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With Marwa Abdou, Senior Research Director, BDL, Canadian Chamber of Commerce.After over 15 years of multidisciplinary experience abroad, taking on this unique role in June 2022 at the Canadian Chamber has been an opportune and fitting homecoming for Marwa. In her role with the BDL, Marwa leads the Research Center of Excellence and is responsible for developing and implementing an innovative long-term research agenda.Prior to her role at the Chamber, Marwa served as the Advisor to the Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt for Private Sector Engagement. She also worked directly with and within some of the world's most renowned multilateral organizations, private sector organizations, and country governments including the World Bank Group, Commonwealth Secretariat, APEC, OECD, Ernst and Young, Nathan Associates and the Asian Development Bank. In addition to leading dozens of capacity and technical assistance projects, consulting on regulatory, legal and policy reforms with these institutions, she also co-authored several publications and working papers. Marwa's journey has seen her through a number of professional pit stops spanning the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region where she's worked on trade facilitation, gender equity, equality, social, and financial inclusion as well as the enablement, engagement and empowerment of the private sector. Still, one driver and common thread has always remained: championing, advocating and catalyzing impactful interventions for vulnerable, underrepresented and underserved groups, including businesses and SMEs, through rigorous data analysis, inventive research and storytelling. Marwa received her master's degree in international relations and international economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She received her bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Queen's University Smith School of Business in Canada.Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor. Facebook: Canadian Women's Foundation LinkedIn: The Canadian Women's Foundation Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn X: @cdnwomenfdn

In this episode, we're tackling an issue that's holding Canada back—our entrepreneurship gap, especially when it comes to women-led businesses. Despite years of investment, progress has been painfully slow, and the numbers tell a troubling story: entrepreneurship is in decline, self-employment has dropped, and gender-based barriers are costing the economy up to $180 billion in lost potential.To make matters worse, Canadian entrepreneurs are also navigating rising costs, supply chain disruptions, and trade barriers—including tariffs—that further limit growth. While the impact of tariffs on GDP is estimated at 2.6% annually, the entrepreneurship gap is costing us even more.Our guest on this episode helps us unpack this: meet Marwa Abdou, Senior Research Director at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Marwa has spent her career championing financial inclusion, gender equity, and private sector growth, working with organizations like the World Bank and OECD. She's here to break down the findings of the Chamber's latest report, Women Entrepreneurs: Canada's Biggest Missed Business Opportunity, and talk about what it will take to finally move the needle.If we have the talent and resources to thrive, why are women entrepreneurs still being left behind? And what needs to happen to change that? This season of our podcast is brought to you by TD Canada Women in Enterprise. TD is proud to support women entrepreneurs and help them achieve success and growth through its program of educational workshops, financing and mentorship opportunities! Please find out how you can benefit from their support! Visit: TBIF: thebrandisfemale.com // TD Women in Enterprise: td.com/ca/en/business-banking/small-business/women-in-business // Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/thebrandisfemale

Anthony Marshall discusses his book “The ROI of Thought Leadership.” Anthony is the Senior Research Director of Thought Leadership at IBM's Institute for Business Value where he leads a global team of industry experts, statisticians, economists, and analysts who produce data-driven insights on various industries, technologies, and management practices. Listen for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? https://Everyday-MBA.com/guest This episode is supported by the Naveen Jindal School of Management 

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 525, an interview with the authors of The ROI of Thought Leadership: Calculating the Value that Sets Organizations Apart, Cindy Anderson and Anthony Marshall.   In this episode, Cindy and Anthony discuss how their work at IBM shaped their understanding of thought leadership's value in building client relationships and explain the quantifiable benefits of thought leadership. They also address how AI is impacting thought leadership creation and consumption, and the distinction between thought leadership and sales content. They stress the need for independent, data-driven content to build trust and relationships, not for direct sales. Their insights stem from decades of combined experience at organizations like the Project Management Institute and IBM's Institute for Business Value.   Cindy Anderson is the Chief Marketing Officer/Global Lead for Engagement & Eminence at the IBM Institute for Business Value.   Anthony Marshall is the Chair of the Board of Advisors for The Global Thought Leadership Institute at APQC and the Senior Research Director of thought leadership at the IBM Institute for Business Value.    Get The ROI of Thought Leadership here: https://rb.gy/3vv7wm   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo  

This week on The Horse Race, Steve Koczela is joined by Senior Research Director of the MassINC Polling Group and Horse Race Western Mass correspondent Rich Parr. They discuss polling on President Trump's executive orders, and overall approval rating. Plus, a look ahead at Josh Kraft's bid for Boston mayor.

Matt Hird, Senior Research Director at Signal Hill Insights, joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to share findings from the latest Canadian Podcast Listener survey.In his first-ever podcast appearance, Matt joins us to talk about the shifting listening landscape - from YouTube's epic growth as a podcast destination to the gender listening gap, where he thinks podcasting is headed, and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on The Horse Race, Steve Koczela and Jennifer Smith are joined by Senior Research Director of the MassINC Polling Group and Horse Race Western Mass correspondent Rich Parr to unpack trends in voter turnout. Then, Boston Globe Reporter Tiana Woodruff shares her perspective on the rightward shift among some Black voters.

This episode of the D-Suite delves into the big ideas and small details that make up a strong data culture. The hosts reflect on experiences from the past year of Gartner conferences, and lessons from data and analytics leaders who have succeeded (and failed) to optimize their culture. The main topics covered include:How to make people genuinely care about their data culture.How to go from talking about being data-driven to actually being data-driven.Drivers of poor culture and things to watch out for. What active leadership and cultural influence look like.Sarah James is a Senior Research Director in Gartner's CDAO practice where she focuses on topics at the intersection of data and human behavior — including CDAO impact and influence, data-driven culture development, bringing people along on the data journey, self development, effective delivery, neurodiversity, and more.Peter Krensky is a Senior Director, Analyst on Gartner's Analytics and AI team, specializing in data science and machine learning, including predictive and prescriptive analytics, generative AI, analytics and data science tools and platforms, self-service, data science team structure, AI talent management and data and analytics education. Before Gartner, Peter was a research analyst with Aberdeen Group. Please subscribe and share the episode with your colleagues. Thank you for listening. Gartner Podcasts are a production of Gartner, the world's leading research and advisory company. Equipping executives across the enterprise with indispensable insight, advice, and tools to achieve their mission critical priorities. You can learn more at Gartner.com. All content in Gartner Podcasts is owned by Gartner and cannot be repurposed or reproduced without Gartner's consent. Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise's product or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

This week on The Horse Race, Steve Koczela and Jennifer Smith unpack results and polling from the 2024 Presidential Election. They're joined by Senior Research Director of the MassINC Polling Group and Horse Race Western Mass correspondent Rich Parr to discuss demographic and regional voter trends to the right. Plus, how did the ballot questions' outcomes compare to polling predictions?

Nick Kakolowski is the Senior Research Director at IANS Research, where he specializes in the managerial, leadership, risk management, privacy, and regulatory compliance components of the company's curriculum. In this episode… The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is expanding. Many CISOs are now responsible for more than just security — they are also managing privacy, AI risk, and other critical business functions. Organizations like IANS are helping security teams navigate these changes by providing critical data on CISO compensation, budget trends, and organizational structures through its research and surveys. So, how can companies ensure their security leadership is equipped to align with broader business goals while managing these new responsibilities effectively? IANS focuses on helping CISOs and their teams address real-world security challenges through its faculty of industry practitioners. Through its annual CISO Compensation and Budget Survey, conducted in partnership with Artico Search, IANS uncovers valuable insights into compensation disparities, evolving CISO responsibilities, and how security roles are expanding to include privacy and AI risk management. By leveraging real-world data, IANS equips businesses with the information they need to build more resilient security programs and infosec teams. In this episode of She Said Privacy/He Said Security, Jodi and Justin Daniels speak with Nick Kakolowski, Senior Research Director at IANS, about the CISO's expanding role. Nick shares valuable insights from IANS' research, highlighting how CISOs are taking on new responsibilities in areas like privacy, AI, and security governance. He underscores the growing importance of business and leadership skills for CISOs and emphasizes the need for collaboration across teams as boards increasingly turn to CISOs for security governance and risk management.

Joining Anthony for this episode of VETchat by The Webinar Vet is Tanya Michelsen, Senior Research Director at Kynetec. In this episode, Anthony and Tanya discuss the evolving landscape of animal health research, particularly focusing on the new generation of pet owners, financial pressures affecting pet care, and the importance of trust and communication in veterinary practices. Tanya shares insights from a study on pet ownership and veterinary relationships (the Kynetec Cost of Living Tracker), highlighting the challenges faced by both pet owners and veterinarians in the current economic climate. Download the study's free report here

This week on The Horse Race, Steve Koczela and Jennifer Smith share their thoughts on the role of AI in local journalism, and comment on the Melrose Robocast. Plus, Senior Research Director of the MassINC Polling Group and Horse Race Western Mass correspondent Rich Parr discusses reasons polls can be wrong.

Western authorities I.D. a key member of Evil Corp. A major U.S. water utility suffers a cyberattack. ODNI warns of influence campaigns targeting presidential and congressional races. A California deepfakes law gets blocked. Europol leads a global effort against human trafficking. Trinity ransomware targets the healthcare industry. Qualcomm patches a critical zero-day in its DSP service. ADT discloses a breach of encrypted employee data. North Korean hackers use stealthy Powershell exploits. On our Threat Vector segment, David Moulton and his guests tackle the pressing challenges of securing Operational Technology (OT) environments.  Machine Learning pioneers win the Nobel Prize.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. Threat Vector Segment In this segment of Threat Vector, David Moulton, Director of Thought Leadership at Palo Alto Networks, hosts cybersecurity experts Qiang Huang Chung hwang, Palo Alto Networks VP of Product Management for Cloud Delivered Security Services, and Michela Menting, Senior Research Director in Digital Security at ABI Research, discuss the pressing challenges of securing Operational Technology (OT) environments.  Join us each Thursday for a new episode of Threat Vector on the N2K CyberWire network. To hear David, Michela and Qiang's full discussion, check it out here.  Selected Reading Police unmask Aleksandr Ryzhenkov as Evil Corp member and LockBit affiliate (The Record) American Water, the largest water utility in US, is targeted by a cyberattack (Associated Press) US Warns of Foreign Interference in Congressional Races (Infosecurity Magazine) US Judge Blocks California's Law Curbing Election Deepfakes (BankInfo Security) Global Police Track Human Traffickers in Online Crackdown (Infosecurity Magazine) Recently spotted Trinity ransomware spurs federal warning to healthcare industry (The Record) Qualcomm patches high-severity zero-day exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer) ADT says hacker stole encrypted internal employee data after compromising business partner (The Record) North Korean Hackers Employ PowerShell-Based Malware With Serious Evasion Techniques (Cyber Security News) ‘Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Prize in physics for work on machine learning (CNN) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 This episode explores:The reason why 90% of supply chain professionals are currently in the midst of reorganization or are planning one in the near future. (1:16)How to design your supply chain for balance. (6:49)How to organize for strength. (10:06)How to design for speed. (13:19)Whether it is realistic to aim for designing for all three: balance, strength and speed. (15:39)Host Lindsay Azim sits down with guest Alan O'Keeffe of Gartner to discuss his latest Supply Chain Executive Report, which examines how supply chain leaders can radically rethink reorganizing their operations. With 90% of supply chain professionals currently in the midst of reorganization, or planning one in the near future, it's important that they follow the right approach. Put another way, supply chain leaders should reorganize to achieve balance, speed and strength.About the Guest:Alan O'Keeffe is a Senior Research Director in Gartner's Organizational Development team whose research covers global supply chain organization design, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and organizational solutions, such as shared services and centers of excellence. Using in-depth cross-industry research and insight into trends, he provides advice to supply chain leaders on how best to engage people and organizations to address the growing complexity of 21st century supply chains. Alan has more than 20 years of supply chain experience, with six years in head-of-function roles in logistics, customs and physical supply chain, and four years in supply chain consultancy specializing in strategic network optimization. These roles have covered a range of sectors, including technology, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and mining, at global, regional and national scopes.

In the wake of numerous high-profile incidents of police use of force, particularly against Black Americans, law enforcement agencies across the United States are confronting issues of officer misconduct. Whether such misconduct is preventable depends in part on whether it is predictable. In this episode of The Pie, Greg Stoddard, Senior Research Director for the Crime Lab and Education Lab, discusses recent research using administrative data from the Chicago Police Department to predict officers misconduct, before it happens.

In this video interview, Sandra Odendahl, Senior Vice President & Head of Sustainability, Diversity & Social Impact at BDC, discusses the challenges Indigenous and Black-led businesses continue to face in Canada and what BDC is doing to help the situation. PRESS RELEASE Montreal, June 19, 2024 – The faces of entrepreneurship are changing. Despite a two-decade decline in the overall entrepreneur population, the number of Indigenous and Black-led businesses is growing, counteracting this trend. To ensure these business creators can thrive, BDC has created a dedicated Inclusive Entrepreneurship team, is launching a $50 million financing and training program, and investing $200 million in Indigenous and Black-led businesses. “Too many underrepresented entrepreneurs continue to face the same barriers that existed a decade, or even a generation ago,” said Isabelle Hudon, President and CEO, BDC. “Despite a lot of positive strides, we just aren't moving quickly enough. It's clear a one-size-fits all approach does not work and, like the entrepreneurs we serve, we must innovate. The initiatives announced today are part of BDC's efforts to drive greater economic impacts and increase productivity.” As a development bank, BDC takes on more risk to help entrepreneurs and grow the economy. The bank identifies market gaps, and partners with others to create solutions that address the unique challenges faced by entrepreneurs and that mainstream lenders can use. Using this same innovative approach, BDC is aiming to propel more businesses with three key initiatives. The bank's new Inclusive Entrepreneurship Team leads with an inclusion mindset and puts that intention at the centre of every client experience. They have increased accountability with measurable targets around business development, and entrepreneur training and are already testing regional programs with business centres to better serve entrepreneurs where they are. Recognizing the barriers are highest, and trust is lowest, among the smallest and earliest-stage businesses, their first act was creating a new $50M program that provides loans, plus training, for businesses that are majority-owned by women, Indigenous and Black entrepreneurs and have revenues under $3 million. Lastly, BDC Capital, BDC's investment arm, is creating two new $100M platforms to support Indigenous and Black-led businesses. This will complement the $500M Thrive Platform for Women (launched in 2022) which includes Indigenous and Black women entrepreneurs. The team is currently working to hire key roles from the Black and Indigenous communities and collaborating with them to design and set objectives for the platforms. More details will come later this year. “A critical driver of creating intergenerational wealth for Black communities is equitable support for Black-owned businesses,” said Lise Birikundavyi, Managing Partner, BKR Capital. “With less than 0.5% of venture capital dollars in North America going towards Black entrepreneurs, there is a clear gap to fill. Since we started our fund focused on Black founders, we have seen an incredible amount of quality opportunities, and we believe it is great news to see an organization like BDC join forces to create a more diversified and robust venture capital industry.” These initiatives expand BDC's long-standing support for diverse entrepreneurs. Last year, BDC increased its women and Indigenous clients by 11% and 22% respectively. To date, BDC has committed over $8B dollars to underserved business owners directly through programs like the Indigenous Entrepreneur Loan and Thrive Fund, and indirectly through partners like Futurpreneur, FACE, NACCA, BKR Capital, and Raven Capital. Hundreds of free education resources are also available at bdc.ca. BDC's mission is to support Canadian entrepreneurs to build strong and resilient businesses and, in doing so, contribute to creating a more prosperous, competitive, and inclusive Canada. Its corporate values – United for Entrepreneurs, Powered by People, and Courageously Impactful – are the building blocks of BDC's corporate DNA. These values connect what the organization stands for to how it delivers on its mandate and corporate strategy. Additional Quotes “Indigenous Peoples are among the fastest growing populations in Canada and represent the highest growing segment of entrepreneurs,” said Althea Wishloff (Gitxsan Nation, Fireweed Clan), General Partner, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners. “At Raven, we have learned that taking a platform approach, supporting, and mentoring founders, while providing equity and equity-like capital in a culturally sensitive way is of utmost importance. We look forward to the growth of the ecosystem, new businesses being born and new co-investors emerging.” “Women make up half our population and workforce, yet less than 20% are majority owners in Canadian businesses,” said Marwa Abdou, Senior Research Director, Canadian Chamber of Commerce. “Our most recent report found progress is moving at a glacial pace in entrepreneurship and representation and unless radical changes are made, gender parity is more than a century away. It's great to see organizations like BDC continuing to invest new and innovative approaches like the Thrive Platform which is the world's largest venture fund in the world for women.” About BDC As Canada's bank for entrepreneurs, BDC is a partner of choice for all entrepreneurs looking to access the financing and advice they need to build their businesses and tackle the big challenges of our time. Our investment arm, BDC Capital, offers a wide range of risk capital solutions to help grow the country's most innovative firms. We are one of Canada's Top 100 Employers and Canada's Best Diversity Employers. BDC was the first financial institution in Canada to receive the B Corp certification in 2013 and it is the B Corp movement's national partner in Canada. For more information on BDC's products and services and to consult free tools, templates and articles, visit bdc.ca or join BDC on social media. Mario Toneguzzi Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list. He was also named by RETHINK to its global list of Top Retail Experts 2024. About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. With hosts in each province, entrepreneurs have a local and national format to tell their stories, talk about their journey and provide inspiration for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey and well- established founders. The commitment to a grass roots approach has built a loyal audience on all our social channels and YouTube – 500,000+ lifetime YouTube views, 200,000 + audio downloads, 35,000 + average monthly social impressions, 10,000 + engaged social followers and 35,000 newsletter subscribers. Canada's Podcast is proud to provide a local, national and international presence for Canadian entrepreneurs to build their brand and tell their story

Today's podcast features an interview with Amy Rosenfeld, Senior Research Director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Jessica Dayton, Executive Director of the Chautauqua Safety Village, and Jane Strommen, PhD, a gerontology Specialist at North Dakota State University overseeing NDSU's implementation of the Stepping On program. We discuss various types of unintentional injuries, several different programs providing education to reduce the risk of those injuries, and ways in which their outreach is continuing to expand. The transcript and a list of resources and organizations mentioned in the episode can be found at: https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/podcast/unintentional-injury-jun-2024 Exploring Rural Health is an RHIhub podcast.

Bluefield's latest remediation forecast for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) has surged to US$13.5 billion by 2030 in the wake of anticipated maximum contamination limits (MCLs) for drinking water and a significant legal settlement involving 3M in South Carolina. Now, with the EPA confirming these unprecedented contaminant limits, a fresh wave of discussions emerge, touching upon the EPA's authority, states' rights, and the subsequent course of action including the management and responsibility of biosolids disposal—who's ultimately responsible? In this episode, Podcast Host Reese Tisdale engages in a deep dive discussion with Bluefield's Senior Research Director, Greg Goodwin (a.k.a. Bluefield's policy watcher), exploring recent policy developments regulating 'forever chemicals' in drinking water and their potential ramifications on regulatory frameworks. Key talking points cover what is PFAS (for anyone not in the know), the implications of the EPA establishing its new MCLs for PFAS, the ripple effects on wastewater, and the potential influence of upcoming elections on these policies. If you enjoy listening to The Future of Water Podcast, please tell a friend or colleague, and if you haven't already, please click to follow this podcast wherever you listen. If you'd like to be informed of water market news, trends, perspectives and analysis from Bluefield Research, subscribe to Waterline, our weekly newsletter published each Wednesday. Related Research & Analysis: State of the Market: PFAS Policy Landscape, Forecasts, and Competitive Analysis 3M Windfall for PFAS Impacted Water Systems Europe to Ramp Up PFAS Water Regulations

Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and Latina girls get left behind?Guests:Monica Bhatt, PhD, Senior Research Director, University of Chicago Education LabSheretta Butler-Barnes, PhD, Professor, Washington UniversityKathleen Ethier, PhD, Director, CDC Division of Adolescent and School HealthNgozi Harris, LCPC, Working on Womanhood Director of Program and Staff Development, Youth GuidanceShekinah Jackson, Working on Womanhood ParticipantNora-Lisa Malloy, Working on Womanhood Counselor, Youth GuidanceHeidi Sipe, EdS, Superintendent, Umatilla School District (OR)Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.Follow us on X, LinkedIn and Youtube. Email us at info@tradeoffs.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Individual creativity and idea construction sets us apart within our own societies, it is a deeply desirable trait, and can give you power and wealth. ‘Gosh, what a great idea!', ‘Why didn't I think of that?' are often thought and heard. Cue Artificial intelligence, AI can enhance and enable our creativity- giving thousands of creative solutions to our input ideas. Less a brainstorm and more a cosmic tsunami of creation, all in a matter of seconds. It does this without its own personal agenda and selfish desire to have the idea that brings with it the potential for expression, power and wealth. But is it creative? Or, like in many industry applications, is AI a tool that makes us more creative. In this episode of The Next Five, we hear from Doug Eck, Senior Research Director at the Google DeepMind working on generative media, who discusses how we amplify our own human ideas with technology and that AI brings an inflection point where new art forms could develop with its help. Youtube content creator Dani Verdari, discusses the use of AI in her own content creation, the benefits of having this technology at her fingertips and how it can help others become artists and creators. She also discusses some of the issues around copyright of works that arise. Neil Maiden, Professor of Digital Creativity at the Bayes Business School, City University of London and Director of the Center for Creativity Enabled by AI, looks at how we embed creative thinking in professional practices and how AI can be used to solve problems more effectively.Sources: FT Resources, Harvard Business Review, Goldman Sachs, American Museum of Natural History, Science Daily, Lesley University, Forbes, Accenture. This content is paid for by Google and is produced in partnership with the Financial Times' Commercial Department Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rapid progress in AI technology has fueled the evolution of new tools and platforms. One such tool is a vector search. If the function of AI is to reason and think, the key to achieving this is not just in processing data, but also in understanding the relationships among data. Vector databases provide AI systems with the ability to explore these relationships, draw similarities, and make logical conclusions. Understanding and harnessing the power of vector databases will have a transformative impact on the future of AI.Edo Liberty is optimistic about the future where knowledge can be accessed at any time. Edo is the CEO and Founder of Pinecone, the managed database for large-scale vector search. Previously, he was a Director of Research at AWS and Head of Amazon AI Labs, where he built groundbreaking machine learning algorithms, systems, and services. He also served as Yahoo's Senior Research Director and led the research lab building horizontal ML platforms and improving applications. Satyen and Edo give a crash course on vector databases: what they are, who needs them, how they will evolve, and what role AI plays.--------“We as a community need to learn how to reason and think. We need to teach our machines how to reason and think and talk and read. This is the intelligence and we need to teach them how to know and remember and recall relevant stuff. Which is the capacity of knowing and remembering. The question is, what does it mean to know something? To know something is to be able to digest it, somehow to make the connections. When I ask you something about it, to figure out, ‘Oh, what's relevant? And I know how to bring the right information to bear so that I can reason about it.' This ping pong between reasoning and retrieving the right knowledge is what we need to get good at.” – Edo Liberty--------Time Stamps*(03:13): How vector databases revolutionize AI*(14:13): Transforming the digital landscape with semantic search and LLM integration*(28:10): Exploring AI's black box: The challenge of understanding complex systems *(37:02): Striking a balance between AI innovation and thoughtful regulation*(40:01): Satyen's Takeaways--------SponsorThis podcast is presented by Alation.Learn more:* Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.alation.com/podcast/* Alation's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alation/* Satyen's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssangani/--------LinksConnect with Edo on LinkedInWatch Edo's TED Talk

Anthony Marshall and Cindy Anderson are two leading lights within the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), IBM's acclaimed thought leadership think tank. Anthony serves as Senior Research Director of Thought Leadership for the IBV. In this role, he heads a global team of industry experts, statisticians, economists, and analysts who deliver actionable, data-vetted articles and reports on trends across numerous industries, technologies and operational management issues. Cindy, meanwhile, is the Chief Marketing Officer and Global Executive for the IBV and oversees its editorial, design, and user engagement. In her previous role at the Project Management Institute, she served as a high-profile author and speaker at TEDWomen workshops and global conferences in India, Mongolia, China, and other countries. These two highly accomplished IBV leaders have joined Buday TLP's Alan Alper on Everything Thought Leadership to discuss IBV's data-driven approach to thought leadership, how thought leadership has evolved over time, IBV's co-branded thought leadership initiatives with big names like SAP, and the future of thought leadership in the world of generative AI. “Blueprint” by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Music set to moving visuals. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Ashes_1206/blueprint/ https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

This episode of the D-Suite focuses on preparing for generative AI success by creating solid data foundations including data quality, data governance and metadata management. The three sections of the vodcast include:A discussion on the current best practices for usage of enterprise data with generative AI modelsAn interview with Roxane Edjlali, Gartner Senior Director analyst, on the importance of data quality and the role of the data fabric in generative AI success.An interview with Alex Bates, Insights and Data Director at Page Group, on how they were able to deliver a generative AI solution to their front line staff, resulting in significant time and cost savings. 00:00:00 AI Ready Data is Crucial to Generative AI SuccessGenerative AI requires more than just using AI models, especially when they need to use enterprise data. In this video, experts Rita Sallam and Afraz Jaffri direct data and analytics leaders to build the key components of AI-ready data 00:06:58 The Impact of Generative AI on Data ManagementGenerative AI will have a lasting  impact on the processes, skills and technologies used for data management. In this video, expert Roxane Edjlali provides insight into how data and analytics leaders can prepare for this change.Roxane Edjlali, Senior Director AnalystRoxane Edjlali is a Senior Research Director, focusing on data management strategies, supporting organizations to achieve effective uses of data in order to maximize business value. With digital business transformation, data management is becoming a crucial discipline to organizations. Ms. Edjlali supports Data and Analytics leaders in achieving data management excellence by providing guidance on strategies, organizational models, practices and technologies. More specifically Ms. Edjlali addresses emerging data management challenges such as data management in support of machine learning and artificial intelligence or impact of generative AI and LLMs on data management. 00:14:27 How AI Ready Data Drives Generative AI InnovationOrganizations are investing in Generative AI and keen to see big returns. In this video, Alex Bates, Insights and Data Director at Page Group, shares how they were able to create a Generative AI application for their employees resulting in an 80% reduction in time taken for one of their key business processes.Alex Bates, Managing Director - Group Data Insights & Activation at PageGroupAlex Bates is Managing Director - Group Data Insights & Activation at PageGroup, a FTSE 250 global recruitment business operating in 37 countries. His background, working across a diverse range of B2B and B2C organisations in both data and marketing, has helped to inform his progressive approach to defining an innovative data transformation strategy with a focus on driving commercial value from data. Within his current remit he has re-defined the role of data management and governance, developed and launched a suite of insight products used across the organisation, and established a ‘data lab' to test innovative products using advanced analytics, automation and AI. Alex challenges conventional thinking when it comes to the opportunities presented with data and technology, most-recently incorporating GenAI and internal knowledge bases to automate the creation of job adverts. Please subscribe and share the episode with your colleagues. Thank you for listening. Gartner Podcasts are a production of Gartner, the world's leading research and advisory company. Equipping executives across the enterprise with indispensable insight, advice, and tools to achieve their mission critical priorities. You can learn more at Gartner.com. All content in Gartner Podcasts is owned by Gartner and cannot be repurposed or reproduced without Gartner's consent. Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise's product or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

David Stodder, Senior Research Director for Business Intelligence with TDWI, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss data strategies for AI in the enterprise - including data management and data governance for artificial intelligence and machine learning as well as a preview of TDWI's upcoming Modern Data Leader's Summit in 2024. For more information on TDWI Las Vegas and the Modern Data Leader's Summit please visit TDWI upcoming Events.

00:00:00 How Can D&A Leaders Build Their Personal Brand?00:06:03 How Can D&A Leaders Make the Transition from ‘Tech' to ‘Exec'?Sarah James, Senior Research Director, Gartner CDAO PracticeSarah is a Senior Research Director in Gartner's CDAO practice, where she focuses on topics at the intersection of data and human behavior — CDAO impact and influence, data-driven culture development, bringing people along on the data journey, self-development, disrupting legacy thinking, neurodiversity, and more. A data and analytics leader, educator and transformation expert with 22 years' experience building data and analytics strategy and capability across multiple industries, Sarah is a passionate advocate of data and analytics value. She is skilled at influencing and negotiating at all levels of business; successfully engaging a large, disparate customer base; and effectively linking technical and nontechnical audiences. She is also a qualified executive coach and mentor and loves to bring these skills into her work. 00:13:40 What Does It Take to Succeed as An Executive D&A Leader?Troy Carmichael, Chief Data Officer at Renasant BankTroy has been in technology and operations for most of his professional career and has worked in multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare and energy.  He brings a passion for people and data to all that he does and is enthused to build and be part of excellent teams.Troy has an MBA from the University of Alabama, a BA from Auburn University, and is actively involved in his community.  He has been a Scoutmaster for many years and has helped more than 75 young men earn the rank of Eagle Scout. He and his wife have been married for more than 30 years and have four grown children. Please subscribe and share the episode with your colleagues. Thank you for listening. Gartner Podcasts are a production of Gartner, the world's leading research and advisory company. Equipping executives across the enterprise with indispensable insight, advice, and tools to achieve their mission critical priorities. You can learn more at Gartner.com. All content in Gartner Podcasts is owned by Gartner and cannot be repurposed or reproduced without Gartner's consent. Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise's product or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

Dell'Oro Group's Senior Research Director, Mauricio Sanchez, explores the paradigm-shifting world of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and its impact on cybersecurity and networking. How will SASE standards and certification, AI’s role in threat detection, and the evolving digital landscape secure our digital future? Join Mauricio, Pascal, and key decision makers driving the NaaS ecosystem... Read More The post SASE: On the Edge of Securing the Digital Future appeared first on MEF.

Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and Latina girls get left behind?Guests:Monica Bhatt, PhD, Senior Research Director, University of Chicago Education LabSheretta Butler-Barnes, PhD, Professor, Washington UniversityKathleen Ethier, PhD, Director, CDC Division of Adolescent and School HealthNgozi Harris, LCPC, Working on Womanhood Director of Program and Staff Development, Youth GuidanceShekinah Jackson, Working on Womanhood ParticipantNora-Lisa Malloy, Working on Womanhood Counselor, Youth GuidanceHeidi Sipe, EdS, Superintendent, Umatilla School District (OR)Learn more and read a full transcript on our website.We're also excited to share that you can now find Tradeoffs on YouTube! Still not enough Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news.Support this type of journalism today, with a gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta's Senior Research Director, Dr. Laurens van der Maaten, takes center stage to unravel the captivating realm of AI innovation. Learn about his groundbreaking contributions, including pioneering the t-SNE dimensionality reduction technique and harnessing AI for novel protein synthesis, climate change mitigation, and wearable materials simulation. Join us to explore the transformative power of AI across diverse domains and gain a glimpse into its future societal implications. This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia (https://go.aws/3zWS0au), by Modelbit (https://modelbit.com), for deploying models in seconds, and by Grafbase (https://grafbase.com), the unified data layer. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit JonKrohn.com/podcast for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: • Large-scale learning of image recognition models on web data [05:05] • Evolutionary Scale Modeling protein models [16:45] • Fighting climate change by building an A.I. model [29:49] • The CrypTen privacy-preserving ML framework [38:36] • Concerns about adversarial examples [53:25] • Laurens' t-SNE algorithm [58:56] • How to make a big impact [1:07:25] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/709

What's the role for artificial intelligence in today's enterprise? Where should IT leaders focus their efforts? A discussion with Global IT Advisory Practice Leader Tammy Pinter, Chief of Research John Van Decker and Senior Research Director, Enterprise IT Ron Exler. A complete list of show notes is available here for download.

In this episode of the Business Excelleration® Podcast, a discussion of the objectives, challenges and developments in the world of sustainable procurement, with European Procurement Advisor and Director Vicky Kavan, Senior Research Director, Procurement Amy Hillcox, and Procurement Advisory Principal Kurt Albertson.A complete list of show notes is available here for download.

We talk to managing director of TitleTown Tech, Craig Dickman, about the venture capital fund, what kind of companies they are investing in and what kind of boost its brining to Wisconsin and Green Bay's economy. Then we are joined by Quinton Klabon, Senior Research Director for Institute for Reforming Government, to have a conversation about education reform and the partisan divide that gets in the way. Guests: Craig Dickman, Quinton Klabon

What are the actual opportunities and limitations for the use of ChatGPT in today's enterprise? On this episode of The Hackett Group's Business Excelleration Podcast we'll be separating the hype from the reality, with the help of Global IT Advisory Practice Leader Tammy Pinter, Senior Manager Rizwan Imtiazi and Senior Research Director, Enterprise IT Ron Exler. A complete list of show notes is available here for download.

It's certain that thought leadership brings great value to an organization, but how do you calculate the actual ROI of your thought leadership investment? To demystify the ROI of thought leadership, I've invited Cindy Anderson and Anthony Marshall to join me for a discussion. Cindy Anderson is the Global Lead for Thought Leadership Engagement and Eminence, and Anthony Marshall is the Senior Research Director for Thought Leadership, both from the IBM Institute for Business Value.  In this episode, we talk about the IBM Institute for Business Value's 20 year history delivering thought-provoking insights to business leaders about emerging trends, opportunities, and challenges. Their thought leadership reports offer prescriptive recommendations to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities, and to help determine future organizational success. Since 2004, they have conducted groundbreaking surveys, growing from 300 CEO respondents to more than 3000. Due to the long history of the survey, they have a long horizon of data to track global changes in the CEO role, responsibilities, and best practices.    Recently, Cindy and Anthony lead a double blind survey of CEOs, seeking to discover the ROI of thought leadership. The survey included questions on thought leadership consumption, purchasing decisions, and more, all designed to shape insight on the effects of thought leadership, and guide CEO spending. The result was shocking! The data showed that the ROI was 156%, more than 16 times a typical marketing campaign's effectiveness. We wrap up the conversation discussing how Cindy and Anthony intend to tell the story of their research. They are writing a book which will be published in 2023, including survey data, information captured in follow-ups, the calculations used, and even a tool that companies can use to calculate their own thought leadership ROI! If you've ever tried to measure the impact of your org's thought leadership investment, this is a critical episode. Don't miss it! Three Key Takeaways: * Long-term surveys provide essential longitudinal data, showing change over time and tracking trends that underline permanent global shifts. * In order for thought leadership to flourish in an organization there needs to be an immense level of support from the CEOs - the TL team can't do it alone! * CEOs spend an average of 2 hours a week consuming thought leadership. To keep them engaged, you need to produce content that is rigorous, robust, and relevant.

Tyler Cole is joined by supply chain guru and digital nomad Deborah Dull, Senior Research Director at Zero100. Deborah is a visionary in the space, capable of distilling complex ideas into relatable stories. Together they unpack the concepts of circularity and regeneration to explain how future supply chains can operate emission-free, whether you're a multinational or an SMB enterprise.Discover an easier way of doing business with the J.B. Hunt 360°® platform. Manage the entire shipping process from start to finish, all in one place. See what the power of the J.B. Hunt 360 platform can do for you at jbhunt.com/power.Follow Net-Zero Carbon on Apple PodcastsFollow Net-Zero Carbon on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

Tyler Cole is joined by supply chain guru and digital nomad Deborah Dull, Senior Research Director at Zero100. Deborah is a visionary in the space, capable of distilling complex ideas into relatable stories. Together they unpack the concepts of circularity and regeneration to explain how future supply chains can operate emission-free, whether you're a multinational or an SMB enterprise.Follow Net-Zero Carbon on Apple PodcastsFollow Net-Zero Carbon on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

A discussion of our 2022 Digital World Class Finance research findings with Principal & Global Finance Advisory Leader Jim O'Connor and Shawn Fitzgerald, who is a Senior Research Director in our Finance Advisory Practice.Show NotesWelcome to The Hackett Group's “Business Excelleration Podcast,” where week after week we hear from experts on how to avoid obstacles, manage detours and celebrate milestones on the journey to world-class performance. This final episode of the four-part series in Digital World Class research is hosted by Gary Baker, Group Global Communications director at The Hackett Group. His guests are Jim O'Connor, principal and global finance advisor leader, and Shawn Fitzgerald, senior research director. When it comes to the world of business today, Jim says, you have to either survive or die. For the last 18 years, The Hackett Group has conducted a study, and a top five goal of finance for the last five years has been to be an effective business partner. In a world with inflation, impending recession, talent shortages, etc., finance needs to be there to support a business. The Hackett Group has developed the Hackett Value Grid™ to articulate what is meant by the term Digital World Class™. It is a 2 inches by 2 inches model that looks at the dimension of business value and operational excellence. Often, you'll see companies who focus on one or the other dimension, but not both. The top 10% of companies performing across business value are called business value leaders. Digital World Class companies are those who have done a great job balancing the tensions and competing priorities of both dimensions. They are also in the top 25% performance of The Hackett Group's criteria for both. Transformation to Digital World Class can be broken down into a few big levers. These include technology enablement, data and analytics, and modernization of your overall architecture. In addition to these core levers, there are also core strategic best practices, which are more policy-related. First, you have to really think about your operating model and how and where you are deploying your services to the broader organization. Second, leaders orient themselves on an end-to-end process perspective, beginning with what the customer needs and drawing it in. This has become even more prevalent with the adoption of digital technology. At the end of the day, the most important thing is to find, develop and retain good talent. Next, Shawn highlights the differences between Digital World Class finance organizations and their peers in terms of performance. We see Digital World Class finance organizations' staff and resources fundamentally different from their peer groups. For example, they tend to have 25% more specialists and over 50% higher staffing levels focused on planning, forecast, and analysis. Turning toward automation, they also have less people focused on transaction work. On the finance side, they have 42% lower operational costs.  Finance cost is a percentage of revenue for all companies – not just those in Digital World Class. However, in Digital World Class, finance is seen as a business partner. In 2021, we saw these organizations operating at 44% of the 2011 index. While they have come down a bit in costs, they are also delivering more and upscaling capabilities. Great companies develop multiyear plans to undertake the Digital World Class finance transformation.  Addressing the top change activities organizations are undertaking, one of the most common is establishing a clear transformation road map and establishing executive support. You have to scale and be ready to go after it. The other thing Digital World Class organizations do better than their peers is measure their results...A complete list of show notes is available here for down

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Dorothea Gotthardt, Investment Manager bei Capnamic. Dorothea hat die Runde von Graswald und Papercup analysiert: Papercup aus Großbritannien konnte 20 Millionen US-Dollar für seine KI, die Videos automatisch synchronisiert, einsammeln. Mit der jüngsten Series-A-Finanzierung hat Papercup nun insgesamt 30,5 Millionen Dollar eingeworben. Octopus Ventures führte die Investition an, gefolgt von Local Globe, Sands Capital, Sky und Guardian Media Ventures, Entrepreneur First, BDMI und einer Reihe von Angel-Investoren, darunter Des Traynor, Mitbegründer von Intercom und John Collison, Mitbegründer von Stripe. Zu den bestehenden Angel-Investoren gehören William Tunstall-Pedoe, Gründer von Evi (jetzt Amazons Alexa) und Zoubin Ghahramani, Senior Research Director bei Google Brain und ehemaliger Chefwissenschaftler bei Uber. Das Unternehmen wurde 2017 von Shemen und Jiameng Gao gegründet und bietet eine KI-gestützte Synchronisationslösung, die menschliche Stimmen in einem Film oder Sendung identifiziert und Synchronisationen in einer neuen Sprache erzeugt. Sky News, Discovery und Business Insider haben die Technologie bereits genutzt. Das Hannover Startup Graswald konnte in einer Seed-Runde 1,25 Millionen Euro Kapital einsammeln. Der High-Tech Gründerfonds, Lakestar sowie Business Angels investieren in das Unternehmen, welches mit dem frischen Kapital seine 3D-Content-Plattform für fotorealistische Virtualisierung von Natur schneller weiterentwickeln möchte. Zudem soll weiterer Content geschaffen und Graswald zu einer Plattform entwickelt werden. Die Vision des Startups ist es, fotorealistische 3D-Ökosysteme für das Metaverse Leben bereitzustellen. Gegründete wurde Graswald im Jahr 2021 von Julius Harling.

#064:  Food and Water Watch Research Director and Policy Analyst Amanda Starbuck shares what it takes to get your products into the supermarket today: a lot of money and plenty of marketplace power. But what does this mean for those of us looking for real, nutritious, and climate-friendly foods?  Amanda Starbuck  is a Senior Research Director and Policy Analyst with Food and Water Watch in Washington, DC. She earned her Masters degree in Global Environmental Policy at American University and centers her work on family farms and regional food hubs. Originally from North Dakota, Amanda has farming ties on both sides of her family.To watch a video version of this podcast with access to the full transcript and links relevant to our conversation, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/amanda-starbuck-corporate-consolidation-our-food-system-episode-sixty-fourThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be, but that the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing the ability for small farms who adhere to the law to stay in business. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but still paying a premium price. And the lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Friends:https://www.realorganicproject.org/real-organic-friends/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

KFOR's Dale Johnson talks with Denise Bulling is Senior Research Director of the Public Policy Center about the Safe2HelpNE school reporting system

Children Increased Grade Point Average and Learned Social Skills I would like to share this article on Pat Gesualdo. I had the privilege of interviewing him for my podcast. Please listen to this informative discussion with Pat.   In the study done in SURREY, ENGLAND/MONTVILLE, N.J. (August 27, 2014) –Drumming can help children with autism spectrum disorders and O.D.D. to stop violent behavior, self-mutilation, and assist with developing cognitive functioning, social skill interaction, and grade point average, according to the research team at the Woodland Grange School in Surrey England, and the non-profit research organization Drums and Disabilities, (D.A.D.) in Montville, NJ. For people with autism and cognitive disabilities, the synapses in the brain ineffectively communicate with each other. Playing repeated patterns of music can re-train these synapses, and can help these people re-establish the correct synapse pathways. The study was conducted by David Ciauro (EdS, MA,LAC), Pat Gesualdo, Senior Research Director for D.A.D. Christopher Topple, and Colin Jenkinson, Head Teacher for the Woodland Grange School. Playing repeated patterns of music rhythms which the researchers called “Drum Therapy,” helped the study participants to re-train the synapses in the brain, and develop physical and cognitive functioning. “The study participants in our school have stopped violent behavior, self mutilation, and have achieved a 100% attendance record, as a result of the Drum Therapy research,” says Head Teacher Colin Jenkinson. “Their parents and I are in total disbelief of their success.” Click Here or Click the link below for more details! https://naturallyrecoveringautism.com/146

Marc Sims talks with Monica P. Bhatt about high-dosage tutoring. Dr. Monica P. Bhatt is the Senior Research Director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab. https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/people/monica-bhatt

Edo Liberty: How Vector Data Is Changing The Way We Recommend Everything  [Audio] Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSSEdo Liberty is the CEO of Pinecone, a company hiring exceptional scientists and engineers to solve some of the hardest and most impactful machine learning challenges of our times. Edo also worked at Amazon Web Services where he managed the algorithms group at Amazon AI. As Senior Manager of Research, Amazon SageMaker, Edo and his team built scalable machine learning systems and algorithms used both internally and externally by customers of SageMaker, AWS's flagship machine learning platform. Edo served as Senior Research Director at Yahoo where he was the head of Yahoo's Independent Research in New York with focus on scalable machine learning and data mining for Yahoo critical applications.Edo is a Post Doctoral Research fellow in Applied Mathematics from Yale University. His research focused on randomized algorithms for data mining. In particular: dimensionality reduction, numerical linear algebra, and clustering. He is also interested in the concentration of measure phenomenon. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:Episode Links:  Edo Liberty LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edo-liberty-4380164/ Edo Liberty Twitter: https://twitter.com/pinecone Edo Liberty Website: https://www.pinecone.io Podcast Details: Podcast website: https://www.humainpodcast.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humain-podcast-artificial-intelligence-data-science/id1452117009 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6tXysq5TzHXvttWtJhmRpS RSS: https://feeds.redcircle.com/99113f24-2bd1-4332-8cd0-32e0556c8bc9 YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1rag YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1rag/videos Support and Social Media:  – Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humain/creators – Twitter: https://twitter.com/dyakobovitch – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humainpodcast/ – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidyakobovitch/ – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumainPodcast/ – HumAIn Website Articles: https://www.humainpodcast.com/blog/ Outline: Here's the timestamps for the episode: (06:02)- It's funny how being a scientist and building applications and building platforms are so different. It's kind of like for me it's just by analogy, I mean, kind of a scientist, if you're looking at some achievement, like technical achievement as being a top of a mountain and a scientist is trying to like hike, they're trying to be the first person to the summit. (06:28)- When you build an application, you kind of have to build a road, you have to be able to drive them with a car. And when you're building a platform on AWS or at Pinecone, you have to like build a city there. You have to really like, completely like to cover it. For me, the experience of building platforms and AWS was transformational because the way we think about problems is completely different. It's not about proving that something is possible, it is building the mechanisms that make it possible always for, in any circumstance. (13:43)- And so on and today with machine learning, you don't really have to do any of that. You have pre-trained NLP models that convert a string, like a, take a sentence in English to an embedding, to a high dimensional vector, such that the similarity or either the distance or the angle between them is analogous to the similarity between them in terms of like conceptual smelts semantic similarity.(18:17)- Almost always Pinecone ends up being a lot easier, a lot faster and a lot more production ready than what they would build in house. A lot more functional. We've spent two and a half years now baking a lot of really great features into Pinecone. And we're, we've just launched a version 2.0 that contains all sorts of filtering capabilities and cost reduction measures and you name it.    (21:22)- And so I'm a great believer in knowing your own data and knowing your own customers and training your own models. It doesn't mean that you have to train them from scratch. It doesn't mean you don't have to use the right tools. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, but I'm not a big believer in completely pre-trained, plucked off of a random place in the internet models. I do want to say that there are great models for just feature engineering for objects that don't change so much. So we have language models like BERT that transform text and create great embeddings and they're a good starting point. (31:01)- So I think you'll see two things. First of all, with Pinecone specifically, we're focused on really only two things; making it easy to use and get value out of Pinecone and making it cheaper. That's it! I mean that, those are the only two things we care about. Like if you can get a ton of value out of it and it doesn't cost you too much, that's it, you're a happy customer and we're happy to get you there. So that pretty much sums up all of our focus. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week... it's the only mammal capable of flight. And it can catch 1000 mosquitos in an hour! We're talking bats with Catskill Mountainkeeper's Senior Research Director, Kathy Nolan, who joined me among the little brown bats of Shandaken, NY. Thanks to our sponsors: the Catskill Center; and the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, hosting the 17th annual Cauliflower Festival. Thanks also to Robert Burke Warren, for the use of his song, "It's a Bat!" And to Raimund Specht, Avisoft Bioacoustics, for the bat recordings. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kaatscast/support

Welcome to the sixth and final episode of our Winter Series on Water for Development, hosted by Michael Wilson and Rosie Wheen. Join Melita Grant and Duncan Green as they discuss what's next for the water crisis. Melita Grant is a Senior Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney. Melita has also spent time working on Integrated Water Resource Management inside the NSW Government. She is a recognised development practice and design expert, with expertise ranging across issues of water for development, trans-boundary water management, gender equality, human rights, and social inclusion. Duncan Green is a Senior Strategic Advisor for Oxfam, Great Britain, and Professor in Practice in International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of a seminal work for both activists and practitioners on how to understand and identify opportunities for positive change in international development, called 'How Change Happens', published in 2016. Relevant Links: www.wateraid.org.au www.waterpartnership.org.au https://awschool.com.au/presenters/melita-grant/ https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/duncan-green https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/how-change-happens-consultation-draft-581366/ Enjoy the episode, and connect with us via social media @goodwillpod.

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Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio has partnered with the RSVL A/D to provide resource information for caregivers and people living with dementia during the pandemic. This is our 2nd series on the topic of caring and coping during the pandemic. Dementia Research during the Pandemic - COVID and Cognition Our guest today on Alzheimer's Speaks Radio is William H. Frey II, Ph.D. who is the Senior Research Director in the Center for Memory and Aging at the HealthPartners Neuroscience Center. He start with a presentation on the intranasal method for bypassing the blood-brain barrier to treat neurological disorders while reducing unwanted side effects and we wrap up with questions. Center for Memory & Aging - HealthPartners Neuroscience Center     Alzheimer’s Research Center      Email Link to 1st series of caring and coping during the pandemic Contact Roseville Alzheimer’s and Dementia Community Action Team: Website     Email Contact our Host Lori La Bey  Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world since 2011.

Nilly Essaides, Senior Research Director, Finance Advisory talks with Jason Logman, Principal, Finance Transformation about how companies are transforming their FP&A operations. The pandemic has caused many companies to expect more from FP&A. By utilizing cutting edge technology, focusing on key drivers, and more, FP&A can improve agility and offer greater insight that can drive improved accuracy and better business decisions.

Nilly Essaides, Senior Research Director, Finance Advisory talks with Jason Logman, Principal, Finance Transformation about how companies are transforming their FP&A operations. The pandemic has caused many companies to expect more from FP&A. By utilizing cutting edge technology, focusing on key drivers, and more, FP&A can improve agility and offer greater insight that can drive improved accuracy and better business decisions.

Deborah Jordan Brooks, PH.D, (she/hers) is a university professor, author and researcher specializing in political science and female leadership. As an Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, her teachings focus on women, politics, and the media - while her scholarly research examines female empowerment, public opinion, and political advertising.Deborah is the founder of IMHER (the International Menstrual Health Entrepreneurship Roundup), a digital resource center for objective, free information about menstrual health education and products that is scalable and regionally-specific. She is also the author of He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates, along with numerous scholarly articles.In this episode, she talks to us about the importance (and scarcity) of quality research in the menstrual health space; current research challenges and policy wins; the intersection between female leadership and MHH; and more.Connect on LinkedInGet in touch via email: deborah.j.brooks@dartmouth.eduFollow IMHER on Facebook: @globalMHMDartmouth Research ProfileBackground on NH bill  Highlights from this episode:Why she is passionate about Menstrual health & Hygiene (MHH), and what drew her to the field as a political science researcherHow MHH empowers women, girls and communities at every levelWhy high-quality research is so crucial to making progress in the menstrual movement (hint: government funding “follows the data”)Current research challenges and policy wins in the menstrual health spaceHow Deborah helped pass a 2019 New Hampshire state law requiring free period products to be implemented in all middle- and high-schoolsHow YOU can influence menstrual health policy in your communityBio: Deborah Jordan Brooks is an Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, as well as the coordinator of the Gender and Foreign Policy Program for the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth. Her research examines women as voters and as leaders, public opinion, political advertising, and survey research methods in global health, and she teaches courses on women and leadership, and the media and politics. Previously, Brooks was a Senior Research Director at The Gallup Organization, a survey research firm, where she ran brand management and customer satisfaction project for Fortune 1000 clients. The IMHER project leverages the research skills of her Dartmouth undergraduates to facilitate the efforts of menstrual hygiene organizations around the world.  That project was inspired by what Brooks learned from many of the YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative) Mandela scholars who have worked with the Dickey Center over the years.Support the show (http://bit.ly/donatetodfg)

Tomorrow Congress will begin what is normally a brief ceremony, the counting of the Electoral Votes and the certification of the winners. But this time promises to be quite different. Vice President Pence will preside, and President Trump claimed in a tweet today that he will have the power to reject fraudulent electors, and set aside the results According to the Constitution and the relevant statute, that is not actually true, and an overwhelming majority of the U-S Senate seems to agree. But what does the law actually say, and how could this unfold tomorrow? For more on all of this, KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising along with KCBS Radio political reporter Doug Sovern, were joined by Stanford Law professor Nathan Persily, former Senior Research Director of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration and co-director of the Stanford-MIT Project on a Healthy Election.

Intranasal delivery of agents to the brain, Adult stems cells and Insulin for treatment of brain injury and degenerative diseases, Possible effects of COVID-19 on the brain, long term complications, and policy choices. Dr. William H. Frey II is a Senior Research Director of the Center for Memory & Aging at the HealthPartners Neuroscience Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Frey’s focus has been the use of a non-invasive intranasal method for bypassing the blood-brain barrier to target therapeutic agents to the brain to treat neurological and psychiatric disorders while reducing unwanted side effects. These conditions include Mild Cognitive Impairment, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and other brain diseases. He is also a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. He can be reached at neuroresearch@healthpartners.com / 651-254-3736 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/support

The African Development Bank (AAA) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and Africa’s economies. Listen to my interview with Senior Research Director, at African Development Bank, Ebirima Faal on how has COVID19 affected Africa countries and its immediate development. What it takes to raise funds for the poor and vulnerable people during a pandemic, potential famine and accountability required to do so. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/femidlive/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femidlive/support

Dr. William Frey, Senior Research Director, Center for Memory and Aging, HealthPartners Neuroscience Center shares his insights about delivering therapeutic agents to the brain by-passing the blood-brain barrier.  Based on an unusual dream he had in 1989, Bill has been on the path to discover and patent a noninvasive intranasal method of delivering drugs to the brain to treat Alzheimer's and other brain disorders.  Bill also warns that we should be looking at how COVID-19 is reaching the brain and any long-term impact the virus might have. Center for Memory and Aging Listen to the podcast here

Dr. William Frey, Senior Research Director, Center for Memory and Aging, HealthPartners Neuroscience Center shares his insights about delivering therapeutic agents to the brain by-passing the blood-brain barrier.  Based on an unusual dream he had in 1989, Bill has been on the path to discover and patent a noninvasive intranasal method of delivering drugs to the brain to treat Alzheimer's and other brain disorders.  Bill also warns that we should be looking at how COVID-19 is reaching the brain and any long-term impact the virus might have. Center for Memory and Aging Download the transcript here

Guten Tag from Raleigh, NC! This week we had our very first in-person interview at the “WitzEnd Studio” (i.e. Rich’s office) with Dello’Oro Group’s Senior Research Director, Jeff Heynen. In this episode, we learn that Jeff is well versed in German and Dutch, he was a contributing author on a PBS documentary series, and he’s a major history buff. If you want all the juicy details, be sure to click the Sound Cloud link below!

Nilly Essaides, the Senior Research Director of Finance at the Hackett Group chats with us and discusses what digital transformation looks like for the finance function, how tech will impact future work and what the trends look like for 2020 and beyond.

Joan Cerio welcomes water experts Dr. Carly Nuday and Nevin Eckert to discuss the physics, history, and energetic qualities of water and how bio-available structured water can promote our health and consciousness. Dr. Carly Nuday uses her passion of bridging science and spirituality to improve human health and wellness. She has been researching water for over a decade, studying and creating the most effective methods of raising water's structure to improve bio-availability and life-promoting properties for both individual and agricultural applications. She provides consultations, workshops and seminars about water, EMF sensitivity, and the science of health and consciousness. She is the author of Water Codes: The Science of Health, Consciousness, and Enlightenment, Senior Research Director at Water, Inc., and co-utility patent holder for water-resonant therapeutic tools. She holds a Ph.D. in Religious Theology, a Doctor of Divinity, and Baccalaureate studies in Alternative Medicine and Therapies. Her website is https://watercodes.com. You can order her book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0986268402/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_CDktCbP161S92 Nevin Eckert has been researching holistic health, water quality, and emerging water technologies for 23 years. He has discovered a custom drinking water system solution, configured with state of the art components, to purify and transform any water from well water to the nastiest city water. TrueSpring water quality solutions independently represents an array of cutting edge water technologies. Nevin maintains a network of working relationships with water researchers, inventors, and authors worldwide. Over the years he has presented at numerous events and conferences. His websites are https://truestspring.com and https://naturbynevin.com.

“To truly achieve high revenue performance, you need to ensure you have THIS much dedicated to channel marketing within the overall marketing budget…” Angela Leech loves talking incentives. As a Senior Research Director for Channel Marketing at Forrester Research, she has an in-depth view of what some of the world's top-performing companies are doing to grow their channel business. In this episode, she shares findings from a vast dataset to help us all start fixing the broken connections in our channels and reach our high-growth potential...

A sparkling conversation on the state of customer advocacy with Amy Bills, Senior Research Director at SiriusDecisions. We talk about marketing investment trends, tools and technology, and the SiriusDecisions customer engagement framework.

Regular listeners will remember my interview with Joseph Goldberg from Tobii Pro where we discussed how their eye tracking technology makes it possible to know exactly where someone is looking which is an incredibly powerful tool for gaining unique and objective insight into human behavior. While this information can be used in a wide breadth of study fields, some of the main applications are found within the study of consumer behavior, acquired skillsets, situational awareness, and medical conditions such as Alzheimer's, dementia, and autism. However, I recently came across a fascinating report that highlighted how Tobii Pro's eye-tracking technology also helps identify what makes an effective broadcast TV commercial in a world full of mobile devices and other distractions. Tobii Pro's eye tracked participants in their actual homes as they watched TV between 2016 to 2018. Eye tracking provides unique, scientific insights on the elements of a TV commercial that grabbed or dropped viewers’ attention. Tobii Pro identified the best points to air a commercial and ideal length as well as gender and age differences in attention span. Some of the findings go against traditional thinking on what makes an effective commercial. It’s a treasure trove of data that’s super-relevant to ad agencies, ad buyers, brands, TV networks and listeners to my daily tech podcast that showcases the continued relevance of television as an advertising medium. I invited Mike Bartels, Senior Research Director at Tobii Pro Insight onto my podcast to find out more about the study. Mike's team conducts world-class attention research studies using advanced Tobii Pro eye-tracking technology. Their areas of expertise include shopper behavior, user experience, advertising effectiveness, media engagement, and professional development. I learn more about how Mike and his team at Tobii Pro strive to provide their clients with actionable insights that allow them to literally see the world through the eyes of their customers.

There is now a large and growing evidence base that helping teachers develop their use of minute-to-minute and day-by-day assessment is one of, if not the most powerful ways to improve student learning. In this episode, Sarah Gilmore interviews Dylan Wiliam about why and how  assessment for learning, or formative assessment works. Dylan is Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at University College London. After a first degree in mathematics and physics, and one year teaching in a private school, he taught in inner-city schools in London for seven years. From 1996 to 2001 he was the Dean of the School of Education at King’s, and from 2001 to 2003, Assistant Principal of the College. In 2003 he moved to the USA, as Senior Research Director at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. From 2006 to 2010 he was Deputy Director of the Institute of Education, University of London. Over the last 15 years, his academic work has focused on the use of assessment to support learning (sometimes called formative assessment). He now works with groups of teachers all over the world on developing formative assessment practices. To learn more about Dylan you can visit his website or follow him on Twitter, and to find out more about the Teacher Learning Communities project discussed in this episode, you can visit the Dylan Wiliam Center website. You can also follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with news and exciting opportunities to work with fantastic educators like Dylan!

November is Lead Generation month here on Tech Demand Weekly and we are excited to have [SiriusDecisions](https://www.siriusdecisions.com/) on board as a sponsor for the month. One of the biggest challenges for the B2B marketer is that there isn't one sole, universal definition of a "lead".  So in this episode we are starting right from the beginning of the process and asking what is the definition of a lead? Joining Charles on the podcast is Terry Flaherty, who is a Senior Research Director at [SiriusDecisions](https://www.siriusdecisions.com/). [SiriusDecisions](https://www.siriusdecisions.com/) is a research and advisory firm that delivers the actionable intelligence, transformative frameworks and expert guidance that equip executives to modernize and elevate sales, marketing and product performance. Fast growing companies rely on [SiriusDecisions](https://www.siriusdecisions.com/) research and insights to improve their decision-making ability and help them implement and change processes faster to drive growth. Based on a recent study, [SiriusDecisions](https://www.siriusdecisions.com/) clients are proven to grow 12-15 times faster than their peers and have a 34% higher profitability rate. [SiriusDecisions](https://www.siriusdecisions.com/)’ mission is to help their clients achieve cross-functional alignment and improved performance through access to cutting-edge research and collaborative, step-by-step counsel. Check out their latest research and insights at [SiriusDecsions.com](https://www.siriusdecisions.com/).

Dr. Peter Norsk, Senior Research Director and Element Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine based here at NASA, describes the hazard of altered gravity fields and its effects on the human body. This is part four of a five-part series on the hazards of human spaceflight. HWHAP Episode 60.

Dr. Peter Norsk, Senior Research Director and Element Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine based here at NASA, describes the hazard of altered gravity fields and its effects on the human body. This is part four of a five-part series on the hazards of human spaceflight. HWHAP Episode 60.

Dr. Peter Norsk, Senior Research Director and Element Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine based here at NASA, describes the hazard of altered gravity fields and its effects on the human body. This is part four of a five-part series on the hazards of human spaceflight. HWHAP Episode 60.

In the sixth edition of the CBI/CBRE London business survey, Eddie Curzon talks with guests Jennette Arnold (Chair of the London Assembly), Andy Steele (CEO of Osborne Construction) and Kevin McCauley, (Senior Research Director at CBRE).

Are you looking to learn about the latest trends in the trade show event industry?  In this special ExhibitorLive episode, Nancy Drapeau, Senior Research Director at Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) shares how her organization conducts objective research to provide trade show state of the industry and trends.  CEIR is a not for profit organization and offers over 100 reports including the CEIR index which includes 14 business sectors.  Listen and hear how they provide key insights on the value of face-to-face marketing for industry stakeholders including exhibitors, attendees, associations, organizers, and suppliers.  If you want know where the industry is going this interview is just for you! 8 Trade Show Industry Trends and Insights CEIR Industry Index: There is a correlation with how well the trade show industry is doing with the GDP and currently the industry is growing at a more moderate. Trade Shows Continue to Deliver: Companies still see the value for the chance to have face-to-face interactions. Marketing Spend Decisions: In 2017 among companies that exhibit, over 40% of marketing budgets are allocated to trade shows. Digital Channels: 68% of Exhibiting companies use 1 or more digital channels for their trade show strategy. Marketing Budgets Aren’t Growing: The budget spend on the trade show channel has remained constant even when exhibitors have been asked to do more with less marketing budgets. Top 2 Reasons Why Companies Exhibit: Sales Lead Generation and Branding remain the top activities why companies exhibit. New CEIR Engagement Study: Over 900 exhibitor responded to the study which looked at what organizers are offering and what exhibitors offering for engagement.  For example: At a large equipment show, one company created a 3D Excavator and did live demonstrations at the show. Engagement Gaps between Exhibitors vs. Organizers: Exhibitors see the value in new product showcases because decision makers go to see what is new.  Show organizers don’t always offer a new product showcase as an opportunity exhibitors. Face-to-Face Marketing: “People do business with People” Nancy Drapeau  CEIR ExhibitorLive Session R604: Nancy will be speaking session on Thursday, March 1st about how engagement starts before the event: pre-event, onsite and post show and what companies are doing that works. She will be discussion why attendees go and why companies going to trade shows. Session attendees will find out what to stop doing if there activities that aren’t delivering success at exhibiting.  During ExhibitorLive visit CEIR’s exhibit at 404 to find more information and trends. Resources: www.ceir.org and if anyone has a question for Nancy, reach out to her ndrapeau@ceir.org. If you would like to take your trade show program to the next level find more tips and advice at www.rockyourtradeshow.com and reach out to me, I would love to help you! Credits: A big thanks as always to Christy Haussler at Team Podcast for editing this episode!

Date: March 24, 2016 Featuring: Maren Batalden, MD, MPH, Associate Chief Quality Officer and Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education for Quality and Safety, Cambridge Health Alliance Kathy Sabadosa, MPH, Senior Research Director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Sarah Myers, MPH, RN, Executive Improvement Director, ImproveCareNow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Julie Bass, DO, Medical Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, MO) Jamie Hicks, RN, Lead Parent of Patient & Family Advisory Council, Children’s Mercy Hospital IBD Program Christina Gunther-Murphy, Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) When we say patients and clinicians should be “co-producing health and health care,” do we really mean it? Dr. Maren Batalden from the Cambridge Health Alliance certainly hopes so. In fact, in her recent article on the subject, she and her co-authors assert that a form of co-production already exists in health care today — in the natural give-and-take between patients and providers around treatment and care decisions; and in the assets that patients and practitioners each bring to the table. But we have yet to realize the full promise of co-production —​ the opportunity to optimize this “collaboration” to achieve much better health and health outcomes. In other words, when patients and providers consciously work together, toward common goals, all kinds of possibilities open up.   Co-production does require a paradigm shift and for medical staff, letting go of seeing themselves as the sole engines and creators of the “product” known as health care. In fact, Dr. Batalden and her co-authors argue, health care isn’t a product at all, but a service which both “sides” engage in and have an opportunity to shape. At its most basic level co-production is an exciting new way to frame mutually respectful, helpful relationships, including among clinical staff. Dr. Batalden says it best: “Health care is not a product manufactured by the health care system, but rather a service which is co-created by health care professionals in relationship with one another and with people seeking help to restore or maintain health for themselves and their families.   These are the conversations and concepts that make up the excellent March 24 WIHI: The New World of Co-Producing Health and Health Care.

Originally aired on 11/19/2016 Episode 88 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado and her cohost Alvin Bailey have Dr. Tom Tunstall, Senior Research Director for UTSA's Institute for Economic Development on the show! We're also joined by our resident energy expert, David Blackmon! Let us know what you think about our shows on our Facebook page - Facebook.com/intheoilpatchradioshow and be sure to share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Twitter and LinkedIn too! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) and the Kahlig Auto Group. Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com.

Originally aired on 10/29/2016 Episode 85 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado and her cohost Alvin Bailey have Dr. Tom Tunstall, Senior Research Director for UTSA's Institute for Economic Development on the show! We're also joined by our resident energy expert, David Blackmon! Let us know what you think about our shows on our Facebook page - Facebook.com/intheoilpatchradioshow and be sure to share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Twitter and LinkedIn too! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) and the Kahlig Auto Group. Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com.

Originally aired on 09/10/2016 Episode 79 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado and her cohost Alvin Bailey have Dr. Tom Tunstall back on the show! Dr. Tunstall is the Senior Research Director at the University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development, and he has some important updates to share with you! Let us know what you think about our shows on our Facebook page - Facebook.com/intheoilpatchradioshow and be sure to share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Twitter and LinkedIn too! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) and the Kahlig Auto Group. Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com.

-Originally aired on 01/30/2016- Episode 49 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado and her cohost Alvin Bailey have Dr. Tom Tunstall back in the studio! Dr. Tunstall is a seasoned economist in the oil & gas industry and has studied the industry from many different parts of the world. His current residence at UTSA's Institute for Economic Development as the Senior Research Director allows him to focus on his passion while making an impact in the communities which he studies. He is also a resident contributor to SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine each issue. You can read his latest article here: http://shalemag.com/oil-gas-industry-full-circle/ Learn more about the Institute for Economic Development: iedtexas.org Share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) and the Kahlig Auto Group. Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com.

Kathleen Nolan, Senior Research Director of Catskill Mountainkeper talks about the Crude Oil and Gas Infrastructure

Listen NowRisk adjustment is a statistical method by which payers can reasonably predict how much a patient's care needs are expected to cost in any given year.  In so called Fee-For-Service Medicare this matter is essentially moot since since providers are simply paid for the reimbursable services they provide their patients.  However, health care payment is rapidly moving towards fixed or pre-arranged reimbursement models.  For example, Medicare Advantage plans are paid a pre-determined or fixed per member per month fee and ACOs are incented to spend less annually than a pre-determined benchmark that amounts to an ACO's patients' historical costs risk adjusted.  Therefore, risk adjustment, or getting risk adjustment right, becomes critically important.  During this 23 minute discussion Dr. Book explains the theory behind risk adjustment, how it's calculated for Medicare Advantage plans using hierarchical condition categories (HCC) codes and demographic data, the phenomenon known as "up coding," what CMS has done to address the issue and whether predicted costs tend to be lower than actual costs for high cost beneficiaries is a problem.Dr. Robert Book is a Health Economist and Senior Research Director at the Health Systems  Innovation Network.   (His paper discussed during this interview was authored via his work with the American Action Forum.)  Dr. Book's work primarily focuses on modeling of the effects of the ACA.   He has also expertise in a wide variety of related issues including Medicare and Medicare Advantage pricing, provider incentives, employer-sponsored insurance, drug regulation and the economics of medical research.  Dr. Book earned his Ph.D. in economics and his MBA at the University of Chicago, an MA in computational and applied mathematics at Rice and his undergraduate in mathematics at Duke.     Dr. Book's primer on Medicare Advantage risk adjustment is at: http://americanactionforum.org/research/primer-medicare-risk-adjustment.For a discussion on Medicare Advantage pricing more generally see the May 6, 2013 interview with Dr. Brian Biles.    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

Putting on our analytics cap to ensure efforts contribute to the bottom line for clients, the Arketi team is trying to better understand the metrics that matter most in B2B search engine marketing. To continue our Measurements that Matter series, we spoke with Jen Horton, Senior Research Director of SiriusDecisions.