Podcast appearances and mentions of mike mackenzie

Ever wonder how large manufacturing organizations balance standardization with maintaining close customer relationships? Mike MacKenzie, recently appointed at Creation, pulls back the curtain on this delicate balancing act during a revealing conversation at APEX 2025.Creation has built its reputation through acquiring smaller, customer-focused manufacturing units. Rather than imposing rigid corporate structures, they've preserved the entrepreneurial spirit and customer intimacy these businesses are known for while strategically harmonizing operations where it makes sense. "We're trying to maintain some of that intimacy but also leverage best practices and standards," MacKenzie explains, noting they're about 75% through their harmonization journey.The approach to equipment standardization particularly stands out. Instead of forcing wholesale equipment replacement across facilities, Creation allows functional equipment to naturally age out before standardizing. MacKenzie shares what they prioritize in technology partners: performance, support capability, and systems that will integrate with other tools. "We keep our assets for 10, 15 years preferably," he notes, emphasizing the need for vendors with staying power. They've successfully built communication interfaces across 90% of their equipment, though MacKenzie acknowledges the expense of creating these connections across dozens of different platforms.The conversation takes a fascinating turn when discussing Industry 4.0's unfulfilled promises and whether AI will deliver better results. MacKenzie sees potential in AI for predictive capabilities but emphasizes the need for practical applications. The vision of an "agentic AI" that could coordinate between specialized systems across production, inspection and supply chain management represents an exciting future direction that could finally deliver the digital dividend manufacturers have been waiting for. EMS@C-Level Live at APEX is sponsored by global inspection leaders Koh Young (https://www.kohyoung.com) and Creative Electron (https://creativeelectron.com)You can see video versions of all of the EMS@C-Level pods on our YouTube playlist.

Glenmore Lodge, the Scottish National Outdoor Training Centre, has recently established Scotland's first hill navigation training course to be delivered in British Sign Language. One of those involved in setting it up was deaf climber and mountaineer Morag Skelton. Mark chatted to Morag for the Scotland Outdoors podcast, and we hear an excerpt where they speak about her childhood outdoors and the practicalities involved in climbing when you can't hear. For our latest Scotland Outdoors podcast, Rachel went to meet M.T O'Donnell in her garden near Glasgow. M.T is the founder of Scotland Grows magazine and the host of the Scotland Grows Show podcast. She's keen on looking after her garden in a way that's nature friendly and as she tells Rachel, that even extends to dealing with slugs. On the shores of Loch Awe near Dalmally lies the very striking St Conan's Church. Mark went for a visit to explore its remarkable architecture, both inside and out. A few weeks ago, Mark and Rachel headed across to the island of Easdale which lies 15 miles south of Oban. They got the ferry from Seil and chatted to the boatman, Alan, about who lives on Easdale and who visits. Mark also chats to Bethan Smith who owns a soap making business on the island. And Rachel catches up with Mike Mackenzie who has lived there for decades. He tells her what the community is like and how he came to live on the wee island. If you looked up to the sky earlier this week you might have been lucky to catch a glimpse of the Perseid Meteor Shower. The Perseids are one of the most dramatic things to see in the night sky and the shower will be active for another week or so. We chat live to the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Catherine Heymans, to get her hints and tips on how to spot the meteors and what else to look out for in the night sky at this time of year. The Countryside Rangers at Mugdock Country Park in East Dunbartonshire have been taking groups out to help them learn how to identify bird species by their sound. Linda Sinclair joined a group, led by Ranger Alan MacBride at Clachan of Campsie, at dusk to listen out for our birdsong and try to identify what they could hear. Poet Matt Kinghorn decided to walk more than 200 miles from his home in Aberdeenshire to North Berwick just to offer a listening ear to anyone who needed it. Rachel met up with him at the start of his challenge to hear more about why he'd decided to do it. And to round off their trip to Easdale, the home of the world stone skimming championships, Mark and Rachel try their hands at skimming despite the rather inclement weather.

For those who can't get enough Odd Lots, we're now offering you... "Lots More." This new podcast show, appearing on Fridays, will see hosts Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal chatting with some of your favorite Odd Lots guests about the latest breaking news and the biggest themes on their minds in markets, finance and economics. Joe's away for this episode. So Tracy gathers two of her favorite Bloomberg colleagues — Matt Levine and Mike Mackenzie — to talk about the basis trade that's got regulators worried, plus the recent bond market selloff, reminiscences over Tokyo in the 1990s and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this week's episode of the Unhurried Living podcast, I'm talking with Mike MacKenzie from Marble Retreat in Colorado about the issues that lie under our issues. He's written a book called Don't Blow Up Your Ministry that highlights how we sometimes think that if only we could solve our tiredness or our struggles with temptation we'd be all set, when in fact there are often deeper issues that are draining us or making us more vulnerable. For example, Mike shares that a lot of us in Christian leadership have an immense amount of intellectual knowledge of spiritual disciplines, of spiritual formation, or of any number of good things for our souls. But, the challenge is that we know them but don't act on them much. Jesus said something very interesting in the Upper Room after he'd washed his disciples' feet. He said, “Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them (Jn 13:17).” 

Has everything seemed a lot less exciting in the ultimate world lately? Well, look no further! Danie and Theo talk WUCC and Madrid Cup before they are joined by some sparkly guests that made the initial World Games roster. #wearenotworthyWe hear from Marie-Ève Beauchemin, Mike Mackenzie, and Alyssa Mason as they give us their secrets to success. We talk about tryout prep, the experience of trying out, tips and tricks, and getting “the call.” Later, Danie asks Alyssa a spicy question with the intention of making her sweat a bit but she is completely unphased. Classic clutch athletes.Make sure to grab a protein shake and do your mobility exercises while listening to this episode because after listening to it, you'll be ready to start training for World Games 2025 tryouts!

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, Joel and Kim catch up on the past week’s action from the Estoril and Munich tournaments as well as the ongoing Madrid Masters.They discuss Cam Norrie’s run to the final in Portugal, Basilashvili’s second title of the year in Munich and Osaka’s loss to Muchova early on in Madrid. They then look ahead to the rest of the week in Madrid for both the men and the women’s draws, consider what item of tennis memorabilia they would bid through the nose for as well as debating the loss of Wimbledon’s Middle Sunday tradition in light of the AELTC’s recent announcement._______Share your fan thoughts on the week with the #passingshotpod on social media.Twitter: @passingshotpodInstagram: @passingshotpodOr drop us an Email: passingshotpod@gmail.comWritten, presented and produced by Joel Girling and Kim MackenzieCrowdfunded by our listeners.Episode backed by Verne Jones and Mike Mackenzie.Recorded on 3rd May 2021.

In the latest episode of The Passing Shot, the tennis podcast by fans, Joel and Kim dissect the Australian Open men’s and women’s singles draws ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year finally getting underway.They look at the projected paths of the top seeds, the R1 popcorn matches to stay up for, as well as possible shocks and emerging underdogs.They also assess the chances of the British players, and reflect on the irony that Dan Evans and Cam Norrie, the only two British men in the draw, have drawn each other!Joel and Kim share their Final 4 and Champion predictions, and also reveal the 6 chosen players to be part of the Australian Open 2021 Collect A Set Challenge!CAS player picks: 1. Ons Jabeur (Crowdfund pick: Emily Staresina)2. Iga Świątek (Crowdfund pick: Mike Mackenzie)3. Ash Barty (Passing Shot pick)4. Alex de Minaur (Crowdfund pick: Anonymous)5. Dominic Thiem (Passing Shot pick)6. Jannik Sinner (Passing Shot pick)Submit your predictions to us on Twitter or via email by the start of play on Monday to be in chance to win a Passing Shot mug!_______Share your fan thoughts on the week with the #passingshotpod on social media.Twitter: @passingshotpodInstagram: @passingshotpodOr drop us an Email: passingshotpod@gmail.comWritten, presented and produced by Joel Girling and Kim MackenzieCrowdfunded by our listeners.Recorded on 5th February 2021.

“There’s too much weight on the coffin, you’re gonna kill us all!” “Report from the Grave” Adapted by Lance Roger Axt from the story by Jack Kamen. 11-year-old Willa Lake has to pass a test to join the Vault Keeper’s Club: go to the open grave of Terrible Terry Baum, open his coffin lid and stare into his cold dead face! From there a mystery unfolds… “Buried Alive!” Adapted by Butch D’Ambrosio from the story by Graham Ingels. Carnies Sam and Zetala are out to pull a con on a wealthy heiress. Do the words “six feet under” mean anything to you? Starring Kevin Grevioux as the Vault Keeper. Featuring the voices of Brittany Burke, Hudson Christie, William Dufris, Paul Haley, James Herrera, Jack Kelley, Maiya Koloski, Aidan Lee, Owen Lee, Andrew Lyndlaker, Mike MacKenzie, Owen McAnuff, Denise Poirier, Ryan Strack, Robbie Trowbridge,Ashanti Williams, and Janay Woodruff. Directed by William Dufris. Adapted from issue #15 of “The Vault of Horror”. Visit us at www.pocketuniverseproductions.com and www.eccomics.com

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk all about the just-announced Under-24 USA National Teams, consider who got snubbed, and project the teams' success for this summer in Heidelberg, Germany. Later in the show, U24 Mixed head coach Mike Mackenzie stops by to talk about roster building, team style, and his experiences in U24 over the last two cycles (36:13). The show finishes up with a look back at the best games of 2018 (53:10). Send us your 2019 predictions and hot takes to deeplook@ultiworld.com!

Investors on Wall Street sent their sharpest response to an interest rate rise since 1994 after the Federal Reserve defied pressure from Donald Trump by boosting rates for the fourth time this year. The FT's senior investment commentator Mike Mackenzie explains the market reaction, as well as what we learned from the Fed's outlook for the US economy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Interview with Mike Mackenzie from Calgary Alberta

Former CSU defensive lineman Mike Mackenzie talks about his playing days under Sonny Lubick and what the Rams have to deal with this week at Boise State.