Podcast appearances and mentions of michael carrell

Breaking down the season finale of Warrior. So many Webs we need to untangle. You can find Michael Carrell on Comicast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram and Threads Also check out Michael's article about Warrior and other nerd topics at https://producermike.substack.com/p/why-you-should-watch-warrior?r=3rizg&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finest Twitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

Breaking down Episode 9 of Warrior There's a minor technical difficulties around the 30 minute mark. Also, a special guest shows up for a minute. You can find Michael Carrell on Comicast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram and Threads Also check out Michael's article about Warrior and other nerd topics at https://producermike.substack.com/p/why-you-should-watch-warrior?r=3rizg&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finest Twitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

Breaking down Episode 8 of Warrior There's a minor technical difficulity between 09:50 to 11:30 minute mark but the rest of the show there's no more hiccups You can find Michael Carrell on Comicast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram and Threads Also check out Michael's article about Warrior and other nerd topics at https://producermike.substack.com/p/why-you-should-watch-warrior?r=3rizg&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finest Twitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

Breaking Episode 7 of Warrior You can find Michael Carrell on Comicast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram and Threads Also check out Michael's article about Warrior and other nerd topics at https://producermike.substack.com/p/why-you-should-watch-warrior?r=3rizg&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finest Twitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

Breaking down Episode 6 of the Max hit Warrior. You can find Michael Carrell on Comicast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram and Threads Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finest Twitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

Brief talk about the latest actors strike Breakdown of Episode 5 of Warrior Season 3.Top moments and many predictions of the future of the show. You can find Michael Carrell on Comicasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram and Threads Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finestTwitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

Recapping the episode Four. Talking about top moments of the episode and some conspiracy theories that have arisen. You can find Michael Carrell on Comicast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finest Twitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

Bonus content today! Today's Comicast One Shot is a pilot podcast episode of sorts as Andrew Crews of the Crewsin Podcast and our very own Michael Carrell begin a special limited weekly series of podcasts focusing on new episodes of the hit series Warrior. The first 3 episodes of Warrior Season 3 premiered on Max on Thursday June 29th. Listen as the guys breakdown those first 3 action packed episodes, what stood out from these new episodes, what's Mai Ling planning, whether we'll see Ah Sahm versus Young Jun, why this season is a battle to shed previously held identities, the introduction of Special Agent Mosely, what they expect to happen, and much more! To hear Andrew and Michael breakdown future episodes of Warrior make sure to check out the Crewsin Podcast as future breakdowns will be released on Andrew's podcast feed every Sunday/Monday.  For more of Andrew's content follow him on Twitter @Nicetownfinest and on Instagram @Crewsinpodcast Follow the entire Comicast crew on Twitter @onepunch___, @ProducerMike975, @jnchang, & @gachodominguez Submit a question or topic to the Comicast Sack by emailing us at comicastpod@gmail.com

Talk about the show like the origins of it. Why we liked this show in the first place. Top five moments in the first three episodes. What are we looking forward to in the show and really just an overall view of the first three episodes of Warrior. You can find Michael Carrell on Comicast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671 Also here are his socials which @Producermike975 on Twitter and Instagram Tik Tok: Andrewcrews4 Twitter: Nicetown finest Twitch: Twitch.tv/nicetown_finest27 https://www.patreon.com/Crewsinpodcast https://passthetorchspring2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-crews/support

As we celebrate this milestone episode, we invite our editor, Michael Carrell, and producer, Robin Kunimune, to take a look back with us at some of our and our listener's favorite memories from the last 100 'hours'. In this episode: how this podcast came to be, why we dedicate our time to this project, favorite guests, embarrassing moments, and so much more! Mentioned in the show: Derek's 3D Scan - 8M Memory Pack box: https://sketchfab.com/models/8e862790426d492793f74c60e671320f See more from Michael Carrell: Twitter: @ProducerMike975 Instagram: @ProducerMike975 Podcast: Comicast via Spotify or Apple Podcasts Video Game History Foundation: Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour Email: podcast@gamehistory.org Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg Website: gamehistory.org Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg

It's all about Moon Knight! Join the hosts of Comicast, Jong Lee, Jennifer Chang, David Ramon, and Michael Carrell, as they discuss the hero's debut in the MCU. Did it live up to the hype? Did Oscar Isaac pull off a performance for the ages? What did the end mean for the future of the character? What does Moon Knight's appearance mean for the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe at large? Listen as the group answer those questions... or just make fun of each other... which is a win-win situation either way.  Follow the entire Comicast crew on Twitter @onepunch___, @ProducerMike975, @jnchang, & @gachodominguez Submit a question or topic to the Comicast Sack by emailing us at comicastpod@gmail.com

What's your favorite basketball movie? In this week's episode, Jesus Acevedo Jr., Alex Aguilera, and guests Gavin Good and Michael Carrell talk about their favorite basketball films. Gavin talks about Like Mike's impact on his childhood (1:52). Michael shares how he relates to White Men Can't Jump (7:05). Alex speaks to how He Got Game educated him on the dark side of organized basketball (13:51), and Jesus breaks down how true-to-life Coach Carter is (20:30).

Michael Carrell joins the guys to breakdown Loki, talk about his experience at ComicPalooza on a panel, and then they discuss today's 10min question: Which Marvel Character would you be most disappointed with if they should up when the world is ending?

First on the show we have Michael Carrell of ComiCast podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comicast/id1266435671) to talk The Watchmen and other comic book stories. Then we get to learn about the mysterious StrosFanIKnow from Twitter and learn about his story. You can follow him on Twitter @FanIKnow.

David Ramon fills in for Michael Carrell once again. David and Jong get into Variety's article about DC Films, including possible spins offs from The Batman and Birds of Prey. The guys also break down some Black Atom news regarding a few key members appearing in the movie. David Does Comics makes a return in the correct format and the guys talk about the delay on Godzilla vs. Kong.

David Ramon fills in for Michael Carrell. David and Jong discuss what they watched over the weekend, which included One Punch Man, Rick and Morty, The Wire and The Watchmen. Jong says he doesn't know if The Wire is his favorite show of all-time but says season 3 and 4 may be two of the best seasons of any tv show. The guys review and go over the sixth episode of The Watchmen.

In this issue of ComiCast, David Ramon sits in for Michael Carrell. Jong and David talk Watchmen episode 3, Batman casting Colin Farrell and Andy Serkis, Disney rebooting Mighty Ducks, and Popeyes Chicken.

In Issue 206 of ComiCast, David Ramon fills in for Michael Carrell. The guys open up about talking NBA Live being delayed and how NBA 2K is the better franchise. They get into a discussion about sports games and why Live is suffering. They talk about Jay-Z partnering up with the NFL and if that's a smart move by both sides which leads them into talking about Hip-Hop in general. They conclude the podcast by discussing Disney CEO Bob Iger ripping FOX and what they did to its Marvel franchises.

David Ramon of The Sports Kings (Thursday 7-9pm CT on SB Nation Radio/Sports Map 94.1) fills in for Michael Carrell. Jong and David talk about the early Venom reviews and if they're still going to go watch the movie. They also talk about the Dark Phoenix getting pushed back until June. The guys then talk about Nicolas Cage wanting to play Lex Luthor and talk about the other issues plaguing the DCEU other than "Martha."

Raheel talks to Olympian and Gold Medalist Adam Nelson of The D10 and hangs out with his co-workers Michael Carrell and Brenda from Sales. You can email fitness questions to raheel@gowmedia.com for The Ask Adam segment.

CIO for Enterprise Applications at Nationwide Insurance Michael Carrel covers rolling out agile enterprise-wide at scale, becoming comfortable with failure, and the ins and outs of building a culture of visual management, accountability, and innovation at this financial services giant.   Transcript  Bob Payne: [00:00:21] I'm here with Michael Carrel from Nationwide. So Michael we've worked together years ago. What are you what are you doing now at Nationwide?   Michael Carrel: [00:00:31] Thanks. Yeah I'm the CIO for enterprise applications at Nationwide. So what I have a responsibility for is all plan build and run for technology solutions supporting our staff functions within Nationwide's marketing, legal, human resources, investments, finance and actually I.T. itself.   Bob Payne: [00:00:48] Wow, so that's that's great. So that that is has expanded since we had worked together.   Michael Carrel: [00:00:53] Lots of stuff.   Bob Payne: [00:00:55] Yeah absolutely. So what trends are you seeing in the Insurance sector right now. What are the drivers that that are driving innovation, driving your use of agile, driving the business, you know.   Michael Carrel: [00:01:11] Yeah. So a couple of things on the short term basis a lot of the trends that we're dealing with aren't different at Nationwide compared to other insurers, specifically you know on our property and casualty side we have lost trends and a rise in the industry due to distracted driving. We have, you know, there's lot of technology in cars these days and so when cars are in accidents our last costs go up as those accidents you know cost more to repair vehicles within our financial services industry. We have a lot of the Department of Labor is creating lots of changes within the financial services industry, especially the products that we sell: new life products. We have annuities and retirement plans.   Michael Carrell: [00:01:53] So the deal well into the regulatory environment is changing a lot. And in some cases you can look at that as an obstacle or as an opportunity. And so related to innovation there's certainly an opportunity there, as with the other things that I mentioned in terms of ways to help prevent distracted driving in particular, technology that we could use to help make our make it safe for our customers. Longer term trends are there as well. Especially in terms of in the in the auto insurance industry with autonomous vehicles, there's a lot there will be a lot of change in revenue within our industry over time as you look at driverless cars are driving increased you know, lower claims frequency which is going to drive down revenue within the industry. So, where are we going to look at revenue sources of the future? You know so innovation plays a huge role in not only how do we create competitive advantage out of the short term challenges we have but longer term than Nationwide how do we continue to fulfill additional revenue sources for Nationwide given the you know the contraction of some of our expectations that industry especially the auto industry going forward.   Bob Payne: [00:03:03] Yes so certainly those are a lot of the some challenges but also opportunities that are presenting themselves. How do you strike that balance between you know this trend is really challenging our bottom line or this presents a new opportunity because there's only so much time you have to sell new products.   Michael Carrel: [00:03:28] That's a great question. And you know what we focus on are really our customer journeys and where we want to differentiate ourselves.   [00:03:34] And that really helps us focus on the innovations that are that are important to Nationwide and specifically in areas such as such as strategic partnerships and ventures. Those are types of things that we're looking at to realize that innovation that we have with the Nationwide doesn't have to only just come from you with them. How can we partner with others inside and outside of Nationwide to be able to drive innovation learn from others with strategic partnerships and ventures opportunities. A lot of companies are. Nationwide is also one of them. In fact recently announced 100 billion dollar or 100 million dollar investment in that area. So we're taking it very seriously and to make sure that we deliver a great experience for our customers. And so we prioritize our investments based upon customer experiences that we want to differentiate ourselves within Nationwide and what we can bring to bear for our customers you go through that you know a lot of it too is that the technology capabilities that we have internally and growing from what we have today and then adding and the new capabilities that we're developing to make sure that we can deliver on those those experiences. And we're looking at it heavily all customer research and focus right. Because a lot of times the customer speaks in terms of the value of innovation. So there's a lot of great ideas and so you have to understand though which of those resonate most with our customers. Which of those are kind of on point with our brand and our value proposition to our customers. So making sure that we know what our customers value for for the cost is something that we're always continually looking at.   Bob Payne: [00:05:13] Yeah I mean what are the challenges with an organization that is as diverse as yours. How do you get those different lines of business to understand that the customer only knows one Nationwide sort of the apple model right.   Michael Carrel: [00:05:27] Yeah.   Bob Payne: [00:05:28] It's not just one you know not just this product that they're potentially buying. There are a lot of things   Michael Carrel: [00:05:35] Especially in our industry you're buying experience so it's not just you know we're not creating microwaves we're not creating cars right now we're creating promises to help our customers get back on their feet in difficult times.   Bob Payne: [00:05:46] Yeah and customer service is an important factor. How does how do lean and agile methods play into delivery of those customer experiences for you guys?   Michael Carrel: [00:05:57] Great question. You know a lot of times it's really important that you deliver value to our customers quickly and so agile for us is is key for us. You know DevOps has a lot of a lot of consomme practices around agile that we're adopting but it really is moving with speed and agility in our development lifecycle. But also in our planning as well you know there is a test to learn concepts that we work with a Nationwide to make sure that we explore what that concept could look like, test it with customers we have great user experience team that helps us with research with our customers. We test those concepts in a very iterative fashion and then actually have an agile at scale across nation with combined with dev ops to make sure that we can deliver those capabilities quickly to our customers.   [00:06:47] So it's certainly agile it even an issue I started more as more of an I.T. effort that focused on developing software in a better way. And we have rolled out agile enterprise wide at scale putting that earlier in the pipeline of delivery of capability and working with business partners is an area that we're still growing into a habit a lot in our direct to consumer experiences specially in our and the web in mobile space and then growing that beyond that is a priority for us and things like DevOps and deploying those things out across Nationwide are helping delivery teams at the same time agile planning practices is something that we're we're adopting to be able to kind of do more tests and experimentation and drive value to the consumer more quickly.   Bob Payne: [00:07:37] Yeah I think it's sort of interesting that agile sort of picks up quite often when you know what you're going to build how you used innovation experimentation to sort of drive that funnel to get because ideation is sort of a divergent process right what are all the possible possible things agile works well as a convergent how do we deliver this thing that we've decided to deliver so How are you using experimentation innovation to feed into that delivery funnel?   Michael Carrel: [00:08:12] A great example is this a test and learn concept that we house that we have a team set up that are focused on taking our high value ideas that are based on customer research and data that we've collected on what consumers want and where they may have problems today and then where we defined those customer journeys in points of differentiation as I mentioned earlier with that then a test and learn concept to be able to quickly learn to experiment around ways on delivering on that value proposition for that user experience because it can be delivered in various ways. And so we're just learning through that test and learn concept and then quickly getting that into a build team to get that deployed. Is our model so it's that concept of experimentation with applications even of funding and time and resources around test and learn kind of separate from defined build projects to give you the freedom to not treat to learn experiment without being the confinements of a project with some pre-determined kind of outcome and set of requirements. Because you know the user experiences, customer experiences you learn as you go and you experiment and you test..   Bob Payne: [00:09:21] And fundamentally change the direction you're taking.   Michael Carrel: [00:09:24] Absolutely yeah.   Bob Payne: [00:09:25] Yeah. Yeah. Has it been challenging to sort of inject that level of experimentation in certain areas looking for more of a plan going in than..   Michael Carrel: [00:09:38] I think teams that are typically have we've moved agile wide scale the build processes   Bob Payne: [00:09:46] And have a very mature process   Michael Carrel: [00:09:49] Yeah, And I think the biggest thing is being willing to fail and have ideas fail I think with anything that you're driving innovation you have to be comfortable with with failure and ideas not working and iterating perfecting an idea and so you do sometimes have to get past perspectives around wanting to get it right the first time and get everything perfect before you take a step forward versus intuitively kind of figuring out the kind of what's the best way to deliver on the value that you're looking to create whether that be a product you in the eyes of a consumer or a service experience and really exploring versus using more of a waterfall mindset around requirements and design like getting the perfect design and then implementing it. So getting people comfortable with that learning and and quite frankly some of it. It's how we what we've done to ourselves in terms of how we fund projects so really when you take some of those constraints away and then you eyes open your eyes wide open then and people can see the fact that hey constraints that perhaps drove us towards a certain mindset are now released and it gives you the freedom to work in IT or a fashion to make sure that you can really harness the value with the right the capability to kind of deliver the value that you're looking to deliver.   Bob Payne: [00:11:04] Yeah I think sometimes you have to sort of flip the mindset because insurance is essentially risk management. But the thing that I think a lot of people think when they think about experimentation is it's risky but I actually like to flip that around and say your biggest risk is that you're going all in on a single bet like real risk management is about.   Michael Carrel: [00:11:32] Yeah   Bob Payne: [00:11:33] Iterating ideating validating those ideas with your with your customers is right and you know the people that need to deliver those services.   Michael Carrel: [00:11:43] And at Nationwide are right we talk about being "on your side" and "on your side" as a is a commitment that we made to our customers and it's a lot. And it comes with expectations. So for us you know that you know while you were in the business of managing risk there. There also is a large accountability we have for delivering an on your site experience to our customers.   Michael Carrel: [00:12:05] That is important to us and that gives you get you know to be a little bit more creative with how do you kind of drive that and learn about what does it mean for a customer to be on your side. And when there are a vast amount of products and services and channels where we provide service it is hard and it's difficult requires experimentation. But I think our commitment to our customers is often gives us enough of that energy to kind of overcome the inertia sometimes of the risk element that is kind of the nature of what we do at Nationwide.   Bob Payne: [00:12:42] Yeah. Yeah so that's great because you know you've had a lot of lean agile methods throughout the whole organization. Now it's starting to move into ideation and I know you're also working a lot of dev ops initiatives too. Once you have that idea you can build it iterate on it quickly then how do you how do you get things out to out to those consumers to really close the loop because the million dollar idea is not it has no value if it doesn't actually start to solve customers problems or deliver on that value proposition. How are you guys using DevOps at Nationwide has that been a big initiative.   Michael Carrel: [00:13:28] Yeah it's a huge initiative for us. We're starting a very carefully to make sure that we are getting the model right before we have larger scale adoption. Know we have elements of dev ops across all of Nationwide but what we might consider more of like a gold standard of dev ops kind of fully embracing it. You know it's mindset. It's also automation.   Michael Carrel: [00:13:55] It's even some tooling that we put in place so we have some some model teams that have demonstrated kind of our recommended kind of full integration into dev ops that we have. We've worked through and now we're working on ruling that out across all our teams and many of them are which will have elements of dev ops both the full package which most importantly is the mindset right. It's not it's not just about the tooling. We have lots of tools lots of automation even amongst those tools to make it to make it easier to be able to you know to manage code migrate code build drive builds and do all that through automation. But it really is a mindset a mindset of teams to continue to even evolve our dev ops and perfect it you know with new learnings that come out of foods team so we're right now in the process of rolling that out more broadly across Nationwide through some model teams that have kind of perfected our model.   Bob Payne: [00:14:56] Yeah. And then ultimately how do you the loop with measuring customer behavior those ideas that you had that you narrowed down you built them. Now automated you push the deploy out. But getting that full loop measurement to really really achieve business agility and to your goal of DevOps.   Michael Carrel: [00:15:18] Yeah. And to your point we actually have a lean vision management system that's in place across all of I.T. and Nationwide starting out with local teams all the way up to the A level so I have my visual management system and so tracking key metrics of value there. So how long is it take from a requirement to get to production.   Michael Carrel: [00:15:38] You know how long you know how much of a backlog there are key metrics around velocity and speed that is in our visual management systems that we are you know we track and we are expecting certain lift from as we continue to get even more mature and dev ops as we roll out kind of our model structure across all of our lines and Nationwide development lines. So that's that's something we're very keen on is measuring the Emperor fighting. So where we have it's a learning opportunity to use metrics as you see pockets of matter X that in certain areas where ... in favor ability perhaps even over a norm let's learn from that we are what are they doing so we can continue to kind of learn from each other across the organization. But metrics on speed and agility are working in own management system. So we're also being held accountable for the value that we're looking to create. And quite frankly understanding where we're not meeting those velocity targets those speed targets of a driving value directly out you know getting into production as quickly as we can through through new lean practices and DevOps.   Bob Payne: [00:16:46] Yeah and you know I'm particularly passionate about visual systems so I'm always very very encouraged when I when I came out to visit to see the implementation you guys have. The thing that I think is most interesting and probably most important about the visual management systems that are some examples that I've seen is you have them at all layers.   Bob Payne: [00:17:12] And there are linkages and if something is measured the people that are supposed to change their behavior or maybe not change their behavior but whose work is being driven by those metrics are responsible for the metrics and that that is an area where I think lean organizations and I consider you as one I think are much better than most organizations. Just look at agile as just a delivery model or visual management. That's just for the team. You really have created an umbrella that spans the whole organization.   Michael Carrel: [00:17:57] It's really a mindset that has from all the way from the top down into our local teams and my own visual measurement system as a CIO is visible so people can come in and see my accountability section on my board. Our planning initiatives are our key project to build build metrics and that all of our metrics that through sequenced review cross all the dimensions of our key performance indicators are all in plain sight. People can associates can see those and see what we're talking about as a CEO candidate. So it's not. There's also that transparency their risk associates it's not just what they're they're not just working with the leaders or management system but my team is as well conducting other stand ups. Yeah how often do you do your standup. So we do our standups weekly with within our team and then we do an extra section even once a month on some deep diving into metrics that whose update frequency or more monthly versus versus weekly type checks that we do but we go through quick run checks our build projects our planning initiatives every week and then our accountability sections always looking at Voice of Customer problems sections. You know there are problems that we need to be doing a 3s on across our organization.   Michael Carrel: [00:19:13] And then also kind of keeping track of our releases coming up and the capability maturity within our teams as well.   Bob Payne: [00:19:20] Great. Yeah that's exciting. I know that you quite often do. You're doing a more formal A3 Lean continuous improvement process. Has that really are you getting a lot of things bubbling up from teams in the way that say a Toyota would have a continuous improvement bubbling up from the folks doing the work or is it that innovation.   Michael Carrel: [00:19:51] Theories are happening at all levels. No we don't. I wouldn't say I have a lot of escalated to me where they are blockers. You know we try to empower local seems to be able to drive improvement in their areas but items do that are more you know a systemic type things they do get bubbled up actually through the official management system so through blockers that we have and I actually do Gemba walks of the lean management systems of my direct reports and they do it levels down as well and and sometimes actually to be quite frank I will have a team that will want me to attend one of their gambles to be able to learn about a block or something where they might need my help as a CIO even if it's one of our delivery lines. I've done that on occasion. One of them team going through some agile transformation and really wanted me to kind of see some something that they were working on to be able to help drive that forward. So also a ton of gemba of a line to be able to also have firsthand experience with what they're dealing with perhaps an innovation that they need some support for.   Michael Carrel: [00:20:57] Or it could be a process change or a blocker that they need my help with.   Bob Payne: [00:21:02] And that establishes a lot of trust throughout the organization to really have that level of transparency. What's what do you see coming down the road that's exciting for you for the next five years? I know that's an awfully long ways to look out.   Michael Carrel: [00:21:17] I think with a lot of organizations you know we're focusing on legacy platform modernization so you know Nationwide we'll be celebrating 100 years as a as a company coming up here soon and so we are we have several transformation initiatives going on to really modernize some of our core platforms across our business so there are nimble going into into the future. And so that's a key focus for us. Clearly data analytics expressed in our business. We have done a lot of work there continue to do more extending that into even greater cognitive solutions with AI. So we're definite have a definite focus there is so much opportunity in that space and building that into the fabric of our solutions our mindsets is going to be important as we move forward as well as well as us continue to digitize organization. Their key priority for us. And then you with with all the innovation that we talked about before you know I think I'm excited about you know the businesses that Nationwide will will be in even 10 years from now.   [00:22:25] You know we've been a company who's innovated especially in areas of financial services kind of being a traditional PNC Insure and innovation that got us kind of really defining you know the annuity market a leader you know a company wide or country wide leaders and Pat and in 457 retirement plans we have a company who is a fabric of innovation has spurred new products new businesses for Nationwide. I'm very excited about new products and new businesses that we're not in today that we will be in you know 10 years from now as we continue to kind of focus on our core purpose of protecting what matters most to to our consumers and also helping people prepare for and live in retirement so excited about what that future is going to hold and things like our enterprise hackathons, local hackathons we do within our organization and then Chief Innovation Officer within Nationwide and all the partnerships that will kind of continue to grow to kind of continue to fuel the innovative spirit at Nationwide is exciting. I'm happy to be a part of it and I think you know I think we're really kind of getting the business in general and are going through this huge cycle I think many businesses are or the next 10 years of being another kind of transfer kind of transformation in terms of the technologies today AI cognitive type solutions and businesses I think are going. All this is going very different Ten years from now I think we're going through this next kind of revolution of with that technology is enabling. So I'm excited to figure out new ways of leveraging your technology new processes concepts to be able to drive that value for our customers.   Bob Payne: [00:24:02] Excellent I hope I'm as vital at 100 as Nationwide is. And I thank you so much for doing the talk.   Michael Carrell: [00:24:08] Thank you.  

The end, is near... This is it people, the week is finally here. The biggest film in the history of the MCU, Avengers: Infinity War, releases later this week and hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell are getting you ready for the release the only way they know how, with a full week of MCU/Marvel coverage. On today's issue the guys give their totally, super, accurate Infinity War box office predictions and their predictions on which characters make it out of Infinity War unscathed and which characters might not be so lucky. Also you if you haven't seen all 18 MCU films don't worry! The guys give their picks for the 6 films that you need to watch (or rewatch) before you see Infinity War.

*WARNING - THIS PODCAST CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS FOR BLACK PANTHER*  Black Panther is finally out in theaters and not only has it made a huge impact on the box office but arguably an even bigger impact culturally. Find out what hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell thought about the latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as they take you through their top 5 things they liked from the film, what they didn't like, the future of the MCU, how Black Panther sets the stage now for Avengers: Infinity War, easter eggs, and much more! Plus the guys breakdown the latest box office numbers and projections for Black Panther... spoiler alert, the numbers are staggering. Get settled in for a long Black Panther spoiler filled edition of Comicast!

The first reactions to Marvel's latest film seem all positive, but a group of fanboys want to make sure the review scores for Black Panther aren't so great. Find out what hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell think of these fanboys anger and their plan to ruin Black Panther's review score. Also the guys discuss rumors surrounding Kevin Feige's future with Marvel Studios, Suicide Squad 2 being more grounded, a possible Zack Snyder cut of Justice League, the new DC prequel series Metropolis, and more! Plus Jong and Michael react to the first official trailer of Ant-Man and the Wasp!

With the announcement of Oscar nominations hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell are feeling extra refined today on Comicast. The guys discuss the Comic Book movies nominated this year... spoiler... it's not that many. Plus the guys discuss the latest on Black Panther, when we'll see a trailer from Solo: A Star Wars Story, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds starring in the upcoming juggernaut of a film... Detective Pikachu... yeah I don't get it either, and much more!

The guys are back from an impromptu ice storm break to bring you some of latest news from the comic book movie universe. Hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss some new behind the scenes photos from the set of Avengers: Infinity War and what they mean for the films. Plus the guys discuss the latest on the upcoming Venom movie from Sony Pictures, Deadpool 2 moving up it's release date while Gambit and New Mutants move back, and when will see something from Solo: A Star Wars Story?

They're back! The guys return from the holidays changed, forever... well not really changed but it sounded cool. Hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell are back discussing all things comicbook movies and pop culture. The guys discuss what they're looking forward to in 2018, Warner Bros. appointing a new head of DC Films, and the old Hollywood people who are not big fans of the comicbook movie genre. Plus the guys reveal their favorite movies from 2017. It's a new year so that means a new edition of Comicast!

On today's edition of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss more fallout from the Disney/Fox deal as Congress is now getting involved, the hate that Star Wars: The Last Jedi is getting from fans, Ben Affleck's latest comments on where he's at with the Batman solo film/DCEU, and another edition of the hit segment Quick Hits!

*Please Note - Full Star Wars: The Last Jedi Spoilers Ahead* Last Jedi Spoilers are discussed at length in today's podcast. If you have not watched the film as of yet, you might hold this episode until after you've seen the film. The latest film entry in the Star Wars universe is here! Listen as hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell review Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Find out what the guys thought of the film, of Kylo Ren, of Rey, Rey's journey, Poe, Finn, where the film breaks free of standard Star Wars fare, and where the film falters. Plus the guys break down the huge box office splash the film made during it's opening weekend and how quickly it could rise the charts. It's a special Star Wars heavy edition of Comicast!

*Please note - we recorded this before the announcement today that the Disney/Fox deal was finalized. Today on Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss what happens with the Fantastic Four movie rights, Michael reviews The Walking Dead's surprising (not in a good way) midseason finale, the breakdown of the premiere trailer of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and some quick hits on the box office, Jessica Jones season 2 trailer, and the Punisher season 2 teaser trailer.

Today on Comicast for the first time ever hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell are joined by a guest! Jong and Michael welcome in new Comicast contributor Joe George. The guys get a midseason recap of the Arrowverse from Joe. Plus the guys discuss the state of Comicbook TV shows - The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham, Inhumans, Agents of Shield, Daredevil, Punisher - which are worth watching and which ones are failing? The guys also discuss the latest news regarding X-Men: Dark Phoenix. All that and more on today's edition of Comicast!

On today's edition of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss Justice League's box office performance and the possible way the DCEU came to be the universe that we all know and... somewhat like. Plus casting news as the live action Titans series has found it's Robin/Nightwing and the Watchmen HBO series might have found their Doctor Manhattan... can we see him though? Then more casting news for Captain Marvel, how Agents of Shield characters will not appear in Avengers: Infinity War, people misquoting Daisy Ridley regarding her Star Wars future, and Michael gives his latest The Walking Dead review... meh.

Hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell return from their Thanksgiving break full of turkey and ready to break down some of the latest news from the comicbook movie world including the biggest news of all... THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR TRAILER RELEASES WEDNESDAY!!!! *Catches Breath* Whew ok, well while we all wait patiently for the trailer the guys breakdown some of the leaked footage from Avengers: Infinity War and what Kevin Feige had to say about Captain Marvel/Wonder Woman. Plus the guys review the first 2 episodes of The Punisher on Netflix, Michael gives his lackluster review of episode 6 of The Walking Dead, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi's official run-time has been released so get your popcorn ready... and your bathroom breaks planned. All that and more on the latest issue of Comicast!

On today's issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss some more easter eggs and deleted scenes from Thor: Ragnarok, Black Adam possibly debuting in Suicide Squad 2, more fallout from the possible Disney purchasing 21st Century Fox deal, and new allegations in Hollywood... oh boy. Plus Rotten Tomatoes released their rankings for the Top 50 Best Superhero Movies of All-Time, listen to our thoughts on the list. Spoiler Alert: We have some problems with the list.

On today's edition of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell give their final preview of Thor: Ragnarok, discuss possible unexpected characters in Avengers: Infinity War, New Warriors finding a home, the inspiration for scenes in Strangers Things Season 2, and allegations towards former X-Men Director Brett Ratner. Plus the Joker proposing??? Seriously?

It's Halloween, so on today's issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell talk about some of there personal favorite horror movies and top costumes for this year. Plus the guys discuss the new season of Stranger Things, episode 2 of The Walking Dead titled The Damned, Justice League, Zachary Levi cast as Shazam, the standalone Deathstroke movie in the works, and more!

Today on Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell take a look back at season 1 of Stranger Things and preview season 2. Find out the guys predictions for Will, Eleven, Sheriff Hopper, and more! Plus the guys discuss Netflix's new big budget film Bright new trailer release, Josh Brolin on X-Force/Avengers Infinity War, Chris Hemsworth almost passing on Thor, and a new segment called Quick Hits... it's our first try give us a break.

On today's issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and (Barry White infused) Michael Carrell discuss the premiere of Season 8 of The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead/Fear the Walking Dead crossover... a.k.a. Michael talks about it and Jong listens to him ramble on about it. **SPOILER ALERT - Fans of The Walking Dead show/comic if you do not, I repeat, do not want to hear a certain spoiler from the comics, do not listen from 12:46 to 13:34 of the podcast... skip ahead or do what you must to avoid said spoiler... ok back to your normal podcast description - SPOILER ALERT** The guys then discuss new footage from Thor: Ragnarok, clarity on a certain aspect of Valkyrie's character, Marvel films being comedies, James Gunn hard at work on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the possible reveal of Justice League's run-time, clarification on Steppenwolf's & Darkseid's family relationship, a release window for Shazam! and much more!

On today's edition of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss a huge possible spoiler for Justice League coming from... wait for it... a contest involving the show the Big Bang Theory, oops. Plus the guys talk whether comic book movies (like Wonder Woman, The Dark Knight, etc.) will ever get a fair shake when it comes to the Academy Awards, the original Guardians of the Galaxy appearing in future MCU films, the future of the MCU as a whole, and the name of the Han Solo movie being revealed. If you're expecting something super creative, think again. All that and more on this edition of Comicast!

On the latest issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss new footage released ahead of Thor: Ragnarok's release and some of the audio that was accidentally leaked by Mark Ruffalo. Oh Hulk... plus the guys discuss some of the controversies surrounding New York Comic Con including Marvel Comics partnership with a defense contractor. Also the allegations levied against Harvey Weinstein continue to grow in number, we learn more about what Weinstein has allegedly done to women throughout Hollywood and how the ripple effect of this scandal has engulfed Justice League's own Ben Affleck.

On today's Issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell breakdown the latest news regarding when we'll actually see the next season of Game of Thrones. Plus this past weekend was New York Comic Con so there was a plethora of trailers released around it. Find out what Jong and Michael thought of the latest Justice League, Thor: Ragnarok, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailers!

On today's edition of Comicast, listen as hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss the list of the 10 best X-Men according to Comicbook.com. Also listen as Michael struggles to guess who made the list. (Spoiler Alert: he sucks at it.) Plus the latest news from the set of Venom, Marvel Comics bringing back 2 old series as part of their recent legacy initiative, the Justice League cast promising that Justice League will be lighter than previous DCEU movies (believe when we see it), M. Night Shyamalan beginning production on Glass, and reviews are in for Blade Runner 2049... they're actually positive! Shocking I know! All that and more on today's Issue of Comicast!

On today's edition of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss a possible leak regarding a certain super character in Justice League, Geoff Johns comments regarding whether the DCEU will be connected moving forward or not, new casting news from the Teen Titans live action series, The Gifted and where it fits in the X-Men film universe, and a new theory on who has the soul stone in the MCU.

On this edition of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss the reported production budget for the upcoming season of Game of Thrones, James Cameron not backing down from his earlier comments about Wonder Woman, Tim Miller talking about his exit from Deadpool 2, and a possible ghost sighting in the MCU. Plus we have a cameo from a certain ESPN 97.5 personality, hear how he interrupts the Comicast recording!

On this issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss Toys"R"Us filing for bankruptcy, Daniel Cudmore being cast in X-Men Dark Phoenix but will he be reprising his role as Colossus is the real question, the debut of both the Punisher and Tomb Raider trailers, and the first tease of a Watchmen TV series heading to HBO. Plus video game movies... why can't Hollywood ever get them right?!?!

On this edition of Comicast Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss the latest Game of Thrones news, the possibility of not 1 but 2 Green Lanterns being introduced in Justice League, Loki unwittingly letting Hela loose on Asgard in Thor: Ragnarok, and the Breaking Bad universe and the Walking Dead universe being connected.

On the latest issue of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss the incredible opening weekend Pennywise and the Loser Club had and all of the records Stephen King's IT broke. Plus Leonardo Dicaprio set to play the Joker?? Rumors are floating that there's a chance, find out what the guys think of that possible casting along with casting news from the Teen Titans live action TV show in the works. The guys also discuss some of the latest news from the set of X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

On today's edition of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell preview the season 7 finale of Game of Thrones. Listen to find out what the guys predict will happen on this epic episode titled "The Dragon and The Wolf" including which of your favorite characters might be in danger. Plus the guys react to the news of a Joker Origin film in the works, the DCEU's direction moving forward, the MCU moving forward, the final roster reveal of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite , and much more!

On this edition of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell recap episode 6 of Game of Thrones titled "Beyond the Wall." The guys breakdown their favorite moments from the episode and discuss the moments that left them scratching their head... we're looking at you Arya/Sansa storyline. Plus the greatness that is Tormund on the road, the Hound throwing rocks, Gendry running as fast as lightening, the Night King being a top tier javelin thrower, and much more on this issue of Comicast!

On this issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell breakdown the preview trailer for Ep. 6 of Game of Thrones "Death is the Enemy." The guys give their predictions and thoughts as to what will happen. Like, which character is in the most danger beyond the wall? Plus the latest news from the DCEU, the MCU, Deadpool 2, and Valerian/Fifth Element director Luc Besson is all of the sudden not happy with superhero movies. Find out why on this edition of Comicast!

No dragons burning people or Dothraki charging in this week but no matter, the guys are back to breakdown everything that happened in the latest information heavy episode of Game of Thrones titled "Eastwatch." Hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss Daeny making more people bend the knee, Cersei dropping big news on Jamie, Jon heading up north but not back to Winterfell, beef between Sansa/Arya, more reunions, more character returns, whether fermented crab works, and so much more on the latest edition of Comicast!

On today's Issue of Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss some promising news regarding the direction of the DCEU's Shazam film, the Hellboy reboot finding it's villain, Disney removing it's content from Netflix moving forward, the latest Marvel vs Capcom game's lack of certain Marvel characters, and a preview of Game of Thrones episode 5 titled "Eastwatch."

Today on Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell recap an epic Game of Thrones episode, Ryan Reynolds reveals the look of Josh Brolin's Cable, Netflix purchases Millarworld Comics and Inhumans gets negative reviews from critics.

Today on Comicast hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell, recap some of the latest rumors and casting news from Deadpool 2, Ant-man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the Hellboy reboot, The Flash, and last and certainly worst the Transformers Bumblebee standalone movie. Plus the guys breakdown the preview of Ep. 4 of Game of Thrones. Listen as the guys predict what they think will happen and who could be in danger in this episode... they're probably wrong but whatever they tried.

On Issue 4 of Comicast, hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell look back at Episode 3 of Game of Thrones titled "The Queen's Justice." Find out what the guys thought of Daeny and Jon Snow's first meeting, the Battle of Casterly Rock, Cersei receiving her gift from Euron, and other moments from the episode. Also some DCEU news regarding Suicide Squad 2's director and when we might see Black Adam make his debut. Plus, is Batman a metahuman? No... right? Well he might be according to the latest issue of a certain DC Comic series. Listen to find out!

The nerds, Jong Lee and Michael Carrell, are back for Issue 3 of Comicast! The guys look back at episode 2 of Game of Thrones titled "Stormborn." They go over what they liked about the episode, what they didn't like, how those ravens moved so fast, Arya reuniting with old friends, Lord Varys vs Daenerys, and whether Euron is high all the time. Plus they look ahead to episode 3 titled "Queen's Justice." Who is in danger of getting killed in episode 3? Find out who the guys think, on this edition of Comicast!

The guys are back for Issue 2 of Comicast. Hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell recap some of the news and some of the biggest trailers from this year's SDCC. From Ben Affleck reaffirming he's Batman, to the comedic talents of Hulk/Thor, to the latest trailers like Strangers Things Season 2 the guys got you covered. Timestamps below. 1:55 - Ben Affleck staying on as Batman/The DCEU 18:18 - Thor: Ragnarok 30:51 - New Captain Marvel movie info and Fox/Sony/Marvel movie rights 44:04 - Avengers Infinity War Footage 49:41 - What we're excited and not so excited about watching (Strangers Things, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Defenders, and much more!)

The origin of Comicast. Hosts Jong Lee and Michael Carrell discuss the events of D23 and the introduction of The Black Order and the guys go off and talk about the Infinity Stones.