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I am joined by best-selling author, digital transformation leader, successful CIO, and founder of StarCIO, Isaac Sacolick. Recognized as a top 100 social CIO, blogger and industry speaker, Isaac has over 20 years of experience delivering innovative solutions, leading IT teams, and transforming underperforming businesses.  On this episode, we discuss his new book, “Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership,” his journey to becoming a digital transformation leader/CIO, how the audience can employ their skills as a digital leader, and more.  Here are some of the top takeaways you will receive from this episode:  The impact of generative AI from both an opportunity and a risk perspective  Navigating your role as a transformational CIO  Isaac's transformational journey  How to use data and analytics to a strategic advantage  Developing and refining your ‘vision'  The clash between CIOs, sales leaders, and marketing leaders  Driving transformation and aligning with your organization's offense   As a CIO and Business IT Leader here are More wins you will get by listening: (4:32) Isaac: “So that was neural networks back in the ‘90s. We had no algorithms, there's no tensor flow, there was no cloud, it was all very slow. But we were trying to solve some interesting things around computer vision, around predictions, a little bit of natural language processing.”  (5:19) Isaac: “Three years ago we went from growth to resolving a pandemic set of issues, to supply chain issues, to hybrid working issues. We did this huge pivot in 2020 that I talk about in chapter 10 of the book. I think we're on the cusp of another major inflection with AI. What's the impact of generative AI from both an opportunity and a risk perspective?”  (6:06) Bill: “What are the ways that you can have private AI within your organization versus public AI?”  (6:49) Isaac: “We need to look at the horizons and the frequency. Whatever that frequency was before, double it because things are just happening too fast.”  (7:20) Isaac: “Marketing departments are going to really be the first group hit with a whole set of point solutions that can help them generate graphics, videos, and content.”  (9:11) Bill: “It seems to me that ChatGPT and Microsoft's investment is sort of the first interface that is real practical for human beings to use.”  (9:39) Isaac: “We're going to have to see how that plays out, especially with Copilot. I think that's going to change how people work. It'll be interesting to see where the big four are going to start making their AI explainable or are we going to put regulations in place around that. Are companies going to firewall off this capability because they're afraid of IP being leaked out to it?”  (11:04) Isaac: “If you don't say anything to your employees, they're going to see a green light there. They're not going to know where to stop in terms of what they should and shouldn't do because you haven't provided guidelines.”  (14:47) Isaac: “I was a bit of a go getter in my young days. I joined a startup that was a hosting provider for applications provider for newspapers. And I tell people, that's where I really learned transformation. We were looking at an industry that went through massive disruption. I got to see that front row in seat with my board.”  (19:16) Isaac: “10 years of being CIO in companies that were trying to figure out how to use data and analytics to a strategic advance and involve their products considerably from what they were doing before.”  (21:15) Isaac: “I used to say CIOs knew more about the boxes that hosted the data than the data itself. I think a lot has changed in the last 10-15 years. CIOs learned to build up their strengths and build up their vocabulary and understand the analytics space a little better.”  (22:18) Isaac: “The reality is that whatever we come in from our backgrounds when we become CIOs, we come in from a single or maybe two lanes of understanding. I think the biggest challenge for CIOs is expanding their own capabilities by hiring lieutenants who are highly versatile, who are two-way learners so that they can educate but also continuously learn.”  (23:24) Isaac: “Digital Trailblazer is a book of stories so that when you're facing an issue, an opportunity for the first time, you've never had a blow up moment, a shock and awe moment. You've never stood in front of the board before. You've never had to convince an executive group to go and do an investment in an area they necessarily don't want to do.”  (24:16) Bill: “Which percentage of the folks that are in there agree with you are going to be on your side? Which are the ones who are going to take shots at you? And then which percentage of that audience doesn't really care? And then who is going to take ownership?”  (25:59) Isaac: “People like the idea of products until you really have that conversation around product management. It isn't about taking everybody's wishlist and coming up with a shiny object that checks all the boxes. It's about trade-offs.”  (27:20) Isaac: “When you see alternatives, when you see new experiences coming in play and business models to the incumbent, that's what disruption is right? You throw in new technology and that's the accelerant.”  (28:42) Isaac: “The track that CIOs have had, we've come in from the operating world right? And now we're trying to influence strategy. We're trying to influence experience, both customer and employee experience.”  (29:26) Isaac: “How do you figure out how a salesperson is being incentive? How am I going to help you in your journey and what parts of your journey am I going to have to go and combat the status quo?”  (30:39) Isaac: “The best salespeople come in and say, “Okay I understand what your problem is. Let me connect you with people who have had similar problems. Let me show you what the outcome of a solution looks like if we implement the solution.” Best salespeople aren't selling, they're developing relationships and they're explaining the value.”  (34:56) Isaac: “Any single solution area, any single technology has a bunch of labels underneath it to get sorted through; lots of choices, compliance factors, multiple vendors, etc.”  (35:33) Isaac: “The level by which we're connecting the dots is no longer a three-tier application living on a couple servers right? We're getting into how business is operating.”  (38:33) Bill: “You need a vision for your career and for the role and the position and speed of which we're changing.”  (39:19) Isaac: “This isn't an area where there's a predefined playbook right? You're always going to be looking at how your organization's operating and saying, “I got to do things differently.” The world is changing in some fundamental way.”  (41:13) Bill: “Why do CIOs have so many problems with sales leaders and marketing leaders?”  (41:24) Isaac: “I don't know if it's a problem or have they struggled to develop relationships with them, is a little bit more work for them to understand their world. I think it again, goes back to our roots. We reported to CFOs, we were asked for ROI. And now we're flipping the equation and saying, ‘Look I can't transform the organization just by finding cost.'”  (43:59) Isaac: “What are your assumptions built into your growth model? What are you trying to sell? What are the unknowns for you to be able to hit those numbers. What are your risks and pain points?”  (45:52) Isaac: “If you're a CIO driving transformation, you've got to align yourself with the offense. And part of the reason is, I know I can get help on the defensive side.”  (47:27) Isaac: “I hear it from CEOs and I hear it from boards. When are we going to be done with this? They say it in a fatigued way, they're all just tired of the effort of doing two jobs. You have to run today's business, transform with what you're executing today and then think about the next horizon.”    Resources  Connect with Isaac Sacolick on LinkedIn  StarCIO  Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership  Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology  Subscribe to Driving Digital Newsletter  Coffee with Digital Trailblazers   

Transcript:Captain Janet:Welcome to the JP AstroCast, where we are traveling at the speed of thought. Today's episode is brought to you by Hunt Brothers Pizza. Ah, Eyezak, what are you doing?Eyezak:Hey, Captain Janet. I'm just hanging up some pictures on these walls. New crew, new beginnings, new surroundings.Captain Janet:But Eyezak, you're using nails?Isaac:How else would I hang a picture?Captain Janet:Well, I don't know, but you don't put nails in a spaceship. That might puncture our hull, and then we would lose oxygen, and we need that to breathe.Eyezak:Oh, didn't think of that. Hmm.Captain Janet:Did you just hang that picture up with your chewing gum?Isaac:Yep. Problem fixed. Right.Captain Janet:You know, this post-it was supposed to be something entirely different, so okay.Eyezak:That ought to do it. Do you think our new crew will like my decorations?Captain Janet:I'm sure they'll love it, Eyezak.EyezakOkay. Do you think they'll like me?Captain Janet:Of course, they will. Everybody loves you.Eyezak:Usually, but these kids are super genius smart. They read lots of books and do experiments and want to do awesome things in space. What if they don't think I'm smart enough to hang out with them?Captain Janet:Eyezak,I am sure they will love you. And here they come now.Kid 1:Hello.Kid 2:Hey everybody.Captain Jane:Glad you guys are here.Captain Janet:All right, crew. Welcome to Janet's planet and happy to have you aboard. First, unpack your gear in your cabins and then meet Eyezak and me in the galley for some lunch. And then we'll beam up Dr. John Grunsfeld to speak about his work on the Hubble telescope and the newest thing in space, the James Webb Space Telescope.Maggie:That's amazing.Captain Janet:See Eyezak, was that so bad? They're really cool and super accepting kids. I know new beginnings are tough, but you're going to be just fine. And one of the esteemed JP space crew.Isaac:Oh, I sure hope so. I hope I don't ask Dr. Grunsfeld any not-smart questions.Captain Janet:Oh, Isaac. Here's the thing. There are never any not-smart questions. Now let's just go get ready for lunch. Remember it's Hunt Brothers Pizza today.Isaac:Oh, my favorite! Hunt Brothers Pizza is proud to support the JP AstroCast with over 8,000 locations in convenience stores near you, finding a Hunt Brothers Pizza is easy as pie. Choose between Hunt Brothers Pizza's original crust or thin crust. And top your pizza with any of our 10 toppings at no extra charge. With that many options, there's sure to be a topping combo for everyone to enjoy a Hunt Brothers Pizza.Captain Janet:All right, everyone. Quiet, please. I would like to introduce our guest today. He is fittingly an astronaut and astronomer. Dr. John Grunsfeld hails from Highland Park, Illinois, received a Bachelor of Science Degree in physics from MIT, a Master of Science Degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in physics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Grunsfeld has four NASA space flight medals, three NASA exceptional service medals, a NASA distinguished service medal, and many other special honors.Captain Janet:Dr. Grunsfeld was selected by NASA in March 1992 and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. A veteran of four space flights, Dr. Grunsfeld has logged over 45 days in space, including five spacewalks, totaling 37 hours and 32 minutes. During STS 1 0 3, Dr. Grunsfeld and his crew installed new gyroscopes and scientific instruments and upgraded systems on the Hubble space telescope, which required three spacewalks. STS 1 0 9 successfully upgraded the Hubble space telescope, installing a new digital camera, a cooling system for the infrared camera, new solar arrays, and a new power system.Captain Janet:Those upgrades required a total of five spacewalks in five consecutive days. He's watched Hubble drift against the background of earth and stars. And he's guided new parts and instruments into the telescope and left it whole and healthy. He has helped the science missions of Hubble and envisioned science goals for the James Webb space telescope. And is now an Emeritus scientist at Godard Space Flight Center, working on Hubble observations of Jupiter's moon, Europa, and collaborating on the design of the next generation of space. serviceable telescopes. Dr. John Grunsfeld, what an honor to have you beam up today?Dr. John Grunsfeld:Well, it's absolutely a pleasure to be on. I'm excited because we are on the cusp of an astronomical revolution. And for me, my telescope is the Hubble space telescope. And what's interesting is about a third to a half of everybody who lives on planet earth has always lived in a world with the Hubble space telescope. And that's because it's been in orbit for 31 years coming up on 32. Your telescope though will be the James Webb space telescope. And you'll be learning about the new universe that the James Webb Space Telescope sees over the coming years. So thanks for having me on board.Evy:How or when did you know you wanted to be an astronomer and an astronaut?Dr. John Grunsfeld:When I was born, 1958, I know that's a long time ago, but there were no astronauts. In fact, the very world's first satellite had just been launched a year before, but as I was going to elementary school, we started sending astronauts off into space. First, there was the Mercury program where one astronaut would go into space at a time in a Mercury capsule. Then Gemini. And that's what I remember are the Gemini missions where two people at a time would go and then the Apollo missions to the moon. And I thought that was all exciting.Dr. John Grunsfeld:So about age six or seven, I was already a young scientist. I was interested in fossils and dinosaurs and insects. But once we moved out of the city lights, I started seeing the night sky and that's when I decided I wanted to be an astronomer. And my grandmother at that time gave me a small telescope. And I started looking at the planets and the stars. That's when I decided I wanted to be an astronomer. And it came from looking up at the stars and wondering if there were other planets out there that had people. Well, whatever people would be, aliens.Eyezak:Aliens! Well, I would think that my presence would more than confirm that question.Captain Janet:Yes. Maggie?Maggie:I just wanted to say what I thought was kind of interesting is my grandma gave me a telescope too, a few years ago for Christmas. So, that was cool.Captain Janet:Really? How old were you?Maggie:I think over three years ago.Captain Janet:That is pretty cool.Lucas:What is it like working on Hubble?Dr. John Grunsfeld:Oh, I love working on the Hubble space telescope. As you know, the Hubble space telescope was designed to be serviced. And that means to be fixed by people in space suits with the big gloves. First of all, doing a spacewalk is just the coolest thing anyway. You get to put on a spacesuit, you get to go outside of the space shuttle or space station and float around in your own spaceship, the suit that wraps around you. You get to see the earth just through your thin visor. So, that's really fun. Plus I'm an astronomer. And so we love telescopes. So I got to be the one to fix the Hubble space telescope. And some of the things we did were really hard. And so we had to figure out new tools and new ways of fixing things in orbit.Dr. John Grunsfeld:Here on planet Earth, I get to use the Hubble space telescope to observe, and that's not as much fun as working on the Hubble up in space because you put in a proposal and NASA approves it, and then you get your observations. It's basically downloading the data from a server. So you don't really get to play with the Hubble at all, but then you get the cool science and you get to see pictures of your Europa. And Jupiter. And that's pretty cool.Eyezak:Look, look, do you have a favorite image from Hubble?Dr. John Grunsfeld:I have a bunch of favorite images from Hubble because I went up three times to fix the Hubble space telescope. And my favorite image each time is the first image that Hubble takes. In the case of my first mission in 1999, it was the Eskimo Nebula. In 2002, it was an image called the Tadpole.Dr. John Grunsfeld:The Eskimo Nebula is a star that's dying. And as it dies, it kind of has these temper tantrums and flows off its outer envelope. And then that glows. And so this particular image looks kind of like an Eskimo in his big parka. The Tadpole is a picture of two galaxies that have collided and they're circling around each other and have thrown out a long tail of material. And in that long tail of gas and dust, new stars are for me.Dr. John Grunsfeld:And on this most recent mission, it was a picture taken a little later, but my favorite image is an image that widefield camera three, the new super-duper digital camera on Hubble, took of the Orion Nebula, the great Nebula, and Orion. And the reason I like these images so much is that it proves that we fixed the telescope and didn't break it. If we got home and they turned the telescope on and it couldn't take images anymore, I'd feel terrible.Kevin:I heard if the James Webb telescope doesn't deploy everything as it should. There's something you can make it do. I think it was called the shimmy?Dr. John Grunsfeld:The James Webb space telescope isn't really assembled completely when we launch it. And that's because it has to be folded up so that it fits in the rocket faring inside the rocket. And once the rocket's launched, it's like a transformer or undoing an origami or both, that it has to slowly unfold and pieces have to come out before it can be a real telescope. There are I think, 40 different mechanisms and 600 pulleys and 150 motors, and 178 individual actuators.Maggie:That's amazing.Dr. John Grunsfeld:And it's incredibly complex for all these things to work. And so if something like the secondary mirror, there's the big mirror, and then there's a little mirror above it. If that doesn't unfold all the way, they can't send me out to give it a shake or to pull it. Astronauts can't go near the telescope. We don't have the capability, but also it's too delicate.Dr. John Grunsfeld:And so what you can do is kind of drive the motors or use the spacecraft to shake it while you're trying to drive the motor and see if you can redeploy it. And so, we'll try everything and anything to make sure everything deploys.Evy:How long will take to unfold?Dr. John Grunsfeld:It's going to unfold in pieces. The very first thing that will unfold, which is actually just a few hours after launch are the solar panels. So you can see on Hubble, there are those big solar panels. Well, we actually put those on ourselves and then unfolded them. So just after launch a few hours after it separates from the launch vehicle, the solar panels will unfold. That'll give it the power it needs to drive all those other motors. Then a few days later, they'll start to unfold the sunshade, and this will be about the size of a tennis court. And so over the course of about two weeks, most of the deployments will be done, but it'll take about a full month before everything is fully deployed because they want to go slow and carefully.Captain Janet:How soon will we be able to get an image from the J W S T?Dr. John Grunsfeld:I don't know exactly what it is, but it's going to be a few months. And that's because not only does James Webb have to deploy, but it has 18 mirrors and those mirrors are aligned to make one big mirror. So they have to go through individually and adjust each mirror so that it works as one mirror and not 18 individual mirrors. And so it's going to take a few days for each mirror while they turn it, adjust it and maybe bend it until the whole telescope works as one.Dr. John Grunsfeld:So probably there'll be some really bad images that'll come out in about three months. I'm not even sure if NASA will show those, but probably they will. And over the next couple of months, those images will sharpen up until they're as good as Hubble. And, and that'll be at about six months. So commissioning of the telescope, which means making sure everything works takes about six months.Eyezak:How does the sun shield work?Dr. John Grunsfeld:The sun shield works like an umbrella. If it's a really bright sunny day and you forgot a hat, because you thought it was going to rain, you can always open your umbrella and use it as a sun shield. And so it works just like that. The problem is with a spacecraft is, there is some space junk out there. And if the space junk goes through your umbrella, there'd be a hole in it. And the sun would go through that hole. So in order to prevent that the James Webb space telescope actually has five layers in its umbrella in its sun shield so that if one layer gets punctured, it won't let the light through all the way to the telescope. The other effect of having those five layers is for thermal reasons, not just blocking the sunlight, but on the sunny side of the James Webb Space Telescope, it's about 200 degrees, really hot.Dr. John Grunsfeld:And with each subsequent layer, it acts like a Thermos bottle. So that on the cold side, the part that faces where the James Webb space telescope will be looking, the temperature will be about minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit, just 40 degrees above absolute zero. And so the sun shield does two things. One, it just blocks the light. You can't see the stars in the daytime and that's because the earth is so bright, the Hubble is so bright, that the camera had to be set to an exposure. And the same is true of our eyeballs that you can't see stars. You need to be at night to see stars so that you can have that sensitivity. The same is true for James Webb. So it has to block the sunlight. That's the main purpose. And the secondary purpose is to allow the telescope to get super cold so that it can see the very faint light from the early universe.Dr. John Grunsfeld:The James Webb space telescope will do so much more than looking back at the very early universe. It will also study the formation of stars, the formation of galaxies, and the time history of galaxies all the way up to the present. It'll look at planets in our own solar system. I'm really excited because one of its first targets will be Europa, around Jupiter, to look to see if it can see those plumes. And then the other big thing that James Webb is going to do is just going to look at the atmospheres of planets around nearby stars so that we can see if there's another planet out there that kind of looks like Earth. So I'm pretty excited about that too.Eyezak:I'm a little embarrassed to ask, but why is it called the James Webb Space Telescope?Captain Janet:Oh, you don't have to be embarrassed. Eyezak. Dr. Grunsfeld, could you please tell our young crew a bit more about James Webb?Dr. Grunsfeld:James Webb was the first, well, one of the first directors, we call them administrators, of NASA. And so he was in charge of trying to get people to the moon and back. But another thing that he did that people don't know a lot about is that he made sure that science was part of NASA and that it was a big part of NASA. And that astronauts would go to the moon and do science. And so in recognition of his contributions to scientific investigations of space, the NASA administrator in 2004, named the telescope after James Webb. So that's why it's called the James Webb space telescope.Captain Janet:I am excited about this new beginning. In reality, when you look through a telescope as an astronomer, a telescope is almost like a cosmic time machine. It's allowing you to see the past in part because of the way that light travels. Can you speak to how, whenever you look up at the stars on a starlet night that we're seeing into the past?Dr. John Grunsfeld:So how many of you have seen a bolt of lightning? And then five seconds later, you hear the thunder, right? Pretty much all of us, right? Why does the thunder take so long to get to us when we see the light almost right away?Ander:It's because light goes faster than sound.Dr. John Grunsfeld:Right. The speed of sound through the air is really pretty slow. It travels about a thousand feet every second. Whereas the speed of light goes 186,000 miles per second. And so the light comes to us really quick, whereas the sound takes longer, but light still has a speed. And that means when we look at the sun, for instance, or you don't look at the sun. When sunlight reaches us, it took about eight minutes to travel from the sun to the earth because it's 93 million miles away. Well, the sun is really close compared to the nearest star. It takes four years for the light to get to us from the nearest star, off of Centauri.Dr. John Grunsfeld:It takes millions of years for light to get from a galaxy to us. And the light that James Webb is going to look at will have taken at the very most distant, will have taken about 13 and a half billion years to get to us. And so when we look at some fuzzy galaxy, that was one of the first galaxies that ever assembled in the universe, the light that left that galaxy will have traveled for 13 and a half billion years to get to us. And that means when we see that light, we're looking at that galaxy as it was when it was just a baby galaxy. And so that allows us to look back in time, really because we have no other choice, it just took that long for the light to get to us.Evy:How long will the James Web telescope work?Dr. John Grunsfeld:Good question. It was designed to last at least five years. And we think if we operate it really carefully, it will last for about 10 or 11 years. And that's just because that's how much fuel it has onboard.Captain Janet:I will point out that NASA is notorious for underestimating the longevity of its hardware, like spirit or opportunity, both outlasted, original projections by a long shot.Speaker 8:You said that, in five to 10 years that the James Webb telescope will run out of fuel. Is there any chance that NASA will send any refueling missions to keep the satellite operating for longer?Dr. John Grunsfeld:It's possible. Right now, there are no plans, but when was in charge of the James Webb space telescope project, I insisted that they put some little details on the telescope. There are like targets so that a robot spacecraft would know where to grab if we did send a refueling spacecraft out there, but right now there are no plans to do that. I hope in the next five years or so, that refueling technology and capability and space will advance to the point where that seems like a very reasonable thing to do.Maggie:Do you think it'll answer the cosmic question of, "Are we alone?"Eyezak:Huh? Yeah. I'm getting really tired of people thinking I live on some made-up street in New York City. No one believes I'm a real alien.Dr. John Grunsfeld:Okay. We're here on earth and we are building these telescopes and we now know that virtually every star you look at in the night sky has planets around it. When I was growing up, we didn't know that I suspected there might be, but we didn't have any scientific proof. Now we have proof that other solar systems are out there. It just seems so likely that if there's life on earth, life should have started somewhere else. If life is a one in a million chance on a planet, there are 200 billion stars in our own galaxy, which means there are at least that many planets. Then there should be lots and lots of life. But if life is a one in a trillion chance, we might be the only life in the whole galaxy. And we just don't know. So that's one of the things that the James Webb space telescope is going to try to look at planets around nearby stars to see if we see atmospheres that could be habitable.Dr. John Grunsfeld:So if there's another planet, even if it's close and they put as much pollution in their atmospheres as we put in ours, there's a tiny chance we might detect that, but probably not. That's going to take a telescope that's a little bit bigger than the James Webb. I think that that question will be answered when we send a probe to Europa or Enceladus, or maybe on Mars, you'll find a microbial fossil, or maybe even a live Martian microbe when you're on Mars. Or with a next-generation telescope beyond James Webb, something that instead of being 20 feet across is 30 or 35 feet across, a 16-meter telescope might be able to answer that question.Captain Janet:Wow. Thank you so much, Dr. Grunsfeld, for beaming up to the JP spaceship to speak with our crew.Speaker 3:Thank you.Speaker 4:Thank you, Mr. Grunsfeld.Eyezak:Thank you.Dr. John Grunsfeld:My pleasure.Captain Janet:We had a great time speaking with you. Would you consider coming back again?Dr. John Grunsfeld:Sure. My pleasure.Eyezak:Wow! Smart and brave and nice?Captain Janet:He truly is a gem. And speaking of gems, let's talk about the newest gem that NASA has launched, the James Webb telescope. December 25th, 2021 may become known as the day. The universe changed from a tropical rainforest to the edge of time itself. Congratulations to the many amazing humans at NASA, the European space agency, the Canadian space agency, and Arian space. Listen to the launch countdown from Kuru, Guyana, and an excited Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for NASA science mission directorate, talk about the joy of watching 20 plus years of work finally take flight.ESA Mission Control Manager:[foreign language 00:23:53].NASA:We have lift off.Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen:Whenever we look at launches, they're both an ending in the beginning. They're an ending of an engineering project on the ground and with many amazing hours and challenges that are there. But they're a beginning. JWST is the beginning of one of the most amazing missions that humanity has conceived. And I'm so excited to look forward to the next setup of this telescope and all the signs to come. Thanks to everybody. This is what we can do when we come together as one, humans. It's just absolutely incredible.Captain Janet:I love Dr. Zurbuchen's sentiment, that the engineering marble that is the James Webb telescope, is what can happen when we all come together for space exploration. 100 times more powerful than the 31-year-old Hubble telescope, Webb can see back in time, all the way to the let there be light moment. That instant when a cold dark universe ignited into stars and Webb, made perchance, put an end to some of our biggest cosmic questions. We just can't wait to see the James Webb space telescope unfold the universe for all of us.Captain Janet:So you see Eyezak, just like with the JWST, new beginnings can be scary, but they are also exciting.Eyezak:You're right. I'm excited to explore the universe with this awesome new crew.Captain Janet:Thank you, everyone. For listening to the JP AstroCast, let your mind revolve around this thought.Eyezak:The universe is always expanding.Captain Janet:Let your mind do the same.Captain Janet and EyezaK:And that's the view from the JP AstroCast.The JP ASTROCAST, a galaxy of fun.

Another Interview with Adam Stern YOUR BURNING FREEDIVING AND EQUALIZING QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY ADAM STERN This episode is a live call with Patron listeners and whole bunch of questions from the Noob Spearo Community on Facebook and @noobspearo on Instagram! In this episode we cover breath-hold and depth training questions, how to choose a freediving instructor, deep spearfishing (avoiding squeeze) questions, equalizing questions and more. Lot's of funny moments including Adam scalding his balls. Enjoy:) 5:00 Ben Vittino "I just want to know how he’s so happy and enthusiastic all the time. Love his energy!" Isaac “I have a question but first I need to know, Do you ever feel down? When you do, what do you do to get back Adam 187% Stern?" Dale Bartush "I'd also like to know what he thinks about in free fall. Not what he tells people to do lop but what he actually thinks and feels." 14:00 Scalded Ballsack Moment Listen in and subscribe on iOS or Android 16:15 TRAINING BREATH-HOLD QUESTIONS Ethan Yeo "Would you say going out spearfishing is going to make you in become a better diver vs doing freediving training in the pool?" Isaac "How can you increase your bottom time?" and "How can I hold my breath longer?" Isaac "Is bloodshift a physiological response that can be trained?" Damian Mckay "What are the best exercises to get more bottom time/depth?" @pickford_cole "If he had to pick between dynamic pool training and static, which would he choose?" Isaac "is increased muscle mass problematic to breath-hold diving?" Isaac "what are some safety considerations for pool training?" Isaac “How much does your attitude towards contractions affect them?” Isaac “Are your own ideas or your own limitations the biggest barrier to longer breath-holds and deeper diving?” What is the best way to overcome these? 42:00 EQUALIZING QUESTIONS R Andrew Baker "Can everyone hands free Equalize?" Jake Cross "What are the common issues with equalising? E.g one ear equalises before the other." . Use the Code NOOBSPEARO to save 40% Isaac "If you put a month into training your equalization and Eustachian Tubes, how long will that adaptation last?" 49:55 DEEPER FREEDIVE SPEARFISHING Kurt Raymond "How do you equalise when you go past that 30+meter mark? I recently dived to 30mtrs on a course and I felt like I had to equalise slightly differently once I hit around the 25mtr mark. I’ve heard of having to bring air back into your mouth. I wasn’t down there for long enough to work out what was going on but I was still able to equalise, just slightly differently to normal. Is there dry training you can do for this technique?" Joe Pedro "Can you share your wisdom on chin tuck dive & what injuries can be caused by looking (neck extended) out in front of you; typical Spearfishing form compared to proper diver form..the little things that cause nightmares due to lack of “under pressure” knowledge basically." Mackenzie Logan “I have a Similar question to Joe Pedro. Once you start going over 30m-40m how long does it take your body to acclimatize to the new depths? If you've done all your stretches and relaxing on the top perfectly, what are some of the little things like neck movements that we should be careful of and how long/how many dives to depth until you can start to move your head a little more comfortably?” To elaborate on this: I think there will be 2 answers depending on whether we are spearfishers vs freedivers.. If you are spearfishing and it is either your first time diving to these depths or you only go diving once a month or so how will this affect your "training adaptations" of diving to that depth? Will you lose them each time you go out again to dive? If you're freediving and training frequently will you be able to improve and keep your training adaptations. I think in your last interview he said he could come back after a month or so of not training and pretty much start again from where he had been diving to before? Thomas Ripard "I'd also like to ask about deeper diving. Once you start to get more comfortable with getting to 30m(ish), is there anything in particular one needs to do to prepare yourself to get past the 30m mark? Also anything safety related one should be aware of as you get past 30m? Cheers! Discovering the noobspearo podcast was the best thing that happened to me in 2020, keep em coming 66:00 OTHER QUESTIONS Rob James "When is having an underwater UFC rematch with Craig McNiven "What are the hurdles of running a free diving business, cashflow, cancellations, COVID, marketing and customer retention. Is it like a dream to do what you love for an income every day? Could you get the business to a point where it could be run without you?" Jason Harris "Not strictly diet related.. but does Adam have any food items he avoids when leading up to a dive day to keep the sinus systems clean" Isaac "Can we have the Dairy and Mucus Production Urban Legend Discussion?" @nicholasmorsecodes "How many wetsuits does he own? 10+ at least! where does he keep them all?" 79:50 WHEN IS ADAM COMING TO MY PART OF THE WORLD? @scubasteve212 "Will he do a freediving course in Batemans bay in the future

This week on Career Crashers is Praxis CEO Cameron Sorsby. Cameron was one of the first customers to sign up for Praxis when the program launched and worked his way up through a variety of roles before taking over as CEO. In this episode, Isaac and Cameron breakdown how Cameron crashed his career and how having a team-first perspective ends up being best for you as an individual. In this episode: * How Cameron thought about starting a career when he was in college (and how that led to an internship with Isaac) * How being a great customer can lead to job opportunities * Making yourself an indispensable employee * Being a team player * Worrying about businesses taking advantage of your willingness to work hard * Why Praxis is a great way to launch your career * Learn more about Praxis at discoverpraxis.com * Follow Cameron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CameronSorsby For more resources on creating a great career Check out Crash.co and download our book, Crash Your Career. Get it on Amazon or at crash.co/crashyourcareer We also want to hear your story. If you've created an opportunity and found a career that makes you feel alive, send it to Isaac [at] crash.co

This week on Career Crashers is Praxis CEO Cameron Sorsby. Cameron was one of the first customers to sign up for Praxis when the program launched and worked his way up through a variety of roles before taking over as CEO. In this episode, Isaac and Cameron breakdown how Cameron crashed his career and how having a team-first perspective ends up being best for you as an individual. In this episode: * How Cameron thought about starting a career when he was in college (and how that led to an internship with Isaac) * How being a great customer can lead to job opportunities * Making yourself an indispensable employee * Being a team player * Worrying about businesses taking advantage of your willingness to work hard * Why Praxis is a great way to launch your career * Learn more about Praxis at discoverpraxis.com * Follow Cameron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CameronSorsby For more resources on creating a great career Check out Crash.co and download our book, Crash Your Career. Get it on Amazon or at crash.co/crashyourcareer We also want to hear your story. If you've created an opportunity and found a career that makes you feel alive, send it to Isaac [at] crash.co

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Chapter 17 is about God's Covenant with Abraham. Questions to Consider? Why the long wait for Isaac? How did God introduce himself? How did Abram react? How would you react? God had already promised Abram his seed would be blessed, but now he gives him instruction. Names have great meaning in those days. What did Abram's name mean? Revelation 2:17 Who was thh covenant made with..Abram only? The land of Canaan was promised to his physical heirs. What are his spiritual heirs promised? Why do you think Circumcision was the ordinance given? Is it symbolic? Would Gentiles be circumcised? Circumcision was replaced by what? What do the names Sarai/Sarah mean? Was Abraham Doubting God with his laughter? Why did Abraham pray for Ishmael? What was his prayer? What does Isaac's name mean?