutten This week on Innovation Talks: ●     How to create a balanced portfolio even in difficult financial times ●     How to plan for both short-term and long-term success ●     Why it's necessary to have both a sprint and marathon portfolio ●     Possible disruptions in the chemical industry●     The factors that affect supply chain issues ●     The importance of good governance ●     How data organization helps with long-term success Resources Mentioned: ●     Ansoff Matrixes Connect with Huub Rutten: ●     Huub Rutten Website●     Huub Rutten on LinkedIn This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | iHeart Be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners like you. For additional information about new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter, where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com and click here.

Huub J.M. Rutten is the co-founder and Vice President of Research at Sopheon. He has over 20 years of experience in linguistics, communication, and innovation management. He spent 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills at universities in the Netherlands before moving into strategy development consulting and business process reengineering in various industries. Rutten is also an adjunct professor at the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), where he teaches European IT politics and strategies. His current focus is on modernizing innovation management methodologies and software, working closely with manufacturing and chemical companies. He is passionate about sustainability and digitization and the ways they intersect. Today, Huub joins me to discuss data quality, why it's vital to the success of an organization, and why so many organizations fail to make it a priority. He shows us why data quality isn't just an IT issue but a leadership issue that requires a shift in company culture. He emphasizes the importance of data quality during a crisis and explains how good data quality can help leaders make quick decisions to keep the company operational and financially stable. He highlights the commonly held belief that data quality is a burden and stresses how essential it is to the smooth functioning of the company. Huub also underscores the need for an internal governance process and elaborates on the role of the CEO in decision-making. “As long as companies see innovation management and innovation management systems as something that is marginal and not critical to their survival, the quality will not be top.” - Huub Rutten This week on Innovation Talks: ●     Why data quality isn't just an IT issue●     Why companies often overlook data quality●     Why data quality is more important than ever●     How data can help you make quick decisions●     The key aspect of data quality●     How a lack of data can hurt you in a crisis●     Why companies choose to focus on product innovation instead of plant utilization●     Why you need both project and product portfolios to make the best decisions●     Why data on product complexity, cost, and availability is necessary for decision-making●     How an innovation council can help during a crisis Connect with Huub Rutten: ●     Huub Rutten Website●     Huub Rutten on LinkedIn This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | iHeart Be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners like you. For additional information about new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter, where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com and click here.

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that gives B2C brands around the world the power to maximize eCommerce revenue the lean way. My guest is Greg Blazewicz, CEO of SALESmanago. Leave a comment or a question for Greg or Ton. Greg has over 20 years of experience in digital marketing. He holds two MA degrees: one in British Literature and Linguistics second in Business Management. His career started in marketing agencies in New York and London. For 6 years, held the position of Marketing Director at Comarch – one of the largest European IT solutions providers. In 2006, he was nominated as CEO of Interia, one of the largest horizontal internet portals in Europe listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, employing over 250 people. Greg is the author of the widely popular book “Marketing Automation Revolution”. He is also a lecturer at Universities, helping other technology startups. In 2008, he started as an entrepreneur creating software for marketing teams which led to founding SALESmanago Marketing Automation in 2011. Their mission: To enable every eCommerce team to be lean yet pragmatic and powerful and become the CEO's trusted revenue partner. This inspired me, and hence I invited Greg to my podcast. We explore how Greg took his business to €22 million ARR in a completely bootstrapped way. He shares his big lessons learned to build a business with staying power, how to find your own way of doing it, and why you shouldn't blindly follow the advice and rules of people outside your company.  Here's a quote from him: The early kind of growth was really about having complete freedom to experiment. And I think a team that is actually really open for change for experimentation for failures is not an obvious thing. People that were committing their lives. When you see a startup, you would have two, three, or at max five founders who work like crazy. I'd say, today we are almost 400 people in the business, and 30% of them work like founders. During this interview, you will learn four things: Why the essence of your SaaS product is not its features but the transformation it lets your users make How going into countries no one considers can build you an interesting competitive position How to create an organization where +30% of your employees showcase the determination of a founder How to arrive at a position where you can start funding from a position of strength (not desperation) For more information about the guest from this week: Greg Blazewicz Website SALESmanago Leave a comment or a question for Greg or Ton. Subscribe to the Daily Value Inspiration Get my free, 2 min daily reflection on shaping a B2B SaaS business no one can ignore. Subscribe here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At this episode's release, Coronavirus-related shutdowns and stay-at-home orders are still in full effect all over the world. Even with some places opening up slowly, the impact of Covid-19 on business and finance will be wide reaching. This impact will differ slightly based on location, and this episode is all about Europe. Our guest is Vladimir Atanassov, the Sales and Alliances Manager for Scalefocus. Scalefocus is a European IT solutions delivery center with expertise in telco, banking, finance, insurance, healthcare, logistics government, and education. Vladi has 18 years of experience in the IT industry including Financial Services, Banks, Microfinance, OEM, Distribution and Consumer channels so he’s truly plugged into these industries in Europe. Listen in as he breaks the post-Covid-19 state of finance, banking, and tech in Europe down. Find show notes and more at: https://www.soarpay.com/podcast/

In this episode of IDC TechTalk, Philip Carter and Thomas Meyer sit down with Miles Dawson to share some key highlights from IDC's European FutureScape 2020 Predictions. Discover the major tech and industry trends and what we think will shape the market going forward. Watch the full Webinar here - www.idc.com/eu/predictions The key drivers for the European IT industry are presented in full in the following report: https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=EUR144691319

In this episode of IT Leadership Insights, Michał Grela speaks to Tom Quigley about international associations which can be helpful in accessing European IT talent. Tom talks about what organisations are available to IT leaders and explains the role these organisations play in connecting buyers with local vendors. Tom provides more detail of how the Global Sourcing Association and the Emerging Europe Alliance can help clients, and shares some success stories of how these organisations facilitated access to local IT market.

Quentyn Taylor from canon joined us to chat about Reducing the digital skills gap in Africa; Stanfford Masie also joins us to discuss how artificial intelligence can increase job creation.Plugging the gap – how businesses can resolve Europe's digital skills shortage Digital transformation is revolutionizing the European workplace, with its ability to streamline processes, reduce expenditure and enhance the service offering. Rapidly advancing digital technologies are already being used in hundreds of sectors, including farming, healthcare, transport, education, retail, home automation and logistics. The demand for information and communications technology specialists is growing fast – so much so that according to the European Commission, 9 out of 10 jobs in the future will require digital skills.At the same time though, 169 million Europeans between 16 and 74 years – 44% – do not have basic digital skills. This means that the benefits that digitization can drive are quite literally under threat as Europe is failing to produce enough IT graduates. What's worse is that as the pace of technological development snowballs, this gulf is widening. The prospect of 500,000 unfilled jobs in the European IT sector by 2020 is very real and looming. Businesses cannot expect governments to tackle this crisis on their own. Firstly, disruptive and revolutionary innovations will always affect private companies before they affect the state – because businesses tend to try out new technologies before governments do. As a result, nobody understands the implications of and reasons for the digital skills gap better than the businesses that are directly suffering the consequences.Secondly, with a capable and trained workforce, businesses stand to benefit enormously from digitization. Any organization, large or small, can contribute to tackling the growing digital skills gap, either by addressing it within their own function or by providing skills training more widely.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Quentyn Taylor chats to us about how to reduce the current digital skills' gap in Africa. Plugging the gap – how businesses can resolve Europe's digital skills shortage Digital transformation is revolutionizing the European workplace, with its ability to streamline processes, reduce expenditure and enhance the service offering. Rapidly advancing digital technologies are already being used in hundreds of sectors, including farming, healthcare, transport, education, retail, home automation and logistics. The demand for information and communications technology specialists is growing fast – so much so that according to the European Commission, 9 out of 10 jobs in the future will require digital skills. At the same time though, 169 million Europeans between 16 and 74 years – 44% – do not have basic digital skills. This means that the benefits that digitization can drive are quite literally under threat as Europe is failing to produce enough IT graduates. What's worse is that as the pace of technological development snowballs, this gulf is widening. The prospect of 500,000 unfilled jobs in the European IT sector by 2020 is very real and looming. Businesses cannot expect governments to tackle this crisis on their own. Firstly, disruptive and revolutionary innovations will always affect private companies before they affect the state – because businesses tend to try out new technologies before governments do. As a result, nobody understands the implications of and reasons for the digital skills gap better than the businesses that are directly suffering the consequences. Secondly, with a capable and trained workforce, businesses stand to benefit enormously from digitization. Any organization, large or small, can contribute to tackling the growing digital skills gap, either by addressing it within their own function or by providing skills training more widely. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/support

Quentyn Taylor chats to us about how to reduce the current digital skills' gap in Africa. Plugging the gap – how businesses can resolve Europe’s digital skills shortage Digital transformation is revolutionizing the European workplace, with its ability to streamline processes, reduce expenditure and enhance the service offering. Rapidly advancing digital technologies are already being used in hundreds of sectors, including farming, healthcare, transport, education, retail, home automation and logistics. The demand for information and communications technology specialists is growing fast – so much so that according to the European Commission, 9 out of 10 jobs in the future will require digital skills. At the same time though, 169 million Europeans between 16 and 74 years – 44% – do not have basic digital skills. This means that the benefits that digitization can drive are quite literally under threat as Europe is failing to produce enough IT graduates. What’s worse is that as the pace of technological development snowballs, this gulf is widening. The prospect of 500,000 unfilled jobs in the European IT sector by 2020 is very real and looming. Businesses cannot expect governments to tackle this crisis on their own. Firstly, disruptive and revolutionary innovations will always affect private companies before they affect the state – because businesses tend to try out new technologies before governments do. As a result, nobody understands the implications of and reasons for the digital skills gap better than the businesses that are directly suffering the consequences. Secondly, with a capable and trained workforce, businesses stand to benefit enormously from digitization. Any organization, large or small, can contribute to tackling the growing digital skills gap, either by addressing it within their own function or by providing skills training more widely. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africanperspective/support

[intro music]   Host — Dan Keller Hello, and welcome to Episode Ninety-three of Multiple Sclerosis Discovery, the podcast of the MS Discovery Forum. I’m Dan Keller.   Today's interview features Dr. Lilyana Amezcua, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Part of her work focuses on defining racial disparities in MS, particularly among the Hispanic community. When we met, she said the prevalence of MS among Hispanics in Latin America has been increasing over the past 20 years, and their clinical characteristics are different from those of whites. As Hispanic Americans constitute one of the largest minorities in the U.S. population, she looked into their clinical picture, as well.   Interviewee – Lilyana Amezcua And so we initially did a first observation in 2011 noting when we examined close to 200 MS patients of Hispanic background self-identified that they were at twice the risk of presenting with optic neuritis and spinal cord problems compared to whites. There is some literature indicating throughout Latin America that these observations could be related to an Asian background. And so when we think about a Hispanic, we think about an umbrella that is related to an intermixing of European, African, and Asian derived background or Native American. So that diversity along with the cultural diversity could have some implications in the way that MS behaves and including risk. And that is one of the theories going around that that's why they don't get MS that much because of an Asian background. However, again, like I mentioned, in the last 20 years more cases have been reported.   Interviewer – Dan Keller Haven't Asians been reported to have this opticospinal sort of MS? So would that feed into this optic neuritis finding with the Hispanics?   Dr. Amezcua That is correct, and actually a second study of ours that we did several years ago was to actually specifically look for that definition of opticospinal MS. And so what we found within 200 or so patients was that indeed when we applied that definition, very few met that criteria. But irrespective of that, and we made sure that every case was negative for aquaporin 4, which is an antibody that you commonly find in more of the NMO spectrum disorders, that these individuals did not have this aquaporin 4, but yet close to 20% looked like they had spinal cord lesions that could be associated with opticospinal.   So that observation, of course, led us to think, well, okay, we should look further. If we do think that Asian ancestry could be important, would some of those clinical characteristics be associated with that type of global ancestry? And in fact today we have a poster related to taking the population that we just presented and looking at their genetic variants, which are mostly noting that the European genetic variants are also found in the Hispanic, but now going forward and looking at, well, what about global ancestry and their clinical characteristics? And in that poster, that abstract, we find that the higher proportion of Asian background you have, the higher risk of presenting with let's say, an optic neuritis. Now that doesn't necessarily say that this is just specific for optic neuritis, but it could going forward let us know about the mechanism behind optic neuritis, which is also found in MS, also found in NMO, and these optical spinal forms of MS.   MSDF How did you go about looking at the genetics of the population?   Dr. Amezcua Going about the genetics actually went back to the fact that when I would say, I'm studying Hispanics, people would ask, what is a Hispanic? And it is true…Hispanic…and so it is defined, you know, when you define it it's well, you can be from Cuba, you can be from Mexico, you can be from the US. But really what links us is…and I say linked us because I'm one of them…is the fact that there is a genetic background that is shared. And there's also cultural aspects that are shared. The cultural aspect is probably going to be important when we start examining the environmental aspects of MS.   MSDF What did you find?   Dr. Amezcua We just started basically with vitamin D. We looked at vitamin D levels in Hispanics with MS compared to whites with MS, and we found that significantly lower levels were among the Hispanics. This is not surprising. This is expected, actually, because of the skin coloration and sun exposure probably differences, but it's also widely known that Hispanics would have lower vitamin D levels. Of course, that doesn't answer, well, if they have lower vitamin D levels, if their risk of MS is less, it doesn't give us any explanation. But we know that their vitamin D levels are low.   Other aspects that we have looked at is just examining differences by migration. So we know in MS that migration, usually, depending on when you move from one place to the other and looking at the risk of MS in the underlying country, that will be modified depending on the age of migration. And so of course Hispanics in the US, again, along with their diversity, they're diverse in the fact that there are many that are US born and there are many that are immigrants. So we looked at differences by this, and we found tremendous amount of differences. One was that the US born appears to have an increased risk of developing MS at a younger age. And this again is just validating some of that information that we know about MS in the past, right, coming from a lower prevalent region and being born in a place of higher risk.   But the second was that, which we were surprised, was that the immigrant, despite being here, let's say 25 years, they developed MS after they had emigrated from their country, on average, 15 years later. So that's interesting. That's again calling for us to investigate, what environmental encounters might have they had when coming to this country? And the third was that respective of this, of, you know, disease duration, there was an independent risk factor for the immigrant to develop ambulatory disability at a shorter time. So that's telling us that, again, well, one is differential environmental exposures. But could the immigrant and the US-born also just be two different populations in terms of, again, what does Hispanic mean? That's where we are.   MSDF In that sense, could you correlate vitamin D levels or anything else with the amount of European background or indigenous Central and South American background they had?   Dr. Amezcua I think that's an excellent idea. You know, I think that could be done, to look at the US-born versus the immigrant. Now there is a large study conducted by Dr. Langer-Gould that's examining the risk of MS within Hispanics, whites, and African Americans in relationship to vitamin D and their HLA. So that will give us information on vitamin D. But absolutely we know that within Hispanics, we're going to have to separate groups because it's just such a big umbrella.   MSDF It's also a big umbrella in terms of cultural background. It's not uniform culture whether you're from the Caribbean or Mexico or born in the US.   Dr. Amezcua Absolutely. So culturally we're going to have to tease that out. And it's simply starts by learning about, well, what are those cultural differences? Which could be from simple perceptions and their access and utilization of care, which needs to be first addressed, or to go forward and then say, well, let's see if there's biological differences. First, I think, you know, between the US-born and the immigrant, the differences could be explained also by sociocultural factors. And those need to be teased out. And then from there look to see, well, is this really a health disparity? Or is it an inherent biological difference of the disease, which we also expect to find.   MSDF Do you think that the results you find in this population is going to be more generalizable or relatable and give you some clues into what's going on with anyone who is getting MS or not?   Dr. Amezcua Absolutely. That is the goal. While that diversity is complex, it's also a positive aspect because it will allow you to tease out a lot of those factors. And so within the admixture, of the genetic admixture, one can say, well, you have less European background. But what about that Asian component that is not found in your general European? It doesn't mean that it's not going to be found. Instead of looking for, I guess, a needle in a haystack, you will just be looking it in a block and maybe find something new or lead us to understanding of mechanisms, again, from the optic neuritis and the global ancestry. We are hoping that this is beyond just understanding one population, but understanding MS, which is the target population.   MSDF Have we missed anything important?   Dr. Amezcua There is definitely a lot to do, and I think it's an effort that cannot be done alone. And so combining it with different centers that have the same interests and population is what the goal is, is to create a network of centers that are interested in defining this population, to move faster.   MSDF Great. Thank you.   Dr. Amezcua Great. Thank you.   [transition music]   MSDF Thank you for listening to Episode Ninety-three of Multiple Sclerosis Discovery. This podcast was produced by the MS Discovery Forum, MSDF, the premier source of independent news and information on MS research. 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