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On the margins of the ACAMS Hollywood Assembly, Justine sat down with Laura Ferris, The Sentry, to discuss illicit financial flows linked to environmental crime. Their discussion includes assessing the distinct overlap between environmental crime, sanctions, and corruption, as well as a spotlight on the illegal logging trade – including how funds are laundered, the current state of global action to address the trade, and how organizations should think about their related supply chain risk. Laura Ferris is Senior Policy Advisor, Illegal Logging at The Sentry. Find out more here. https://thesentry.org/about/
In our latest, Scott talks with Fable who's 70 feet above the earth in a tree blocking the logging of a legacy forest in the Elwha Watershed in western Washington. They discuss the campaign to pressure WA Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove to stop clearcutting this area.Bio// Fable is a tree-sitter in Cascadia. —————Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Forest Defenders Blockade Against Clearcutting of Endangered Legacy Forest in the Elwha Watershed (https://bit.ly/43iOnKo)+ Activist climbs tree near Port Angeles to block cut of older WA forest (https://bit.ly/4miAnJ7)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
GhostBSD: From Usability to Struggle and Renewal, Why You Can't Trust AI to Tune ZFS, Introducing bpflogd(8): capture packets via BPF to log files, What I'd do as a College Freshman in 2025, FreeBSD and KDE Plasma generations, Improvements to the FreeBSD CI/CD systems, FreeBSD as a Workstation, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines GhostBSD: From Usability to Struggle and Renewal (https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/downstreams/ghostbsd-from-usability-to-struggle-and-renewal/) Why You Can't Trust AI to Tune ZFS (https://klarasystems.com/articles/why-you-cant-trust-ai-to-tune-zfs/?utm_source=BSD%20Now&utm_medium=Podcast) News Roundup Introducing bpflogd(8): capture packets via BPF to log files (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250425074505) What I'd do as a College Freshman in 2025 (https://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2025/04/what-id-do-as-college-freshman.html) FreeBSD and KDE Plasma generations (https://euroquis.nl//freebsd/2025/03/02/kde5.html) Improvements to the FreeBSD CI/CD systems (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/improvements-to-the-freebsd-ci-cd-systems/) FreeBSD as a Workstation (https://darknet.sytes.net/wordpress/index.php/2025/03/16/freebsd-as-a-workstation/) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Effie - FreeBSD as a Workstation (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/611/feedback/effie%20-%20freebsd%20as%20a%20workstation.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) Join us and other BSD Fans in our BSD Now Telegram channel (https://t.me/bsdnow)
Chinese electric car companies are building vehicles that are both nimble and fast, and denting the sales of traditional manufacturers: " This luxury car can use ‘leap mode' for potholes – but it's not a Ferrari";"‘Getting barer by the day': drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust";"Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive";"It's almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?";"Climate Justice Organizers Hold Mock Funeral for 1.5ºC Paris Agreement Target";"Hawai'i Isn't Backing Down From Its Lawsuit Against Big Oil Over Climate Crisis";"Trump considers weakening nuclear agency in bid for more power plants";"Trump promised U.S. dominance. Instead, energy companies are faltering.";"Scientists say they can calculate the cost of oil giants' role in global warming";"How we know global warming is real";" Months after Helene, it's still hard to drive these North Carolina roads";"Australia's clean energy industry has just survived a near-death experience. Where to from here?";"Climate Crisis Wildfires Caused 15,000 Smoke Inhalation Deaths in 15-Year Span";"New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee";"Environmental stand-off threatens aquatic oasis in bayside Melbourne";"The CBD's future is car-free and open all hours, say these big thinkers";"Watch out: America is becoming less ready for natural disasters";"Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity";"NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters";"Renewables Generated 43% of Electricity Used by Australia's Main Power Grid in First Quarter of 2025";"World's Richest 10% Responsible for Two-Thirds of Global Heating Since 1990: Study";"28 Major U.S. Cities Are Sinking, Mostly Because of Groundwater Withdrawal, Study Finds";"GOP Advances Bill to Fast-Track Fracking, Logging and Mining on Public Lands";"Spain-Portugal blackouts: what actually happened, and what can Iberia and Europe learn from it?";"Clever new technique turns falling rain into renewable energy";"Solar squeeze: US tariffs threaten panel production and jobs in Thailand";"'We're really stuck': The Australians who can't afford to stay in, rebuild or insure their homes";"100-Year Storms Now Expected at Least Once a Decade in Bangladesh, Study Finds".
Test Controller is an awesome free logging and control software that supports a ton of multimeters, power supplies and loads, including the new BM2257. https://lygte-info.dk/project/TestControllerIntro%20UK.html https://lygte-info.dk Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/program-that-can-log-from-many-multimeters/
#490 Athlete Success Story Paul Hunziker Welcome Welcome to Episode #490 of the 303 Endurance Podcast. We're your hosts Coaches Rich Soares and April Spilde. Thanks for joining us for another week of interviews, coaching tips and discussion. I am personally very excited about this episode. I have had the privilege of coaching Paul Hunziker since August of 2024. It's not uncommon to have a new athlete and see their training history and see lower than planned training like missed workouts. Paul was the exact opposite. Paul is a workhorse and really needed a coach to reign him in rather than spur him on. Paul recently blew his estimated marathon time by more than 10 minutes with an exceptionally executed pacing and nutrition plan finishing in 3:14:13. We are going to have that interview for your today plus much, much more! Hi Rich! Man, I am so looking forward to talking with Paul and hearing about his marathon journey and all the growth in between! I am also stoked to watch IM 70.3 St George tomorrow morning AND race Fandango (not at the same time of course). Will you be tuning into St. George? Show Sponsor: UCAN UCAN created LIVSTEADY as an alternative to sugar based nutrition products. LIVSTEADY was purposefully designed to work with your body, delivering long-lasting energy you can feel. Whether UCAN Energy Powders, Bars or Gels, LIVSTEADY's unique time-release profile allows your body to access energy consistently throughout the day, unlocking your natural ability to finish stronger and recover more quickly! In Today's Show Announcements and News Interview: Paul Hunziker Get Gritty: Just Get Started TriDot Workout of the Week: Functional Threshold Power 20-Minute Fun Segment: Triathlon Fandango! Announcements and News: Upcoming Programming - Our March focus will be on running. May 13 - Webinar Boulder 70.3 Race Recon with Race Director Brian Bohrer May 17 - Podcast Boulder 70.3 Race Recon May 24 - Coach Bobby McGee on the upcoming Run Camp May 31 May 31 - Bike Camp Highlights and interviews G2G Spring Training Camp May 17-18 - Swim Focus in C.Springs and Chatfield May 24-25 - Bike Focus - Chatfield/Chatfield May 31-June 1 Run Focus - Boulder/Boulder TriDot Pool School July 26-27 Learn more about it at https://grit2greatnessendurance.com/training-camp Fun note: last Saturday we had Isabelle, Stephanie, Laura, Sean and Olivia take the 1st Saturday in May polar plunge at Chatfield. We took a temperature and it was 57 degrees. Laura took off like a champ and the rest of us got ice cream headaches. We then rode for about 2.5-3 hours in the park and then did our off-the-bike runs on the trails. Talk about a truly epic weekend! Whilst you all were out there tackling the ice cold waters of the Chatfield Reservoir, I was out there taming the wilds of Stage 3 of the Pike's Peak APEX! I had the hardest, most heart-pumping, adrenaline inducing ride of my life! I also had a bit of a spill. Here's some of the stats: 14.19 mi, 2:29:53 moving time, 1995 feet of climbing and several PRs– PR on existential crisis (7:10) PR on Canon Steep Part REDUX (4:58) PR on 9.73 Out Of The Ice Box (18:40) PR on fully flaccid (12:42) Well, Rich—between the race-watching, the racing, and those frosty polar plunges, it's officially go time for endurance season! But today, we get to slow down just enough to celebrate an incredible athlete win. From logging disciplined miles to executing a near-perfect marathon, Paul Hunziker is proof that when you combine smart coaching with next-level consistency, breakthroughs happen. So lace up, listeners—because Paul's story is packed with wisdom, grit, and a whole lot of inspiration. Let's dive into our Ask a Coach section, brought to you by… Ask A Coach Sponsor: G2G Endurance Let's cut to the chase: you want results, well we've got the tools. Grit2Greatness Endurance Coaching + TriDot = smarter workouts, better feedback, and real progress. Click either mine or Coach Rich's TriDot link & get 2 weeks free, and train with purpose from day one. After that, it's as low as $14.99/month. Ready to train like an athlete with a plan? Hit the link in the show notes and get started today. Website - Grit2Greatness Endurance Coaching Facebook page @grit2greatnessendurance Coach April Spilde April.spilde@tridot.com TriDot Signup - https://app.tridot.com/onboard/sign-up/aprilspilde RunDot Signup - https://app.rundot.com/onboard/sign-up/aprilspilde Coach Rich Soares Rich.soares@tridot.com Rich Soares Coaching TriDot Signup - https://app.tridot.com/onboard/sign-up/richsoares RunDot Signup - https://app.rundot.com/onboard/sign-up/richsoares Interview: Paul Hunziker Today we are excited to bring you a Grit2Greatness athlete success story. As I said at the start, Paul Hunziker from Tacoma Washington has an incredible work ethic. When we charted his strategy for this year, it was clear he wanted to PR a marathon and finish an full-distance IRONMAN. He recently checked off the former and is now focused on the latter. Get Gritty Tip: Just Get Started Alright athletes, it's time to Get Gritty. Today's theme is simple—but powerful: just get started. Here's the truth: most goals don't fail because of a lack of talent. They fail because we wait for the “perfect time,” the “perfect plan,” or the “perfect mindset.” But perfection is a myth. If you're waiting for the stars to align before you take action—you'll be waiting forever. Getting started is where the transformation begins. It doesn't have to be a full-send workout. It can be putting on your running shoes. Opening your training plan. Logging that first 10-minute spin. One small step creates momentum, and momentum creates belief. Every big success story you admire? It started with one decision to move forward—often imperfectly. So the next time resistance whispers in your ear, “Not today,” or “You're not ready,” I want you to respond with action. Any action. Forward is forward. Because once you're in motion, everything changes. The path reveals itself, the confidence builds, and before you know it—you're becoming the athlete you imagined. So this week, don't overthink it. Just get gritty. And just get started. TriDot Workout of the Week: Workout Summary: Functional Threshold Test (20-minute) Session Note: Warmup 10 min @ Z2 with 3 x 30 sec (30 sec) Spinups and 3 x 1 min (1 min) @ Z4 Main Set 20 min - all out maximal effort Pacing Tip: Start at the average watts of your previous month's 20-minute. Use erg mode to control the effort. 1st 5' - hold that previous 20-minute average, 2nd 5' - slowly increment watts until you reach a perceived limit, 3rd 5' the same. Last 5' can be more aggressive. Be sure to enter/confirm your assessment results to update your training intensities and race projections. Fun Segment: Triathlon Fandango! A wild mix of multisport mayhem—where strategy meets spontaneity, and nothing goes according to plan! According to the Oxford Dictionary, a Fandango is a lively Spanish dance for two people, typically accompanied by castanets or tambourine. It can also be a foolish or useless act or thing. So with that context, are you ready for TRIATHLON FANDANGO! In this segment we'll throw a little controlled chaos into your training day! A ‘fandango' is usually a lively dance or an unpredictable situation… and let's be honest, that sounds a lot like your last transition, doesn't it? In this segment, we celebrate the unexpected moments, awkward moves, and off-the-cuff brilliance that only triathletes truly understand. Blockbuster Buoyancy You have to swim in a costume from your favorite movie—what do you choose and how do you make it hydrodynamic? Bonus points if it involves a cape, fins, or lightsaber. Snack Station Showdown Your only bike nutrition can come from gas station snacks. Build your fueling plan using three items and explain how they power your ride. (Yes, you can pick a taquito or tornado, but good luck with the aftermath.) Discipline Detour You must swap one triathlon leg with a totally unrelated skill—karate, chess, salsa dancing… what do you pick and why would it give you a competitive edge? Just imagine the T1 transition into a full tango. Bag Swap Roulette You have to trade your tri bag for a mystery duffel handed to you at check-in. What's the one item you're praying is inside—and what would send you straight into panic mode? Please let it be chamois cream… please. Celebrity Play-by-Play Your entire race will be commentated live by one celebrity. Who do you choose, and what kind of outrageous commentary are they dropping mid-race? Morgan Freeman narrating your port-a-potty stop? Iconic. And that's a wrap on this round of Triathlon Fandango—where the weird gets wilder, the hypothetical gets hilarious, and the only thing more unpredictable than your T1 socks is what we'll spin up next time. Got a ridiculous scenario you want us to tackle? Send it our way and keep the Fandango fun rolling. Until then, stay weird, race hard, and never underestimate the power of a good snack and a wild imagination! Closing: Thanks again for listening this week. Please be sure to follow us @303Triathlon and @grit2greatnessendurance and of course go to iTunes and give us a rating and a comment. We'd really appreciate it! Stay tuned, train informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!
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Vermont's logging industry has changed a lot over the last several decades. But one thing remains true: We just can't agree about how to manage our forests in the face of climate change.This raises a lot of questions about how Vermont should manage its forests — and it has led to heated debates around the state.For photos from the episode, check out the web version of this story.This episode was reported by Abagael Giles. Editing and production from the BLS team: That's Sabine Poux, Burgess Brown and Josh Crane. Our intern is Catherine Morrissey. Digital support from Zoe McDonald. Angela Evancie is our Executive Producer. Theme music by Ty Gibbons; other music by Blue Dot Sessions.Special thanks to Katharine Servidio.As always, our journalism is better when you're a part of it: Ask a question about Vermont Sign up for the BLS newsletter Say hi on Instagram and Reddit @bravestatevt Drop us an email: hello@bravelittlestate.org Make a gift to support people-powered journalism Tell your friends about the show! Brave Little State is a production of Vermont Public and a proud member of the NPR Network. Correction 5/9/25: A previous version of this story included an incorrect estimate for acres of forest that could be logged under the Telephone Gap Project. It has since been updated.
In dieser Podcast-Episode spreche ich mit Lukas Grubwieser, Senior Solution Architect, und Leonie Hollstein, Global Account Manager, beide von Databricks, über das Thema DORA Compliance im Finanzsektor. Wir tauchen tief in die Herausforderungen und Chancen ein, die sich durch die neue Regulierung ergeben. 5 Highlights der Episode: Was ist DORA?: Wir klären, was der Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) überhaupt ist: Ein regulatorisches Framework, das IT-Risiken in Finanzinstituten adressiert und am 17. Januar 2025 in Kraft getreten ist. DORA zielt darauf ab, die Abhängigkeit von einzelnen Anbietern zu reduzieren und die Resilienz von IT-Systemen zu stärken. Herausforderungen der DORA Compliance: Wir diskutieren die größten Herausforderungen, die sich für Finanzinstitute bei der Umsetzung von DORA stellen. Dazu gehören das Management von Drittparteienrisiken (z.B. Cloud-Anbieter), der notwendige Change-Management-Prozess, der Umgang mit veralteter Technologie (Legacy-Systeme) und die Notwendigkeit eines ganzheitlichen Ansatzes, der alle IT-Systeme umfasst. Die Rolle von Databricks: Ich lerne, wie Databricks Finanzinstitute bei der Erfüllung der DORA-Anforderungen unterstützt. Databricks liefert nicht nur eine Plattform, sondern fungiert auch als Berater und hilft bei der Entwicklung von Prozessen und der Implementierung der notwendigen Technologie. Das Geschäftsmodell ist consumption-based, also erfolgsabhängig. Incident Management und Echtzeit-Monitoring: Wir beleuchten die Bedeutung von Echtzeit-Monitoring und -Logging zur frühzeitigen Erkennung und Reaktion auf Sicherheitsvorfälle. Databricks bietet hierfür Lösungen, die diverse Systeme integrieren und eine zentrale Übersicht ermöglichen. Das beinhaltet auch die Automatisierung von Prozessen. Governance und Open Source: Die Bedeutung von Daten-Governance und die Rolle von Open-Source-Technologien wie Spark und MLflow werden hervorgehoben. Databricks setzt auf einen hybriden Ansatz, der sowohl die Vorteile der Cloud als auch die Unabhängigkeit von einzelnen Anbietern berücksichtigt. Links in dieser Ausgabe Zur Homepage von Jonas Piela Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Jonas Piela Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Lukas Grubwieser Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Leonie Hollstein Zum Whitepaper zu Dora Die Liferay Digital Experience Platform Kunden erwarten digitale Services für die Kommunikation, Schadensmeldung und -abwicklung. Liferays Digital Experience Platform bietet Out-of-the-Box-Funktionen wie Low-Code, höchste Sicherheit & Zuverlässigkeit. Jetzt Kontakt aufnehmen.
Jason Newton starts off Season 3 by discussing the era of industrial scale logging in Maine's northern forests.
Skyline Trail Joggers by Outdoor Vitals: https://alnk.to/gVMS3NhToday, we're talking about increased logging in our national forests. Is it to help with forest fire prevention? Make the US more self-reliant? Or is it just another money grab for the lumber industry?
Holly Jones takes a look at who really benefits from recent forestry rule changes.
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The Trump administration is pushing for more logging on public land, pledging to boost America’s domestic supply of wood products and increase wildfire resilience. In March, the President issued an executive order directing federal agencies to begin finding ways to expand timber production by 25% over the next few years. Last week, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a memo establishing an “emergency situation determination” covering more than 112 million national forest acres. That includes five national forests in Washington state. Rollins identified these acres as having either high wildfire risk or declining forest health – allowing timber harvesting to be fast-tracked through environmental regulations. The USDA boasted the memo would “increase timber outputs, simplify permitting, remove National Environmental Policy Act processes” and “reduce implementation and contracting burdens.” Big picture, more than half of the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service is now opening for logging. Soundside spoke with Kristen Boyles from Earthjustice Northwest, Travis Joseph with the American Forest Resource Council, and Tom DeLuca from Oregon State University's College of Forestry to get their thoughts on the recent changes to federal forest management. Guests: Kristen Boyles, managing attorney for Earthjustice Northwest, a non-profit environmental law organization. Travis Joseph, president of the American Forest Resource Council, a trade association representing those who work with public timber in the Western United States. Thomas DeLuca, dean of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. Related links: Trump proposed cutting the Northwest’s national forests. So what happens next? | The Seattle Times National forests face less protections, more logging, Trump admin says Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Decades-old protections for Washington's national forests could be loosened to increase logging in our state, due to new orders from the federal government. Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda Mapes will tell us how things could change. Watch the town hall with Nick Brown and other state AG’s here. Submit questions here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bucks County residents expressed their continued concern over that Sunoco pipeline leak during a virtual meeting last week. Logging in the Allegheny National Forest might accelerate under an emergency declaration. If you went shopping for these products and noticed they were missing, this might be why. Lastly, a woman made 400 hotel reservations — and never showed up.
Today I am activating Galveston Island State Park, US-3013, while using the World Radio League logger on Android. This app is also available on iOS. World Radio League makes some fantastic logging software that is full-featured. I have been using it for several months now, and I am very happy with it. Let's take a look...Today's video is sponsored by Ham Radio Prep - save a 20% discount on all of their courses with the code jason20 - https://hamradioprep.comWRL Link - https://app.worldradioleague.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0--2042782/support.
Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: Supreme Court Rules on Alien Enemies Act (0:45) Supreme Court Says Admin Does NOT Have to Reinstate Probationary Employees (8:14) Judge Says White House's Ban on Associated Press is Unconstitutional (12:12) IRS and DHS Reach Data Sharing Agreement for Immigration Enforcement (13:45) Migrants Who Entered Through CBP One App Have Parole Status Revoked (15:57) Trump Pauses Country-Specific Tariffs, Increases Tariff on China (17:48) Elon Musk and Peter Navarro Publicly Feud Over Tariffs (22:54) Quick Hitters: Funding Frozen for Cornell and Northwestern, Inflation Cools, US/Russia Prisoner Swap, Relaunch of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, Trump Signs Water Pressure Order, Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Run for Senate (26:01) Rumor Has It: Is Trump Declaring Martial Law Soon? Is the Admin Logging on Public Lands? (29:02) Homework Assignment (38:19) ASK THE ADMINISTRATION SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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SoCal college students are caught in the crossfires of the Trump Administration's immigration agenda. A forest, already devastated by wildfires, may now be opened up to logging. Compton mourns America's oldest World War II paratrooper. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com Visit www.preppi.com/LAist to receive a FREE Preppi Emergency Kit (with any purchase over $100) and be prepared for the next wildfire, earthquake or emergency!Support the show: https://laist.com
California's logging industry has been shrinking for years, with an aging workforce and fewer young people entering the trade. But in Northern California, a community college is stepping in to change that, helping to train the next generation of loggers through an innovative apprenticeship program. Guest: Kate Rix, The Hechinger Report The California snowpack is close to 100 percent for the third year in a row. That hasn't happened in three consecutive years since the late 1990s. Reporter: Ezra David Romero, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to the Painted Arrow Podcast! Today we have Media Trav on to recap our Logging for Deer series, as well as talk about the current state of Painted Arrow.
➡ Build, run, and monitor workflows with Tines at: tines.com In this episode, I speak with Matt Muller, Field CSCO at Tines, about how automation and AI are transforming security operations at scale. We talk about: • Tines' Mission to Eliminate Manual Security Work Through Automation How Tines helps security teams streamline incident response and workflow automation without needing to write code, saving time and reducing burnout. • Applying AI to Security Operations and Analyst Workflows How AI is used in phishing analysis, threat intel reporting, and data transformation—integrated safely into workflows using tools like Workbench with private LLMs. • Tines Workbench and the Future of Agentic AI How Workbench combines chat with deterministic automation to help analysts take action securely, and how Tines is exploring agentic AI to take automation even further. Chapters: 00:00 - How Tines Automates Security to Solve SOC Burnout07:19 - The AI Arms Race: How Attackers and Defenders Are Evolving09:08 - Why Security Still Comes Down to Workflow, Logging, and Action13:41 - How CISOs Are Balancing AI Adoption and Enterprise Risk17:36 - Using AI in Tines to Transform and Automate Security Workflows20:40 - How AI Detects Business Email Compromise Better Than Rules25:26 - From Security to Data Pipelines: Tines as Workflow Orchestration28:59 - Inside Workbench: Secure AI-Powered Chat for Analysts36:00 - Automating Phishing Investigations with Trusted Tool Integrations39:19 - Where to Learn More and Try Tines for FreeBecome a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order telling federal public land agencies to open more lands for timber harvest. Montana's timber industry has been steadily declining for decades. The handful of mills that remain say increasing the number of logs could help. But supply is only one of the challenges facing the often volatile industry.
In this episode of 'Maximize Your Hunt', host Jon Teater and Colin Koskinen (Legendary Habitat) discuss the intricacies of managing hunting properties, focusing on habitat improvement, logging, and food plot strategies. He emphasizes the importance of client relationships and the transformative power of effective land management. The conversation also delves into the challenges faced by property owners, the significance of soil health, and the role of biodiversity in creating sustainable hunting environments. Listeners are encouraged to think critically about their land management practices and consider innovative solutions for enhancing wildlife habitats. In this conversation, the speakers delve into various aspects of deer habitat management, focusing on creating safe spaces for deer, enhancing wildlife habitats, and the intricacies of hinge cutting techniques. They discuss the importance of understanding deer behavior, the challenges of managing small properties, and the revitalization of challenging landscapes. The conversation emphasizes the journey of habitat improvement and the need for patience and learning in the process. Takeaways: The opportunity to change properties is invaluable. Habitat transformation requires thoughtful planning and execution. Logging can enhance sunlight and improve habitat quality. Client success is paramount in habitat consulting. Soil health is critical for effective food plots. Clover can negatively impact soil aggregation. Layering in habitat design increases biodiversity. Timber bottom lands are essential for wildlife. Effective management requires understanding of ecological systems. Innovative food plot strategies can enhance deer attraction. Creating multiple layers of cover can help deer feel safe. Stable climates are crucial for wildlife habitats. Revitalizing properties requires removing non-preferred plants. Bedding areas should have a mix of food and cover. Small properties need careful management to direct deer movement. Hinge cutting can create effective travel corridors for deer. Understanding tree species is vital for successful hinge cutting. Patience is key in habitat management and improvement. Diversity in plant species enhances habitat quality. Habitat management is a journey that requires ongoing learning. Social Links: https://whitetaillandscapes.com/ https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/ https://www.legendaryhabitat.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbIsv6Orm9cD025IBFx8DWA https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legendary-habitat-podcast/id1613808320 https://www.facebook.com/LegendaryHabitat/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of 'Maximize Your Hunt', host Jon Teater and Colin Koskinen (Legendary Habitat) discuss the intricacies of managing hunting properties, focusing on habitat improvement, logging, and food plot strategies. He emphasizes the importance of client relationships and the transformative power of effective land management. The conversation also delves into the challenges faced by property owners, the significance of soil health, and the role of biodiversity in creating sustainable hunting environments. Listeners are encouraged to think critically about their land management practices and consider innovative solutions for enhancing wildlife habitats. In this conversation, the speakers delve into various aspects of deer habitat management, focusing on creating safe spaces for deer, enhancing wildlife habitats, and the intricacies of hinge cutting techniques. They discuss the importance of understanding deer behavior, the challenges of managing small properties, and the revitalization of challenging landscapes. The conversation emphasizes the journey of habitat improvement and the need for patience and learning in the process.Takeaways:The opportunity to change properties is invaluable.Habitat transformation requires thoughtful planning and execution.Logging can enhance sunlight and improve habitat quality.Client success is paramount in habitat consulting.Soil health is critical for effective food plots.Clover can negatively impact soil aggregation.Layering in habitat design increases biodiversity.Timber bottom lands are essential for wildlife.Effective management requires understanding of ecological systems.Innovative food plot strategies can enhance deer attraction. Creating multiple layers of cover can help deer feel safe.Stable climates are crucial for wildlife habitats.Revitalizing properties requires removing non-preferred plants.Bedding areas should have a mix of food and cover.Small properties need careful management to direct deer movement.Hinge cutting can create effective travel corridors for deer.Understanding tree species is vital for successful hinge cutting.Patience is key in habitat management and improvement.Diversity in plant species enhances habitat quality.Habitat management is a journey that requires ongoing learning.Social Links:https://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.legendaryhabitat.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbIsv6Orm9cD025IBFx8DWAhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legendary-habitat-podcast/id1613808320https://www.facebook.com/LegendaryHabitat/
As Canada responds to the economic uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs, there are grave concerns that relief measures could lead to the increased destruction of Canada's primary and old-growth forests. Fourteen leading conservation organizations have issued an open letter urging all federal parties to commit to policies that safeguard both forests and workers in the industry. We speak with Jens Wieting, senior policy and science advisor with Sierra Club BC, one of the signatories to the letter.
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
#SecurityConfidential #darkrhiinosecurity Darren Mott, author of "Get Cyber Smart", is a retired FBI agent with 20 years of experience in cyber and counterintelligence investigations. He played a key role in strengthening FBI-Russian collaboration on cyber threats and created the FBI's first program blending counterintelligence and cyber disciplines. Now, he owns an investigative and consulting company called Gold Shield Cyber. Mott holds master's degrees in education and cybersecurity policy and hosts The CyBUr Guy Podcast, CyBUr Smart Morning News Update and the Tactical Cyber Podcast. 00:00 Intro02:50 No one gets to where we are at the beginning12:59 Stupid Cyber Criminals19:01 Proactive vs Reactive32:52 How big of an amount until the FBI is involved?40:28 Get CyBUr Smart---------------------------------------------------------------To learn more about Darren visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenmott/Get Darren's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Cyber-Smart-user-friendly-protecting-ebook/dp/B0D7KPCZZBTo learn more about Dark Rhiino Security visit https://www.darkrhiinosecurity.com
#SecurityConfidential #darkrhiinosecurity Darren Mott, author of "Get Cyber Smart", is a retired FBI agent with 20 years of experience in cyber and counterintelligence investigations. He played a key role in strengthening FBI-Russian collaboration on cyber threats and created the FBI's first program blending counterintelligence and cyber disciplines. Now, he owns an investigative and consulting company called Gold Shield Cyber. Mott holds master's degrees in education and cybersecurity policy and hosts The CyBUr Guy Podcast, CyBUr Smart Morning News Update and the Tactical Cyber Podcast. 00:00 Intro02:50 No one gets to where we are at the beginning12:59 Stupid Cyber Criminals19:01 Proactive vs Reactive32:52 How big of an amount until the FBI is involved?40:28 Get CyBUr Smart---------------------------------------------------------------To learn more about Darren visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenmott/Get Darren's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Cyber-Smart-user-friendly-protecting-ebook/dp/B0D7KPCZZBTo learn more about Dark Rhiino Security visit https://www.darkrhiinosecurity.com
SummaryIn this episode of the Blue Security Podcast, hosts Andy Jaw and Adam Brewer engage with cybersecurity architect Carl Neibach to discuss the evolution of logging practices in security information and event management (SIEM) systems. The conversation explores the shift from a 'log everything' mentality to a more strategic approach that emphasizes quality over quantity in data ingestion. Carl highlights the challenges posed by exponential data growth and the importance of customer empathy in designing effective security operations. The discussion also delves into the cost of detection, the value of high-quality logs, and the need for organizations to rethink their logging strategies to enhance threat detection and response capabilities. In this conversation, Karl discusses the intricacies of data logging in cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of understanding the layers of data fidelity and how to effectively manage and utilize logs within Azure Sentinel. He introduces a pyramid model to categorize different types of logs based on their security value and discusses the significance of data-driven decision-making in optimizing security operations. The conversation also touches on the need for evolving data architecture to keep pace with modern threats and the practical implications of data management in security operations.----------------------------------------------------YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/V3KEpNIJl-o----------------------------------------------------Documentation:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-explorer/data-explorer-overviewhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/log-analytics-workspace-overviewhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsentinelblog/using-azure-data-explorer-for-long-term-retention-of-microsoft-sentinel-logs/1883947https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sentinel/basic-logs-use-caseshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/karlniblock/----------------------------------------------------Contact Us:Website: https://bluesecuritypod.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bluesecuritypod.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bluesecpodYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueSecurityPodcast-----------------------------------------------------------Andy JawBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ajawzero.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjaw/Email: andy@bluesecuritypod.com----------------------------------------------------Adam BrewerTwitter: https://twitter.com/ajbrewerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbrewer/Email: adam@bluesecuritypod.com
The Forest Service is using the threat of wildfires to justify a drastic expansion of commercial logging on our public lands. That is the contention in an investigative reporting series from Nathan Gilles at Columbia Insight. Many of us in the environmental world have long thought this to be the case, and this series brings the receipts, including internal Forest Service documents, emails, and more.The Forest Service has received billions of dollars in recent years on top of their normal budget specifically to protect communities from wildfire. If they are using those funds to push commercial logging, they are not only not making communities safer, they may very well be putting communities and forests at greater risk by using methods that increase the risk of high severity fire. We go deep on Nathan's reporting on the scandal, as well as some of his other science reporting.*** Quick Reminder to take action to push the Forest Service during the Northwest Forest Plan Amendment comment period. That comment period ends on March 17th, so please take just a few minutes to speak up for our forests. See below for links and resources.Cascadia Wildlands NWFP Action Page: https://www.cascwild.org/weigh-in-on-the-future-of-northwest-public-forests/Tribal sign on letter https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdybP5o7aSUBUaBuHV2MpZER54vX-Twmoi72DGJDPqX7jJeNA/viewformMy email is michael@coastrange.org, I love getting feedback and show ideas so drop me line!Show Notes:https://nathangilles.com/USFS investigative piecesPart 1 https://columbiainsight.org/exclusive-the-forest-service-is-using-the-threat-of-wildlfires-to-meet-timber-targets/Part 2 https://columbiainsight.org/a-mount-hood-forest-fuel-break-project-could-remove-old-growth-trees/Other StoriesAssisted Migration Primer: https://columbiainsight.org/what-is-assisted-migration-and-what-are-the-risks/Fungi and Assisted Migration: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/even-trees-need-friendsHow Hot Is Too Hot? https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/between-hot-drought-and-heat-waves-climate-change-is-killing-trees#%23Support the showPlease Donate to Help us Keep This Show Free!
At McFarland High School, students are getting a hands-on education that goes far beyond the classroom—transforming local trees into high-quality lumber for their woodworking projects. Under the leadership of Steve Pennekamp, Technology and Engineering Teacher, the school’s unique milling program allows students to experience the full process from log to finished product, gaining valuable skills along the way. What started as a way to offset rising lumber costs has grown into a community-driven initiative, thanks to a partnership with the Village of McFarland. The result? A sustainable, immersive learning opportunity that teaches craftsmanship, resourcefulness, and problem-solving while giving students a tangible connection to their work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding that the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect the land and the future. The Stand is a riveting feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage from that first blockade and the months that followed. Christopher Auchter, director of the award-winning documentary Now Is The Time, recreates the critical moment when the Haida Nation took a stand to protect their land. The Stand is showing this month in Vancouver and at other locations around BC. We spoke with Christopher Auchter in September last year.
This week's Addicted to Fitness is the second in a series of episodes that provide tools & tips to help you maintain the health & fitness intentions you set at the beginning of the year. Nick and Shannon discuss the impact tracking your workouts & logging your meals can have on you reaching or surpassing your goals. They also recommend a few different methods, including their favorite smartphone app, to track your fitness progress. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast. Give it a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a rating & review in Apple Podcasts. Like & Follow the Addicted to Fitness Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com/addictedtofitnesspodcast). Follow Nick & Elemental Training Tampa on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ElementalTampa) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/ettampa/) to participate in free live workouts. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast and send Nick a DM if you're interested in receiving a customized workout plan or visit shannonjb.comto learn more about Shannon's wellness coaching program.
Across the United States there are hundreds of millions of acres of public lands. Indeed, there are more than 500 million acres of federal lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service, just to name the three largest land managers in federal government. A majority of those lands, the 245 million acres managed by the BLM and the 193 million managed by the Forest Service, are managed for multiple use. Logging, mining, recreation, and even official wilderness. The National Park Service lands, of course, are primarily managed for conservation of natural resources and enjoyment by you, the visitors. But the Trump administration has an eye on some of those lands for energy development and mining, whether that's oil and gas production or hard-rock mining. To better understand what's at stake under that strategy we're joined today by Dan Hartinger, the senior director of agency policy at the Wilderness Society.
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When we talk about forestry jobs in Oregon, you might automatically think of logging. But there are countless other roles in the industry, including planting trees after a forested area has been clear cut to thinning the understory for wildfire management. As recently reported by Jefferson Public Radio, that workforce has evolved from worker cooperatives of the late 1960s to largely immigrant contractors, known as “pineros,” which we see today. JPR reporter Justin Higginbottom joins us to talk more about his deep dive into this side of the forestry industry and how it’s changed over the last 50 years.
NOTE: An earlier version of this episode said that Germany was one of the countries that had said it would send peacekeeping soldiers to Ukraine. This was wrong. Germany has not said that.World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 18th February 2025.Today: Ukraine peace meetings. Vatican City Pope health. Canada plane flip. Brazil illegal logging. South Africa gay imam. Sudan aid request. Singapore politician lies. South Korea actress dies. And UK BAFTAs. With Ben MallettSEND7 is supported by our amazing listeners like you.Our supporters get access to the transcripts written by us every day.Our supporters get access to an English worksheet made by us once per week.Our supporters get access to our weekly news quiz made by us once per week.We give 10% of our profit to Effective Altruism charities.You can become a supporter at send7.org/supportContact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.We don't use AI! Every word is written and recorded by us!Since 2020, SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) has been telling the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Ben Mallett and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts, worksheets and our weekly world news quiz are available for our amazing supporters at send7.org. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, TEFL teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they use SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it.For more information visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org
Shaun Walker is the founder and CEO of Devessence, a global technology consultancy with a boutique approach. He's also the founder of the Oqtane and DotNetNuke web application frameworks, which have earned the recognition of being amongst the most pioneering and widely adopted open-source projects native to the Microsoft platform. He has over 30 years of professional experience in architecting and implementing enterprise software solutions for private and public organizations. Topics of Discussion: [4:38] While AI can be a useful tool, it won't replace the need for traditional programming. [8:32] The gap between mainstream AI messaging and the reality of digital transformation. [9:22] While AI is a significant advancement, it should be seen as just another tool in a developer's toolkit. [9:39] The history and evolution of Blazor. [13:31] The versatility of Blazor and its ability to adapt to various hosting models make it a powerful tool for different types of applications. [14:06] Challenges and best practices in Blazor development. [16:26] The decision to make Blazor official and its impact on the .NET ecosystem. [18:12] The evolution of Blazor Server vs. Blazor WebAssembly and why both are still relevant. [21:06] When to use Blazor Static, Blazor Server, or Blazor WebAssembly, based on project needs. [24:17] The tendency for technologists to be critics without actually using the technologies. [34:36] The advantages of Octane and why it streamlines Blazor development. [39:56] The TrailBlazor Conference. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net. Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Devessence Shaun on X DNN Software GitHub Oqtane Philosophy ErrorBoundary and Logging in Blazor Oqtane TrailBlazor Conference Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.
In this episode, we welcome back architect Carl Welty to discuss fire-resistant construction and alternative materials. With the increasing threat of wildfires, Carl shares his insights on regenerative design and the importance of working with nature to create resilient communities. Join us for an enlightening conversation on how we can rethink architecture to better protect our homes and environment. Support the Podcast via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Carl discusses the principles of passive solar design, which prioritize energy efficiency and thermal comfort without relying on mechanical systems. The conversation also addresses the current building codes and their evolution in response to recent wildfires. Carl highlights the significance of fire-resistant construction and the materials that can be utilized to enhance safety. He encourages listeners to consider alternative materials, such as steel framing, which offers advantages over traditional wood in terms of durability and fire resistance. For an extended interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Check out our interview with Carl Welty from 2023: https://wilderutopia.com/ecojustice-radio/designing-architecture-and-landscapes-with-natures-ecological-wisdom/ Resources: Modern homes generate 200x more smoke and burn 8x faster than 50 years ago: https://www.ctif.org/news/200-times-more-smoke-and-8-times-faster-burning-rate-50-years-ago#:~:text=Kissner%20said%20today's%20house%20fires,has%20less%20than%20two%20minutes. See an additional article that explains why modern homes burn down faster: https://fsri.org/research/new-comparison-natural-and-synthetic-home-furnishings “Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be” https://www.wri.org/insights/mass-timber-wood-construction-climate-change#:~:text=2)%20Harvesting%20wood%20is%20not,of%20using%20wood%20for%20construction. Old Growth Wood: Old vs. New Growth Trees https://brenthull.com/article/old-growth-wood Logging study reveals huge hidden emissions of the forestry industry https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215913-logging-study-reveals-huge-hidden-emissions-of-the-forestry-industry/ Trees make Rain – there is Science now to Prove It! https://www.learningfromnature.com.au/drought-proof-increasing-rainfall/ Carl Welty. Ecological Architect and Principal of Carl Welty Architects [https://carlweltyarchitects.com/]. has over 35 years of experience in the field of architecture and is based in Southern California. Carl's experience includes projects with difficult sites and complex structural requirements; a passive solar house that is Certified LEED Platinum; a Water Education campus that embodies important and timely water issues. He designs buildings that are twice as energy-efficient as typical green buildings by incorporating simple, time-tested, climate-appropriate design principles. Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate organizer, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He writes a column on PBS SoCal called High & Dry [https://www.pbssocal.org/people/high-dry]. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Executive Producer and Host: Jack Eidt Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Episode 250 Photo credit: Carl Welty Architects-Wild Heritage Partners
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On this episode of Cash the Ticket, Kenny finds out just how many hours he has played MLB the Show, which arena has the best food in sports and redeeming Tuesday's bet. Download the latest episode of Cash the Ticket today. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Agile Alliance partners with PMI—what does it mean for Agile’s future? Plus, how AI is reshaping Scrum Master roles and why honesty (even when it stings) is the key to career growth. Brian Milner and Cort Sharp tackle these hot topics in a no-holds-barred discussion. Overview In this episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast, Brian Milner and Cort Sharp dive into the recent Agile Alliance-PMI partnership and its potential impact on the Agile community. They also explore AI’s growing influence on Scrum Master roles—will it replace them or elevate their value? Finally, they tackle a tricky but crucial topic: when to speak up in the workplace, balancing honesty with career preservation. If you want to stay ahead in Agile’s evolving landscape, this is a must-listen! References and resources mentioned in the show: #32: Scrum in High School Sports with Cort Sharp #82: The Intersection of AI and Agile with Emilia Breton #129: 2025: The Year Agile Meets AI and Hyper-Personalization with Lance Dacy #132: Can Nice Guys Finish First? with Scott Dunn Mike Cohn’s Better User Stories Course Join the Agile Mentors Community Subscribe to the Agile Mentors Podcast Want to get involved? This show is designed for you, and we’d love your input. Enjoyed what you heard today? Please leave a rating and a review. It really helps, and we read every single one. Got an Agile subject you’d like us to discuss or a question that needs an answer? Share your thoughts with us at podcast@mountaingoatsoftware.com This episode’s presenters are: Brian Milner is SVP of coaching and training at Mountain Goat Software. He's passionate about making a difference in people's day-to-day work, influenced by his own experience of transitioning to Scrum and seeing improvements in work/life balance, honesty, respect, and the quality of work. Cort Sharp is the Scrum Master of the producing team and the Agile Mentors Community Manager. In addition to his love for Agile, Cort is also a serious swimmer and has been coaching swimmers for five years. Auto-generated Transcript: Brian Milner (00:00) Welcome in. Welcome back, everybody. This is the Agile Mentors Podcast. I'm with you as always, Brian Milner. And today, we're going to do something a little different. We're in this mode right now. We've kind of been open to some suggestions recently about maybe we should try some experiments and try some different things. And so today's going to be one of those little experiments. We have someone that's going to be with us, Mr. Cort Sharp. So welcome in, Cort. Cort (00:23) Hey Brian, thanks for having me on. Brian Milner (00:26) Absolutely. Cort is our community manager for the Agile Mentors community. And Cort and I do classes together a lot. He is often the producer in the classes. So we see each other a lot. We talk a lot. Cort's also a certified Scrum professional. So he's been doing this and has encountered Scrum in some kind of unusual circumstances as well. He's a high school swim coach. There's an episode that we talked about that. way back so that anyone wants to dig that out, they can go back and find that and learn a little bit more about it. But we just thought it would be good to have maybe periodically a little check in about maybe some stories that have come up in the news about Agile or things that have been flashing through social media feeds or anything like that. know, Cort and I are a little bit different age groups, a little bit, more than a little bit. And I'm sure the of things that cross court's radar may be a little bit different than the things that cross mine. And we just thought maybe it would be an interesting kind of thing to have a little discussion, the two of us, about some of these major burning issues and things that people are talking about on LinkedIn and Twitter and, I'm sorry, X, anywhere else. I'm going to kind of... Give the reins over to court here a little bit, because I know he's pulled some things that he wants to talk about, and we'll just kind of see where we go. Cort (01:40) Awesome, yeah, thanks Brian. Not just X and LinkedIn, we're also looking through Instagram, YouTube Shorts, where the cool kids hang out, I guess is. That's at least what my swimmers tell me. Brian Milner (01:50) Okay, okay I Got it I got a yeah, I you know, I had to learn a lot about an Instagram with my daughters and I still don't get it. just I mean I have fun flipping through stuff but I don't I could never like get a following there because I just don't understand how to Do all the but that's old guy talking. So Cort (02:11) It's a weird place, Brian. I don't blame you. It's totally good. But I've seen a few things come across my feed, and we've kind of had lighter versions of this conversation, whether it's in classes or just kind of on the side or something like that. So we just kind of thought, hey, let's sit down and actually go into depth about this, because I'm curious what your thoughts are on some of these things. And I don't know. Brian Milner (02:14) Yeah Cort (02:35) Hopefully I'm able to add into the conversation a little bit more than just here's a young guy yelling at a cloud instead of an old guy yelling at a cloud, right? No, I hope not. But let's come out and I'm gonna come out swinging at you. So the biggest news bite that I have found over the last couple of months or the last month-ish is that the Agile Alliance and PMI Brian Milner (02:37) Ha ha. young guy and old guy yelling at each other. That's not what anyone wants to hear. Yeah. Yeah. Cort (03:02) have entered, have announced that they're entering a partnership. We don't really know a ton about what that partnership looks like, but it is presumed that the Agile Alliance will be hosting some kind of content through PMI or PMI will be hosting some kind of content that the Agile Alliance has created. So I'm just curious, like, what are your thoughts on that? Do you think it's a good move, bad move, any kind of potential impacts that you see? It's a big one. Brian Milner (03:30) Yeah, way to start with a softball that we just, yeah, mean, it's obviously a hot button topic right now. I've heard lots, I've read lots of opinions of people on different kind of forums and discussion boards and things where people are talking about kind of, what does this mean? That kind of thing. And so here's kind of, Cort (03:34) Hahaha Brian Milner (03:57) Here's kind of what I've heard from both sides, right? The people who are kind of anti feel like this is maybe a little bit of a betrayal. And I think that the reasoning behind that kind of feels like maybe historically or somewhere maybe further into the past, the PMI may have been a little bit of an antagonist towards the Agile movement, or some people feel that way. I'm not saying this is my opinion, but this is what I've heard. Some people might feel that way. And so they feel like, would you attach your name to something like that? But I've also heard from people who are pro and have said, look, the basics of the deal are that it's not going to change anything for the Agile Alliance other than the name. It's officially the PMI Agile Alliance. But other than that, what I've heard from people who are board members that have posted Cort (04:43) Sure, yeah. Brian Milner (04:50) from the Agile Alliance have said, it's just nothing more than our name is now different. We're autonomous. We can still do the things we've always done. And we feel like the connection to this larger organization will enable us and help us. And I know the Agile Alliance has gone through some tough times, as a lot of us in the industry have, with the conferences. At least I know the conferences last year was kind of not what people have hoped, and not just the Agile Alliance conference, but other conferences have had down attendance and other things. Maybe just a sign of the times, I don't know. But personally, I kind of look at it and I got to preface this. got to, before we talk about anything else, right? Because now we're going to get into opinion. But I would just say, let me preface by saying the opinions you are about to hear. are not the official opinions of Mountain Goat Software. They are just the opinions of the individuals that you will be listening to. So this is just one guy's opinion, right? I think I would just say I get it from both sides. I understand. I see kind of the concern. From the people who are pro and they say, look, it's just the name, I don't know why anyone would freak out about that. It's just a, we're just putting letters PMI in front of our name. hear that, but I've also heard other people counter that to be like, yeah, but it would be like Greenpeace saying, you know, we're now Exxon Greenpeace, you know? And I don't think, I think that's quite, you know, a huge overstatement. I don't think that's the same thing at all. And I, you know, I recognize that the PMI has, you know, they've adapted. anyone who thinks that they're the same way that they've always been, I think is wrong. I think that they have incorporated over time more and more agile ideas into their certifications and other things. they certainly, I feel like they've recognized the agile sort of the future and they've tried to invest more heavily. I think this is a sign of that as well. They're trying to invest a little bit more into agile because they see it as, you this is the future of project management. You know. But they also see it as one of the paths. It's one way of doing project work. And it's not the only way. There are other ways that are good as well. I don't know that I disagree with that. Depends on the project. It depends on what it is you're trying to do. But we talk about this in class. If I know what it is that we're going to make, I know exactly how to make it, the customer knows what they want, and we're not changing anything along the way, then Cort (07:02) Yeah. Yeah. Brian Milner (07:16) Agile may not be the right way. But if any of those things are not true, then I think Agile is the right way. end of the world, no. I don't see it as the end of the world. I don't see it as the sky's falling. I think it is a sign of the times. I think it is sort of a benchmark kind of thing to say, wow, things have reached this point where they've joined forces. I think that's not an indication of either side bending a huge amount, but that both sides have bent and met in the middle. And that's kind of my opinion on it. The sky's not falling, but I don't really know how it will change things moving forward. They tell us it's not going to really. We'll see. Cort (07:58) I think I agree with a lot of what you're saying. And that's what I've seen as well amongst the social media spheres. Kind of a lot of discourse of, this is really bad, or, this is not as bad as you think it's going to be, or, this is actually really good. Because I think one point that I agree with a little bit more so is, in principle, at face value, This might not be what the Agile Alliance was founded on or anything that goes, or I wouldn't say anything, but it doesn't align with the foundational values of the Agile Alliance. But in the long run, I think this might be pretty beneficial for Agile as a whole, because PMI is massive. They have a huge reach, very big name recognition, and for them to acknowledge, not only acknowledge, but acknowledge in this way and bring in Agile into this space within their reach, I don't see a ton of harm that could really be brought to it purely on the basis of our reach, PMI's reach is significantly larger than the Agile alliances. So it just helps Agile grow a little bit more so and get a little further reach. Do you agree with that? you disagree? Thoughts on that? Brian Milner (09:14) Yeah, I mean, I've heard Mike say this before, where he says, you we talk about partnerships, you know, who's bringing more to the table? Is the Agile Alliance funneling more attention, eyeballs to the PMI by this Alliance, or is the Agile Alliance getting more eyeballs and more attention because of the audience of the PMI? I would think it's the Agile Alliance is getting more. Like you said, I think the PMI is a huge behemoth, pretty highly recognizable. their certifications have been out. They're kind of one of the first of those kinds of certifications that existed out there. And I just think that they're probably bringing more to the table to the Agile Alliance than the Agile Alliance is bringing to them. Cort (09:56) Yeah, yeah, the Agile Alliance is kind of getting the better end of the deal, so to speak, as far as exposure goes. Brian Milner (10:00) Yeah, but I think time will tell. I think that's really what I would say to anyone is just don't freak out too much yet. You need to just wait and see what will happen. When the moves happen, if something happens, it's like all of a sudden now the Agile Alliance can't in any way talk about how traditional waterfall is not a great way of doing things. Well, now I would raise the alarm and say, OK, well, now you see the compromise. But if that doesn't happen, if it truly is, as I've been hearing, it's just a naming, we're autonomous, I don't see the grave harm. Cort (10:33) Right, right. Right. I think one thing that's kind of overlooked or maybe just a little glazed over that people didn't pay too much attention to is they didn't announce this as a merger. They announced this as a partnership. So to me, when I hear partnership, hear two entities working independently with a common goal of whatever it may be. Brian Milner (10:54) Yep. Yep. Yeah, a little insider baseball on that because I have heard some discussions around that as well. And just what I've heard is, there is a trickiness there because the agile Alliance is a nonprofit organization. And so from a for-profit organization, you cannot acquire a nonprofit organization unless that nonprofit organization changes and becomes a for-profit entity. Cort (11:28) in for profit. Yeah. Brian Milner (11:31) I'm not a lawyer. I don't know any of that kind of insider, the legalese that's around that. But I've heard a little bit of conversation around the fact that it might have been an acquisition had they been a for-profit company. But since they were a nonprofit, it's a partnership. So that may be the case or not. I don't know. Cort (11:50) So that brings up just a question to me then. A lot of times when companies merge, they tend to merge as either an industry or a sector is kind of starting to go down, trickle down a little bit. And they merge as a method of of like bulking up, strengthening where they can, trying to... that they acquire, they merge in order to withstand the rough times. Do you think that that might be what's at play here? Where just from a business perspective, this is kind of the business smart move for both entities, both organizations, so that they can withstand, I think I saw somewhere like a 35 % reduction in middle management positions, postings or something like that, right? Brian Milner (12:31) Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. mean, I think, the, the past few years have been kind of difficult economically. please don't think I'm being political and saying that at all. I'm just, yeah, I can only state what I've, I've seen and heard from other people in the industry. And I've, you know, I've heard about people talking about less job postings, those going down. I've heard about, know, trainers and coaches and other things. you know, losing percentages of their students or their coaching engagements or other things. So I've just heard that it's been, and we've kind of experienced some of that as well, decline a little bit. I don't think it's that one of those two entities had a decline. I think they both are kind of recognizing this is a tough economic climate and strength in numbers. You know, if we can support each other and maybe that's the path forward is that we kind of combine forces and combine and conquer a little bit. So I think you're right. I think that may have forced it and it's just the opportunity presented itself. Cort (13:37) Just kind of a contextual thing where the context of kind of where we're at right now. That's really what drove it. Yeah, I can see that. could totally see that. Awesome. Well, let's jump over to our next kind of topic right now. Everyone's favorite topic right now, AI, right? We've talked about it substantially. But kind of with that whole idea of Brian Milner (13:52) Sure. Yeah. Yep. Yeah. Cort (14:03) or that little note that we had there of these mid-level management positions, we're not seeing them rise in open positions. We're kind of seeing them get squeezed down a little bit. We're seeing them reduced. And a lot of that is attributed to AI, where a lot of these mid-level management positions are tasks that can be done by AI, because a lot of it is kind of this data analysis stuff and what do we move forward with? Relating it to Scrum specifically with AI being on the rise and Scrum Master roles appearing to be bringing less value as a result, because I think you've seen it, I've seen it a lot. A lot of my friends are talking about it. I've seen it a lot on social media. Actually one Instagram reel that sticks out to me right now is someone was like, hey, do you want to get into tech without having to learn how to code, be a scrum master. It's super easy. You just take a two day course and you're going to make $110,000 a year or whatever. And it's like, you know, little tongue in cheek, but at the same time, I think there's some truth to what that real was saying. Um, however, with that, I think a lot of scrum masters are being shoehorned into roles or have been shoehorned into roles of. Logging meetings. creating meetings, facilitating those meetings and then entering in the next one and saying, Hey, everyone has to show up here and, you need a story point this. I need point values for this bug before we start working on anything. and a lot of that seems to be replaced with AI or at least is able to be replaced with AI. So Scrum Masters now are in a position where they have to drive more value. where, where do you think Scrum Masters? in their role can bring more value? And do you know of any resources that are either widely available, freely available, available at a lower cost to help Scrum Masters learn how to actually bring more value to their role? Brian Milner (16:04) Yeah. Well, the first thing I'll start off in saying is, you know, one of the great things about living in today's world is there is so there's such a wealth of information that's free. You know, I can learn how to do, I can learn how to cook anything in the world by just finding the video on social media and not all of a sudden, you know, I've got everything I need to make a great dish. I may not taste the same as the person who did it, but you know, I can learn how to do pretty much anything. I can Google, you know, how to You know change out my doorbell, which is one thing I did over the holidays You know like that's the kind of thing that there's a full video showing exactly it step-by-step Here's how to do everything and and I think that you know for Us a scrum masters. There's there are some skills. I think that are gonna be More and more relevant more and more needed and I think you just have to put yourself in the frame of reference of what would AI do a good job of? this is such a answer because if my job as a scrum master is to just schedule meetings, well, then yeah, I'm in trouble because an AI can do that really easily. And you don't even need AI for that. All you just need is to have people enter when they're available. There's dozens of websites where you can do that. do that. My D &D group does that to try to find the nights we can play. It's easy to do that, and you don't need any AI for it. So if you reduce what a scrum master is down to something as simplistic as let's schedule meetings, well, then yeah, you're in danger. I think what's going to happen is that more and more, it's going to be the soft skill kind of things that are going to differentiate the Scrum Master profession. I think that AI is going to have a hard time with managing interpersonal relationships. It's going to have a hard time helping the team navigate through conflict. It's going to have a hard time picking up on details, how safe does the team feel, how well are they working together. AI can do certain things really well, but there's a reasoning that's not there now. I don't know if that's coming. I don't know if that's tomorrow, if that's 10 years from now, or a year from now, or six months. But I know that now, even though they say thinking or other things like that, it's not really thinking. It's just digging up more data. And it can process a large amount of data and give you some insights from it. That is something that it does well. but it can't intuit, you know? It doesn't have emotional intelligence. And yeah. Cort (18:47) Yeah. Yeah, think one spot or one really good definition of where AI is fantastic that I read recently is AI is absolutely incredible when there is a set of very clear specific rules. So the book that was reading that said that they use chess, example, right? Where chess has a very, as a set of very specific rules. and AI can beat any grandmaster easy. Really just like chess.com can beat any grandmaster at this point, right? Because it's able to analyze potential outcomes based on a set of rules and a scenario that it's given in. Whereas a lot of humans, we think, or a lot of human chess grandmasters, they think in a way of like, here's one specific strategy that has worked in this scenario. I'm going to go that down that route. So AI can inference, so to speak, they're going to go down this route because that's what has happened in the past. And based on that set of rules that has happened in the past, here we go. So I think you're entirely right with those softer skills where you're interacting in a space that has some guidelines, but not necessarily a set of clearly defined rules is where AI is going to struggle right now. Absolutely. Yeah, totally. Brian Milner (20:07) Yeah, I'll tell you, Cort, too, one of the things that I'm really interested in, and I've talked to you about this and some other people, I'm really interested to see how AI, especially for coding, because more and more coders are taking advantage of coding assistants. And there are some stories out there and some companies that are more and more reducing the reliance on a person to code and using more AI to do coding. Some claim that they can do it all with AI. I would be really suspicious if there's no human involved at all. But what I'm really curious about is how does it change the process? If you are using an AI coding assistant, Does that change any other part of your process? How do you verify that the code that the AI has produced is correct? Is there a pairing? Is there a peer review of that that the team does? I suspect that there's practices and things like that that are popping up all over the place that just haven't been codified yet. There hasn't been a white paper that says, here's what you do. to try to ensure that it matches well with the rest of the code or here's how you know that it matches your standards or other things. I suspect that there's plenty of those kind of things out there and I'm just kind of waiting to hear those reports. Cort (21:25) Right? Yeah. Yeah, think, gosh, was, was Mark Zuckerberg was on the Joe Rogan podcast not too long ago. and he was saying like, yeah, by the end of 2025, Facebook is already doing it or Metta is already doing this. Sorry. Metta is already doing this where they're starting to replace their mid-level programmers, their mid-level developers with AI. And Zuckerberg was saying like, it's expensive right out of the gate. Brian Milner (21:54) Yeah. Cort (21:59) Right. It's going to be a lot of time, but we see the value in this long-term. so I wonder if, if that white paper is going to come from either meta or alphabet or one of those ones, right. Brian Milner (22:09) Yeah. Well, the domino effect of this is also going to be fascinating to watch because you said that they're talking about mid-level. I've heard a lot more about junior level being replaced, Like the entry level kind of stuff. And so, okay, let's say you do that, right? And you're hanging on to your senior people who have the experience. What happens when they move on? Right? When those senior people are gone, you haven't had anyone coming up the pipeline because you replaced it with AI for the junior stuff. And you're depending on more senior, more skilled advanced people to verify, to go through and fix the issues that AI is producing. They're going to be gone. They're going to retire. You know? So I don't know how that, that will be my first question to someone like Zuckerberg about that. Cort (22:54) Right? Yeah. Yeah. Brian Milner (23:02) when they said something like that is, what's your continuity plan for moving up programmers into more senior skill level? How are you going to build that into your long-term process if you're going to replace junior and mid-level people with AI? That's going to be a train wreck that's going to happen at some point. Cort (23:27) I, cause a lot of times we talk about in courses or I've heard it a few times and I totally agree with this and subscribe to this idea that the goal of a scrub master is to work themselves out of a job. So I wonder if it's that kind of same kind of mentality that these bigger tech companies have with AI of, know, AI is going to work a developer out of a job or a developer is going to work themselves out of a job through AI being able to. code better than them, faster than them, be more precise, stuff like that. However, caveat to that, Mike was the one that said the goal of a scrum master or a good scrum master should be to work themselves out of a job, comma, I've never seen that happen. So Mike has never seen that happen, right? I don't think you've ever seen that happen. I've never seen that happen. I don't think anyone's really ever seen that happen. I don't think any scrum master has successfully done that. Brian Milner (24:10) Right. Cort (24:20) so I wonder if it's going to get to that, that kind of same point where it's like a developer will never work them themselves out of a job. It's just the cost of entry to a good developer job or to a developer job as a human. Just got up a little bit more, right? Where, where those senior positions are the only ones open. So you gotta create whatever experiences you can. Right. Brian Milner (24:42) mean, should, in reality, it should be like any other tool that people use to do a job. And it should be the kind of thing where, hey, now we have calculators, and I don't have to manually do the computations on my own. Does that mean that I don't need the reasoning and logic of knowing which computations to make? No. Someone still needs to know how to do that kind of thing. And I think that's how it shifts a little bit is. I don't know that it ever, I shouldn't say that ever. think it's, my, I'm not an AI expert, but my experience dabbling with this kind of stuff and reading articles and talking to people in the industry is that it's not there yet. It's, it's, it's good. It does a good job at, you know, being an assistant level, co-pilot level, that kind of thing, but it's not. Cort (25:29) Mm-hmm. Brian Milner (25:32) hey, let's fire our 10 developers because now we've got an AI that will do exactly what they did. It still takes reasoning and logic to know which path to go down, to ask it what to do. And I think that's just how it shifts a little bit is now there's a tool that does the more mundane part of that, but we still need the information, the logic, the reasoning to design it. Cort (25:44) Right. Right. Right. Yeah, totally. This this reminds me a lot of your conversation that you had with Lance. It's the first episode of twenty twenty five. You and Lance sat down and talked about AI and hyper hyper personalization. AI being used as a tool, which you and Lance discussed fairly thoroughly. You guys went into a little bit of depth about that. It's a tool that delivers value, but where do you think it's delivering value to, or who do you think it's delivering value to? Is it developers, the company as a whole, customers? Where do you see that value stream starting? And do you think it could eventually get to somewhere else, deliver value elsewhere? Brian Milner (26:17) Yeah. I mean, it's kind of like to me asking like, how do you, where do you see streets and roads and highways deliver value? know, like it's, there's a million places they deliver value. There's a million industries. There's a million different things that they do. And I kind of see AI, you know, as a much, much, much more advanced version of that. But just to say, they're, Does it deliver value to customers? Yes, it delivers value to customers. It might make their lives easier or make it more simple to get to what they need. Does it deliver value to the organization? Sure, it delivers to the companies because it's going to help reduce time to market and speed and maybe cost as well. Although cost, we'll see. That's kind of an interesting thing because, you know, Cort (27:26) huh. Brian Milner (27:33) You read lot of articles about how OpenAI is not profitable yet. And it's taking a huge amount of data, a huge amount of data centers, a huge amount of energy. So that runway runs out at some point. And even charging $200 a pop for their pro model a month, it's not profitable. I mean, they say that membership level is not profitable right now. Cort (27:46) Right. Right. Yeah. Right. Right. Brian Milner (27:59) So that doesn't continue forever. At some point, that money runs out. And when that does, how does it get paid for? So will it reduce costs by that point when that runway runs out and the consumers of the AI product have to pay the real cost of what it takes to run it? I don't know. Hopefully, it goes down by then. Cort (28:18) Yeah. Yeah. In that same episode with you and Lance, you talk a lot about AI as a tool, right? And it's not something that you are scared of personally because it is a tool and you view it as a tool and an aid to you being more productive. I'm just curious your thoughts on, let's take it back over to our scrum masters, right? So. someone starting out as a Scrum Master role or recently got put into a Scrum Master role, how do you think that AI can be used as a tool to aid Scrum Masters? Do you think it should take over kind of backlog prioritization so that Scrum Masters can focus a little more on those interpersonal connections? Do you think it should take over managing meetings or running meeting ceremonies so that Scrum Masters can focus on more important things? Brian Milner (29:10) I kind of, the hair on the back of my neck goes up a little bit or I cringe a little bit about the words take over. Because I'm not sure there's anything I would say that it should take over right now. I think that there are some things that it can assist with and do a better job. Like it can, you can offload the manual portion of doing that to the AI. But you know, yeah. We've talked about scheduling meetings. That's an easy thing for something like AI to do. And it does a good job. One of my favorite things that I've learned is you can dump a bunch of data into it and then ask a big open-ended question like, what are maybe some insights from this data that I'm missing? What are some key? Cort (29:37) Right. Brian Milner (29:54) takeaways that I should have from this mass of data that you sort through. And that's a really good job of interpreting that kind of thing for us. So I think it's those kind of things that, from a Scrum Master perspective, I think you can probably use it to do a lot of things like charting out velocity and tracking other trends in our velocity. Cort (30:00) Right. Brian Milner (30:15) or the trends in other data maybe that I collect for my team that I'm not aware of. I think it starts to fail a lot in the creative areas. I'll just give you a practical example from my standpoint. I spoke at couple of conferences. I try to speak at conferences on occasion. And when you do that, you have to submit papers of saying, here's what I want to talk about. I cannot use AI and go to it right now and say, hey, Cort (30:34) No, Brian Milner (30:37) I want to speak at conferences next year about AI or about Agile and Scrum kind of topics. What are some ideas? What are some things I can talk about? It's not going to give me anything that's worth anything if I ask that question. But if I already have the idea, it can help me flesh out the idea. It can help me kind of with the way I present the idea. But the idea is mine, right? Cort (30:49) Right. Brian Milner (31:03) And I kind of think that's the thing is from a Scrum Master perspective, use it for the things that would take a lot of manual time to do. But you have to know your stuff to know that you need that thing. Cort (31:12) huh. OK, so yeah, just speaking out loud here, use an AI as like, hey, I'm noodling on this idea to get a little more engagement in our daily standups. Walk me through how this would go, or something like that. Brian Milner (31:34) Yeah, I mean, there's some particulars there. you probably want to prompt it to say, you know, I want you to act as an agile expert. Ask me all the questions that you need to ask me about why my daily scrums are failing and help me figure out, you know, three next steps I could take to try to improve the daily scrum of my team. That would be the kind of prompt I would enter. and kind of hear what the question, let it ask you questions, let it refine it a little bit, and it'll give you some things to try. Now, maybe only one of those things is worthwhile, but if you have one of them that's worthwhile, it's worthwhile. Cort (32:10) Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Right, totally. Cool. Let's step away from AI real quick. I got one more question for you. And this can be like a, yep, we'll wrap it up after this one. One more question for you. And this was actually from the last episode with Scott, where the whole idea of it was you need to be nice by being honest, realistic, and I put in quotation marks, mean. Just being nice by being Brian Milner (32:16) All right, then we got to wrap up. Cort (32:35) Brutally honest, I guess in a good way of putting it when So again as the younger guy in this conversation as the one who doesn't quite have as much experience in having potentially career altering conversations as I like to call them When should I bring those up when should I be that kind of mean nice guy? Is it any time that I have my my foot in the door of? the CEO or someone who has a little more pull? Is it, should I only do it when I'm prompted or is there some other time that I should be bringing up these topics that are probably important, but you know, not the nice guy way of bringing them up. Brian Milner (33:13) Yeah, we were talking about the thing that I mentioned about the scenario where the guy found himself in the elevator with the CEO. And yeah, I do think there's an important kind of thing to keep in mind there where, you know, businesses are gonna expect you to kind of follow the chain of command a little bit. so, you know, I think you've got to balance that in with this. I'm not saying that you should... hey, everything that you think might be wrong in the company, go schedule a meeting with your CEO and go run and tell them. Like that's gonna make everyone between you and the CEO really mad and your CEO really mad, right? You gotta follow your chain of command a little bit. If I have a manager, I wanna be always kind of frank and honest with my manager so that they know they can trust me, that I'm gonna tell them. Cort (33:49) Yeah, yeah. Brian Milner (34:02) the reality and there it's just how blunt are you? How much do you soften when you say those things and try to say it in a polite way rather than saying, this sucks. You have to be able to play that game a little bit. But I I think you should always be honest with the people in your immediate chain of command. Cort (34:13) Right, right. Brian Milner (34:24) you, there's no, you know, definitive line about when you overstep that and go above and beyond. You kind of have to interpret that yourself. You can't do it too often, but if there are times when you feel like something is vital and it could actually have a real negative impact on your business, then, know, occasionally maybe it is okay to then go out of your chain of command and say, I just think this is really vital. And I think the company needs to know this. So I've kind of gone out of the normal chain of command. You're going to make the chain of command mad when you do that. So you have to weigh that and say, is it worth it? Do I feel like I can defend that I went outside the chain of command in this instance? that people won't see it as I'm always going outside the chain of command, but this was important enough to do it. Cort (35:10) Sure. Right. Okay. Awesome. Well, thanks, Brian. Thanks for getting that last one in there. Yeah. Brian Milner (35:18) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, no, this has been fun. And we'll do this more often. We'll have some check-ins and try some more experience experiments. All right. Cort (35:30) Awesome. Well, thanks for having me on. Thanks for letting me ask these questions. thanks for a great conversation. I appreciate it. Yeah. Brian Milner (35:33) Yeah. Yeah. Thanks, Cort.
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