Podcast appearances and mentions of Jeff Thomson

The first episode of a special four-part series telling the story of the brutal 1974/5 Ashes Tests. Fifty years ago, England's unsuspecting batsmen were subjected to a barrage from Australian speedsters Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann narrate the harrowing details of the first Test in Brisbane with help from the participants David 'Bumble' Lloyd, Dennis Amiss and Ian Chappell assisted by Ian Botham and author David Tossell. For other episodes in this series go to patreon.com/Theanalyst25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, disregard all fakes - this involves one of the fastest REAL centuries in first-class cricket. We hunt for a phantom spell via a bowling feat rarer than a double hat-trick, look at some less famed examples to more famed counterparts, and consider the adventures of the Channel Island Over-50s. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 3.63 - Slim Johns & Damian Sharry 4.00 - Alex Brown 6.04 - Lee Geldard 2.87 - Greg Sykes Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Get that sweet Nord VPN discount - nordvpn.com/tfw Donate to support our Edinburgh Marathon runners for the Lord's Taverners All links at linktr.ee/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Titus sits down with author Dan Liebke to discuss his new book, The 100 Funniest Moments in Australian Cricket. They discuss Rob Quiney's resurrection of a dead seagull, Shane Watson's LBW appeals, Dennis Lillee asking the Queen for an autograph and Jeff Thomson's speech at the Allan Border Medal. For tickets to Titus' new live show; Sport: The Unauthorised History click here.  If you'd like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you'll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access A fortnightly newsletter Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets Follow Sports Bizarre on: Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok YouTubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Amanda Hsieh talks with Jeff Thomson and Shari Littan from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). Jeff led IMA for nearly 15 years, doubling membership and CMA certification holders while expanding globally to serve 140,000 members in 150 countries. Shari, Director of Corporate Reporting Research & Policy at IMA, is an innovator in accounting, corporate reporting, and business sustainability, driving thought leadership for IMA's members. Together, they discuss the crucial link between internal controls and sustainability for integrity and share a high-level overview of IMA's role in supporting accounting and finance professionals.  Much of their conversation focuses on the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and its credible framework for internal controls for financial reporting which is the basis of the road map for internal controls for sustainability metrics.  Amanda also highlights the pending SEC climate disclosure rule and how COSO is exploring new supplemental guidance to help investors seeking trusted climate disclosures, with greenwashing remaining a significant concern. While COSO has been around for some time, the connective tissue to sustainability-related data and reporting is also generating excitement as it engages the next generation of accountants, even leading to the creation of new corporate roles such as ESG/Sustainability Controller.  Unlock the world of sustainability and join the ESG Decoded Podcast community! Make sure to subscribe to be notified of new episodes on your favorite streaming platforms, YouTube, and our social channels (linked below). Get ready for thrilling new episodes that will ignite your passion for positive change. Tune in, engage, and let's decode ESG together! Episode Resource Links Jeff's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreycthomson/  Shari's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shari-littan-58bb40114/  Register for the Executive Workshop: https://cvent.me/EMGgbD  About IMA: https://rebrand.ly/AboutIMA IMA Briefing: How Technology Can Revolutionize ESG Reporting: https://rebrand.ly/IMA-Briefing  COSO's Internal Control Framework and ESG: https://rebrand.ly/COSOArticle 

COSO recently released supplemental guidance on achieving effective internal control over sustainability reporting. The guidance is very timely, given recently adopted, pending and proposed sustainability reporting requirements in several jurisdictions. In addition, companies are seeking to bring more rigor to their voluntary ESG disclosures, both to meet market expectations and to mitigate evolving litigation and enforcement risk. On this podcast, three of the principal authors, Doug Hileman, Shari Littan and Jeff Thomson, provide an introduction to the COSO framework and the supplemental guidance. They also provide insights and tips on applying the supplemental guidance and its relevance to specific types of sustainability disclosures.The episode is hosted by Michael Littenberg, Ropes & Gray partner and global head of the ESG, CSR and business and human rights practice. Michael is the only private practice attorney listed as a contributor in the guidance. He also is quoted in the publication.

Behram and Jarrod look at the history of Bodyline, West Indies, Jeff Thomson and more to try and explain how different this last Test at Lord's was in terms of bouncers. Oh, and also much Neil Wagner chat. - To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. Jarrod also has a Buy Me A Coffee link, for those who would prefer to support the shows there: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jarrodkimber. If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber. To check out my video podcasts on Youtube : https://youtube.com/@JarrodKimberPodcasts - This podcast is edited and mixed by Ishit Kuberkar, he's at https://instagram.com/soundpotionstudio & https://twitter.com/ishitk FortyTwo make our productions. Mukunda Bandreddi is in charge of our video side. Aurojyoti Senapati turns the files into video podcasts and Subhankar Bhattacharya makes our graphics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Agnew, Phil Tufnell, Michael Vaughan, Sir Alistair Cook, Steven Finn and Andy Zaltzman react to the 2nd day's play of the 1st Men's Ashes test. Here from Stuart Broad and Travis Head. Plus, Joe Root talks about his century on day one of the test and Jeff Thomson shares his memories of Bob Willis on what was 'Blue for Bob' day at Edgbaston which raised money for prostate cancer research in the England legend's memory.

The Australian batsman Vic Richardson played in the first Bodyline series and was terrorised by the English bowlers. His grandson was the gimlet-eyed Australian captain Ian Chappell. Having heard so many of his grandfather's stories, he vowed revenge.In 1974/5 he unleashed the marauding Dennis Lillee and the supersonic Jeff Thomson on England – the fastest, nastiest pair of bowlers in history. England were battered to a chastening defeat.We hear from Ian Chappell as he explains the joy he took in exacting revenge for his grandfather whilst David Lloyd tells a hilarious story of being hit in the box and knocking the ‘dints' out in the changing room before his next innings.

Caring for people takes a great deal of energy. What do you do with it starts to fatigue you? In this episode Eric, Jared, and Robert talk with Jeff Thomson about Compassion Fatigue. Jeff's model that anyone can use: Recognize Relate Refer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ccwt/message

As he approaches his retirement, IMA chief Jeff Thomson reflects on the changes in the profession over the past decades, and what he sees ahead.

On the day of Rod Marsh's sad passing, we've dug into our archives and picked out this long chat he had with the Rush Hour with MG & Liam in 2018. He gave us heaps, including when he met Dennis Lillee for the first time (10:50), why Jeff Thomson was the fastest bowler ever (12:40), bringing Under The Southern Cross I Stand to the Australian team (14:45), World Series Cricket (26:13), who had the best endurance at the bar (29:30) and plenty more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we burn through a couple of months' worth of numbers that we didn't get right, but this time we're confident. We'll go back to Faisalabad, have a clash of continents, double up in Lancashire, and find the most prolific player to never have a Cricinfo biography. Were we right about Jeff Thomson's real average? What's the finest work done by an Antigua dentist? Why is the host of Bullseye in my hotel room? Find out! Your Nerd Pledge revisits this week: 14.45 - Terry Hogan 6.04 - Jeffrey Gabriel 3.86 - Brian Stratford 4.21 - Kumar Gopalkrishnan 4.14 - Sam Ashworth 6.28 - Declan Lawlor 5.88 - Max Heaton 1.43 - Wayne Holloway 5.67 - Andrew Turner 6.14 - Nikhil Venkatesh 2.07 - Vijay 2.15 - Bryan R. Caine 28.01 - Richard Jansz-Moore 2.39 - Dane Hansted 96.00 - Jeremy Brown 3.82 - Julian King 4.18 - Ed Fowler 4.54 - Chris Unwin 3.45 - Mark Stein 6.43 - Mel Shawley Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword  Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com  Get 20% off Woodstock Cricket kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk  Get 44% off a Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes it is difficult to keep our first things first and it can feel like we are trying to keep too many plates spinning. In this episode of CHaplain, Can We Talk we speak with Chaplain, and also our Regional Manager, Jeff Thomson concern Work/Life Balance and specifically if we should be focused on integration rather than balance. If you have a topic you would like covered you can reach us at rterrell@chaplain.org or https://twitter.com/ChaplainCWT --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ccwt/message

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we burn through a couple of months' worth of numbers that we didn't get right, but this time we're confident. We'll go back to Faisalabad, have a clash of continents, double up in Lancashire, and find the most prolific player to never have a Cricinfo biography. Were we right about Jeff Thomson's real average? What's the finest work done by an Antigua dentist? Why is the host of Bullseye in my hotel room? Find out!Your Nerd Pledge revisits this week:14.45 - Terry Hogan6.04 - Jeffrey Gabriel3.86 - Brian Stratford4.21 - Kumar Gopalkrishnan4.14 - Sam Ashworth6.28 - Declan Lawlor5.88 - Max Heaton1.43 - Wayne Holloway5.67 - Andrew Turner6.14 - Nikhil Venkatesh2.07 - Vijay2.15 - Bryan R. Caine28.01 - Richard Jansz-Moore2.39 - Dane Hansted96.00 - Jeremy Brown3.82 - Julian King4.18 - Ed Fowler4.54 - Chris Unwin3.45 - Mark Stein6.43 - Mel Shawley Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind other episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get 20% off Woodstock Cricket kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.ukGet 44% off a Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jeff Thomson, a major New Zealand artist and sculptor, works mainly in old corrugated iron and new corrugated steel. His works are displayed in private and public gallery collections in New Zealand and Australia, and he works on commissions in both countries. In this episode we talk with Jeff about his practice and his journey.

We chat with the hilarious straight shooting former Australian quick Jeff Thomson. Jeff played 51 tests for Australia and 50 ODI's and is regarded as the fastest bowler of all time. Jeff opens up with some funny stories about his days with the national side and what he thinks of the current day cricketers. Jeff shoots from the hip which is always fantastic entertainment for a podcast.

This week on Just Havin a Crack we have arguably the worlds fastest-ever bowler, Jeff Thomson.Jeff or Thommo as he was known struck fear into every batsman worldwide. He was frighteningly quick. Even the great West Indian teams of the '70s and early 80's respected Jeff and the bowler he was. Paired with Dennis Lillie they were one of the most feared opening bowing attacks the world has seen.Jeff is frank, he calls a spade a spade. He doesn't mince his words. He is a humble man who hasn't forgotten his past and the mates he has made along the way.

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From Beyond Vision, Jennifer Wenzel, Stephen Gould, Diana Voigt, Michael Newman and Javier Johnson join Jeff Thomson in the Blind Abilities Studio to share how Beyond Vision is creating opportunities through employment for people who are Blind or Visually Impaired. This is not your Grandfather's Sheltered Workshop is a statement that rings through clearly in this conversation. Michael and Javier work int the machine shop and shipping and receiving departments while Jennifer, Stephen and Diana are in the front office with hiring and marketing responsibilities. Learn how they came to work at Beyond Vision and how they are enhancing the  career opportunities, building awareness in the communities and building relationships with some of the top businesses through providing a quality product and service. You can find out more about Beyond Vision on the web and see how you can become part of the growing team. Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. Contact: You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Storeand Google Play Store. Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-9063 we would love to hear from you! Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, and the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired group

BONUS EPISODE RECORDED LIVE FOR FB AND YOUTUBE. Wyrd Realities Podcast speaks with the most laid-back and cool dudes in Indie horror, Allen Gamboa. In addition to being one of the featured writers in the Five Roads to Texas collaboration series, Allen has written the 3 book Operation Zulu series, Zombie Island, and is working on Deaders. He had been included in numerous anthologies, is a frequent flyer on the haunted Library podcast over at Written Horrors Facebook page and has recently joined the panel of hosts featured on Wyrd Realities podcast where he is even carving our his own successful segment Watching Wyrd with co-host Jeff Thomson. Since joining Wyrd Realities, Allen has helped score interviews with zombie horror directors Glenn Miller and Hilton Ariel Ruiz, as well as secure retired US Army LT Colonel and author Brian Parker as a guest host for the upcoming Wyrd Realities roundtable discussion on Operation High Jump. Hadley and Allen discuss his books, movies, and when Allen guarded Charles Manson when he was a Guard at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) in California. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wyrd-realities/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wyrd-realities/support

The Zombie Author Roundtable – Part Deux Thursday June 17th at 7:00 PM CST – livestreamed to Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch! Tonight's special show will feature some amazingly talented authors in the Zombie Genre. This will be featured live in the “Zombie Book of the Month Club” Group as well as “The Zombie Army” Group on Facebook. Each author will be telling you about their work, where to find their work, what they are working on now, and their own views on the Zombie Apocalypse. Featuring the talents of: Allen Gamboa, Sylvester Barzey, D.A. Roberts, Steven Kenny, Teel James Glenn, Bethany Stutsman Hagardt, Shawn Chesser, Scott Baker, and Jeff Thomson. More may join us throughout the show, and we look forward to you joining us. You can ask questions in the chatroom, interact with the authors, and even find new favorites in the genre. So make sure to join us here, Thursday June 17th at 7:00 PM CST

Contact Bob Kolodgy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-kolodgy-a5849214/About Bob Kolodgy: https://www.bcbs.com/about-us/leadership/robert-kolodgyBob's Interview for Forbes CFO Network with IMA's Jeff Thomson: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffthomson/2020/02/07/the-finance-leader-in-health-care-an-interview-with-the-cfo-of-blue-cross-blue-shield-association/?sh=418e829169acBCBS: https://www.bcbs.com/FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPTAdam: (00:00) Welcome to episode 126 of Count Me In. Thanks for coming back and listening to IMA's podcast. I'm your host, Adam Larson and today's expert guest is Bob Kolodgy. Bob is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, a national Federation of 35 independent community-based and locally operated Blue Cross Blue Shield companies. In his role, he is responsible for the blue's federal employee program, oversees the national employee benefits administration, and has overall accountability for Blue Cross Blue Shield brand management, and the associations finance, licenser, enterprise information technology, and information security areas. During his conversation with my co-host Mitch, Bob discusses the role of the CFO in building organizations ready for the future. Keep listening to hear his perspective on innovation, data, and value. Mitch: (01:02) So for our conversation today, we really want to emphasize the role of the CFO and making sure that they are capable of building organizations ready for the future. Now, innovation certainly is a term we use often in accounting and finance as organizations seek to create and increase value. So to start off, I would really like to know what innovation means to you. Bob: (01:31) Yeah, thanks Mitch and thanks for the opportunity to address IMA today, it's a great group and I love to be part of your events, so thank you for that. You know, with respect to innovation and accounting, let's put it in perspective and I've always said this at the beginning of innovation conversations with finance people. It's like, well, we don't want you all to be all that innovative, I mean, your accountants after all. And you need to be careful, right? So there's all kinds of, accounting principles and things like that. And we don't want you to be creative with that now, maybe be creative about how you do what you do, right? And so how can you as an accountant, or a finance person in an organization, actually innovate in a way that creates value. And so, when we try to take that apart, I look at value as the sum of three things, cost or efficiency, quality, and service. And so anyone can apply those principles to what they do I think, and add value. And so for me, innovation, particularly in accounting and finance in those disciplines really is focused more on those things and keeping them in balance, right? So innovation can accelerate any one of those things and as long as it does that without detracting from the other two, it's adding value. So for me, it's kind of that simple. And, when you look at what we've been in for the last, 14 or 15 months with the pandemic, it really sort of dots the eye on the need for innovation, right? We had to pivot in so many ways that we never would have expected so quickly and, you know, true innovations have come out of that in many forms and now its a matter of advancing those and in some cases bringing them to scale. There were certain things that came out of the pandemic that were really innovative and they're going to stick whether we expected that to happen or not. The time after the pandemic will be, not like anything we expected or planned on our prior trajectory. Mitch: (03:37) Yeah, I completely agree, among these different conversations that I have, I've certainly seen many organizations who have explained that they will be adapting some of these ongoing principles moving forward and making it part of their business, because of how they had to pivot and adapt in the last year plus. My next question, continuing on this topic, as far as innovation goes and the different components that you spoke about, what is specifically the CFO's role when it comes to initiating this change, enabling innovation and driving the anticipated results, evaluating those results, where does the CFO really make an impact? Bob: (04:16) Yeah, I think innovation and enabling new thinking and so forth is really an area where the modern CFO can differentiate themselves from the more traditional financially focused leader, and if it's done well, the CFO can become the corporation's architect for business value. I saw an article recently from Accenture on this, and I found it very, very interesting and poignant. CFOs are uniquely positioned if they apply certain levers that they have access to, to be able to create this differentiation and be the architect of business value. And just to list off the levers quickly, visibility of the whole enterprise, the CFO typically because they deal with all parts of the company has a view into what is going on in all those parts and the ability to see where synergies exist across those verticals, the ability to do analytics and have access to data across the enterprise is really critical. CFOs, not only have access to financial data, but now more and more operational and market data and, a variety of things that they can bring together to bring insights that are actionable to the organization. Understanding enterprise risk is a critical role that the CFO or critical conversation, or are part of the conversation the CFO can bring, because they can measure risk and they know that you may be able to take risks in one area of the company and balance that off with some protection and hedge and the other areas of the company. The CFO can and should have a strong relationship with all the C-level executives in the company, right? So there should be good working relationships there and the CFO's ability to mentor and discuss things with his or her peers in a way that brings to life this greater business value. And finally the financial authorities, I mean the CFO obviously has a financial authority within the organization and can reinforce the economic basis for investment decisions, right? So the CFO can bring voice to somebody else's idea, in a way that that person may or may not be able to do. And so, these things can really be exploited by better collaboration with C-level peers, by leading in with unique insights, whether it's based on data, unique analytics, perspective on risk, or what have you, and then taking ownership for ensuring that value is extracted from all of the new technology and data platforms. These things are proliferating coming up all over the place. And I think it's the CFO's responsibility to make sure there's a value equation attached to each of those, or if not, make sure everybody else understands that and make sure that expectations are aligned along those vectors and CFO needs to be able to cultivate a good commercial awareness and stay ahead of the curve of the industry, right? So whether it's regulatory change, federal policy changes, the business environment, changing the competitive landscape, changing or just trends and particularly important, I think is understanding what the potential disruptors are. You know, I'm in healthcare, there are disruptors all around our industry, whether you're talking about health plans, providers, pharmaceutical companies, there all kinds of people with great ideas about how to do what we do differently. And so being aware of that is critically important as you try to bring innovation and value into your organization. Mitch: (07:38) That's great and I want to go a little bit further on some of the points you just made right there because many often relate innovation, they hear innovation and think of technology, right? That's one of the biggest things and in the recent year plus we've seen, regardless of the pandemic, some of the biggest technology innovation in accounting and finance has come through automation and the availability of data. So I think aligning our thoughts here on what you were just talking about as far as what innovation really is from your perspective, being able to take advantage of some technological advancements that have become available to us. But really, the value creation that you were just talking about. If it's in healthcare for you or accounting and finance professionals, how do you as a CFO go about harnessing the data, because there is so much of it at this point and truly making or creating value from that data? Bob: (08:31) Sure. You know, health insurance is a huge data business. We have records and you can imagine, Blue Cross Blue Shield provides health insurance for 110 million people in the country. And so we have all the claim records for them, for their medical care and for the pharmacy use. And so we know a lot, but what we know is relatively thin, right? So we know, a person went to the hospital and they went to the ER and had an x-ray and got their broken leg set, but we don't have the x-ray results. We don't have the depth of the diagnostics and stuff that were done in the hospital. So not only are we looking at our own data, which is enormous, but we're bringing in, we call it nonconforming data from other sources, right? So connecting with hospital systems, electronic medical records, for instance, to import data that makes what we have even richer and gives us the ability to do way more with the data. And I'm going to talk about a couple of those things. So just in terms of examples, one of the things that the Blue Cross Blue Shield association strives to be as a thought leader in healthcare. And so we developed this health of America report series that is a data-driven set of analytics and we do publications periodically on different topics. So using our data and the insights from our data to try to identify challenges in healthcare space, right? So last year, maybe it was even a year and a half ago, we did a study on millennials and try to understand their relative health compared to prior generations and what particular health issues were prevalent for millennials and we had some really interesting findings. First of all, millennials are more likely to have some certain chronic conditions and perhaps less likely to live a long and healthy life then the prior generation, which was a startling finding. And then additionally, a lot of behavioral health issues from millennials were evidence which enables us to say, okay, well, if that's a population cohort that we want to take care of and take good care of, then we need to adapt certain things, we need to adapt certain chronic care management approaches that are particularly important for millennials and we need to build a better behavioral health or mental health system to accompany the physical health part, right? And so it's things like that and our ability to take huge data sets and study different population cohorts within them, come out with findings that are creating actionable insights that we can build into our products, build into our service set and so forth to achieve our mission of taking better care of people for the health of America. This whole thing rides on, as I was describing earlier, the ability to combine data from disparate sources, right? So interoperability is a huge issue in healthcare. Interoperability in healthcare is really kind of scarce right now, right? So what I described, it's really easy to say, oh, health plan, it's going to just go to the big hospital systems in their network and they're going to connect with their electronic medical records systems and they're going to import all this deep rich data about people, we're going to go out and buy a market data prism clusters, whatever to understand the socioeconomics of a population and we're going to combine all that stuff and come up with all these rich insights, but there's not a standard and we're working on it. And, again, with our footprint in the industry being pretty big we can help drive interoperability solutions so that data is exchanged in a consistent way that when you particularly hit on data elements and a report, it means the same thing no matter what system you're in and that it's safe and secure. So those things are critical to interoperability and that's one of the underpinnings that we're working on, in terms of our data approach. Finally, I'll call out a few companies, the Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, and there are now 35 of them domestically and hundreds internationally. The 35 domestics that joins to do corporate venturing. And so we're in our fourth corporate venture fund right now with a total of about 900 million of assets under management and I'm just going to highlight a couple of the companies that are in the blue venture fund portfolio that are doing really interesting and relevant things with respect to data. So advocacy insights is a cloud-based data management and interoperability platform that's specifically built for healthcare. So it's able to connect the payers and the providers and the other participants in the healthcare ecosystem in a unique way. There's a company called Alacura, which provides data analytics and network optimization for services about aeromedical transport. So, you see the copiers and the airplanes that are taking people either, with respect to the helicopter, it might be from what they call a scene run. So if there was an accident on the highway, someone's really in bad shape they'll call a copter instead of an ambulance so that they can get to the critical care center more quickly. And there are a lot of, transports of critically ill people for, transplant operations and high level things where they have to be moved from place to place really quickly. So this platform matches up air medical transport and medical capabilities. And then finally, a company called Prove. Prove provides, mobile focused identity authentication and data management platform, which improves member engagements. It reduces operating costs and streamlines digital processes. The origin of Prove was this two-factor authentication. So, Prove has tons and tons of cell phone numbers in it. So it knows if you're in a call center and you've got Prove kind of bolted onto your inbound calls. It can tell you who the person is and then your system can match that to a member record so that, that call center operator is click, click right into the information about the person calling. So really valuable and it alleviates the need to do some additional authentication when the person calls, right? So, a lot of times you call and they say, okay well, what's your mother's maiden name? Or, you know, what's the name of your first pet you had when you were a kid or something along those lines. So, Prove is another platform that the venture funds have invested in that are really helping us move in this data space. Mitch: (15:05) So it sounds like you have a tremendous amount of data, truthfully more than I could think of, but it obviously makes sense as you're explaining where it all comes from and how it all works together. As a CFO of the organization in being able to share insight like this, it sounds like it's just a tremendous amount of opportunity, right? There's a ton of opportunity with data, but just for our listeners, I think everybody also recognizes with opportunity comes challenges. So when it comes to innovation, this data, taking all of this opportunity and creating value from it, how do you navigate really through these different challenges? And, just thinking back to one of the first points you made in that last response about the health of millennials. The findings that you have from your research must prove to kind of contradict maybe some of the initial forecasts that you've had. So things like that, what goes into really leading your organization for success into the future? Bob: (16:07) Yeah. When you think about that, and particularly with financial people, it's a lot about forecasting. And so we do a whole bunch of financial forecasting, but we do all kinds of other forecasting as well. And I guess for me, the best go-to here is, our industry, right? Health insurance, and I'm going to talk about health insurance in the context of the pandemic. And I think it'll point out some things that we knew and some things that we didn't know, and probably one of the most impactful externalities that we've ever experienced in our professional careers, right? I mean, unless you're a hundred years old, you haven't been through a pandemic before. So, you know, we're not a hundred years old. What happened to us last year, when the pandemic hit was a really, a series of conflicting headwinds. So we had headwinds with our customers and our customers are the members, who subscribe and the employers who generally buy the insurance for that person, right? So it's sort of a two level customer set and what people needed because of the volatility and loss of jobs and uncertainty for business was premium relief, right? So they're asking us, “Hey, look, cut us some slack on premiums for a while”. And we did, we extended grace periods and things like that, in some cases we forgave premium for people that were in certain tough economic times and things like that. So on the customer side, that was one of the first things that came to us. So, from a financial person's perspective, oh, okay, well we're not going to collect this quickly, or we're not going to collect it all. And so what does that mean, and how much is that worth? Then it was, okay, now let's make sure that everyone has access, right? Because the last thing you want when you're a health insurer is for people, your members not to be able to get care when they need it, okay. Because that's what we're here to do. We're here to make sure you can get care when you need it, and it gets paid for. So the ability to accept access testing for COVID, the vaccines when they were available, and just services in general, right? Because the hospital system kind of shut down when COVID hit with all the elective procedures and things like that. And so we needed to make sure that people understood if they were really sick, you can still get in. You need to be protected, you need to be this and that. So it was a matter of waiving copays and some of the economic barriers in our benefit design so that people could get all of the testing and COVID treatment that they needed. And so we spent a bunch of time on there. So that's the customer step. Our supply chain, so to speak, in health insurance is the providers, right? It's the hospitals, the doctors, the drugs, the air ambulance companies, you know, all those things, the PT providers, the surgeons, et cetera. And the way we generally pay our supply chain in the industry is based upon volume, right? So they do something, we pay them, we call that fee for service, right? You go to the doctor, he checks you out, he bills us, or he or she bills us and we pay the doctor. That's called fee for service medicine. But when volume goes through the floor, like it did in March and April of 2020, we're not paying them because there's no service being provided. So providers got cash short pretty quickly and they needed help. So we put providers in some cases on interim payments, we'll pay you a certain amount per month based on what your historical spend has been, for us and we'll settle up later. So we're getting less cash from our customers and we're needing to front cash to those providers who were in kind of a tough spot. And fortunately we have the wherewithal, particularly blue plans are very well capitalized, had the wherewithal to be able to do this at least for a while. So then it's like, okay, well, what does all that mean to us? So I described with that shortage of cash need, we ourselves had COVID related costs that were new to us, right? There didn't used to be that diagnosis, there didn't used to be treatment, there didn't used to be Regeneron use for people that are impatient, all the ventilator use that was early in the pandemic and all those things were new costs for us. On the other side of it, there was this huge downdraft in terms of the cost of medical care. And so because people were deferring care and delaying elective procedures, there was an enormous amount of reduction in our expenses. And so you put all those things together and try to make a forecast. I mean, uncertainty was just more than it's ever been before, and we'd need to look to the future now and figure out, well what's next. We know what happened in 2020, the big piece of our boss went down, some pieces went up, we also had costs for ourselves because we put our workers remote. So any employer who went remote, we had to add bandwidth, we had to have people get here to set up at home and all those kinds of things so we had all of those costs. But as we look to the future and healthcare health insurance is a long-term play, you need to know what's going to happen because of all the deferred care this year, when we look at the procedures that were deferred, they were largely good preventive medicine. People weren't going to get the care that they typically would get the routine diagnostics and stuff like that, to make sure that they don't have some underpinning chronic condition or some underpinning acute event on the way. So without having that preventive stuff, that good spend going on what is going to happen to people next, and probably what will happen to people next is there'll be more acute episodes, that'll be more expensive and probably damaging to people's overall health status. But we don't know what that is yet because we're still just coming out of the pandemic and the medical consumption while it's kind of at a normal level, it's comprised of a different distribution of things, more COVID stuff and less typical elective and diagnostic stuff. So there will be long-term implications that we just don't know what those are yet, but we're still doing forecasts, it doesn't stop us from doing forecasts. We're taking our best guess. We've got actuaries all over the place, trying to figure this stuff out and understand what's going to happen with the changing utilization patterns. The other thing that happened in the pandemic in our industry, which I think is really interesting, and again, tough to project, the uptake on telemedicine. Because people didn't want to go or couldn't go to the doctor's office, doctors made themselves available to people through things like zoom and video and a bunch of other technologies that actually are good and probably going to be more the way of the future. It won't all be that way, some of it will go back to the face-to-face doctor's office stuff, but there's a fair amount of telemedicine that will continue, and that was accelerated and as a result of the pandemic. And then finally, like everybody else, we're figuring out what this return to office looks like, right? Trying to figure out when it's going to be safe to send our people, what the office is going to look like, who's going to be in, who's not going to be in or hybrid mode, or what is it going to be? And what's the cost of that, right? Right now we've got a bunch of office space we're not using. We have to rationalize that at some point in the future. So all these things go into our projections, but I've been a CFO long enough to tell other CFOs, my advice just be careful. That's all. Know what could happen, do a lot of sensitivity analysis, but just be careful and protect your balance sheet because you've got a strong balance sheet you can weather stuff like this and if you don't have a strong balance sheet, it's going to be harder. Mitch: (23:33) Well, that's really the perfect way to kind of segue into this last question for you here. We certainly covered a lot when it comes to innovation and particularly the past year and a half, a lot of the changes. It was difficult, you know, 2020 and you said the last 14, 15 months, I think we can both agree that there are some positive outcomes that we can kind of focus on, as far as innovation goes and being able to, incorporate some of this into our business as sustainable operations, but just kind of closing thoughts from you, if you wouldn't mind sharing, when it comes to the role of the CFO and again, we're trying to lead organizations into the future successfully, sustainably. What does that look like? What are some of the last thoughts and pieces of advice you have for our listeners? Bob: (24:20) Yeah, I think some of the lessons learned in the pandemic relate to several areas. Infrastructure is one of those and not only within organizations, but within industries, it was fascinating to me to see in a totally unrelated to healthcare per se, but the way the supply chains work in the country created shortages of things that people wanted to hoard when the pandemic came up, right? So all of a sudden, this is an interesting example, but people were hoarding paper products and the way the supply chain was making paper products was a certain amount for industrial use or commercial use in office buildings, institutions, and things of that nature and a certain amount for home consumption. And what happened when the pandemic hit is home consumption went way up and institutional consumption went down and the supply chain wasn't ready to make that pivot. It took months and months for them to normalize that, cause it's the same product, it just comes in a different package, in a different shape for them to normalize that and get it figured out. Another infrastructure piece, and this is a healthcare specific one for the healthcare ecosystem is, the pandemic really put a spotlight on serious racial disparities and access to care. And we've known anybody who's been in healthcare has known for a long time that there are disparities and that people of modest means have a tougher time getting the same access and good health care that people with greater means may be able to obtain. And whether it's the prevalence of COVID in a particular population, which was higher again for populations that were more socially and economically challenged, particularly people of color and one relates to the other, but the outcomes the same outcome, there were many more cases and serious cases of COVID in populations of color. And that is a terrible thing, but I don't think it's a surprise to anyone in healthcare just sort of dotted the “I” in what we already knew. The good thing about it is that we're coming out with a greater focus on some of those things. I'll talk about that in a minute. The readiness of organizations to do these pivots was very unlevel. I think some organizations pivoted really well and others just kind of went out, you know, like almost went out of business and so think about restaurants, right? I live in Chicago and there's a lot of restaurants. Well, there aren't as many restaurants as there used to be. There are some great restaurants that obviously couldn't take patrons or indoor dining and so they pivoted to carry out and some of them did it really quickly, but some of them couldn't do it at all. I mean, you can really tell as kind of a finance person, you walked down the street and you just look at a restaurant that's doing a decent carry out business and one that's just boarded up and I think it again gets back to how much depth they get, right, to absorb that shock. And so being prepared for that is something that I think organizations really need to do and reinforcing the importance of having the resources and frameworks in place to deal with contingencies. Plan ahead, okay. Well, what if, I don't think anybody ever would have done a, “what if” on a pandemic, but you might've done “what ifs” on other catastrophes that would have had similar consequences and understanding if this, then that with your business is just a really, really important thing whether you're a big company, like a health insurance company or an entrepreneur, you know, running a shop on Alstead avenue in Chicago. Some of the positive things I mentioned earlier, the acceleration of tele-health, innovation was accelerated, digital transformation was accelerated because we had to, and I think those things will stick and they'll stick in just about every sector. I mean, think about the volume of things that are being bought through all of the delivery vendors, right? Amazon, whatever, you know, and all the likes of them. And again, we live in the city, you can get almost anything delivered to our house, whether it's food, groceries, supplies, tools, whatever it is, and in a pandemic, that's what everybody did. So the growth there, and I think, again, a certain amount of it isn't permanent, but a lot of it is permanent. And I think that, that in our case, in healthcare at the tele-health conversion was truly one that was pandemic driven to a different trajectory. And then for organizations, you don't realize you have to be nimble and agile at this point, then you haven't been paying attention because so many things happen so quickly. I mean, we took our workforce remote in a week and we decided to do and in a week later, it was done. And that was it. And 95% of those people haven't set foot in this office since, which is pretty remarkable when you think about it. And the ability to do that and continue your business really means being agile and being nimble, and being adaptable. And now it's a matter of resilience, right? So it's a matter of making sure your folks feel connected and that they feel strong every day because they're working in a whole different paradigm than they were before. So, I think, I don't know who said it, but no good crisis should go unattended, and crisis creates opportunity for those that are really thinking and willing to pivot and willing to act and I think that that's been true with this pandemic. There are things that you would never think you would do and people, many people thought just in terms of the office environment, we need to be in the office every day, everyone needs to be here, that's our culture, that's how we roll, that's just the way it needs to be and I think that what we've done in the last 14 or 15 months has shown us, it's not really the way it necessarily needs to be, might still be for some companies the best way, but not for all companies and I think people have found a different way to work. It's going to permanently change the workforce in this country. I mean, think about the idea of more jobs just being remote period, where you never have to go to an office. That puts the pool of potential employees for a company exponentially bigger than it used to be. Because if my company no longer requires people to work in Chicago five days a week, that opens up the entire country to us in terms of opportunities. And it opens up opportunities for people everywhere in the country that they wouldn't have had if they weren't local before. So I think it's really a lot of things here that have come out of this that are going to be decent improvements for us in the future. And everybody talks about back to normal, there's no going back to normal. We're going to a different spot. Not exactly sure what it is, but we're going to a different spot that isn't going to be what normal used to be and it isn't going to be where we are today. So that's what I kind of firmly believe in. That's the advice I would give to the audience. Closing: (31:12) This has been Count Me In, IMA's podcast providing you with the latest perspectives of thought leaders from the accounting and finance profession. If you like what you heard and you'd like to be counted in for more relevant accounting and finance education, visit IMA's website at www.imanet.org.

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IMA's website: https://www.imanet.org/International Management Accounting Day: https://www.imanet.org/about-ima/international-management-accounting-dayFULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPTAdam: (00:00) Welcome back everyone and happy International Management Accounting Day. Each year, IMA celebrates International Management Accounting day on May 6th. This global day of recognition commemorates the important role management accountants play within their organizations. Around the world, finance and accounting professionals work to bring insight and help their organizations realize untapped opportunities and operate more efficiently. While this work happens every day of the year, on May 6th management accountants are publicly recognized by IMA. So to celebrate and support the public recognition, Count Me In has a special bonus episode for you featuring IMA's President and CEO, Jeff Thomson. Jeff spoke with Margaret Michaels, IMA's Manager for Brand Content and Storytelling about the future of finance and accounting. Keep listening to hear them discuss the valuable ongoing efforts of management accountants and the race for relevance in a digital age. Margaret: (01:03) Digital transformation enabled by automation, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies has been the headline story when people talk about the future of finance, but you often bring up the fact that these are really not new technologies. Can you elaborate on that theme and talk a little bit about how the foundational concepts in competing on analytics and other texts laid the groundwork for the transformation we see today? Jeff: (01:41) Sure Margaret. Great question and two related, but somewhat different concepts. So these technologies have been around and developing for some time. Artificial intelligence, has been around for some time, blockchain has been around for some time. But what's different is that all industries have been impacted by these technologies and the applications have been exploding. You know blockchain, for example, the use cases for blockchain were just a few several years ago, but now blockchain use cases have absolutely exploded. You know, blockchain was something we've heard about several years ago, primarily in the financial services industry, but now blockchain applications are permeating many, many industries including education, non-for-profits, and when we think about artificial intelligence, it's not just artificial intelligence in certain industries, it's artificial intelligence in many industries and many applications, so the question is our ability to leverage all of these wonderful uses of these technologies. Now, and then when we think about, RPA robotics process automation, robotics process automation has actually been around for nearly a decade. So when we talk about new technologies, the technologies really aren't that new, but it's the application and comprehensiveness of these technologies across industry verticals that are new. Now, moving to your other question competing on analytics, it's actually the book, Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning, by Thomas Davenport and Jean Harris. It's actually a book in 2007 that really laid the groundwork for the transformation to data analytics that as you said, we're seeing today. And when you think about it, imagine it was written in 2007 and when you think about the science of winning in the marketplace, what do you think about? You normally think about cool apps, things that consumers see in front of them. Like I said applications, products and services, things you can touch and feel. You don't think about nerdy things like analytics, but if you fast forward today, analytics is the thing we're talking about. Data scientists, data scientists are the number one sought after job because data analytics is how we get to know our consumers and their needs and their wants. They’re how finance team professionals offer insight and foresight to their CEOs, to their boards of directors. So that is the competency and skillset that we as finance team professionals must really aspire to and really accelerate our competencies.   Margaret: (04:59) Great. Now you often say the race for relevance to describe the current iteration of digital transformation in accounting and finance as technology evolves faster than the skills of the people who need to use it. What are the skills finance and accounting professionals need to focus on to keep up and what competencies really stand out to employers in a time when skills are increasingly commoditized?   Jeff: (05:28) Yeah so another great question Margaret you're on a roll today. Yeah, so there's going to be the infamous hard skills and the softer skills, so we are in an absolute environment of disruption. In fact, we often talk about the VUCA world that we're in, and no it's not a Hungarian goulash, it's VUCA volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, VUCA. And we were actually in that environment before COVID-19 tragically struck the world with non-traditional competition, climate, and I can go on and on. So when I think about behavioral characteristics for finance team professionals and CFOs, I think about agility and I know we're going to be talking about agility perhaps in a bit later. I think about adaptability because if you don't have the ability to deal with new situations, stressful situations, totally unexpected situations that your best planning could not have possibly anticipated then you're not going to be able to adjust and deal with the situation from a risk management perspective or a planning perspective. So agility, adaptability, but also being anticipatory. Having that radar at ability to plan the best you can, so from a behavioral perspective, what I call the three A's; agility, adaptability, anticipatory skills. From a harder skills perspective, and again this is for the finance team, strategic planning, strategic thinking and then of course data analytics, data science, everything data, data transformation, digital transformation. Now I don't want to lose sight of the table stakes because as we thinking about the progressive CFO and the CFO of the future, we have to be clear that there are table stakes. There are things that the CFO team must do with excellence that are expected. Things like risk management, internal controls, an ongoing and continuous commitment to ethics, leadership, executive maturity, executive presence, and the like. So we can't lose sight of what got us there and that's a unwavering and relentless focus on, as I said, ethics, internal controls, accurately and fairly representing the financial condition of the enterprise. And then we can offer that insight and foresight and having, enabling the organization to do great things and create great products and services that will change the world.   Margaret: (08:38) That makes a lot of sense and I'm glad you mentioned agility and resilience because COVID has certainly highlighted the need for leaders to help their people become more agile and resilient. How do you define agility and resilience? How equipped are finance and accounting professionals to deal with uncertainty while continuing to innovate and improve processes?   Jeff: (09:04) So agility is, and again, this is a, perhaps a Thomson un-scientific definition, but maybe those are the best. They're not particularly scientific, but agility in my mind, Margaret is the ability to quickly move employees and resources, human resources, and other types of resources, technology resources into new roles or areas of the organization to support changing business needs. And the quickness is really very important because things could change on a dime or a nickel or a penny as the case may be so ability to quickly move employees and other types of resources and the new roles or areas of the organization as conditions change. Resilience or resiliency is perhaps viewed as the physical, social, emotional, and financial wellbeing of employees. Think of it as the shock absorber weathering the storm, hurricane Sandy and the Northeast is a literal interpretation of weathering the storm. COVID-19 around the world and other examples. And when I think about, going back to agility, you know, there's a kind of a company responsibility and a company opportunity to deal with agility, attracting and attaining diverse employees, creating an inclusive culture, identifying employees with digital skills, career pathing, workforce ability offering, and providing technology and communication tools, remote collaboration, but there's also an employee responsibility to improve agility, building your competencies, building skill sets and strategy and data science and data analytics, so it's a dual responsibility when it comes to agility, both an employer and employee responsibility.   Margaret: (11:18) That makes a lot of sense. And as organizations and economies recover from COVID, what do you think the new normal will look like? And what role will management accountants play in helping their organizations recover?   Jeff: (11:34) Well, I think we as a society, Margaret are playing a role in what the new normal will look like. And look, there's no doubt about it, in some sense, tragically COVID-19 impacted lives and livelihoods, closed down small businesses, 3 million deaths, cases, hospitalizations, but the human spirit is strong we learned so much. We learned so much about ourselves, how to cope, learned about how technology can enable, learn so much about how we could deal with tragedy, how we could educate ourselves and lift the human spirit. And we also learned about the new normal of work. So we educated ourselves in so many ways we became a learning society, a world that is transformed forever. So, the new normal in many ways is a new learning world and certainly we've learned that our profession, for example, is one that is a profession that is stronger in many, many ways. It's more, we've invested in new technologies, we've learned that we don't need to be in the office nine to five, we don't all need to be in the office at the same time. We do need to be in the office some of the time, we do need to build and nurture relationships, but you know what, we can close the books remotely, we can create budgets remotely, we can close the books remotely. And so that mix we'll figure out together. We did invest more than we ever have before in data science, we've invested more than ever before in digital transformation across the value chain. Organizations are investing in new hybrid models in terms of remote work, like two-three-two, two days in the office, three days away from the office or in your home office, and then two days of time with the family or other types of models, investing in all types of technologies that enable the consumer to do great things, investing more in ESG to enable the planet to be greener and cleaner. And so, we've learned an awful lot about society ourselves, and our organization. So that is a really, really good thing and I think the new normal will be better than the old normal.   Margaret: (14:28) I agree. I do look forward to a full economic recovery and seeing everybody prosper after such a difficult year.   Jeff: (14:38) I agree, you know, IMA conducts a quarterly global economic survey, as you know, with ACCA, another prominent global accounting association. We've done it for the better part of 60 years. One of the largest quarterly economic surveys of its kind, and there's nothing but optimism in terms of global economic survey. In fact, by the end of this year, we might return to pre-pandemic conditions. You know, if things go well, it's a bit of a race between vaccinations and the variants. We need to be careful and smart in terms of not, you know, going back to relapses and things like that. But if we're smart and cautious, we might see a nice recovery.   Closing: (15:34) This has been Count Me In, IMA's podcast providing you with the latest perspectives of thought leaders from the accounting and finance profession. If you like what you heard and you'd like to be counted in for more relevant accounting and finance education, visit IMA's website at www.imanet.org.

Jeff Thomson, a Senior Intelligence Officer at the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, tells us how to avoid being the victim of an online scam. "Recognize, reject, report", the CAFC's Fraud Prevention Month slogan encourages Canadians to think before they act. In 2020 alone over 100,000 instances of fraud were reported nationwide. Find out why in this new 5-minute interview with FRISS.

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We speak with Jeff Thomson from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre about the rise in sextortion during the pandemic, Kerin John talks about her new website called Black Owned Canada. And on the phone-in: bullying in the workplace.

For the first-ever episode of Chaplain, Can We Talk we interview Jeff Thomson, Regional Director of the North Central Team of Corporate Chaplains of America, and ask him about the importance of mental health awareness. Why is it important to talk about the subject? How can we listen and care for ourselves and others when dealing with mental health? What is the role of the chaplain and professional counseling in regards to mental health? Jeff references Mental Health First Aid and the ALGEE acronym. You can find out more information about MHFA here - https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ccwt/message

Are you finding that phone and online scams are getting even more sophisticated? We've got expert advice from Jeff Thomson at the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.

“In that moment I went absolutely rigid with real terror, far worse than facing Jeff Thomson.” That is John Cleese, sharing with Peter Oborne and Richard Heller on their latest cricket-themed podcast his experience as a performer of the “yips”, that dread loss of control which can blight cricketers on the field. He shares joyous memories of a lifelong love of cricket, which began watching the postwar Somerset team play at Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare. A previous guest, Jeffrey Archer, might also have been in the crowd but he cannot remember meeting him there. He does remember the fast bowler and mighty hitter, Arthur Wellard, hitting a six so high in the air that it when it fell it burst through the roof of a tea tent and shattered much crockery beneath. He recalls two other personal favourite Somerset players. Horace Hazell was a very accurate slow left-armer but so portly that he was forced to pause before each delivery to reposition his flannels. Bertie Buse was an all-rounder with an eccentric run-up which he tried to imitate as a fledgling bowler, “like an Edwardian butler serving tea on a tray.” Somerset were a happy team to watch, regularly bottom of the County Championship. John remembers his shock of adjustment, even sense of vague disappointment, when they broke the pattern by winning the Gillette Cup in 1979.There were darker moments in Somerset cricket, and he shares movingly the experience of watching two of them. Harold Gimblett was an explosive opening batsman subject to deep depression, which eventually drove him to take his life. John describes seeing him walking back to long-off so sunk in gloom that he was not even aware that the ball had been struck towards him; his belated attempt to catch it resulted only in falling over and injuring himself on some scaffolding on the boundary. The second was watching Maurice Tremlett get “the yips” at Taunton,  losing the bowling action which had earned him selection for England and delivering endless wides and no-balls.  He recalls the horror of the crowd as they desperately willed him to complete the over. John reveals his long fear of a similar experience in his performing career, a fear which especially haunts comedians.  He tells the story of his own “Tremlett moment.” It came during a sketch with Ronnie Corbett on live television for The Frost Report. Mercifully for posterity, John got through the awkward line which had given him sleepless nights, but he remembers Ronnie Corbett's surprise at his nervous amendment, when he described him as the tallest person he had ever met.John is modest about his prowess as an off-spinner at Clifton College, where he contributed to two victories at Lord's over their rivals, Tonbridge. Already very tall, he claims that his greatest successes came on the school's mid-season pitches where his hand appeared over the sightscreen against the background of a red brick building. (Joel Garner, another famous Somerset cricketer, would later enjoy a similar advantage.) John shares his joy at dismissing Denis Compton in a Clifton match despite an unco-operative wicketkeeper who wanted to see the great man bat. John explains why he did not play much after leaving Clifton, but shares the experience of a happy tour of Corfu with the Lords Taverners (renamed the Lords Tavernas) with Ken Barrington, Roy Kinnear and John Price of Middlesex and England. Discussing the influence of cricket on his work, John mentions his deep affection for the cricket-crazed Major in Fawlty Towers, a loving caricature of his father. He examines the treatment of English cricket in Monty Python as a monumentally dull experience narrated by idiotic backward-looking commentators. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6dl8ogAnd more...

This week Shane is entertained by 2 cricketers with legendary status and sense of humour, Jeff Thomson and Len Pascoe. These guys share all sorts of stories and provide a load of context to how things have changed in the world of professional cricket. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aussie batsman and Victorian captain Pete Handscomb is co hosting,We chat lockdown training for cricketersEnglands series win over West Indies,Former Australian opener Chris “Bucky” Rogers is our guest ,He chats presenting Pete with his Baggy Green ,Being a one Test wonder for five years,Changing states from WA to Victoria, The Victorian Shield home final in Hobart! Captaining a struggling Sydney Thunder in the BBL,The Test comeback in the 2013 Ashes seriesScoring his first Test 100,Jeff Thomson critique of his battingRetiring on his own terms and the moment that lead to retirement,Pete does the Social media Self Promoter AwardRetro Book Review is the great man Ian Redpath’ss 1976 “Always Ready”, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As companies struggle to survive in an increasingly complex and threatening environment of the coronavirus pandemic, the role of management accountants has become ever-more critical, according to IMA president and CEO Jeff Thomson.

IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) celebrates International Management Accounting Day® on May 6. This global day of recognition commemorates the important role management accountants play within their organizations. Count Me In is excited to participate in the celebration of this day by sharing another bonus episode for the series. Rouba Zeidan speaks with IMA President and CEO, Jeff Thomson, about what this day means to him and how critically important it is for management accountants to continuously create value, particularly in light of today's business circumstances. Download and listen now!

Jeff Thomson of the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre joins The John Oakley Show to describe the myriad ways in which con-artists are hoping to turn social disorder into profit.

Libby Znaimer is joined by Jeff Thomson, Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC). As we continue to grapple with the current pandemic, we are facing a barrage of another kind of virus: online scams that prey on the fears and challenges we face with COVID-19. According to the CAFC, as Canadians find themselves increasingly dealing with financial challenges, in addition to seeking government support, a number of them are looking for loans. In the meantime, the number of fraudulent loan websites are increasing as well, which are putting us at risk of being duped. And, our expert provides tips on how to spot and protect yourself from all kinds of COVID-19 related scams and how best to report them too. Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

The Saturday edition of the Best Fight Back, from the week that was, with Jane Brown Interviews with: - MP Francesco Sorbara on the CERB program - Jeff Thomson and Jasbir Anand discuss Covid-19 related scams - The Strategy Panel with Charles Bird, John Capobianco, and Karen Stintz - Michael Dolgin and Fr Michael McGourty on celebrating the holidays amid the Covid-19 pandemic - And the best calls of the week! Interviews with: - - - - - And the best calls of the week!

Libby Znaimer is joined by Financial Crime and National Fraud leader for Financial Services at EY, Jasbir Anand, and Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Jeff Thomson. The COVID-19 crisis is bringing out both the best and the worst in people, and the worst are those scammers trying to cheat and defraud us at this most vulnerable time. As we have been reporting today, the CRA will start taking applications for emergency benefits. Given that a lot of the ongoing scamming involves pretending to be the CRA, it

Jeff Thomson joined Garry and Tim on SEN Breakfast this morning.

The Sunday edition of the Best Fight Back, from the week that was, with Jane Brown. Interviews with: - Melissa Haussman, Janice Stein, and Ronald Schurin on Donald Trump and the Iowa Caucus - Traci Stein and Brian Patterson on luxury cars and bad driving - Jeff Thomson and Ann Cavoukian on advice against spear phishing scams - And the best calls of the week!

Libby Znaimer is joined by Jeff Thomson, Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and then Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director of the Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre. What do you think the biggest scam in the country is? According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, an e-mail based scam called "spear phishing" is cheating people of more money than any other scam in Canada. It is a request for money or information sent to a specific person, organization or business.This was the number one scam in Canada last year with losses of almost $37 million. Libby and experts discuss what you can do to prevent yourself or your business from falling victim to this type of cyber crime. Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

Jeff Thomson is an accomplished composer who's works include: Pump Up the Volume, Nancy Drew: The Musical, and The Oliver Experiment to name a few. More Information: www.jeffthomsonmusic.com

 Original music from a variety of bands! The White Wall Sessions podcast features songs and interviews by acts all over the country. Sit back and enjoy some great music and discussion about who made it. Featured artists:  Judd Hoos (part 2)  Jeff Thomson (part 2)   Artificial Stars (part 2) 

Libby Znaimer is joined by Jeff Thomson, a Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and Yaniv Or, Vice President of Technology and Data at ZoomerMedia Limited. Phone scams across the country do not discriminate against anyone. All Canadians are vulnerable and especially senior citizens. We've all heard the horror stories. This is nothing new. Just last week, authorities in India shut down a phone scam centre that was targeting Canadians by duping them into handing over money in a scheme that involved their Social Insurance Number information. In that case, 32 people were arrested. Despite these crackdowns, this type of criminal activity persists. Libby and experts discuss what you can do to better protect yourself from being targeted. Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

Jeff Thomson, Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre talks about 32 arrested in Indian police raid on New Delhi call centre targeting Canadians

 Original music from a variety of bands! The White Wall Sessions podcast features songs and interviews by acts all over the country. Sit back and enjoy some great music and discussion about who made it. Featured artists:  The Common Ground Company  Jeff Thomson  Gaelynn Lea

Jeff Thomson, CMA, CSCA, CAE, President and CEO of IMA, discusses the future of accounting and explains everything the Institute of Management Accountants is doing to support its members and the profession. In the episode, Jeff also talks about the CMA credential and what it stands for in the industry while emphasizing the importance of lifelong learning and continuing education. Jeff has been President and CEO of IMA since 2008 and has led the execution of a strategy resulting in IMA becoming one of the fastest growing and most influential accounting associations in the world. Prior to joining IMA, Jeff worked at AT&T for more than two decades where he served in various financial, strategic, and operational roles, including CFO and business partner. Listen to be counted in for all things affecting accounting and finance, as told by IMA's thought leader, Jeff Thomson!

At the 1975 Ashes test at Lord's, 33-year-old David Steele became an unlikely hero to the English public on his test debut. With a mop of grey hair, glasses and a cap rather than a helmet, Steele defied the feared Australian pace attack of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson. Christened “The Bank Clerk who Went To War” by the tabloids, Steele was sponsored by a local butcher at the rate of one lamb chop per run. He talks to Simon Watts. (Photo: David Steele in 1975)

Our guest this week is Jeff Thomson. His Pressure series takes a look at what might happen if/when the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupts.  Then, we move over to the Three Minute Survival Tip, this week talking about group leadership.

If you ask most people — not all, but MOST people — outside of the profession what an accountant does, they’ll probably say “taxes,” or “auditing,” or some variation on the tasks of people who work in public accounting. But they’re missing about half of the profession, of course. You’ve got educators, you’ve got accountants who work for nonprofits and governments, and you have those who work in business and industry, which is arguably the largest segment of the profession – and that’s why, today, we’re diving deep into the world of management accounting. Joining us this week is Jeff Thomson, president and CEO of the Institute of Management Accountants, and they’re doing gangbusters over there at IMA. At a time when many associations are struggling to attract new members, the IMA has become one of the fastest-growing accounting associations in the world. Last year, it crossed the 100,000-member mark for the first time in its history. The issues that impact management accountants and others on the business and industry side are different, in many ways, from those that impact public accounting, but there are many similarities as well. We discuss the similarities and differences, and more importantly, the challenges that management accountants are facing these days – as well as the pretty significant opportunities that those challenges provide at the same time. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog. Resources: imanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/ima_jeffthomson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffthomsonima/ Learn more at MACPA.org/future-learning Future-Proof is produced by Podcast Masters

TODAY WE TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES A GREAT LEADER.VALUES BASED LEADERSHIPHow a True Leader Puts People, Organization, and Community First. with Expert Author Dr. Jeff Thomson. http://jeffthompsonmd.com/book/https://www.positivephil.comIf you need investors.Contact https://www.positivestocks.com

Jeff Thomson, president and CEO of the Institute of Management Accountants, discusses generational issues in accounting and how they’re learning to use advanced technologies.

Join Holly as she discusses the difference between music and fiction, and the complicated history of the two. Includes a review of "The Brothers of Darkness and Light" by Jeff Thomson at the end. To purchase a copy of The Brothers of Darkness and Light, click here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Brothers-Darkness-Light-Jeff-Thomson/dp/1452511942

Join Holly as she discusses the difference between music and fiction, and the complicated history of the two. Includes a review of "The Brothers of Darkness and Light" by Jeff Thomson at the end. To purchase a copy of The Brothers of Darkness and Light, click here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Brothers-Darkness-Light-Jeff-Thomson/dp/1452511942

Jeff Thomson is the CEC's newly-appointed High Performance Director. What does that mean for competitive climbing in Canada? Well, a lot! Jeff gave a presentation in Mississauga Ontario after Canadian Open Bouldering Nationals, and this is an edited version of that presentation. 

In a time when trust and transparency in business are in short supply, there's one leader working tirelessly to ensure our next generation of financial leaders are forward thinking, measured risk takers who operate ethically, transparently and with integrity. Minds Worth Meeting speaks with Jeff Thomson, CMA, CSCA, CAE, President and CEO of IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) about the future of the profession, globalization and the importance of partnerships to expand opportunities for everyone worldwide. True to his objective, Jeff advocates for offering leadership opportunities for a diverse set of stakeholders and partners including NABA (National Association of Black Accountants), ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), Robert Half International, COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations), IFAC (International Federation of Accountants), and IIRC (International Integrated Reporting Council). Through these partnerships, Jeff and IMA are able to broaden the influence of IMA and participate in discussions affecting the global landscape of management accounting.

An interview with musical theater composer extraordinaire, Jeff Thomson. He shares his thoughts on "making it" as well as samples of some of his latest work. You can find out more about Jeff and his music (even download some sheet music as well) at JeffThomsonMusic.com! ----- The time and expense needed to bring these guests and conversations to you each week is both sometimes challenging but always rewarding. Please consider buying me a coffee to support this work that goes into each episode.   Join the WINMI community by following on Instagram or Twitter as well as reaching out to Patrick with any questions or comments: contact.winmipodcast.com

Jeff Thomson, CEO, Institute of Management Accountants

Len Pascoe is set to hit the Bridgetown Football Club this evening as part of the One For the Road Tour, also featuring Doug Walters and Jeff Thomson. This morning the former Aussie fast bowler joined Blackers for Breakfast. Dan the Internut checked in for his App of the Week, Showbiz came from Aaron (who asked why Blackers couldn't have been the face of Loius Vuitton!) and it was third time lucky for Adrian from Dalyellup who won our 8:30 Eight this morning!

In the inaugural episode of Tiny Money, Matt Acevedo, Lindsay Lieras, and Jeff Thomson go head to head with games such as 'Memba That Movie?, 5 in 10, and Brendan shows off his incredible singing talent in "Name that Tune! But Also Name the Tune That The Music Comes From."

This week we have our longest Indulgence Corner yet! We go on several side quests, and demonstrate our celebrity knowledge. For our main quest we kind of discuss asmrlab.com‘s ebook How to Get the Most From Your ASMR by Jeff Thomson.

It is forty years since the international cricket world was thrown into chaos when an Australian media tycoon called Kerry Packer set up his own super league for the world’s best players. In 1977, he brought a brash new form of the game to television, featuring one day matches played under floodlights with white balls, and the players wearing coloured team strips rather than the traditional white clothing. Tayo Popoola hears the memories of Jeff Thomson of Australia, and Clive Lloyd of the West Indies, two of the players who signed for Packer, and risked never playing again for their country again. The programme is a Whistledown Production. PHOTO: Kerry Packer fielding questions in 1977 (Getty Images)

In this episode of the CMA Exam Mastery Course, you are going to hear from the man in charge of everything CMA-related. Listed as Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential four years running, Trust Across America's Top 100 Thought Leaders for five years straight, and now the well-deserving recipient of the IMA's Lifetime Achievement Award, please welcome Jeff Thomson — CEO of the Institute of Management Accounting. Jeff is sharing some incredible insight and value on the future of the CMA, what candidates can expect from upcoming examinations, what opportunities are available to newly minted designates and much, much more. Listen in now!

Jeff Thomson at Lunch with DriveThruHR@IMA_JeffThomson  visits with  @bryanwempen, @williamtincup & @thehrbuddy about what is keeping them up at night.  DriveThruHR was designed to be a captivating and easy-to-digest lunch discourse that covers topics relevant to HR professionals.  Each 30-minute episode features a guest speaker who shares her or his knowledge and experience in human resources. Our hosts and special guest cover a wealth of topics, including HR Technology, Recruiting, Talent Management, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Strategic HR, every day at 12:00 pm Central Time.  The radio program is hosted by @bryanwempen @williamtincup &@thehrbuddy - tune in for great HR conversations and follow us on the twitters at@drivethruhr and #dthr    http://www.drivethruhr.com/ http://www.facebook.com/drivethruhr http://www.linkedin.com/company/1651206 http://twitter.com/drivethruhr

Every Rose has it's own line of sneakers. Max Walker's new book: How to Hurt a Homeless Guy. Jeff Thomson refuses to toe the line. Hit the Bricks: Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Tony Abbot and Nick Brack's neck. Harry Kewell's head. The Tyranny of Two Dad's.