Podcasts about mass disruption

The Ken Hudnall Show, an investigaiton inthe strange and teh unusual - Weapons of Mass Disruption

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Nothing lasts forever, so we do what we can to make things last. And yet the more we enjoy something, the more painful it is when it ends. It all comes down to risk and reward trade-offs. Do you regret the risks you don't take? Do you take the risk knowing that you'll feel sad when something wonderful comes to an end? These questions speak deeply to your risk personality. On this final episode of IQ4U Dr. James Norrie and Dr. Tamara Schwartz reflect on the many ways our risk personality influences our lives. But don't feel too disappointed, the journey continues in June when Tammy launches her new podcast – WMD: Weapons of Mass Disruption.

Phone.com keeps it simple on-top while adding muscle below “People are going to work smarter, they are going to use technology in a way that is effective for themselves, and their organizations, says Joel Maloff, Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Phone.com. In this podcast Maloff offers a look at how one of the cloud’s pioneering firms is exploring new ground both in platforms in use and verticals being served. Phone.com started with the smallest businesses looking for communication and soon began selling to larger firms as well through channel partners. Today Phone.com is migrating much of their services to AWS cloud, a step the company feels is in keeping with its model of providing firms of many sizes the most up to date set of services. Through all the changes that have occurred to the market, Phone.com continues to keep a simple message and model face forward to the users, while adding muscle, more powerful capabilities below. In this way Phone.com has mirrored the thinking that has brought us more sophisticated devices that don’t require a user manual. Now, Maloff reports, Phone.com is moving beyond conferencing that’s simply thrown up based on what’s available to providing HIPPA compliant telehealth. As we look at 2021, Maloff offers a message of opportunity and progress as Phone.com continues to partner with its channel team to invent and customize solutions for customers, with a company big enough to take on complex projects but small enough to offer individualized service and offerings. Visit www.phone.com

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Abdullah Verachia on the topic of strategy in a Era of mass disruption by Radio Islam

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Welcome back to season 2 of Turbulence! This week along we our normal segments we will be looking at alleged sonic microwave attacks on a US embassy in Cuba, controversy behind the new Hollywood blockbuster The Green Book and uproar over a local body transformation challenge that leads the public to question the judging process.

It's not rocket science, it's just taking what you would do in real life and overlaying that onto LinkedIn. Do what works for you in real scenarios when you are selling or marketing or networking or looking for a job. If you are looking for a place to start or looking for advice on how to get your LinkedIn profile up to par... then you are in the right place. I have wanted to do an episode on LinkedIn for a while about LinkedIn, so what better way to do it, than to have the master of LinkedIn himself on the show. John Nemo the author of Linked Riches joins us and tells you what you need to know to get your profile working for you. He walks through simple tips and ideas that will make your profile stand out from all of the others. He also share a bunch of wisdom and templates that you can use to help you get moving in the right direction. Two new members join LinkedIn every second, it is massive... it is google for B2B business.   John Nemo In 2012 John wanted to scratch his entrepreneurial itch and quit his safe job, making great money and he focused strictly on LinkedIn and how to maximize this platform that so many people are barely scratching the surface of, even today. Get a FREE copy of his book at his site - www.linkedinriches.com @johnnemo on LinkedIn   Eric Hanes We are on SPOTIFY ITUNES and GOOGLE www.wordsofmassdisruption.net

Part 2 of the conversation with legendary restauranteur and entrepreneur PHIL ROMANO. The man behind Fuddruckers, Eatzi's, Trinity Groves, Nick and Sam's, The Network Bar and dozens more. We focus on the economics and the investment behind Fuddruckers and how he turned a $15k investment into a $3.4m payout in just two and a half years. "It's called Lateral Integration: I make a disease and then I fix the disease to lessen the sin." - Phil Romano We talk about his investment in an idea for a new product that would go on to save millions of lives. He invested just $250k and turned that into hundreds of millions of dollars just a few years later. He has made many people famous for not getting into investments with him that paid out very well. One even had a nervous break down. "It's hard to invest in other peoples ideas because I always had the best ideas." - Phil Romano We talk about his value system and bill of rights, and how he uses this premise to build and manage his businesses and his personal life. He has five base values that he uses over and over that works for him. We dive into the economics of the Trinity Grove project, and how it is creating the new generation of restaurant concepts, owners and operators. "The accountant and attorney and everyone around me told me not to do it. That turned into an $800 million payoff." - Phil Romano We also talk about the latest concept The Network Bar, and how it is designed to bridge the gap between millennials and the business folks who have "been there and done that". Phil talks about how the concept was originally conceived and what it ended up turning into and what the future looks like for it. Check out the places Phil talks about in this episode. https://www.networkbar.com/ https://nick-sams.com/ https://www.trinitygroves.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Romano https://www.instagram.com/thenetworkbar/   PLEASE FOLLOW SHARE AND REVIEW https://www.instagram.com/wordsdisruption/ https://www.instagram.com/therealerichanes/ https://www.wordsofmassdisruption.net/ https://open.spotify.com/show/4CiQvI8tPmHDlb6D7Deb6d?si=lCQkRnJMTFa9e3P8PWesCQ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/words-of-mass-disruption/id1274247467 https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I5zirpht24cmkto6qrb6e5tvufm

From mobsters to kings to arms dealers and judges to councilmen to speakeasys, country clubs and exclusive means clubs, Phil has seen it all. He has prepared meals for kings and he knows how to get maximum publicity doing it and he is the man behind the greatest hamburger. Phil has continually evolved his ideas and concepts from membership only spots to open kitchens and locks on the door - and he continues to do that today with the Network Bar and Trinity Groves. Phil believes that the fear of failure is much more powerful than the sweet smell of success. He knows that people don’t want the same thing, they want something different. He knows what they want before they do. He has created concepts that have been replicated over and over. He has done more to pioneer the lifestyle and experiences we see in so many restaurants and bars today. Whether it is the open kitchen concepts (NAGS HEAD PUB) were you can see your meal being prepared, or the food being brought to your table for you to see it before it is cooked. He is also the man behind the salad bar and putting locks on his doors and creating members only concepts. Phil knew people would pay to have their pictures on the wall, they would buy mugs with their name on it, they would pay to inscribe their names in the bar. He knew they would pay for memberships (ROMANOS 300) before the concept ever opened. At one concept (THE KEY HOLE), he put a padlock on the door and sold thousands of keys to open the lock. He knew that business men wanted to meet (THE NETWORK BAR) and eat at places that other business men were at. He knew that the experience and lifestyle is what people wanted and he knew and still knows how to deliver on that idea.

Ben Davis the founder of The Gents Place will tell future entrepreneurs to stop waiting, there are no excuses, just do it... the worst case is you will fail and you will learn and try again. You have to believe that failure is part of your success story. In 2008, 25 year old Ben Davis decided to start his business, and to start a business at the highest price point in the area. The economy was crashing, he had no experience in the barbershop business, his son had just had open heart surgery and he had no money. But he left a great job working for a great boss to do his thing, to be the business man he knew he wanted to be. Ben will tell you, that you have to jump in without hesitation, that you cannot let fear paralyze you and dictate your future. Ben jumped head first into a traditional barbershop industry, that he knew very little about, except that he didn't like it the way it was. He brought his interest in the experiential economy to a traditional business and created a new lifestyle brand approach to a boring and sometimes dreaded haircut experience. His brand is about looking good and feeling good and that is key to you feeling and being successful. He believes you are never fully dressed without great hair. The Gents Place is much more than just a haircut, it is a lifestyle of success. BONUS: Ben talks about Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys owner) as an investor in The Gents Place versus Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks Owner) and both billionaires. DECISION CALCULUS - MISTAKE TAX - EXPERIENTIAL ECONOMY

When you look and feel your best, you will do your best. That is what Ben Davis believes. He has taken the barbershop concept, through in some speak easy vibe and created a place to look your best, meet people and do some business while sipping on a fine whiskey. Ben doesn't run his company The Gents Place like the average barbershop, he runs it like a business for business people. He also knows how to get his message across and he knows how to pull people in. Instead of giving away a free haircut to get new customers in, he offers them a free membership for a day. He is selling you the lifestyle that you already want to be a part of. This is part 1 of my conversation with Ben Davis, we recorded this at the new Cowboys headquarters in Frisco, Texas. We dive into starting the business, creating something unique and working with investors. This is the first episode of season 2.

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For several months I have been thinking about doing an episode about disruption and change in regards to companies like Toys R Us and Blockbuster. At first I was just going to do a tear down on why went wrong with Toys R Us but it was so negative I didn't want to do just that. I wasn't sure how I could balance it until recently, when I heard Ellen Barker the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Texas Instruments talk about this subject in regards to Texas Instruments. It was a story I didn't know at all. From my narrow outsider perspective I thought Texas Instruments had grown smaller and irrelevant over the years, when in fact they are an impressive example of change and avoiding disruption to their business. They are far from obsolete, they have tripled their revenue and become very profitable by focusing more on some of the lesser known products and what they are truly great at.

More than 55% of jobs are some sort of sales job and more than 75% of educated workers end up in a sales job at sometime in their life. Also, when you take a look at many leaders out there, they tend to have similar or many times the same characteristics or abilities of great sellers, like being a strong story teller or having great empathy for others. Some people pride themselves on being a seller or in sales, but most don't even though a big part of their job is selling. Whether you are selling your personal ability and or skill set to your boss or you are working in a capacity where you are representing your company... you are selling something. So today I thought it would be good to sit down with someone that knows a thing or two about selling and what makes a great sales person. Here is the conversation with Sean Piket. We will talk about sales and the sales process, like prospecting on purpose and ascending the credibility ladder. SHOW NOTES http://salesintegrity.com/ Sean Piket is the Founder and CEO of Sales Integrity. Sean work's with tech company Founders, CEOs, Presidents and their leadership teams to help them build, develop and lead their sales organizations more effectively through the strategic use of our Sales Coaching, Sales Consulting and Sales Recruiting services. LinkedIn   |    Twitter   |   YouTube Eric Hanes is your host of www.wordsofmassdisruption.net and works with the amazing team at Dialexa to deliver better and different solutions and products for their customers using Design Thinking as key tool to deliver better. Instagram   |   Twitter   |   LinkedIn

Design Thinking is not just for product designers anymore, it can be a tool used by almost anyone to solve customer centric problems. In this episode Nicki Purcell (previously the Head of Operations at Nokia North America and CDO of Dallas Morning News) and I talk through the core elements that make up Design Thinking and how they can be applied in the real world. How does the challenge of solving big problems change when it comes to big companies versus a smaller one? Does decades of prescribed process and methodology make it harder for a company to be nimble and adapt new methodologies? SHOW NOTES Nicki Purcell Chief Digital Officer of Dallas Morning News and previous Head of Operations for North America at Nokia. Nicki loves a good comeback story, and she will dive right into an opportunity to help turn a company around. She is passionate about technology and how it can be used to seamlessly improve people's lives. She also spends time at SMU teaching the digital accelerator program.   Eric Hanes is your host of www.wordsofmassdisruption.net and works with the amazing team at Dialexa to deliver better and different solutions and products for their customers using Design Thinking as key tool to deliver better. Instagram   |   Twitter   |   LinkedIn

How many times have minutes and hours have you wasted on waiting on hold for a customer service representative? Then when you finally get to someone you get disconnected or they ask you for the same information you have already given while on hold. Or they transfer you to someone else and you continue to wait on hold again. We all have a bad customer service story, we even have good ones we can remember. But, what should companies be doing to improve customer service? Why are they approaching it in the wrong way? Nima joins the show today to discuss some good examples, some bad examples and some ways to perhaps fix customer service. SHOW NOTES Nima KhanGhahi is a passionate sales coach, leadership trainer and speaker that focuses on developing and influencing people to maximize their full potential.  With the help of many mentors and leaders he has been able to learn and teach many strategies that have taken people to the next level. His passion comes from helping people identify what they want to accomplish and then helping them get from point A to B.    Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimakhanghahi/  Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NimaLive/featured  Follow IG Account: Nimzstr Become a fan of Facebook: @nimathespeaker    WORDS OF MASS DISRUPTION www.wordsofmassdisruption.net   SUBSCRIBE - REVIEW - SHARE

Today we sit down and talk to the artist know for his amazing hyper-realistic photography Von Wong himself, Ben Wong. We talk about his big e-waste project with Dell. We talk storytelling, how to go viral, his journey from engineer to cutting edge and in-demand artist. Ben is self taught, he is one of the new generation of self made success stories that learned his skill online and used social to build an empire and an intensely loyal following. Marketers this is your new super informed customer, who also happens to be smart enough to build a business around his strengths and core beliefs. He has created his agency around an unconventional business model that allows him to stick to his core tenets, as well as continues to have the flexibility to only work on what he wants to work on. Today you will get real world creative, business and social media lessons from the founder of an independent creative agency that is highly in demand. And he works on his own terms with unconventional business model - he made up his own model and it works. So please... subscribe to this show, leave a review and share it with your friends... you can also follow the show at www.wordsofmassdisruption.net and you can follow on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. And, I discuss each show in an article on LinkedIn every week, join me for that conversation on LinkedIn page, you can find me under Eric Hanes on LinkedIn. I should come up first in the search results, if I don't start typing in Words of Mass Disruption after my name and I will pop up at the top. SHOW NOTES: www.vonwong.com Twitter | YouTube | Facebook @TheVonWong Instagram @VonWong Eliza Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0IY8qG7J-I DELL PROJECT LINKS https://blog.vonwong.com/dell/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3fjsi_-ypo MORE www.wordsofmassdisruption.net LinkedIn @erichanes

We talk to Nima Khanghahi about BUILDING YOUR BRAND AND INFLUENCE. Nima is just getting started on his new career path of speaking and influencing, he has been a sales coach and trainer... and, I personally think he is a natural at it and has a bright future ahead of him. “As soon as we start moving in the direction we want to, doors open…”  - Nima Khanghahi Nima believes in three core principles when it comes to building your brand and influence; Showing Up, Documenting Versus Creating and Elevating Others. When I saw Nima present these principles to a room of at least 50 people and saw his very interactive style, I knew I needed to have him on the show. He has a way of engaging with people in a meaningful way, whether is one on one, or a large group of people. His first principle of Showing Up, is something I believe in and is one of the first pieces of advices I give to people for just about everything. When we talk about showing up, we are talking about something you do in a consistent and intentional way. You are present, you are giving your full attention. Just by showing up you will often uncover new opportunities and be ahead of your competition. As an example of showing up, I went to an event the other day that had hundreds of top business folks in the local area. This is my ideal audience. These are the type of people I work with and need to build long lasting partnerships with. Let me break down what showing up meant to me in this case: I showed up early. I was there before the big crowd, I could make some early new friends before the mad rush started. I scoped out the place for friendly faces. I looked for faces I wanted to meet, and I made several introductions. I was introduced to several new contacts, some of which I have met with again since then. I showed up with intent and a focus. I knew why I was there and what I wanted to accomplish. I set goals in my head and made sure I accomplished those goals. I didn’t waste time doing things that didn’t accomplish those goals. I had a positive attitude. If you go into a situation like this and treat it like a complete beat down, people will catch on to that vibe. If you go in with a positive attitude, people will react much more positively to you. I closed the deal. I stayed afterwards until I checked off a few more goals. I met the keynote speaker and a couple of award nominee’s and winners. I met several new faces that were on my list. But, more than anything, this action created more opportunities, because people introduced me to other people that I will do business with in the future. Maybe I will help them, maybe they will help me. I did see a couple of people I know there that were obviously struggling to get out there and meet people. Hiding in a dark corner of the room, frozen by that voice telling them all the excuses of why they shouldn’t be there. Remember that action begets more action, getting out there leads to opportunities that you would otherwise never get. The second core principle Nima talks about is Documenting Versus Creating. The idea here is that we have so many excuses, we ended convincing ourselves to never start. We end up never starting on our journey or doing that thing that will take us to the next level. As soon as you start thinking of what you must do to create something new, your brain freaks out and starts putting up all sorts of road blocks. Instead of saying, “I am going to CREATE my own podcast.” You say, “I am going to DOCUMENT my thoughts and message on the web.” Just changing the word from CREATE to DOCUMENT, your brain will put up less defense and you are more likely to get started. My very first episode was me telling myself something very similar. I started a podcast in less than week after I decided to do it. If I listen to my brain and all the excuses, I would never have started and never created a podcast. The third principle Nima talks about is, Elevating Others. On the show this week he talks about a touching and interesting story of how a simple act of elevating somebody that most people never think about or even notice turned into something much bigger. In this age of social media, giving and not taking is more important than ever before. If you hold your hand out there to take, you are going to have a tough time getting anywhere and you will disappear quickly. If you take the approach of give, give, give… then things will happen by default. This is another form elevating others. If you walk into every discussion or meeting with someone, just looking for what is in it for you… you will struggle. You will find it hard to build a long term meaningful relationship with those people. You will find it difficult to get others to look at you as a partner or a trusted advisor. Mark Twain said “Keep away from the people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Don’t be the small person in this quote. When you elevate others, magic happens, ideas and thoughts form that make things even greater. Treat people around how you would want to be treated. It is not a complicated notion. SHOW NOTES Nima KhanGhahi is a passionate sales coach, leadership trainer and speaker that focuses on developing and influencing people to maximize their full potential.  With the help of many mentors and leaders he has been able to learn and teach many strategies that have taken people to the next level. His passion comes from helping people identify what they want to accomplish and then helping them get from point A to B.    Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimakhanghahi/  Subscribe to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NimaLive/featured  Follow IG Account: Nimzstr Become a fan of Facebook: @nimathespeaker    WORDS OF MASS DISRUPTION www.wordsofmassdisruption.net   SUBSCRIBE - REVIEW - SHARE

The leaders that understand social tools and know how to create a great culture are winning the battle for great talent. If you do not understand how to create an authentic culture from the top down, you will struggle to keep and hire great talent. William Tincup joins us again to discuss all things HR and Disruption. Digital Assistants are ready to disrupt HR now, automation, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are already being leverage by companies to improve the hiring process as well as the overall HR experience. But, how far away are we from being able to use these tools to make decisions on hiring, firing and promotions? Why is company swag treated like gold in so many companies? Why do we get a shirt and other cool branded items when we start a company but have to beg for them after we get the job?  The people we are hiring have more information that ever before. They are more sophisticated and are asking different questions and they have different expectations than in the past. But, what are you doing to adjust your hiring processes and your on boarding process to accommodate these new workers? THIS EPISODE William Tincup LinkedIn   |   Twitter Eric Hanes www.wordsofmassdisruption.net Instagram   |   Twitter   |   LinkedIn

On this episode we will be talking about career changing moments and making the decision for change. We will talk about why you probably should change your career now, or get out of a job you don't like. We will also talk about how to make the decision to change and how to find that next opportunity. I myself have made a major career move recently and we will talk about that today too. The odds of you making a significant change in your career is 9 to 1. Look around you, out of the ten people closest to you, only one of them is going to actually make a change and take that leap forward. Only one of you is going to seize the moment and make your own decision to change. Only one of you will choose to excel. Only one of you will be running on that treadmill in the gym in a couple of months. Will that be you? Or them? Today we will look at the three questions you need to ask yourself to really evaluate where you are at in your career. Should I stay or should I go? But first we will look at the three steps you need to effectively reach your goals and build a foundation for change. Before we get into career change, lets talk about change in general, and how to build the foundation for you to make the right changes in your life and in your career. The great poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou said "People will forget what you say, people will forget what you do, but they wont forget how you made them feel." It is much more to evoke a feeling with a visual than it is with a list of bullets. I take this presentation approach to setting goals. Most people will tell you to write down your goals, that doesn't work for me. When I write my goals down I feel like I am giving the responsibility away to the list, to the pen and paper. Writing them down doesn't work for me. I forget my goals as soon as I wright them down. Anyone that has worked with knows that my presentations tend to look more like infographics and rarely have bullet points. So how do I plan and reach my goals. Three steps. I SEE my goal in my head, I visualize what it looks like. Once I have that picture, I then have to BELIEVE in it. And, then when I have done that, I do what it takes to MAKE IT HAPPEN. SEE. BELEIVE. MAKE IT HAPPEN. Check out the complete episode to see how I made this work for to meet Mark Cuban. Also, in this episode the THREE questions you need to be asking your self today to determine if you need to make a career change. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE Eric Hanes www.wordsofmassdisruption.net Instagram   |   Twitter   |   LinkedIn www.dialexa.com  

Our guest this week is William Tincup, he is the President of RecruitingDaily.com - He is a sought after thought leader in the recruiting space and is on numerous advisory boards. William is a prolific writer with more than 200 articles, he has been a speaker at more than 150 conferences and he has run his own podcast with more than a 1000 episodes. In this episode we talk about the modern tools and techniques of the recruiting game and how the Internet has, and continues to, change everything. This is an episode full of firsts for us. Our guest this week is one of the most colorful personalities we have had the pleasure of having on the show. We cover everything from tattoo's to crack and even vices like porn. There are a lot of great quotes and stories in this episode. Most of us are familiar with the push and pull of looking for a new job or changing careers. Most of us look at the tools as formidable and get tired of repeatedly entering the same information into different forms over and over. Most are familiar with, please upload your resume here, now upload it here in a different format, ok now enter all the information on your resume in this page, ok now, enter that same information in again in a different way. Then when you get the call for an interview, please bring your resume with you. Then the recruiters start calling and asking you the same questions you have already answered online and the opportunity is not even a close fit. The bottom line is that is difficult, challenging and certainly no fun to get out there and start looking for a new job. Many of us are able to use our networks to find the next opportunity. It has been so many years since I have used an online site to find a job, I can't remember ever doing it. It may have been 20 years ago since I needed to do that. But, my experience is mostly dealing with emails and phones calls on a near daily basis from recruiters with opportunities. On the plus side, I guess I always have the comfort of knowing there is demand for my skills, but on the other side it just becomes white noise. Very few recruiters have ever gotten my attention.  Again, my opportunities have come via my network. As someone that hires talent on occasion, I know that hiring people via my network or the networks of those I respect around me often uncovers the best talent anyway. So I know from both sides of the hiring equation that maintaining an up to date profile on line is very important. It used to be, you just had to maintain a LinkedIn profile. When I first started using LinkedIn, like many of us, I basically mimicked the resume format on LinkedIn. While LinkedIn has made many improvements over time, I think adding an attachment to your work history is the only real change since the beginning of LinkedIn. I look forward to seeing what can happen in this space as LinkedIn continues to improve. In this weeks episode of the podcast, I sit down with a veteran of the HR and Recruiting world, William Tincup and we talk about the modern tools and techniques of attracting talent and building a strong pipeline of resources. It's not just LinkedIn and Facebook that recruiters are looking at these days. They are looking at everything you have ever done online. They are looking anywhere you have a profile, even Tinder in many cases. Have you written articles online? Have you commented on other people's stuff? They are looking at all of that. Often just leaving a comment or a "like" in the right place will get you noticed by a recruiter. PROTIP when you are doing research on a job or person go onto linked and connect with people who worked there or at that place and talk to them. There are not any rules or laws that stop you from doing your research. Once I started my website and started posting regularly on my LinkedIn profile, the number of people following me increased and many new recruiters found me. And often, its not just recruiters it is other people that are looking for the right people to work with. Today everyone is a recruiter. Having a podcast definitely brings a different level of attention. I have had amazing opportunities present themselves because of the new connections I have made via my podcast. In this weeks episode we cover three important points that are worth repeating here. First, everything you do is part of your online profile. When you are posting and commenting on random content just imagine that someone is out there collecting that information and creating a dossier of you. There are apps that aggregate all your content and compile for future employers to look at. Second, tools like LinkedIn can also be super effective for doing your research on the people you will be meeting in a job interview. Do your research and find people that have worked at the company that is trying to get you to make a move. Find people that have worked with your potential coworkers, especially the management. Third, companies and employers spend a lot of money and effort to attract new attention and to look appealing to potential candidates. But, unfortunately most companies don't spend enough effort when people leave. When people are exiting it is as important, if not maybe more important, of a time to make sure they leave on good terms and with good things to say about the company. Remember, if you are worried about big brother watching you... just imagine that your next employer is watching you now. SHOW NOTES William Tincup LinkedIn   |   Twitter Eric Hanes www.wordsofmassdisruption.net Instagram   |   Twitter   |   LinkedIn

If you are not a marketer or work with marketing folks, you are probably not aware of the importance of authenticity. Companies are constantly challenged with finding ways to connect in a genuine and meaningful way. Some brands, like Nike and Apple have mastered the art of authenticity when it comes to representing their brands. The marketing landscape is evolving more now and quicker than it ever has before, and the customers are getting smarter and aware of the products around them. You can't just throw dollars at your brand... you have to connect with customers. Today I sit down with the Head of Data and Analytics at PMG, Dustin Engel and we walk through the recent history of Beats and how it went up against the big boys and eventually became one of them. We talk about the difference some companies make and why they understand how to make that connection better than others. Apple has spent less money on advertising for their phones and iTunes than their competitors, and they have focused that money on experience. Store experiences. How do you make the store a part of the sales process? Apple has a unique way of making the shopping experience authentic, Apple has figured out to charge people premium prices and have created a luxury brand that is being consumed by the masses. They have bucked traditional trends of focusing on premium customers with higher margins and leaving the lower margin customers behinds. If customer experience is about delivering a consistent experience, then many companies have proven that. Where do these leaders fear disruption? What does Apple see on the horizon? What are they seeing around the next corner? SHOW NOTES Dustin Engel is the leader of the Advanced Media Team (data activated media) and the Analytics and Data Science Team at PMG Advertising Agency. In this episode we talk about his journey from aspiring Marine Biologist to a career in Digital Marketing. We get his perspective on many aspects of digital disruption, including beacons, Apple's next big move, airline fee's and late fee's.  We talk everything from Dr. Dre and Trent Reznor to Angela Ahrendts the Sr Vice President of Retail at Apple who used to be the CEO at Burberry. We talk Lebron, Neymar and Winning Moments That Matter with Beats by Dre headphones. Check out episode 109 for the deep dive with Dustin on Blockbuster Please subscribe and leave a review. www.wordsofmassdisruption.net   Instagram   |   Twitter   |   LinkedIn

In 2011 Microsoft was still recovering from all of the windows 7 backlash and just having released windows phone 7 operating system and the Kinect was new and the Xbox 360 was new and that is also when they partnered with Nokia. There was a massive amount of criticism being hurled at Microsoft for not being focused and acquiring companies and not integrating them into the core business. Do you remember that time? It was 2011 just four years after Apple changed everything with their release of the iPhone. In todays episode we will talk to the Head of North American Operations at the time Nicki Purcell, currently the Chief Digital Office at Dallas Morning News, about that time in the two companies history. Remember Vine the app that killed the Microsoft phone? Remember when we said we would never buy a $500 phone or a $1000 phone... remember when you got into someone's car and they were texting through their car interface? Remember wireless (or is it cordless) charging... Nokia was cutting edge... I and many other fans of their hardware loved it, and Microsoft with them was a dream come true... the dream team that was going to take down Apple. But in reality if you look at the numbers, it was not good from the beginning... sure the hardware was amazing, that camera, those pictures, the icons that actually gave you information... but Microsoft and Nokia partnered after Nokia had lost half of its phone market in the previous 12 months, Microsoft has lots much more than half of the market in the same time frame, they needed to do something, while the partnership did boost Microsoft's numbers slightly and produced some of best devices ever, Nokia never regained its dominance - out of necessity Microsoft made the choice to buy the company so it retain control and stop Nokia from moving to Android or other options that were not Microsoft - many have considered the final nail in Steve Ballmer's coffin that finally led to a succession by Satya Nadella. Now today looking at the massive success that Satya has brought to Microsoft and the focus on business users, what would have happened if Satya had more influence earlier and Microsoft set its sights on a company like Blackberry instead? Makes more sense in hind site... maybe we will dissect that in a future episode. SHOW NOTES Nicki Purcell Chief Digital Officer of Dallas Morning News and previous Head of Operations for North America at Nokia. Nicki loves a good comeback story, and she will dive right into an opportunity to help turn a company around. She is passionate about technology and how it can be used to seamlessly improve people's lives. She also spends time at SMU teaching the digital accelerator program.   Eric Hanes is your host of www.wordsofmassdisruption.net   Instagram   |   Twitter   |   LinkedIn

Today I sit down with Tom Edwards, the Chief Digital Officer of Epsilon, and the creator of Blackfin360 who was recently recognized by AdAge as a Marketing Technology Trailblazer, and today we will be talking Personal Brand. Tom has some excellent guidance on the Do's and the Dont's. Right there in the beginning of the show, in what they call the cold opening, I put a clip of Tom talking about the draw backs of hoarding your contacts. If you equate the value of your network to your own value and its your "secret weapon" then you probably need to take a step or two back and do some self evaluation today. You will most likely see that your hoarding is actually working against you building your network and getting maximum value from it. So today is Part 2 of our conversation with Mr. Balckfin360, Mr. Tom Edwards the fearless leader at the Agency @ Epsilon. If you do not follow him already and are interested in the latest trends in tech, then you should follow him. Check out his blog blackfin360.com and you can Also follow him on Twitter @blackfin360 and you can catch up on all his CES tweets from last week. Some awesome insight and gold nuggets of perspective in their. Oh yeah, he also has a BlackFin360 Skill, so if you have an Alexa of Google home device... he has got you covered. Today we are going to be talking about having a point of view and sharing that point of view. Tom is one of the people I go to, to help develop my perspective and to get some amazing insights on how recent trends are developing or could develop as real serious value adds for our lives and business. We also talked about personal brand and balancing that with the professional brand. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE 1. How important it is to develop and share your own perspective and point of view. 2. Stop hoarding your network connections, it doesn't help anyone. Especially you. 3. Find the right balance of Personal Brand (the Digital You) and your Professional Brand (the hand that feeds you) before it bites you. 4. Diversify your life, your network. I have met someone meaningful at every event I have ever been to. You need new an different perspective and people to make you a better person. Tom Edwards www.blackfin360.com http://adage.com/article/news/25-marketing-technology-trailblazers/308646/#TomEdwards Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Eric Hanes www.wordsofmassdisruption.net Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

This is episode 119 and today I sit down with Tom Edwards, the Chief Digital Officer of Epsilon, and the creator of Blackfin360 who was recently recognized by AdAge as a Marketing Technology Trailblazer, and we talk all things Artificial Intelligence or as many call it... AI.  When Tom and I sat down we spent a lot of the conversation on AI in a way that will help you develop a perspective or help inform your perspective on the subject matter. We also talk about personal brand and balancing that with the professional brand and the importance of having a perspective and sharing that perspective. This conversation is going to be a two part set of episodes, this week we will focus on the AI perspective, Machine Learning, IOT and Digital Assistants. Part 2 will be next weeks episode (#120) when we talk about balancing the personal and professional brand and the competitive edge it will get you, as well help you build a better stronger circle around you that will intern make you better in the long run. I will also includes some excerpts from David Meerman Scott and some other guests that have been on the show previously. Not everything we talk about always gets into the episode and often there are some nuggets of perspective about other topics like this one that I can bring into the dialogue later. TWO LESSONS YOU WILL TAKE AWAY TODAY 1. Machine Learning is human coded algorithms that drive some sort of decision process, like what gets populated in your Netflix queue or how articles are posted in your various social feeds. 2. AI is more about intelligence augmentation - using massive computing and processing power and applying it to solve problems combined with the creation and intuition of individuals. ABOUT TOM EDWARDS One of my favorite people to talk to is Tom Edwards (Aka @blackfin360), especially when it comes to art of the possible and AI, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, etc... Tom is that perfect mix of futurist, trail blazer and social media nerd. He can walk the walk and he can see where it is all taking us. And if you want to keep up the latest on what is going with AI, you should follow Tom. And in fact, Tom will be at CES this week in Vegas so follow him on his blog blackfin360.com as he reports back from the tech conference this week. Also follow him on Twitter @blackfin360 and you can also enable BlackFin360 Skill on your Alexa and on your Google device just say Open Blackfin360... he has got it covered. Tom Edwards www.blackfin360.com http://adage.com/article/news/25-marketing-technology-trailblazers/308646/#TomEdwards Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Eric Hanes www.wordsofmassdisruption.net Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

This is episode 116 and today we sit down and talk to the artist know for his amazing hyper-realistic photography Mr, Von Wong himself, Ben Wong. We talk storytelling, how to go viral, his journey from engineer to cutting edge and in-demand artist. Ben is self taught, he is one of the new generation of self made success stories that learned his skill online and used social to build an empire and an intensely loyal following. Marketers this is your new super informed customer, who also happens to be smart enough to build a business around his strengths and core beliefs. He has created his agency around an unconventional business model that allows him to stick to his core tenets, as well as continues to have the flexibility to only work on what he wants to work on. Today you will get real world creative, business and social media lessons from the founder of an independent creative agency that is highly in demand. And he works on his own terms with unconventional business model - he made up his own model and it works. So please... subscribe to this show, leave a review and share it with your friends... you can also follow the show at www.wordsofmassdisruption.net and you can follow on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. And, I discuss each show in an article on LinkedIn every week, join me for that conversation on LinkedIn page, you can find me under Eric Hanes on LinkedIn. I should come up first in the search results, if I don't start typing in Words of Mass Disruption after my name and I will pop up at the top. SHOWNOTES: www.vonwong.com Twitter | YouTube | Facebook @TheVonWong Instagram @VonWong Eliza Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0IY8qG7J-I www.wordsofmassdisruption.net LinkedIn @erichanes

Today, this is your Masterclass on modern selling and marketing, from the master of real-time selling himself, David Meerman Scott. David is also a well-known sales speaker and he presents to audiences all over the world on the ways to generate attention and build business. He is a marketing speaker whose ideas on real-time engagement and the use of social media are popular around the world. After today the line between marketing and seller will be blurred forever. We walk through real B2B examples, stories and tips on how to use modern tools to reach customers and to help make you a better seller and/or marketing. But, if you are not prepared to improve your skills and use these tips today and make these yours, you will not get much out of it. We also get into Net Neutrality, Blockchain and Disruption, you know we had to, after all you know what show this is by now. MORE ABOUT THIS SHOW This is your Masterclass on modern selling and marketing, from a master himself David Meerman Scott. If you are a seller, a marketer, a leader, an entrepreneur or you just want to now what is going on in the world of business, retail, tech, marketing or anything digital... then this is the show for you. If you want to get the inside story from the people that were there, this is the show for you. We don't just read the headlines, we dive into this thing called digital and we seek out the actual people who are transforming our world. This year we got the inside story of the first mobile pizza ordering app developed for the iPhone, we went behind the scenes during the most fateful years of Blockbuster to see what went wrong, we jumped into Blockchain with the movers and shakers leading the charge on the business of blockchain, we got the inside story of digital transformation of a 133 year old Dallas Morning News moving head first into the digital age. SHOW NOTES For more on #davidmeermanscott www.newsjacking.com www.davidmeermanscott.com Twitter @dmscott For more on #erichanes and #wordsofmassdisruption www.wordsofmassdistuption.net www.linkedin.com/erichanes Twitter and Instagram @wordsdisruption  

This week we sit down with Nicki Purcell the Chief Digital Officer of the Dallas Morning News and talk about what they have done to move a traditional legacy print news business into the modern digital age. We walk through the cultural changes, the technical challenges and figuring out what they do best. We also talk about the dramatic events of the evening in July last year (2016), when they launched the new brand and site. The same night the worst mass shooting in Dallas history was happening right outside their doors. We get an inside look into the decisions to push forward so that they could provide the crucial data needed to the public at a tragic time of great need. There are many different ways to go to market, but if you do not take the time up front to define a plan and define what digital means to your company, you will be fighting a losing battle. Come with us as we learn from Nicki, who built her career as a marketer in tech, how she  used that experience to turn a legacy branded journalist house into a house of brands. This is the ultimate intersection of culture and technology, and we hear the lessons she learned, like how to use technology as an enabler to make everyone's job easier and work more efficiently. Also, a big thanks to Kenton Kisler from Executive Connection for connecting me with Nicki Purcell. Check out his organization at www.execsconnection.com Check out more episodes of Words of Mass Disruption at www.wordsofmassdisruption.net also follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter @wordsdisruption

We revisit with Weldon Boley as hits about six months into his career at Quisitive. We review the lessons learned and advice from someone that is just getting started. Weldon is a stellar business analyst at Quisitive and is already getting pulled into some of the most important and complicated projects. We also get into some of the things he might have done different in college and the challenges that students face with knowing where the best value for their time is.  Then we talk about the jargon and terms that he has learned in the first few months of his career. And, also figuring out where he should focus his passion and drive to take advantage of opportunities every week.

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What is the right strategic approach that serves my businesses goals the best and were can I develop a competitive advantage over my customers using Blockchain? This week we continue to conversation we started in episode 112 with Mirza, Danny and Cijoy from ChainAdvisors. We will talk about some the things that need to be solved before Blockchain can really reach its full potential. We will get into some real world scenario's that blockchain could help resolve now. We will talk about how an enterprise company, a bigger established company, gets into something like Blockchain. What are the questions they should be asking. Do they get help from outside or build from within? And we will scare you just a little when we talk about how little control we have over our private information, citing the Equifax breach as one example. And finally we will take a stab at ditital identity and what it means in this brave new world of emerging technology.

This is not a crypto-currency discussion, this is about the other uses for Blockchain, the future of Blockchain. We explain what it is and how it can be used for a more secure and efficient future for us and the companies we work at. We work through the triple ledger example, the business reasons for Blockchain. We talk about why you would use something like Ethereum. How Blockchain would be used to help us manage a football bet.   In this episode: Mirza Chughtai Danny Thankachan Cijoy Olickal

Dustin Engel is the leader of the Advanced Media Team (data activated media) and the Analytics and Data Science Team at PMG Advertising Agency. In this episode we talk about his journey from aspiring Marine Biologist to a career in Digital Marketing. We get his perspective on many aspects of digital disruption, including beacons, Apple's next big move, airline fee's and late fee's.  We talk everything from Dr. Dre and Trent Reznor to Angela Ahrendts the Sr Vice President of Retail at Apple who used to be the CEO at Burberry. We talk Lebron, Neymar and Winning Moments That Matter with Beats by Dre headphones. THIS EPISODE Eric Hanes and Dustin Engel Check out episode 109 for the deep dive with Dustin on Blockbuster Please subscribe and leave a review.

Companies that don't know the difference between data and information are failing. The challenge is no longer capturing data, it is now, what do I do with that data? It is information, not data, that creates trust. People don't like to do business with people they don't trust. How are companies building trust in the digital age - digital trust by truly transforming their business to match their operation processes to match their value propositions. How can we build digital trust? Is blockchain the technology that will enable to true digital trust? We talk through real world scenario's where Blockchain is poised to change and enable transformation. Is Blockchain going to disrupt everyone and what does digital transformation really mean? Is it time to make digital contracts great again?

There are classic stories of disruption, you have Amazon, Apple, Uber, Facebook, etc... Today we will talk about one of the classics, the blockbuster of disruption stories... Was it Netflix that brought Blockbuster down? Was it Redbox? Was it the DVD? Or was it Blockbuster that disrupted Blockbuster, or more accurately, did they leave the door open for others to disrupt? Today we sit down with Dustin Engel who was the Manager of Online Marketing and Business Development from the key years of 2004 and 2005 at blockbuster. Which were some of the most dramatic years, when everything changed for Blockbuster. Welcome to a slightly extended, special insiders look, episode of Words of Mass Disruption. I am your host, Eric Hanes and today we are going to pull back the curtain on one of the most talked about digital disruption stories. The disruption of the video rental market. And to get a different perspective on this story, I went to someone who was there in the middle of it all, during the pivotal years of 2004 and 2005 when everything changed for Blockbuster. I want to welcome Dustin Engel to the show. He is the head of the Analytics and Data Science team at PMG.

This week I sit down with Will Clevenger to discuss the 4 lessons learned from our different conversations this last week with the C-Suite, and as he continues his blog series dedicated to Digital DNA in the C-Suite. The latest blog he talks to Michelle Brigman the global director of customer listening and engagement for Citi Group. We look back to were Toys R Us made a major decision 17 years ago that is still haunting them today. Also, are industry verticals real anymore or are the lines getting blurred more and more with every acquisition and merger? This idea of digital DNA. What is that thing that certain people have that enables them to be successful in this world of transformation? Is this DNA an innate skill or learned through experience? How is natural ability or skill, experience and digital DNA linked and were are they different. Can you really develop digital DNA or are you born with it? Does that digital DNA become sharper through Experience and could Experience and that same DNA be heightened with new skills. Is digital DNA that great enable of our time and what ultimately determines our success in this new world of constant transformation? SHOW NOTES: find will on Twitter @will_clevenger find me @erichanes or @wordsdisruption

How to manage your social network and your online brand. Does your online profile, especially your professional one, indicate who you are and what you are interested in? What you are passionate about? Can someone that doesn’t know you very well read it and walk away with a clear understanding of what you want to next? If you are not taking control of your brand now, it could, and likely will be, too late when you need it to work for you later. When something unplanned or unexpected happens. SHOW NOTES: Check out episode 102 for an example of "meeting who you want to" in action. All music in this show by right of creative commons. All excerpts from Nine Inch Nails GHOSTS

This week I was lucky to spend some time at UTD with students that are just starting to make those important and sometimes scary decisions that will set them off on the journey that will define the rest of their lives. I also saw a presentation this week at the excellent DisruptHR event in Dallas about how important it is to engage our kids now and give them as many opportunities as we can to help lead them into the future and get them started off right. It is something we cant just expect to take care of itself, we have to put effort in. In fact the more effort we put in the better the return. kids are the future and we are a key to their success. I was honored to be a part of developing the intern program at Quisitive, a small consulting firm with big customers and big challenges to solve. We focused on building a program that would help us tap into the next generation of workers, and also help them get started on their journey. I sat down with one of the recent interns from that program, Weldon Boley, a recent graduate of TCU. Go frogs! He recently wrote a blog about the last year of his college journey, what he learned in his internship experience and what the first sixty days of his new career has taught him. I highly recommend you read his blog, I will put a link to it in the show notes. To cover the other side of the long journey called a career, from Quisitive today, the Chief Experience Officer Paul Bresnahan brings his journey with Fujitsu and making his first career decisions to the conversation. SHOW NOTES: Weldon Boley's Blog Paul Bresnahan DisruptHR  

Jason Grochowski Client Strategy Principle and I talk about the Digital Customer Experience in the modern age. We even take a stab at a look back on customer experience over the last 100 years. Mass Production turned to Mass Marketing. The online customer experience was born and the psychology of marketing continues to get more complicated. How to business are taking the traditional offline customer experience to an online personalized experience - from "Click to Brick". We talk Beats by Dre, Defiant Ones on HBO and how documentaries like Making a Murderer, and O.J. Made in America have change how we look at documentaries. We talk about how Dyson has changed their company and a utilitarian boring product like a vacuum cleaner and reinvented and gave it cache.   

The former Chief Digital Officer of Pizza Hut, Baron Concors, talks Digital Transformation and Innovation at Pizza Hut and his inspiring the love of technology in kids through robots at his new venture Techie Factory. We dive into his early years and his first experiences with technology that started him on his journey through high end consulting firms Ernst & Young and Deloitte Consulting, to leadership roles at FedEx and into the c-suite at Pizza Hut and Yum! Restaurants International.

For many years companies have been keenly focused on driving revenue and continually improving their established value streams to stay relevant. Companies used to be around for decades with little impact from technology and a steep ramp up cycle that protected them from competitors. Over the last few years the rapid advancement of technology has turned everything on its head. Companies can become irrelevant over night and startups pop up every day that challenge companies that are still moving slow and are held back by old tech and old strategies. This new digital world is creating disruption through out industries everyday. So, what does Digital Transformation mean? A quick search on Google will return plenty of articles containing the terms digital transformation or some version of it. But, are we all defining it the same way? I have found that while the term is quite popular and companies have even allocated resources to transformation or disruption, each company I talk to has a different definition of what they mean and often within the same company or team there is disagreement. Is it digital transformation a strategy? Is it only relevant to startups? Does it apply to an industry or a vertical? Is it a new name for enterprise improvement? Is it about enabling innovation? Is it adopting new technology? Is it all these things? But, are these the questions we should be asking? Are we asking the right questions? Would it be more accurate to ask if digital transformation is real? Or is this just semantics at this point? I sit down with Strategy and Innovation Director William Oellerman and talk about what Digital Transformation means and how that applies to so many things around us. SHOW NOTES Follow William on LinkedIn Williams Blog BEING DIGITAL by Nicholas Negroponte

We go full Wu Tang and talk digital entitlement and Game of Throne rom coms with the Shon Rathbone the founder of Dallas based creative agency 3 Headed Monster. We break the first rule of Fight Club and we talk about our experience attending Digital Fight Club this past week. Then we wrap up with some "instant millionaire" insight in my 1 on 1 with Dallas Maverick's owner and billionaire Mark Cuban. This weeks episode is brought to you by Crowd Activator, the new product that you sprinkle into your boring presentations when you want to add some pop culture references to get the crowd going and keep them interested. Need to add Game of Thrones references to your data presentation, how about some PUBG references to build credibility in your ROI workshop... then you need Crowd Activator.

Teaser for episode 102 out on 8/28 featuring my interview with Shon Rathbone, my 1 on 1 with Mark Cuban and Scott and I break down our time at Digital Fight Club this week.

On this episode we dive head first into deciphering Digital Disruption and what it means. What does digital mean in general and what is Digital DNA? And, finally we stumple into Digital Entitlement and our baseline expectations of digital experiences everywhere. Are companies like Amazon making brick and mortar obsolete or are they forcing companies to change and mordernize? Can big box stores still be relevant? Is it technology, is it timing, is it using the data we already have? What is it?

McKenna Walsh has spent much of her life in the practice of learning to think differently. From absorbing business from inventive tech pioneer parents, to partnering in her brother's ultra-analog doggie daycare start up, to attending an all women's university, to mentoring NASA's robotics program, to advising and investing in entrepreneurs, to now operating her own artificial intelligence company, McKenna is a force to be reckoned with. On this episode of Innovation Crush, the ever-connected Walsh dishes on everything from girls STEM education to making the shift from adviser to entrepreneur, artificial intelligence, bridging the equality gap and more. Happy to be joined once again, by the amazing Art of Manufacturing host, Z. Holly.