Podcast appearances and mentions of Martin R Schneider

New healthcare data regulations are on the way, and they're going to totally change the way we think about patient data, privacy, and more. In this mini-sode, Product Hacker does a deep dive on the 21st Century Cures act: what it is, why it matters, and how it's going to change digital health forever. Produced by Martin R. Schneider. Music by Prox-C and Blue Dot Sessions

Each year, companies miss out on billions of dollars of potential revenue by not giving their employees a chance to innovate. On this mini-sode, we take a look at the high cost of lost entrepreneurship and offer up one methodology that can help even the biggest company innovate like a startup. Produced by Martin R. Schneider. Music by Prox-C and: Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Comfortable Mystery 2" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Wholesome" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  

This time around, Martin talks about how companies can stop just calling their staff "families" and start actually supporting their staff's families, using a combination of customized benefits options. Special guests Tracy Grajewski of Laurel Summit Insights and Cristian Hernandez of Exude, Inc., tell us about the best ways to build benefits programs that work around employee's lives and share some of the newest trends in employee benefits.   For a transcript of this episode, click here.  Career Minded is brought to you by Careerminds. It is written, hosted and edited by Martin R. Schneider. Theme music by Scott Holmes. Additional music for this episode by La Sabrosa Sabrosura.

Customer experience AI has been buzzed about for years, but with little to show for it. That’s finally starting to change, with massive growth in personalization, automation, and more. But how do you SELL AI and automation? And more importantly, how do you introduce it to an existing product line? We interviewed Brian O’Neill of Monetate, a company that’s grown from marketing analytics to full-on AI-enabled customer experience personalization. As Monetate’s CTO, he’s overseen the company's technical strategy and growth, and had a front row seat to major shifts in technology, positioning, and value proposition. Learn more about Monetate over at their website. Produced by Martin R. Schneider. Music by Prox-C and KieLoKaz. 

The use and abuse of digital products has been big news over the last 12 months. From hostile design and privacy breaches to basic corporate responsibility, people are taking a closer look at the ethical ramifications of our increasingly digital world. And they’re not liking what they’re finding. This month, we're spoke with researcher and lecturer Dr. Faye Miller about why digital product ethics are so important and how companies can do a better job of tackling the challenge head-on.  Produced by Martin R. Schneider. Music by Prox-C

Martin talks over a profile of a woman taking a pause from her accomplished career, and then meets with Courtney Johnson, VP of HR at the Philadelphia Zoo. They discuss internal communications, infrastructure projects, offboarding policies, and giraffe pregnancies! Take a walk on the wild side, and listen to the newest Careerminds. READ: "What Am I If Not Employed?" by Maryam Banikarim Career Minded is brought to you by Careerminds. It is written, hosted and produced by Martin R. Schneider. Theme music by Scott Holmes. For a written transcript of this episode, click here.  

Innovation in the public sector comes with a whole new set of challenges. We spoke with Erik Johanson, director of innovation at SEPTA, about the ins and outs of driving innovative thinking, managing change, and finding clever solutions to budgetary constraints while meeting the daily transportation needs of 1.5 million Philadelphians. About SEPTA: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority – better known to Philly locals as SEPTA – provides regional mass transit for the entire Philadelphia area and operates a network of trolleys, busses, subways, and commuter rail. About Erik: Erik is the Director of Innovation for SEPTA. He heads up the organization's innovation team, which focuses on finding new ways to improve the agency’s operations and further its core mission of meetings the daily transportation needs of the city’s 1.5 million residents. Produced by Martin R. Schneider. Music by Prox-C

Martin sits down with health and business coach Marisa Harris to hear the amazing story of her triumph over pancreatic cancer using the same tools and processes that helped her repair a struggling business division. We talk about the blend of personal and professional, what it really means to be "resilient", and how to boost your relationship satisfaction ratings through planning and communication. Career Minded is brought to you by Career Minds. It is written, hosted and produced by Martin R. Schneider. Theme music by Scott Holmes. For a written transcript of this episode, click here.

It's the first episode of Career Minded, the show for all people with business on the brain. Career Minded sits down with thought leaders and authorities in the HR, OD, and Operations world to hear their personal stories and professional insights.  In this first episode, host Martin R. Schneider tackles some of his favorite (or least favorite) corporate buzzwords. Then, we're joined by Bill Schiemann, founder of The Metrus Group and author of the book Fulfilled!: Critical Choices: Work, Home, Life. Bill talks with us about improving employee experience and personal fulfillment using what he calls the People Equity framework - based on the core tenets of Alignment, Capabilities, and Engagement.   Career Minded is brought to you by Career Minds. It is written, hosted and produced by Martin R. Schneider. Theme music by Scott Holmes. For a written transcript of this episode, click here.

It's Thanksgiving week here in the US, and you know what that means: We're celebrating Shane Black Friday! On this episode, Breaking Mayberry host Martin R. Schneider joins us to discuss Shane Black's Iron Man 3, the only movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that even exists in the ballpark of holiday cinema. Stay tuned for a special second episode this Thursday! Questions/Comments? Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @ChristmasCreepsVisit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com!

Product market fit is at the heart of every product decision, from features to architecture. But how can you find market fit in today's constantly shifting tech landscape? We spoke with Ubek Ergashev of Comcast's machineQ IoT platform about making the pivot from infrastructure to product company, the state of IoT, and how to make technology selections that won't come back to haunt you. About machineQ: machineQ is an enterprise-grade IoT platform that helps businesses build, manage, and scale their own IoT networks and solutions. Based in Philadelphia and incubated out of Comcast, machineQ delivers best-in-class LoRa®-based hardware, enterprise grade software, and IoT expertise that speeds up innovation and reduces time to market. About Ubek: Ubek Ergashev is a Product Manager for machineQ. Over the course of the last twelve months he’s led the effort to build the machineQ ecommerce store and mobile app, which will enable customers to purchase machineQ’s IoT hardware products like gateways and sensors, and make it simple and easy to get them up and running for their business. Produced by Martin R. Schneider. Music by Prox-C and Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Managing one product is hard enough. What do you do when it's time to add more? On this episode, we speak with Brian Glick of Chain.io about adopting a multi-product strategy, understanding customer value across multiple products, differentiating company brand from product brand, and what product managers can learn from sales teams. About Chain.io: Through its cloud execution platform, Chain.io helps medium and large enterprises integrate all the systems components that it takes to keep the global supply chain moving. Connecting ocean carriers, customs brokers, retailers, truckers, and warehouses, just to name a few, Chain.io does connects the hundreds of systems that have to coordinate behind the scenes for every shipment, every day. About Brian: During two decades in global logistics, Brian has helped major retail and apparel companies develop and integrate global supply chain management systems spanning tens of thousands of vendors and partners across the globe.  In 2010, Brian founded Aspect 9, which delivered trade compliance software to major companies with worldwide operations.  Brian sold Aspect 9 to Vandegrift Forwarding, where he remained until 2017 when he founded Chain.io. Produced by Martin R. Schneider. Music by Prox-C and The Custodian of Records.

Automation helps companies save millions of dollars a year by taking humans out of the customer support process. But at what cost? We present a brief cautionary tale about customer satisfaction, project management, and the future of machine learning. Hosted by Kurt Schiller, producer by Martin R. Schneider.    Klockworx Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Tranquility Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/