Podcasts about soft stuff

This week, Brad is joined by correctly-spelled Mike, the one and only Mike Matteson from Inkdependence. We discuss his recent YouTube milestone, his local Pelikan Hub, some of his favorite inks, and what makes for a great pen show experience.

This week, Brad is joined by correctly-spelled Mike, the one and only Mike Matteson from Inkdependence. We discuss his recent YouTube milestone, his local Pelikan Hub, some of his favorite inks, and what makes for a great pen show experience.

Jon celebrates SVB's new connection to North Carolina. David waxes erotic about pudding. Watch David's show DICKTOWN on Hulu http://bit.ly/dicktown Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/electionprofitmakers Send your election prediction questions to contact@electionprofitmakers.com

In today's episode, Willy welcomes Carolyn Dewer. She founded and co-leads McKinsey's CEO excellence work, coaching many Fortune 100 CEOs to maximize their effectiveness. She works extensively with clients to drive organizational effectiveness at pivotal moments such as mergers, strategic shifts, and crises. She also leads large-scale performance improvement programs, integrating strategic, operational, and cultural initiatives. In addition to her direct work with clients, Carolyn conducts ongoing research. Among her many articles are two of the most read McKinsey Quarterly Articles of all time, The CEO's role in leading transformation and The irrational side of change management. She has also authored two foundational publications, Performance Culture Imperative: A Hard-nosed Approach to the Soft Stuff and Breaking New Ground. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets that Distinguish the Best Leaders From The Rest. The episode begins with Carolyn giving a brief insight into the CEOs she included in her book CEO Excellence. The outliers to her were the lesser-known but equally impressive leaders. Her inspiration for writing the book was McKinsey's landmark event, the Leadership Retreat, bringing together next-generation CEOs to learn from more experienced ones. She also wanted a clear answer to the question, "What does it mean to be a CEO?" CEOs included in the book had to have strong performance, a six-year tenure, and good reputational risk. Winning to an elite CEO looks different from the regular ones. One point is setting direction – being bold and reframing what winning looks like. She cites Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga recalibrating the company's focus from the credit card market to "killing cash." She also mentions Herbert Hainer of Adidas, bringing the brand back to its deep sense of purpose, creating the best products with science and technology. Another note-worthy CEO was Hubert Joly of Best Buy, shifting the focus on the customer experience and delivering value in-store that other stores can't do. He put into action the filter of four circles: what the world needs, what you're good at, what you're passionate about, and how you can make money. This philosophy can be used in any decision-making in one's career. Best Buy also allowed an on-site presence for brands like Apple and HP. An excellent CEO knows what you can do best, where you can add the most value in 24 hours, and where you can empower others instead of doing things yourself. The best CEOs have micro habits that propel them to the top. Aside from boldness and courage, it was also talent, culture, and design – treating the soft stuff as the hard stuff – and recognizing how they can help the directors and the board help them run the business. Mentioning Microsoft's Satya Nadella embodied the characteristics necessary for an excellent CEO, one of which is transparency. When asked why the CEO job is lonely, he said nobody underneath you could see what you can see, driving home the importance of letting others know about it. Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon dedicates an hour of his meeting to share what keeps him up at night about the company. Knowing which people on your board have expertise that can help you and be part of an extended partnership is vital.

This week Ian Truscott and regular guest, rockstar strategy advisor Jeff Clark, former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, discuss 5 soft spots when implementing marketing technology, with something special when Jeff chooses this week's tune. Ian's guest this week is Melissa Moody, Co-founder and Head of Marketing at Gated, a high-growth startup that reduces unwanted emails in your inbox and benefits charities. Melissa is a relentless advocate for user-first marketing and giving everyone the ability to focus, in an increasingly distracted world. Prior to Gated, Melissa spent 13 years at Google leading industry marketing and mobile web partnerships for some of the world's largest travel companies. Ian and Melissa talk about the Gated product that launched in March, her inspiration to choose marketing over teaching, her time at Google, and she has a fantastic nomination for the Rockstar CMO Swimming Pool. Finally, Ian winds down the week in the Rockstar CMO virtual bar with Robert Rose, the Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory and we are whisked away for a cocktail as Robert shares his take on finding your company why. Enjoy!   The people: Ian Truscott on LinkedIn and Twitter Jeff Clark on LinkedIn and Twitter Melissa Moody on LinkedIn and Twitter Robert Rose on Twitter and LinkedIn   The mentions: Rockstar CMO Advisors The revamped Rockstar CMO blog The Gated website Melissa and Gated on TikTok - FindYourFocus Melissa at the Bay Area Content Marketing Meetup on Youtube Robert's The Content Advisory Blog Robert's podcast with Joe Pulizzi – This Old Marketing   The music: Piano Music is by Johnny Easton, shared under a creative commons license Stienski & Mass Media – We'll be right back on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creating Real and Lasting Cultural Change Can Seem Overwhelming. So, how can we make the changes needed of our organization to deliver, grow, and adapt, particularly in this ever-changing world of business? Let's find out together. Our guest is Siobhan McHale. Siobhan is an insider having been the executive in charge of culture change in a series of multinational firms. One of these inside jobs was a 7-year change initiative at an Australian bank, ANZ, that transformed it into one of the highest performing banks in the world. In fact, Professor John Kotter used Siobhan's work at ANZ as a case study at Harvard Business School to teach MBA students about how to manage change. In 2020, Siobhan was selected as a member of the Global Thinkers50 whose ideas have the power to change the world. She is currently employed as the Executive General Manager of People, Culture & Change at DuluxGroup. Siobhan McHale is a culture transformer! She has worked across four continents, helping thousands of leaders to create more agile and productive workplaces. Siobhan's recent book is The Insider's Guide to Culture Change: Creating a Workplace That Delivers, Grows, and Adapt. More on Siobhan McHale Website: www.siobhanmchale.com Her Book: https://tinyurl.com/SiobhanCulture Social Media: Twitter https://twitter.com/SiobhanMcHale2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchalesiobhan When you're curious about how to tap into what drives meaning in your life and create meaningful transformation in the lives you touch. Take a look at DovBaron.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creating Real and Lasting Cultural Change Can Seem Overwhelming.  So, how can we make the changes needed of our organization to deliver, grow, and adapt, particularly in this ever-changing world of business?  Let's find out together. Our guest is Siobhan McHale. . . . . . Siobhan is an insider having been the executive in charge of culture change in a series of multinational firms. One of these inside jobs was a 7-year change initiative at an Australian bank, ANZ, that transformed it into one of the highest performing banks in the world. In fact, Professor John Kotter used Siobhan's work at ANZ as a case study at Harvard Business School to teach MBA students about how to manage change. In 2020, Siobhan was selected as a member of the Global Thinkers50 whose ideas have the power to change the world. She is currently employed as the Executive General Manager of People, Culture & Change at DuluxGroup. Siobhan McHale is a culture transformer! She has worked across four continents, helping thousands of leaders to create more agile and productive workplaces. Siobhan's recent book is The Insider's Guide to Culture Change: Creating a Workplace That Delivers, Grows, and Adapt. More on Siobhan McHale Website: www.siobhanmchale.com Her Book: https://tinyurl.com/SiobhanCulture Social Media: Twitter https://twitter.com/SiobhanMcHale2 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchalesiobhan . . . . When you're curious about how to tap into what drives meaning in your life and create meaningful transformation in the lives you touch. Take a look at DovBaron.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we are joined by Lois and Bob Gamerman, the owners of Soft Stuff Distributors. Soft Stuff excels in providing new food and beverage solutions to the retail and food service industries. They are a local, independent, women-owned company serving the Maryland, Washington DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia market. You will love their story and enjoy hearing how they shifted and expounded their business in 2020. To learn more about Lois and Bob, check out www.gosoftstuff.com. We would love to hear from you. Your feedback means the world to us, and we will be sure to send you a special thank you for your kind words. Don't forget to hit “subscribe” to automatically be notified when guest interviews and Express Tips drop every Tuesday and Friday. Interested in being a guest on the podcast? Email yourock@ievolveconsulting.com to learn more. Let's carve out some time to chat about you and your business. Schedule a free breakthrough session here, https://calendly.com/annette-ievolve/20min. Keep evolving, entrepreneur. We are SO proud of you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/annette-walter/support

Distributors play an important role in delivering your favorite brand to retailers. The challenge is that some use outdated broken models that favor their success at the expense of brands and retailers - why big brands avoid using distributors. This episode's FREE downloadable guide Promotions are the lifeblood of your brand. They increase sales, introduce your amazing products to future customers and help drive shoppers into the category. Shoppers expect them and retailers demand them. Most promotions are expensive and most do little if anything to grow sustainable sales and therefore are ineffective. So, how do we change that? Start with Optimizing Your Trade Promotion ROI with this Simple Cheatsheet.  CLICK HERE TO GAIN INSTANT ACCESS TO MY Trade Marketing Optimization Checklist Guide FREE Trade Promotion ROI Calculator:  BrandSecretsAndStrategies.com/PromotionROI Download the show notes here: BrandSecretsAndStrategies.com/session222 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Owners Lois and Bob Gamerman, owners of Soft Stuff Distributors, join us to discuss the impact the recent events had on their business and how they sprang into action to recreate themselves.

'Soft -Stuff is the new Hard Stuff' EQ is as important as IQ...and the Robots are coming!! The robots are coming, Artificial intelligence is happening now! If you want to influence, to differentiate yourself, to genuinely engage and connect...you need to master the 4 human dimensions being shared by: TFR *Guest-Star*: Phil Styrlund CEO of the Summit Group (www.summitvalue.com),recognized thought leader, Keynote Speaker, mentor, author and TEDx Speaker. We will be discussing the tools and soft- skills you need to master to show up differently and to quote Phil " What is your credit score for your personal character" Also, let's have fun and learn about astrology and the tools of timing with Rhonda 'Starlady' Harford."Knowledge comes in at the right time and goes out at the right time" -This Feels Right- --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisfeelsright/message

Phil Quade, the Chief Information Security Officer for Fortinet, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss his new book: "The Digital Big Bang: The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff, and the Future of Cybersecurity."

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On this episode of the Early Adopter Research (EAR) Podcast, EAR’s Dan Woods spoke about patching with Renee Tarun, VP of Information Security at Fortinet. She is one of more than 30 contributors to the upcoming book from Fortinet CISO Phil Quade entitled The Digital Big Bang: The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff and the Future of Cybersecurity. The Digital Big Bang puts forth a big history style explanation of cybersecurity. In the book Phil Quade proposes a framework for creating a truly scientific approach to cybersecurity. Phil Quade’s ambition is to find a way to systematically address many of the problems that have risen up because cybersecurity was not properly incorporated into the design of the internet. Tarun is an expert in patching and monitoring real time cybersecurity operations as well. Woods is a technology analyst and founder of EarlyAdopter.com, a research publication that focuses on high-value use cases and how to create multi-product platforms to implement them. He played the role of editor for Phil Quade’s book, which came out in preview at Fortinet’s Accelerate Conference in April 2019 and should be published by John Wiley in August. Their conversation covered: * 2:10 - The undervalued importance of patching * 4:05 - Can gamification work for patching * 7:00 - The need for libraries to help with patching

In a recent edition of the Early Adopter Research (EAR) podcast, EAR’s Dan Woods spoke with Mike McConnell about a crucial topic in cybersecurity, authentication. McConnell is the former head of the NSA, and an expert in cybersecurity, especially in getting governments and nations to do a better job. He is also one of more than 30 contributors to the upcoming book from Fortinet CISO Phil Quade called The Digital Big Bang: The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff, and the Future of Cybersecurity. The Digital Big Bang book puts forth a big history style explanation of cybersecurity. Phil Quade proposes a framework for creating a truly scientific approach to cybersecurity. Quade’s ambition is to find a way to systematically address many of the problems that have risen up because cybersecurity was not properly incorporated into the design of the internet. Woods is a technology analyst and founder of earlyadopter.com, a research publication that focuses on high value use cases and how to create multi-product platforms to implement them. He played the role of editor for Phil Quade’s book, which came out in preview at Fortinet’s Accelerate conference in April 2019 and should be published by John Wiley by August. Their conversation covered: * 4:30 - Why authentication is the most important cybersecurity building block * 11:00 - The four dimensions of cybersecurity communications * 22:00 - The need to be proactive in cybersecurity

In this edition of the Early Adopter Research (EAR) Podcast, EAR’s Dan Woods spoke about connectivity and the IOT with Brian Talbert, the head of networking and connectivity for Alaska Airlines. He was one of more than 30 contributors to the upcoming book from Fortinet’s CISO Phil Quade, called The Digital Big Bang: The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff and the Future of Cybersecurity. The Digital Big Bang proposes a framework for creating a truly scientific approach to cybersecurity. Phil Quade’s ambition is to find a way to systematically address many of the problems that have arisen because cybersecurity was not properly incorporated in the design of the internet. Talbert is an expert in networking and connectivity and he spoke with Woods about what he can teach cybersecurity professionals. Woods is a technology analyst and founder of earlyadopter.com, a research publication that focuses on implementing high value use cases with multi-product platforms. He played the role of editor in Phil Quade’s book, which came out in preview at Fortinet’s Accelerate conference in April 2019 and should be published by John Wiley in August. * 1:40 - The connectivity demands of the IOT are unimaginable * 3:45 - Why is this different than past challenges * 7:00 - Using AI to keep up with new threats

On this edition of the Early Adopter Research (EAR) Podcast, EAR’s Dan Woods spoke with Fortinet CISO Phil Quade about his new book, The Digital Big Bang: The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff and the Future of Cybersecurity. The Digital Big Bang puts forth a big history-style explanation of cybersecurity, a narrative similar to that of Guns, Germs, and Steel or Sapiens, two popular big history books. In the book, Quade proposes a framework for creating a truly scientific approach to cybersecurity. Quade’s ambition is to find a way to systematically address many of the problems that have risen up because cybersecurity was not properly incorporated into the design of the internet. EAR’s Dan Woods is technology analyst and founder of earlyadopter.com, a research publication that focuses on high value use cases and how to create multi-product platforms to implement them. The Early Adopter team played the role of editor for Quade’s book, which came out in preview at Fortinet’s Accelerate conference in April, 2019 and will be published by John Wiley in August. Their conversation covered: * 1:45 - The idea behind the digital big bang * 6:00 - The need for cultural focus in cybersecurity * 11:45 - The best ways to build on your fundamental strategies for cybersecurity

On a recent edition of the Early Adopter Research (EAR) podcast, EAR’s Dan Woods covered cryptography, a crucial topic in cybersecurity. To delve into the issue, he spoke with Taher Elgamal, CTO for security at Salesforce. Elgamal was one of more than 30 contributors to the upcoming book by Fortinet’s CISO, Phil Quade, The Digital Big Bang: The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff and the Future of Cybersecurity. The Digital Big Bang book puts forth a history-style explanation of cybersecurity and it proposes a framework for creating a truly scientific approach to cybersecurity. Phil Quade’s ambition is to find a way to systematically address many of the problems that have risen because cybersecurity was not properly incorporated into the design of the internet. Taher is an expert in cryptography and he spoke about what cybersecurity professionals should know about cryptography. Woods, a technology analyst and founder of earlyadopter.com, played a role as editor for Phil Quade’s book which came out in preview in April but will be published in August of 2019 by John Wiley. * 1:55 - Why the fears of quantum computing breaking cryptography are overblown * 3:30 - How to be safe in a quantum powered future * 6:00 - Do vendors need to become more agile?

Monte Nuckols, VP of IT at Adient, a global leader in automotive seating, shares a personal story about his journey through a stressful project and how goodness and focusing on the Seven Fs changed his life.

Jim Wrubel tells us about his path to CTO, his project the Soft Stuff, his experiences with hiring, things new managers need to learn, and moving between independent contributor and managerial tracks. Times Introduction, backstory, rise to CTO 15:50 - Hiring 28:20 - Stepping away from the code 31:00 - Transitioning between leadership levels 34:20 - The Engineer/Manager Pendulum 38:50 - Learning enough of your tech stack to be helpful and knowledgeable 43:55 - Final remarks Show Notes Jim Wrubel's Twitter The Soft Stuff Beer Goggles Megan Callaghan (designer) The Engineer/Manager Pendulum

Culture is the gut of your organization. Culture is the oxygen inside of your company. Once you can grasp how vital culture is you will always see the return on your bottom line.

CEO in 10 presents.....a commentary on the soft stuff required to be a great CEO. Taking your company public? You may need these skills. Thanks to our sponsor Gracefully-yours.com, America's favorite encouragement and mentoring cards.  

This is the August 9 2017 Episode of the YourLIVINGBrand.live Show with Lorne Kotzer of Soft Stuff Creations. The show is all about what makes you different and valuable to your audience. Want to know more about us, please visit www.yourbrandmarketing.com.

For 32 minutes you’ll hear Roger Overall & Paul O’Mahony prowl around this Thorny Topic: What if your business is vulnerable & you’re low on empathy? In Episode 3 of Season 3 , we (Roger & Paul) prowl round an issue which every business owner & service provider better address, immediately… in order to succeed impressively. We discuss how #BusinessJazzPodcast is going to achieve: awareness & love. What if you have a rat in your business? (crisis management) What if the competition’s so fierce that no one finishes the race? (service design) How to be the last woman standing (sustainable survival) We go on to discuss gargantuan issues (feared by most)Customers are Vulnerable. You need Empathy to succeed. Unfortunately – you know too much about your business. Insight = Drink a pint of the Soft Stuff (emotional intelligence) Appeal from our sponsors: Please tell one other person about #BusinessJazzPodcast We offer advice: The 4 best bits of advice you’ll ever get for us: Find your first (paying) customer - Practise the art of patience - Stop - Feel how vulnerable your customers feel _____________________________ We spoke fondly of : Barcley Marathons (in Frozen Head State Park near Wartburg, Tennessee. founded by Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell) Gary Vaynerchuk The Christian feast of Christmas Zen Buddism Netflix Documentary “The Lean Startup” by Eric Reiss Apple Tim Cook Bill Gates Nash19 (Restaurant & Food Shop in Cork Ireland) EMC (in Ovens, County Cork, Ireland – connected with Dell) Smarter Egg Network (in Cork Ireland) Show & Tell Communications (in Cork Ireland) “From Zero to One” by Peter Thiel http://zerotoonebook.com/ World War I The US Civil War Arrow Pest Control (SME in Cork Ireland) The Trouble with Fridges Wearing Wellingtons while plugging in fridges ________________________ Let’s work together – fondly Contact @rogeroverall @omaniblog @bizjazzpodcast

1. Mary Poppins' Pockets - New Fries* 2. Oh That Felix - Beat Detectives 3. Sate Padang - CFCF* 4. im having a rave in a room all by myself - memo boy 5. Lifeworld (Side A) - Moon B 6. Someone Lost - Bone Marrow* 7. Excavator - Phern* 8. Break 1 V2 - Arthur Shea 9. blood head - RUGS 10. embassy - oddyknocky 11. Reprogram Ourselves - Jerry Paper 12. I Wanna Touch You - She-Devils* 13. Divine - bbbrendan 14. Soft Stuff - imzzz 15. Forgot Again - LOVING* 16. Oness - CLEAR SPOT* 17. Morning, Ontario - The Cosmic Range*