Podcast appearances and mentions of mike abbott

In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with Mike Abbott, Head of The Thomson Reuters Institute, to discuss how data and market insights are key to crafting effective law firm strategy in an ever-changing landscape. Learn More Mike Abbott is the Head of the Thomson Reuters Institute. The Institute brings together leaders from across the Legal, Corporate, Tax, and Government communities to share data and insights, discuss market trends, and help shape the way forward for these markets and individual organizations. Prior to creating the Institute, Mike was a senior consultant with Hildebrandt Consulting and held leadership positions across Thomson Reuters Sales, Marketing, and Client Management in Washington DC and Minneapolis - St. Paul.  Mike attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA where he earned his B.A. in English/Writing.

Mike Abbott, head of the Thomson Reuters Institute, and Steve Hasker, president and CEO of Thomson Reuters, discuss the recently released 2nd annual Thomson Reuters Future of Professionals Report on the Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast this week. Their conversation highlights the numerous insights from thousands of professionals surveyed across many organizations worldwide about the impact that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will have on their work, including time-savings, the need for responsible AI development, and the importance of human expertise and judgment in the use of GenAI.

Mike Abbott, global banking lead at Accenture, shared some of his predictions and opinions for the year ahead.

In the final episode of the Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast for 2023, Mike Abbott, Head of the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Laura Clayton McDonnell, President of Thomson Reuters' Corporates business. The pair discuss highlights from the recent Future of Professionals: C-Suite Survey and the varying perspectives on generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), one of the most game-changing innovations impacting companies today. The podcast also explains where members of corporate C-Suites are focused right now and how the rise of Gen AI may impact their goals.

Mary Barra, GM CEO, discusses the company's announcement of its biggest-ever buyback plan, and says she expects 'strong adoption' of more affordable EVs. Thierry Wizman, Macquarie Global Interest Rates & Currencies Strategist, says the biggest risk right now is another sudden shock in the oil market. Scott Nuttall, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co-CEO, discusses his firm's acquisition of insurer Global Atlantic. Lara Rhame, FS Investments Chief US Economist, says the state of services in the economy could threaten the Fed's 2% inflation goal. Howard Marks, Oaktree Capital Co-Chairman & Co-Founder, reflects on the legendary life and career of Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger. David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group Co-Founder, previews brand-new episodes of Bloomberg's "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations" featuring AIG CEO Peter Zaffino and Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman. Get the Bloomberg Surveillance newsletter, delivered every weekday. 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Transcript: This is the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast. I'm Tom Keene, along with Jonathan Ferrell and Lisa Abramowitz. Join us each day for insight from the best an economics, geopolitics, finance and investment. Subscribe to Bloomberg Surveillance on demand on Apple, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts, and always on Bloomberg dot Com, the Bloomberg Terminal, and the Bloomberg Business app. John Ferrell with Mary Burrow, I want to go through some of the numbers for our audience. Divid end up thirty three percent, biggest ever buyback plan ten billion dollars, forty billion dollar name yesterday. Just some context perspective there that is massive inquiring minds. Mary will want to know why have you decided to deliver a ten billion dollar buy back shortly after you've signed a labor contract that adds nine point three billion to expenses over its term. Well, as we looked at what was happening from a labor perspective, we had built and really the labor environment going into our negotiations, we had put conservative estimates into our plan. So although it was a little higher than what we expected, we believe that we have and our guidance for next year, we've already said that we'll be able to offset that completely with the plan that we already had of a two billion dollar cost out perspective. So we did the right thing to recognize our manufacturing team members who have done a great job and continue to build vehicles safely with high quality. And we also thought that we've got to look and make sure that we're balanced across all of our stakeholders, and our owners are very important. So we think this was a very balanced response when we look at what was done from a labor perspective and what we're doing as part of our capital allocation framework for our owners. Well, let's get into that. So shareholders are super happy. The name is up by almost eleven percent so far this morning. I wonder if you aw Wiz Mary, they didn't get the forty percent they wanted. They got twenty five plus cost of living adjustments and other things as well. Is the old things of this morning not something that concerns you. When I look at it, I think it's balanced. Again, we have very well compensated and you know, when you look at the suite of benefits that our represented team members have it's a very very appropriate package and frankly leading from an industry perspective broader than just the auto industry. So I think we did the right thing to recognize and reward the hard work of our manufacturing team members across the board. But also one of the things our manufacturing team members very much value is job security. And to have job security, you have to have a strong company and you have to look at all of your stakeholders. So what we did from a share buyback perspective for our owners is I think a very balanced response. As you know, this move this morning not just about the capital return program, also about cost cuts. We know you're looking to fully offset that labor contract the additional costs from it. Have you identified where you will cut where you need to cut? Yes, a lot of this was already underway. At the beginning of this year calendar year twenty twenty three, we announced it too, billion dollar cost reduction structural cost reduction between twenty three and the end of twenty four. That's well underway. As I said, we also comprehended that we would have increases in our labor cost as we looked at what the environment was and also wanting to reward our manufacturing employees. So you know there's work going across many aspects of the business and including making our products more efficient while still having the features, the functionality and beautiful designs that our customers want. So there's been a concentrated effort at the company to lower our fixed costs while enabling wonderful products and rewarding the team that is helping us deliver them. Clearly, these are additional costs. Are they forcing a change in execution or a change in strategy? Definitely not a change in strategy. Our strategy is clear. It's really based on four pillars of executing our strong internal combustion engine program vehicles, and we see we're performing very well in the market and we see that we're below the average incentives. I think that speaks to the strength of our internal combustion engine products. From an EVY perspective, we have confidence in the portfolio we have. We're a bit disappointed this year that we were constrained by the automation to build modules. So this is not something that is fundamentally an issue with Altium. It was more manufacturing automation issue that we're working and we'll be out of it by middle of next year and making improvement every quarter from that perspective. Also software and this year. Earlier this year, Mike Abbott joined our team who brings tremendous software expertise and he's built a very strong team that we'll share more about when we get to our investor day in March of next year. And then autonomy and when you look at autonomous vehicles and the importance of this technology and the talent that we have at Cruise. We are doing an independent review from an incident perspective but also overall from a safety perspective, and that will guide our path forward there. But we have a very capable team there. So the four pillars of our strategy have not changed at all. What has changed is our tactics, and our tactics are changing because of the world is changing. We never thought that the EV adoption would necessarily be a straight line. We've seen this in other markets, we're seeing it now in the US. But I think the thing that everybody has to remember, if the growth is slowing, it is still growing. And we think as we get more of the EV products we have this year into next, we think we're going to see is strong adoption for our products, and as the charging infrastructure continues to be more robust, we think that's going to drive adoption as well as having affordable evs. And that's where when you look at the Chevrolet Equinox as well as the Blazer and the Bolt that's coming, we're going to be having products in that range of affordable vehicles. That is going to be very important from EV adoption. Two things to unpack there. One is robot taxis. The other is EV. So let's deal with robot taxis. First, your counting expenses on crews substantially, just how committed are you there? I remember only a number of years ago we were talking about bringing in fifty billion in revenue by twenty thirty, and I get it. Married We'll understand that new tech is tough to develop, its to deploy. I think we're seeing that across a range of issues. But when do you know if it's the right time just to walk away from this well, I think the first of all, when you look at the progress that the Cruise team has made over the eight last eight years when General Motors acquired crews, I think it's substantial and we've already demonstrated that the cruise vehicle can perform at a level that's safer than a human driver. Let's not forget over forty thousand people on average lose their lives in traffic accidents in the US alone, and ninety percent of them are caused by human error. What we have learned with this incident is it's got to be significantly better than a human driver to drive adoption, and we have to do a much better job of working with the regulators. That's something that GM has a long reputation of working and being transparent with regulators at the local, state, and federal level. So I think as we do that and get the results of the independent review we're doing, that will guide us on our path forward. From an AV perspective, I'm always interested in how we know when we're wrong an exit size I think everyone has to go through, including myself married. But on this topic of EV's the slow down, what's behind it and why aren't we just learning that American consumers just don't want these cars? Well, I don't think it's that American consumers just don't want these cars. I think there still is limited availability when you look at the choice that customers had today, from an internal combustion vehicle perspective, I think a lot of the evs that are out right now are more expensive. You've got to look at where the sweet spot of the market is, and when you really want to win an EV's you've got to make sure that you are meeting the customer who only owns one vehicle. That's the bulk of people who buy vehicles today, new vehicles. They only own one vehicle or if they have two in their family. They're needed every day to earning their livelihoods. So we've got to get affordable. There's got to be a robust charging infrastructure. So again, the growth hasn't gone in reverse. It's slowing. I think we never expected. We thought it would be have some bumps along the way. I think that's what we're seeing right now. But I think when we have evs that are affordable, when people realize how much fun they are to drive and the performance and they're not giving anything up, and then that all important charging infrastructure, I think you know we're going to see them start to grow at a more rapid break again. And that's something that we'll continue to watch. And that's why we've changed some of our tactics to be responsive to where the customer is. You've been super generous with your time. Marriage. Just want to fit in one further question. Right now, you're a forty three billion dollar name. It's a big move this morning by ten percent. The forward multiple we're talking about four times expected earnings a little more than that after today's move. The stock has been dead money for the best part of a decade. You've been doing this a long time. I know you're super close with investors. What is it that you think is in this plan, this strategy that you have and a strategy that you've suggested this morning hasn't changed that's going to turn this around. Well, I think demonstrating our commitment to all of our stakeholders and the I think when you look at a ten billion dollar accelerated buyback program, it should signal because it means we have confidence in the cash generation ability of this company. We have confidence in our strategy across the four pillars that I covered. Yes, we had some challenges that this year with our ultim based evs that I think gabe investors some concern, But we're demonstrating the confidence that we and the board have that we're executing the strategy, and we're going to see growth, strong cash flow and strong margins. That's what we're going to deliver. That's captured in today's move nine percent. Mary, appreciate your time ready tell you thanks for catching up with us, Mary Parda of GM too. Wiseman joins us right now. Global Efects interest rate strategist much more than that at Macquarie, with lots and lots of experience on this. I love the first sentence of your note. Don't believe the hype You've been skeptical. Are you combining and dovetailing in with your low rate call a true slowdown in the economy? Yes? Absolutely. I think the narrative these days from Wall Street that I've seen in the last few weeks is that the reason the ten year field has been coming down is because we're in a disinflationary phase here in the economy, and there's going to be more disinflation to come in the US. I agree with that we are going to see disinflation in the US. It's going to come in rants, it's going to come in those eras of the CPI that are linked to consumer discretionary spending. But let's Also keep in mind one of the reasons we're going to see this disinflation is because the consumer is slowing. And there you have the don't believe the hype story, right, I don't believe the story is about record breaking Black Thursdays, by Friday sales and Cyber Monday sales. I think what I think these sales were on the back of heavy discounting. If you look at what some of these corporate execs had said prior to the start of the holiday spending season, they talked about having to cut prices. We'll all Marty even talked about deflation. So this is this is about disinflation. But let's keep in mind where this this inflation is going to come from. It's going to come from a weakening and pricing power at the consumer product and services level. It's going to be driven by slow down in agurate demand in the US. Also about how they're pank for this stuff Binapailita. You look at some of the numbers just booming. What do you take away from that? So my takeaway is from a macroeconomic perspective, what it does is it shifts spending to the early part of the season because normally you would have to save up a few more shekels as you approach your deadline on December twenty fifth to get those purchases done with by now, pay later. You don't need to do that, so it allows you to spend earlier, especially if you don't have access to revolving credit or credit cards. So I think that's another reason why we might have seen the so called record breaking days on last Friday and Monday. But again, if that's if it's the case that spending was only pulled forward, it doesn't mean that in aggregate for the whole of the season we're going to get that much that much hype. So far, people have viewed weaker US data as a positive. It's both been for a bond rally and a stock rally, And you're saying that we could see that bond rally continue quite significantly going forward. Will there be a diversion so in terms of risk asseesis or have to be to fuel a bond rally that goes much deeper than where we are now. Absolutely, to let the bond rally extend to say where the ten yure yield gets the three percent, I do think it has to be associated with a sell off at risk assets. I don't think you know, to get that kind of forceful move early in the bond market, you need to have some sort of dislocation in risk ASTs, some sort of drop in stocks, but over time, not necessarily. I think we can see a situation where, if this inflation continues slowly, you get the bond deal going down to where it was, let's say in the spring. Three and a half percent is not inconceivable without a stock market drop as long as it happens slowly and steadily. But well, corporations adapt. If I go back to bear Stearns, where you're held court, you had an entire security analysis team looking at these slowdowns, I don't buy the gloom. And the corporations, like General Motors, will adapt. I'm not sure what they're going to adapt to. Technological progress and changes. They can adapt to. Government policies that spur more investment in electric vehicles and clean energy technologies they can adapt to. But what do you do when you have excess inventory as the auto dealers do? Now? What do you do when the banks and the finance companies are cutting off credit to auto buyers? What do you do? Then you're not in control of that situation. You're in control of what's happening on your factory floor, You're in control of promotions, and maybe the way you adapt is by cutting prices. Let's face it, that's a way of adapting to to hold on to market share in the face of excess inventories, in the face of consumers slowing their demand. So yeah, they can adapt, but it's not necessarily in a way that is going to make their stock prices shoot up. You've identified a series of places in this economy where we could see lower prices retail, Walmart, talked about the auto makers, We're talking about GM, maybe lower prices, going to see that come through the pipeline soon. What's the biggest threat that still lingers for you? The biggest threat to that view that this disinflation continue through next year, it's supply shocks. I think the lesson of twenty twenty twenty two and early twenty twenty three was that we cannot control what happens in the rest of the world, especially as it pertains to the supply of oil, the supply of natural gas. So from my perspective, if we get another shock in that market, and by the way, it doesn't have to be because of a war, although in the past two years that has been the case. It could be simply that OPEC plus decides to curtail supply and we get a brand going back up to the low nineties as a result of that. Again, it's a question of how much they curtail supply by, but that's the biggest risk right now. The good news is that gasoline prices in the US have been falling for six weeks straight, I think, and steadily. I think that's going to show up in the CPI by the time we rolled around to seeing the November numbers and the December numbers. But the real reason that the CPI is going to still see disinflation is because rents rents in the new tenant market and the new lease market are coming down. That's going to put a lot of pressu ultimately on the yellows as measures of rents of primary residences. We're going to get that disinflation over the next few months. This is exactly what nil Data of Renaisance Macro is talking about tom the disinflation that's in the pipeline for rents for used cars, which is why based on what Walla said yesterday, it's not that much of an if for the likes of Terry, for the likes of Nil Duta, which is why they think you're going to get this conversation early next year about which you said interest rates. Yeah, there's no question there's a school of thought out there that this is not if. It's just simply when in the path to it. But I would dovetail it back to the labor economy, which we've barely touched on today, and we've got claims coming up here Thursday. And then you mentioned the late jobs report for November. I believe it's December eighth. But the basic idea here, John is when does a labor economy finally go? If you get a labor economy to go, you get there instantly. Claims two O nine, keep going back to two nine claims to eighty one economy in so many different ways over the last eighteen months or so. Terry, it's going to see it, Terry wi there at Macquarie longer going far away. There was KKR nineteen seventy six with history made in a style and a method. At KKR it was original. Shanale Basset gets an update from their co CEO Shanale, Good morning, Thank you, Tom. I'm standing by with the co CEO of KKR, Scott not All, and it is a really big day for KKR because they are doing this. They're buying the rest of Global Atlantic, a big insurance company that they don't already own. That is an all cash, two point seven billion dollar deal. But you're also creating a new unit at KKR that houses a core private equity business. If you had to give the market one way to understand what you're trying to do over there, what is it? First of all, Shanali, great to be with you, Thanks for having me. Really, what we're trying to do today is lay out the big three growth engines we have as a firm. So you're right, we are buying the minority stake in Global Atlantic we don't already own. We already owned sixty three percent of the companies, so we're buying the other thirty seven percent. Global Atlantic has been a great partnership for us. This is a transaction we did in twenty twenty one. The company is more than doubled since we announced the original deal in July of twenty twenty and it's been highly recurring a lot of growth earnings for KKR, so that's part one. We are also modifying our compensation ratios so our asset management business continues to scale. Our run rate management fees have doubled over the last three years. So the second thing we're doing is reducing the compensation ratioon fees, making an offsetting increase on kerry, and that will allow us to create more fee related earnings for our shareholder. You're changing the way you pay people, in effect, not the aggregate amount of compensation, but we're providing more of the fee related earnings to our shareholders, a little bit more carry to our people. The net of that is about neutral, but it will mean more of few related earnings overall. And then the third thing we're doing to your point, and this is relatively new for us, is we're creating a new segment for the firm. So we've historically reported as asset management and insurance. We are adding a new segment called Strategic Holdings. And what we will include in there are the dividends that we're receiving and will begin to receive in greater magnitude from our core private equity portfolio, which is a portfolio of great diversified recession resistant companies that we've been building up over the last several years. KKR, Apollo, Brookfield, they're all buying insurance companies. All of you are diversifying in pretty meaningful ways if you think about it. It's made private equity, by the dollars, by the assets under management, a smaller part of all of your businesses. What does this mean for the future of private equity? Private equity is still a growth business for us. We expect to continue to grow that part of KKR for a long time, both with respect to the flagship strategies, but also we've created a number of different growth strategies. The core private equity business is part of private equity that's now a thirty billion dollar franchise for us. So this isn't about an ore. This is about an and we see an ability to grow PE and all the other parts of KKR, and we've diversified meaningfully over the course of the last ten to fifteen years. We're just continuing our way down that path. Now, what does Global Atlantic exactly do. It seems like what it's really doing is giving you a whole balance sheet to be using to compete on you've mentioned capital markets is one place there's been a lot of competition from your industry to the banks. How does this help you now compete in a bigger way? Sure, Global Atlantic, as you know, it's largely issued annuities to individuals, and so if you think about what we do at KKRE, we work for pensioners, retirement retirees all around the world now family offices and individual investors as well. Global Atlantic distributes its products to that same kind of an audience. So historically we've worked for tens of millions of retirees. We still do, but now they're just in the form of policyholders. And that's our mission at KKR is to actually do a great job for all those people that we work for. We're not confused about who our bosses are. And so to the second part of your question on capital markets, what Global Atlantic allows us to do is create more synergy. We didn't necessarily see all this three years ago when we started our way down this path, but we think there's even more we can do to unlock value between the two companies, and capital markets is just one of those examples. Capital markets means you might be appearing on more and more deals lending a balance sheet to provide capital for big buyouts and other leverage loan deals. That's right, and we're already in that business. So the way that we built our capital markets business is by partnering with a Street, So we'll be alongside of the traditional banks and investment banks as we built that business. But what Global Atlantic brings us is an ability to expand the vision for that franchise. So there's more to do across asset based finance. As an example, more, when Global Atlantic does their large institutional block transactions, we can put some of the Global Atlantic balance sheet. GA has its own sidecard third party capital funds called IVY, so some can go into those third party funds, and then we can syndicate the excess through our capital markets forranchise as well. Just like we do private equity and infrastructure transactions, it applies to insurance deals as well. Something interesting about these deals is that you already have told investors this morning that this will add twenty percent to total operating earnings. You're boosting your targets into twenty twenty six for few related earnings. What are the real financial impacts? What can stockholders feel for KKR over the next two three years, well, I think what they'll be able to see is we are going to grow all three of our recurring forms of earnings in a much more meaningful way going forward, So a few related earnings will be higher. We continue to see a lot of organic growth in our businesses. Just by changing our compensation ratios, you get accretion on few related earnings, and we think by virtue of what we're renouncing today, we can do even more. With the Global Atlantic where we invest that portfolio, it's already gone from seventy two billion of AUM when we announced the transaction to one hundred and fifty eight billion over the last few years. We think we can do even more together. But they'll also see more insurance operating earnings, which we believe are highly recurring and fast growing. And then we'll have this third element, which will be the core private equity dividends showing up in the strategic holding segment. If you put those three things together, we think that'll be seventy percent or more of our overall pre tax income is those three forms of recurring earnings, and we're going to introduce them a new metric around that called operating earnings and we'll talk about that later today with our shareholders. Scott, we do have to leave it there. Thank you for joining us on a big day over at KKR. Tom shout on the basic Thank you so much with a gentleman from KKR in the future of what they do, joining us now, Lawyer. I'm chief US economist at FS Investments. On an eight point nine percent nominal GDP America, Laurie, what's so great about your economics is you've got it from the litmus paper of the FX market. How alone is the United States with an eight point nine percent nominal GDP. When Rishie Sonak is telling Francy Qua he's worried about austerity, I think we are still the growth continued to just surprise to the upside, and to me, it's remarkable the inconsistency between talking about rake cuts to you know, this idea that we're going to need rake cuts in the near term to support the economy, or the short term idea that we've seen the labor market slow. And really we do feel like we're an economy and the data would show that we're an economy firing on all cylinders. Government, business bending, consumption the only keys that's not really adding to it as residential construction. I would say that we are the standalone leader on growth. And what's so important here, Lisa, A nominal GDP topline, that's real GDP posts inflation is there's an assumption here by the Bill Ackmans of the world economists and not that it's going to plunge down to what six percent, five percent? Even that's a boom economy. And when you say it, they're talking the inflation component. And Laura, that's what I want you to weigh in on. How much does it matter if we see a slow down do we need to slow down if we continue to see the pace of disinflation that we've seen so far this year. I think there's two pieces to that argument. To me, the real and one place from probably off consensus is I am really reticent to think that we are going to get this magical slow down in inflation back to that two percent lane that we have had. On the good side, we have a lot of indications that just from some slower demand and from some of these resolutions and inventory that we're going to see lower goods prices. But I think we are really ignoring the big elephant in the room, which is services. We still have a hot labor market by my measure, we still have wage pressure that is way higher than prior to the pandemic, and the resting heart rate of inflation is still well above two percent. And on the services side really is the problem here. So I think we need to be careful about being very complacent about inflation coming down, and that really feeds into this non recessionary rate decline Goldilocks complacency that has taken hold of equity markets at this moment. In some ways, the Fed's wall are really kind of fed into that yesterday, which is a reason why maybe he gave Steams some of these market movements. He said, there is just no reason to say you would keep rates really high and inflation is back at target, how high is the threshold then to cut rates. If we do see the disinflation in the pipeline significant, it might not be long lasting because of some of these other issues, but we do see year over year comps come in with autoprice disinflation or outright deflation with rents coming in, with the fact that goods, as Walmart said, just prices are actually going down outright. I think the FED is good at looking around the corner on especially this rent issue. There's no doubt that rent is a very lagging indicator, but it's sticky for a reason. And all of the short term indicators that you know, six months ago were really pointing to rents coming down fast have now reversed. And I think something that's very important to me is the fact that rents are far below the cost that it is to buy a home per square foot. You are costing you a lot less to rent, and landlords are rational. They're going to see this, and they are going to over the next several quarters, you know, push rents higher again. So it's something that you just can't ignore in the core, even if you get the headline hitting two percent. I get nervous when the FED tries to micro manage the inflation process, Laura, and this with your overarching philosophy of summing all this together, are we beyond the pandemic? It sure doesn't feel like it to me. It feels like the stimulus is still pop and popping, popping. But from where you sit, are we beyond COVID Not? In the data, Tom, I think we're seeing this trampoline effect and the Q three GDP numbers are great example of that, and we had a big inventory, you know, push higher. We could very well get that. Still detracting from the fourth quarter, you're still getting some of these big swings in factors that are disguising what's going on underneath with demand which is still really red hot. So this is a big to me, you know, piece that we're looking at. For twenty twenty four, we start to see some move away from reliance on savings towards income. I think the irony is it could be a period of lower growth next year, but actually better sentiment about household economics as you see income finally catch up to the prior year and a half of inflation. Okay, I'm gonna pinion down it. Give me some twenty twenty four lower outlook numbers, real GDP. What do you think? Real GDP one point four and I think the tenure stays pretty high. I'm putting it at four percent for twenty twenty four. I mean, these are Lisa, these are huge slow down numbers. And then the question comes over immediately, what does non farm payrolls do? David Kelly, a JP Morgan would say goes negative well and This is really the ultimate question, Laura, do we get that kind of slow growth but high yield along with a full, fully employed America, along with job creation that continue to chugle all. I think that we look at the recessions that we've had in the two thousands, twy tens, even the nineteen nineties, we saw very little. If you look at nineteen ninety two thousand recessions, we saw very little drop and output, but a massive decline in labor in this I think upcoming year we're going to see a slower economy, but I think that companies continue to view labor as a scarce resource. I think the true Goldilocks is not going to be defined by output. It's going to be defined by the labor market, and we are going to see the I think the unemployment rates stay quite low. Lar. Thank you. We FS investment slower rhyme this morning there were a one point four percent called slower economy year. Howard Marks, chairman of oak Tree Capital Management, and I must point out author of not one, two, but three important books on investing of What to Do and just as importantly Howard What Not to Do. Howard on Charlie Munger getting the odds on your side. How did Charlie Munger get the odds on his side? He started off with a brilliant mind and a brilliant partner. He intensively studied the financials, thinking about the long term. He never tried to guess what a company or a stock would do in the short term. And he held for many years. You know, he was a great practitioner. Sit on your hands, and he did it flawlessly in the modern day, in the modern media, I remember reading those annual reports. How are years ago there was no financial media, there was no blogging internet. The short termism we're living it now. What is the lesson of Charlie Munger's long termism? Well, if you want to hit the long ball, you have to be very patient, and you know, when the stock moves up the first twenty percent, you can't start taking profits. Charlie and Warren have held things for decades. And the other thing is they were and Charlie always talked about this, you have very few moonshots. Charlie said within the last year that most of his wealth came from four decisions. And so you know what would have happened if he would have started trimming those four decisions early he certainly would not have accomplished what he did, and I think Warren would the same thing. Maybe the number four would be a little different with Warren, but you know, you know, Warren's famous for having said, put all your eggs in one basket. And I watched the basket really closely, and I think that it wasn't one basket. But the idea of concentration and patience coupled with good decisions makes for a great success. You know, a concentration and patience don't accomplish anything if you can't make above average investment decisions. But putting it all together is the formula for success. Howard, you wrote in some of your thoughts about Charlie Mungerth that he had very definite opinions, in particular regarding the investment management industry. He viewed the industry with considerable skepticism, and while a member of it, I found myself in agreement with him more often than not. What exactly are you talking about in particular? You know, I think both Charlie and Warren felt that our industry, relatively few members of it made substantial contributions to their clients wealth. Many more members that were well paid. He was always one who questions incentives. He says, you give me incentive, an incentive, I'll tell you the behavior. And and I think that, you know, I think that Warren and Charlie, if you're their operation, they, in fact Warren's ed and quotes, not a partnership, not a corporation of partnership. And they considered there there the people they manage money for their shareholders to be their partners. And they considered themselves to be working for their partners and not themselves, and their own wealth and success was a byproduct of working of doing great work for the partners. So you know, I like to put my sameself in the same boat. Those sentiments appeal to me greatly, and I've tried to follow that. How difficult has it been to sort of to adapt the strategy to different eras When you had conversations with Charlie Munger, there are questions around tech and how that changed the investment thesis. How did they think about the changing concept of what a wonderful company looked like and what fair value was. You know, you, on the one hand, you have to evolve with the times. On the other hand, you know they never went a full bore into the tech sector. You know, their famous are having made a lot of money with Apple, but you know, most tech the way they said it, they put it on the too hard pile. And if you have if you understand that your success will come from a small number of holdings, that means you don't need twenty thirty thirtyfty sixty. You don't need to exploit all the sceptors. You just have to find a few great ones. Of course, on the other hand, you know Tom said that we're you know, we're in a new era with all the communications we have. Part of what that means is that the world is a more interconnected, intelligent place. You know, back fifty years ago we used to be able to exploit things nobody else knew. Today there's very little information that doesn't make its waste speedily around the world. Howard to help us with one final question here to the management the future management of Berkshire Hathaway. They have a from COVID buildup of cash a four hundred and twelve billion out to half a trillion dollars five hundred and twenty five trillion. You and everybody else out there is living with explosive money market fund growth. You know the story in that forward here for Berkshire, Hathaway, what's the best use of there in our mounds of cash? You know, the people who run Berkshire today and will run it tomorrow understand the limitations of size. All things being equal, size makes it harder to outperform. They have the best probability of outperforming of any company their size, but their size will matter. And you know one of my professors at University of Chicago. I asked him afterwards, how would you manage a big fund? He'd say, I would index the cord and manage the hell out of the periphery. And I would imagine that at their size, they'll have to move in the direction of something like that, although they will not give up on outperformance. Howard Marx, thank you with oak Tree Capital Management. In remembrance of Charlie. I'm so pleased that we get to speak with Tipenstein, co founder and co chair of Carlisle Group, host of Peer to Peer Conversations on Bloomberg Television, because David is somebody who talks with all the executives across Wall Street, Main Street and beyond to understand how they're dealing with some of these transformative technologies of the moment, and David, I want to start there kind of where the similarities are in how some of these executives are thinking about the developments and artificial intelligence in a generative AI. Well, everybody wants to be an expert on AI and figure out how it's going to affect their company positively or negatively, but honestly, nobody really knows for sure yet how it will work. We're really inning one of artificial intelligence in terms of how major companies are going to use it or have it used against them. So everybody's trying to hire artificial experts or get people into their firm who can help them assess whether artificial intelligence is going to be useful to them or helpful to them, And nobody really knows yet, So I can't say anybody is certain how it's going to impact their business yet. David, mister Zevino stealed Marsh mcclennan and others, and then Nannie goes to AIG where different than other executives, he has to deal with disaster. What did you learn about how he handles the unexpected? Well, insurance is about dealing with the unexpected, really, and so AIG became the largest insurance company in the world for many, many years, and as a result of that, it had enormous tentacles throughout the entire financial complex. It clearly extended itself too much, didn't anticipate problems that arose, particularly in the mortgage area, and as a result had to be bailed out by the US government to tune of about one hundred and eighty billion dollars. Now that money's been paid back with interest. But AIG is no longer the biggest insurance company in the world, and it doesn't have quite the tentacles around the world that it once did, but still a very profitable company. David and Newsmaker yesterday. This is what Rubinstein does. He's steering the thunder from journalist David Rubinstein with Bill Ackman yesterday and the track that this nation will take. What did you learn from mister Rackman, David Rwinstein. Well, Bill is a very impressive person who obviously is outspoken, has been outspoken on many issues over many years. Recently has become quite visible in what he's been saying about Harvard. But he said in the interview which will air not too long from now that he's made a new bet. He's made a number of macro bets that have turned out to be extremely positive. One of them, he made it over one hundred times his money on a bet that he made a number of years ago in the time of COVID. Now he's made a bet that interest rates will be cut sooner by the Fed than is otherwise expected. And if that bet is successful, I guess he'll make a fair amount of money. But that's the big issue that many people are grappling with. Will the Fed decide and it needs to lower interest rates before the political season starts, let's say, in the summer or the fall of next year. Dave, excuse me, go ahead, Lisa, please my fault. David, is it surprising to you that a big hedge fund is focused on making big bets on treasuries right now? Well, many hedge funds people are doing that. Honestly, he has not done the so called treasury trade that others have done, where he's buying treasuries and shorting treasury futures. He hasn't done that. This is basically a bet that the Fed will succumb to some pressure to lower interest rates before too long. Now, the conventional wisdom in Wall Street is that the Fed will lower interest rates at some point during their first or second quarter, more likely the second quarter. I think his bet is it'll probably do it sooner than the conventional wisdom. And I have said publicly before, and I still think it's the case that the Fed will get in trouble if it lowers interest rates around the political season, because the Republicans will say, well, you're helping Joe Biden by lowering interest rates if you do so over the summer or in the early fall. So the Fed is going to lower interest rates, probably to avoid political criticism. It don't have to do it sooner than later. David, you mentioned mister Ackman in Harvard in the Horror of the Eastern Mediterrane. I want to go to your Duke University where they have a bridge. Folks. There's an old bridge called the Free Expression Bridge. And to make a long story short, they had to paint over a pro Palestinian tone as well. David, I want you to talk to the great and good right now about how those of means and success should deal with their shock at our American universities. Well, the American university system is still the envy of the world, and our private universities are really the places that people from all over the world want to attend. There's been a shock that many people didn't realize how strong the anti Israel feeling has been in some campuses, and the result of that has been outraged by some alums. Some universities have handled this better than other universities. I am the chairman of the board of the University of Chicago, and we have a tradition of not issuing statements on political matters or outside matters, and we have an issue one in this case. But in many cases other universities have not had that policy, and they've got in trouble for issuing statements that don't please one side or the other. It's a difficult way to walk his fine line, and I don't know that anybody has figured it out properly or correctly. David All glorious day for Bloomberg Surveillance with Doug cass and Howard Marks with us and membrance of Charlie Munger. Give us your thoughts on the hugely successful experiment that was Berkshire Hathaway. For those who don't know. Charlie Munger was from Warren Buffett's hometown of Omaha. He moved to Los Angeles and later reconnected with Warren Buffett, who hadn't really known before, but he had worked for Warren Buffet's grandfather at one point in a store. Charlie Munger was had outspoken, very very smart, a lawyer who transitioned from being a lawyer to being an investor, and his track record early on was actually better than Warren Buffett's in some respects. They teamed up became an incredible team of people who were mostly known to the public through their annual meetings where Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger would answer questions for six hours on end. And Charlie Munger was quite well known for his I would say, dismissive ideas of some other people's thoughts about investing. He was a very fundamentalist kind of investor and he transformed Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett was taught to buy things very cheap, and buy things cheap you can always make money. It was Charlie Munger's view that you should buy good companies. Maybe you pay a reasonable price for it, but buying good companies is better than buying cheap companies which may not be that good. And Warren Buffett gives a lot of credit credit to Charlie Munger for having transformed his views on the investment world. David, thank you for joining us today with us remember, and so Charlie Munger and of course with your excellence. Look for a conversation with Peter Zefino. Peer to peer conversations hugely anticipated in the next ten days. A conversation with Bill Eckman that move I would suggest move Markets. Subscribe to the Bloomberg Surveillance podcast on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Listen live every weekday starting at seven am Easter. I'm Bloomberg dot Com, the iHeartRadio app tune In, and the Bloomberg Business app. You can watch us live on Bloomberg Television and always I'm the Bloomberg Terminal. Thanks for listening. I'm Tom Keen, and this is BloombergSee 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The shot clock is winding down on August as we talk about GM's integration of Google AI. We also talk about Tesla's charging diner concept, as well as Air B&B's big shift from performance to brand marketing. Yesterday, GM announced they are now using Google's AI technology to enhance its OnStar safety and connectivity service. This collaboration aims to improve voice recognition, provide turn-by-turn navigation, and enable conversational responses to consumers' questions.Google Cloud's Dialogflow technology, the same technology powers chatbots on GM's corporate and vehicle brand websites, enabling conversational responses to consumer questions has been integrated into OnStar's Interactive Virtual Assistant, which provides turn-by-turn navigation and improves the ability to understand spoken requests.This automation of nonemergency requests allows OnStar advisers to focus on issues that require human intervention."Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize the buying, ownership and interaction experience inside the vehicle and beyond, enabling more opportunities to deliver new features and services," Mike Abbott, GM's executive vice president of software and servicesTesla has received official city approval to build a Supercharger station in Los Angeles that will not only serve as a charging hub but also feature an old-school diner and a drive-in movie theater. The station, potentially named the Diner and Drive-In Movie Supercharger, will have 32 Supercharger stalls, a retro-style diner with roof-top seating, and two movie theater screens showing famous movie clips.Initially presented last year in a Twitter post, the project was approved on July 18, and the initial grading inspection was completed earlier this month, allowing the project to proceed in West Hollywood.Air B&B CMO, Hiroki Asai, is parting ways with performance marketing and doubling down on brand. Shifting budgets to big, bold brand campaigns, focusing on the core of what Airbnb is about - core hosts, primary homes, and guestsThe new strategy involved developing and highlighting specific features and tools that set its product and experience apart, such as Airbnb Categories, and communicating these differentiators through brand-first campaigns instead of performance-driven buys.Airbnb's has what they call an “in-housing model”, where all product development, technology design, marketing, and advertising are done in-house, has been key to the success of the new approach, according to Asai. This model allows for a very tight system for all customer-facing things and helps run the company more efficiently.Hosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle MountsierGet the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/ Read our most recent email at: https://www.asotu.com/media/push-back-email ASOTU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/automotivestateoftheunion

Welcome to Wednesday, ASOTUverse. Today we're talking about GM tapping Apple after kicking them out. We also cover a rise in Toyota profits as they do what they said, as well as the hotel a company built only for their employees. What do you do when you cut Apple CarPlay from your future EV models and take some flack for it? You hire an Apple exec. GM has done just that by recruiting Mike Abbott, a key software executive from Apple. Abbott, has a strong record leading software projects at major tech companies such as Apple, Twitter, Palm and Microsoft, will join GM as chief software officer. He will play a central role developing GM's vehicle software and controls as GM ramps up its electric vehicle and autonomous driving efforts,  Abbott's appointment underscores GM's commitment to enhance its software capabilities as the auto industry shifts towards electric and autonomous vehicles.When Toyota said they were getting more serious about EV sales, they weren't kidding. Earlier today, the company's new CEO, Koji Sato, announced a projected 10% rise in operating profit and a fivefold increase in EV sales, targeting 202,000 units worldwide this business year. This aggressive electrification push follows easing global chip shortages and indicates Toyota's strategic shift towards battery EVs.The announcement comes after operating profit for the fiscal fourth quarter through March increased by more than a thirdThe refreshed plan to lean into EVs more aggressively was announced and installed just last monthSupplies loosening also is playing a part as the company said "We expect an increase in (overall) sales volume in all regions and production volume of 10.1 million (vehicles), due to such factors as ... improvement in semiconductor supply," Toyota said in a statement. That would represent output growth of 11% versus the previous yearAmerican Airlines is upping the game on keeping their staff comfortable and focused while traveling and training with the opening of a beautiful, new hotel in Dallas that's just for them. The $250 million Skyview 6 hotel, located on the airline's corporate campus, was designed with input from employees and includes features based on feedback that prioritize comfort and community.The hotel has incorporated unique features like a large cork strip in each room for displaying training materials, magnetic black out curtains for those time zone sensitive legs, and a light in the bathroom that turns on automatically when employees walk in…this one is specifically due to quell that “what city am I in” feeling airline employees tend to get on long tripsAll rooms are single-occupancy, but there's a lounge on each floor for socializing, so employees can study together or take breaks without needing to go into anyone's room.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/ Read our most recent email at: https://www.asotu.com/media/push-back-email ASOTU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/automotivestateoftheunion

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College can inspire in its students an idealism and desire to “make a difference in the world.” But here in commencement season, as graduates prepare to walk the stage to receive their diplomas, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill wonders if they will also take with them the passion and inspiration they found on campus to continue serving, creating and being a change for good? And so today we talk with nonprofit leader Ginny Ayers, whose nonprofit has benefited from college student volunteers, and entrepreneurial guru Mike Abbott for their advice to college graduates on keeping the flame of idealism alive.Are you a nonprofit with an event that we could help promote? Or a marketing problem we could help fix? Contact us and we'll share on an upcoming episode.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FOLLOW US:F A C E B O O K ➜ http://facebook.com/buzz4good​​I N S T A G R A M ➜ http://instagram.com/buzz4good​​L I N K E D I N ➜ https://www.linkedin.com/company/buzz4goodY O U T U B E ➜ http://youtube.com/c/buzz4goodW E B S I T E ➜ http://buzz4good.com​​- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The United States has more than 1.5 million nonprofits — from homeless shelters, food banks and rescue squads to children's choirs, science museums and animal refuges — that employ one out of every 10 Americans. Like any company, nonprofits have salaries and bills to pay, a budget to balance. They require money. And if enough people don't know about them, don't believe in them, don't support them — in short, if they lack BUZZ — they suffer and die.

Katrina Barry is Deloitte Tech's Fast 50 female leadership winner for 2022 and CEO of the globally ambitious Australian restaurant and pubs ordering app me&u, backed by a Hollywood style list of Australian names including Merrivale's Justin Hemmes, Rockpool's Neil Perry, Uber Australia co-founder Mike Abbott and former Google ANZ and current Domain boss Jason Pellegrino.  She's about a year into the role – me&u already controls about 70 per cent of large format hospitality venues in Australia and is now going global. Barry argues the little round device on bar and food tables is actually about business transformation, customer experience and, for venues, at least 30 per cent more orders if patrons don't have to wait for a negroni or a kale infused pheasant at the counter - or for a host. Hence, many venues are now creating dark bars as one tactic to improve customer experience and sales. Here's why a little bit of tech in a pub or restaurant is transforming the economics of the hospitality sector - and customer happiness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Abbott, global banking lead at Accenture, predicts the trends that will change the way banks operate in the coming year, including a rate environment that hasn't been seen in more than a decade, a comeback for branches and soaring credit delinquencies.

This Episode we interview Mario Novello, Rick Huntsman, Mike Abbott about their take on being a Gym Owner. Welcome to the Gym Lords Podcast, where we talk with successful gym owners to hear what they're doing that is working RIGHT NOW, and to hear lessons and failures they've learned along the way. We would love to share your story! If you'd like to be featured on the podcast, fill out the form on the link below. https://gymlaunchsecrets.com/podcast

This Episode we interview Mario Novello, Rick Huntsman, Mike Abbott about their take on being a Gym Owner. Welcome to the Gym Lords Podcast, where we talk with successful gym owners to hear what they're doing that is working RIGHT NOW, and to hear lessons and failures they've learned along the way. We would love to share your story! If you'd like to be featured on the podcast, fill out the form on the link below. https://gymlaunchsecrets.com/podcast

There is a lot of anxiety in South African at the moment about the future with challenging infrastructure and serious questions are hanging over the man who was supposed to be the corruption-buster, President Cyril Ramaphosa. He has a whole lot of explaining to do about the burglary at his game farm, Phala Phala. Fear about the future is prompting more and more South Africans to look for solutions outside the country which could either be moving elsewhere, or a plan B of investing off-shore, while enjoying the up-side of living in South Africa. Immigration specialists, Sable International's, Mike Abbott and Tom Barlow have recently toured across the country and have found that there is an increase in the volume and intensity of people looking for other solutions. They told Linda van Tilburg about the importance of making a considered decision- without emotion - before internationalising yourself.

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 15, George Poteet The Hot Rod Blues guys managed to corner hot rodder and ten-time Speed Week Hot Rod trophy winner, George Poteet, to talk about his history. Poteet grew up in Mantachie, Mississippi, where he was introduced to his love of cars at nearby Fulton Dragway. He ended up going to college at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), graduating with a degree in Business. From there, he went on to work for a company developing home water filtration systems that he helped design from a unit found in a trash bin in Canada (you can't make this up!). His success lead to other successful endeavors, which allowed him to start buying the cars he coveted as a kid. Over the past two decades, Poteet has been one of the most prolific benefactors of hot rod shops across the country. He was the first paying customer of several well-known builders who have gone on to build some of the most iconic custom cars taking some of the most prestigious awards in the car hobby. Through his love of hot rods and street rods, he remembers looking at the pages of Hot Rod Magazine and wanting to see the Bonneville Speedway. After joining the Memphis Street Rods, Poteet got his first introduction to the Bonneville Salt Flats when his friend Paul Kosma invited him to watch him run. He's had "salt fever" ever since after buying a car on that fateful trip. If you know anything at all about land speed racing, you'll recognize George Poteet's name as the driver of the Speed Demon, a twin-turbo LS-powered streamliner that has won the Hot Rod trophy an astounding ten times. The trophy is presented to the car with the highest speed at the Bonneville Speed Week in August. Poteet holds numerous land speed records in Speed Demon with a multitude of powerplants. In the process, Poteet has gone over 400 mph (on the ground) than any other person on the planet. The Speed Demon is the fastest piston-powered vehicle on the planet and the team is shooting for 500mph at this year's meet. Poteet gives the guys a rundown on the whole story of how it all came to be. He is a humble man who is uncomfortable speaking about his accomplishments and rarely does interviews. The Hot Rod Blues crew extends a sincere thank you to Mr. Poteet for sitting down with us and telling us his story. One of our goals with the Hot Rod Blues podcast is to document Memphis hot rodding history, and that cannot be done without knowing more about George Poteet. It was an extreme honor for us to sit down with him for as long as he did. We hope you enjoy the interview and share it with your friends! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: YouTube Spotify Rumble Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluesPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesPodcast) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends so we can share our love of all things automotive! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 14, BBQ With Phil & Jill Painter Phil and Jill Painter happened to be passing through Memphis after buying a car, so we jumped at the chance to have them on the show. They started the Musclecars at the Strip event in Las Vegas 20 years ago. Phil found a great deal on a 2022 Dodge Challenger 392 Scat Pak in Nashville, so the two flew in to pick it up and drive it back across the country to Vegas. Shawn B. got to know the couple after they hired him to photograph their event, so they had to stop and say hi. The Painters started the show after showing some cars at the Mopar Nationals. People started saying they needed a similar event out West, so they took the initiative to start the event. Jill explains the origin story of the event and how it came to be at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, “The Strip.” Shawn asks them how they've been so successful to have a show that has lasted for 20 years and any advice for our Memphis Legends show on September 2-4. They explain some great advice (Including the need for great photography ;). Phil and Jill are from Utah and grew up in the town where Ed Roth lived and is buried, Manti, Utah. Phil talks about his legacy, the car show that happens every year in his honor. For the record, the show is the first weekend in June every year. People come from all over the world. The conversation turns to the passion for cars and how they transcend our small world . . . how musclecars and 4x4s have made a comeback and how many musicians are tied to the car culture. It's a terrific conversation with two passionate car people and they provided some great insight into the car culture and what it takes to run a successful event that has stood the test of time. Enjoy! The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: *YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCozk... *Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QzICR2... *Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1338572 *Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-rod-blues/id1601533698 *Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83YTRjYTkzMC9w b2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjph6SW6Yn2AhUUgYQIHfWBDK0Q9sEGegQI ARAC *Stitcher - https://listen.stitcher.com/yvap/?af_dp=stitcher://show/675190&af_web_dp=https://www. stitcher.com/show/675190 Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluesPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesP...) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 13,The Trek to 300mph And The Blue Hat with Jeffery Ferguson & Bob Schreiber The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: *YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCozk... *Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QzICR2... *Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1338572*Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... *Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... *Stitcher - https://listen.stitcher.com/yvap/?af _... Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluesPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesP...) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 12, An Evening With Clay Millican The Hot Rod Blues guys are lucky enough to hang out with Top Fuel Drag Racing legend Clay Millican. Clay brings stories from his career about racing at local tracks to living on the road and racing all over the country. Clay has lived a colorful life and has had the opportunity to legends across many disciplines of motorsports. Join us now to relive these stories with Clay and document his many accomplishments The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: *YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCozk... *Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QzICR2... *Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1338572 *Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... *Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... *Stitcher - https://listen.stitcher.com/yvap/?af_... Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluesPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesP...) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

Boiling Down Dynamite with Memphis Rodders Marshall Robilio and Eddie Wilbanks - Episode 7 The boys are back in the shop at Steel Rose Metal Co for episode 7 to talk with two legends of Memphis hot rodding and racing. The special guests are Marshall Robilio and Eddie Wilbanks of the Memphis Rodders, a car club started 75 years ago by a bunch of fun-loving daredevils who put Memphis on the map for drag racing. These guys are the true definition of hot rodders. If they didn't have something, they built it. If it broke, they fixed it right then and there. They started drag racing on an airstrip in Halls, Tennessee, back in the ‘50s until Ray Godman bought a strip of land in Lakeland, Tennessee, and built a proper drag strip. Lakeland International Raceway saw some great match racing back in the day and the guys did really well in ‘55 or ‘56 at the U.S. Nationals. Marshall and Eddie give us the scoop on what it was like back then, how they got started, and how they overcame obstacles. It's amazing to hear these two guys talk about their lives growing up in the Memphis area, racing around the nation, and how the club came to be. Take a journey through some hot-rodding history and hear the tales of the wise old guys who started this crazy hobby that we all love so much. We're sure to have these guys back. It's as entertaining as you think it might be! The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: *YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCozk... *Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QzICR2... *Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1338572* Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-rod-blues/id1601533698* Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83YTRjYTkzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjph6SW6Yn2AhUUgYQIHfWBDK0Q9sEGegQI ARAC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by Flight Nurse Kevin Kissner and Flight Paramedic Mike Abbott from Virginia State Police MedFlight Program.  Their normal operations consist of scene call and hospital to hospital transports. On the days when they're dispatched on a SAR call, the level of rescue is elevated to the next level. Kevin tells of his first SAR call in the Appalachian Mountains. A member of the local university's cross country running group had fallen about 150 feet off the trail. Then Mike tells us about one of his rescues which literally came the day after Kevin's call.  At almost the same location, with almost the same scenario, Mike and his crew knew exactly what to do. We discussed a couple other rescues that stand out to them including a river rescue, heart attack patient, and a patient that was in a motor vehicle crash. We finished our conversation talking about training. Kevin and Mike stress the importance of having an outside training company, like SR3 Rescue Concepts, come in for proper hoist training. Once completed, they said the training changed their entire operation in multiple ways.  By the end of the training, the crews had built incredible confidence with rescue and hoisting among the entire crew. Enjoy!    https://therealresq.com/home https://www.facebook.com/therealresq https://www.instagram.com/therealresq   Thank you for sponsoring this episode of The Real ResQ; Breeze-Eastern, https://www.breeze-eastern.com/ Axnes https://www.axnes.com/ Life Saving Systems Corporation https://lifesavingsystems.com/ SR3 Rescue Concepts, https://sr3rescueconcepts.com/

Hot Rod Blues, Episode 7, Jamie Otts And The One Legged Hobo. Drag Racing Legend Jamie Otts drops by the shop and hangs out with guys. The Guys get a lesson in Drag Racing and trailer safety when Mike's wife, Rhea drops by. The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: *YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCozk... *Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QzICR2... *Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1338572 *Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... *Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... *Stitcher - https://listen.stitcher.com/yvap/?af_... Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluesPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesP...) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

The boys are back in the shop at Steel Rose for episode 6 of Hot Rod Blues. They talk about the past week's score and the challenges of driving modern cars versus the beauty of driving an old(er) car. Shawn Young went to Nashville and found a trove of parts for his pickup. Shawn Brereton also went to Nashville for the swap meet and spent more than he made. Javi is still looking for his Impala. If you see it, please let him know before he has a breakdown. Mike has been working on the stance of his ‘32 Ford, which leads to a discussion on the dangers of cut-off wheels. Javi talks about his trip to Lexington, Tennessee, for more parts on his project including some Wide-5 wheels, I-beams, and axles. It's a matter of pride for him to save early parts for others if he doesn't need them. Javi kicks into show-and-tell to explain what the Wide-5 pattern is on early Fords. He plans to run them on the front of his project after making an adapter. The conversation turns into Shawn B and Mike's journeys to turn their hobby into a business and how it is never too late to chase your passion. When you're young, you never know where you may end up or who you will meet along the way that may change your path. That discussion leads them to the type of people you find in the industry, changing shops, and shop drama. The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: *YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCozk... *Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0QzICR2... *Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1338572 *Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-rod-blues/id1601533698 *Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83YTRjYTkzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjph6SW6Yn2AhUUgYQIHfWBDK0Q9sEGegQIARAC Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluesPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesP...) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

Join us for this engaging chat with Mark Krawczyk—Renaissance man of permaculture, wood craft, and agroforestry. We delve into his journey from college to study permaculture with Bill Mollison in the early 2000's which eventually lead him to the UK to learn from the likes of Ben Law, Mike Abbott, and back to the states to intern with Drew Langsner. We explore the finer points of greenwood working in the tradition of chair-making, hickory bark harvesting, and seat weaving—then into the principles and practices of coppice agroforestry and his upcoming book Coppice Agroforestry: Tending Trees for Product, Profit, and Woodland Ecology. We finish it off with an insightful discussion on the tenets of managing a woodland from a holistic perspective. All in all, a wonderful chat! Mark is an amazing wealth of knowledge and experience. Enjoy! www.sloydcast.com Follow us on instagram Share the show! FOLLOW MARK https://www.valleyclayplain.com/ https://www.keylinevermont.com/ http://www.rivenwoodcrafts.com/ Pre-order his book: http://www.coppiceagroforestry.com/ Mentions from the episode: Helen & Scott Nearing Ben Law Ben Law Grand Designs Mike Abbott Brookhouse Woods Harvesting Hickory Bark Make a Chair from a Tree by Jennie Alexander Woodlanders Docu-series Woodlands by Oliver Rackham Forestry Prism Eric Sloane

The fellahs take it on the road down to Mississippi this week to visit the Possum Killer Garage. They sit down with owner Ricky Neal in his awesome hangout now nicknamed the Possum Palace. It has some of the coolest memorabilia you've ever seen! Ricky is an influence on many in the Memphis/Mid-South hot rod community and has plenty of stories to tell. Talking to Ricky is like talking to hot rodding royalty. to talk about the projects in his shop. The latest and most exciting project is a 1969 Chevy Nova funny car that he bought with his son, Michael. The two have had the dream since Michael started racing at the age of 14. The two have campaigned a ‘48 Ford Anglia named Dixie Fever for a number of years on the gasser circuit. When the Nova became available, they jumped at the chance to make their dreams come true. Ricky also talks about Asphalt Cowboy, his front-engine, six-cylinder, Bantam-bodied dragster. It could win any car show with Ricky's amazing paint job and has some really neat nostalgic touches such as the front-mounted Eelco gas tank. The conversation again turns to Mike's unfinished projects before talking about Tommy Boren's chopped ‘32. Ricky painted the car ten years ago and it is finally ready to hit the road. Then, Ricky talks about his old pinstriping friend and hero, Ron “Bluefoot” Whimbley. Blue was a true character in the hot rod community. He was a big burly guy who once wrestled a bear. You didn't want to cross him, but if you were a friend, he had a heart of gold. Ricky has many of his personal effects including the top hat that Blue wore whenever he pinstriped cars. One time, Ricky hosted Gene Winfield to paint a car in his paint booth. He tells the story of Gene wanting to paint the car in the middle of the night. In his late-80's, Gene was ready to work. Ricky got the opportunity to visit Gene's shop early this year and got a personal tour of his house. For more on Ricky, you can see a video that Shawn B did with Ricky called Handmade Craftsmen on Auto Enthusiast Network, where you can see the custom signs he makes and take a tour of the Possum Palace. The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: YouTube Spotify Rumble Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluePodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesPodcast) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends, we need the money! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

The boys set up at Steel Rose Metal Co. for their first video podcast. While the two Shawn's went to buy more audio cables, Mike and Javi went antiquing together to buy chairs . . . it is a touching moment. Now the guys can drink beer and bourbon, and Mike can smoke cigars in the comfort of his shop! Javi talks about the microphone stands he crafted for the podcast and finding Gene McCoy's ‘36 Ford cab for the hot rod truck to be built at this year's MEMPHIS LEGENDS show on Labor Day weekend. Shawn B talks about finding some special valve stems on his car, his week taking part in the Motorsports Parts and Manufacturers Council Media Trade Conference, getting in the Robb Report, and making the cover of All Chevy Performance! Mike talks about the unique “Kevin Bacon” UTE in his shop — supposedly the first Australian UTE from 1934. Shawn Y got his manual trans installed and is now shifting gears! After many side-tangents, they get back on track talking about the excitement around the Grand National Roadster Show and Barrett-Jackson Cup, the shop nights at Steel Rose, and the state of the hot rod building industry. Our first call-in to the podcast comes from Rhea (Mike's wife), which turns into Javi talking about his first “alone time” with her in Mike's car. After an impromptu introduction of Matt Marion of Memphis Shift Knobs to the podcast, he fesses up to being the prankster on Shawn's car. Marion makes some incredible vintage shift knobs using old Ford coins and Hobo art coins. Matt and Shawn are sharing a table at the 33rd Annual Stones Rver AACA Swap Meet at the Nashville Fairgrounds on February 6. Come by and visit! The Hot Rod Blues Podcast, based in Memphis, Tennessee, “The “Home of the Blues,” is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from very different upbringings who are brought together by their love of cars. Even though the podcast is tied to cars, there is nothing off-limits when these four get together. The conversations often run the gamut like a 10-year-old with ADHD but it is always fun. The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: YouTube Spotify Rumble Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluePodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesPodcast) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends, we need the money! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

As usual, the Hot Rod Blues podcast is a study in grown men with ADHD as the conversations turn on the shortest notice. The boys get started with an update on Shawn's ‘50 Merc. Javi gets a late start with a Red Bull. Mike wears a three-piece suit and ponders why metal fabricators don't get the media hype? Is Jim Morrison alive or dead, and what happened to his GT500? The Hirohata Merc goes for $1.95M at auction. They ponder the origin of Memphis slang words. And the big news is that the Hot Rod Power Tour and Drag Week will both be hitting Memphis this year. The Hot Rod Blues Podcast, based in Memphis, Tennessee, “The “Home of the Blues,” is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from very different upbringings who are brought together by their love of cars. Even though the podcast is tied to cars, there is nothing off-limits when these four get together. The conversations often run the gamut like a 10-year-old with ADHD but it is always fun. The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: YouTube Spotify Rumble Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluePodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesPodcast) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends, we need the money! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

The Hot Rod Blues podcast is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from Memphis, Tennessee. Coming from all walks of life, it is the cars that brought them together and part of what makes their conversations so entertaining. You won't hear them doing reviews of the latest car on the market, they are true hot rodders who like to modify old cars to be driven! The Hot Rod Blues Podcast, based in Memphis, Tennessee, “The “Home of the Blues,” is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from very different upbringings who are brought together by their love of cars. Even though the podcast is tied to cars, there is nothing off-limits when these four get together. The conversations often run the gamut like a 10-year-old with ADHD but it is always fun. The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: YouTube Spotify Rumble Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluePodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesPodcast) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends, we need the money! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

The Hot Rod Blues podcast is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from Memphis, Tennessee. Coming from all walks of life, it is the cars that brought them together and part of what makes their conversations so entertaining. You won't hear them doing reviews of the latest car on the market, they are true hot rodders who like to modify old cars to be driven! In this first episode, the guys introduce themselves and talk about what brought them to create a podcast and what drove them to be hot rod enthusiasts. Give it a listen and tell us what you think! The Hot Rod Blues Podcast, based in Memphis, Tennessee, “The “Home of the Blues,” is an entertaining group of hot rod enthusiasts from very different upbringings who are brought together by their love of cars. Even though the podcast is tied to cars, there is nothing off-limits when these four get together. The conversations often run the gamut like a 10-year-old with ADHD but it is always fun. The Hot Rod Blue Podcast is co-hosted by Shawn Brereton of Auto Enthusiast Network, Mike Abbott of Steel Rose Metal Co, Javier Augustine of Bomber Steel Customs, and Shawn Young of Kingfish Metal Works. Now recording in video and audio formats, you can find the Hot Rod Blues Podcast on the following platforms: YouTube Spotify Rumble Follow the podcast on Facebook @HotRodBluePodcast (https://www.facebook.com/HotRodBluesPodcast) Subscribe to the YouTube channel and be sure to hit the notification bell so you know when the latest episode drops! Share it with your friends, we need the money! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shawn-young2/support

Join us for this chat with the multi-talented craftsman Lee Stoffer. We get into Lee's first introduction to green woodworking and sloyd via the illustrious Mike Abbott, how he went from the pole lathe to spoon carving to tool making and leather work. We learn about how he came to develop his now celebrated spoon scorp. And we also get into the weeds on some of the finer points of being a self employed crafts person, marketing our craft, how social media fits into the life and business of craft, and much more. Lee is passionate about his craft and lifestyle that surrounds it, and shares his knowledge with humility. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we did chatting! www.sloydcast.com Follow us on instagram Share the show! FOLLOW LEE https://www.instagram.com/stoffercraft Lee's Youtube Mentions from the episode: Mike Abbott Brookhouse Woods Svante Djarv David Fisher's bowl horse Nic Westermann River & Journey Knives Paul Adamson Magnus Sundelin Wayne Barton Sean Hellman Zed Outdoors Jill Swan Martin Damon Werner Fuchs

In this episode, Mike Abbott, President of Abbott Electric, offers his insight into the ways he works to position the company in the marketplace. He takes us from the 30,000 ft. view down to the details of working with each team player. His best advice: “Never stop learning.”

"You don't need everything to come to you immediately. Learn the business. Gain the trust and respect of the people around you, and you'll be very surprised how quickly those career goals will materialize." – Mike Abbott Today my guest is Mike Abbott, VP Labour Relations at Air Canada. We discuss the most impactful lessons Mike has learned as chief spokesperson in over 50 rounds of collective bargaining with large, multinational unions across many countries. This episode is full of sharp insights for new leaders. Prior to Air Canada, Mike held senior roles in Operations and HR at Brinks Canada and McCain Foods. He holds a BA/MA in Political Science & Business from Memorial University, as well as a Masters in Industrial Relations from London School of Economics.   In today's episode, we cover: The importance of learning the business. Understanding the realities of not only your own function, but other business units in your organization is critical in developing your business acumen (and your credibility with senior leaders) How self-awareness links to great leadership. Knowing what drives you, how that changes over time, and being able to self-reflect are simple actions that any leader can take right now. Who wins the title of greatest guitar player of all time...and much more!   If you find this episode valuable, please rate us on Apple Podcasts! If you want to be a successful manager, learn your business Especially when you're new to the industry, you really need to take time to learn your business, to learn the inputs and the outputs that run your business; like what are the factors that drive profitability, customer satisfaction, and what helps you keep employees and keep them motivated. You can't do that unless you know your business.   Good managers see the bigger picture Try to see the big picture, like what the vision of the company is and where the company is going, and where your particular department falls in, but also try to see what drives the people you're managing. Because not everyone is driven by the same things that you're driven by.   Labor relations: looking at overarching themes If a union has 20 proposals, try to find out the commonalities. Try to figure out the general constructs that they're looking for, and likewise with the operation, too. Look for overarching themes. Keep that in the back of your mind when you're negotiating. A chief negotiator needs to be able to see through that and look at the common pieces you need to put together so that both sides are satisfied.   Links and Resources Connect with Mike: LinkedIn Getting to ‘Yes' by Roger Fisher & William Ury (book) Any book by Peter Drucker Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig (book)  

Co-founded by high school and university mates - Rich Coombes and Mike Abbott - Kaddy, was designed to evolve the antiquated methods of ordering and payment in the beverage industry and operate as a centralised platform to connect venues and retailers - to discover, order, invoice and pay. Following an $800k angel investor raise and launch in 2019, 2020 saw the business raise another $3.5 million dollars in an oversubscribed round to ultimately list names like KTM Ventures, SpringCapital and Stevan Premutico all on their cap table.

Join us for a lovely chat with the Godfather of Green Woodworking in the UK, none other than Mike Abbott. We hear about Mike's journey to the craft starting in the early 1980's and the long winding road that led him to establishing Living Woods Training in 1985. He shares countless stories of all the folks he has met along the way, inspiring, guiding, and encouraging him to forge ahead preserving and passing on dying skills and traditions. It's a recount of 30+ years building a green woodworking movement, teaching hundreds of students , and establishing a far flung legacy. We really enjoyed our chat with Mike and are excited to capture and share his story. Enjoy! www.sloydcast.com Follow us on instagram Share the show! FOLLOW MIKE https://goingwiththegrain.org/ Youtube and now, Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/abbottslivingwood/ Mentions from the episode: Tamsin Abbott Nick Gibbs Quercus Magazine Woodland Crafts in Britain by Herbert Edlin St Fagans National Museum of History Traditional Spooncarving in Wales by Gwyndaf Breese Welsh Stick Chairs by John Brown Drew Langsner Jack Hill Dave Sawyer Stuart King Don Weber Jennie Alexander Mike Abbott's transhumance Veritas Tapered Tenon Cutter The Lumber Horse Daniel Mack Owen Jones Nick Abbott

Join us for this in-depth conversation with bowl turner, spoon carver, and all-around crafty fellow, Owen Thomas. He shares his journey from commercial woodworker to sloyd craftsman over the past decade—we learn about the initial exposure that sparked his interest, his time learning from Mike Abbott, apprenticing with Barn the Spoon, and creating a livelihood as a green woodworker. We got into his unique approach to spoon carving, his passion for the pole lathe, and his venture into increasing his production of turned objects using a Japanese-style electric lathe. This chat covers a lot of ground and gives you insight into Owen's passion for his craft. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have. www.sloydcast.com Follow us on instagram Share the show! FOLLOW OWEN https://www.owenthomaswoodcraft.com/ https://www.instagram.com/owenthomaswoodcraft/ https://www.youtube.com/owenthomaswoodcraft Mentions from the episode: Mike Abbott Ben Orford Robin Wood Barn the Spoon

A special SPREAD LOVE (not covid) MUSIC FESTIVAL in place of Platt Park Church's normal Halloween festivities. Featuring: Daniel Rondeau (singer/songwriter, @danielandthewalkingtrees) Nic Clark (@nicclarkmusic) Curtis Hawkins Blues Band (Curtis Hawkins Music: https://buff.ly/2HGE7FG) 2B3 Trio (Mike Abbott/guitar, Jeff Jenkins/B3 organ, 10/31 features Dean Oldencott/drums, @2B3Trio, https://buff.ly/3kxwik2, https://buff.ly/37Qtzyq) Gospel Music featuring: Charlie Dodrill, Mike Abbott, Jeff Jenkins, Dean Oldencott, Curtis Hawkins

Join host Carlos Tello with special guest Mike Abbott for Part 2 of his epic story!

Join Host Carlos Tello and Pastor Craig Wendel as they welcome special guest Mike Abbott! Mike tells his incredible story that you will hopefully be encouraged by and can find hope in!

All our ARTICLES and CURATED INFORMATION on Covid-19: www.covidzone.org Our COVID-19 PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPgwVLA1aYxi34er9j6JCT9cumXcWZ4e7 This week we bring you our latest, new look coronacast – brought to you courtesy of the two new members of our media team – Mike Abbott and Ismail Faryad. In it Rob Verkerk PhD take's you through some of the latest science on the covid pandemic - where we are on the pandemic wave when it comes to deaths and infection rates. We're going to comment on the UK's new one metre plus social distancing rule and an update on vaccines. Then we'll look briefly at some of the unfolding science on the virus' origins including the difficulty anyone might have to ridicule the idea that the virus originated from a lab.  Finally – we'll look at the travesty of governments' failures to get behind the things all of us can do with natural health to build our immune resilience. How about a few pence or cents a day on vitamin D at way higher levels than governments are suggesting – to potentially save thousands of lives. SUBSCRIBE to our NEWSLETTER: https://www.anhinternational.org/#subscribe SUBSCRIBE if you want to become part of a growing community of Health Creators. Learn about improving your health and maximising your vitality in a natural way, and keep up to date with our campaigns, research and education work: https://www.youtube.com/user/anhadmin?sub_confirmation=1 Visit our WEBSITE: https://www.anhinternational.org/ Like us on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ANHInternational/ Follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/anhcampaign The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) International is an independent, internationally-active, non-profit organisation. Our mission is to promote and protect natural and sustainable approaches to healthcare worldwide. We are Health Creators and our passion is the pursuit of optimal health and health care sustainability by working with, not against, nature. Please consider supporting our work so that we can continue to support you! DONATE to ANH-Intl: https://www.anhinternational.org/donate

Support this podcast - PatreonThe first of a Barnaby Carder (Barn the Spoon) double bill. Barn is a spoon carver, co-organises spoonfest and is the author of several books including the excellent Spon.In this episode Barn tells us about how he got into wood-working at a young age and later discovered the joys of working green wood. His journey has been unusual and is told with Barn's classic humour. This episode is sponsored by https://www.cyclaireshop.co.uk/Episode linksSpoonclubThe Green Wood Guild (London)Robin WoodMike AbbottRay Mears essential bushcraftPfiel ToolsPeddlers License Ben and Lois OrfordTormek sharpeningWoodturning monthlySupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/buildingsustainability)

JOHANNESBURG — Sustainable, or ESG, investing is becoming a more prominent form of growing your wealth in many parts of the world. While South Africa's JSE is internationally respected as among the world's top bourses with good liquidity, the very nature of the companies on it (especially the big presence of mining giants) means that it isn't a great fit for ESG investing. This is according to London-based Mike Abbott who works with Sable International's Wealth Team. In this interview, Abbott tells us more about the growing momentum behind ESG investing and why you need to look offshore to get involved. - Gareth van Zyl

“Clearly, the killer use case, the most valuable thing 6DoF can do is allow two or more humans to interact—just be with each other from wherever they are.” The internet has succeeded in connecting people to machines and information. So, what's missing? Anjney Midha argues that the element of human interaction is what the web lacks, and he is on a mission to develop the tools creators can use to design shared experiences online through XR. Anjney Midha is the cofounder and CEO of Ubiquity6, a startup using computer vision to create multiplayer experiences for augmented and virtual reality. Founded by alums from Metamind, Facebook, Tesla, Twitter and Stanford, the Ubiquity team is leveraging spatial computing to bring people together in valuable new ways. Anjney began his career in venture as Founding Partner of KPCB Edge, a Kleiner Perkins fund formed to support founders in AR, VR and computer vision. Today, Anjney joins us to share his background in frontier tech and explain how his experience in VC led to the creation of Ubiquity6. He offers insight on the problems in venture capital, describing how good and bad investors can impact a startup. Anjney also discusses the particular challenges of the deep tech space and the futility of the AR versus VR debate. Listen in to understand the tech advancements that have facilitated networked capabilities and learn how Ubiquity6 is solving for shared experiences—at six degrees of freedom. Topics Covered Anjney's background in frontier tech Formed fund within Kleiner (AR, VR + computer vision) Influenced by Bing Gordon, Mike Abbott Time spent investing AND building software Founded Ubiquity6 to solve for shared experiences Anjney's take on good vs. bad investors Great investors = 100X or more Bad investors destroy value More pretenders than ever Look at track record of success, failure How Anjney communicates with investors Text message, reply within 10 minutes Best investors view as service industry The role of Ubiquity6 in solving for shared experiences Serve creators with tools Launch own experiences ‘Shared AR in persistent way' Anjney's insight around the challenges of deep tech Timing (invest in real tech that doesn't exist) Bring research to market in compelling way How Anjney built a tribe of support Early-stage founders vocal about problems Obvious from listening to early adopters Why Anjney is excited about audio As powerful, immersive as visual AR Shared audio channels for consumers Why Anjney believes AR vs. VR is a false debate Different viewing modes of same experience High level of abstraction = unproductive debate The positive mass market signals for Anjney and his company ARKit, ARCore (networked AR) On-device capabilities to shared capabilities Connect with Anjney Ubiquity6 https://ubiquity6.com/ Ubiquity6 on Medium https://medium.com/ubiquity6 Ubiquity6 on Twitter https://twitter.com/ubiquity_6 Ubiquity6 on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ubiquity6/ Anjney on Medium https://medium.com/@anjneymidha Anjney on Twitter https://twitter.com/anjneymidha Anjney on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjney/ Resources Kleiner Perkins https://www.kleinerperkins.com/ Bing Gordon https://www.kleinerperkins.com/people/bing-gordon/ Mike Abbott https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelabbott/ Virtual Human Interaction Lab https://vhil.stanford.edu/ Jeremy Bailenson https://vhil.stanford.edu/faculty-and-staff/ Adam Arrigo https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-arrigo-b4637620/ TheWaveVR http://thewavevr.com/ LYNX Capital https://www.lynxtrading.com/ Benchmark Capital http://www.benchmark.com/ Index Ventures https://www.indexventures.com/ Vinod Khosla Interview https://blog.ycombinator.com/vinod-khosla-on-how-to-build-the-future/ John Doerr https://www.kleinerperkins.com/people/john-doerr Marc Andreessen on a16z Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O91S1NL-B0Q&t=14m34s ARKit https://developer.apple.com/arkit/ ARCore https://developers.google.com/ar/ Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/ Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/ Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

A dramatic attempt to steal the the golden ninja warrior. Women fighting each other in scenes of breathtaking violence. A gang of bloodthirsty thieves tries to outdo the forces of justice. Ninja supremacy in the fight against evil and tyranny. Running times: 00m 00ws – Intro/Golden Ninja Warrior review. 52m 42s – Mike Abbott biography/Death […]

A dramatic attempt to steal the the golden ninja warrior. Women fighting each other in scenes of breathtaking violence. A gang of bloodthirsty thieves tries to outdo the forces of justice. Ninja supremacy in the fight against evil and tyranny. Running times: 00m 00ws – Intro/Golden Ninja Warrior review. 52m 42s – Mike Abbott biography/Death […]

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Steve Garrity is COO and founder of Hearsay Systems the leading advisor-client engagement solution for the financial services industry. Hearsay have backing from the likes of Sequoia, NEA, Kleiner Perkins Partner, Mike Abbott and Path Founder, Dave Morin. Before founding Hearsay, Steve worked as an engineer at Microsoft Corporation in Seattle is a graduate of Stanford University with a BS and MS in Computer Science. While at Stanford, he was selected as a Mayfield Fellow in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. During which, he joined Fortify Software as a product manager. Steve is also an investor in, and advisor to a number of Silicon Valley start-ups. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How did Steve made his way into the world of SaaS from the world of Microsoft? How does Steve approach the management around his engineering team? How does Steve balance management of engineers while still allowing creativity? Are there dangers of giving engineers freedom? Is it possible to have both a happy engineering and sales? How does Steve look to harmonise the team? Is it not contra popular theory to have different cultures for different segments of the team? Why does Steve believe that executive coaching is an almost universal requirement? How does Steve justify that to the board? 60 Second SaaStr Steve’s Biggest Productivity tools? What does Steve now know that he wishes he had known at the start? The biggest mistake SaaS companies are enacting with their social media strategies? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Steve Garrity

More than two decades since he followed a girlfriend to London, chartered accountant Reg Bamford is still in the UK, having turned his early experiences into a business that helps his countrymen who have decided to emigrate to Britain. The Sable Group, which has offices in Cape Town, Melbourne and Mauritius as well as the London head office, is now a 180 person outfit that specialises in foreign exchange, migration visas, wealth management and resettlement of emigrating South Africans. In this interview with Biznews.com's Alec Hogg, CEO Bamford and fellow director Mike Abbott tell the Sable Group story - and highlight an unusual investment destination that weak currency strapped migrants should investigate.

For more Podcasts and Videos visit http://thebigbenshow.com or Subscribe to my podcasts at: http://bigbenshow.podomatic.com/ or https://itunes.apple.com/hk/podcast/meet-entertainers-on-big-ben/id947768911 The amazing Ciaran Love started as a full time street entertainer, roaming around Europe. Since 1994 however, he has been carving out a fantastic career in Hong Kong: Performer, clown, prop comedy, producer, manager and bespoke events creator, I caught up with him at the AIA Great European Carnival, where he was working as a performer and manager for the entertainers. This is a great individual story of how someone became a phenomenally good professional entertainer and more! You can find Ciaran Love online at: http://www.nonamehk.com/ And my website is http://www.thebigbenshow.com (I love it when people contact me, so if you’d like to be interviewed or just want to say hello, you can reach me at ben@thebigbenshow.com) COMPLETE CONTENTS: 00:01:30 to 16:00 Busking in Europe in the early 1990s 00:18:30 Performer and Event organizer 00:26:00 Fire juggling in the 1990s 00:33:00 to 00:45:00 Developing his Alfie Noname character, developing a gobbledygook/nonsense language 00:45:15 Back in England doing a “proper” job 00:52:00 Off to Hong Kong in 1994! 00:57:15 Clown gig at Harry Ramsden’s 00:59:30 First birthday party show 01:03:40 Lamma Island in mid 1990s – creative hub Rob Rogers, Jeremy Dane, Mike Abbott, Zonko 01:08:00 the end of an era for old school style: mobile discos and storytelling magic 01:10:00 Corporate shows for Rob Rogers 01:13:00 the Hong Kong boom years for entertainers: c1995 to c1997 NAMES AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Check em all out. Google and youtube them!!! You will learn sooooo much http://www.nonamehk.com/ AIA Great European Carnival, Alfie Love (aka Peter Love, drag queen), Graham Love (Santa Claus, see episode 41), great podcast: Stories from the Pot – the Buskers’ Hall of Fame, Rob Rogers (episode 24), Jeremy Dane, Mike Abbott (episode 42), Zonko

Mike Abbott is one of the longest running entertainers based in Hong Kong. His skills include magic, balloons, games and much more! For more info, contact me at ben@thebigbenshow.com (+852 96678601), or visit http://www.abbottleisure.com/ This week I am talking to one of the legends of the Hong Kong birthday party and entertainment circuit. Before any of the other current batch of performers arrived, Mike Abbott had already been there, seen it and done it all. Taking on 600 bookings a year, he also found time to take part in the standup comedy scene in Hong Kong in the early 1990s, and (WOW!) to appear in masses of movies alongside stars like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat! Innovative ideas for games, puppet acts and magic; he was doing childrens’ parties by day, and strip shows for adults at night. He’s still going strong. You can find Mike online at: http://www.abbottleisure.com/ And my website is http://www.thebigbenshow.com (I love it when people contact me, so if you’d like to be interviewed or just want to say hello, you can reach me at ben@thebigbenshow.com) THIS WEEK EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: HIGHLIGHT ONE: 00:21:45 Birthday party games: fancy dress relay and musical islands HIGHLIGHT TWO: 00:22:00 and 00:32:00 Puppets at a birthday HIGHLIGHT THREE: 00:24:00 Magic at parties. The “now you see it, now you don’t” principle HIGHLIGHT FOUR: 00:26:00 Strippagrams HIGHLIGHT FIVE: 00:35:00 Use of a table (behind you): Stationary performances (with talking) versus lively performances (with music) COMPLETE CONTENTS: 00:00:00 Stripper recognized at kids’ party! 00:06:00 Early life 00:10:50 Movies in Hong Kong (1986- 1989) 00:14:00 Working as an entertainer – strippograms, gorillagrams, kids’ parties 00:19:00 Mobile discos 00:21:45 Birthday party games: fancy dress relay and musical islands 00:22:00 and 00:32:00 Puppets at a birthday 00:24:00 Magic at parties. The “now you see it, now you don’t” principle 00:26:00 Strippagrams 00:35:00 Use of a table (behind you): Stationary performances (with talking) versus lively performances (with music) 00:37:00 Standup comedy in Hong Kong in the early 1990s and 2002

Swearing her way into the hosting chair for the first time on PICK A FLICK!, Emma Platt is reunited with Chris Haigh aka The Haighster, one of her two Chris-based partners in crime from Black Hole Cinema, and is joined by debutant Chris Wallace - seconded from his award-winning comedy podcast, WIKISHUFFLE. With Halloween on the horizon, the trio are all about the horror this week, with the first nomination from Emma’s other half Mike Abbott being LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the kitsch 80’s curio — did they take to it? Emma also returns with the first solo DEAD MEAT of the show, this week focusing on Body Horror - prepare to lose control… PHANTASM, the strange late 1970’s horror classic, comes next thanks to nominee The Ginger Prince, but will any of them come out believing it’s a horror great? Then last but not least, Emma pits the two Chris’ head to head in a HALLOWEEN HORROR QUIZ - can they unseat Matt Latham at the top of the leaderboard? Listen… if you daaaaaaaare… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mike focuses on investments in the firms digital practice, helping entrepreneurs in the social, mobile and cloud computing sectors rapidly scale teams and ventures. Mike serves as an expert resource on enterprise infrastructure, cloud computing and "big data." He also helps entrepreneurs win the race for talent in a hyper-competitive recruitment environment. Watch to learn more about how to build up the winning team to boost your startup to the next level. Source: http://podfm.ru/goto/e4d1cbb

Rob Rogers is an awesome magician and event organizer based in Hong Kong. His skills include juggling, magic, balloons, unicycling and much more! For more info, contact me at ben@thebigbenshow.com (+852 96678601), or visit http://robertrogers.info/ Visit http://thebigbenshow.com/ for this episode Talking to the fantastic Robert Rogers! He grew up in San Francisco, but made his career in Hong Kong. A variety of performances from kids’ magic shows to cabaret drag shows for adults! Lots of fire shows as well! More recently he has focused on event management. His websites are http://robertrogers.info/ And http://eventsman.com And visit my website http://thebigbenshow.com/ for links to ALL the past 23 episodes of this podcast. Contents: 00:07:45 Early Life 00:14:30 Travelled to Hong Kong 00:16:50 Meeting other performers in Hong Kong: Nik (Nicola) Laurence, Jeremy Dane, Jacko the Jester, Mike Abbott, Anders Nelsson, Uncle Ray, Scotty (from Scotty and LuLu) 00:24:00 http://magiccircus.info/ Magic with Jeremy Dane 00:28:00 Drag Queen shows with Greg Derham (House of Siren) 00:31:30 Strip Shows with magic 00:34:30 Later career: Events management, Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) 00:45:00 Squinty Backbone – John Hutton and Mark, the first Lan Kwai Fong Festival 00:53:45 Fire Performing tips 00:59:00 Presentation more important than skills, Solo versus 2 man shows, Improvising, Picking Volunteers 01:04:30 Structure of his shows: the importance of making friends with the audience 01:10:00 Drag (Cross dressing) characters are great fun to do 01:12:00 Andy Koh, Hong Kong magician 01:12:30 the trouble with birthday parties

The World Affairs Council and Bloomberg present "mInnovation: What's on the Horizon?"Tomorrow's smartphones will be equipped with capabilities almost unimaginable today. Engineers are working on ways to make portable devices faster, smarter, wearable and more secure. These powerful mini-computers will boast bendable screens, liquid-cooling systems and sensors that follow touch-free commands. We'll use wireless phones to project holograms, combat disease, chart climate change, track migration patterns, and enable an array of innovative and contextual products and services.At the same time, outfitting handheld machines for an ever widening range of tasks and ensuring that these benefits are enjoyed equitably remains a challenge.This engaging discussion about disruptive innovations in mobile technology features Mike Abbott, Guy Bar-Nahum, and Timothy Morey. Pui-Wing Tam moderates the discussion.For more information about this event, visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/audio-video/minnovation-whats-on-the.html