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New month, new show, packed with fresh bangers. Upfront house & techno cuts for April 2025 — raw, rolling and ready to take you straight into summer. Featuring new music from Tom Nolan, Sidney Charles, Green Velvet, Jamie Jones, Joe Vanditti and loads more Tracklist 1. Tom Nolan - Hurt (Extended Mix) 2. Sidney Charles - Low End Theory (Original Mix) 3. Papa Marlin - Move Your Feet (Original Mix) 4. Bruno Furlan - Go Down (Original Mix) 5. Blow (ITA), Jezu (US) - Remember Me (Extended Mix) 6. KESSIN - LDN (Ferg remix) 7. Enrico Caruso - Tolldip (Original Mix) 8. Green Velvet, Jamie Jones - Butterflies (Extended Mix) 9. FIRZA - Tutti Frutti (Original Mix) 10. Joe Vanditti - Clean Up (Original Mix) 11. Mooner GL - Five Panel Cap (Original Mix) 12. Junior Souza, Buogo - Little Story (Extended Mix) 13. Nicola Amoruso - Rhythm (Extended Mix) 14. Michele Arcieri, Manuel Torcello, Resco - Funky (Diego Sosa Remix) 15. Ramyen, MROSSI, MESSINA. - Uncle Hook (Original Mix) 16. Dan Costello - Blow Ur Mind

SPEKTER presents SPEKTRUM RADIO, bringing you the hottest new sounds in tech house, minimal tech, and deep house. From the rising stars to the underground's newest emerging artists, SPEKTER has dug deep to bring you not just their favorite tracks, but tunes that are sure to get your body moving and your soul vibing. This week features tracks from Luxo, AYYBO, Fallon, VOID, Needs No Sleep, Tom Budin, Maximo Quinones, Tom Nolan, and more. ⚡️Like the Show? Click the [Repost] ↻ button so more people can hear it!

We're back again with another massive episode. Fresh off a beautiful performance at UFC 312 in Sydney, we welcome Tom Nolan onto the show. We chat all about that recent win, the lessons from his first loss, the thrill of securing his second contract, the mental and physical obstacles he faced as a kid, goals for 2025 and heaps more! We also recap all the action from 312, abuse anybody who orders their steaks well done, chat about Volk's upcoming fight and plenty more. Presented by FORTY FOOT Irish Whiskey. Use code FOOK10 for 10% off all orders at Engage.

In this exciting episode of Talking Dogs on Thursday, Barry Drake sits down with Liam Dowling and Tom Nolan to discuss the thrilling world of greyhound racing. Liam shares his anticipation for the upcoming Juvenile Classic in Tralee, which kicks off today. With a history of success in the event, having previously won with Ballymac Marino and Ballymac Patriots, Liam is aiming for a hat-trick this year. Tom Nolan, the new sponsor of the Juvenile Classic, talks about his enthusiasm for supporting the event for the next two years. He emphasises how the race is a fantastic way to start the year with the younger greyhounds making their mark. Tom also shares a personal connection to the race, as he has his own greyhound, Silent Kobe, running in the third heat. Tune in for all the insights and excitement as the greyhound racing season begins in the Kingdom!

FIRST, Chris and Sean break down every fight on UFC 312 from Quodos Bank Arena in Sydney Australia, where Dricus Du Plessis looks to defend his Middleweight title in a rematch against Sean Strickland. Then in the co-main we have Zhang Weili vs Tatiana Suarez in a fight we have been thinking about for the last four years.THEN, the boys give an update to the 2025 standings in head-to-head and dynasty.What was your fight of the night at UFC Saudi Arabia Israel Adesnya vs Nassourdine Imavov? RATE AND REVIEW THE SHOW ON iTUNES & AUDIO PLATFORMS!ON TODAY'S SHOW(0:15) Intro (2:41) Dominick Cruz Retires from MMA(11:28) 2025 Standings in head to head(15:29)  Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli(20:25) Jonathan Micallef vs Kevin Jousset(24:30) Rongzhu vs Kody Steele(29:23) Colby Thicknesse vs Aleksandre Topuria(36:12) Wang Cong vs Bruna Brasil(38:24) Tom Nolan vs Viacheslav Borshchev(42:41) Jack Jenkins vs Gabriel Santos (48:45) Jake Matthews vs Fransisco Prado (53:55) Jimmy Crute vs Rodolfo Bellato(58:52) Justin Tafa vs Tallison Teixeira (1:04:00) (C) Zhang Weili vs Tatiana Suarez (1:14:12) (C) Dricus Du Plessis vs (1) Sean Strickland 2(1:29:06)  DYNASTY MMA DRAFT Follow OTS  on Twitter:   / otsmediaco  Follow OTS on Instagram:   / otsmediaco  Follow OTS on TikTok:   / NegronMMA  Like OTS on Facebook:   / otsmediaco  Follow OFS on Twitch : /thesidelineguys

On Thursday's edition of WagerTalk Today, Kyle Anthony joins Joe to give UFC 312 predictions. Rob Veno drops by to give NBA picks today for marquee games. Andy Lang provides his player props around various leagues and Gianni the Greek informs us on critical steam moves across the world of sports as well as the Super Bowl LIX!Introduction 00:00Kyle Anthony UFC 312 2:20Du Plessis vs Strickland 3:20Viacheslav Borshchev vs Tom Nolan 8:04Andy Lang: Prop Report 14:19Rob Veno: NBA: Mavericks vs Celtics, 25:35Warriors vs Lakers 28:59Super Bowl LIX Prop 34:00Gianni The Greek Steam Report 42:00Producer Dan Talks Super Bowl LIX 59:00

Jeff 'Chalkx' Fox and Daniel 'Gumby' Vreeland are back in your earholes with their UFC 312 prelims betting guide! It's pay-per-view time once again in the UFC, with UFC 312 going down this weekend in Sydney, Australia. On this prelims episode, the boys differ on the winners for almost half of the eight fights broken down. Are you Team Gumby or Team Chalkx?! Listen in and decide!  Time Stamps:0:00 - Intro6:40 - Hyun Sung Park vs Nyamjargal Tumendemberel10:21 - Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli16:11 - Kevin Jousset vs Jonathan Micallef20:15 - Kody Steele vs Rongzhu24:40 - Aleksandre Topuria vs Colby Thicknesse28:55 - Cong Wang vs Bruna Brasil32:02 - Tom Nolan vs Viacheslav Borshchev34:28 - Jack Jenkins vs Gabriel Santos Exclusive SGPN Bonuses And Linkshttp://linktr.ee/sportsgamblingpodcastFollow The Sports Gambling Podcast X/Twitter - https://x.com/GamblingPodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportsgamblingpodcastTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@gamblingpodcastFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/sportsgamblingpodcastFollow The Sports Gambling Podcast HostsSean Green - http://www.twitter.com/seantgreenRyan Kramer - http://www.twitter.com/kramercentricGambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER CO, DC, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY Call 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call 1-800-327-5050 (MA)21+ to wager. Please Gamble Responsibly. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS, NV), 1-800 BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI)

Jeff 'Chalkx' Fox and Daniel 'Gumby' Vreeland are back in your earholes with their UFC 312 prelims betting guide! It's pay-per-view time once again in the UFC, with UFC 312 going down this weekend in Sydney, Australia. On this prelims episode, the boys differ on the winners for almost half of the eight fights broken down. Are you Team Gumby or Team Chalkx?! Listen in and decide!  Time Stamps:0:00 - Intro6:40 - Hyun Sung Park vs Nyamjargal Tumendemberel10:21 - Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli16:11 - Kevin Jousset vs Jonathan Micallef20:15 - Kody Steele vs Rongzhu24:40 - Aleksandre Topuria vs Colby Thicknesse28:55 - Cong Wang vs Bruna Brasil32:02 - Tom Nolan vs Viacheslav Borshchev34:28 - Jack Jenkins vs Gabriel Santos Exclusive SGPN Bonuses And Linkshttp://linktr.ee/sportsgamblingpodcastFollow The Sports Gambling Podcast X/Twitter - https://x.com/GamblingPodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportsgamblingpodcastTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@gamblingpodcastFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/sportsgamblingpodcastFOLLOW The Hosts On Social MediaJeff Fox - http://www.twitter.com/jefffoxwriterDaniel Vreeland - http://www.twitter.com/gumbyvreelandShow - http://www.twitter.com/sgpnmmaGambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER CO, DC, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY Call 877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call 1-800-327-5050 (MA)21+ to wager. Please Gamble Responsibly. Call 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS, NV), 1-800 BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI)

Join me as we preview UFC Saudi Arabia from a gambling perspective. We will break down every fight on the card so you have all the information you need to make an educated wager.Guest: Aaron BronsteterTwitter (X): @aaronbronsteter► Bet Openly: https://app.betopenly.com/?s=dhm► Spectation Sports https://spectationlink.com/DIEHARD Promo Code: DIEHARD for 20% off► Fight Numbers DFS & Betting Tools: https://t.co/4wymvWC47o► Die Hard MMA Merch: https://die-hard-mma-podcast-merch.myspreadshop.com/all0:00 Intro 12:08 Hyun Sung Park vs Nyamjargal Tumendemberel20:14 Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli33:19 Kevin Jousset vs Jonathan Micallef41:10 Kody Steele vs Rongzhu49:48 Aleksandre Topuria vs Colby Thicknesse58:03 Cong Wang vs Bruna Brasil1:06:25 Tom Nolan vs Viacheslav Borshchev1:15:03 Jack Jenkins vs Gabriel Santos1:25:12 Jake Matthews vs Francisco Prado1:34:58 Jimmy Crute vs Rodolfo Bellato1:46:00 Tallison Teixeira vs Justin Tafa1:50:34 Weili Zhang vs Tatiana Suarez2:02:45 Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland

Keith and Ben preview UFC 312 with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. Both of your friendly analysts were living dangerously this week: It was Duffy's turn to swing for the fences with a massive upset pick, but not to be outdone, Keith explains how he managed to accidentally buy some cryptocurrency. Amid the serious talk, the guys found time for conversational sidetracks including... lots of fun with fighter names. 0:00 Intro: VALR Energy and a whole lot of new faces6:51 Hyun Sung Park (9-0) vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel (8-1)14:34 Quillan Salkilld (7-1) vs. Anshul Jubli (7-1)23:25 Jonathan Micallef (7-1) vs. Kevin Jousset (10-3)30:37 Zhu Rong (25-6) vs. Kody Steele (7-0)41:28 Colby Thicknesse (7-0) vs. Aleksandre Topuria (5-1)51:08 Cong Wang (6-1) vs. Bruna Brasil (10-4-1)1:01:22 Tom Nolan (8-1) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (8-4-1)1:13:09 Jack Jenkins (13-3) vs. Gabriel Santos (11-2)1:22:55 Jake Matthews (20-7) vs. Francisco Prado (12-2)1:32:04 Jimmy Crute (12-4-1) vs. Rodolfo Bellato (12-2)1:45:36 Justin Tafa (7-4, 1 NC) vs. Talisson Teixeira (7-0)1:59:39 Weili Zhang (25-3) vs. Tatiana Suarez (10-0)2:26:08 Dricus Du Plessis (22-2) vs. Sean Strickland (29-6)2:44:07 A quick rundown of all the picks

Join host Andrew Stotz for a lively conversation with Cliff Norman and Dave Williams, two of the authors of "Quality as an Organizational Strategy." They share stories of Dr. Deming, insights from working with businesses over the years, and the five activities the book is based on. TRANSCRIPT 0:00:02.2 Andrew Stotz: My name is Andrew Stotz, and I'll be your host as we dive deeper into the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Today, we have a fantastic opportunity to learn more about a recent book that's been published called "Quality as an Organizational Strategy". And I'd like to welcome Cliff Norman and Dave Williams on the show, two of the three authors. Welcome, guys.   0:00:27.1 Cliff Norman: Thank you. Glad to be here.   0:00:29.4 Dave Williams: Yeah, thanks for having us.   0:00:31.9 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, I've been looking forward to this for a while. I was on LinkedIn originally, and somebody posted it. I don't remember who, the book came out. And I immediately ordered it because I thought to myself, wait, wait, wait a minute. This plugs a gap. And I just wanna start off by going back to Dr. Deming's first Point, which was create constancy of purpose towards improvement of product and service with the aim to become competitive and stay in business and to provide jobs. And all along, as anybody that learned the 14 Points, they knew that this was the concept of the strategy is to continue to improve the product and service in the eyes of the client and in your business. But there was a lot missing. And I felt like your book has started really to fill that gap. So maybe I'll ask Cliff, if you could just explain kind of where does this book come from and why are you bringing it out now?   0:01:34.5 Cliff Norman: That's a really good question, Andrew. The book was originally for the use of both our clients only. So it came into being, the ideas came out of the Deming four day seminar where Dr. Tom Nolan, Ron Moen and Lloyd Provost, Jerry Langley would be working with Dr. Deming. And then at the end of four days, the people who some of who are our clients would come up to us and said, he gave us the theory, but we don't have any methods. And so they took it very seriously and took Dr. Deming's idea of production viewed as a system. And from that, they developed the methods that we're going to discuss called the five activities. And all of our work with this was completely behind the wall of our clients. We didn't advertise. So the only people who became clients were people who would seek us out. So this has been behind the stage since about 1990. And the reason to bring it out now is to make it available beyond our client base. And Dave, I want you to go ahead and add to that because you're the ones that insisted that this get done. So add to that if you would.   [laughter]   0:02:53.0 Dave Williams: Well, thanks, Cliff. Actually, I often joke at Cliff. So one thing to know, Cliff and Lloyd and I all had a home base of Austin, Texas. And I met them about 15 years ago when I was in my own journey of, I had been a chief quality officer of an ambulance system and was interested in much of the work that API, Associates of Process Improvement, had been doing with folks in the healthcare sector. And I reached out to Cliff and Lloyd because they were in Austin and they were kind enough, as they have been over many years, to welcome me to have coffee and talk about what I was trying to learn and where my interests were and to learn from their work. And over the last 15 years, I've had a great benefit of learning from the experience and methods that API has been using with organizations around the world, built on the shoulders of the theories from Dr. Deming. And one of those that was in the Improvement Guide, one of the foundational texts that we use a lot in improvement project work that API wrote was, if you go into the back, there is a chapter, and Cliff, correct me if I'm wrong, I think it's chapter 13 in this current edition on creating value.   0:04:34.3 Dave Williams: In there, there was some description of kind of a structure or a system of activities that would be used to pursue qualities and organizational strategy. I later learned that this was built on a guide that was used that had been sort of semi self-published to be able to use with clients. And the more that I dove into it, the more that I really valued the way in which it had been framed, but also how, as you mentioned at the start, it provided methods in a place where I felt like there was a gap in what I saw in organizations that I was working with or that I had been involved in. And so back in 2020, when things were shut down initially during the beginning of the pandemic, I approached Lloyd and Cliff and I said, I'd love to help in any way that I can to try to bring this work forward and modernize it. And I say modernize it, not necessarily in terms of changing it, but updating the material from its last update into today's context and examples and make it available for folks through traditional bookstores and other venues.   0:05:58.9 Andrew Stotz: And I have that The Improvement Guide, which is also a very impressive book that helps us to think about how are we improving. And as you said, the, that chapter that you were talking about, 13, I believe it was, yeah, making the improvement of value a business strategy and talking about that. So, Cliff, could you just go back in time for those people that don't know you in the Deming world, I'm sure most people do, but for those people that don't know, maybe you could just talk about your first interactions with Dr. Deming and the teachings of that and what sparked your interest and also what made you think, okay, I wanna keep expanding on this.   0:06:40.0 Cliff Norman: Yeah. So I was raised in Southern California and of course, like many others, I'm rather horrified by what's going on out there right now with fires. That's an area I was raised in. And so I moved to Texas in '79, went to work for Halliburton. And they had an NBC White Paper called, "If Japan Can, Why Can't We?", and our CEO, Mr. Purvis Thrash, he saw that. And I was working in the quality area at that time. And he asked me to go to one of Deming's seminars that was held in Crystal City, actually February of 1982. And I got down there early and got a place up front. And they sent along with me an RD manager to keep an eye on me, 'cause I was newly from California into Texas. And so anyway, we're both sitting there. And so I forgot something. So I ran up stairs in the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel there. And I was coming down and lo and behold, next floor down, Dr. Deming gets on and two ladies are holding him up. And they get in the elevator there and he sees this George Washington University badge and he kind of comes over, even while the elevator was going down and picks it up and looks it up real close to his face. And then he just backs up and leans, holds onto the railing and he says, Mr. Norman, what I'm getting ready to tell you today will haunt you for the rest of your life.   0:08:11.8 Cliff Norman: And that came true. And of course, I was 29 at the time and was a certified quality engineer and knew all things about the science of quality. And I couldn't imagine what he would tell me that would haunt me for the rest of my life, but it did. And then the next thing he told me, he said, as young as you are, if you're not learning from somebody that you're working for, you ought to think about getting a new boss. And that's some of the best advice I've ever gotten. I mean, the hanging around smart people is a great thing to do. And I've been gifted with that with API. And so that's how I met him. And then, of course, when I joined API, I ended up going to several seminars to support Lloyd Provost and Tom Nolan and Ron Moen and Jerry as the various seminars were given. And Ron Moen, who unfortunately passed away about three years ago, he did 88 of those four day seminars, and he was just like a walking encyclopedia for me. So anytime I had questions on Deming, I could just, he's a phone call away, and I truly miss that right now.   0:09:20.5 Cliff Norman: So when Dave has questions or where this reference come from or whatever, and I got to go do a lot of work, where Ron, he could just recall that for me. So I miss that desperately, but we were busy at that time, by the time I joined API was in '88. And right away, I was introduced to what they had drafted out in terms of the five activities, which is the foundation of the book, along with understanding the science of improvement and the chain reaction that Dr. Deming introduced us to. So the science of improvement is what Dr. Deming called the System of Profound Knowledge. So I was already introduced to all that and was applying that within Halliburton. But QBS, as we called it then, Qualities of Business Strategy was brand new. I mean, it was hot off the press. And right away, I took it and started working with my clients with it. And we were literally walking on the bridge as we were building it. And the lady I'm married to right now, Jane Norman, she was working at Conagra, which is like a $15 billion poultry company that's part of Conagra overall, which is most of the food in your grocery store, about 75% of it. And she did one of the first system linkages that we ever did.   0:10:44.5 Cliff Norman: And since then, she's worked at like four other companies as a VP or COO, and has always applied these ideas. And so a lot of this in the book examples and so forth, comes from her actual application work. And when we'd worked together, she had often introduced me, this is my husband, Cliff, he and his partners, they write books, but some of us actually have to go to work. And then eventually she wrote a book with me with Dr. Maccabee, who is also very closely associated with Dr. Deming. So now she's a co-author. So I was hoping that would stop that, but again, we depend on her for a lot of the examples and contributions and the rest of it that show up in the book. So I hope that answers your question.   0:11:28.2 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, and for people like myself and some of our listeners who have heard Dr. Deming speak and really gotten into his teachings, it makes sense, this is going to haunt you because I always say that, what I read originally... I was 24 when I went to my first Deming seminar. And I went to two two-day seminars and it... My brain was open, I was ready, I didn't have anything really in it about, any fixed methods or anything. So, for me, it just blew my mind, some of the things that he was talking about, like thinking about things in a system I didn't think about that I thought that the way we got to do is narrow things down and get this really tight focus and many other things that I heard. And also as a young, young guy, I was in this room with, I don't know, 500 older gentlemen and ladies, and I sat in the front row and so I would see him kind of call them on the carpet and I would be looking back like, oh, wow, I never saw anybody talk to senior management like that and I was kind of surprised. But for those people that really haven't had any of that experience they're new to Deming, what is it that haunts you? What is... Can you describe what he meant when he was saying that?   0:12:42.9 Cliff Norman: I gotta just add to what you just said because it's such a profound experience. And when you're 29, if most of us, we think we're pretty good shape by that time, the brain's fully developed by age 25, judgment being the last function that develops. And so you're pretty well on your way and then to walk in and have somebody who's 81 years old, start introducing you to things you've never even thought about. The idea of the Chain Reaction that what I was taught as a certified quality engineer through ASQ is I need to do enough inspection, but I didn't need to do too much 'cause I didn't want to raise costs too much. And Dr. Deming brought me up on stage and he said, well, show me that card again. So I had a 105D card, it's up to G now or something. And he said, "well, how does this work?" And I said, "well, it tells me how many samples I got to get." And he says, "you know who invented that." And I said, "no, sir, I thought God did." He said, "no, I know the people that did it. They did it to put people like you out of business. Sit down, young man, you've got a lot to learn." And I thought, wow, and here you are in front of 500 people and this is a public flogging by any stretch.   0:13:56.1 Cliff Norman: And it just went on from there. And so a few years later, I'm up in Valley Forge and I'm working at a class with Lloyd and Tom Nolan and a guy named, I never met before named Jim Imboden. And he's just knock-down brilliant, but they're all working at General Motors at that time. And a lot of the book "Planned Experimentation" came out of their work at Ford and GM and Pontiac and the rest of it. And I mean, it's just an amazing contribution, but I go to dinner with Jim that night. And Jim looks at me across the table and he says, Cliff, how did you feel the day you found out you didn't know anything about business economics or anything else? I said, "you mean the first day of the Deming seminar?" He said, "that's what I'm talking about." And that just... That's how profound that experience is. Because all of a sudden you find out you can improve quality and lower costs at the same time. I'm sorry, most people weren't taught that. They certainly weren't taught that in business school. And so it was a whole transformation in thinking and just the idea of a system. Most of what's going on in the system is related to the system and the way it's constructed. And unfortunately, for most organizations, it's hidden.   0:15:04.2 Cliff Norman: They don't even see it. So when things happen, the first thing that happens is the blame flame. I had a VP I worked for and he'd pulled out his org chart when something went bad and he'd circle. He said, this is old Earl's bailiwick right here. So Cliff, go over and see Earl and I want you to straighten him out. Well, that's how most of it runs. And so the blame flame just takes off. And if you pull the systems map out there and if he had to circle where it showed up, he'd see there were a lot of friends around that that were contributing. And we start to understand the complexity of the issue. But without that view, and Deming insisted on, then you're back to the blame flame.   0:15:45.1 Andrew Stotz: Yeah. And Dave, I see a lot of books on the back on your shelf there about quality and productivity and team and many different things. But maybe you could give us a little background on kind of how how you, besides how you got onto this project and all that. But just where did you come from originally and how did you stumble into the Deming world?   0:16:08.9 Dave Williams: Sure. Well, sadly, I didn't have the pleasure of getting to sit in on a four-day workshop. Deming died in 1993. And at that time, I was working on an ambulance as a street paramedic and going to college to study ambulance system design and how to manage ambulance systems, which was a part of public safety that had sort of grown, especially in the United States in the '60s. And by the time I was joining, it was about 30 years into becoming more of a formalized profession. And I found my way to Austin, Texas, trying to find one of the more professionalized systems to work in and was, worked here as a paramedic for a few years. And then decided I wanted to learn more and started a graduate program. And one of the courses that was taught in the graduate program, this is a graduate program on ambulance management, was on quality. And it was taught by a gentleman who had written a, a guide for ambulance leaders in the United States that was based on the principles and methods of quality that was happening at this time. And it pieced together a number of different common tools and methods like Pareto charts and cause-and-effect diagrams and things like that.   0:17:33.1 Dave Williams: And it mentioned the different leaders like Deming and Juran and Crosby and others. And so that was my first exposure to many of these ideas. And because I was studying a particular type of healthcare delivery system and I was a person who was practicing within it and I was learning about these ideas that the way that you improve a system or make improvement is by changing the system. I was really intrigued and it just worked out at the time. One of the first roles, leadership roles that emerged in my organization was to be the Chief Quality Officer for the organization. And at the time, there were 20 applicants within my organization, but I was the only one that knew anything about any of the foundations of quality improvements. Everybody else applied and showed their understanding of quality from a lived experience perspective or what their own personal definitions of quality were, which was mostly around inspection and quality assurance. I had, and this won't surprise Cliff, but I had a nerdy response that was loaded with references and came from all these different things that I had been exposed to. And they took a chance on me because I was the only one that seemed to have some sense of the background. And I started working and doing...   0:19:10.1 Dave Williams: Improvement within this ambulance system as the kind of the dedicated leader who was supposed to make these changes. And I think one of the things that I learned really quickly is that frequently how improvement efforts were brought to my attention was because there was a problem that I, had been identified, a failure or an error usually attributed to an individual as Cliff pointed out, somebody did something and they were the unfortunate person who happened to kind of raise this issue to others. And if I investigated it all, I often found that there were 20 other people that made the same error, but he was, he or she was the only one that got caught. And so therefore they were called to my office to confess. And when I started to study and look at these different issues, every time I looked at something even though I might be able to attribute the, first instance to a person, I found 20 or more instances where the system would've allowed or did allow somebody else to make a similar error.   0:20:12.6 Dave Williams: We just didn't find it. And it got... And it became somewhat fascinating to me because my colleagues were very much from a, if you work hard and just do your job and just follow the policy then good quality will occur. And nobody seemed to spend any time trying to figure out how to create systems that produce good results or figure out how to look at a system and change it and get better results. And so most of my experience was coming from these, when something bubbled up, I would then get it, and then I'd use some systems thinking and some methods and all of a sudden unpack that there was a lot of variation going on and a lot of errors that could happen, and that the system was built to get results worse than we even knew.   0:21:00.7 Dave Williams: And it was through that journey that I ended up actually becoming involved with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and learning about what was being done in the healthcare sector, which API at the time were the key advisors to Dr. Don Berwick and the leadership at IHI. And so much of the methodology was there. And actually, that's how I found my way to Cliff. I happened to be at a conference for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and there was an advertisement for a program called the Improvement Advisor Professional Development Program, which was an improvement like practitioner project level program that had been developed by API that had been adapted to IHI, and I noticed that Cliff and Lloyd were the faculty, and that they were in my hometown. And that's how I reached out to them and said, hey can we have coffee? And Cliff said, yes. And so...   0:21:53.1 Andrew Stotz: And what was that, what year was that roughly?   0:22:00.3 Dave Williams: That would've been back in 2002 or 2003, somewhere in that vicinity.   0:22:02.0 Andrew Stotz: Hmm. Okay.   0:22:06.8 Dave Williams: Maybe a little bit later.   0:22:06.9 Andrew Stotz: I just for those people that are new to the topic and listening in I always give an example. When I worked at Pepsi... I graduated in 1989 from university with a degree in finance. And I went to work at Pepsi in manufacturing and warehouse in Los Angeles at the Torrance Factory originally, and then in Buena Park. But I remember that my boss told me, he saw that I could work computers at that time, and so I was making charts and graphs just for fun to look at stuff. And he said, yeah, you should go to a one of these Deming seminars. And so he sent me to the one in... At George Washington University back in 1990, I think it was. And but what was happening is we had about a hundred trucks we wanted to get out through a particular gate that we had every single morning. And the longer it took to get those trucks out the longer they're gonna be on LA traffic and on LA roads, so if we can get 'em out at 5:00 AM, fantastic. If we get 'em out at 7:00, we're in trouble. And so they asked me to look at this and I did a lot of studying of it and I was coming for like 4:00 in the morning I'd go up to the roof of the building and I'd look down and watch what was happening. And then finally I'd interview everybody. And then finally the truck drivers just said, look, the loaders mess it up so I gotta open my truck every morning and count everything on it. And I thought, oh, okay.   0:23:23.7 Andrew Stotz: So I'll go to the loaders. And I go, why are you guys messing this up? And then the loaders was like, I didn't mess it up. We didn't have the production run because the production people changed the schedule, and so we didn't have what the guy needed. And so, and oh, yeah, there was a mistake because the production people put the product in the wrong spot, and therefore, I got confused and I put the wrong stuff on by accident. And then I went to the production people and they said, well, no, it's not us. It's the salespeople. They keep putting all this pressure on us to put this through right now, and it's messing up our whole system. And that was the first time in my life where I realized, okay, it's a system. There's interconnected parts here that are interacting, and I had to go back into the system to fix, but the end result was I was able to get a hundred trucks through this gate in about 45 minutes instead of two hours, what we had done before.   0:24:18.8 Andrew Stotz: But it required a huge amount of work of going back and looking at the whole system. So the idea of looking at the science of improvement, as you mentioned, and the System of Profound Knowledge, it's... There's a whole process. Now, I wanna ask the question for the person who gets this book and they dig into it, it's not a small book. I've written some books, but all of 'em are small because I'm just, maybe I just can't get to this point. But this book is a big book, and it's got about 300... More than 300 pages. What's the promise? What are they gonna get from digging into this book? What are they gonna take away? What are they gonna be able to bring to their life and their business that they couldn't have done without really going deeper into this material?   0:24:57.7 Cliff Norman: Dave, go ahead.   0:25:01.4 Dave Williams: Well, I was gonna joke by saying they're gonna get hard work and only half because this is just the theory in the book and many of the... And sort of examples of the method. But we're in the process of preparing a field guide which is a much deeper companion guide loaded with exercises and examples of and more of the methods. So the original guide that that API had developed was actually about an eight... Well, I don't know how many pages it was, but it was a thick three inch binder. This, what you have there is us refining the content part that explains the theory and kind of gets you going. And then we moved all of the exercises and things to the field guide for people that really wanna get serious about it.   0:26:00.3 Dave Williams: And the reason I say hard work is that the one thing that you won't get, and you should probably pass it if this book if you're on Amazon, is you're not gonna get an easy answer. This is, as a matter of fact, one of the things that emerged in our early conversations about was this project worth it? Is to say that this is hard work. It's work that a very few number of leaders who or leadership teams that really want to learn and work hard and get results are gonna embark on. But for those, and many of our clients, I think are representative of that, of those people that say, gosh, I've been working really hard, and I feel like we could do better. I feel like I could make a bigger impact, or I could serve more customers or clients.   0:26:44.0 Dave Williams: And but I am... And I'm in intrigued or inspired or gotten to a certain point with improvement science on my own, but I want to figure out how to be more systematic and more global and holistic at that approach. Then that's what QOS is about. It builds on the shoulders of the other books that you mentioned, like The Improvement Guide which we talked about as being a great book about improvement, and improvement specifically in the context of a project. And other books like The Healthcare Data Guide and the Planned Experimentation, which are also about methods, healthcare Data Guide being about Shewhart charts, and Planned Experimentation being about factorial design. This book is about taking what Cliff described earlier as that... I always say it's that that diagram that people put on a slide and never talk about from Deming of production views as a system and saying, well, how would we do this if this is the model for adopting quality as strategy, what are the methods that help us to do this?   0:28:01.3 Dave Williams: And this book breaks that down into five activities that are built on the shoulders of profound knowledge, built on the shoulders of the science of improvement and provide a structure to be able to initially develop a system, a systems view of your organization, and then build on that by using that system to continually operate and improve that organization over time. So the book describes the activities. The book describes some of the things that go into getting started, including being becoming good at doing results-driven improvement, building a learning system, focusing in on the things that matter to your organization. And then working towards building the structure that you can improve upon. The book creates that foundation. It provides examples from clients and from people that we've worked with so that you can see what the theory looks like in practice get, kind of get a flavor for that. And we hope it builds on the shoulders of other work that I mentioned in the other books that compliment it and provides a starting point for teams that are interested in taking that journey.   0:29:26.5 Andrew Stotz: And Cliff, from your perspective, if somebody had no, I mean, I think, I think the Deming community's gonna really dive in and they're gonna know a lot of this stuff, but is gonna help them take it to the next level. But for someone who never had any real experience with Deming or anything like that, and they stumble upon this interview, this discussion, they hear about this book, can they get started right away with what's in this book? Or do they have to go back to foundations?   0:29:49.6 Cliff Norman: No, I think that can definitely get started. There's a lot of learning as you know, Andrew, from going through the four-day to understand things. And I think we've done a pretty good job of integrating what Dr. Deming taught us, as well as going with the methods. And one of the things people would tell him in his four-day seminars is, Dr. Deming, you've given us the theory, but we have no method here. And he said, well, if I have to give you the method, then you'll have to send me your check too. So he expected us to be smart enough to develop the methods. And the API folks did a really good job of translating that into what we call the five activities. So those five activities are to understand the purpose of the organization.   0:30:35.6 Cliff Norman: And a lot of people when they write a purpose, they'll put something up there but it's usually we love all our people. We love our customers even more. If only they didn't spend so much, and we'll come out with something like that and there'll be some pablum that they'll throw up on the wall. Well, this actually has some structure to it to get to Deming's ideas. And the first thing is let's try to understand what business we're in and what need we're serving in society that drives customers to us. So that word is used not need coming from customers, but what is it that drives them to us so we can understand that? And then the second part of that purpose needs to define the mainstay, the core processes, the delivery systems that relate directly to customers. And just those two ideas alone, just in the first activity of purpose, most people haven't thought about those ideas.   0:31:27.8 Cliff Norman: And can somebody pick up this book and do that? Yes. And that will answer a big challenge from Dr. Deming. Most people don't even know what business they're in, haven't even thought about it. And so that we... That question gets answered here, I think, very thoroughly. In this second activity, which is viewing the organization as a system contains two components that's viewing the organization as a system. And that's difficult to do, and a lot of people really don't see the need for it. Jane Norman reminded Dave and I on a call we did last week, that when you talk about a systems map with people, just ask 'em how do they know what's going on inside other organizations, other departments within their organization? How do they know that? And most of us are so siloed.   0:32:11.2 Cliff Norman: Somebody over here is doing the best job they can in department X, and meanwhile, department Y doesn't know anything about it. And then three months later the improvement shows up and all of a sudden there's problems now in department Y. Well, somebody who's focused on the organization as a system and sees how those processes are related when somebody comes to a management meeting said, well, we've just made a change here, and this is gonna show up over here in about three months, and you need to be prepared for that. Andrew, that conversation never takes place. So the idea of having the systems map and this book can help you get started on that. The second book that Dave was just talking about, there are more replete examples in there. I mean, we've got six case studies from clients in there than the practitioners and people who actually are gonna be doing this work.   0:33:01.7 Cliff Norman: That's gonna be absolutely... They're gonna need that field guide. And I think that's where Dave was coming from. The third activity is the information activity, how are we learning from outside the organization and how do we get feedback and research into the development of new products and services and the rest of it? And so we provided a system there. In fact, Dave took a lead on that chapter, and we've got several inputs there that have to be defined. And people just thinking through that and understanding that is huge. When Dr. Deming went to Japan in 1950, he was there to do the census to see how many Japanese were left after World War II. And then he got an invitation to come and talk to the top 50 industrialists. And he started asking questions and people from the Bank of Tokyo over there and all the rest of it.   0:33:52.4 Cliff Norman: And Dr. Deming says, well, do you have any problems? And they said, what do you mean? He says, well, do customers call up and complain? And he said, yes. And he says, well, do you have any data? And he said, no. He says, but if they complain, we give them a Geisha calendar. And then Dr. Deming says, well, how many Geisha calendars have you given out? So it's like, in 1991, I'm sitting here talking to a food company and I asked him, I said, well, you get customer complaints? Oh yeah. Do you have any data on it? No, but we give 'em a cookbook. I said, well, how many cookbooks are you giving out? So I was right back to where Deming was in 1950, so having the information activity, that third activity critical so that we're being proactive with it and not just reactive.   0:34:43.7 Cliff Norman: And so I think people can read through that and say, well, what are we doing right now? Well, I guess we're not doing this and move on. Then the fourth activity is absolutely critical. This is where you know that you've arrived, because now you're going to integrate not only the plan to operate, but a plan to improve. That becomes the business plan. For most people in business plan they do a strategy, and then they have a bunch of sub strategies, and they vote on what's important, and they do some other things, and then a year later they come back and revisit it. Well, what happens here is there's some strategic objectives that are laid out, and then immediately it comes down to, okay, what's gonna be designed and redesigned in this system? Which processes, products and services are gonna be designed? 'Cause we can all see it now, Andrew.   0:35:31.6 Andrew Stotz: Mm.   0:35:31.6 Cliff Norman: We can, it's right in front of us. So it's really easy to see at this point, and now we can start to prioritize and make that happen on purpose. As an example when Jane was a vice president at Conagra, they came up with five strategic objectives. Then they made a bunch of promises to corporate about what they were gonna do and when they were going to achieve it. When she laid out the systems map for them, they were horrified that over 30% of the processes that they needed to be having precooked meat didn't even exist. They were gonna have to be designed. And so Jane and I sat there and looking at 'em and said, well, if you'd had this map before you made the promises, would you have made those promises? No, no, we're in trouble right now. I gotta go back to the CEO of the holding company and tell 'em we're not gonna make it.   0:36:22.4 Cliff Norman: But there's a whole bunch of people that sit around in goal settings. We're gonna do this by when and have no idea about what they're talking about. So that's a little bit dangerous here. And then the fifth activity, it's probably the most important. And where I want people to start, I actually want 'em to start on the fifth activity, which is managing individual improvement activities, team activities. And what I mean by that is, nothing can hold you up from starting today on making an improvement and use the model for improvement. The three basic questions, you can write that on an envelope and apply it to a project and start right away. Because learning the habit of improvement, and when you identify, and this is typical in the planning process, again, a chapter that Dave took a lead on in the planning chapter.   0:37:03.8 Cliff Norman: When you lay that out, you're gonna come up with three to five strategic objectives, but that's gonna produce anywhere between 15 and 20 improvement efforts. And when people start three improvement efforts, and they see how difficult that is to traffic through an organization, particularly if you have a systems map, makes it a lot easier. If you don't have that, then there's all sorts of things that happen to you.   0:37:21.3 Andrew Stotz: Hmm.   0:37:22.8 Cliff Norman: But the, the idea of that all coming together is critical. And where you... Where that really shows up for the reader here is in chapter one. So Lloyd Provost took a lead on chapter one. If you read chapter one, you got a pretty good idea of what's gonna happen in the rest of the book. But more importantly, in that book, in chapter one, there's a survey at the end. And every time we give this out to people, they feel real bad.   0:37:48.1 Cliff Norman: And well, Cliff, any, on a scale of one to 10, we only came up with a four. Well, what I would tell 'em is, if you can come up with a four, you're pretty good. And those fundamentals have to be in place. In other words, the management needs to trust each other. There are certain things that have to be in place before you can even think about skating backwards here. And quality as an organizational strategy is all about skating backwards. The people who don't have the fundamentals can't even start to think about that.   0:38:15.0 Cliff Norman: So that survey and the gap between where they are at a four and where they're going to be at a 10, we've integrated throughout the whole book. So as you're reading through the whole book, you're seeing that gap, and then you have a good plan forward as to what do I need to do to get to be a six, an eight, and what do I need to do to finally arrive at a 10? Dave, why don't you add to what I just said there, and I gotta turn on a light here, I think.   0:38:39.2 Dave Williams: Well, I think one of the things that, and Cliff has probably been the one that has helped me appreciate this to the biggest degree is the role in which improvement plays in quality as an organizational strategy. So, I mean, I think in general, in our world, improvement is seen as kind of like a given, but in our case, what we've found is that many times people are not working on the things right in front of them or the problems in which they have, that they are on the hook... I like to say, are on the hook to get accomplished right now. And like Cliff mentioned, many of my clients when I engage with them, I say, well, what have you promised this year? And they'll give me a list and I'll say, well, okay, what are you working on to improve? And they'll be working on projects that are not related to that list of things that they've got to affect. And so usually that's a first pivot is to say, well, let's think about what are the things that you're working on or should be working on that are either designing or redesigning your system to achieve these strategic objectives.   0:39:48.8 Dave Williams: And the reason to put the attention on that fifth activity and get people working on improvement, there's a good chance that the improvement capability within the organization currently isn't to the level that you need it, where you can get results-driven projects happening at a clip that will enable you to chip away at 20 projects versus four in a year. And that it's not well integrated into the leadership, into the support structures that you have. In addition, if you're trying to use improvement on things that you're on the hook for, and Cliff noted, especially if you've got a system map while you're on that journey, you're gonna start to pick up on where the disconnects are. Similar to your example, Andrew, where you were describing your experience working backwards in the process, you're going to start to recognize, oh, I'm working on this, but it's linked to these other things. Or in order for me to do this, I need that. Or... And so that amplifies the project to be kind of just a vehicle to appreciate other things that are interconnected, that are important in improving our work together.   0:41:05.1 Dave Williams: And so I think that that's a critical piece. I mean, I sometimes describe it as the disappointment that people have when they open QOS because they want to have a new method or a new thing to work on. I said, well, there's a lot new in here. And at the same time, we want to build on the shoulders of the fundamentals. We want to build it because it's the fundamentals that are going to be able for you to activate the things that are necessary in order for you to skate backwards, like Cliff was describing earlier.   0:41:36.2 Cliff Norman: I got to add to what Dave was saying because this actually happened to me with a... I'm not going to mention the name of the company, but it's a high-tech companies worldwide. And we got up, a good friend of mine, Bruce Bowles, and we were introducing the idea of quality as an organizational strategy. And one of the guys in the front row, he says, Cliff, this just sounds like common sense, why aren't we all doing this? I said, that's a real good question. Let me put that in the parking lot here. So I put it up on a flip chart. And so we went through the idea of... We were working on Shewhart control charts. And so we showed him one of those. And at the end of all that, he raised his hand and I said, yeah, he says, Cliff, this is hard. I said, well, let me put that up here. This is hard. Then we went through the systems map and he says, look, this is hard. By the end of the two days, it was, this is hard, this is hard, this is hard, this is hard. This goes back to what Dave was saying earlier about once you open this page, there's some work that takes off, but more importantly, there's something new to learn here.   0:42:40.3 Cliff Norman: And that's frustrating to people, especially when they've got to quit doing what they've done in the past. It's what Deming says, you got to give up on the guilt and you got to move forward and transform your own thinking. So there's something here for the management to do. And if they're not willing to do that work, then this is probably not a good thing for them. Just go back to the blame flame and circling org charts and that kind of stuff and then wonder why we're losing money.   0:43:11.8 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, and I think that that's one of the things that we see in the Deming community is that, why are people doing it the way they are, dividing things up and doing KPIs and saying, you take care of that. And we're gonna optimize by focusing on each... We see how that all kind of falls apart.   0:43:27.9 Cliff Norman: It all falls through reductionism.   0:43:29.8 Andrew Stotz: [laughter] Yeah.   0:43:32.5 Cliff Norman: It doesn't understand the system, yeah.   0:43:32.5 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, so what I want to do now is I was just thinking about a book on my shelf called "Competitive Strategy" by Michael Porter. And there's a whole field of study in the area of strategy for businesses. Now you guys use, and you explain a little bit about the way you come up with... Why you come up with organization rather than let's say company as an example. But let's just talk about strategy for a moment. Generally we're taught in business school that there's two main strategies. One is a differentiation strategy. I like to teach my students like Starbucks. It's very differentiated from the old model. And you can have a low cost strategy, which is like McDonald's, where it's all about operational efficiency.   0:44:18.4 Andrew Stotz: And those are two different strategies that can get to the same goal, which is to build a strong and sustainable business that's making a good profit for the employees to get paid well and for shareholders. And so for somebody that understands some of the foundations of typical strategy, it's hard for them to think, wait, wait, wait, what? You're just talking about just better quality is the strategy? How should they frame this concept of quality as a strategy in relation to what we've been taught about low cost and differentiation and other types of strategy? How do we think about this book in relation to that?   0:45:03.2 Cliff Norman: When Deming wrote his book, his very first one of the four "Out of the Crisis", which was the whole idea about quality and competitive position. But he was kind of answering that. And at that time, what we had is we had three companies in the United States that were going at each other, Ford, GM, and Chrysler. And they'd call each other up, well, what are you doing this year? Oh, we're making cars that don't work. Sometimes they break down. That's why we have Mr. Goodwrench to repair them. That's an extra revenue source for us. As one of the executives that are challenged, a colleague of mine, he said, you don't realize how much money we're gonna lose here taking the repair business out because we make a lot of money out of repair. So making cars that don't work has been a good revenue stream for us. Well, all that works out great, until somebody shows up like Toyota that has a car that works and doesn't need to be repaired by Mr. Goodwrench all the time.   0:45:58.8 Cliff Norman: So the mind shift there, and what Dr. Deming was saying is that he was focused on the competition's already licked. And I don't think Porter's thought about that very much, not to be overly critical, because I'm an admirer of his, but the idea of focusing on the need and why is that customer coming to us so that we make a journey, and the Japanese call that being in the Gemba, being in the presence with the customers as they use the product or service and doing the research and the rest of it. And then coming back and then redesign that product or service so that it not only grabs the current customer, but we start thinking about customers that are not even our customers and innovate and actually come up with a design that actually brings new customers to us through products and services that we haven't thought about yet. So if I show you three products just to make a picture of it, we often show like an abacus, which was a hand calculating machine about BC. Then there's a slide rule that came out about the same year that Columbus discovered America. And that was good till about 1968.   0:47:06.0 Cliff Norman: And then the calculator, the handheld calculator came out. Well the need for all three of those products is to do handheld calculations. So we've had that need since BC. Now in 1967, K&E Calculator was making that slide rule, which I used in junior high school. If you'd have come up to me and said, Cliff, what do you need in the way of a better slide rule? I said, well can you get me a holster for it? 'Cause I don't like having to stick me in the face. I put it in my pocket and it sticks me in the face. And if you can give me a holster for that, that would be my view of that. I wasn't about to come up with the TI calculator. That wasn't gonna happen. Not from Cliff. It's gonna come from an engineer at TI. Now, K&E Calculator, if they'd been doing research in the marketplace and saying, is there something that can totally disrupt us going on here? Rather than just looking at figuring out a way to make the K&E slide rule better, they might've discovered that.   0:48:07.0 Cliff Norman: Most people don't do that. They just go back. They just lose their business. And it was interesting in '67, their annual report put out, what's the world gonna look like 100 years from now? So they had dome cities, they had cars flying, they had all sorts of things going on that were great innovations, but they didn't have the TI calculator in there, along with the HP calculator. And that wiped out their business. And so if people understand the need, and that's what Dr. Deming is getting at, he says, they really haven't thought about what business they're in. So why are the customers coming to us? He says, no customer ever asked for pneumatic tire. No customer ever asked for a microwave oven. That came from people with knowledge that were looking at how the customers are using the current products and services and say, now, is there technology innovation going on that we can actually do a better job of providing a better match in the future?   0:48:56.9 Andrew Stotz: And can you explain why you use the word need as opposed to want?   0:49:06.5 Cliff Norman: That's a good question. The idea is that there's a need that's constant in society. So that need of having to do handheld calculations or needing healthcare or to pay bills, that need is constant throughout civilization. And so if I want something that's interesting, that might be the match. That might be something to do with some features what I'm offering and so forth. I'd like to have this, I'd like to have that. But the need and the way we're using that is it doesn't come from customers. It's what drives customers to us. And it's always been there. It's always been there. Need for transportation, for example. Whether you're walking or driving a bicycle or a car or a plane.   0:49:53.6 Andrew Stotz: And Dave, how would you answer the same question when you think about a person running a business and they've had many strategy meetings in their business, they've set their corporate strategy of what we're doing, where we're going and that type of thing. And maybe they've picked, we're gonna be a low cost producer. Thailand's an interesting one because Thailand had a ability to be low cost producers in the past. And then China came along and became the ultimate low cost producer. And all of a sudden, Thai companies had a harder time getting the economies of scale and the like. And now the Chinese manufacturers are just really coming into Thailand, into the Thai market. And now it's like, for a Thai company to become a low cost leader is almost impossible given the scale that China and the skills that they have in that. And so therefore, they're looking at things like I've got to figure out how to get a better brand. I've got to figure out how to differentiate and that type of thing. How does this... How could this help a place like that and a management team that is struggling and stuck and is looking for answers?   0:51:07.0 Dave Williams: Well, I go back to what Cliff said about that many organizations don't pause to ask, why do they exist? What is the need of which they are trying to fulfill? Much of my background involved working in the service industry, initially with public safety and ambulance systems and fire systems, and then later in healthcare and in education. And in many of those environments, especially in places where in public systems where they've been built and they may have existed for a long time, when you ask them about what are they trying to accomplish as an organization or what is it that they... The need that they're trying to fulfill? Typically, they're gonna come back to you with requests or desires or wants or sort of characteristics or outcomes that people say they expect, but they don't pause to ask, like, well, what is the actual thing of which I'm trying to tackle? And Cliff mentioned like, and we actually, I should mention in the book, we have a list of different strategies, different types of strategies, all the different ones that you mentioned, like price and raw material or distribution style or platform or technology.   0:52:30.9 Dave Williams: There's different types of strategies, and the one that we are focusing in on is quality. But I think it's important for people to ask the question. Cliff mentioned transportation. There's a number of different great examples, actually, I think in transportation, where you could look at that as being an ongoing need as Cliff mentioned from the days when there was no technology and we were all on foot to our current day. Transportation has been a need that existed and many different things over time have been created from bicycles, probably one of the most efficient technologies to transport somebody, wheels and carts. And now, and you were referencing, we've made reference to the car industry. It's a fascinating experience going on of the car world and gas versus electric, high technology versus not, autonomous vehicles. There's, and all of them are trying to ask the question of, are there different ways in which I might be able to leverage technology to achieve this need of getting from point A to point B and be more useful and potentially disrupt in the marketplace? And so I think the critical thing initially is to go back and ask and learn and appreciate what is that need?   0:53:58.6 Dave Williams: And then think about your own products and services in relation to that. And I think we include four questions in the book to be able to kind of think about the need. And one of those questions is also, what are other ways in which you could fulfill that need? What are other ways that somebody could get transportation or do learning or to help sort of break you away from just thinking about your own product as well? And that's useful because it's super tied to the system question, right? Of, well, this is the need that we're trying to fulfill and these are the products and services that are matching that need. Then the system that we have is about, we need to build that and design that in order to produce, not only produce the products and services that match that need, but also continually improve that system to either improve those products and services or add or subtract products and services to keep matching the need and keep being competitive or keep being relevant. And maybe if it's not in a competitive environment where you're gonna go out of business, at least be relevant in terms of the city service or community service, government service that continues to be there to match the need of the constituents. So I think it's a really important piece.   0:55:17.0 Dave Williams: It's that North star of saying, providing a direction for everything else. And going back to your original comment or question about strategy, and many times people jump to a strategy or strategies or, and those might be more around particular objectives or outcomes that they're trying to get to. It may not actually be about the method or the approach like cost or technology that they may not even think that way. They may be more thinking about a plan. And I really encourage people to be clear about what they're trying to accomplish and then start to ask, well, how's the system built for that? And later we can bring a process that'll help us learn about our system and learn about closing that gap.   0:56:05.1 Cliff Norman: Yeah. Just what I'd add to that, Andrew, because you mentioned China, a few other countries, but I think the days are coming to an end fairly quickly where somebody can say, oh, we can go to this country. They have low wages, we'll put our plant there and all that. There's a lot of pushback on that, particularly in the United States. And if that's your strategy, that hadn't required a lot of thinking to say the least. But in 1966, over 50% of the countries in the world were, let me rephrase that, over 50% of the population of the world lived in extreme poverty. So there were a lot of targets to pick out where you want to put your manufacturing. And in 2017, and you and Dave were probably like myself, I didn't see this hit the news, but that figure had been reduced from over 50% down to 9%. And all you have to do is just, and I worked in China a lot, they're becoming very affluent. And as they become very affluent, that means wages are going up and all the things that we want to see throughout the world. And I think that's happening on a grand scale right now, but you're also getting a lot of pushback from people when they see the middle class in their own country, like here in the United States, destroyed, and say, I think we've had enough of this. And I think you're gonna see that after January. You're gonna see that take off on steroids.   0:57:31.7 Cliff Norman: And that's gonna happen, and I think throughout the world, people are demanding more, there's gonna have to be more energy, every time a baby is born, the footprints gets bigger for more energy and all the rest of it. So it's gonna be interesting, and I think we are going into an age for the planet where people as Dr. Deming promised that they'd be able to live materially better, and the whole essence of this book is to focus on the quality of the organization and the design and redesign of a system to a better job of matching the need and cause that chain reaction to go off. When Jane and I went over to work in Sweden, Sven Oloff who ran three hospitals and 62 dental clinics there and also managed the cultural activities and young shipping. He said, Cliff, I report to 81 politicians. I don't wanna have to go to them to put a bond on an election to get more money for my healthcare system, I wanna use Dr. Deming's chain reaction here to improve care to the patients in my county and also reduce our costs. A whole bunch of people that don't even believe that's possible in healthcare.   0:58:39.9 Cliff Norman: But that's what Sven Oloff said that's what you're here for. And that's what we proceeded to do, they launched about 350 projects to do just that, and one of their doctors, Dr. Motz [?], he's amazing. We taught him a systems map, I came back two months later, and he had them in his hospital on display. And I said, Motz, how did you do this? He said well Cliff, I'm an endocrinologist by education as a doctor, of course, that's a person who understands internal systems in the body. So he said the systems approach was a natural for me. But I'd like to say it was that easy for everybody else, that systems map idea and as you know, being in the Deming seminar, that's quite a challenge to move from viewing the organization as an org chart, which has been around since Moses father-in-law told him, you need to break up the work here a little bit, and the tens of tens reporting to each other, and then of course, the Romans took that to a grander scale, and so a centurion soldier had 100 other soldiers reporting to him. So we've had org charts long and our federal government took that to a whole new level.   0:59:46.1 Cliff Norman: But the idea is switching off the org chart from biblical times to actually getting it up to Burt [?] about 1935 and understanding a system that's kind of a nose bleed in terms of how much we're traveling there to get us into the 21st century here.   1:00:04.0 Andrew Stotz: And I left Ohio, I grew up outside of Cleveland, and I left Ohio in about 1985, roughly. And it was still a working class, Cleveland had a huge number of jobs and there was factories and all that, and then I went to California, and then I moved to Thailand in 1992. So when I go back to Ohio now, many years later, decades later, it's like a hollowed out place, and I think about what you're saying is... And what's going on in the world right now is that I think there's a desire in America to bring back manufacturing to bring back production and all of that, and that's a very, very hard challenge, particularly if it's gone for a while and the skill sets aren't there, maybe the education system isn't there, I talk a lot with John Dues here on the show about the what's happening in education and it's terrifying.   1:01:05.9 Andrew Stotz: So how could this be... Book be a guide for helping people that are saying, we've got to revitalize American production and manufacturing and some of these foundational businesses and not just services, which are great. How can this book be a guide?   1:01:25.8 Dave Williams: One thing I would say that I think is interesting about our times, many times when I reflect on some of the examples that you just provided, I think about how changes were made in systems without thinking about the whole system together. And there may have been changes at various times that we're pursuing particular strategies or particular approaches, so it may have been the low-cost strategy, it may have been to disrupt a marketplace. And oftentimes, they don't think about... When somebody's pursuing one particular view, they may miss other views that are important to have an holistic perspective. One of the things that I appreciate about QoS in the methods and overall as a holistic view of looking at organizations that it's asking us to really think initially about that North Star, what we're trying to do, our purpose, and what are the tenants. What are the things that are important us, the values...   1:02:38.7 Dave Williams: That are important to us in pursuing that particular purpose? And in doing that, really thinking about how does the system work as it is today, and if we make changes, how does it move in alignment with the values that we have and in the direction that we wanna go? And appreciating, I would say, part of the value of the scientific thinking that is in the Science of Improvement is that it encourages you to try to see what happens and appreciate not only what happens in relation to the direction you're trying to go, but also the... Have a balanced view of looking at the collateral effects of things that you do, and I think that systems do is really important there. So I think from that perspective, the quality as an organizational strategy brings a holistic picture into these organizations, or at least...   1:03:45.1 Dave Williams: To be paying attention to the system that you have, maybe the direction you wanna go, and what happens as you... What are your predictions and what do you see when you study the results of making changes in the direction of the vision that you have. And I think that's at a high level that is one of the ways that I think about it. Cliff, how would you add on there?   1:04:09.1 Cliff Norman: Your question made me think of something that happened about two years ago, Jane and I got a call from a lady that worked for her in one of the chicken plants, and she said, Jane, I had to call you because I need to order some of those Shewhart charts. But what happened today, you should have been here and Jane said, what... She said, Remember that 10 year thing we buried in the ground that we're gonna open up in 10 years, and she said, yeah, said, well, we opened it up today, and the new plant manager was here, and those Shewhart charts came out, and he looked at the costs on them. He said, you were operating at this level? She said, yeah, routinely. And he said what happened? He said, well, they had new management come in and they got rid of the charts, that's the first thing they did, and then gradually they try to manage things like they normally did, and then they forgot everything that we had learned. And that's kind of where we are right now.   1:05:11.0 Cliff Norman: So just think of that a decade goes by, and it just as Dr. Deming said, there's nothing worse than the mobility of management, it's like getting AIDS in the system. And they basically destroyed their ability to run a low-cost operation in an industry that runs on 1 or 2%. And when you watch that happen and understand that we still have food companies in this country, and we have to start there and start looking at the system anew and start thinking about how it can actually cause that chain reaction to take off, and that comes from focusing on quality of the system. And then as Dr. Deming says, anybody that's ever worked for a living knows why costs go down with two words less rework, but instead of people will put in extra departments to handle the rework. Next thing they start building departments to handle...   1:06:01.8 Cliff Norman: The stuff that's not working because the system they don't understand. So that was a... What do they call those things, Dave, where they put them in the ground and pull him out?   1:06:11.0 Dave Williams: Time capsule.   1:06:13.4 Andrew Stotz: Time capsule yeah.   1:06:13.5 Cliff Norman: Yeah. Time capsule. The a 10-year time capsule.   1:06:19.2 Andrew Stotz: It's a great, great story. And a great idea. We had a company in Thailand a very large company that the CEO of it came upon the idea of the teachings of Dr. Deming and over time, as he implemented it in his company, the Japanese Union of Scientists have their prize and his company won that prize and then he had about 10 subsidiary companies that also were doing it and they also won over time. And so Thailand is actually is the second largest recipient of the Japanese Deming Award outside of India. But he left and he retired and another guy took over, a very bright guy and all that, but he threw most of that out and focused on newer methods like KPIs and things like that. And just at the end of last year, maybe six months ago, they reported a pretty significant loss, and I was kind of made me think how we can spend all this time getting the Deming teachings into our business, and then one little change in management and it's done.   1:07:26.9 Andrew Stotz: And that made me think, oh, well, that's the value of the book, in the sense that it's about building the concept of quality as a core part of strategy as opposed to just a tool or a way of thinking that could go out of the company as soon as someone else comes in. Go ahead, Dave.   1:07:41.9 Dave Williams: I was gonna say, Andrew, you raise a point, I think it's really, really important and Cliff mentioned this in terms of the problem of mobility of management. One thing that I don't know that we outline probably in dark enough ink in the book is the critically important piece of leadership, building the structures and the capability. I know we talk a little bit about it, but doing it in a way that both builds up the people that you have... So Cliff emphasiz

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One of this county's general election candidates claims he is 'holding out no hope' for a resolution to the healthcare crisis from HIQA's impending interim review. A report by the health watchdog analysing the Midwest region's case for a second emergency department is set to be released in the coming weeks. Kilkee native, Dr Tom Nolan, claims HIQA put the nail in Ennis' coffin in 2009 as part of the reconfiguration of the region's hospitals. Nolan, who ran for Fine Gael in the recent general election, says an adequately staffed urgent care unit situated in Ennis would be more than capable of catering for the county's healthcare needs.

  -00.40  -Cillian Murphy - Discussing the West Clare vote and how  such a large amount of it went to candidates outside the Kilrush electoral area. -05.26 Count 10 Clare Constituency as given by  Returning officer Rita Considine  Distribution of Tom Nolan votes - With Mairead O'Higgins Finnegan, James Flanagan, David Fleming, Pat O'Brien, Originally Broadcast as part of live simulcast by RCB and SBCR as part of election coverage 2024 on 1st December 2024 from Treacy's  West County Hotel Ennis

The second general election debate was held at the Clare County Council Chambers in Ennis. Alan Morrissey was joined by Fianna Fáil Candidate, Timmy Dooley, Fine Gael Candidate, Tom Nolan, Independent Candidate, Violet Anne Wynne, Irish Freedom Party Candidate, Michael Leahy and Sinn Féin Candidate, Donna Mc Gettigan. Photo (c): Clare FM

Campaigning is continuing for General Election 2024. The people of Clare will go to the polls on the 29th of November, when they will choose the four TDs to represent the county in the 34th Dáil. Let's get a flavour of what has been happening on the campaign trail. Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said there is a real problem with Fine Gael election candidate John McGahon remaining on the party's ticket after the Sunday Times published pictures of the damage inflicted to farmer Breen White during an incident outside a pub in 2018. Fine Gael has been accused of trying to "bribe" parents with giveaways in the lead-up to the election, promising to lodge at least 1 thousand euro into a savings account for every baby born over the lifetime of the next government. A multi-billion euro disability plan is being put forward by the Social Democrats today. If it gets into government, the party would spend 1.1 billion euro a year between 2026 and 2030 to help people with disabilities. To discuss all of this and more, Alan Morrissey was joined in-studio by Independent Candidate, Matthew Moroney and Fine Gael Candidate, Dr. Tom Nolan. Photo (c): pixelshot via Canva

It's not the only late addition to Fine Gael's ticket, Dr Tom Nolan from Kilkee previously served as GP in the region from 1980 to 2015 and now specialised in musculoskeletal medicine. Dr Nolan was a prominent campaigner against the HSE's reconfiguration which closed Accident and Emergency Units in Ennis, Nenagh and St.John's in 2009 and claims there's still a case to be answered as to how it was handled. He says the Government of the time failed to provide the number of GPs required and recommended in Clare from the relevant report which downgraded the county hospital and says this must be urgently rectified.

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Today's guest is Tom Nolan, the CEO of Kendra Scott, a jewelry brand that's been crushing it lately—posting nearly double-digit growth for 44 consecutive months and counting. But as you'll hear today, it's not just about the results. It's about how you treat people along the way. In this episode, you'll see how to make stronger connections with both your customers and your team members. And you'll see how it can drive meaningful results in your business. You'll also learn: A weird advantage of not being passionate about your product What most leaders miss about customer satisfaction Must-hear advice for anyone who works with a founder Why innovation doesn't have to mean chasing shiny new objects ——— FEATURED RESOURCE The How Leaders Lead mobile app Download the app and scale up your leadership skills in under 2 minutes a day

We're just a day away from a pretty solid PPV with UFC 305, and even the undercard has a little razzle dazzle. Once again, I can't help but laugh to myself when I stop to think what you all are guessing the title means. It would be pretty great to see some of you came up with before you listened to the show. The comments are right there, just in case you want to share. MMA Vivisection & 6th Round is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.But right now, let's see what's shaking with the prelims. We're getting a heavyweight bout as the featured prelim, and for that, I will offer up a rare bit of gratitude in keeping unranked heavies on the undercard. Junior Tafa is a crowd favorite and willing to get right in the pocket, so Valter Walker should prepare for that. It's decent placement for this event. Let's take a look at the rest of the bouts and some alternative stats:UFC 305 Undercard* Junior Tafa  vs.  Valter Walker 265 lbs* Josh Culibao  vs.  Ricardo Ramos 145 lbs* Casey O'Neill  vs.  Luana Santos 125 lbs* Jack Jenkins  vs.  Herbert Burns 145 lbs* Tom Nolan  vs.  Alex Reyes 155 lbs* Kenan Song  vs.  Ricky Glenn 170 lbs* Stewart Nicoll  vs.  Jesus Aguilar 125 lbsUFC 305 Alternative Stats* Ranked fights: 4* Ranked fighters: 9* Fighters coming off losses: 15* Contender Series alumni: 5* TUF alumni: 1* Debuting fighters: 1 (Nicoll)Don't forget to check out the companion episode for our predictions and analysis of the main card. Remember, we're off this weekend so there won't be a 6th Round Post-fight Show, but we'll return next week, as usual. Until then, enjoy this week's bonus content on the house. We appreciate you all.Thank you for reading this article and listening to the podcast. Please consider subscribing to The MMA Vivisection & 6th Round Post-fight Show podcast Substack to enjoy our premium content. Your paid subscriptions are keeping hope alive that we can continue on with our shows. If you haven't already, please pledge with a paid subscription today. If you have, please share this post far and wide.Thanks for reading MMA Vivisection & 6th Round! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

We're just a day away from a pretty solid PPV with UFC 305, and even the undercard has a little razzle dazzle. Once again, I can't help but laugh to myself when I stop to think what you all are guessing the title means. It would be pretty great to see some of you came up with before you listened to the show. The comments are right there, just in case you want to share. MMA Vivisection & 6th Round is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.But right now, let's see what's shaking with the prelims. We're getting a heavyweight bout as the featured prelim, and for that, I will offer up a rare bit of gratitude in keeping unranked heavies on the undercard. Junior Tafa is a crowd favorite and willing to get right in the pocket, so Valter Walker should prepare for that. It's decent placement for this event. Let's take a look at the rest of the bouts and some alternative stats:UFC 305 Undercard* Junior Tafa  vs.  Valter Walker 265 lbs* Josh Culibao  vs.  Ricardo Ramos 145 lbs* Casey O'Neill  vs.  Luana Santos 125 lbs* Jack Jenkins  vs.  Herbert Burns 145 lbs* Tom Nolan  vs.  Alex Reyes 155 lbs* Kenan Song  vs.  Ricky Glenn 170 lbs* Stewart Nicoll  vs.  Jesus Aguilar 125 lbsUFC 305 Alternative Stats* Ranked fights: 4* Ranked fighters: 9* Fighters coming off losses: 15* Contender Series alumni: 5* TUF alumni: 1* Debuting fighters: 1 (Nicoll)Don't forget to check out the companion episode for our predictions and analysis of the main card. Remember, we're off this weekend so there won't be a 6th Round Post-fight Show, but we'll return next week, as usual. Until then, enjoy this week's bonus content on the house. We appreciate you all.Thank you for reading this article and listening to the podcast. Please consider subscribing to The MMA Vivisection & 6th Round Post-fight Show podcast Substack to enjoy our premium content. Your paid subscriptions are keeping hope alive that we can continue on with our shows. If you haven't already, please pledge with a paid subscription today. If you have, please share this post far and wide.Thanks for reading MMA Vivisection & 6th Round! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Paul Shaughnessy and Fight Network's Cody Saftic make their UFC 305 Picks. The card goes down Saturday August 17th inPerth, Western Australia. The guys make their UFC picks, give their favorite bets and props for each fight. Use code “MAYO” at underdog for a deposit bonus up to $250: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-pat-mayo Sub to the Mayo Media Network for Video: https://bit.ly/YTMMN #UFC305 #UFC #UFCPicks Subscribe to the Dog Or Pass Podcast Feeds Apple: https://apple.co/2EO5trZ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35EZVLk SHOW INDEX   00:00 Intro 12:10 Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya 19:40 Kai Kara-France vs Steve Erceg 27:50 Mateusz Gamrot vs Dan Hooker 38:10 Tai Tuivasa vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik 46:45 Li Jingliang vs Carlos Prates 58:10 Junior Tafa vs Valter Walker 1:05:45 Josh Culibao vs Ricardo Ramos 1:16:01 Casey O'Neill vs Luana Santos 1:24:21 Jack Jenkins vs Herbert Burns 1:38:02 Tom Nolan vs Alex Reyes 1:47:55 Song Kenan vs Ricky Glenn 1:56:46 Stewart Nicoll vs Jesus Aguilar 2:03:35 PRP Paul Shaughnessy Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulShag Cody Saftic Twitter: https://twitter.com/CjSaftic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Its PPV Fight week and we got a BIG ONE. I am on a 3 UFC event winning streak and stacked 10+ units of profit last week. I am still digging out of a hole for 2024, but we are heating up at the right time! Lets stay hot and CRUSH this massive PPV card. Join us to break down all of UFC 305 from a gambling perspective. Guest: James@LucrativeJames on XJoin the Home of Fight Discord: https://discord.gg/aSxceK8WMRFor $5 off your HOF Picks Subscription Code: DieHardJoin the Home of Fight Telegram: https://t.co/6Y7jQR03XtFight Numbers DFS & Betting Tools: https://t.co/4wymvWC47o*Bet Openly*: https://app.betopenly.com/?s=dhmNew Die Hard MMA Merch!!Check out the shop! https://die-hard-mma-podcast-merch.myspreadshop.com/allFollow Spectation Sports @SpectationNet for Regional MMAPromo Code: DIEHARD for 20% off your subscription https://spectationlink.com/DIEHARD0:00 Intro 6:47 Stewart Nicoll vs Jesus Aguilar18:01 Kenan Song vs Ricky Glenn25:03 Tom Nolan vs Alex Reyes36:28 Jack Jenkins vs Herbert Burns44:59 Casey O'Neill vs Luana Santos58:43 The Gauntlet 3 Winners & UFC 305 Giveaway 1:03:00 Junior Tafa vs Valter Walker1:10:24 Josh Culibao vs Ricardo Ramos1:17:31 Jingliang Li vs Carlos Prates1:27:48 Tai Tuivasa vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik1:41:09 Mateusz Gamrot vs Dan Hooker1:54:37 Kai Kara-France vs Steve Erceg2:08:09 Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya

Kendra Scott started her jewelry company with $500 in 2002 out of her house in Austin. Today it's a billion-dollar jewelry brand with both mass-market and premium lines and hundreds of retail stores across the country. On this week's episode of Leadership Next, Diane Brady talks to Kendra Scott CEO Tom Nolan about the company's growth plans, his unlikely path to the CEO role, the process of taking over for a founder, and what being CEO of a female dominant company has taught him about leadership. Leadership Next is powered by Deloitte.

In this episode, Sunni Imhotep and Anonymous African discuss: - Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk - Diddy Footage Revealed (Disturbing) - Lerone Murphy vs Edson Barboza - Khalil Roundtree vs Jamahal Hill OFF - Patchy Mix vs Magomed Magomedov Plus More! Join Our Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/Y5xXjX3F2U Join Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prosandcasuals Sunni Imhotep IG: https://www.instagram.com/simhotep ABOUT: Join Pros & Casuals LIVE each week as we discusses the world of combat sports, explore the topics of popular culture, and cracks hella jokes. PR Inquiries: simhxtep@gmail.com 0:00 - Diddy's DV video 18:32 - Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 31:32 - Why don't Americans root for Americans fighters? 39:35 - What's next for Oleksandr Usyk 46:49 - Tyson Fury odd physique 49:22 - Edson Barboza vs Lerone Murphy 54:46 - Steroids in MMA/Grappling 1:05:16 - Edson Barboza career retrospective 1:07:13 - Cont. Steroids in MMA/Grappling 1:12:00 - Khaos Williams vs Carlston Harris 1:12:18 - Themba Gorimbo vs Ramiz Brahmaj 1:12:34 - Adrian Yanez vs Vinicius Salvador 1:17:30 - Sunni Advice to Amateur/Pro fighters 1:23:27 - Lunan Pinheiro vs Angela Hill 1:25:35 - Sambo and Judo Are The Same! 1:28:41 - Victor Martinez vs Tom Nolan 1:30:32 - Stereotypes in fighting 1:37:02 - Tamires Vidal vs Melissa Gatto 1:38:34 - Piera Rodriguez vs Ariane Carnelossi 1:40:59 - Khalil Roundtree Banned Substance Steroids 1:46:08 - Are supplements necessary for a fighter? 1:54:30 - Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen in boxing? 2:07:19 - If fighter who's on steroids alter opponent's career/life should they go to prison? 2:13:38 - Closing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/proscasuals/message

MERCH IS HERE: https://storyofthefight.etsy.com ALERT: Next week you are welcome to join us LIVE on our YouTube Channel at 9am PST/11am CST if you wanna comment and laugh along with Will, Miro, and Rich! Otherwise, hit us up any way you like including by email to have your questions answered in our mailbag episode! Please leave a rating and a review along with a subscription, and check out our YouTube channel to like & subscribe! Video Episode in Full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEaxWuzE2zI https://Instagram.com/StoryoftheFight https://Twitter.com/StoryoftheFight https://Twitch.tv/storyofthefight TikTok: @StoryoftheFight Facebook Group: https://m.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/903248290491045?group_view_referrer=search --- 00:00:00 - Welcome & Intros UFC Vegas 92 00:02:47 - Lerone Murphy vs. Edson Barboza 00:09:35 - Khaos Williams vs. Carlston Harris 00:14:18 - Adrian Yanez vs. Vinicius Salvador 00:18:40 - Angela Hill vs. Luana Pinheiro Prelims 00:23:07 - Tom Nolan vs. Victor Martinez 00:27:00 - Oumar y vs. Tuco Tokkos 00:29:45 - Melissa Gatto vs. Tamires Vidal 00:34:00 - Ariane Carnelossi vs. Piera Rodriguez 00:40:30 - Administrative Details/Outro #UFCVegas92 #LeroneMurphy #KhaosWilliams

One of the most stacked fight weeks of the summer is upon us. This weekend features a combat sports triple header as UFC Vegas 92 and the Bellator Champion Series return, all leading up to the main event of the season: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title of boxing. And with so much action in play, the No Bets Barred boys are back to break it all down. Co-hosts Conner Burks and Jed Meshew kick things off with a brief recap of UFC St. Louis before diving into this weekend's festivities. Is UFC Vegas 92 the worst fight card of the year? Is Edson Barboza washed? Will Jed's chosen prospect Tom Nolan disappoint him yet again? The Boys discuss all of that before switching over to the biggest fight in boxing and a healthy debate about whether Fury or Usyk will leave this weekend as the first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly a quarter of a century. All this and a lot more are discussed on this week's episode. Tune in for episode 88 of No Bets Barred. Follow Conner Burks: @connerburks Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Shaughnessy and Fight Network's Cody Saftic make their UFC Vegas 92 Picks. The card goes down Saturday May 18th at the UFC Apex. The guys make their UFC picks, give their favorite bets and props for each fight. Use code “MAYO” at underdog for a deposit match up to $100: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-pat-mayo Sub to the Mayo Media Network for Video: https://bit.ly/YTMMN Subscribe to the Dog Or Pass Podcast Feeds Apple: https://apple.co/2EO5trZ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35EZVLk SHOW INDEX   00:00 Intro 8:06 Lerone Murphy vs Edson Barboza 15:07 Khaos Williams vs Carlston Harris 22:29 Themba Gorimbo vs Ramiz Brahimaj 31:42 Adrian Yanez vs Vincius Salvador 39:16 Angela Hill vs Luana Pinheiro 45:25 Tom Nolan vs Victor Martinez 52:59 Oumar Sy vs Tuco Tokkos 1:03:36 Melissa Gatto vs Tamires Vidal 1:10:28 Abus Magomedov vs Warlley Alves 1:19:35 Piera Rodriguez vs Ariane Carnelossi 1:27:38 Kleydson Rodrigues vs Alatengheili 1:35:49 Emily Ducote vs Vanessa Demopoulos 1:43:48 PRP Paul Shaughnessy Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulShag Cody Saftic Twitter: https://twitter.com/CjSaftic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most stacked fight weeks of the summer is upon us. This weekend features a combat sports triple header as UFC Vegas 92 and the Bellator Champion Series return, all leading up to the main event of the season: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title of boxing. And with so much action in play, the No Bets Barred boys are back to break it all down. Co-hosts Conner Burks and Jed Meshew kick things off with a brief recap of UFC St. Louis before diving into this weekend's festivities. Is UFC Vegas 92 the worst fight card of the year? Is Edson Barboza washed? Will Jed's chosen prospect Tom Nolan disappoint him yet again? The Boys discuss all of that before switching over to the biggest fight in boxing and a healthy debate about whether Fury or Usyk will leave this weekend as the first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly a quarter of a century. All this and a lot more are discussed on this week's episode. Tune in for episode 88 of No Bets Barred. Follow Conner Burks: @connerburks Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most stacked fight weeks of the summer is upon us. This weekend features a combat sports triple header as UFC Vegas 92 and the Bellator Champion Series return, all leading up to the main event of the season: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title of boxing. And with so much action in play, the No Bets Barred boys are back to break it all down. Co-hosts Conner Burks and Jed Meshew kick things off with a brief recap of UFC St. Louis before diving into this weekend's festivities. Is UFC Vegas 92 the worst fight card of the year? Is Edson Barboza washed? Will Jed's chosen prospect Tom Nolan disappoint him yet again? The Boys discuss all of that before switching over to the biggest fight in boxing and a healthy debate about whether Fury or Usyk will leave this weekend as the first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly a quarter of a century. All this and a lot more are discussed on this week's episode. Tune in for episode 88 of No Bets Barred. Follow Conner Burks: @connerburks Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Check out my website "dfsbythenumbers.com". There you will find all my MMA betting and DFS content. Check out my affordable pricing options and get access to my bets right when I place them, my stats you see on screen, betting articles, and extra content that is not shown on Youtube!I also put my content on Patreon as well for those who are more comfortable with that platform. You can find me there at patreon.com/dfsbythenumbersBe sure to follow me on social media for live updates and my DM's are always open for any questions or if you just need someone to talk to:Twitter: dfs_numbersInstagram: dfsbythenumbersEmail: dukes_brady83@yahoo.comThis video is sponsored by PrizePicks! Use promo code "DFSBTN" for a 100% deposit bonus up to $100!!Timestamps for UFC Vegas 92, Lerone Murphy vs Edson Barboza:Intro: (00:00)Emily Ducote vs Vanessa Demopoulos (1:33)Kleydson Rodrigues vs Alatengheili (3:22)Piera Rodriguez vs Ariane Carnelossi (6:53)Abus Magomedov vs Warlley Alves (9:54)Melissa Gatto va Tamires Vidal (12:45)Tom Nolan vs Victor Martinez (15:15)Angela Hill Luana Pinheiro (17:19)Adrian Yanez vs Vinicius Salvador (19:44)Themba Gorimbo vs Ramiz Brahimaj (22:34)Khaos Williams vs Carlston Harris (26:45)Lerone Murphy vs Edson Barboza (29:15)#ufcprediction #ufcpredictions #ufcbetting #ufc #ufcfightnight #ufcvegas92 #ufcvegas #prizepicks #draftkings

We survived the roller coaster of UFC St Louis and now we have a fresh flaming dumpster to dive into for UFC Vegas 92. Join us today to break down every fight on this card from a gambling perspective and hopefully make some cash!Guest: Jewish Bettor@mmalinemover on Twitter (X)Join the Home of Fight Discord: https://discord.gg/aSxceK8WMRFor $5 off your HOF Picks Subscription Code: DieHard*Bet Openly*: https://app.betopenly.com/?s=dhmNew Die Hard MMA Merch!!Check out the shop! https://die-hard-mma-podcast-merch.myspreadshop.com/allFollow Spectation Sports @SpectationNet for Regional MMAPromo Code: DIEHARD for 20% off your subscription https://spectationlink.com/DIEHARD0:00 Intro 8:44 Emily Ducote vs Vanessa Demopoulos14:49 Alatengheili vs Kleydson Rodrigues22:35 Piera Rodriguez vs Ariane Carnelossi29:17 Abus Magomedov vs Warlley Alves36:38 Tamires Vidal vs Melissa Gatto45:51 Oumar Sy vs Antonio Trócoli57:03 Tom Nolan vs Victor Martinez1:04:56 Angela Hill vs Luana Pinheiro1:12:33 Adrian Yanez vs Vinicius Salvador1:17:47 Ramiz Brahimaj vs Themba Gorimbo1:25:13 Khaos Williams vs Carlston Harris1:33:13 Edson Barboza vs Lerone Murphy1:40:50 Top 5 Bantamweights 

Keith and Ben preview #UFCVegas92 with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights—including a ton of upsets—and an amount of side chatter unprecedented in the history of the show. Topics of that chatter range widely but include early MMA legend and upcoming biopic subject Mark Kerr, boxing legend Vinny Pazienza, the stupid little drum thing from "The Karate Kid Part 2," and of course Bo Nickal. Don't say we didn't warn you!0:00 Great Movies We Haven't Seen: A Shillan & Duffy Special Feature15:53 Vanessa Demopoulos (10-5) vs. Emily Ducote (13-8)27:28 Piera Rodriguez (9-1) vs. Ariane Carnelossi (14-3)38:11 Tamires Vidal (7-2) vs. Melissa Gatto (8-2-2)45:58 Victor Martinez (13-5) vs. Tom Nolan (6-1)55:10 Abusupiyan Magomedov (25-6-1) vs. Warlley Alves (14-7)1:10:46 Heili Alateng (16-9-2) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues (8-3)1:20:44 Oumar Sy (9-0) vs. Antonio Trocoli (12-3, 1 NC)1:30:19 Luana Pinheiro (11-2) vs. Angela Hill (16-13)1:41:02 Adrian Yanez (16-5) vs. Vinicius Salvador (14-6)1:55:12 Themba Gorimbo (12-4) vs. Ramiz Brahimaj (10-4)2:09:59 Intermission: A Lengthy Aside about MMA Biopics and Documentaries2:15:42 Kalinn Williams (14-3) vs. Carlston Harris (19-5) 2:28:44 Edson Barboza (24-11) vs. Lerone Murphy (13-0-1)

Kendra Scott started her eponymous jewelry company in Austin, Texas, 22 years ago with a clear vision in place: to create a fashion-for-philanthropy business. Today, CEO Tom Nolan continues to honor that vision while leading the company to even greater growth and revenues. On today's show, Nolan talks about how he started his career in classified ad sales, the future of Kendra Scott and how philanthropy is at the heart of everything the brand does. Learn more at retailgetsreal.com.

Welcome to Eps. 227! Hour #1 we have 60 mins full beats of  Dance/Pop House | House | Tech House with D.A.K. Nocturne In the Mix. Listen live with our newest CHNR Syndication Network Partner. 10PM Central Time, 8PM Thursday Houswerx from Austin, Tx. You can also Listen to re-broadcast of mixshow with any of our online radio partners.  Follow us on social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daknocturne/ X: https://twitter.com/CHNRSocal Tracklist: 1        Gospel (Extended Mix)    DJ PP    Gospel  (Extended Mix)    Jackin House    126.00             06:21    Fm    2024-04-22 2        Summer Song (Original Mix)    Barney Osborn    Summer Song    Jackin House    126.00             06:28    Cm    2024-04-22 3        It's Just House (Original Mix)    Paul Najera, Boys Don't Disco    It's Just House    Jackin House    126.00             05:33    Cm    2024-04-22 4        Une Nuit À La Cour (Original Mix)    Sem Jacobs, Molamère    Une Nuit À La Cour    Jackin House    127.00             06:21    Em    2024-04-22 5        Step One (Original Mix)    Dompe    Roots    Jackin House    127.00             05:33    Am    2024-04-22 6        Kick The 909 (Original Mix)    Klubbheads, Robbie Doherty    Kick The 909    House    133.00             05:39    Em    2024-04-22 7        Spicy Kisses (Original Mix)    Ruff Stuff    Spicy Feeling EP    House    130.00             06:40    Bbm    2024-04-22 8        Lost in Time (Original Mix)    Kristin Velvet    Smoke / Lost in Time    House    128.00             06:15    Dm    2024-04-22 9        House Revelation (Extended Mix)    Ron Carroll, GW Harrison    House Revelation    House    128.00             06:19    Cm    2024-04-22 10        I'm leaving (Original Mix)    Sy, SY (DE)    I'm leaving    House    129.00             05:58    Bm    2024-04-23 11        Rodolfo Espinoza - Fever (Original Mix) [Audio3K Music]                128.00             06:01        2024-04-22 12        Obsession (Original Mix)    Aldo Cadiz    Just Try EP    Tech House    128.00             08:00    Bm    2024-04-23 13        Crowd Dancin' (Original Mix)    Ben Walsh (UK), Tom Nolan    Crowd Dancin'    Tech House    127.00             06:48    Dm    2024-04-23 14        Disere (Original Mix)    Duodisco, Kadosh    Carnaval 2023 Sampler    Tech House    127.00             05:02    Dm    2024-04-23 15        Gangta Rhythm (Original Mix)    Alberto Dimeo, Robert Haley, Alvii Ferrer    Dubai    Tech House    127.00             06:13    C    2024-04-23 16        Drugs & Party (Original Mix)    Alonso, Lessandro (PE)    Rage    Tech House    126.00             06:22    Dbm    2024-04-23 17        HITHOUSE - Jack To The Sound of The Underground                119.82             07:53        2024-04-23

In business, you have to want to win. But in addition to that, simple, honest values go an incredibly long way. Today's guest leads a company that is powered by that philosophy.On this episode we get to sit down with Tom Nolan, CEO of the jewelry and accessories brand, Kendra Scott. Tom leads the billion dollar business by balancing day-to-day functions and strategy with the integration of the brand's core pillars of family, fashion and philanthropy into every consumer touch-point. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors, Tom oversees the brand's substantial omnichannel growth, global expansion and evolving retail model. Tom has more than two decades of experience in brand building, management and results-driven strategic planning from a diverse range of companies, including Ralph Lauren, Conde Nast, and his own entrepreneurial endeavor, Prospect Brands. We had a great conversation about the company's humble beginnings and how far they've come.Highlights: • The origin story of the company (3:57) • Tom's background and career trajectory (5:02) • The appeal of the Kendra Scott story and her as a leader (9:32) • Tom outlines the company's brand values (11:43) • Why Tom made the decision to join the company/the importance of philanthropy (15:36) • The various tipping points in the company's growth (17:51) • The importance of their relationship with Berkshire (20:28) • Tom discusses Kendra Scott's creative approach to marketing (21:28) • The Kendra Scott Foundation (23:50) • The men's line (24:40) • Tom talks about his leadership philosophy and the closeness with his team members (26:35) • The company's vision for the next 5 to 10 years (28:07)Links:ICR TwitterICR LinkedInICR WebsiteTom Nolan on LinkedInKendra Scott WebsiteFeedback:If you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, marion@lowerstreet.co.

  In this episode of the Circuit of Success podcast, host Brett Gilliland had the opportunity to interview Tom Nolan, the CEO of Kendra Scott, a renowned U.S. jewelry and accessories brand. Tom's career trajectory is nothing short of extraordinary, transitioning from a college athlete to a leader in the fashion and lifestyle industry. Before becoming CEO, he served as Chief Marketing & Chief Revenue Officer, where he played a pivotal role in driving strategic revenue growth for the billion-dollar brand. Under Tom's guidance, Kendra Scott is poised to have its most successful year to date, with plans to nearly double its number of stores in the next three years. During the interview, Tom shared valuable insights on the importance of setting clear goals, problem-solving, and leading by example. He emphasized the transformative power of empathy, dedication, and a relentless pursuit of meaningful impact. Tom's leadership philosophy revolves around integrating the brand's core pillars of fashion, family, and philanthropy into every consumer touchpoint within the business. His candidness about his fears, motivations, and struggles provided a glimpse into his mindset and approach to both personal and professional endeavors. Listen to be inspired by Tom's authenticity, champion mindset, and commitment to lifelong learning. His advice on consistency, surrounding oneself with a supportive network, and embracing failure as a stepping stone to success resonates with aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals alike. The episode serves as a reminder of the transformative power of hard work, resilience, and dedication, leaving listeners motivated to pursue their own paths to success.

The BMJ's long running "10 minute consultation" series is being questioned - can you do everything we suggest in 10 minutes? Can GPs really do any meaningful consultations in 10 minutes? That's the question that our three guests have been asking - and they join Tom Nolan, to discuss what they found.   Our guests; Alice Harper is a GP trainee in Bristol and an academic clinical fellow at the University of Bristol Carol Sinnott is a GP in Ireland, and a senior clinical research fellow at THIS institute at the University of Cambridge Jess Watson is a GP NIHR clinical lecturer in general practice at the University of Bristol   Reading list; Great expectations? GPs' estimations of time required to deliver BMJ's ‘10 minute consultations' The BMJ's 10-Minute Consultation      

It's time to recap the UFC Vegas 84 main event, where Magomed Ankalaev knocked out Johnny Walker! Plus 3 new UFC main events have been announced by Dana White! - - Time Stamps: (0:00) - Intro (0:42) - UFC Vegas 84 main event recap: (3) Magomed Ankalaev defeats (7) Johnny Walker via KO (6:34) - The rest of UFC Vegas 84 Jim Miller defeats Gabriel Benitez via Submission Mario Bautista defeats (13) Ricky Simon via Unanimous Decision Bruno Ferreira defeats Phil Hawes via KO Marcus McGhee defeats Gaston Bolanos via TKO Jean Silva defeats Westin Wilson via TKO Nikolas Motta defeats Tom Nolan via TKO Joshua Van defeats Felipe Bunes via TKO (15:04) - Fight announcements (9) Tai Tuivasa vs (10) Marcin Tybura | UFC Fight Night | March 16 (9) Amanda Ribas vs Rose Namajunas | UFC Fight Night | March 23 (7) Sean Brady vs (9) Vicente Luque | UFC Atlantic City | March 30 (18:43) - Outro - - Be sure to follow us on all platforms to stay updated on future episodes and announcements: Subscribe to The Below Average Joe's MMA Show YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - - Subscribe to the Battling Fore Bogey YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Battling Fore Bogey on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Battling Fore Bogey on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Battling Fore Bogey on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - - Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebajmma/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebajmma/support

Nashville Predators Chief Amateur Scout Tom Nolan joins the Preds Official Podcast during the team's scouting meetings (15:00). Topics include what this week's goals are, how he became an NHL scout and his brief but interesting playing tenure with the Austin Ice Bats in the WPHL.Kara Hammer & Max Herz recap the last week of Preds hockey and look ahead to a road-heavy rest of the month.As always, use #PredsPodcast to send in your questions and comments on Twitter. And visit NashvillePredators.com/Podcast to listen to the latest episode & subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Spotify and more.

Paul Shaughnessy and Fight Network's Cody Saftic make their UFC Vegas 84 Picks. The card goes down Saturday January 13th in Las Vegas. The guys make their UFC picks, give their favorite bets and PrizePicks for each fight. Get up to a $100 deposit match at Prize Picks (https://bit.ly/DOPPrizePicks) using code “DOP” at sign up Sub to the Mayo Media Network for Video: https://bit.ly/YTMMN Subscribe to the Dog Or Pass Podcast Feeds Apple: https://apple.co/2EO5trZ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35EZVLk Stitcher: https://bit.ly/DOPStitcher Google: https://bit.ly/DOPGoogle SHOW INDEX   00:00 Intro 4:00 Magomed Ankalaev vs Johnny Walker 9:55 Manel Kape vs Matheus Nicolau 16:00 Jim Miller vs Gabriel Benitez 24:20 Ricky Simon vs Mario Bautista 30:10 Brunno Ferreira vs Phil Hawes 37:00 Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Andrei Arlovski 44:04 Matthew Semelsberger vs Preston Parsons 49:14 Marcus McGhee vs Gaston Bolanos 55:30 Farid Basharat vs Taylor Lapilus 1:01:01 Jean Silva vs Westin Wilson 1:08:50 Tom Nolan vs Nikolas Motta 1:18:01 Joshua Van vs Felipe Bunes 1:28:58 PRP Paul Shaughnessy Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulShag Cody Saftic Twitter: https://twitter.com/CjSaftic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Dan Levi breaks down UFC Vegas 84: Magomed Ankalaev vs Johnny Walker & Manel Kape vs Matheus Nicolau from a betting, fantasy, insider, and analyst perspective. Levi covers the entire UFC Vegas 84 fight card from the main event to the opening prelim and provides a pick for each fight. This is episode 505 of Half The Battle! 0:00 - Magomed Ankalaev vs Johnny Walker 7:38 - Manel Kape vs Matheus Nicolau 12:26 - Gabriel Benitez vs Jim Miller 15:51 - Mario Bautista vs Ricky Simon 22:40 - Phil Hawes vs Bruno Ferreira 26:04 - Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Andrei Arlovski 27:50 - Matthew Semelsberger vs Preston Parsons 31:04 - Marcus McGhee vs Gaston Bolanos 34:14 - Farid Basharat vs Taylor Lapilus 38:40 - Jean Silva vs Westin Wilson 41:28 - Tom Nolan vs Nikolas Motta 44:38 - Joshua Van vs Felipe Bunes - SUBSCRIBE TO HALF THE BATTLE PODCAST: ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-the-battle/id1040391940 SOUNDCLOUD: https://www.soundcloud.com/bestfightpicks YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/BestFightPicksHalfTheBattle/Streams SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1R7NuoyetaVaPbsRMStE5f?si=75d790f0811e47ba STITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/show/half-the-battle - FOLLOW/CONTACT ME: TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/BestFightPicks, https://www.twitter.com/HalfTheBattleHQ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/HalfTheBattlePod FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HalfTheBattlePod - DAN'S BET RECORD: https://betmma.tips/BestFightPicks If my picks helped you win money or you're simply interested in supporting HALF THE BATTLE: PAYPAL: BestFightPicks@gmail.com VENMO: @Daniel-Levi CASHAPP: $DFLonDrums All donations are incredibly appreciated and go directly to paying for the show & improving the quality of the channel. Thank you so much!

WE ARE SO BACK!! The UFC has been gone for weeks and we have blown our life savings betting on college football and NFL week 18! No? Just me? Oh okay. Lets get back on track here! We are coming off the best betting year in podcast history and I WANT MORE! Join us to break down UFC Vegas 84 from a gambling perspective and lets get back to punching each other. As friends.Support our guest: Mike's MMA Picks@MikesMMAPicks*Bet Openly*: https://app.betopenly.com/?s=dhmNew Die Hard MMA Merch!!Check out the shop! https://die-hard-mma-podcast-merch.myspreadshop.com/allAffiliate Links:Join the Sharp AppTwitter: @TheSharpAppSharp Discord Link: https://sharp.link/DiehardmmaFollow Spectation Sports @SpectationNet for Regional MMAPromo Code: DIEHARD for 20% off your subscription https://spectationlink.com/DIEHARD0:00 Intro & 2024 Futures 11:23 Felipe Bunes vs Joshua Van18:28 Tom Nolan vs Nikolas Motta28:23 Westin Wilson vs Jean Silva37:30 Farid Basharat vs Taylor Lapilus46:29 Marcus McGhee vs Gaston Bolaños55:37 Matthew Semelsberger vs Preston Parsons1:07:30 THE GAUNTLET1:09:59 Andrei Arlovski vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta1:14:31 Phil Hawes vs Brunno Ferreira1:26:48 Ricky Simón vs Mario Bautista1:35:53 Jim Miller vs Gabriel Benítez1:44:51 Matheus Nicolau vs Manel Kape1:54:23 Magomed Ankalaev vs Johnny Walker

Keith and Ben are back to kick off 2024 with a preview of UFC Fight Night 234 "Ankalaev vs. Walker 2," also known as UFC Vegas 84, with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights. Conversational sidetracks...well, there are a lot, including a random dad rock gag that ended up dominating the second half of the show. You're welcome, or we're sorry, depending on how you much you like Skynyrd.0:00 Intro: Ringing in the new year with a sausage party7:44 Joshua Van (9-1) vs. Felipe Bunes (13-6)16:57 Nikolas Motta (13-5, 1 NC) vs. Tom Nolan (6-0)31:08 Westin Wilson (16-8) vs. Jean Silva (11-2)41:21 Farid Basharat (11-0) vs. Taylor Lapilus (19-3)53:51 Marcus McGhee (8-1) vs. Gaston Bolanos (7-3)1:00:41 Matthew Semelsberger (11-6) vs. Preston Parsons (10-4)1:10:07 Andrei Arlovski (34-22, 2 NC) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (10-1)1:21:07 Phil Hawes (12-5) vs. Brunno Ferreira (10-1)1:31:59 Ricky Simon (20-4) vs. Mario Bautista (13-2)1:42:23 Jim Miller (36-17, 1 NC) vs. Gabriel Benitez (23-10)1:53:11 Matheus Nicolau (19-3-1) vs. Manel Kape (19-6)2:01:36 Magomed Ankalaev (17-1-1, 1 NC) vs. Johnny Walker (21-7, 1 NC)

Check out my website "dfsbythenumbers.com". There you will find all my MMA betting and DFS content. Check out my affordable pricing options and get access to my bets right when I place them, my stats you see on screen, betting articles, and extra content that is not shown on Youtube!I also put my content on Patreon as well for those who are more comfortable with that platform. You can find me there at patreon.com/dfsbythenumbersBe sure to follow me on social media for live updates and my DM's are always open for any questions or if you just need someone to talk to:Twitter: dfs_numbersInstagram: dfsbythenumbersEmail: dukes_brady83@yahoo.comTimestamps for UFC Vegas 84, Magomed Ankalaev vs Johnny Walker:Joshua Van vs Felipe Bunes (4:17)Tom Nolan vs Nikolas Motta (7:37)Jean Silva vs Westin Wilson (10:21)Faird Basharat vs Taylor Lapilus (13:22)Marcus McGhee vs Gaston Balanos (15:52)Matthew Semelsberger vs Preston Parsons (18:43)Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Andrei Arlovski (21:41)Bruno Ferreira vs Phil Hawes (24:47)Ricky Simon vs Mario Bautista (28:01)Gabriel Benitez vs Jim Miller (30:48)Manel Kape vs Matheus Nicolau (33:43)Magomed Ankalaev vs Johnny Walker (36:36)#ufcpredictions #ufcbetting #ufcvegas84

Everyone in old Hollywood can probably be connected by whom they dated, married, or slept with. Two of the most desirable lovers of the era were LANA TURNER and AVA GARDNER, both Hollywood superstars who shared a friendship, similar backgrounds, and many romantic partners, including a husband. Join us as we connect the romantic dots through old Hollywood using Lana and Ava's little black books as our guide. __________________________________________ Sources: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth: Lana (1982) by Lana Turner;  Lana: The Life and Loves of Lana Turner (1995) by Jane Ellen Wayne; Detour: A Hollywood Story (1988) by Cheryl Crane; Movie Star & The Mobster: Lana Tuner, Johnny Stompanato and Homicide in the Pink Bedroom (2016) by John William Law; Ava: My Story (1990) by Ava Gardner; Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing (2006) by Lee Server; Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations (2014) by Peter Evans; Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister: My Lively Life In and Out of Hollywood (1977) by Evelyn Keyes; The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown's Most Powerful Lawyer (2013) by James Gladstone; Artie Shaw: The King of Clarinet: His Life and Times (2011) by Tom Nolan; The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney (2015) by Richard Lertzman; ________________________________________ http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2021, Kendra Scott passed on the CEO title she'd held for her 20-year-old namesake jewelry company to Tom Nolan, a Ralph Lauren and Condé Nast veteran who'd joined Kendra Scott in 2015 as a member of the board of directors.  Between 2015-2021, Kendra Scott became “a very big business valued at more than $1 billion,” Nolan said on the latest episode of the Glossy Podcast.  And the brand is still in growth mode.  Kendra Scott recently entered the luxury jewelry market, plus it's actively rolling out new stores. By the end of July, it will have 134 Kendra Scott stores across 35 U.S. states. “We've been aggressively pursuing retail and we've been really bullish on retail, even through Covid,” Nolan said. The stores, which drive 50% of sales, double as event spaces; last year, 128 Kendra Scott stores hosted 20,000 total events. The Northeast is the brand's fastest-growing U.S. market, and it's currently expanding internationally through wholesale partners.  On the podcast, Nolan discusses Kendra Scott's philanthropy-fueled success and his own career path which unexpectedly yet perfectly landed him in his current role. 

CEO of the Austin-based jewelry and accessories brand “Kendra Scott,” Tom Nolan joins Liz to discuss how he discovered his passion in the fashion industry.    As a former two-sport college athlete on a full scholarship, Tom shares the challenges he faced growing up in a low-income family and how he networked his way to landing executive-level positions at multiple corporate giants. Plus, he reminds listeners of the importance of giving back to your community.  Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Nolan serves as CEO of Kendra Scott, where he balances day-to-day functions and strategy. He was the first person in his family to graduate high school and attend college on sports scholarships. He worked the summers and never did an internship, so getting a job after graduation was difficult. Despite this, his work ethic landed him a cold-call sales job at a publishing company. His competitive spirit and work ethic caused him to rise quickly through the ranks, which helped him become successful in his career, earn multiple board seats, and achieve his goals. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors, Tom oversees Kendra Scott's substantial omnichannel growth, global expansion, and evolving retail model. He has more than two decades of experience in brand building, management, and results-driven strategic planning from a diverse range of companies and is happy to be able to use his skills at a company that sees value in giving back.In this episode, Alan and Tom discuss how determination led to his success, what he believes is the role of marketing, and the three pillars at Kendra Scott: family, fashion, and philanthropy. Tom tells us philanthropy is the pinnacle, and ESG has been a focus with Kendra Scott since the start. He gives specific examples of how Kendra Scott gives back to its community and employees, as well as a heartwarming event that convinced him he needed to be a part of this organization. Tom talks about the challenges of staying relevant in an attention-hungry marketing environment and warns that people can sniff out brands that are disingenuous. For Tom and Kendra Scott, what they do is not about a transaction; it's about a connection. Ultimately, knowing, respecting, and loving their customers has propelled Kendra Scott to become a billion-dollar jewelry business.In this episode, you'll learn:How he became the first in his family to graduate high school and go to collegeWhat Tom sees as the role of marketingWhy philanthropy is good for your soul and your business Key Highlights [02:00] Being a first-generation high school graduate[03:15] From college ball to Kendra Scott[06:30] "I wasn't going to be the smartest person in most rooms, but I know that I would outwork anybody."[11:20] Board seats and side gigs[13:20] CEO's advice to CMOs[15:40] Eyes on the scoreboard[17:20] The importance of philanthropy: "Giving back is the truest form of success" [23:30] Philanthropy drives loyalty.[25:00] Great marketing and hyperlocal campaigns[27:10] Staying relevant in a noisy marketing environment[28:45] What's next for Kendra Scott?[30:20] The impact of losing his sister and having his children[32:40] Don't waste time on things that aren't important.[33:20] Don't lose your customers in the data.[34:55] Brands to watch[38:00] Knowing your customer isn't enough. You have to love them.Thank you to our sponsor:PartnerHero: to waive set-up fees, go to https://www.partnerhero.com/marketingtoday and mention “Marketing Today” during onboarding! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In business, you have to want to win. But in addition to that, simple, honest values go an incredibly long way. Today's guest leads a company that is powered by that philosophy.On this episode we get to sit down with Tom Nolan, CEO of the jewelry and accessories brand, Kendra Scott. Tom leads the billion dollar business by balancing day-to-day functions and strategy with the integration of the brand's core pillars of family, fashion and philanthropy into every consumer touch-point. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors, Tom oversees the brand's substantial omnichannel growth, global expansion and evolving retail model. Tom has more than two decades of experience in brand building, management and results-driven strategic planning from a diverse range of companies, including Ralph Lauren, Conde Nast, and his own entrepreneurial endeavor, Prospect Brands. We had a great conversation about the company's humble beginnings and how far they've come.Highlights: The origin story of the company (2:58) Tom's background and career trajectory (4:02) The appeal of the Kendra Scott story and her as a leader (8:33) Tom outlines the company's brand values (10:43) Why Tom made the decision to join the company/the importance of philanthropy (14:36) The various tipping points in the company's growth (16:52) The importance of their relationship with Berkshire (19:29) Tom discusses Kendra Scott's creative approach to marketing (20:28) The Kendra Scott Foundation (22:50) The men's line (23:40) Tom talks about his leadership philosophy and the closeness with his team members (25:36) The company's vision for the next 5 to 10 years (27:08) Links:ICR TwitterICR LinkedInICR WebsiteTom Nolan on TwitterTom Nolan on LinkedInFeedback:If you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, marion@lowerstreet.co.