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Beijing's latest round of economic stimulus includes a slew of measures to reignite demand and aid in the repair of household balance sheets. So far, the announcements are bold and appear forceful, and they have sparked a surge in risk markets sensitive to Chinese demand. But will words be matched by action and will the latest efforts to kick-start the Chinese economy be effective? This week, Yuting Shao from our Strategy Team in Hong Kong and Lauren Van Biljon, an emerging markets investor from Allspring Global Investments, join the podcast, unpacking what actions have been taken, which have the highest likelihood of success and where it leaves Chinese and emerging market assets over the long term.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kicking off Season 3 of 'Let's Talk Ideas' the strategy team here at Bromford have decided to do something a little different. In this episode we introduce Bromford's exciting strategic shift towards a Place-Based Working model, of which will also be the overarching theme of this podcast season. We talk about the thinking behind the change, how we intend on putting our plans into action, what problems we aim to solve with this new way of working as well as discuss the impact it will have going forward. To learn more about Place-Based Working or the Bromford 2023-2027 Strategy as a whole, click here. To receive updates on our progress you can follow us on Twitter, Linkedin or read our updates over on the our blog.

It's time for another lively and informative "Ask Us Anything!" webinar. This time, we're featuring Linda Vicaro and Lynn Howell, the KaiNexus Lean Strategy team, joined by host and moderator Mark Graban. Learn more about our webinars: https://www.kainexus.com/webinars It's time for another lively and informative "Ask Us Anything!" webinar. This time, we're featuring Linda Vicaro and Lynn Howell, the KaiNexus Lean Strategy team, joined by host and moderator Mark Graban. Learn more about our webinars: https://www.kainexus.com/webinars Related Content: Watch all three Habits webinars and more Mark's "Lean Office Gone Wrong" video Questions: Linda and Lynn , could you tell us about your professional background and career? Feel free to add a fun fact if you'd like. How can we effectively communicate the value of continuous improvement to leadership and secure their buy-in? How can we engage leaders to support ongoing daily continuous improvement or small Kaizen initiatives that might not have immediate, impressive ROIs? How do we explain the benefits of continuous quality improvement and data usage to those who believe, "we already collect data" but don't use it to improve processes? What strategies can overcome employee resistance to change in a lean transformation? What are best practices for engaging staff in continuous improvement? How can a small company with limited resources start implementing lean practices? How can a large organization with over 20,000 employees foster a culture of continuous improvement despite slow processes? What tips and processes can help during an in-person session to create a new process for assessing and onboarding technology? How can we integrate lean with existing digital transformation efforts to enhance continuous improvement and innovation? How can we ensure consistent implementation and sustainment of lean practices over time? Where should a sales or service-oriented organization focus first when implementing continuous improvement?

Join us for another exciting and insightful "Ask Us Anything!" webinar featuring the KaiNexus Lean Strategy team. This interactive session is scheduled for June 20 from 2:00 - 3:00 ET. Register here Presenters: Linda Vicaro Lynn Howell Host and Moderator: Mark Graban In this live event, our experts will tackle your questions about continuous improvement, lean methodologies, and more. Whether you submit your questions in advance or ask them during the webinar, our team is ready to provide valuable insights and practical advice.

As much as companies promise and commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the reality is corporate strategy, especially at the senior level, remains a male-dominated field. Some chief strategy officers have made it their mission to change that reality. In this episode, we hear from two of them. Alok Agrawal, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Ventures at Celestica, and Nicolas Chapman, former EVP and Chief Strategy Officer of Teradata, have made tremendous strides in shifting the diversity levels of their strategy offices. Today's discussion is moderated by another diversity-focused strategy leader, Kalina Nikolova, SVP of Business Operations and Strategy at Yahoo. These CSOs will share the real hurdles they overcome to bring more diverse hiring to their strategy function.  From them, you'll learn: -Advice from successful CSOs on how to set realistic objectives to support your DEI hiring initiatives -How to influence and work with HR to fill your hiring pipeline with more diverse candidates -Actionable steps to fight unconscious bias and make your job descriptions and interview processes more welcoming to diverse hires  Learn more about Outthinker's community of chief strategy officers - https://outthinkernetwork.com/ Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outthinker-networks

The Strategy Team is back for another edition of Strategy Team Sessions! Filling the hot seats this week are Natalie Sosa, El Paso County's Deputy Director of Communications, and Marketing Communications Manager AmyJo Fields. This episode was recorded on March 18, 2024. These episodes are a joy for me because I get to speak with co-workers in a more casual environment than most other interviews. This time around, we cover how our roles impact emergencies, fairs, and media interviews. So kick back, relax, and enjoy the conversation! And as always, feel free to comment or reach out if you have any questions. If you'd prefer to view a YouTube version of the recording, watch the embedded video below.

In this Better Satellite World podcast, SSPI's Lou Zacharilla speaks with John Murtagh, Head of Strategy at Airbus Defence and Space - Intelligence. They discuss John's work with Airbus' Intelligence program unit and the key role of Earth observation data analytics in modern strategy and intelligence planning. John Murtagh is an Earth observation industry professional. He is a strategist within the Strategy Team of Connected Intelligence within Airbus Defence and Space, a leading supplier of satellite imagery and related defense solutions. Since joining Airbus in 1992, John has undertaken a wide range of roles and is now an executive member driving strategies focused on new digital transformation services and platform initiatives. He has worked in over 30 countries on all continents since joining Airbus and brings a unique perspective from the global customer vantage point. John received his undergraduate degree from King's College London and graduated with an MSc in Remote Sensing from Imperial College/University College London. He also has an MA in Marketing and an MBA in Strategy. Prior to joining Airbus, John worked for BP Exploration in their Remote Sensing Group as a data integration specialist.

Exactly who should be on your technology strategy team? From inside your organization, who should represent the areas that come into play: Business, development, operations, etc? And what about outsiders–what kind of external consultant do you want for your strategy team? Do you even need one? Johna and Greg cover it all in today's episode.... Read more »

Exactly who should be on your technology strategy team? From inside your organization, who should represent the areas that come into play: Business, development, operations, etc? And what about outsiders–what kind of external consultant do you want for your strategy team? Do you even need one? Johna and Greg cover it all in today's episode.... Read more »

Exactly who should be on your technology strategy team? From inside your organization, who should represent the areas that come into play: Business, development, operations, etc? And what about outsiders–what kind of external consultant do you want for your strategy team? Do you even need one? Johna and Greg cover it all in today's episode.... Read more »

Mandy North, is the Pastor at Manassas Church of the Brethren and is a member of the Strategy Team at VOICE of Northern VA.

It's time for another edition of Strategy Team Sessions! This time around we have a couple of repeat guests (the team is only so big). This interview with El Paso County's Executive Director of Communications, Vernon Stewart, and Open Records Manager, Michael Madsen, was recorded on December 13, 2023. Each time I record an episode of Strategy Team Sessions, which will probably be once a quarter, it will have a more casual feel, as I'll be speaking to co-workers who are on the team that I am a part of myself. So kick back, relax, and enjoy the conversation! And as always, feel free to comment or reach out if you have any questions. If you'd prefer to view a YouTube version of the recording, watch the embedded video below.

Aditya Bahadur, Chair of the Research and Strategy Team at the International Institute for Environment and Development, explains what was achieved, and what wasn't, at the COP28 summit in Dubai and why the world seems to be working so slowly on tackling climate change

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Rethink Priorities' 2023 Summary, 2024 Strategy, and Funding Gaps, published by kierangreig on November 15, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. The remainder of this post is the executive summary of a longer document available in full here. Executive Summary Rethink Priorities (RP) is a research and implementation group. We research pressing opportunities and implement solutions to make the world better. We act upon these opportunities by developing and implementing strategies, projects, and solutions to address key issues. We do this work in close partnership with a variety of organizations including foundations and impact-focused nonprofits. This year's highlights include: Early traction we have had on AI governance work Exploring how risk aversion influences cause prioritization Creating a cost-effectiveness tool to compare different causes Foundational work on shrimp welfare Consulting with GiveWell and Open Philanthropy (OP) on top global health and development opportunities Key updates for us this year include: Launching a new Worldview Investigations team, who, over the course of the year, rounded off initial work on the Moral Weight Project prior to completing a sequence on " Causes and Uncertainty: Rethinking Value in Expectation" Launching the Institute for AI Policy & Strategy (IAPS), which evolved out of our AI Governance and Strategy Team. More information can be found at IAPS's announcement post Commencing four new fiscal sponsorships for unaffiliated groups (e.g., Apollo Research and the Effective Altruism Consulting Network) Fundraising was comparatively more difficult this year, and we think that funding gaps are the key bottleneck on our impact. All our published research can be found here.[1] Over 2023, we worked on approximately 160 research pieces or outputs. Our research directly informed grants made by other organizations of a volume at least similar to the one of our operating budget (i.e., over $10M).[2] Further, through our Special Projects program, we supported 11 external organizations and initiatives with $5.1M in associated expenditures. We have reason to think we may be influencing grantmakers, implementers, and other key stakeholders in actions that aren't immediately captured in either that grants influenced or special projects expenditures sum. We have also completed work for ~20 different clients, presented at more than 15 academic institutions, and organized six of our own in-person convenings of stakeholders. By the end of 2023, RP will have spent ~$11.4M.[3] We predict a revenue of ~$11.7M over 2023, and predict assets of ~$10.3M at year's end. Some of RP's key strategic priorities for 2024 are: 1) continuing to strengthen our reputation and relations with key stakeholders, 2) diversifying our funding and stakeholders to scale our impact, and 3) investing greater resources into other parts of our theory of change beyond producing and disseminating research to increase others' impact. To accomplish our strategic priorities, we aim to hire for new senior positions. Some of our tentative plans for next year are: Creating key pieces of animal advocacy research such as a cost-effectiveness tracking database for chicken welfare campaigns, and annual state of the movement report for the farmed animal advocacy movement. Addressing perhaps critical windows for AI regulations by producing and disseminating research on compute governance, and lab governance. Consulting with more clients on global health and development interventions to attempt to shift large sums of money in effective fashion. Helping launch new projects that aim to reduce existential risk from AI. Being an excellent option for any promising projects seeking a fiscal sponsor. Providing rapid surveys and analysis to inform high priority strategic questions. Examining how ...

When it comes to setting annual goals, it's critical to have the right people in the room. In this episode, Tiff and Britt talk about strategizing growth as a team. They give insight on who should be there, where it should happen, and how to keep the goals manageable. Episode resources: Reach out to Tiff and Britt Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Become Dental A-Team Platinum! Review the podcast

We've hit Episode 50! To celebrate, I brought back Strategy Team Sessions for Volume 2. This interview with El Paso County's Webmaster, Samantha Radomski, and Digital & Social Media Specialist, Deborah Contreras, was recorded on August 4, 2023. Each time I record an episode of Strategy Team Sessions, which will probably be once a quarter, it will have a more casual feel, as I'll be speaking to co-workers who are on the team that I am a part of myself. So kick back, relax, and enjoy the conversation! And as always, feel free to comment or reach out if you have any questions.

Fantasy Football Today Dynasty is available on the Audacy app and Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts! SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 The FFT Dynasty crew is joined by Tim Stafford, formerly of Dynasty League Football, to review their 12-team startup league draft! First, the guys discuss the latest news from around the league, including Jake Ferguson as Cowboys TE1, James Cooks continuing to take strides as Bills RB1, Kenyan Drake signing with Colts, and Marlon Mack signing with Cardinals. (6:50) Next, the guys dive into Heath's RB-heavy team as he takes the 'win now' approach, and the guys discuss running back strategy in dynasty vs. redraft. (15:00) Then we get into Tim's team, and he breaks down his draft strategy as he selected five quarterbacks and how he will use them as trade bait. (31:40) And finally, we wrap up with Dan and Adam's teams. What strategies did they use? Do they regret any picks? & more! (42:50) Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Get 20% off Fantasy Football Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-football-today%20?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-football-collection Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter You can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast." To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: RP's AI Governance & Strategy team - June 2023 interim overview, published by MichaelA on June 22, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Hi! I co-lead Rethink Priorities' AI Governance & Strategy (AIGS) team. At the suggestion of Ben West, I'm providing an update on our team. Caveats: This was quickly written and omits most of the reasoning for our choices, because that was all I had time to write and that seemed better than not providing an update at all. This post may not reflect the views of all members of the team, and doesn't represent RP as an organization. The areas we work in are evolving rapidly, so our strategy and projects are as well. Comments and DMs are welcome, though I can't guarantee a rapid or detailed reply. Summary The AIGS team works to reduce catastrophic risks related to AI by conducting research and strengthening the field of AI governance. We aim to bridge the technical and policy worlds, and we now focus on short, rapid-turnaround outputs and briefings. [read more] Our four key workstreams are compute governance, China, lab governance, and US regulations. [read more] We list some of our ongoing or completed projects. [read more] Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to suggest a project; if you're open to sharing feedback, expertise, or connections with us; or if you or someone you know might be interested in working with or funding us. [read more] I summarize a few lessons learned and recent updates. [read more] Who we are Rethink Priorities' AI Governance & Strategy team works to reduce catastrophic risks related to development & deployment of AI systems. We do this by producing research that grounds concrete recommendations in strategic considerations, and by strengthening coordination and talent pipelines across the AI governance field. We combine the intellectual independence and nonpartisanship of a think tank with the flexibility and responsiveness of a consultancy. Our work is funded solely by foundations and independent donors, giving us the freedom to pursue important questions without bias. We're always on the lookout for unexplored high-value research questions–feel free to pitch us! We aim to bridge the technical and policy worlds, with expertise on foundation models and the hardware underpinning them. We focus on short, rapid-turnaround outputs and briefings, but also produce longer reports. Much of our work is nonpublic, but may be shareable on request. We have 11 staff, listed here. You can contact any of us at firstname@rethinkpriorities.org Our four workstreams We recently narrowed down to four focus areas, each of which has a 1-3 person subteam working on it. Below we summarize these workstreams and link to docs that provide further information on each (e.g., about ongoing projects, public outputs, and stakeholders and paths to impact). Compute governance: This workstream will focus on establishing a firmer empirical and theoretical grounding for the fledgling field of compute governance, informing ongoing policy processes and debates, and developing more concrete technical and policy proposals. In particular, we will focus on understanding the impact of existing compute-related US export controls, and researching what changes to them may be feasible and beneficial. This workstream consists of Onni Aarne and Erich Grunewald, and we're currently hiring a third member. China: This workstream's mission is to improve decisions at the intersection of AI governance and China. We are interested in both China-West relations concerning AI, as well as AI developments within China. We are particularly focused on informing decision-makers who are concerned about catastrophic risks from AI. This workstream consists of Oliver Guest. Lab governance: This workstream identifies concrete measures frontier AI labs can adopt now and in ...

This interview with El Paso County's Marketing Communications Manager, Amy Jo Fields, and Open Records Manager, Mike Madsen, was recorded on May 3, 2023. In this episode, I did something a little bit different. I wanted to give listeners an idea of what we do in the Communications Department to keep residents informed, so I created this new series I dubbed "Strategy Team Sessions". Each time I do one of these, which will probably be once a quarter, it will have a more casual feel, as I'll be speaking to co-workers who are on the team that I am a part of myself. So kick back, relax, and enjoy the conversation! And as always, feel free to comment or reach out if you have any questions.  

Helped by resilient fundraising and smoother valuations, the reported AUM of the universe of Alternative Investments (AI) likely ended 2022 only modestly lower from 2021 despite last year's correction in asset prices. While the valuation gap between private and public markets remains, the gap has narrowed significantly in recent months reducing a previous headwind for private assets. New loans in the private credit market are being originated at much wider spreads, around 200bp wide of public market pricing. We thus upgrade private credit to overweight within alternatives along with hedge funds. We downgrade digital assets given the drying up of crypto VC funding. Speakers: Thomas Salopek, Global Cross Asset Strategy Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou – Global Markets Strategy Nelson Jantzen - US High Yield & Leveraged Loan Strategy Mika Inkinen - Global Markets Strategy Federico Manicardi - Cross-Asset Fundamental Strategy Nishant Poddar – Global Markets Strategy This podcast was recorded on date. This communication is provided for information purposes only. Institutional clients can view the related report at www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-4325496-0 for more information; please visit www.jpmm.com/research/disclosures for important disclosures. © 2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved.

Across the next set of our pre-season analysis episodes, we delve into all things strategy, with this episode looking at the all important Team Structure! This season is as unique as any with lines being blurred between what can be classified as a "rookie", with so many mature age players (or traditional mid pricers) being available at rookies prices in 2023. They provide stability and more surety in scoring ability, but can they make as much cash compared to a traditional first year rookie? And what is the best structure? Guns and Rookies, Mid-Pricers or does the hybrid approach reign supreme? ⏱ See below for the timecodes relevant to each player for easy navigation.

Interview recorded - 08/12/2022On todays episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of speaking with Marko Papic, Partner & Chief Strategist at Clocktower Group, as well as author of the book “Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future”.During our conversation we spoke about the greatest misconceptions individuals have about Geopolitics, the importance of the median voter, whether China's bearishness has gone too far and keeping emotions outside of investing. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:25 - Greatest misconceptions individuals have about Geopolitics?3:25 - Why is the median voter important and what influence do they have?6:10 - Do central banks also have constraints based on Median Voter?10:00 - Differences between preferences and constraints?13:31 - Any other broader constraints not getting enough attention?17:00 - China aggression overstated?20:25 - How would you use framework to take a position?23:40 - Multiple variables impacting certain position24:40 - Has China bearishness gone too far?28:40 - Should you overcomplicate the trade?31:50 - Most of the capital comes from the US and China33:05 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?34:55 - Keeping emotions outside of investingMarko Papic is a partner and chief strategist at Clocktower Group, an alternative investment asset management firm. He leads the firm's Strategy Team, providing bespoke research to clients and partners on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets. Previously, Mr. Papic founded BCA Research's Geopolitical Strategy practice, the financial industry's first dedicated political analysis investment strategy, which generated “geopolitical alpha” by identifying gaps between the market's political expectations and the firm's forecasts. He served as a senior vice president and the chief geopolitical strategist at the firm. Mr. Papic began his career as a senior analyst at Stratfor, a global intelligence agency where he contributed to the firm's global geopolitical strategy and its analyst recruitment and training program. In his academic work, he helped create the Center for European Union Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Papic is the author of Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future, a book that introduces the constraint-based framework to investors. He earned an MA in political science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA from the University of British ColumbiaMarko Papic - Book - https://amzn.to/3uEDPV0Twitter - https://twitter.com/Geo_papicLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-papic-geopolitics/China Research - https://twitter.com/ShanghaiMacroWTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Marko Papic is a partner and chief strategist at Clocktower Group, an alternative investment asset management firm. He leads the firm's Strategy Team, providing bespoke research to clients and partners on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets. Here he discusses the various aspects of his geopolitical analysis framework, how the idea of the Buenos Aires consensus has evolved, as well as what the Chinese government will do on the CCP meeting, and much more! You can get his book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Geopolitical-Alpha-Investment-Framework-Predicting/dp/1119740215

Within a matter of minutes, the pandemic went from freaking out everybody about keeping their jobs to unfurling a ton of new opportunities. Agencies and brands alike turned to strategists to help them navigate the ambiguity and confusion and frustration. And now many strategists realize they have more options than ever. But what's a strategy boss to do? In this live session, we ask: 1. What are the most common challenges facing managers of strategists right now? 2. What do managers get wrong? 3. How can managers get more things right? Guests: Lee Maicon – CSO https://www.linkedin.com/in/leemaicon/ Nikita Walia – CEO and Founder of Blank https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitaontheinternet/ Seth Gaffney – CSO, Preacher https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethgaffney/ ** Find out about our 4-week virtual summer camp at http://www.sweathead.com. It starts on July 18, 2022. **

Pastor Carl Gulley is back! Carl shared with us this week about some of the powerful revelations he received from God while on sabbatical—not just helpful lessons, but a re-hardwiring of the spirit in the areas of rest, identity and the goodness of God (if you need breakthrough in any of these areas, make sure to give this a listen!). As Carl re-joins our staff, our leadership team has sought God on the areas in which Carl can provide the greatest support. Carl will continue in his capacity as an Elder and member of our Strategy Team, and he will also take on the initiative of fostering reconnection among our church members as we re-learn how to gather in community after the isolation of the last few years. Carl will also continue teaching, discipling and mentoring, and will additionally spend time investing in many of our US pastors and international workers. We are so thankful that Carl has diligently spent the last year seeking God and health in all aspects, and we are so happy he's back in our regular life! If you see him around, welcome him back!

Pastor Carl Gulley is back! Carl shared with us this week about some of the powerful revelations he received from God while on sabbatical—not just helpful lessons, but a re-hardwiring of the spirit in the areas of rest, identity and the goodness of God (if you need breakthrough in any of these areas, make sure to give this a listen!). As Carl re-joins our staff, our leadership team has sought God on the areas in which Carl can provide the greatest support. Carl will continue in his capacity as an Elder and member of our Strategy Team, and he will also take on the initiative of fostering reconnection among our church members as we re-learn how to gather in community after the isolation of the last few years. Carl will also continue teaching, discipling and mentoring, and will additionally spend time investing in many of our US pastors and international workers. We are so thankful that Carl has diligently spent the last year seeking God and health in all aspects, and we are so happy he's back in our regular life! If you see him around, welcome him back!

Original Release on May 17th, 2022: As we forecast the remainder of an already uncertain 2022, new questions have emerged around economic data, inflation and the potential for a recession. Chief Cross Asset Strategist Andrew Sheets and Chief Global Economist Seth Carpenter discuss.----- Transcript -----Andrew Sheets: Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Andrew Sheets. Morgan Stanley's Chief Cross-Asset Strategist. Seth Carpenter: And I'm Seth Carpenter, Morgan Stanley's Chief Global Economist. Andrew Sheets: And today on the podcast, we'll be talking about our outlook for strategy and markets and the challenges they may face over the coming months. It's Tuesday, May 17th, at 4 p.m. in London. Seth Carpenter: And it's 11 a.m. in New York. Andrew Sheets: So Seth, the global Morgan Stanley Economic and Strategy Team have just completed our mid-year outlook process. And, you know, this is a big collaborative effort where the economists think about what the global economy will look like over the next 12 months, and the strategists think about what that could mean for markets. So as we talk about that outlook, I think the economy is the right place to start. As you're looking across the global economy and thinking about the insights from across your team, how do you think the global economy will look over the next 12 months and how is that going to be different from what we've been seeing? Seth Carpenter: So I will say, Andrew, that we titled our piece, the economics piece, slowing or stopping with a question mark, because I think there is a great deal of uncertainty out there about where the economy is going to go over the next six months, over the next 12 months. So what are we looking at as a baseline? Sharp deceleration, but no recession. And I say that with a little bit of trepidation because we also try to put out alternative scenarios, the way things could be better, the way things could be worse. And I have to say, from where I'm sitting right now, I see more ways for the global economy to be worse than the global economy to be better than our baseline scenario. Andrew Sheets: So Seth, I want to dig into that a little bit more because we're seeing, you know, more and more people in the market talk about the risk of a slowdown and talk about the risk of a recession. And yet, you know, it's also hard to ignore the fact that a lot of the economic data looks very good. You know, we have one of the lowest unemployment rates that we've seen in the U.S. in some time. Wage growth is high, spending activity all looks quite high and robust. So, what would drive growth to slow enough where people could really start to think that a recession is getting more likely?Seth Carpenter: So here's how I think about it. We've been coming into this year with a fair amount of momentum, but not a perfectly pristine outlook on the economy. If you take the United States, Q1, GDP was actually negative quarter on quarter. Now, there are a lot of special exceptions there, inventories were a big drag, net exports were a big drag. Underlying domestic spending in the U.S. held up reasonably solidly. But the fact that we had a big drag in the U.S. from net exports tells you a little bit about what's going on around the rest of the world. If you think about what's going on in Europe, we feel that the economy in the eurozone is actually quite precarious. The Russian invasion of Ukraine presents a clear and critical risk to the European economy. I mean, already we've seen a huge jump in energy prices, we've seen a huge jump in food prices and all of that has got to weigh on consumer spending, especially for consumers at the bottom end of the income distribution. And what we see in China is these wave after wave of COVID against the policy of COVID zero means that we're going to have both a hit to demand from China and some disruption to supply. Now, for the moment, we think the disruption to supply is smaller than the hit to demand because there is this closed loop approach to manufacturing. But nevertheless, that shock to China is going to hurt the global economy. Andrew Sheets: So Seth, the other major economic question that's out there is inflation, and you know where it's headed and what's driving it. So I was hoping you could talk a little bit about what our forecasts for inflation look like going forward. Seth Carpenter: Our view right now is that inflation is peaking or will be peaking soon. I say that again with a fair amount of caution because that's been our view for quite some time, and then we get these additional surprises. It's clear that in many, many economies, a huge amount of the inflation that we are seeing is coming from energy and from food. Now energy prices and food prices are not likely to fall noticeably any time soon. But after prices peak, if they go sideways from there, the inflationary impulse ends up starting to fade away and so we think that's important. We also think, the COVID zero policy in China notwithstanding, that there will be some grudging easing of supply chain frictions globally, and that's going to help bring down goods inflation as well over time. So we think inflation is high, we think inflation will stay high, but we think that it's roughly peaked and over the balance of this year and into next year it should be coming down.Andrew Sheets: As you think about central bank policy going forward, what do you think it will look like and do you think it can get back to, quote, normal? Seth Carpenter: I will say, when it comes to monetary policy, that's a question we want to ask globally. Right now, central banks globally are generically either tight or tightening policy. What do I mean by that? Well, we had a lot of EM central banks in Latin America and Eastern Europe that had already started to hike policy a lot last year, got to restrictive territory. And for those central banks, we actually see them starting to ease policy perhaps sometimes next year. For the rest of EM Asia, they're on the steady grind higher because even though inflation had started out being lower in the rest of EM Asia than in the developed market world, we are starting to see those inflationary pressures now and they're starting to normalize policy. And then we get to the developed market economies. There's hiking going on, there's tightening of policy led by the Fed who's out front. What does that mean about getting back to an economy like we had before COVID? One of the charts that we put in the Outlook document has the path for the level of GDP globally. And you can clearly see the huge drop off in the COVID recession, the rapid rebound that got us most of the way, but not all the way back to where we were before COVID hit. And then the question is, how does that growth look as we get past the worst of the COVID cycle? Six months ago, when we did the same exercise, we thought growth would be able to be strong enough that we would get our way back to that pre-COVID trend. But now, because supply has clearly been constrained because of commodity prices, because of labor market frictions, monetary policy is trying to slow aggregate demand down to align itself with this restricted supply. And so what that means is, in our forecast at least, we just never get back to that pre-COVID trend line. Seth Carpenter: All right, Andrew, but I've got a question to throw back at you. So the interplay between economics and markets is really uncertain right now. Where do you think we could be wrong? Could it be that the 3%, ten-year rate that we forecast is too low, is too high? Where do you think the risks are to our asset price forecasts? Andrew Sheets: Yeah, let me try to answer your question directly and talk about the interest rate outlook, because we are counting on interest rates consolidating in the U.S. around current levels. And our thinking is partly based on that economic outlook. You know, I think where we could be wrong is there's a lot of uncertainty around, you know, what level of interest rate will slow the economy enough to balance demand and supply, as you just mentioned. And I think a path where U.S. interest rates for, say, ten year treasuries are 4% rather than 3% like they are today, I think that's an environment where actually the economy is a little bit stronger than we expect and the consumer is less impacted by that higher rate. And it's going to take a higher rate for people to keep more money in savings rather than spending it in the economy and potentially driving that inflation. So I think the path to higher rates and in our view does flow through a more resilient consumer. And those higher rates could mean the economy holds up for longer but markets still struggle somewhat, because those higher discount rates that you can get from safe government bonds mean people will expect, mean people will expect a higher interest rate on a lot of other asset classes. In short, we think the risk reward here for bonds is more balanced. But I think the yield move so far this year has been surprising, it's been historically extreme, and we have to watch out for scenarios where it continues. Seth Carpenter: Okay. That's super helpful. But another channel of transmission of monetary policy comes through exchange rates. So the Fed has clearly been hiking, they've already done 75 basis points, they've lined themselves up to do 50 basis points at at least the next two meetings. Whereas the ECB hasn't even finished their QE program, they haven't started to raise interest rates yet. The Bank of Japan, for example, still at a really accommodative level, and we've seen both of those currencies against the dollar move pretty dramatically. Are we in one of those normal cycles where the dollar starts to rally as the Fed begins to hike, but eventually peaks and starts to come off? Or could we be seeing a broader divergence here? Andrew Sheets: Yeah. So I think this is to your point about a really interesting interplay between markets and Federal Reserve policy, because what the Fed is trying to do is it's trying to slow demand to bring it back in line with what the supply of things in the economy can provide at at current prices rather than it at higher prices, which would mean more inflation. And there's certainly an important interest rate part to that slowing of demand story. There's a stock market part of the story where if somebody's stock portfolio is lower, maybe they're, again, a little bit less inclined to spend money and that could slow the economy. But the currency is also a really important element of it, because that's another way that financial markets can feed back into the real economy and slow growth. And if you know you're an American company that is an exporter and the dollar is stronger, you likely face tougher competition against overseas sellers. And that acts as another headwind to the economy. So we think the dollar strengthens a little bit, you know, over the next month or two, but ultimately does weaken as the market starts to think enough is priced into the Fed. We're not going to get more Federal Reserve interest rates than are already implied by the market, and that helps tamp down some of the dollar strength that we've been seeing. Andrew Sheets: And Seth thanks for taking the time to talk. Seth Carpenter: Andrew, it's been great talking to you. Andrew Sheets: And thanks for listening. If you enjoy Thoughts on the Market, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and share the podcast with a friend or colleague today.

As we forecast the remainder of an already uncertain 2022, new questions have emerged around economic data, inflation and the potential for a recession. Chief Cross Asset Strategist Andrew Sheets and Chief Global Economist Seth Carpenter discuss.-----Transcript-----Andrew Sheets: Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Andrew Sheets. Morgan Stanley's Chief Cross-Asset Strategist. Seth Carpenter: And I'm Seth Carpenter, Morgan Stanley's Chief Global Economist. Andrew Sheets: And today on the podcast, we'll be talking about our outlook for strategy and markets and the challenges they may face over the coming months. It's Tuesday, May 17th, at 4 p.m. in London. Seth Carpenter: And it's 11 a.m. in New York. Andrew Sheets: So Seth, the global Morgan Stanley Economic and Strategy Team have just completed our mid-year outlook process. And, you know, this is a big collaborative effort where the economists think about what the global economy will look like over the next 12 months, and the strategists think about what that could mean for markets. So as we talk about that outlook, I think the economy is the right place to start. As you're looking across the global economy and thinking about the insights from across your team, how do you think the global economy will look over the next 12 months and how is that going to be different from what we've been seeing? Seth Carpenter: So I will say, Andrew, that we titled our piece, the economics piece, slowing or stopping with a question mark, because I think there is a great deal of uncertainty out there about where the economy is going to go over the next six months, over the next 12 months. So what are we looking at as a baseline? Sharp deceleration, but no recession. And I say that with a little bit of trepidation because we also try to put out alternative scenarios, the way things could be better, the way things could be worse. And I have to say, from where I'm sitting right now, I see more ways for the global economy to be worse than the global economy to be better than our baseline scenario. Andrew Sheets: So Seth, I want to dig into that a little bit more because we're seeing, you know, more and more people in the market talk about the risk of a slowdown and talk about the risk of a recession. And yet, you know, it's also hard to ignore the fact that a lot of the economic data looks very good. You know, we have one of the lowest unemployment rates that we've seen in the U.S. in some time. Wage growth is high, spending activity all looks quite high and robust. So, what would drive growth to slow enough where people could really start to think that a recession is getting more likely?Seth Carpenter: So here's how I think about it. We've been coming into this year with a fair amount of momentum, but not a perfectly pristine outlook on the economy. If you take the United States, Q1, GDP was actually negative quarter on quarter. Now, there are a lot of special exceptions there, inventories were a big drag, net exports were a big drag. Underlying domestic spending in the U.S. held up reasonably solidly. But the fact that we had a big drag in the U.S. from net exports tells you a little bit about what's going on around the rest of the world. If you think about what's going on in Europe, we feel that the economy in the eurozone is actually quite precarious. The Russian invasion of Ukraine presents a clear and critical risk to the European economy. I mean, already we've seen a huge jump in energy prices, we've seen a huge jump in food prices and all of that has got to weigh on consumer spending, especially for consumers at the bottom end of the income distribution. And what we see in China is these wave after wave of COVID against the policy of COVID zero means that we're going to have both a hit to demand from China and some disruption to supply. Now, for the moment, we think the disruption to supply is smaller than the hit to demand because there is this closed loop approach to manufacturing. But nevertheless, that shock to China is going to hurt the global economy. Andrew Sheets: So Seth, the other major economic question that's out there is inflation, and you know where it's headed and what's driving it. So I was hoping you could talk a little bit about what our forecasts for inflation look like going forward. Seth Carpenter: Our view right now is that inflation is peaking or will be peaking soon. I say that again with a fair amount of caution because that's been our view for quite some time, and then we get these additional surprises. It's clear that in many, many economies, a huge amount of the inflation that we are seeing is coming from energy and from food. Now energy prices and food prices are not likely to fall noticeably any time soon. But after prices peak, if they go sideways from there, the inflationary impulse ends up starting to fade away and so we think that's important. We also think, the COVID zero policy in China notwithstanding, that there will be some grudging easing of supply chain frictions globally, and that's going to help bring down goods inflation as well over time. So we think inflation is high, we think inflation will stay high, but we think that it's roughly peaked and over the balance of this year and into next year it should be coming down.Andrew Sheets: As you think about central bank policy going forward, what do you think it will look like and do you think it can get back to, quote, normal? Seth Carpenter: I will say, when it comes to monetary policy, that's a question we want to ask globally. Right now, central banks globally are generically either tight or tightening policy. What do I mean by that? Well, we had a lot of EM central banks in Latin America and Eastern Europe that had already started to hike policy a lot last year, got to restrictive territory. And for those central banks, we actually see them starting to ease policy perhaps sometimes next year. For the rest of EM Asia, they're on the steady grind higher because even though inflation had started out being lower in the rest of EM Asia than in the developed market world, we are starting to see those inflationary pressures now and they're starting to normalize policy. And then we get to the developed market economies. There's hiking going on, there's tightening of policy led by the Fed who's out front. What does that mean about getting back to an economy like we had before COVID? One of the charts that we put in the Outlook document has the path for the level of GDP globally. And you can clearly see the huge drop off in the COVID recession, the rapid rebound that got us most of the way, but not all the way back to where we were before COVID hit. And then the question is, how does that growth look as we get past the worst of the COVID cycle? Six months ago, when we did the same exercise, we thought growth would be able to be strong enough that we would get our way back to that pre-COVID trend. But now, because supply has clearly been constrained because of commodity prices, because of labor market frictions, monetary policy is trying to slow aggregate demand down to align itself with this restricted supply. And so what that means is, in our forecast at least, we just never get back to that pre-COVID trend line. Seth Carpenter: All right, Andrew, but I've got a question to throw back at you. So the interplay between economics and markets is really uncertain right now. Where do you think we could be wrong? Could it be that the 3%, ten-year rate that we forecast is too low, is too high? Where do you think the risks are to our asset price forecasts? Andrew Sheets: Yeah, let me try to answer your question directly and talk about the interest rate outlook, because we are counting on interest rates consolidating in the U.S. around current levels. And our thinking is partly based on that economic outlook. You know, I think where we could be wrong is there's a lot of uncertainty around, you know, what level of interest rate will slow the economy enough to balance demand and supply, as you just mentioned. And I think a path where U.S. interest rates for, say, ten year treasuries are 4% rather than 3% like they are today, I think that's an environment where actually the economy is a little bit stronger than we expect and the consumer is less impacted by that higher rate. And it's going to take a higher rate for people to keep more money in savings rather than spending it in the economy and potentially driving that inflation. So I think the path to higher rates and in our view does flow through a more resilient consumer. And those higher rates could mean the economy holds up for longer but markets still struggle somewhat, because those higher discount rates that you can get from safe government bonds mean people will expect, mean people will expect a higher interest rate on a lot of other asset classes. In short, we think the risk reward here for bonds is more balanced. But I think the yield move so far this year has been surprising, it's been historically extreme, and we have to watch out for scenarios where it continues. Seth Carpenter: Okay. That's super helpful. But another channel of transmission of monetary policy comes through exchange rates. So the Fed has clearly been hiking, they've already done 75 basis points, they've lined themselves up to do 50 basis points at at least the next two meetings. Whereas the ECB hasn't even finished their QE program, they haven't started to raise interest rates yet. The Bank of Japan, for example, still at a really accommodative level, and we've seen both of those currencies against the dollar move pretty dramatically. Are we in one of those normal cycles where the dollar starts to rally as the Fed begins to hike, but eventually peaks and starts to come off? Or could we be seeing a broader divergence here? Andrew Sheets: Yeah. So I think this is to your point about a really interesting interplay between markets and Federal Reserve policy, because what the Fed is trying to do is it's trying to slow demand to bring it back in line with what the supply of things in the economy can provide at at current prices rather than it at higher prices, which would mean more inflation. And there's certainly an important interest rate part to that slowing of demand story. There's a stock market part of the story where if somebody's stock portfolio is lower, maybe they're, again, a little bit less inclined to spend money and that could slow the economy. But the currency is also a really important element of it, because that's another way that financial markets can feed back into the real economy and slow growth. And if you know you're an American company that is an exporter and the dollar is stronger, you likely face tougher competition against overseas sellers. And that acts as another headwind to the economy. So we think the dollar strengthens a little bit, you know, over the next month or two, but ultimately does weaken as the market starts to think enough is priced into the Fed. We're not going to get more Federal Reserve interest rates than are already implied by the market, and that helps tamp down some of the dollar strength that we've been seeing. Andrew Sheets: And Seth thanks for taking the time to talk. Seth Carpenter: Andrew, it's been great talking to you. Andrew Sheets: And thanks for listening. If you enjoy Thoughts on the Market, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and share the podcast with a friend or colleague today.

Two heads are better than one and three heads are better than two when developing your business plans and strategies. I'll be talking with Alejandra Giron about Building Your Strategy Team. Alejandra is a relationship-oriented strategic banker who helps businesses get to the next level. She prides herself in helping her clients with the skills, tools, connections, and capital to develop successful businesses, generate income and build assets while they thrive in their communities. Every Tuesday evening on Leadership LIVE @ 8:05! - Talking Small Business, your host Andrew Frazier is joined by experienced entrepreneurs and business owners who share their secrets to success via Livestream. You will learn about developing your business leadership skills from our roster of high-performing guest experts. Leadership LIVE is one of the many valuable resources provided through the Small Business Pro University empowering business owners to learn, profit, and grow. www.SBProU.com

Welcome to the quick stop Quick take here on beams for my name is National and we have just witnessed an incredible show at the Miami Gluten-free, I guess. I guess there was a mermaid. They have helmets on the podium. Max Verstappen was there as well. Hello, I'm joking. But I think we have to discuss one particular performance. And that is by the Mercedes Strategy team. And my question to you guys on today is this. I did a superior car paper over the cracks in the Mercedes strategy team. Or have they always been this bad? Look, let's think back to Monaco 2000 and 19. Lewis Hamilton able to stay in front of us on those ridiculously old tires and going into champagne sprays. James is Everything was sweet, right? What we saw today, where in perfectly dry conditions, the pit will asking Lewis to decide what strategy they should do is incompetence at best, it's negligence at worst has always been this bad. Or is it something that's kind of coming up now and maybe something they need to fix through some kind of operation? You I don't know, But you guys last night you can comment below, but for now, take care. We'll see you next time on beams. A familyCheck out the replies and reactions on Beams.fm

Workplace MVP LIVE from RISKWORLD 2022: Dr. Marcos Iglesias, Travelers Insurance Live from the R3 Continuum booth at RISKWORLD 2022, Dr. Marcos Iglesias talked with host Jamie Gassmann about his role with the Medical Innovation and Strategy Team at Travelers, caring for their clients’ employees who have a workers’ compensation-related medical condition. He discussed engaging […]

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Emma Jacobs and Galvin Olsen-Smith are consultants on the Strategy Team at Atrium AI. Both were recruited directly out of college into Atrium's Luminate program. In this podcast, we discuss their transition from college to a career in consulting, what excites them about technology, and how to cope with the stresses of a career. Enjoy!

The one where Tom, Patricia, Tara and Doug continue their conversation about the importance of an organization's Customer Experience strategy in a Customer-in-Control world. What smart, growth-minded leaders know is that memorable CX is not an accident or an afterthought. To delight customers - to woo, wow and win them over - you must purposefully design empathetic experiences that deliver on your brand promise in ways that customers not just see but feel. That's why they've developed a powerful workshop experience to get companies and their brands headed in the right direction.

In episode 357, we welcome our guest, Marko Papic, Chief Strategist at the Clocktower Group, an alternative investment asset management firm, where he leads the firm's Strategy Team, providing bespoke research on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets.   In today's episode, we're talking geopolitics and the markets. Marko recently released the book Geopolitical Alpha and he shares his framework for understanding how geopolitical events will affect the markets. Then we talk current events and how he views them. We talk about the implications of Evergrande and why Marko does not believe China will try to takeover Taiwan.  Next we talk about the implications of rising food and commodity prices and whether that will cause social unrest around the globe.   As we wind down, we talk about the ESG and sustainability trend and finish by hearing what Marko thinks about inflation, interest rates and the U.S. stock market.   Please enjoy this episode with Clocktower Group's Marko Papic.     -----   Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com   -----   Today's episode is sponsored by FarmTogether. FarmTogether is a technology-powered investment platform that enables investors to channel funding into natural assets, starting with U.S. farmland. By driving abundant and creative capital to farmers, we're giving investors the opportunity to drive agriculture toward sustainability on a massive scale. Alongside a changing climate, the global population continues to grow, with expectations of reaching 9.7 billion by 2050. This means approximately 70% more food will be required than is consumed today. FarmTogether investors are providing the key financial building blocks for a sustainable future.  

The journey to winning on the digital shelf can not be made in weeks, or months, but years. To manage expectations, the right outcomes, and your sanity, it is vital to understand where you and your company are on that journey, and what the right next steps are to  move along a maturity curve towards operational and performance excellence. Experts from Salsify and the DSI teamed up to articulate a Digital Shelf Maturity Curve, and they presented it in a recent webinar. The content is so foundational to any leader plotting their digital shelf strategy, that we wanted to present it here in podcast format. Here with Peter are Joe Gaudreau, head of the Commerce Strategy Team at Salsify, and Lauren Livak, Director of the Digital Shelf Institute. 

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In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Blandine Lacroix candidly shares her professional and personal journey and the lessons she's learned along the way. (Recorded on February 26, 2021) Over the past 19 years, Blandine Lacroix has rose through the ranks at Novo Nordisk, from Group Product Manager to Corporate Vice President, Biopharm & Strategy. Blandine has recently been appointed to lead the Novo Nordisk Inc. US BioPharm business unit, and asked to also create and lead the Strategy Team that will develop the US organization's enterprise, digital transformation, innovation, and future business strategies. In her previous role as Corporate Vice President of the US Obesity Commercial business unit, Blandine shaped and stewarded the US Obesity strategy. Through an uncharted therapy area, she built a pioneering team of leaders who collaborated to transform how the world sees, prevents, and treats the disease of obesity. Blandine holds a Master's degree in International Business Studies (MIBS) from the University of South Carolina and a French and American Undergraduate Business Degree from INSEEC MBA Institute in Paris. She lives in Princeton, NJ with her daughter, Sophie, and enjoys being a mother, traveling, and occasional wine tasting. She is a student of history, particularly WWII and the Holocaust, and resilience psychology. Blandine was recently honored with the Princeton YMCA Centennial Award for Healthy Living.

In this episode of Coherent Thoughts, host James Glover speaks with Rachel Cowlishaw from Movable Ink about digital transformation in retail. James and Rachel talk about her perspective from her time at Neiman Marcus, common misconceptions surrounding email strategy, and effectively using creatives in your personalized emails.Prior to joining Movable Ink, Rachel worked on the client-side in a variety of marketing and CRM roles within the luxury retail space. She joined Movable Ink from Neiman Marcus, where she oversaw personalization and CRM marketing across email, SMS, and mobile. Most recently, she led a cross-functional agile team, focusing on A/B testing and scaling personalized customer experiences and omnichannel journeys across stores and online. In addition she played an integral role in the enhancement of their martec stack, consolidating customer data and integrating vendor partners into a CDP. Rachel now oversees North America retail accounts for Movable Ink’s Strategy Team.Learn more at movableink.com.

Listen to episode 194 of the Digital and Social Media Sports podcast, Best Of episodes 130-136. Included are parts of interviews with: Sal Siino, investments, veteran of sports digital strategy and leadership. (full episode) Dan LaTorraca, Senior Director, Marketing, Carolina Hurricanes. (full episode) Jim Hanauer, Product Manager, Fanbase, Learfield IMG College. (full episode) Greg Wyshynski, … Continue reading Episode 194: Best Of the Digital and Social Media Sports Podcast: Content Strategy, Team Marketing, ESPN NHL, MLB Social, and More

Listen to episode 194 of the Digital and Social Media Sports podcast, Best Of episodes 130-136. Included are parts of interviews with: Sal Siino, investments, veteran of sports digital strategy and leadership. (full episode) Dan LaTorraca, Senior Director, Marketing, Carolina Hurricanes. (full episode) Jim Hanauer, Product Manager, Fanbase, Learfield IMG College. (full episode) Greg Wyshynski, … Continue reading Episode 194: Best Of the Digital and Social Media Sports Podcast: Content Strategy, Team Marketing, ESPN NHL, MLB Social, and More

This week Brian is joined by a special guest, Meera Pandit from the Global Market Insights Strategy Team at JPMorgan Asset Management. Meera is responsible for conducting research on the global economy and capital markets, and is also part of the publication team that produces the JPMorgan Guide to the Markets.Meera has been with her firm for more than a decade, is a CFA charterholder and earned her bachelors degree from Tufts University. She was also featured as Market Watch's "Forecaster of the Month" in February 2020.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID:

Career Champions is a campaign launched in November 2020 by Strategy Team 4.4, to fulfill the tactic “build a culture of career coaching statewide.” On this week’s episode, we’ll hear from six of our Team Ivy family who serve as Career Champions across the College. You too can become a career champion. To access the Career Champion training, check out the Career Champion learning module in IvyLead. This direct access link should work: https://ivytech.bridgeapp.com/learner/courses/16748/slide/12371. If not, you can get to the training by visiting MyIvy and clicking on the Employee tab. Select IvyLead. Once you’re in IvyLead, click the Learning Library link at the top of the screen. Click your mouse next to the Search icon and type Career. Scroll down just a bit and you’ll see the e-Learning for Career Champions. You can also watch this video to learn more about how to access the e-Learning. Click the image to start the e-Learning. If you’d like to watch a quick video of how to access the training, visit https://www.loom.com/share/62842ed447464137a208301158525aa0  

2020 has been anything but business as usual for digital marketers. Substantial e-commerce growth combined with various local and national lockdowns have challenged retailers to react and adapt at unanticipated speeds. Now, with 2021 in sight, the focus must shift to preparing for another unpredictable year ahead. In this episode of Ink Tank, Becki Francis from Movable Ink's Strategy Team is joined by Ross Williams, VP of Retail at Emarsys, to reflect on a transformative year and discuss the importance of baking agility into our 2021 plans.

As we navigate out of 2020 and into 2021, marketers should be intentionally thinking about how to sustain the mobile growth that we've seen and spoken about in our previous Ink Tank episode. In this episode, Rachel Cowlishaw from Movable Ink's Strategy Team talks to Dorothy Murach, Product Marketing Manager at Upland Localytics, about shifting consumer behaviors across industries, how brands have pivoted to address these changes, and the winning strategies that marketers should embrace moving into 2021.

With more consumers reaching for their mobile devices amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, many brands have seen a surge in mobile engagement. But what does the current state of mobile marketing look like, and how can marketers work to create elevated multi-channel experiences moving forward? In this episode, Katie White from Movable Ink's Strategy Team and Travis Johnson, Product Manager of Partner Integrations at Airship will discuss the current state of mobile marketing, including how marketers can use automation to free up valuable production time and create 1:1 experiences across channels.

My guest on the podcast today has developed an original and compelling approach to forecasting the future and beating investment markets while doing so. Marko Papic is a Partner and Chief Strategist at Clocktower Group, an alternative investment asset management firm based in Santa Monica, California. He leads the firm’s Strategy Team, providing bespoke research to clients and partners on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets. Marko holds an MA in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA from the University of British Columbia. He’s the author of Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future, a book that introduces his constraints-based framework to investors; something we discuss in this episode. Geopolitical Alpha posits that investors should ignore the media-hyped narratives, insights from “smoke-filled rooms,” and most of their political consultants and, instead, focus exclusively on the measurable, material constraints facing policymakers. Here’s my conversation with Marko Papic, author of Geopolitical Alpha, in episode 514 of Informed Choice Radio. We hope you enjoyed today’s episode. Do check out our show notes at icradio.co.uk for useful links, including a link to Marko’s new book, Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future. Here at Informed Choice, our Financial Planners help remove stress about money by offering a clear explanation of your choices and options. We help people just like you find the answers to the big financial questions, making sure you can live a meaningful life as a result. Please do subscribe to Informed Choice Radio in your favourite podcast player, to get a notification each time a new episode is published. If you enjoy listening to our podcast, please consider leaving a written review or star rating. You can listen to entire back catalogue of more than 500 podcast episodes at icradio.co.uk, and find out more about Informed Choice at icfp.co.uk. Thank you again to Marko for being our guest today. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. Our producer for this episode was Emma Hill and our editor is James Spooner. Until next time, I’m Martin Bamford and this is Informed Choice Radio. And remember, when it comes to your money, the more you know, the faster it can grow.

The 3D design process can be very challenging when you’re working with teams, especially right now when a lot of people are working remotely. Having the right technology, software, and tools can allow the design and product development process to be more collaborative and creative. In this podcast, Tom Hazzard and Tracy Hazzard talk to Bart Massee, the Senior Manager and Creative Director for the Advanced Design & Strategy Team at HP. A tech savvy visionary, Bart actively engages in the growth of his team members and continuously searches for lean efficiency to operate at the highest quality levels. Tune in to this episode to know what to look for when working with a team as well as adopting new tools to build a seamless design process. More About HP: Capture and Create with Z by HP, Inspiring you for your next creative breakthrough with the Z portfolio designed and built to improve the way you create. Discover the latest Z Book to help you with your latest creative project. Experience your design with HP Multi Jet Fusion technology and solutions reinvent design and manufacturing, unlocking the full potential of 3D printing and bringing down the barriers of 3D printing adoption across industries through materials innovation. For more details about Multi Jet Fusion technology click here. Join the WTFFF?! 3D Printing movement today: 3DStartpoint.com Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter YouTube

In this special Pride edition of the Inkredible Marketer interview series, Julio Lopez from Movable Ink's Strategy Team interviews Saul Lopes, Head of CRM at Dixons Carphone, about being a part of the LGBTQ+ community and leading transformation at a leading multinational company.

Dan Goldman is the Global Head of Strategy at The North Face. In this episode, he provides his perspective on leading a strategy team during the pandemic. https://www.thenorthface.com/

Along with the rest of the world, the way that brands market to their customers has changed dramatically in 2020. Now more than ever, brands are under scrutiny - and rightfully so. In this episode, Rachel Cowlishaw from Movable Ink's Strategy Team and Nick Ziech-Lopez, Product Owner at MessageGears, discuss how brands have pivoted to develop creative, customer-centric digital experiences and meaningful content.

Even in the best of times, retail processes - from supply chain to marketing - were far from perfect. Today, there is a heightened need for retailers to be more agile and quick to market while still delivering a truly customer-centric shopping experience. In this episode, Julio Lopez and Rachel Cowlishaw from Movable Ink's Strategy Team sit down with Ashley Ellis, RVP of Enterprise Retail Sales at Salesforce, to discuss how the most successful brands are bringing rapid innovation into their marketing strategies, and how they are creating a single view of their customers.

Jelly Donut Podcast #33 was recorded on Wednesday May 18, 2020. Marko is a Partner and Chief Strategist at Clocktower Group, an alternative investment asset management firm based in Santa Monica, California. He leads the firm’s Strategy Team, providing bespoke research to clients and partners on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets. Prior to joining the firm, Marko founded BCA Research’s Geopolitical Strategy practice (GPS) in 2012, the financial industry’s first dedicated political analysis investment strategy. The GPS service generated geopolitical alpha by identifying gaps between the market’s political expectations and the firm’s forecasts. Marko was a Senior Vice President and the firm’s Chief Geopolitical Strategist. Marko began his career as a Senior Analyst at Stratfor, a global intelligence agency where he contributed to the firm’s global geopolitical strategy as well as its analyst recruitment and training program. In his academic work, he helped create the Center for European Union Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Marko holds an MA in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA from the University of British Columbia. https://www.clocktowergroup.com/ https://www.realvision.com/shows/the-interview/videos/the-escalating-battle-between-the-u-s-and-china --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jellydonutpodcast/support

In part two of this two-part series, Myles Kleeger, President & Chief Customer Officer at Braze, along with Jackie Mattia and Naveen Wall from Movable Ink's Strategy Team will share valuable industry insights and discuss how brands can drive long-term customer value.

If you've tried a new product or service as a result of this pandemic, you're far from alone. In fact, many companies have seen an uptick in new business as a result of COVID-19. Marketers are now challenged to keep those customers engaged over time and to convert them into high-quality, long-term customers. In this episode, Myles Kleeger, President & Chief Customer Officer at Braze, along with Jackie Mattia and Naveen Wall from Movable Ink's Strategy Team will share valuable industry insights and discuss how brands can drive long-term customer value.

As we look ahead to the remainder of 2020, there's a big question on everyone's mind: What will the world look like post-pandemic? For retailers, the in-store experience will never be the same. Join Julio Lopez and Becki Francis from the Strategy Team at Movable Ink, along with John Swords, Head of Customer Experience at FindMine, to explore how retail experiences need to evolve in this new climate. They'll discuss current retail trends and ways that digital marketers can up-level customer experiences with mobile activation, digital receipts, abandoned cart emails, and more.

Netscribes, a global data and insights firm, announces the expansion of its India delivery centers. This comes after the news of employing 1,000 people worldwide.   Tealium and Invoca announce a strategic partnership that enables organizations to combine customer data and conversational analytics insights in real-time. Why? To better inform contact center interactions and optimize the caller experience. The key insight here is that consumer insights is expanding into enablement functions.  MediaScience, a lab-based research specialist, opens a tech-focused qualitative division, HARK Connect, a focus group remote viewing software with revolutionary features. I find it fascinating that there is a new entrant into the space of focus group remote viewing. However, HARK Connect is being led by Elissa Moses, an influencer in consumer insights and the previous CEO of Neuro and Behavior Science at IPSOS.  BERA Brand Management, a brand measurement and consultancy, teams up with PeakEquity Partners and the Jim Stengel Company. This capital will enable BERA to grow its team, scale its brand intelligence platform and expand its global presence.  In Wo(man) vs Machine, today I’m offering a review of Aurelius. If you are a Market Research Qualie or User Experience Researchers, you need to give this tool a chance. Totally self funded, the founding team have been doing consumer research for over 15 years. Aurelius is an insights platform for unstructured data analytics focused on creating key insight accessibility and visibility.  For your free trial, check them out at… https://www.aureliuslab.com/ In human capital news, Eyeota appoints Marc Fanelli as Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Development. Mike Dabadie will be serving as the CEO of Heart+Mind Strategies, meanwhile, previous CEO Dee Allsop will be on an 18-month sabbatical.  Finally in Jobs, the Adobe Design Research and Strategy team is looking for summer 2020 interns.   Find links to these stories in our show notes. For more detailed commentary, be sure to signup for our weekly newsletter at www.happymr.com. This episode is brought to you by Lookback. Lookback is the leading software that enables researchers to interact with users, in real-time, and in contexts. Built from the ground up by some of the original Spotify engineers, Lookback is the best in class video screen share platform for User Experience and Market Researchers. Check them out at lookback.io.  And that’s your daily briefing of marketing research news. Find Jamin Online: Email: jamin@happymr.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil Find Us Online: Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp Website: www.happymr.com Sources:  HARK Connect: https://harkconnect.com/  Netscribes: https://www.netscribes.com/about-us/media/press-releases/netscribes-surpasses-1000-employee-milestone-expands-offices-across-india/ Eyeota: https://www.eyeota.com/news/eyeota-appoints-marc-fanelli-svp-strategic-partnerships Tealium: https://tealium.com/press-releases/tealium-and-invoca-partner-to-orchestrate-better-customer-experiences-and-maximize-marketing-roi/  Heart+Mind Strategies: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mike-dabadie-named-ceo-of-heartmind-strategies-as-it-enters-2nd-decade-300993132.html Adobe: https://adobe.design/jobs/jobpost-81940/  PR New Wire: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bera-brand-management-closes-elite-partnerships-to-accelerate-global-growth-300995773.html  This Episode’s Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by Lookback. Lookback provides the tools to help UX teams to interact with real users, in real time, and in real contexts. It's Lookback's mission to humanize technology by bridging the gap between end users and product teams.

Welcome back to Floor 9! We are kicking off 2020 with a trio of CES recap episodes, recorded live in Vegas on the last day of CES. In part 1, you’ll hear from two CES veterans from the Lab strategy team, Adam and Christina, joined by your host Scott, share their takeaways from this event and dig into the key trends that they saw at this CES. Have a listen to find out what our strategists think brands and marketers can learn from the biggest tech show. What We Covered:Overall impression of this CES and why the Lab attends every yearStandouts from the show floors — new micro-mobility concepts, digital health & elder care products Curiously missing from the show floors – 5G-ready products, a stronger privacy debateBiggest surprises found at CES — Sony’s concept car, Amazon auto retail, Samsung’s rotating TVPersonal favorites from the show — Delta’s travel innovations, self-heating tupperware, passenger drones Emerging trends spotted at CES — EVs ready for market, cross-category inspirationsBrand takeaways from CES 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Stewart: Hello and welcome to the GDS Podcast. I’m Sarah Stewart. Today’s podcast, the final one of 2019, is a special one, it’s GDS’s Year in Review. Last year, Angus and I went through the year very methodically picking out our highlights. It was quite fun. It’s my last podcast, so I wanted to do something better than quite fun. And what’s better than quite fun? A quiz! I’m going to host a quiz!   So I’m going to be asking 24 questions about GDS, 2 for each month. Obviously, the person with the most points will win. Producer Emily is going to keep score. So let’s meet our contestants.   Contestant number one, what’s your name, what do you do and where are you from?   Laura Stevens: So my name is Laura Stevens. I’m a writer here at GDS. And I’m from a small village in Surrey called Tadworth.   Sarah Stewart: What’s Tadworth known for?   Laura Stevens: So it’s not known for very much, so I had to look this up before I came on the podcast. But it was referenced in the ‘Doomsday Book’ so it’s very old. In the ‘Doomsday Book’ it was known as having woodland worth 4 hogs. So you know, I don’t really know like what --   Sarah Stewart: What a sum!    Laura Stevens: Yeah, like I don’t really know what that equates to but I thought it was quite a fun fact.   Sarah Stewart: You don’t see hogs very much anymore.   Angus Montgomery: How many trees per hog?   Sarah Stewart: And what kind of tree?   Laura Stevens: Yeah, and what kind of hog? I mean...   Angus Montgomery: All good questions.   Sarah Stewart: And Laura, what is your specialist subject at GDS would you say?   Laura Stevens: So I would say my specialist subject would be design here at GDS. But I am wary of saying that because I know that Angus is also very into design and I feel like he may you know, show me up in this quiz and take all the design answers.    Sarah Stewart: Which is a good segue into asking contestant number two, what’s your name and where do you come from?   Angus Montgomery: Hello. I’m Angus Montgomery. I’m a Strategy Advisor and I live in Woodbridge in Suffolk.    Sarah Stewart: Woodbridge. Isn’t that where the celebrities live?    Angus Montgomery: Yeah. Well, it depends on your definition of celebrity, I suppose. So Woodbridge’s most famous son was Thomas Seckford, who was an advisor to Elizabeth I. More contemporary famous sons include Brian Eno and Charlie from Busted.   Sarah Stewart: Oh my gosh.    Laura Stevens: Is Charlie the one with the eyebrows?   Angus Montgomery: I think so, yeah. The handsome one. He did a solo career.   Sarah Stewart: Yes. Fightstar.   Angus Montgomery: That’s it, yeah.    Laura Stevens: That’s excellent Busted knowledge.   Sarah Stewart: So Angus, what’s your specialist subject at GDS?   Angus Montgomery: I don’t know, it sounds a bit creepy if I’m going to say it out loud but the people at GDS. Like I think that’s the thing that I’m most interested in, is all the people who work here and the things that they do.   Sarah Stewart: So it’s good to meet you contestants.    Angus Montgomery: Good to be here.   Sarah Stewart: I need you to press the buzzer when you have the correct answer.    Cue the tense intro music Emily, Producer Emily. Let’s do this.    In January, we recorded a podcast with the Global Digital Marketplace team. They are helping to tackle corruption – a $2.6 trillion problem. The team visited 5 countries, talking to people at state and local level. Can you name all 5 countries? Laura.   Laura Stevens: Okay. I think I’ve got this: South Africa, Malaysia, Colombia, Indonesia… I’m going to fall down on the last one!   Angus Montgomery: I think I know the last one.   Laura Stevens: What’s the last one?    Sarah Stewart: No no no no, we can’t do that.    Angus Montgomery: Oh.    Laura Stevens: Oh so do I just..?   Sarah Stewart: You’re compromising the integrity of the quiz.    Laura Stevens: Do I get a hint or do I just…?   Sarah Stewart: Here’s your clue. Its name also features in the name of its capital city. Massive clue...   The answer was Mexico.   Laura Stevens: That’s really annoying.   Sarah Stewart: Mexico City. Okay. So, I’m afraid no one can take a point from that.    Okay, next question. The first ever Services Week took place from 28th January to 1st February. It was a nationwide, cross-government event that explored how people could work together to deliver end-to-end user-focused services. Now, one of the workshops during Services Week was designed to improve online forms. It was a sell-out workshop but what was the name of that workshop? Angus.   Angus Montgomery: Was it called Formapalooza?    Sarah Stewart: Correct! One point to Angus.    Angus Montgomery: Boom.   Laura Stevens: First one on the scoreboard, you know.    Angus Montgomery: Yeah.   Sarah Stewart: Okay, moving onto February now. In February, the GDS Academy turned 5 and launched a new course – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence [AI] in Government. Can you name an example of where AI is already being used in government? Laura.   Laura Stevens: Aren’t we using it here at GDS to do supervised machine learning on GOV.UK?   Sarah Stewart: Excellent, Laura. One point.   Laura Stevens: Yes! Back in the game.   Sarah Stewart: Next question. GovWifi is a common component that we all know and love. It provides free, secure wifi in public sector buildings. It’s used 2 million times a month. We noticed that it was also being accessed through which surprising device?   Laura Stevens: Is it a device you would find in a home?   Sarah Stewart: Yes, perhaps in the home of a teenager.   Laura Stevens: PlayStation.   Sarah Stewart: Correct answer. And actually, there were 6 PlayStations that were recorded.   Angus Montgomery: Who’s brought a PlayStation in?   Sarah Stewart: I don’t know. It could be in any public sector building.    Next question. The 11th competition for the GovTech Catalyst opened in March. Technology firms were invited to apply to develop innovative solutions for a challenge submitted by Oxfordshire County Council but what was that challenge?   Laura Stevens: Was it something to do with the traffic system?    Sarah Stewart: Yes.   Laura Stevens: And driverless cars..?   Sarah Stewart: Yes! Yes! Well done. Next question.   A team, a new team was created for GOV.UK to maintain and operate the GOV.UK platform. What was the new team called? Laura.   Laura Stevens: Is it the Platform Health team?    Sarah Stewart: Correct.   Sprint is GDS’s flagship conference. In April, we announced the agenda and that we would travel to 5 locations across the UK to discuss the impact of digital transformation on public services. Name those cities. Angus.   Angus Montgomery: In order: Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leeds, Belfast and London.    Sarah Stewart: One point to Angus. I almost said Laura then.   Laura Stevens: Give me all the points.    Angus Montgomery: Shall we have a check in on the scores?   Sarah Stewart: Yeah, let’s check in on the scores. Wow. Okay. Laura’s ahead.    In April, there was an Unconference at GDS. People were invited to pitch and present on topics of their choosing. Richard Towers held a discussion on making coding more accessible to people at GDS. Which of the following is a programming language that we do not use at GDS? Ruby, Python, Node.js, Go, Java, C#, Scala. Angus.    Angus Montgomery: C#?   Sarah Stewart: Correct!   Laura Stevens: Did you know that?   Angus Montgomery: I don’t know that much about programming languages. But I’ve heard people talking about the other ones.   Sarah Stewart: Okay. Well just to say, there was a trick answer in there as well. So for those people who really know their programming, we don’t use Scala anymore but there is an old project that’s still is in Scala but it’s not maintained.    Laura Stevens: Ooh I like that, a trick question.   Sarah Stewart: Okay so this is May. GOV.UK Pay – a free and secure online payment service for government and public sector organisations – took its first payment for a service in a language other than English. For half a point, what was that language? And, for the full point, how do you say seamless integration in that language? Laura.   Laura Stevens: Welsh. I’m just going for the half point. I don’t, I don’t have the other half of it.    Angus Montgomery: Not confident?   Laura Stevens: I’m not confident. I’ve never spoken Welsh so I wouldn’t want to offend anybody. Do you have, do you know it?   Angus Montgomery: No.   Laura Stevens: I don’t know. You knew about programming languages, so I thought you might also have-   Angus Montgomery: Welsh knowledge?    Laura: Yeah, Welsh knowledge..   Angus Montgomery: The two don’t always go together.    Sarah Stewart: Okay. Well, I’ve got it written down here and I don’t want to offend anyone either. It’s been quite a good year for common components, has it not?   Angus Montgomery: It has. So, I mean, as well as GOV.UK Pay, you’ve got GOV.UK Notify, which is a great success and is used by more than half the local authorities across the UK.   Laura Stevens: Yeah. It helps them do things like sending letters, which can be really time-consuming and where mistakes can be made.   Sarah Stewart: Okay. With changing regulations affecting public sector accessibility requirements, we advised how to publish an accessibility statement but where can you find that? Angus.   Angus Montgomery: GOV.UK.   Sarah Stewart: Yes! In June, we’re halfway through.   Laura Stevens: Yeah!   Sarah Stewart: How fun.    In June, a strategy and a guide were published. What was the name of that strategy and what was the name of the guide? I need the official names, please.    Laura Stevens: I think the first one is the Government Technology Innovation Strategy then it’s ‘A Guide to Using AI in the Public Sector’?   Sarah Stewart: Correct. Laura has got the full point.    In June, Kevin Cunnington, GDS’s Director General stepped down after 3 years leading the organisation. He took a new role on, at the International Government Service, and Alison Pritchard was named as Interim DG [Director General]. Can you tell me where in the world she was when she was offered the job? Angus.   Angus Montgomery: I think she was near Madagascar, wasn’t she, in the Indian Ocean?   Sarah Stewart: I...I don’t think I can accept that.   Angus Montgomery: Oh. She was on a boat in in, at sea.    Sarah Stewart: And well it...I’m going to accept Indian Ocean because she was sailing on a boat somewhere between Darwin and Christmas Island. So I would have accepted Timor Sea or the Indian Ocean.    Okay, so technically this happened in June, July was a little bit quiet.    So GDS’s step by step work on GOV.UK won a D&AD Award for Service Design. Please can you name my favourite step by step journey on GOV.UK? Angus.   Angus Montgomery: Is it Reporting Found Treasure?   Sarah Stewart: Correct!   Laura Stevens: I mean, even if I’d got in first, I would have actually been wrong. I thought it was actually Bring Your Pet to the UK.   Sarah Stewart: Where would I be bringing it from?   Laura Stevens: I don’t know. You might have bought your pet abroad.   Sarah Stewart: Oh yeah. I actually did look into dog rescue in Greece.   Laura Stevens: So you know, clearly I could have been right. But alas, it was more finding treasure.   Sarah Stewart: So what’s so good about step by step?   Laura Stevens: Well, there are now 47 live, and obviously, it’s really good that they are winning awards and everything but also they’re being, they’re really helping people. They are also helping the other parts of GOV.UK like our voice assistant work. So now you can ask your Alexa or Google Home if you want to learn to drive a car. And yeah, it's helping people where they need it.   And it’s quite like, when I spoke to Kate [Ivey-Williams] and Sam [Dub] about it, Kate was saying what motivated her is that ease to make government like, as invisible as possible. So say you’re dealing with a very distressing situation, like somebody has passed away, you don’t want to be like dealing with any government admin at that point. And so if the step by step can just give you the answers that you need and tell you very clearly, that’s a really helpful thing to do for users.   Sarah Stewart: What is your favourite step by step journey, Laura?   Laura Stevens: My favourite step by step journey is quite a boring one but I like it because I’m on the video for it. It’s How to Drive a Car. I feature saying it into a phone. Then it got screened at Sprint 18.   Sarah Stewart: Wow.   Laura Stevens: So you know, me in this jumper, it’s quite an old jumper. I didn’t really expect to be used in filming that day. It’s been immortalised.   Sarah Stewart: So if you want to have a visual picture of Laura, if you want to connect the voice to the face, watch that journey. It’s on YouTube.   In July we released, oh this is, actually, this next question could be in Laura’s advantage, just given your specialist subject for design. In July, we released new updates to the colours and font on GOV.UK. The GOV.UK colour palette is made up of 7 colours – grey, black, blue, red, yellow, green and white. Which 2 colours weren’t updated? Angus.    Angus Montgomery: Black and white?   Sarah Stewart: Correct!   Laura Stevens: That is great knowledge.   Sarah Stewart: Angus is in the lead.   Angus Montgomery: Yes!    Sarah Stewart: Wow.   Laura Stevens: Oh so I need to make a comeback?   Angus Montgomery: Yeah, Laura needs to make a comeback.   Laura Stevens: Is that because he’s got lots of half points? Trying hard but...   Sarah Stewart: He’s not committing.   Angus Montgomery: What’s that meant to mean?   Sarah Stewart: In August we talked about work we had to do following July’s reshuffle. When there is a reshuffle, GOV.UK needs to update the information as quickly as possible. True or false – the GOV.UK team knows this information before the public?   Laura Stevens: False.   Sarah Stewart: Correct. They find out at the same time as everyone else.    Laura Stevens: Yeah July...during the reshuffle in July, because it was quite like a big change and the changes were coming quite like quickly, the team really had to step up. And so that’s working late nights, making sure that GOV.UK is always like the canonical source of information.   Sarah Stewart: Yeah.    Laura Stevens: So they had to make updates to 100 individual ministers’ GOV.UK roles. They had to update ministers’ biographies. They had to add profiles to GOV.UK for people who hadn’t worked for Government before. They had to reorder the list of ministers on 22 department pages. And they had to reorder the Government Ministers page. And obviously there’s a lot of eyes on GDS, well on GOV.UK and GDS’s team, GDS’s work through that. So yeah, they did really well.   Sarah Stewart: Go team. Ok, next question.   Alison took up the role of DG [Director General] at GDS and wrote an introductory blog post sharing a little bit about her past. It’s incredibly well written. Alison has a fantastic background in public service but what was her very first job serving the public?   Angus Montgomery: I feel like I know this.   Sarah Stewart: It was in the blog post, if you read it.    Angus Montgomery: I don’t know if it was her very first job but she was Minister Responsible for Cage Fighting at one stage, wasn’t she?    Laura Stevens: That’s quite a high entry as your first job. Minister for Cage Fighting.    Angus Montgomery: Not Minister, obviously. She was a senior civil servant responsible for cage fighting in some capacity.    Laura Stevens: She was pulling pints…?   Sarah Stewart: You can’t give them clues.    Angus Montgomery: I thought you said first job in the civil service.    Sarah Stewart: No.    Angus Montgomery: Oh, first job.   Laura Stevens: No. It was first job serving the public.    Angus Montgomery: Oh so serving the public.   Laura Stevens: Is this a pun?   Sarah Stewart: Yes.    Laura Stevens: Oh!   Angus Montgomery: You’re operating on a level that I’m not!   Sarah Stewart: Yes! She was a barmaid when she was eight.    Laura Stevens: Oh. Is that...   Angus Montgomery: Is that legal?    Laura Stevens: Do we need to check in on that?    Sarah Stewart: It was…   Angus Montgomery: Do we need to check on the legality of that claim?   Laura Stevens: You need to investigate some pub wherever she grew up.   Sarah Stewart: It was her family pub and she just served soft drinks.   Sarah Stewart: Ok, so September. Plans for a new permanent secretary level Government Chief Digital Information Officer (GCDIO) were announced at Sprint. Alison said that GCDIO was a bit of a mouthful, so what was the title shortened to? Angus.   Angus Montgomery: She calls them ‘The Big G’.    Sarah Stewart: Correct. Adding that it incorporates a sense of scale and seniority for that particular post.    Mark Hurrell, the former Head of Design for GOV.UK and the Head of Graphic Design at GDS wrote the most popular blog post in Design in Government blog history. What was it about? Laura.   Laura Stevens: So I feel like I need to claw this back after Angus took my specialist subject earlier. Is it the post about the design principles posters?   Sarah Stewart: Correct. Yes, well done.   Laura Stevens: There was also a very nice… we can plug the Instagram here as well, because I believe Roger Valentine did a very nice animation about those posts as well.   Sarah Stewart: Oh.   Laura Stevens: Yeah.   Sarah Stewart: Great. In October, 2 members of the Sustainability Network – Emily Labram and Will Pearson – estimated the maximum amount of CO2 that GDS produces. How many tonnes of CO2 did they estimate we produced? Laura.   Laura Stevens: Was it 4,000?   Sarah Stewart: Correct!   Laura Stevens: Ah! That’s so much.   Sarah Stewart: That’s a lot but it’s an important piece of work. It’s good to know exactly what your impact is.   Laura Stevens: And is it on the blog post?   Sarah Stewart: It is. All of the details are on the blog post and how they calculated it as well.   Angus Montgomery: And where does that come from, the CO2?   Sarah Stewart: It’s things like data centres that are consuming lots of energy. Like and whether that energy is, I mean the question is whether you can have renewable energy sources to keep things like data centres up and running and...   Laura Stevens: Yeah and I think also, that blog post got a lot of comments, as well. So I think it’s something that other government departments or like arm’s length bodies, or whatever are looking into.   Sarah Stewart: Yeah cause you, yeah, I guess you think that the big culprits are fashion, oil and gas industries. Actually, everyone is sort of-   Laura Stevens: Yeah, everyone is responsible.    Sarah Stewart: Yes. In October, GOV.UK turned 7. Tell me, what was notable about the desks that the team worked on when GOV.UK was launched? Laura.   Laura Stevens: Is this from an article you wrote?    Sarah Stewart: Me? Or Secretary of State?   Laura Stevens: Sorry, sorry, the ghostwriting that doesn’t exist.   Sarah Stewart: Yeah, yeah.    Laura Stevens: Is it that they were cardboard boxes?   Sarah Stewart: Correct. Thank you for reading that by the way.   I’m going to read a quote from a GDS figure. Please can you identify the speaker, their job title and tell me what they are talking about. The quote starts, “Unlike many publishers or commercial organisations, we’re not incentivised by statistics like page views or the number of visitors. Our interest is in making sure we are where the user is,” end quote. Angus.   Angus Montgomery: That is Jen Allum, who is Head of GOV.UK, talking about, well I guess the sort of success metrics for GOV.UK. And it’s interesting what she’s saying about that, that obviously we’re not a commercial organisation, we’re an organisation that’s here to serve user needs. So the traditional kind of understanding of people, you know you want to increase the number of people coming to your site, like that’s not how we operate.   I mean it’s good to know those figures obviously. And it’s good to know who’s coming and what they are looking at and what’s getting a lot of traffic and stuff. But that’s not ultimately what motivates people and that’s not what motivates their future vision for GOV.UK, which is about serving users, helping them to do whatever it is that they need to do, regardless of whether that’s a simple thing or a complex life event.   Sarah Stewart: Perfect answer. One point.   November saw the creation of another community at GDS. GDS has got so many lovely communities. What was that community? Laura.   Laura Stevens: Was it Muslims at GDS?   Sarah Stewart: Correct! Networks are a nice thing, aren’t they?   Laura Stevens: They are.   Sarah Stewart: What’s your favourite network? What networks are you part of?   Laura Stevens: So at GDS I’m part of the Women’s Network. I’ve also recently joined the Mental Health Network because I interviewed Ben on the podcast, Ben Carpenter on the podcast last month. What about you Angus?   Angus Montgomery: I’m not a member, although I probably ought to be. But I go to quite a lot of the Women’s Network events, which are really good. I think it’s great obviously not being a woman and being able to go to these things and being part of that community.   But no, I think the good thing about the networks is, even if you are not a member, they are really visible so I’ve been to quite a few events that the LGBT Network have done as well. I just think it’s really good that, yeah they’re so active and there is so much going on.   Laura Stevens: Yeah, I think that part about being open to all is really nice. Because often you can just join them by joining the Slack channel, and that’s very, you can just be there. So if you’re joining GDS as a person who’s not been in government before or anything, you can just be like, “here’s a few friendly faces” and you don’t have to...you can be kind of as active or as inactive as you want to be as part of the network.    So what networks are you part of?   Sarah Stewart: I dip my toes into a few pools. Does that work? I mean not physiologically. Metaphorically. I’m really interested in the work that the Women’s Group do, particularly around negotiating pay rises and public speaking. But also the Mental Health Network is really valuable because it’s such an everyday thing here. Well it’s becoming more of an everyday thing here to talk about how you are feeling. And I think that in other organisations, that’s not the case. I think there is a real push to normalise talking about it, which is ultimately very healthy.   Laura Stevens: And it’s really nice that GDS can take like a leading role in that then, in setting a precedent on how that’s a good thing.   Sarah Stewart: Yeah. Okay, we’ve only got 2 questions left. We’re almost at the end. So can you tell me how many types of chocolate were tried by GDS Chocolate Club in 2019? And I should add that GDS Chocolate Club is funded by its members and is an out of hours club.    Angus Montgomery: 6.   Sarah Stewart: Laura.   Laura Stevens: I’m going to go much higher. I’m going to go like 24.    Sarah Stewart: Well you’ve both fallen short. 65 chocolates were tasted in 2019.   Angus Montgomery: Woah.    Laura Stevens: Is this the final question?   Sarah Stewart: This is the final question of the quiz. Name every person in the Creative Team who made the GDS Podcast series possible this year.   Angus Montgomery: Laura.   Laura Stevens: Angus.    Angus Montgomery: Sarah.   Sarah Stewart: Thank you.   Laura Stevens: Producer Emily.   Angus Montgomery: To give her her full title. Animator and photographer, Roger.    Laura Stevens: And we’ve got filmmaker Graham. Producer Megan Painter.   Sarah Stewart: Yeah.   Laura Stevens: Designer Charlotte.   Angus Montgomery: Couldn’t possibly forget Alastair Mogford, who not only set up this podcast but documented how we do it and wrote down a very long description which we’ve all been using now because we all forget like what the set-up is and stuff. So thank you, Alastair.   Laura Stevens: Shout out to Alastair.    And also we’ve got to shoutout to our social media star, Lou Mullan.    Angus Montgomery: And thanks obviously to Chris Watson.   Sarah Stewart: Oh wait. How do we attribute points to this?    Angus Montgomery: Everyone gets points for that.   Laura Stevens: Because it’s a team effort.    Angus Montgomery: Yes.   Sarah Stewart: Aw that’s nice. That’s the spirit, isn’t it?   Laura Stevens: Well, well done team though, because we’ve done 14 podcasts!    Angus Montgomery: Yeah!   Laura Stevens: Thanks to everyone there.    Sarah Stewart: And thank you so much to all of our listeners for your loyal support over the past year.   Ok so Emily, can you tell us, can you hand me the final scores. I’m going to announce who the winner is-   Angus Montgomery: Ah!   Laura Stevens: Drumroll.   Sarah Stewart: After I announce who the runner-up is.    Angus Montgomery: Oh.   Sarah Stewart: It was Angus.   Angus Montgomery: Yay!   Sarah Stewart: Well done.    Laura Stevens: Well done Angus.   Sarah Stewart: But today’s winner is Laura Stevens. So, your prize is 3 chocolate bars wrapped up inside a civil service lanyard.    Laura Stevens: Oh that’s very kind of you, thank you.   Sarah Stewart: So claps for..   Laura Stevens: Aww! Well, but there’s 3 so you know we can divide amongst…   Angus Montgomery: Oh, well how convenient. Apart from Producer Emily.   Laura Stevens: I tried to do that really nicely.   Angus Montgomery: There, there are actually 4 of us in the room.    Laura Stevens: I will share that out amongst all of us here.   Sarah Stewart: That’s very magnanimous of you.    Laura Stevens: Aww.   Sarah Stewart: Aww, good winner. Ok so that brings us to the end of the last podcast of 2019. How did you think it went?   Angus Montgomery: It was very challenging.    Sarah Stewart: It doesn’t sound...   Laura Stevens: But I did come out as a winner, so I mean..    Angus Montgomery: Yeah.   Laura Stevens: I feel like-   Angus Montgomery: I mean obviously I came out as a runner up, so it was more challenging for me.   Sarah Stewart: 2019 has been quite a year, hasn’t it?   Laura Stevens: Yes.   Angus Montgomery: Uh huh.   Sarah Stewart: What have your highlights been?    Angus Montgomery: Well I moved team. So I’m now on the Strategy Team, which explains why I’m not as involved in the podcasts as I was before. So yeah, that’s a highlight. But obviously being on the Creative Team was also a highlight.    Laura Stevens: Aww.   Sarah Stewart: That’s sweet. Laura, what’s your highlight been?    Laura Stevens: I’ve really liked actually getting more involved in the podcasts, which is quite an appropriate thing to say in this podcast episode.    Angus Montgomery: On the podcast..   Laura Stevens: But no I’ve spoken to really interesting people, like Kate Ivy-Williams and Sam Dub. Yeah, lots of other people as well, on the podcast.    Sarah Stewart: Great. Okay.    Laura Stevens: But what about you? What was your highlights for the year?    Sarah Stewart: Well I helped Alison with the presentation that she delivered at the Women into Leadership Conference. And we made a spoof book about Alison. It’s called ‘Alison by Alison Pritchard’.   Laura Stevens: Yeah.   Sarah Stewart: Because we were talking about like stories from her life and someone thought it was real.   Laura Stevens: Yes. I believe also, I’m quite surprised by this because you actually wrote in fake reviews, I believe.    Sarah Stewart: Yeah, I did reviews from ‘People’s Friend’ and ‘Time Magazine’. That was really funny, and it was a really good event as well.  So thank you to all of our listeners over 2019. It’s been quite the year in the world of the GDS Podcast, we’ve covered lots of topics. So thank you for your loyal support and lending us your ears.   Laura Stevens: And please keep listening.    Sarah Stewart: You can listen to all the episodes of the Government Digital Service Podcast on Apple Music, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. You can read the transcripts on Podbean. Bye.   Angus Montgomery: Bye.   Laura Stevens: Bye 2019. 

Chuck Brooks Trends in cyber, Emerging tech, and how to protect business   AT GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS … Chuck Brooks is the Principal Market Growth Strategist -- Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies, leading the Market Growth Strategy Team. Role includes helping drive market strategy for existing and new market segments in public and private sectors. He also leads market and emerging research trends and also define product inception, go-to-market strategy, competitor analyses, and strategic partnering opportunities. He assists in product/portfolio strategies, brand strategy. M & A, and sales enablement processes. Embedded with McKinsey & Co for 8 week special project on market trends.   Named Top Tech Person To Follow by LinkedIn - Technology and Cybersecurity Evangelist - FORBES Contributor - Georgetown University Adjunct Faculty - Speaker, Writer, Corporate Executive   NAMED BY THOMSON REUTERS AS A “TOP 50 SOCIAL INFLUENCER IN RISK, COMPLIANCE.” NAMED BY IFSEC “#2 GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY INFLUENCER. TWO-TIME PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE. HELD VP ROLES IN 3 PUBLIC CORPORATIONS. 55k LINKEDIN FOLLOWERS, 10k ON TWITTER   Trends in cyber, Emerging tech, and how to protect business   Chuck Brooks is the Principal Market Growth Strategist -- Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies for General Dynamics Mission Systems. Visiting Editor for Homeland Security Today. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in the Graduate Applied Intelligence Program teaching Risk Management. He has an MA in International relations from the University of Chicago, a BA in Political Science from DePauw University, and a Certificate in International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law.   LinkedIn named Chuck as one of “The Top 5 Tech People to Follow on LinkedIn” out of their 500 million members. He has published more than 150 articles and blogs on cybersecurity and technology issues. In both 2017 and 2016, he was named “Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Chuck's professional industry affiliations include being the Chairman of CompTIA's New and Emerging Technology Committee, and as a member of The AFCEA Cybersecurity Committee. In government, Chuck has served at The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the first Legislative Director of The Science & Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. He served as a top Advisor to the late Senator Arlen Specter on Capitol Hill covering security and technology issues on Capitol Hill. In academia, Chuck is an Adjunct Faculty member at Georgetown University in their Applied Intelligence Program was an Adjunct Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins University where he taught a graduate course on homeland security for two years.   How Data-Centric Security Solutions Thwart Insider Threats May 1, 2019  Chuck Brooks   Thwarting insider threats is one of the most difficult challenges for companies, organizations, and governments. In fact, behind phishing, it is most often ranked as one of the top cybersecurity challenges by CISOs and CIOs. According to PwC's Audit Committee Update on Insider Threat, 44 percent of data breaches are attributable to insiders and 80 percent of attacks are committed during work hours on company-issued software. Insider threats can impact a company's operational capabilities, cause significant financial damages, and harm brand equity. The mean cost of a cybersecurity breach involving employees or others within an organization is $8.7 million, according to a Ponemon Institute report, “2018 Cost of Insider Threats: Global”. Some insider breaches are intentional and some are non-malicious, just the result of negligence. There have been a variety of recent malicious incidents that have included employees stealing hard drives of data, leaking information, and even inserting malware into networks.

Mike and Matt talk with the team that helped implement content strategy on Georgia.gov.

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Reverend David Brawley is not shy about criticizing the Mayor and his approach to affordable housing and NYCHA management. Also a member of the Strategy Team of East Brooklyn Congregations, Rev. Brawley joins Jarrett in the studio to talk about heat and hot water issues, widespread mold, and more plights of NYCHA tenants.

Nicky Morgan, U.K. Member of Parliament & Chair of Treasury Select Committee, and Rupert Harrison, BlackRock Multi-Asset Strategies Portfolio Manager, talk the challenges of getting the Brexit deal through Parliament. James Sweeney, Credit Suisse Chief Economist & Head of Global Fixed Income & Economic Research, says returns aren't great but the unemployment rate is going nowhere. Oliver Chen, Cowen Senior Equity Research Analyst, discusses Cyber Monday for a generation that needs "instagramable moments." Abhishek Deshpande, Head of JP Morgan's Global Oil Market Research & Strategy Team, thinks oil's falling prices are partly policy led.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Nicky Morgan, U.K. Member of Parliament & Chair of Treasury Select Committee, and Rupert Harrison, BlackRock Multi-Asset Strategies Portfolio Manager, talk the challenges of getting the Brexit deal through Parliament. James Sweeney, Credit Suisse Chief Economist & Head of Global Fixed Income & Economic Research, says returns aren't great but the unemployment rate is going nowhere. Oliver Chen, Cowen Senior Equity Research Analyst, discusses Cyber Monday for a generation that needs "instagramable moments." Abhishek Deshpande, Head of JP Morgan's Global Oil Market Research & Strategy Team, thinks oil's falling prices are partly policy led. 

On this episode, we talk about the broadening scope of sustainability, the influence that consumers are having across the sustainability landscape, as well as how companies can deliver on consumer needs while staying focused on sustainability at the corporate level. Our guests on this episode are Crystal Barnes, Nielsen's SVP of Global Responsibility & Sustainability and Executive Director of the Nielsen Foundation, Kendra Peavy, VP of Global Communications at S'well, Sarah Schmansky, VP in Nielsen's Growth & Strategy Team, Tuesday Hagiwara, a Director on Nielsen's communications team, and Julia Wilson, Director of Global Responsibility and Sustainability at Nielsen.

My guest is Sunita Viswanath. She is a life-long organizer and activist, a founder of a nation-wide activist organization, and a Hindu. In New York City, you’ll always see Sunita in the demonstrations for immigration right’s, Black Lives Matter, & against climate change. And she is also a member of the Strategy Team for the […]

Sonja Jacob is the Content Strategy Team Lead at Drift. Sonja kicked off her career in marketing by blogging years back. She quickly realized the power of content and decided to launch her own business as a copywriter and marketing freelancer. Over the years, Sonja helped create or lead marketing and content efforts for companies like Hubspot, KISSmetrics, Zenefits, and DocSend - and now heads up Content Strategy at Drift. Sonja joins us to share her story, how she got into startups, her approach to creating valuable content, what conversational marketing is all about and how to get started, how B2B marketing is changing, and much more.

Americans are striving to be healthier—and that means they're growing more concerned about everything from the ingredients in the products they buy to the way they take care of their overall well-being. Health and wellness means something different for everyone. For example, 63% of us are trying to eat healthier. For 47 million households, it means managing an ailment with diet. It's also about the ingredients we buy. For example, 20% of Americans say that probiotics are important to them. In this episode of The Database, a podcast from Nielsen, we're delving into what's driving the changes we see in health and wellness, talking about what modern health looks like for different generations and illuminating areas where manufacturers and retailers can capitalize on whitespace opportunities. Our guests on this episode include Kirsten Londono, SVP of Nielsen's Growth & Strategy team, Matt Lally, Manager in Nielsen's Fresh Growth & Strategy Team, and Alexander Gillett, CEO of HowGood.

Jeremy Welland, PhD is the Global Head of People Analytics at PayPal Holdings, Inc.  PayPal is an American company with 18,000 employees, operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders. PayPal is one of the world's largest Internet payment companies.   He also serves as a faculty member in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of the Pacific.  Prior to PayPal, Welland was the Director of People Analytics at Pandora Media, Inc. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan. One of the ‘hot topics’ they’ve been working on at PayPal is the subject of diversity and inclusion. One area in particular was focusing on pay parity for women. They have been successful in this and will work to maintain it. To find the truth of what drives people, why people leave, etc., they often will start with asking managers what they believe. They find the results can fall into 3 responses: Hypothesis confirmation – what the manager thought was correct Myth busting - find that it is not as strong as believed or there is no relationship at all A ‘purple swan’ -finding unexpected surprises – it wasn’t on anyone’s radar at all One thing they learned about employees at PayPal is termed the ‘evangelist effect’. Looking in detail at employee responses and the surprising correlation between people that mark ‘satisfied’ and then leave the company versus those that marked ‘neutral’ or ‘very satisfied’. Welland’s advice for others is to make friends with your CFO, pick a group or one early adopter who can help champion your product, and make friends with other departments What you will learn in this episode: PayPal’s People Analytic team structure How People Analytics is being used at PayPal Strong AI versus Weak AI Thoughts on how AI will augment future work What the work environment is like at PayPal

Disruption. Change. Evolution. Digitization. All of these words factor into the equation that's shaping the U.S. fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. The way consumers shop is changing, and that change is being driven by much more than just e-commerce. In fact, in the third quarter, e-commerce accounted for about 8% of total retail sales in the U.S. That will certainly change over time, but so will other things. In this episode of The Database, a podcast from Nielsen, a group of experts weigh in on the various changes that are taking place across the FMCG space, highlighting their effect on sales as well doorways to growth opportunities. Our guests on this episode include Jordan Rost, VP of Consumer Insights, Sarah Schmansky, Director in Nielsen's Fresh Growth & Strategy Team, Matt Lally, Manager in Nielsen's Fresh Growth & Strategy Team, and Ameneh Atai, SVP of Business Development for the Nielsen Marketing Cloud.

OK – “generational” probably has to do with generations, right? And “diversity” means different types of people. So one could assume that together this means different generations. But, what does that have to do with Scouting or, more specifically, your troop or crew? Pat Wellen, manager of the Research and Strategy Team at the National […] The post March 2017 – Generational Diversity appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

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