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In this fascinating and deeply empowering episode of The Midlife Makeover Show, Wendy Valentine sits down with Dr. Kim Foster — MD turned reinvention expert, TEDx speaker, and author of Redesigning You — for a conversation about the real reason most of us struggle to change. It's not willpower. It's not motivation. It's the inner blueprint we've been operating from our entire lives — the subconscious beliefs and identity stories that quietly run the show. Kim shares the exact tools she's developed for redesigning that blueprint from the inside out, so you can create change that actually sticks and step into the next version of yourself with clarity, confidence, and a whole lot less resistance. What You'll Learn• Why knowing what to do is never enough — and what your "inner blueprint" has to do with why habits fail• How to uncover the disempowering identity stories you've been telling yourself (often without even realizing it)• The "identity ladder" technique for making change feel believable — not forced or fake• How to use neuroplasticity to build new neural pathways through morning anchoring statements and tiny daily actions• The Yellow Brick Road Rule — and why embracing the journey (not just the destination) is the secret to lasting transformation
Embarrassed to send people your website link? Putting off that redesign because you have no idea where to start? You're not alone — and the problem probably isn't your fonts, your colors, or your template. In this episode, Sydney sits down with website redesign expert Carolyn of Maypop Creative Studio to break down the unsexy-but-essential website prep that makes your site actually bring in clients instead of just sitting there looking pretty.You'll learn the five foundational things to nail down before you hire a designer or buy a template — like giving your website one clear job, defining who it's really for, and organizing your offers and testimonials so visitors know exactly how to work with you. Carolyn explains why skipping this prep is the number one reason business owners end up redoing their sites a year later, how gathering it all is what finally gives you clarity in your business (not the other way around), and when AI-built websites are worth it — and when they'll cost you. If your website has been the thing you avoid instead of the thing that sells for you, this episode gives you a clear, doable starting point.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Carolyn's free 5-day website prep challenge (August 3–7): https://maypopcreativestudio.com/website-project-planTrail Mix site prep kit + "what's your best website approach" quiz: https://maypopcreativestudio.com/quizGrab Sydney's Content Chaos Reset for 2 weeks of custom content: https://www.sydneyobrien.com/content-planning-system
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Sales leaders often blame weak performance on the individual salesperson, but the deeper problem is frequently a mismatch between the company's expectations, hiring system, onboarding process and incentive structure. In Japan, where recruiting experienced salespeople is difficult and replacing an underperformer can take months, leaders cannot afford a revolving door. They need to define the type of salesperson required, establish realistic performance norms, build the right compensation plan and set targets that encourage effort rather than surrender. Are your sales hiring expectations realistic in Japan? Many sales performance problems begin before the salesperson joins, because the company has not clearly defined what success should look like. A founder, country manager or sales director may assume that an experienced hire will arrive, understand the market immediately and start producing revenue. That "plug-and-play" expectation is dangerous in Japan. Relationships, internal approval processes, brand recognition and access to decision-makers all influence how quickly a salesperson can gain traction. Startups face a different challenge from established multinationals: they may offer speed and freedom, but lack leads, systems and market credibility. Before blaming the new hire, leaders should audit the role itself. Is the territory viable? Is the value proposition clear? Are there enough qualified prospects? Is management providing coaching, introductions and sales tools? A salesperson cannot compensate forever for a weak commercial system. Do now: Write down the first 90-, 180- and 365-day outcomes you expect, then confirm that the company is providing the market access, support and resources required to achieve them. Do you need a sales hunter or a sales farmer? A hunter creates new business, while a farmer develops existing accounts; hiring one and expecting the behaviour of the other creates predictable disappointment. Japan has many capable relationship managers who excel at maintaining trust, expanding established accounts and coordinating internal stakeholders. These farmers are valuable, especially in long-cycle B2B sales, professional services and major-account management. Hunters are different. They prospect, open doors, tolerate rejection and create opportunities where none previously existed. During interviews, ask candidates where their current customers came from. Were they inherited from a departing colleague, supplied by marketing, allocated by the boss or already inside the company's client base? That suggests farming experience. Candidates who can explain how they identified targets, gained access, created urgency and won previously unknown buyers are demonstrating hunting behaviour. Neither profile is automatically superior; the question is whether the profile matches the commercial need. Do now: Classify the role as primarily hunting, farming or hybrid, and build interview questions that require candidates to prove where their past revenue actually came from. How long should a new salesperson take to produce revenue? The correct ramp-up period should come from historical performance data, not the leader's personal memories, impatience or hope. Sales leaders often say, "I did it quickly, so they should be able to do it too." That comparison may be unfair. The leader may have joined when the market was stronger, inherited better accounts, possessed deeper networks or benefited from a more experienced manager. A more objective approach is to review every salesperson who joined during the past five to ten years and track monthly revenue from Day One. Calculate the typical production level by quarter, removing extreme top and bottom performers when the sample is large enough. This creates a practical benchmark for onboarding, coaching and forecasting. A complex enterprise sale may require a longer runway than transactional consumer sales, while a recognised brand may shorten the cycle compared with an unknown entrant. Do now: Build a month-by-month ramp-up curve from previous hires and use it as the baseline for coaching conversations, forecasts and probation reviews. How should sales leaders measure new-hire performance? Revenue matters, but early-stage performance should also be measured through controllable activities and pipeline quality. A new salesperson may not close major business immediately, especially where buying decisions involve procurement, legal, finance and multiple executive stakeholders. Leaders should therefore track leading indicators alongside lagging revenue. Useful measures include target-account coverage, qualified meetings, decision-maker access, proposals issued, opportunity value, next-step discipline and movement through the sales pipeline. The aim is not to reward empty activity. Fifty unqualified calls are less useful than five serious conversations with the right buyers. Managers also need to inspect conversion rates: prospect to meeting, meeting to proposal and proposal to close. These measures reveal whether the problem is prospecting, discovery, solution design, credibility, pricing or negotiation. Do now: Create a balanced scorecard combining revenue, qualified pipeline, conversion ratios and agreed weekly prospecting behaviours. Does your sales incentive scheme reward the behaviour you want? Compensation plans shape behaviour, so leaders should not expect aggressive new-business development from a scheme that mainly rewards account maintenance. In Japan, fixed salaries with bonuses are common, while American-style commission-only structures are rare. A high base salary may provide security, but it can also reduce the urgency to prospect in a risk-averse environment. Straight commission on all revenue can also favour farmers, because inherited or repeat business may pay as well as difficult new-account acquisition. A stronger design distinguishes between existing-account revenue, expansion revenue and genuinely new business. It should also be easy to understand. If salespeople need a spreadsheet and a finance specialist to calculate their reward, the plan will not motivate daily behaviour. The company must also avoid creating a scheme designed mainly to protect its own margin while asking the salesperson to carry all the risk. Do now: Test whether the plan pays more for the behaviour the company claims to value, especially new logos, strategic products, margin quality and sustainable account growth. How high should a salesperson's target be? A sales target should stretch performance while remaining credible; an impossible number causes people to disengage rather than accelerate. Leaders sometimes raise quotas because the business plan requires more revenue, not because the territory can realistically produce it. When the gap between the target and the salesperson's own sense of capability becomes too large, motivation can collapse. The salesperson may stop believing that extra effort will matter, protect themselves psychologically and settle into lower performance. Target-setting is therefore both analytical and managerial. Review territory potential, historical conversion rates, average deal size, sales-cycle length, available leads, account concentration and the salesperson's experience. Then explain the logic. A demanding target can energise people when they can see a path to achievement, receive regular coaching and know that exceptional results will be rewarded fairly. Do now: Pressure-test each quota against territory data and pipeline maths, then agree on the specific activities and support required to reach it. What should sales leaders do now? Sales leaders should stop treating every performance failure as proof that they hired the wrong person. Sometimes they did. Often, however, the company recruited a farmer for a hunting role, expected revenue too quickly, measured the wrong indicators, designed an uninspiring incentive scheme or set a target with no credible pathway. In Japan's tight talent market, replacement is not a strategy. The better approach is to define the role precisely, benchmark performance objectively, coach the controllable behaviours and align rewards with the results the business genuinely needs. Check whether the recruiting process is selecting farmers when the business actually needs hunters. Create realistic production norms based on the ramp-up history of previous sales hires. Use leading indicators and conversion ratios to diagnose where performance is breaking down. Redesign incentives so new business, strategic growth and healthy margins are rewarded clearly. Set stretching but credible targets supported by territory data, pipeline maths and coaching. Author Bio Dr. Greg Story, Ph.D. in Japanese Decision-Making, is President of Dale Carnegie Tokyo Training and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University. He is a two-time winner of the Dale Carnegie "One Carnegie Award" (2018, 2021) and recipient of the Griffith University Business School Outstanding Alumnus Award (2012). As a Dale Carnegie Master Trainer, Greg is certified to deliver globally across leadership, communication, sales and presentation programmes, including Leadership Training for Results. He has written several books, including three best-sellers — Japan Business Mastery, Japan Sales Mastery and Japan Presentations Mastery — along with Japan Leadership Mastery and How to Stop Wasting Money on Training. His works have been translated into Japanese, including Za Eigyō (ザ営業), Purezen no Tatsujin (プレゼンの達人), Torēningu de Okane o Muda ni Suru no wa Yamemashō (トレーニングでお金を無駄にするのはやめましょう), and Gendaiban "Hito o Ugokasu" Rīdā (現代版「人を動かす」リーダー). Greg also publishes daily business insights on LinkedIn, Facebook and X, and hosts six weekly podcasts. On YouTube, he produces The Cutting Edge Japan Business Show, Japan Business Mastery and Japan's Top Business Interviews for executives seeking practical success strategies in Japan.
Home with Dean Sharp Hour 2 (07/18) - At the top of the second hour, our first caller lives in a ranch home, and his medium oak kitchen cabinets are giving him a mid-’80s scream. They need updating, although they are in good condition. What should he do to modernize and give them more of a mid-century feel? Do you need a new sprinkler system for your front lawn that won’t break the bank — or is there a better way for you to run your sprinkler system? Dean’s got you refreshingly covered. Lastly, our caller from Idaho needs a good, durable floor for her enclosed outdoor porch, because the present one is warped and pulling up due to the harsh winters up there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The operating model implication is clear: AI deployment is now fundamentally an organizational redesign challenge, not a software procurement exercise. Companies winning with AI are restructuring workflows, flattening management, embedding engineering into operations, and accelerating decision cycles. The largest leadership execution risk is cognitive overload at the executive layer. Teams are shrinking while ambiguity, pace, and strategic complexity are increasing simultaneously. Highest leverage focus area today: Redesign decision systems before scaling AI systems. https://www.breakfastleadership.com/
Fewer than 100 companies have scaled enterprise AI from pilots to production to capture great value. Alexander Sukharevsky, who leads QuantumBlack, McKinsey's AI practice, joins Michael Krigsman to lay out the repeatable recipe behind those results and why the winners earn roughly three dollars back for every dollar invested. The conversation covers what capturing AI value really requires, why the CEO and board must own the transformation, and how to lead a hybrid workforce where agents work as colleagues, not tools.======This episode brought to you by Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™: https://cxo.news/KGg8XY======YOU'LL DISCOVER✅ Why fewer than 100 companies captured two-thirds of AI's value, and what they did differently✅ The repeatable recipe: focus a few domains, ready your data, rewire architecture, and fix the economics✅ Why AI transformation must be led by the CEO and board, not handed to the CTO or chief digital officer✅ How to treat AI agents as accountable colleagues, and who stays accountable for the outcomes✅ Why reinventing a domain beats bolting AI onto an existing process✅ How the winners pursue cost savings and top-line reinvention at the same time✅ Why governance and digital trust belong in from day one, with adults in the room on ethics✅ How expertise and judgment become more valuable as agents speed up the work⏱️ TIMESTAMPS0:00 The repeatable recipe for AI value8:27 Treat agents as colleagues, not tools13:42 Why the CEO must own the transformation18:05 From token maxing to value maxing22:01 Managing a hybrid team of agents23:30 A flexible architecture for changing models26:25 Governance and digital trust from day one30:59 Cost savings versus reinventing the top line34:46 Human focus, judgment, and accountability44:12 Redesign workflows instead of bolting on AI46:24 Careers and apprenticeship in an agent world50:47 What real CEO ownership looks like
Join Erik and Tage this week as they are joined by Celeste and Ryan as they discuss the rides they would redesign with today's technology while keeping their original story, what they hope will be announced for their favorite parks at D23, what they hope to see in Disneyland's 75th anniversary celebration, and how many pool days they take on a Disney vacation. Support the podcast by going to https://www.thehubcrawl.com/support Question 1: What ride would you want redesigned with today's technology but the exact same story? Question 2: What do you think will be announced for your favorite park at D23? Question 3: We're coming up on the end of Disneyland's 70th so, it's time to start day dreaming about the 75th. What do you hope is part of the plans for the 75th? Question 4: How many days are pool days on your trip? Bonus Question: What Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars movie always brings a tear (or more) to your eyes?
July 16, 2026: New JLL research shows most executives expect AI to grow their teams instead of shrink them, even as layoffs continue in AI-exposed industries. Then I get into New York becoming the first state to freeze new large AI data centers, why I think that is a mistake, and what it could mean for American AI infrastructure. Finally, I unpack Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI and make my prediction that Sam Altman will not be CEO of OpenAI within the next year unless the company makes major changes.
On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore has been speaking to a number of people about a couple of businesses that are in their infancy. First up, he speaks with Elaine Fitzgerald, an interior designer, and Martha Hume, an Occupational Therapist about their new business, Eyra Collective. They specialise in accessible home redesign. Changing needs […] The post Business Matters, Ep 305 – Eyra Collective is specialising in accessible home redesign – plus Bold Blossom’s crochet handbags appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.
Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com.Deltek's CCO Margo Martin and newly-appointed VP Customer Strategy & Services at Deltek Jason Goldsmith reveal how Claude turned three siloed post-sale teams into one AI-first machine and why they built a brand new executive role just to keep up.Deltek didn't just adopt AI. They restructured around it. After Claude and Claude Code cut documentation timelines by 80% and dev cycles by 50-60%, CCO Margo Martin realized her three post-sale orgs (implementation, CS, and support) were quietly duplicating AI work. Her fix? A brand-new "AI convergence" role . And she picked an internal boomerang employee to run it.In this episode, you'll hear exactly how they built the business case, picked the right leader, and what's next on the roadmap.---What You'll Learn- The tradeoff between touchless implementation and long-term customer stickiness- How Claude Code cut custom implementation timelines by 50-60%- Why Deltek reduced customer documentation & training time by 80%- How to spot "AI silos" forming across your org before they cost you- What it takes to build (and pitch) a brand-new AI strategy role internally- Deltek's build-vs-buy framework for AI tools- How CX leaders are using personal AI "chiefs of staff" day-to-day- Why Deltek is rebuilding its entire customer journey around AI- How to balance automation speed with customer stickiness ---Timestamps0:00 - Preview & Intro1:50 - Meet Margo Martin & Jason Goldsmith (Deltek)2:45 - What Deltek does & org structure6:40 - How Claude Code changed everything 10:23 - Duplicate AI efforts & the new VP of AI strategy role14:45 - Why Jason was the pick19:10 - Jason's 30/60/90 day plan24:10 - Predicting the first team to join Jason's org26:45 - Personal AI chiefs of staff28:28 - Build vs. buy: Deltek's AI tooling philosophy32:56 - KPIs and metrics for AI transformation---Josh is writing a book on building customer relationships. Follow his journey and insights at www.joshschachter.com---Where to Find the GuestMargo Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margomartin-/Jason Goldsmith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwgoldsmith/---Where to Find the Hosts: Josh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jschachter/Unchurned Substack: https://unchurned.substack.com/
Dustin reviews the current priority to reexamine and redesign socioeconomic programs that affect public procurement across the country. He goes through at what has changed, where the momentum points, and how to take action. This is an audio companion to an article published in the "Public Procurement on Linkedin" newsletter.
Die Versicherungsbranche steht vor einer riesigen Zukunftsfrage: Hype vs. Realität. Auf der einen Seite versprechen Hyper-Scaler die totale Disruption durch generative KI und autonome Agenten, auf der anderen Seite kämpfen die Chefetagen mit verkrusteten IT-Strukturen. In dieser Folge räume ich mit dem Buzzword-Bingo auf und spreche mit meinen Gästen – Dr. Bogdan Werth (Microsoft), Christian Bokelmann (Insiders), Heinz B. Wietfeld (Hyland), Timm Hendrik Krieger (Signal Iduna) und Dr. Sebastian Schulz (Pentadoc) – über die makroökonomische Marktrealität. Wir beleuchten, warum Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) das logische Fundament ist und wie wir Organisationen technologisch wirklich zukunftsfähig aufstellen. Highlights der Episode: Der Reifegrad der Branche: Die Schere klafft auseinander. Während einige Versicherer noch in der Beobachterrolle verharren, treiben Vorreiter die Skalierung bereits aktiv voran. Das Problem mit dem Hype: Viele Unternehmen fokussieren sich zu sehr auf die Technologie und die neuesten Modelle, anstatt von konkreten geschäftlichen Problemen und Schmerzpunkten auszugehen. IDP als Enabler: Intelligent Document Processing bildet das Fundament für die KI-Reise, da Versicherungen im Kern Dokumentenfabriken sind und IDP Erfolge messbar und greifbar macht. Kultur und Befähigung: Der Erfolg von KI ist keine reine Technologieentscheidung. Es braucht ein echtes Kulturprogramm, die Befähigung der Mitarbeitenden und eine Vorbildfunktion der Führungskräfte. Die Zukunft der Führung: Führungskräfte müssen lernen, Prozesse im Sinne eines „Redesigns“ völlig neu zu denken und in Zukunft neben menschlichen Teams auch digitale Agenten zu führen. Links in dieser Ausgabe Zur Homepage von Jonas Piela Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Jonas Piela Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Dr. Bogdan Werth Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Christian Bokelmann Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Heinz B. Wietfeld Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Timm Hendrik Krieger Zum LinkedIn-Profil von Dr. Sebastian Schulz Stich aus der Masse hervor. Werde die Marke, die jeder Entscheider kennt. Echte Relevanz entsteht nicht durch Reichweite, sondern durch Vertrauen. Wir bringen deine Botschaft dorthin, wo die Zukunft gebaut wird. Vom Sponsored Podcast für maximale Awarenes über das Fachmagazin für echtes Print-Prestige bis hin zum direkten Lead bei unseren Boutique-Events. Klick jetzt direkt auf diesen Link oder geh auf insurancemedia.de/werbung.
The Goal Billionaire Podcast unveils the journey of transformation and resilience as listeners discover the importance of embracing discomfort to redesign their futures. This episode encourages you to confront your fears and take bold actions, propelling you toward extraordinary success. From understanding your life's purpose to pushing through struggles, we delve into the mindset shifts necessary for high performers to thrive. Learn how daily decisions shape your destiny and why believing in yourself is crucial for achieving greatness. Embrace your potential and take the steps needed to manifest your dreams effectively!
Welcome to Nerd Alert, a series of special episodes bridging the gap between marketing academia and practitioners. We're breaking down highly involved, complex research into plain language and takeaways any marketer can use. In this episode, Elena and Rob explore why packaging redesigns so often backfire, and what actually drives shoppers to pick a product off the shelf. Topics covered: [01:21] "The Packaging Redesign Modernization Dilemma" [03:06] Why redesigns are an expensive, common gamble [05:35] Does looking more modern actually boost sales? [06:17] Why familiarity beats likability at the shelf [07:31] When a redesign makes sense, and when it doesn't To learn more, visit marketingarchitects.com/podcast or subscribe to our newsletter at marketingarchitects.com/newsletter.Resources: Caruso, W., Romaniuk, J., Page, B., & colleagues. (2026). The packaging redesign modernisation dilemma: The relationship with familiarity, likeability, and its effect on purchase intent. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. Get more research-backed marketing strategies by subscribing to The Marketing Architects on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
At the CARICOM Reparations Forum, the Executive Director of the DBRP argues that true reparations must be viewed as a blueprint for sustainable development and systemic change rather than a mere financial payout.
The Port Fairy golf course has been forced into a costly, unwanted redesign after a lease dispute with the state government. South West Coast MP Roma Britnell joined Jimmy Bartel and Mark Allen to discuss this issue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In dieser Folge geht es hinter die Kulissen von brettspiel-news.de. Warum lief die Seite in den letzten Wochen zeitweise instabil? Warum war das nötig — und was hat es mit Künstlicher Intelligenz zu tun?Wir blicken zurück auf eine Joomla-Installation, die seit 2016 gewachsen ist. Was damals modern war, wurde über die Jahre zum Problem: Dutzende Plugins, veraltete Abhängigkeiten, ein fehlender Upgrade-Pfad. Frühere Update-Versuche scheiterten — aus gutem Grund. Die Sorge vor Ausfällen und Datenverlust war zu groß. Also blieb alles, wie es war. Bis jetzt.Unser Gast Namik erzählt, wie er die Migration angepackt hat, warum er sich mit IT-Buddy auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen spezialisiert hat — und was seine Zeit in der Konzern-IT damit zu tun hat. Infrastruktur, Netzwerke, Server, Sicherung: alles aus einer Hand, mit einem direkten Ansprechpartner. Kein Ticket-Dschungel.Ein großer Teil des Gesprächs dreht sich um KI: Wie setzt Namik KI-Agenten konkret ein? Für E-Mail-Auswertungen, Fehleranalysen, Code-Prüfungen, Statistik-Reports. Routinearbeit, die nachts läuft — damit Kunden morgens eine erste Einordnung im Postfach haben. Und wir sprechen über ein KI-gestütztes Softwareprojekt für Pflege- und Betreuungsdienste: Tourenplanung, Schichtplanung, Arbeitszeiterfassung, Leistungsnachweise. In kürzester Zeit sind aus ersten Modulen umfassende Funktionen geworden.Zum Abschluss: Was hat das Redesign gebracht? Deutlich bessere Ladezeiten, steigende Reichweite, ein Staging-System für Updates — und eine Seite, die jetzt regelmäßig gepflegt wird statt nur geflickt.---- IT-Buddy: https://www.snkb.de/it-buddy/- brettspiel-news.de: https://www.brettspiel-news.de- Joomla 6 & Astroid Framework*Feedback zur Folge? Schreib uns an podcast@brettspiel-news.de*
Why only 5% of organisations have full visibility into AI tool usage - what a credible approach to access controls and runtime behavioural monitoring looks likeMoving beyond policy intent to architecture that governs AI workloads, autonomous agents and machine-driven workflowsMoving from fragmented controls to unified, policy-driven security architectures that deliver consistent enforcement across hybrid and multi-cloud environmentsJonathan Craven, Host, teissTalkhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbcraven/Satyam R., Director of Information Security & DevOps, BAMKOhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/hackersatyamrastogi/Paul Barbosa, V P & General Manager, Cloud Security & SASE, Check Point Softwarehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbarbosa/
In Episode 158 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on, next up... and frankly with some trepidation... Warhammer 40,000.===If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012===Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.comCheck out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.gamesThe Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uEChIf you want to support the channel financially you can join...Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other local officials cut the ribbon on the Logan Square Redesign and Milwaukee Avenue Reconstruction project.
PHP Podcast – June 17, 2026 Hosts: Sara Golemon & Holly Schilling | Guests: Paul Reinheimer & Sean Coates Eric and John are still locked in the basement. Sara is literally on a boat in Spain. Normal show, totally normal. Sara Broadcasts from a Harbor in A Coruña Sara is joining this week’s show from a marina in A Coruña, northwest Spain — in the Galicia region, where they speak Galician (not quite Spanish, not quite Portuguese). It’s 1am local time and the boat is visibly rocking on camera. Holly is holding down the fort from Chicago. This is what Sara calls pirate radio, except one of the pirates is actually on a boat. Meet the Guests: Paul Reinheimer & Sean Coates Paul Reinheimer and Sean Coates are PHP veterans from an earlier era — both were closely involved with PHP Architect around 2005–2010, back when Sara was already a PHP core contributor and the community was small enough to fit in one bar. Paul now runs Wonder Proxy, a service that lets you test your website’s behavior from locations around the world (checking GDPR banners, geo-targeted content, checkout flows, etc.), and is also building a startup called StudioWorks — business management software for creative studios, with an invoicing product and a proposals product in development. Sean is based in Montreal and has been spending time at a local hackerspace called Food Lab, where he got pulled into MeshTastic and MeshCore mesh networking, and is now surrounded by vintage computers, including a PDP-11 and five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy disks. The Quarter-Million-Line Commit Paul committed 250,000 lines of code directly to Wonder Proxy’s repo without a PR last week — and he’s not particularly sorry about it. The context: it was a pre-generated SQLite amalgamation file (all of SQLite compiled into a single C file), which Wonder Proxy is now checking in as a pinned static dependency rather than regenerating each build. Paul’s argument is unanswerable: you cannot meaningfully review 250,000 lines of generated C code in a PR. If there’s something malicious in there and you’re good with C, you could hide it in parameterized defines and no one would see it. The right approach, which Paul landed on, was creating a separate package with its own CI — and including the command to regenerate the amalgamation so reviewers can verify the output themselves, not just stare at the diff. Measuring Wrong — Sean’s Rant Sean has been ranting about this for 10–15 years and it hasn’t gotten less true: companies systematically measure things that make them look good and avoid measuring things that make them look bad. A marketing team adds a spin-to-win wheel to the homepage and celebrates their 1% sales increase. Nobody measures how many people found the wheel so obnoxious they immediately left. Cookie and GDPR banners are the same story — they go up, they’re never removed, and the conversion impact is never tracked because nobody wants to report bad news up the chain. Sean’s broader point: an epidemic of motivated measurement is a big part of why the web is as bad as it is. PHP in 2026 vs. PHP Then — What’s Still Working Paul’s honest take: the LAMP stack still works great. In 2004 you could build a productive web application with Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP — and you still can today. The fundamental approach is the same. Having since done Ruby at Stripe and other languages elsewhere, Paul keeps coming back to how much sense the PHP model makes to him. The longevity is the feature, not a bug. Wonder Proxy’s web app — built in server-side Swift using the Hummingbird framework — returns pages in under 50 milliseconds almost always and under 30 most of the time, with almost no client-side JavaScript. Server round trips are fast. The web doesn’t have to be seven seconds. Swift Concurrency and What PHP Could Learn Sara asked Sean — who has used Swift on the server for StudioWorks — what he’d want to see in PHP’s threading model. His answer: anything the compiler can enforce beats anything you have to remember yourself. Swift’s concurrency model has the compiler reject code that would allow a thread to trample on a sendable object after it’s been sent off. You find out about threading mistakes at compile time, not when corrupt data shows up in production. Sean’s verdict: an early warning system for threading problems is 10,000 times more valuable than discovering them too late. PHP’s async/await path is cooperative task switching (not true threading), which avoids some of these issues but can still deadlock if someone forgets to hand off control. Composer, require_once, and Supply Chain Security The chat raised whether anyone still uses require_once in the PSR-4 world. Sara’s answer: PHP.net does — it doesn’t use Composer at all, because the site needs to be framework and library agnostic. Grep for require_once across typical vendor dependencies and you’ll find around 100 instances still in the wild, mostly inside packages like Doctrine. The supply chain security conversation from there: Composer’s lock file pins to specific hashes, which is what you want — but a lot of projects don’t commit their lock file, and pinning to a version tag isn’t enough because tags can be updated if someone takes over a GitHub account. To really be safe, pin to a specific commit hash. It’s a pain to maintain, but it’s much harder to fake. The PHP Foundation — The Biggest Change in PHP Paul called out the PHP Foundation as the single biggest change in PHP since he and Sean were actively involved. Having an organization that can receive money from individual supporters and use it to fund core PHP work has been talked about since before PHP had package management. The foundation now has over 1,000 individual supporters — including Rasmus Lerdorf himself, which Sara found funny. Paul and Wonder Proxy support it financially; Wonder Proxy also holds a private Packagist account as an indirect way to fund Composer development. Sara works directly with the foundation on PHP core. Elizabeth Barron (from last week’s show) is doing exceptional work moving it forward. PHP.net Redesign and the Dark Mode Problem Sara copped to a php.net rabbit hole: she tried to implement dark mode for the site and succeeded everywhere except code samples. PHP’s built-in highlight_string() function has hard-coded colors that assume a light background, and there’s no way to override them. Sara wrote the patch to make the colors configurable at the internals level, then realized it should actually be a separate PHP project, then lost track of caring about it because it became yak shaving. On the redesign side: the foundation ran a competition to redesign the releases page (the per-version page with changelogs and download links), and the results look much better. The downloads page has been getting more beginner-friendly content — how to actually get PHP running, not just a reference manual. There are homepage mockups being iterated on as well. What Talk Would You Give? Sara asked both guests what conference talk they’d give if they were speaking today. Paul: marketing for developers. Too many developers believe “if you build it, they will come,” and AI is making this worse — the barrier to shipping something that looks professional has dropped so far that the noise floor is rising fast. Hollywood knows to spend as much on marketing as on production. Paul doesn’t claim to be good at marketing, but he thinks someone should be giving this talk at every developer conference. Sean: reliable deployment and supply chain integrity — specifically how to actually control the path from git to production without sneaking in vulnerabilities. Containers have helped, but there’s still a lot of infrastructure that fetches things at build or request time that is genuinely dangerous. PHP Tek 2027 The PHP Tek 2027 website is live at phptek.io. No date confirmed on air, but the site is up and people should keep an eye on it. Links from the show: Wonder Proxy — Test your website from around the world PHP Tek 2027 — phptek.io The PHP Foundation — Support PHP development PHP Architect Discord Guest Hosts: Sara Golemon Currently sailing in the Atlantic (broadcasting from A Coruña, Spain) PHP core contributor; code contributor via the Curl project (which means she technically has code on Mars) Holly Schilling Primary mobile developer; built the PHP Tek 2026 conference app Based near Chicago, IL Guests: Paul Reinheimer Founder, Wonder Proxy — test your website’s geo-targeted behavior from 300+ global locations Founder, StudioWorks — business management tools for creative studios (invoicing & proposals) Former PHP Architect team member; wrote a book on PHP and APIs Sean Coates Based in Montreal; regular at the Food Lab hackerspace MeshTastic/MeshCore mesh networking enthusiast; vintage computer collector (PDP-11 era) Former PHP Architect team member and longtime PHP community contributor Streams: Youtube Channel Twitch Connect & Hire PHP Architect Website Twitter/X Mastodon Hire PHP Developers Looking to hire PHP developers? 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After months of public input, Regent Street is getting a major redesign which will include wider sidewalks, fewer driving lanes, added parking and loading lanes, and more trees. To some folks' dismay, though, it will not include dedicated bike lanes. City Cast Madison host Bianca Martin talks about the plan with executive producer Hayley Sperling and Liz Boyd. In addition to being Madison Public Library digital services and marketing manager, Boyd is a local photographer and outdoor enthusiast, and she brings us the latest tourism numbers and her ideal itinerary for a Madison tourist. Plus, how is Madison recognizing Juneteenth this week?
In Episode 158 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on, next up, Mordheim.===If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012===Check out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.comCheck out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.gamesThe Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uEChIf you want to support the channel financially you can join...Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
As the country gears up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the plans that President Trump has in mind are raising eyebrows. On Today's Show:Michael Scherer, staff writer at The Atlantic, talks about his reporting on the conflicts over the 250th anniversary celebration. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
What if the building you live in could be grown instead of built, feed people while it goes up, and lock away carbon for a century? Architect Chris Maurer of Red House Architecture and MycoHab joins Karl and Erum to explain how he turns 12 tons of invasive bush into mushrooms that feed a community and mycelium blocks that test stronger than concrete. He breaks down the now famous sledgehammer test, why a ductile living material survives the earthquakes that shatter cinder block, and the counterintuitive truth that more mycelium does not make a stronger brick. Then things get cosmic. Chris walks through his NASA backed work growing habitats that pack down tight, fly to Mars, and unfold to grow their own radiation shielding from algae and fungi, plus the Biocycler that eats the toxins out of old houses and turns that waste into something safe. If you care about biomaterials, regenerative design, and the business models that could actually build us out of the climate crisis, this conversation will rewire how you see the walls around you.Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing?Learn more at www.messaginglab.com/groweverythingChapters:(00:00:00) Cold open and the first trillion dollar biotech(00:06:05) Robling's live demo: an AI process engineer for biomanufacturing(00:07:50) The Longevity Global Summit and the business of living longer(00:15:05) A warming planet is unleashing flesh eating microbes(00:18:35) Meet Chris Maurer: architecture that grows, decays, and feeds people(00:20:05) What Africa taught him about regenerative architecture(00:27:05) Building MycoHab with MIT and Standard Bank(00:32:25) The sledgehammer test: ductile mycelium versus brittle concrete(00:39:35) Failures, tuning biology, and the 60 day sweet spot(00:42:35) Does biology first design give the Global South an advantage?(00:48:35) Deployable Mars habitats that grow their own walls(00:53:05) The Biocycler: turning old toxic buildings into new ones(00:56:05) How fungi break down petrochemicals and chelate heavy metals(01:00:05) The hard nut of building a business around mycelium(01:02:00) The economics of mushrooms, materials, and carbon credits(01:03:35) Eco luxury myco habs and the first buyers(01:05:05) Why biobased construction becomes the rule by mid century(01:10:05) Earth or Mars, the weirdest material, and meeting Lynn RothschildLinks and Resources:Redhouse Studio ArchitectureChris MaurerNASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) ProgramCan 'mycotecture' provide the building blocks?143. Sunscreen from Space? Delavie's Kyle Landry Turns Space Microbes into Skincare 173. They Put the Ore in Organisms: Liz Dennett's Microbial Mining at Endolith156. When Matter Makes Decisions: Michael Levin on the Intelligence of Form 126. Sizzling Success: Eben Bayer of MyForest Foods on Scaling Mycelium Magic159. The Future Is Fungi Awards: From Mushroom Dreams to Real-World ThingsAI value pyramidOur warming planet is a petri-dish for new and deadly microbesBioInnovations Events - For 25% off use code: Grow EverythingTopics Covered:mycelium, regenerative architecture, biofabrication, carbon sequestration, fungal materials, circular economy, biomimicry, sustainable construction, extraterrestrial habitats, biogenic materialsHave a question or comment? Message us here:Text or Call (804) 505-5553Instagram / Twitter / LinkedIn / Youtube / Grow EverythingMusic by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media
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Here's your local news for Thursday, June 11, 2026:We find out why Madison alders approved a new layout for Regent Street despite public pushback,Hear the latest data that points to deep racial disparities in the well-being of Wisconsin children,Detail the legal case that ended Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage,Get a historian's take on right-wing politics in Latin America,Discuss hustle culture and community with a local artist,And much more.
In Episode 157 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on, next up, Blood Bowl.===If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here: https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypseCheck out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.comCheck out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.gamesThe Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uEChIf you want to support the channel financially you can join...Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
Send us Fan MailThe engagement ring meant everything when he gave it to you. Now it's sitting in a drawer and you're not sure what to do with it. Sell it? Save it for your kids? Or turn it into something that finally feels like yours?Jessica of Jessica Jewellry joins Alex and Amanda to walk through every stage of the post-divorce jewelry journey, from the woman who calls fresh out of a split wanting it gone immediately, to the one a decade later who's ready to redesign it into something that represents exactly where she is now. They also get into the lab grown diamond market, why the value of those stones has dropped dramatically, and why pausing before making any big decisions is the only advice that matters.Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by our podcast guest are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or the podcast. We value diverse perspectives and aim to provide a platform for thoughtful discussion and exploration of different ideas.Got any comments, suggestions or queries? We'd love to hear from you! DM us on Instagram @dirty.laundry.podcast to be featured on one of our upcoming episodes. Also, don't forget to rate and review our show on your favourite podcast player.
In this episdoe, we respond to a viral opinion piece by CCRM's Dr. Brian Levine, who argues that OBGYNs are fueling the IVF boom by failing to counsel women on their fertility at annual visits , and that it's costing women their chance at motherhood. In this episode: What Dr. Levine got right — and where his argument falls apart Why the 7-minute annual visit was never designed to cover fertility, mental health, cancer screening, genetics, and everything else specialists wish it did The "Renaissance doctor" problem: why OBGYNs are expected to be everything at once Why IVF clinics have little financial incentive to counsel borderline-fertile patients early The real reason birth rates are declining — and why it has almost nothing to do with missed fertility counseling The OBGYN workforce crisis: fewer providers, shorter careers, and a system burning people out Why standardizing medicine may be one of the most dangerous things we can do What women can actually do right now to advocate for themselves within a broken system Since the release of this episode: Brian Levine and The Free Press updated the title of the article referenced in this episode. The original title read: "Business Is Booming Because OB/GYNs Are Not Doing Their Job." It has since been changed to: "I'm an IVF Doctor. The Annual OB-GYN Visit Needs a Redesign." Got something you want to share or ask? Keep it coming. We love hearing from you. Email us or send a voice memo, and you might just hear it on the next episode. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe your questions could be featured in our next episode. For additional resources and information, be sure to visit our website at Maternal Resources: https://www.maternalresources.org/ You can also connect with us on our social channels to stay up-to-date with the latest news, episodes, and community engagement: YouTube: youtube.com/maternalresources Instagram: @maternalresources Facebook: facebook.com/IntegrativeOB TikTok: NatureBack Doc on TikTok Grab Our Book: The NatureBack Method for Birth—your guide to an empowered pregnancy and delivery. Shop now at naturebackbook.myshopify.com
In this episode of Experience Better, guest host Erind Shkurti is joined by KUBRA experts Sara Small and Matt DeLaRosa to explore findings from the new 2026 Bill Redesign Insights and Preferences Report. Together, they unpack how today's consumers interact with their utility bills, what information they value most, and why utilities are increasingly rethinking the customer experience behind both print and digital billing. From surprising insights about how little time customers actually spend reviewing their bills to the growing demand for clearer usage information and simpler layouts, the conversation reveals what utilities need to prioritize to keep customers informed and engaged.
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In Episode 155 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on, next up, Lord of the Rings based games.===If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here: https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypseCheck out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.comCheck out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.gamesThe Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uEChIf you want to support the channel financially you can join...Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
We speak with creative director Yorgo Tloupas on his L’Équipe magazine redesign. Plus: Brandon Berkson, the founder of Hotels Above Par, on its new print newspaper; and the CEO of the upcoming Vogue Romania, Mario Antico.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The structural shift outlined in this episode is the rapid evolution of search and productivity interfaces from static query tools to agentic platforms capable of autonomous action, oversight, and automation. Companies such as Google are redesigning search at the interface level, integrating multimodal input and agentic workflows powered by AI models like Gemini 3.5 Flash. The dynamic is not competition at the model level, but rather a pivot toward which provider can offer policy enforcement, cost controls, compliance, and documented governance over increasingly complex agent-driven environments. The most consequential development is Google's redesign of its search box for the first time in 25 years, transitioning to an AI-powered, chatbot-style interaction that can process longer prompts, images, files, and monitor tasks directly within the browser. According to New York Times and Channel Life New Zealand, this change embeds AI agents as defaults in the workflow, underpinned by Google's commercial growth—ad clicks up by 6%, cost per click up 7%, with profits over $132 billion since 2022. The shift is visible in adoption data as well: ChannelDive reports Anthropic's Claude overtook OpenAI's GPT suite for business usage, while Gartner forecasts $2.59 trillion total AI spending in the year, but only $33 billion is model-specific. Supporting developments reinforce risk and operational complexity as AI transitions into core business processes. Channel-focused reports note that vendors are offering managed agent services, operational sandboxes, and white-label security operations to simplify agent deployment and lower entry barriers. OpenAI pitching “buy before you try” guarantees, and launches like Acronis Cyber Freight — promised as “predictable” and “protected by default” — reflect client demand for reliability over raw capability. Across these moves, partners and IT providers are being drawn into defining, monitoring, and governing the new automation layers, with increasing requirements for documentation, provenance, and workflow auditing. For MSPs and technology leaders, the operational implications are direct and substantive. The work now centers on defining governance frameworks—inventorying systems that can act autonomously, classifying authority and registration requirements, building audit trails, and delineating contractual boundaries for automation responsibility. Providers who approach this as standard support risk carrying unpriced operational and compliance burdens, especially in environments where unauthorized automations or unregistered connectors proliferate. The emergent requirement is to treat agent governance as a managed service, pricing it separately, and establishing clear evidence and escalation protocols to avoid absorbing blame and liability for automation-driven incidents. 00:00 Beyond Blue Links 04:30 Predictability Wins 06:39 Govern or Absorb 09:19 Why Do We Care? Supported by: Moovila ScalePad
In Episode 154 The guys have been wondering about how they might redesign some popular games based on the imagined brief they might be based on, next up, Mech games such as Adeptus Titanicus.===If you enjoy hearing our game design advice, why not read it also in our upcoming book about designing miniatures games, available here: www.routledge.com/9781032324012You can pick up Pukeapocalypse from Exalted Funeral here:https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/pukeapocalypseOr if you're in the UK you might prefer to get it from Glenn here: https://www.manokentgames.com/product-page/pukeapocalypseCheck out Man O' Kent Games here: https://www.manokentgames.comCheck out Planet Smasher Games here: http://planetsmasher.gamesThe Rule of Carnage discord server: https://discord.gg/Gb4aK7uEChIf you want to support the channel financially you can join...Mike's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/planetsmashergamesor Glenn's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/manokentgames
Is your clinic website actually outdated, or does it just need better SEO, content, and conversion strategy? Many clinics spend thousands redesigning websites when the real problem was SEO all along. Here's how to tell what your clinic actually needs. Episode webpage, blog & show notes: https://propelyourcompany.com/redesign-your-website-or-seo/Book a FREE discovery call: https://calendly.com/propelyourcompany/discovery-callSend in your questions. ❤ We'd love to hear from you!NEW Webinar: How to dominate Google Search, Google Maps, AI-driven search results, and get more new patients.>> Save your spot
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What if the thing exhausting you isn't your workload… but the fact that your business still depends on you for every decision?Because let's be honest there's a very specific kind of founder exhaustion that comes from realizing you built yourself into the bottleneck.In this Thursday quick-hit episode, Dawn Andrews shares the brutally honest story of the day a canceled meeting turned into a complete business redesign. What started as a quiet spiral of “Do I grow this? Burn it down? Start over?” became a 6-hour AI-powered breakthrough that helped her uncover the frameworks hidden inside years of bespoke client work.But this episode isn't another “AI will save your business” TED Talk in a blazer.It's about how to use AI as a strategic thinking partner without handing over your leadership, your judgment, or your brain. If you've been drowning in decisions, over-customizing your offers, or secretly wondering if your business still fits your life… this one is going to hit home.If you're tired of trying to solve every business problem alone, come join the conversation.The AI for Founders Community is where ambitious founders test ideas, ask messy questions, explore AI tools, and figure out how to scale without losing themselves in the process.Bring your half-formed ideas. Your weird prompts. Your “I think I'm doing too much” realizations. That's literally what it's for.In This Episode, You'll Learn:Why founders become the bottleneck without realizing itThe hidden cost of rebuilding your services from scratch every timeHow AI can help you identify scalable frameworks inside your existing workThe difference between using AI for clarity vs. abdicating leadershipA simple shift that makes AI dramatically more useful: letting it interview YOUWhy “AI informs, you decide” needs to become your new leadership mantraResources & LinksAI for Founders CommunityRelated Episodes You'll Love169 | Why “Just Delegate” Is a Lie in Leadership (And How AI Changes the Game)128 | How Female Founders Use AI to Stop Being December's Bottleneck122 | The 4-Stage AI Process Female Founders Use to Stop Losing 10 Hours Each Week079 | Your Attachment to the Founder Struggle is ExpensiveSend us Fan MailWant to increase revenue and impact? Listen to “She's That Founder” for insights on business strategy and female leadership to scale your business. Each episode offers advice on effective communication, team building, and management. Learn to master routines and systems to boost productivity and prevent burnout. Our delegation tips and business consulting will advance your executive leadership skills and presence.
In today's episode, we go through the Federal Reserve's dual-mandate balancing act. Plus, Robbie sits down with nCino's Chris Gufford for a discussion on how AI is moving beyond hype to deliver measurable gains in mortgage operations, borrower experience, and loan officer productivity, while reshaping how forward-looking lenders reengineer their processes for the next phase of industry transformation. And we close by examining inflation at the wholesale level.Welcome to The Chrisman Commentary, your go-to daily mortgage news podcast, where industry insights meet expert analysis. Hosted by Robbie Chrisman, this podcast delivers the latest updates on mortgage rates, capital markets, and the forces shaping the housing finance landscape. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just looking to stay informed, you'll get clear, concise breakdowns of market trends and economic shifts that impact the mortgage world.Today's podcast is brought to you by nCino. As conversations kick off this week at nSight 2026, mortgage professionals are exploring the technologies and strategies redefining origination experiences and transforming lead-to-loan economics. The nCino Mortgage Suite — Mortgage Point of Sale, Mortgage Analytics, and Incentive Compensation — helps lenders connect operations, insights, and borrower engagement in one modern platform. Learn more at nCino.com/mortgage.
Once more we go into the fray without Dylan and back into space but talking about a different Star this time...First Kirklin & Travis discuss what they've been playing cover Kirklin's Journey into Resident Evil 2 and Travis dipping his toes into the new Res 9 DLC LEON MUST DIE. Along with them both scratching an itching and playing some MK1. Then after much speculation the 2026 Star Fox has been revealed to much debate. Where do the boys fall on the gameplay, features, and the Star Fox Crews controversial redesign. Plus they look into the worst video game character redesigns.-Join Our Patreon And Over 50 Exclusive Episodes In 2026. All Episodes Ad-Free & Early Access https://www.patreon.com/GeekVerse-Find Our Discord, Podcast/Video Feeds & Social Media In The Link Below! https://solo.to/geekverseBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/geekverse-podcast--4201268/support.
Once more we go into the fray without Dylan and back into space but talking about a different Star this time...First Kirklin & Travis discuss what they've been playing cover Kirklin's Journey into Resident Evil 2 and Travis dipping his toes into the new Res 9 DLC LEON MUST DIE. Along with them both scratching an itching and playing some MK1. Then after much speculation the 2026 Star Fox has been revealed to much debate. Where do the boys fall on the gameplay, features, and the Star Fox Crews controversial redesign. Plus they look into the worst video game character redesigns.-Join Our Patreon And Over 50 Exclusive Episodes In 2026. All Episodes Ad-Free & Early Access https://www.patreon.com/GeekVerse-Find Our Discord, Podcast/Video Feeds & Social Media In The Link Below! https://solo.to/geekverse
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In this episode of The Nonprofit Exchange, I had the pleasure of speaking with Becca Pierce, an MBA and president of Xtend Coaching and Consulting. With over a decade of experience as an executive coach, Becca brings a transformational perspective on financial clarity and the emotional barriers that often accompany it. We delved into the pervasive issue of financial fear, which she identifies as a significant barrier to creativity and decision-making for leaders in both nonprofit and corporate sectors. Becca emphasized that this fear often stems from a scarcity mindset, particularly prevalent in nonprofit organizations, and can paralyze leaders from exploring new possibilities. Throughout our conversation, Becca shared practical strategies for overcoming this fear, including the importance of understanding one's financial situation through simple math—knowing how much you earn, spend, and need. She highlighted the necessity of having a financial plan, which serves as a roadmap for sustainable growth and allows leaders to make informed decisions without being overwhelmed by anxiety. We also discussed the critical role of surrounding oneself with experts, such as financial planners and treasurers, to help interpret numbers and guide decision-making. Becca stressed that leadership is about creating space for others to contribute, rather than trying to manage every detail personally. In addition to financial clarity, we explored the emotional aspects of leadership, including the need to set boundaries and the importance of self-care to prevent burnout. Becca shared her personal journey, including her experience with a brain tumor, which led her to redefine her understanding of success and the importance of leading from a place of wholeness rather than depletion. Becca's new book, "You Don't Have to Achieve to Be Loved," encapsulates her philosophy that self-worth is not tied to achievement. She encourages leaders to embrace their passions and design a future that aligns with their values. As we wrapped up, Becca offered valuable insights on time management, emphasizing that time is our only non-renewable resource. She reminded us that we don't need to chase after financial success to find fulfillment in life. This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom for anyone looking to transform their relationship with money, leadership, and personal well-being. I encourage you to listen, reflect, and consider how you can apply Becca's insights to your own journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A 6-month-old baby abandoned in Times Square... Linden Boulevard is getting a redesign... CUNY faculty and students to protest today over unsafe conditions in Brooklyn full 439 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:50:57 +0000 9FuaOQE1PNdxKy4W6FDVBkZqPpDoKLnM news 1010 WINS ALL LOCAL news A 6-month-old baby abandoned in Times Square... Linden Boulevard is getting a redesign... CUNY faculty and students to protest today over unsafe conditions in Brooklyn The podcast is hyper-focused on local news, issues and events in the New York City area. This podcast's purpose is to give New Yorkers New York news about their neighborhoods and shine a light on the issues happening in their backyard. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc.
On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk through Apple's upcoming overhaul of the iPad mini and iPad Air, looking at the future of the product lineup as a whole.The headline upgrade is a switch from LCD to OLED display technology. The iPad mini 8 is expected to use a single-stack LTPS panel, which is dimmer than the tandem OLED in the iPad Pro, but a substantial step up from the current display. The screen will also likely grow from 8.3 to 8.7 inches, and ProMotion is a possibility. On the chip, sources disagree. Code Apple accidentally published in August pointed to the A19 Pro, but a other evidencesuggests the device will use the unreleased A20 Pro chip instead. The N1 and C1X chips are also highly likely to be present. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple is also working on a more water-resistant design, which would make new the iPad mini the first in the lineup to carry an official IP rating. Apple is said to have developed a vibration-based speaker system that eliminates traditional speaker holes, removing a primary path for water ingress.The scale of the upgrades strongly suggests a redesigned, thinner chassis to accommodate them. Gurman says the upgrades could push the price up by as much as $100 to around $599. The leaker known as “Instant Digital" has said the device will launch in the second half of 2026 at the earliest.Apple is also expected to update the iPad Air in early 2027, with the headline change similarly being a switch to OLED. Like the iPad mini 8, the Air is expected to use a single-stack LTPS panel supplied by Samsung Display, keeping costs down relative to the tandem OLED in the iPad Pro. Arriving over six years after the device's last redesign, it is also likely to feature a new design similar to the iPad mini, along with the M5 chip. The next iPad Pro is expected in spring 2027, with an M6 chip and a vapor chamber cooling system similar to the one Apple introduced in the iPhone 17 Pro, but no design changes are rumored. With the iPad Air set to close the gap significantly by adopting OLED and a thinner design, the Pro's key differentiators will narrow considerably. A more transformative reason to choose the Pro may not arrive until Apple launches its long-rumored foldable iPad, which Gurman says will feature an 18-inch display. The device has faced development hurdles around weight and display technology and is now expected no earlier than 2029, with a price potentially reaching $3,900, up to three times the cost of the current 13-inch iPad Pro.Start your business with Shopify and get everything you need to sell online and in person. Start today at https://www.shopify.com/mac
PREVIEW: Guest Bob Zimmerman attributes SpaceX's Starship launch delays to the transition to Version 3 hardware and a rebuilt launchpad. These complete redesigns prioritize long-term efficiency, which will enable much more frequent and rapid future launches. (5)1922
8. Zimmerman discusses the 1967 Apollo 1 tragedy, where a fire killed three astronauts during a rehearsal. This disaster forced NASA to implement rigorous safety overhauls, including hatch redesigns and atmosphere changes. Simultaneously, the Soviet Union faced its own catastrophe with Soyuz 1, slowing the space race. (8)1895
In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Anant Sood about how work has shifted over the past decade and how workflow has been redesigned to accommodate.Anant is a Co-founder @ & oversees marketing and channel partnerships in worxogo. Prior to worxogo, he spent 18 years at EY, PwC & Opera Solutions across India, USA, the Middle East & China. Most of Anant's career has been being part of startups building , scaling teams from being one of the first few employees in Opera (a Big data analytics Co) to setting up the consulting practice for EY in Chennai in 2007 to worxogo. Within worxogo, Anant helps building partnerships to drive sales through distribution nurturing partnerships with like Accenture, Microsoft with led to wins (Accenture, KPMG, EXL). His time is also spent on making worxogo's nudge coach more visible amongst enterprise customers with a one-of-a-kind newsletter going out to ~5000 CxOs across the world.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.