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Most people using AI regularly have no idea they're making these mistakes, because none of them come with a warning.In this episode, Sam and Katy break down five habits that quietly sabotage AI output: an AI that agrees too easily, copy-pasted output that doesn't sound like you, chats that run too long, bloated files, and prompts too vague to work with.You'll learn:Why AI agreeing with you almost every time isn't confirmation, it's a design choiceWhy copying AI's first draft costs you more than it savesWhat a chat's memory loses the longer a conversation runsWhat a bloated file in your project folder costs you without you noticing
Nosipho Radebe speaks to Kelvin Emmanuel, Nigeria-based Economist & Managing Partner at The Energy Consulting PracticeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Creator's Adventure - Course Creation, Entrepreneurship & Mindset tips for Creators
⛰️ Try Heights Platform, the all-in-one tool for building your online course and community. Start your 30-day free trial → https://www.heightsplatform.com In this Founder Story episode, we'll also explore why real positioning is much deeper than changing a headline. So how can you use AI to multiply your team's output, build a company customers can clearly distinguish from the competition, and prepare your business for what comes next? Learn more about Chris DuBois: https://dynamicagencyos.com/
Cassie Pritchard, on Twitter: I get why so many liberals are fundamentally disdainful of democracy these days—it's because liberalism is exhausted. It's out of answers. Liberalism won, it delivered the world it promised, and people still aren't content. They're not satisfied. So the people must be wrong. We are unfathomably richer than our ancestors. Output per capita in America today is on the order of 900 times greater than before the invention of agriculture, about ~225 times higher than in 1 CE, and about the same (225 times) higher than Europe in 1000 CE. If measurable productivity were really the greatest object of human society, then we shouldn't just be a little bit happier than people in the distant (or even recent!) past—we should be ecstatic. We should already be living in a utopian age of overwhelming contentment. We should be currently experiencing a kind of paradise. The Kingdom of Heaven, as liberalism conceives of it, has already been made real on Earth. We are living in their Eden, and 20% of people are depressed. We've stopped reproducing ourselves. We're overwhelmingly dissatisfied with our governments, anxious about our economies, and pessimistic about the future. Based on Pritchard's own politics, I imagine she is using this to argue for socialism, but other people use the same reasoning to push fascism, theocracy, or other postliberal commitments. It's a fair argument and deserves an answer. We'll start with an elegant mathematical response which will satisfy nobody, then try to address the emotional impact. The elegant mathematical response is: happiness scales with log(income), not with income: In a large U.S. sample, the shape of the association between happiness and Log(income) was extremely systematic: from $10,000/y to over $500,000/y, average happiness rose almost perfectly linearly with Log(income), with group-level correlations of 0.98-0.99 across a range of happiness measures, including both in-the-moment experience and overall life satisfaction. So if income increased 225x since the medieval era, then using observed coefficients, happiness should have increased about three points on a 1-10 scale. If the average serf would have rated his condition 3/10, we should be at 6/10. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/contra-pritchard-on-liberal-happiness
It's ev.news Briefly for Monday 17 August 2026, only todays headlines and nothing else, in just 4 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the ev.news Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/evnewsHYUNDAI STARTS IONIQ 3 PRODUCTION IN TURKEYHyundai has begun building the IONIQ 3 at its Izmit plant in Turkey, the site's first EV, following a €250 million ($290 million) investment that modernised around half the facility. Initial output is 30,000 units a year, with Dutch prices from €27,995 ($32,000) and the next-generation BAYON and i20 to follow next year.HYUNDAI OPENS IONIQ 3 ORDER BOOKSHyundai Motor UK has opened orders for the IONIQ 3 compact hatchback from £22,245 on-the-road, positioning it against the Kia EV2, Renault 5 and VW ID Polo. Buyers choose a 42.2kWh battery with up to 213 miles or a 61kWh version with up to 308 miles, both charging 10-80% in about 30 minutes, and the car debuts Hyundai's Android Automotive-based PleOS Connect system. Grant eligibility is still pending.LUCID UNVEILS GRAVITY GT-SLucid's 2027 Gravity GT-S produces 1,070hp from a dual-motor powertrain and hits 0-60mph in 3.1 seconds, priced from $127,750 — about $14,000 below the outgoing Dream Edition. It comes with rear-wheel steering and adaptive air suspension as standard, while a 926V architecture supports 400kW charging that Lucid says adds 200 miles in under 12 minutes.FRANCE TO BACK USED ELECTRIC VEHICLESFrom September, France will subsidise used EV purchases and leases through the Energy Savings Certificates scheme, funded by energy suppliers including EDF, Engie and TotalEnergies under the polluter-pays principle. Cars must have been first registered in France between 2017 and 2023 and retain at least 80% battery capacity, with buyers required to keep the vehicle three years and to purchase through a dealer rather than privately.PORSCHE REPORTS POINT TO TAYCAN PHASE-OUTPorsche is reported to have agreed in principle with employee representatives to end Taycan production by 2029 or 2030, closing a roughly decade-long run, though nothing has been formalised or confirmed. Output has collapsed from 39,397 cars in 2023 to 11,510 in 2025, with first-half 2026 deliveries down 25% and no successor named as Porsche appears set to prioritise the electric Macan and Cayenne.TESLA ADDS V2L TO MODEL Y PREMIUMTesla has enabled vehicle-to-load for the Model Y Premium in the US and Puerto Rico, delivering 2.4kW at 120V via an $80 adapter that requires the Gen 3 Mobile Connector. Eligibility is narrower than the badge suggests, with reports indicating only newer Juniper-built cars from around May 2026 carry the necessary hardware, and Tesla still trails rivals offering up to 10.2kW.TESLA LEASES POWERWALL BACKUP IN TEXASTesla Electric is offering a whole-home Powerwall lease in selected Texas retail-choice areas for roughly $35 a month plus tax in year one, achieved by applying an $87 monthly credit to a two-unit lease costing about $122. The deal carries a 3% annual escalator, a $100 order fee, a 20% minimum backup reserve for virtual power plant dispatch, and credits that may not start until two billing cycles after installation and utility approval.CORVUS TO SUPPLY BATTERIES FOR BC FERRIES SUMMIT CLASSCorvus Energy will supply 40MWh of battery storage across four hybrid-electric Summit Class ferries for BC Ferries, each carrying 360 vehicles and 2,100 people and fitted with a 10MWh Dolphin NxtGen system. The hardware is scalable to 70MWh per vessel for near-zero-emission running once shore charging exists, with China Merchants' Weihai Shipyard delivering the first ship in 2029 and all four in service by 2031.FERRARI LUCE SELLS FOR $40 MILLIONChassis 0 of the Ferrari Luce, the marque's first EV and a one-off Tailor Made build designed by Sir Jony Ive's LoveFrom, sold for $40 million at RM Sotheby's Monterey auction, over 36 times its estimate and a record for a new car. The sale was offered without reserve and with no buyer's premium, sending the full amount to The Ferrari Foundation, with winning bidder Dr Herbert Wertheim taking delivery early next year.
Artificial intelligence is making people faster, but is it actually making organizations better?On this episode of That Tech Pod, we sit down with Dr. Mik Kersten, one of the world's leading thinkers on technology transformation and organizational change. From groundbreaking computer science research at PARC to founding Tasktop and helping some of the world's largest enterprises modernize software delivery, Mik has spent his career studying how technology reshapes the way we work.We dive into the ideas behind his new book, Output to Outcome, and explore why AI is much more than another productivity tool. Mik explains why many organizations are approaching AI the wrong way, why simply producing more work doesn't necessarily create more value, and why the operating models that defined the last century may no longer be fit for the AI era.We also discuss how leaders can measure the real return on AI investments, avoid chasing productivity for its own sake, and build organizations that combine human judgment with increasingly capable AI systems. Whether you're a technology leader, executive, founder, or simply trying to understand where work is headed next, this conversation offers a thoughtful roadmap for navigating one of the biggest shifts in modern business.Dr. Mik Kersten is a computer scientist, technology strategist, and one of the leading voices on how organizations adapt to technological change. Mik is the founder and former CEO of Tasktop, and currently serves as Executive in Residence at Planview following Tasktop's acquisition in 2022. His career has spanned pioneering software research at PARC, leadership roles in the open-source community through the Eclipse Foundation, and helping enterprises modernize the way they deliver technology. Mik is also the bestselling author of Project to Product, and his new book, Output to Outcome, explores why AI isn't just changing how work gets done, but fundamentally reshaping the operating models organizations were built upon.
Part 2 of my conversation with Phil Stacey about choosing 10 artists to listen to for the rest of your life if you were stranded on a desert island. Show notes: Bowie would pivot from one persona to another Phil: The Stones, but leaning heavily on the 1965-1981 period The Stones and the Who have so many compilations out In the Stones vs. Beatles argument, the Stones have the edge as a live band Jay: The Clash are one of the most important bands Not a huge catalog, but there's still plenty there The US Festival was the last gasp for the original lineup Phil: Repping for the Tedeschi Trucks Band Cover a wide range of styles and genres Jay: Another artist with a changing style and persona, PJ Harvey Not afraid to tackle new sounds Lots of great, interesting stuff to check out Jay: Would enjoy digging further into the Cure's catalog So much to delve into Output has slowed down since the '90s Phil: His one-time favorite band, U2 Early material remains strong Hit or miss the last two decades U2's legacy has diminished because they hung around too long It's tough for legacy acts whose new material will always be compared to their classic stuff You won't hear recent music from legendary bands on the radio The fans want the hits Jay: R.E.M. has a lot of parallels to U2, except they stopped They had a dip in quality for a few albums, but stopped performing in 2011 Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy have done a great job paying tribute to classic R.E.M. albums Reminding people how great the band was They haven't reformed other than a few impromptu songs Many bands are playing their classic albums front to back Bands like Sloan and Iron Maiden will alternate touring classic albums and new ones Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
BUSINESS: Farm output recovers | August 7, 2026Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcherTune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein#TheManilaTimes#KeepUpWithTheTimes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Burnout, energy management, and decision fatigue are at the center of this conversation with Liane Davey, organizational psychologist and the "teamwork doctor."Liane Davey is a New York Times bestselling author and CEO advisor with 25+ years researching what makes teams work. Her latest book, Thoughtload: Manage the Madness and Free Your Team to Do Great Work, argues the number we've been tracking wrong all along isn't workload — it's the mental and emotional weight underneath it. She previously joined the show to talk conflict; this time she's back with the framework underneath the exhaustion itself.In this conversation, we cover:The Thought Load Equation: cognitive demands plus emotional burden, divided by your energy reserves — and why managers can see your workload but not this.AI and the Hidden Cost: why offloading tasks to AI hasn't lightened the load — it's shifted the hard part to judgment and discernment, and added new anxieties of its own.Output vs. Outcomes: the trap of chasing productivity (did I produce?) instead of effectiveness (did I move the needle?) — and why AI makes this trap worse, not better.Three To-Do Lists, Not One: Liane's system for separating your quest, helping others, and side quests — and matching each to the right hours of your day.Emotions Aren't the Problem, the Story Is: the "dragon and treasure" framework for catching an emotional spiral before it becomes a 2 a.m. spiral, plus why rest alone doesn't cure burnout.This one's for anyone who's done everything the productivity playbook told them to do and still feels like they're drowning. Liane's central point lands right at this show's: winning back your thinking time and energy isn't the finish line — it's what lets you show up for the rest of your life. Get the book and take the free thought load assessment at thoughtload.com.Related episode: Ep 261 — Conflict: Productive Conflict and How to Make Disagreement Work for You — Liane's first appearance on the show, on fighting well at work.Connect with Liane Davey:LinkedInWebsiteThoughtload AssessmentThis Podcast is Powered By:Brain.fm - 20% off your first monthDescriptDescript 101CastmagicEcammPodpageRodecaster ProSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In a Q&A after one of my talks, someone asked what I'm chasing in life. My answer was immortality, and I mean that in the most practical, actionable way possible. I use the story of Van Gogh, a man who sold only one painting during his entire lifetime, to show what it looks like when someone creates from passion rather than profit. The lesson isn't that money doesn't matter. It's that when money is the only thing driving you, the dark days will break you. This episode is about finding what brings you life, protecting it, and using it as the foundation for a legacy that outlasts you. Key Takeaways Immortality is not about living forever. It is about creating ideas, work, and impact that outlive you. Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime, yet his passion produced 2100 works and a legacy worth hundreds of millions. Output driven by passion compounds over time. Every time I chased money over alignment, I got burned the hardest. Chasing a check without purpose creates stress, not success. You cannot drown in your passion the same way you can drown chasing money. Passion is a lifeline on your darkest days. Legacy is built by asking one question daily: if I do this today, will I and the people I serve be better tomorrow? Action Steps Identify one thing in your life right now that genuinely brings you joy and energy, whether tied to your career or not, and commit to protecting time for it daily. Audit your current pursuits and ask honestly which ones you are in purely for the money versus which ones align with what you actually care about building. Stop measuring your work by what the world labels it today. Focus entirely on what you are creating and whether it will matter tomorrow. Notable Quote You can absolutely drown chasing money, but you can't and won't drown in your passion.
If you have tried everything to get out of chronic pain—stretching, resting, pushing through, buying every gadget, and seeing specialist after specialist—and you still feel frustrated, bewildered, and broken... I have a life-changing truth for you:Your body is not broken. It is highly, beautifully protective.In this premiere episode of The Somatic Strength Collective, we are dismantling the pervasive myth of age-related decline. We explore why decades of chronic over-functioning—holding it all together, pushing through fatigue, and ignoring body boundaries—train your nervous system to operate like a hyper-sensitive security system.You'll learn why chronic pain in midlife is rarely about deteriorating joints or a lack of discipline, and how shifting from frustration to curiosity is the first step toward building a body that feels reliable, strong, and safe.In This Episode, We Cover:The Over-Functioning Loop: How powering through daily stress creates a low-grade threat state that locks physical tension into your tissues.The Science of Hypervigilance: How the persistent, bewildering pain you are experiencing is a manifestation of a nervous system that's just trying to keep you safe.Pain as an Output, Not an Input: Understanding how your brain creates protective responses—and why aggressive stretching or pushing through often backfires.The 1-Minute Somatic Check-In: A gentle, real-time exercise to identify where your body is actively bracing right now (jaw, shoulders, belly) It's like telling your nervous system, “hey, I'm paying attention now, you can stop acting up.”
AI can help us work faster, produce stronger outputs, and appear more capable. But what happens when technology allows us to skip the slow and uncomfortable stage where real learning takes place?In this episode, Charles Good speaks with Whitney Johnson, one of the world's leading experts on personal disruption and the S-Curve of Learning.Whitney explains why every period of growth begins with uncertainty and discomfort, accelerates through a productive sweet spot, and eventually reaches mastery. The challenge is recognizing when mastery has become a plateau and finding the courage to become a beginner again.AI may weaken the signals that once pushed people toward a new challenge. Output can remain strong even when learning has slowed. Professionals may look productive while the capability beneath their work stops growing.Charles and Whitney discuss how to recognize restlessness and boredom as signals for change, why learning agility becomes more valuable as technology advances, and how trust, character, and human presence continue to compound.They also explore how professionals can use AI as a mirror for development by reviewing conversations, improving their listening, challenging their assumptions, and identifying one way to become 5 percent better.Key Takeaways• Growth follows an S Curve with launch, acceleration, and mastery phases.• AI can muffle the signal that it's time to disrupt yourself.• Naming the feelings associated with change can reduce fear and restore your ability to act.• Learning agility is a capability that remains valuable across roles and technological shifts.• Trust, character, and presence become more important as knowledge becomes easier to access.• Small improvements practiced consistently can produce extraordinary long term growth.Chapters00:00 Introduction to the series and the pattern of growth in the AI era02:11 Why leaders feel less confident despite working harder04:43 Unpacking the phases of the S Curve and their feelings06:07 The importance of naming feelings to tame fear07:02 AI's role in muffling the jump signal and delaying growth07:54 Recognizing restlessness and boredom as growth signals09:00 The importance of wrestling with discomfort for growth09:26 What compounds for leaders and what is at risk10:19 The importance of trust, character, and presence in leadership11:44 The meta skill of learning agility in the AI era12:53 The risk of skipping the slow part of growth with AI13:30 The value of doing things you're bad at for growth14:18 Signals that indicate you're on the right growth curve16:31 Whitney Johnson's personal disruptions and internalized lessons18:56 Signs you're at the top of your growth curve21:50 Managing multiple S Curves in your career and life22:16 Using AI as a mirror for self development23:28 The importance of human qualities in the AI age24:20 The power of small, consistent improvements over time25:01 How to connect with Whitney Johnson and further resourcesWhitney Johnson is the bestselling author of Disrupt Yourself and Smart Growth. Her S Curve framework helps individuals and organizations understand how growth feels, why people plateau, and what it takes to begin climbing again.This episode is part of The Good Leadership Podcast milestone series, What It Takes to Keep Rising in the AI Era.Subscribe to The Good Leadership Podcast: [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify] | [YouTube]LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlesagoodSubstack Channel (Outlearn to Outperform): charlesgood.substack.comLinkedIn Newsletter (The Outlearn Advantage): [Subscribe]The Institute for Management Studies
Interview with Chris Eger, CEO & Managing Director of Resolute Mining.Our previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/resolute-mining-lsersg-gold-turnaround-reaches-inflection-point-5324Recording date: 30th July 2026Resolute Mining is executing a multi-year transformation from a single-jurisdiction Mali gold producer into a diversified, four-country West African miner, and CEO Chris Eger's message to investors is that the market hasn't yet caught up with the progress made in 2026.The near-term production base remains Syama (Mali) and Mako (Senegal), guided to a combined 250,000-275,000oz in 2026 at an AISC of $2,000-2,200/oz. Syama is completing a sulphide conversion project this year that lifts processing capacity to 4.0Mtpa, while Mako is bridging toward its next production phase via satellite deposits at Tomboronkoto and Bantaco, expected to extend that operation's life to 2033.The growth story sits in Côte d'Ivoire. Doropo, acquired from AngloGold Ashanti in 2025, is now under construction and tracking toward first gold in H2 2028. At a US$4,000/oz gold price, the project's post-tax NPV is US$2,543 million with a 72% IRR and a 1.1-year payback — economics that look, on paper, difficult to ignore. Construction is well underway: 74 hectares cleared, 20km of access roads built, and key long-lead equipment packages awarded. Reserves of 2.5 million ounces sit within a 4.4 million ounce resource base that Eger expects to grow toward 3.5-4 million ounces of reserves over time.A second Côte d'Ivoire asset, the ABC project, saw its inferred resource expanded to over 3.0 million ounces in July 2026, up from 2.2 million ounces, following an aggressive 31,000m drill programme. Management is positioning ABC as Resolute's potential fourth mine, targeting feasibility study completion by the end of 2027.Financially, the company is in a strong position to fund this pipeline without near-term equity dilution: $317 million in net cash, $426 million in available liquidity, and freshly secured local bank facilities of $155 million (with $105 million more expected) to supplement Doropo's construction financing.The key risk factor, and the one Eger addressed most directly, is Mali's evolving fiscal and security environment. Royalty rates have risen materially since 2024, shifting the government-operator cash split from roughly 50/50 toward 60-65% in the government's favour, a trend Eger frames as a broader African pattern rather than Mali-specific resource nationalism. Security incidents in late 2025 and April 2026 disrupted operations temporarily, though Eger describes the situation as improving as of his most recent site visit.Valuation-wise, Resolute trades at the bottom of its West African peer group: 0.4x P/NAV, US$172/oz on reserves and US$63/oz on resources, all below the peer averages and, in several cases, the lowest in the comparable set. Management's thesis is straightforward: as Doropo comes online and the portfolio's geographic concentration in Mali falls from its current ~60% share of value, the valuation discount should narrow. For investors, the catalysts to watch over the next 12-18 months are Doropo construction milestones, ABC's feasibility progression, and any further developments in Mali's fiscal or security environment.Learn more: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/companies/resolute-miningSign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com
OPEC+ producers have agreed to raise oil output for the sixth consecutive month, adding 188,000 barrels per day in September.
Resources: Reducing Ileostomy Postoperative Complications Due to Dehydration: A Quality Improvement Project – JWOCN May/June 2026 Redefining the High-Output Stoma and Its Bearing on Clinical Practice Results of an International Consensus Panel – JWOCN September/October 2025 High-output stoma management: an overview – BJS September 2025 About the Speakers: Tara Beuscher, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN, NPD-BC, WOCNF, is certified in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence care and is an Adult Nurse Practitioner. She has an ostomy and wound care clinic practice at the Duke Cancer Center in Durham, North Carolina, where she sees individuals with fecal and urinary diversions for any diagnosis as well as malignant wounds. Dr. Beuscher has worked in a variety of settings including acute, long term acute, home, ambulatory and community settings. Dr. Beuscher also teaches ostomy care to first year medical students and surgical residents. Duke is the first medical school in the country to incorporate ostomy care within the formal curriculum. This model curriculum was featured at the American College of Surgeons Surgical Simulation Summit in March 2026. Amanda Eltz, DNP, FNP-C, CWOCN, works as a nurse practitioner with the Duke Colorectal division. Prior to this, she served as a Wound, Ostomy, and Continence nurse for 8 years. Her career has mainly focused on the care of ostomy patients, running an outpatient ostomy clinic before moving into her APP role. Her DNP quality improvement project focused on dehydration in the ileostomy patient and was instrumental in improving patient postoperative outcomes in her current role. She has authored and co-authored wound and ostomy related manuscripts. Her favorite pastime is spending time with her granddaughters. Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant.
The Elective Rotation: A Critical Care Hospital Pharmacy Podcast
Show notes at pharmacyjoe.com/episode1152 In this episode, I'll discuss the optimal urine output cutoff point to identify acute kidney injury in critically Ill patients.
Wildfire smoke from Canada cut solar production across New England by as much as 40 percent, according to ISO New England, a loss of 2,500 megawatts at peak hours compared to the forecast. Tim Montague and John Weaver dig into that data, including John's own project numbers, on the Clean Power Hour Live. They also cover a massive BYD battery storage deal in Abu Dhabi, a new gas car ban in China, rising copper prices, and a wave of new battery products hitting the market. Whether you're an installer, developer, investor, or simply following the clean energy transition, this episode covers the trends you need to know.In this episode:BYD secures an 11.275 GWh battery storage contract for one of the world's largest clean energy projects. (BYD Energy press release)Wildfire smoke cuts solar production by up to 40% in parts of New England. (WBUR)China's Hainan province set a 2030 deadline to ban new combustion engine car sales, with plans for new energy vehicles to reach 45 percent of the province's fleet. (Dialogue Earth)Massachusetts expanded its vehicle-to-grid and virtual power plant programs through the ConnectedSolutions initiative (regional VPP program).SEIA data shows utility-scale solar occupies just 0.07% of America's prime farmland. John Weaver corrects the math live, and SEIA's own figures show roughly 43 acres of abandoned prime farmland for every acre solar currently occupies. Tim and John debate the politics behind the farmland argument. (PV Magazine)Octopus Energy launches the Nook Cube smart battery for renters. (Renewable Energy Magazine)Copper prices continue climbing and what that means for future solar project costs. (BlueSky)This episode fits solar developers, battery storage professionals, EPCs, and clean energy investors tracking both hardware innovation and real-world grid risk. The BYD deal and Octopus battery launch show where storage economics are heading, while the wildfire smoke data is a preview of a grid challenge more regions will face. Anyone pricing projects around copper costs or watching global EV policy will find useful detail here. Support the showConnect with Tim Clean Power Hour Clean Power Hour on YouTubeTim on TwitterTim on LinkedIn Email tim@cleanpowerhour.com Review Clean Power Hour on Apple PodcastsThe Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Contact us by email: CleanPowerHour@gmail.comCorporate sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America's number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems. Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com
It's the long-awaited episode 168 of the Truth About Vintage Amps, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields all of your tube amp and life questions. This week, we kick things off by interviewing one of Skip's clients, Sebastian from Vintage Inspired Pickups! Also: possessed Ampegs, shipping forecasts, and Fender repairs and so much more. Thank our sponsors: Grez Guitars; Emerald City Guitars; and Amplified Parts / Mod Electronics. Some of the topics discussed this week: :00 Special Guest: Sebastian Gruenberg of Vintage Inspired Pickups (link); molecular biology; winding pickups, making potentiometers; cryo-tuning magnets; Emerald City Guitars; Gibsonette input jack ground issues; and more! 30:57 What's on Skip's bench: Magnatones; a Sears 40XL Danelectro; Traynors 34:07 Jonathan Richman, charming singer-songwriter and stone mason 36:17 An early National Dobro amp for sale; where's Larry Chung? 38:51 The Fretboard Summit, August 20-22 in Chicago (register here); this year @vintagetubeamplifiers is bringing out a bunch of old & rare amps along with various other contributors/listeners! 39:50 A kitchen cleaning tip, Dutch ovens, Skip's typewriter repair 44:07 Optocoupler repair in a classic Fender 45:57 The BBC's Shipping Forecast (link: https://www.bbc.com/weather/coast-and-sea/shipping-forecast) 48:54 Rattlesnake Milk's 'Midnight Train', quick Asian rice, and TAVA buzzwords 50:54 Output tubes for Skip's Mega Champ amp build (Champ with Soursound transformers) 54:38 A demonic Ampeg B-18N 59:04 A new caster for my 1966 Fender Pro Reverb, 'The Magnificent Charlie Parker' compilation; homemade gumbo; Mike Watt 1:06:12 What should I do with this Masco A-10 project? using a Hammond 166M12 as a Variac; do old black metal pre-amp tubes like the 6SJ7 have glass inside? 1:12:02 A tie story; how can I slow down the tremolo on my modded Silvertone 1484? 1:17:46 Gourmet dog treats Want to be a part of the show? Join us by sending your voice memo or written questions to podcast@fretboardjournal.com! Include a photo, too. Hosted by amp tech Skip Simmons and co-hosted/produced by Jason Verlinde of the Fretboard Journal.
This episode, we talk about the difference between busy work and deep work and how understanding that difference and navigating it successfully leads to a better you as a creator, and as a business owner. We talk about what goes into understanding busy work versus deep work. We run it through the lenses of the show: your voice, your workflows, and your confidence. At the end, there's a challenge on how to keep yourself on track and growing as a creator with a simple exercise. Creator business growth doesn't stall from lack of effort. It stalls because busywork and real progress feel exactly the same from the inside. This episode opens with three hours lost to a script that wouldn't come together, and the question that followed: is reworking the process real work, or avoidance? From there, Shawn defines busywork and deep work in concrete terms, collapses the productivity checklist into one question (is this moving a meaningful goal forward in your business?), and names the four inputs that build your awareness: your tells, your definition of excellent, your confidence, and your previous experience. The specifics covered: the four questions hiding inside one, what work looks like with you in the process versus without you, the client who took courses for three years instead of launching (and what her launch finally taught her), the lesson from Apple about fixing friction instead of accepting it, why 85% accuracy beats 80% at AI scale (one degree off, over a long enough line, lands you somewhere else entirely), the Thor: Ragnarok magic cup that never empties, and the Harvard Business Review and Stanford finding on AI "workslop." It ends on the episode's real turn: the better input is you, knowing when an impulse to change is a signal and when it's a distraction. If you've ever ended a busy week with nothing meaningful shipped, taken one more course before launching, or wondered whether tinkering with your process is progress or hiding, this one is about your week. That's the creator-led business growth problem: the tools and processes are the same for everyone; the input isn't. → Make your AI sound like you, not like everyone else's AI. Free 30-minute setup: shawnbuttner.com/voiceprint → The written version is in my newsletter, The Output: shawnbuttner.com/joinus Input/Output is the creator system for experts: people who built a track record in another career and are now turning that into a creator business. Hosted by Shawn Buttner, certified high performance coach. The premise is simple. You are the ultimate input into your creator system. Get yourself clear, and the tools, team, and content follow. This episode is about creator business growth and the creator-led business growth that comes from knowing your own tells. Chapters 00:00 - Busywork and progress feel the same: the three-hour script spiral 02:38 - The difference: intention plus knowing your tells 02:50 - Input: busywork vs. deep work, defined 09:19 - Signal: the work with you in it, and without you 21:24 - Output: the better creator, the AI busywork trap, and the better input 25:50 - Voiceprint: get clear on what you want as a creator 26:32 - Recap: judge the week by intention and direction 27:29 - Challenge of the week: your five next best moves 28:26 - Wrap-up
Emilie Schario grew up in New Jersey, outside of Newark, and attended college in the state. Currently, she lives in Columbus, Georgia, outside of Atlanta. She mentions she got into technology so she could easily follow her husband's career geographically, and has much success in the industry. Outside of tech, she is married with 3 boys (all 5 and under)... so there is a lot of wrestling in her household. She admits she is often quoted staying she does three things in her life - work, parenting, and if she is lucky, attends CrossFit 3 times a week. In fact, she finds a great sense of community in that world, and brings her kids with her to cheer her on.A year and a half ago, Emilie's current venture was started, to build the open source orchestrator (or "harness") for AI coding agents. Through some shuffle in the early team, Emilie joined and started in building the fastest AI coding app on the market.This is the creation story of Kilo.SponsorsUnblockedTECH DomainsMezmoBraingrid.aiLinkshttps://kilo.ai/https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilieschario/Our Sponsors:* Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://cash.app* Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.aiAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
We're running one of our favorite episodes from The Business of You archives. If you missed it the first time, or just want to listen again, check this one out! What makes a truly iconic brand? Few people are better qualified to answer that question than Neil Barrie, the branding expert behind household names like Pinterest, Peloton, and Airbnb. Neil Barrie founded the TwentyFirstCenturyBrand agency in 2018 and works with many of the world's most innovative brands, including Headspace, Bumble, and Depop. From 2021-23, the company grew revenue by 70%. Originally a failed rock star, Neil has led the development and growth of top-tier brands including Disney, The Grammys, and Unilever. Throughout his career, he has used his platform to make the advertising industry better and has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, and The Guardian. Landing Your First Client How did Neil and his co-founder land Pinterest as their very first client? A lot of it had to do with personal branding and the reputation they'd built for themselves in the industry. From the beginning, Neil was intentional about doing things for free for influential people, with the expectation that they would one day recommend TwentyFirstCenturyBrand. He and his co-founder held workshops for venture capitalists and offered to help them with their portfolios. It also helped that they had a clear mission for their company (to build influential 21st-century brands) and a strong point of view on what made an iconic brand: it had to be purpose-led, community-driven, tech-enabled, and narrative-based. Neil and his co-founder came out of the gate with a clear thesis. They published white papers on their four-part framework that helped companies see the value in branding. Their strategy paid off — Pinterest took a chance on the new agency, and TwentyFirstCenturyBrand's client list has only grown since. Ingredients of an Iconic Brand Branding can be broken down into two sides: input and output. Output is your brand reputation or what other people say about you when you're not around. Input is everything you put into the brand: your vision, your purpose, and the experience you create for your audience. When asked about the future of branding, Neil says there are three factors entrepreneurs need to consider: profit, purpose, and people. After the turmoil of the last few years, profitability is more important than ever. Purpose is your vision, and "people" refers to how you rally your community around that vision. To build a truly influential brand, you need to balance all three factors. Enjoy this episode with Neil Barrie… Soundbytes 21:02–21:30 "We had a very clear process that we insisted people go through, which had a certain bit of mythology around it, in terms of some of the rituals that we would do. We would have things like 'discuss the undiscussable,' where we put all of the C-suite into a private room and facilitate a discussion around five undiscussable themes that we'd uncovered from meeting everybody. These are things, not necessarily related to brand, just in your culture that you need to address before you can really achieve your potential." 31:53–32:22 "Culture is a very special thing: The values of a company. The commitment to work with certain types of clients, to the proper balance of growth agenda, purposeful, profitable growth, and so on. The ability to say no to things, to really look after the team in different ways. So, it was clear from a lot of those conversations that a lot of people wanted us, but they wanted to sort of merge us with another of their consulting agencies, and sort of strengthen that and gain access to our client base, and things like that. And it was just clear that it was going to ruin what we built." Quotes "Most tech companies are leaving money on the table because they mistrust branding." "It's tough to get business when you're starting out. From the start, community and doing things for free for influential people with the expectation they would recommend us was a big part of our strategy." "Out of the gate, we acted like we'd been around for 30 years and hoped that sense of confidence and conviction would be infectious." "Vulnerability is required if you're going to build a proper brand." "You need to invest the time in figuring out what you stand for, what you are, how you're going to codify that into your experience and so on." Links mentioned in this episode: From Our Guest Website: https://twentyfirstcenturybrand.com/ Connect with Neil Barrie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-barrie-29488aa/ Book "A Colourful View from the Top": https://www.amazon.com/Colourful-View-Top-Twenty-One-Extraordinary/dp/1408715791 Connect with brandiD Find out how top leaders are increasing their authority, impact, and income online. Listen to our private podcast, The Professional Presence Podcast: https://thebrandid.com/professional-presence-podcast Ready to elevate your digital presence with a powerful brand or website? Contact us here: https://thebrandid.com/contact-form/
A report from the Environmental Working Group claims thousands of feeding operations are off the DNR's radar. A representative with the Iowa Pork Producers Association says the DNR is following state law. Host Ben Kieffer speaks with the co-author of this report, Anne Schechinger, about how mapping animal operations relates to water quality issues, and Pork Association legal counsel Eldon McAfee shares what he thinks the report gets wrong. Then, Kieffer speaks with the recipient of the "Nobel Prize for statistics," University of Iowa professor emeritus Luke Tierney.
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Demand for natural gas in Northeast and pipeline capacity out of Appalachia are poised to grow in the coming years, but will production follow suit? Even if market conditions improve, it's not a done deal. Today, we look at which producers are best positioned to grow if conditions warrant.
None of us signed up to help train superintelligence. That's the case Don Shin, CEO of CrossComm, makes on this episode of High Octane Leadership — and it's just one of the uncomfortable ideas he brings to the table about AI.Don has spent 25 years building digital products, from Netscape-era websites to mobile apps to AI-driven platforms, and he tells Donald Thompson plainly: AI is a bigger shift than the internet ever was. Not because the technology is flashier, but because it automates judgment and decision-making, not just deterministic tasks — and it's moving faster than society has time to adjust to.The conversation covers a lot of ground: why 30,000 layoffs at a profitable Oracle are really an AI-infrastructure bet, why anxiety about AI is turning into outright resistance, and Don's case for a “token tax” — a proposal to tax the electricity and water consumption of AI data centers so the economic gains of AI don't just accrue to a handful of companies that trained their models on data none of us knowingly volunteered.Don shares the PROMPT framework, a five-part method for getting better results out of any AI tool, and a sobering warning about AI sycophancy: an assistant that never disagrees with you is not therapy, and it's not friendship either.This is a conversation about where the next five years of work, leadership, and human connection are headed — and what to do about it before the choice is made for us.Key Talking PointsThe Abundance of Intelligence — Don's framework for understanding AI as an economic shift on the scale of previous “abundance” moments in history — and why this one is moving faster than any before it.AI Anxiety Becomes AI Resistance — Why simply reassuring employees isn't enough, and what leaders actually need to offer people to bring them along.The Case for a Token Tax — Don's proposal to tax the electricity and water consumption of AI data centers, and why he believes the true cost of AI tokens is being artificially subsidized.You're Using Claude Wrong — Donald's own experience learning that an AI's first two drafts are educated guesses — and what changes once you actually train the tool on your voice and judgment.The Danger of Sycophancy — Why an AI that never disagrees with you may be a bigger risk to the next generation than job displacement.The PROMPT Framework — Don's five-part model — Persona, Request, Output, Mandatories, Priority — for getting dependable results out of any AI tool.About the GuestDon Shin is CEO of CrossComm, a digital product studio he founded as an undergraduate — building websites in the Netscape 1.1 era before leading the company through mobile apps, augmented and virtual reality, IoT, and now AI-driven development. A 25-plus year technology industry veteran and Duke University alum, Don is a sought-after speaker on artificial intelligence and its impact on business and society. He is the creator of the PROMPT framework, a practical model for effective AI prompting, and Speak To My Future Self, a personal AI reflection tool.ResourcesCrossComm: https://www.crosscomm.com/Don Shin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donshin1/Donald Thompson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldthompsonjrDonald's Newsletter & Substack: https://substack.com/@donaldthompsonjrDonald's Books: https://donaldthompson.com/books-resources/Stay connected with Donald: Get his newsletter packed with actionable insights and the kind of straight-talk leadership intelligence that helps build authority, drive performance, and stay ahead of what's coming next: donaldthompson.com. (00:00) - — Cold Open: The Data We Didn't Know We Were Giving Away (01:00) - — Welcome Don Shin, CEO of CrossComm (02:00) - — The Abundance of Intelligence: How AI Changes the Automation Equation (04:00) - — Why AI Is Bigger Than the Internet: Don's CrossComm Origin Story (06:00) - — The Velocity Problem: Why Buffer Time Matters for Economic Disruption (07:00) - — Oracle's Layoffs and the Rising Anxiety Data (08:00) - — It's Not Just AI Anxiety, It's AI Resistance (10:00) - — The Controversial Take: Game Theory and a Broken System (11:00) - — The Case for a Token Tax (13:00) - — Reddit, Data, and the Price of “Free” AI Tools (15:00) - — You're Using Claude Wrong: Donald's Lawnmower Analogy (18:00) - — Let AI Do the Routine So Teams Can Do the Remarkable (20:00) - — Why Top-Down AI Mandates Failed in 2025 (22:00) - — The Loneliness Economy: Why Therapy Is AI's #1 Use Case (23:00) - — The Danger of AI Is Sycophancy (27:00) - — Assigning a Persona: Why AI Defaults to Reassurance (28:00) - — The PROMPT Framework (31:00) - — The Next Problem: What Happens When Token Costs Explode 5–10x (34:00) - — Closing Thoughts: Lead From the Front High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO'S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
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What if your teams became 10x more productive — and your business got nothing out of it?Dr. Mik Kersten has the data to prove it's already happening. After studying more than 8,000 value streams across enterprises, he found that only 8% of end-to-end delivery time is teams actually creating value. The rest disappears into planning, approvals, reviews, and coordination. Which means you can multiply team productivity by 2x or 10x with AI, and deliver nothing faster to your customers.Mik started his career as a research scientist at Xerox PARC, completed his PhD in Computer Science, and founded Tasktop, which he led as CEO until its acquisition by Planview in 2022. He's the creator of the Flow Framework and the bestselling author of Project to Product. His new book, Output to Outcome: An Operating Model for the Age of AI, launches July 14, and it argues that the constraint on knowledge work is gone. What's left is your organizational structure. And for most companies, it's the thing standing in the way.In this episode, Mik joins Jessica Neal and co-host Peter Clarke to break down why AI productivity gains aren't showing up in business results, what happens to companies that spend big on tokens without rewiring how they work, and why the future of leadership means every manager becomes a maker again.You'll learn:- Why only 8% of enterprise delivery time is actual value creation — and where the other 92% goes- Why 10x team productivity means nothing if your organization can't absorb it- The four competing structures inside most companies: org chart, value streams, incentives, and architecture- What Netflix got right about aligning technology, teams, and leadership- The "outcome tree": one unified structure replacing the matrix- Why humans should keep reporting to humans — even as agents join teams- How incentives quietly sabotage transformation (and why Mik wrote half a chapter on them)- Why outputs are easier to measure than outcomes — and why that's now a fatal trap- The dark factory thought experiment: what happens when production cost trends toward the price of electricity- Zero bonuses for engineers: what Mik learned from the experiment- Why planning still matters — but on weekly and monthly cadences, not annual- Managers to makers: why the first-line manager role is changing completely- The middle managers whose roles are gone — and the new role that replaces them- Why companies that get this right are hiring more people, not fewerMik's message to leaders: get hands-on with the latest models now. The only way to make AI work for your teams — instead of the other way around — is to lean in.Output to Outcome: An Operating Model for the Age of AI is available now wherever books are sold.Truth Works is hosted by Jessica Neal, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix.
For years I measured my work ethic by how many hours I put in at my desk. I'd arrive, coffee in hand at 7am, break around Noon for lunch, back at my desk till 6 or 7pm, sometimes later. I thought putting in the time was the thing that would move the needle. It was actually the thing keeping me from doing my best work.In this episode, I share two small, counterintuitive shifts I made to change not only the volume of creative work I get done, but the quality — and in half the time it used to take me.
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Robert and Austin share four skills they believe every rich person has mastered. ---