Podcasts about trade industry

Nosipho Radebe speaks to Suzan Mangole, Acting DDG Incentives at Department of Trade Industry & Competition (DTIC)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau addressing some of the concerns about the US Tariff hikes since a 90 day pause on the Tariffs was instituted on the day they were supposed to take effect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parliament's Trade, Industry and Competition Committee wants commercial banks to appear before it early next year, to iron out various issues. That's according to the chairperson of the committee, Mzwandile Masina. He spoke to the media during a briefing of the chairpersons of Parliament's economic cluster, which consists of among others Transport, Trade, Industry and Competition, Agriculture and Minerals and Petroleum Resources. Zalene Merrington reports...

Stephen Grootes speaks to Duncan McLeod, TechCentral's Founder and Editor, about South African Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau, appealing the Competition Tribunal's decision to block Vodacom's R13.2-billion deal to acquire a stake in Remgro's fibre businesses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover how to transform your business and leadership approach with insights from Brett Bartley, a game-changer in the plumbing industry and beyond. Brett shares the story of growing Gibson Plumbing Company from $20 million to $112 million in annual revenue by making strategic shifts, including moving from hourly to production-based pay. He also discusses his role as a fractional CFO, leveraging his financial expertise to help other companies thrive, and his involvement in the Texan Construction Career Initiative, all while drawing from his diverse background as a licensed CPA and former University of Houston baseball player.Join us as we explore Brett's unique journey from manual labor to a successful career in finance. Hear about his early days working for his father's general contracting company and the pivotal moment when he realized his true calling was in accounting. Brett's story highlights the need for better financial management practices and the significant opportunities within the trades industry. We delve into the advantages of trade careers over traditional college paths, emphasizing the importance of adapting to generational shifts in the workforce.Listen to Brett's experiences in implementing productivity-based compensation models and the impact this had on both employee earnings and business growth. We also discuss effective leadership and training in the trades, drawing parallels between mastering a trade and excelling in sports. Finally, Brett offers invaluable insights on financial planning and strategy, underscoring the importance of a fractional CFO in guiding businesses toward growth and profitability. This episode is a treasure trove of actionable advice for entrepreneurs and leaders seeking to empower their teams and drive success.Connect with Bret at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bret-bartley-4516b83/Let Primo know youre listening:https://depthbuilder.bio.link/ Get on the path to Becoming the Promise You are Intended to Behttps://www.depthbuilder.com/books

Summary of Chapter 9: Contract Interpretation Chapter 9 delves into the intricate process of interpreting contracts, focusing on how ambiguities, contradictions, and various interpretative aids are handled in legal practice. The chapter is divided into key sections that address the common challenges faced in contract interpretation and the principles and tools used to resolve them. Ambiguities in Contracts: Types of Ambiguities: The chapter begins by explaining the two main types of ambiguities—patent and latent. Patent ambiguities are apparent on the face of the contract, while latent ambiguities become evident only when the contract is applied to specific facts. Resolving Ambiguities: Courts use several methods to resolve ambiguities, with the primary goal being to ascertain the intent of the parties. Tools such as the rule of contra proferentem, which construes ambiguities against the drafter, and a preference for consistency in interpreting the contract, are crucial in this process. Contradictions in Contracts: Harmonization: The chapter explains how courts strive to harmonize conflicting provisions within a contract, giving effect to all terms if possible. When a specific provision conflicts with a general one, the specific provision typically prevails. Analyzing Context and Intent: Courts analyze the context in which the contract was formed and the parties' likely intent to determine which provision should prevail when contradictions arise. Interpretation Aids: Course of Performance: This section discusses how the conduct of the parties during the performance of the contract can provide insight into their intent and clarify ambiguous terms. Course of Dealing: The history of past transactions between the parties is used to establish a common understanding or pattern of behavior that can inform the interpretation of the current contract. Usage of Trade: Industry standards and common practices within a particular trade or industry are considered to ensure that contracts are interpreted in line with these norms, especially when specialized or technical language is used. Conclusion: Chapter 9 highlights the complexity of contract interpretation and the importance of applying consistent principles and tools to resolve ambiguities and contradictions. By understanding these methods, legal professionals can better draft, negotiate, and enforce contracts, ensuring that they reflect the true intentions of the parties and are interpreted fairly and consistently in legal disputes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/support

Summary of Chapter 9: Contract Interpretation Chapter 9 delves into the intricate process of interpreting contracts, focusing on how ambiguities, contradictions, and various interpretative aids are handled in legal practice. The chapter is divided into key sections that address the common challenges faced in contract interpretation and the principles and tools used to resolve them. Ambiguities in Contracts: Types of Ambiguities: The chapter begins by explaining the two main types of ambiguities—patent and latent. Patent ambiguities are apparent on the face of the contract, while latent ambiguities become evident only when the contract is applied to specific facts. Resolving Ambiguities: Courts use several methods to resolve ambiguities, with the primary goal being to ascertain the intent of the parties. Tools such as the rule of contra proferentem, which construes ambiguities against the drafter, and a preference for consistency in interpreting the contract, are crucial in this process. Contradictions in Contracts: Harmonization: The chapter explains how courts strive to harmonize conflicting provisions within a contract, giving effect to all terms if possible. When a specific provision conflicts with a general one, the specific provision typically prevails. Analyzing Context and Intent: Courts analyze the context in which the contract was formed and the parties' likely intent to determine which provision should prevail when contradictions arise. Interpretation Aids: Course of Performance: This section discusses how the conduct of the parties during the performance of the contract can provide insight into their intent and clarify ambiguous terms. Course of Dealing: The history of past transactions between the parties is used to establish a common understanding or pattern of behavior that can inform the interpretation of the current contract. Usage of Trade: Industry standards and common practices within a particular trade or industry are considered to ensure that contracts are interpreted in line with these norms, especially when specialized or technical language is used. Conclusion: Chapter 9 highlights the complexity of contract interpretation and the importance of applying consistent principles and tools to resolve ambiguities and contradictions. By understanding these methods, legal professionals can better draft, negotiate, and enforce contracts, ensuring that they reflect the true intentions of the parties and are interpreted fairly and consistently in legal disputes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/support

Self-made entrepreneur turned politician Herman Mashaba shares some uber truths in this interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg - including deep concerns about his predecessor as Joburg Mayor taking over the key Trade & Industry portfolio. The way Mashaba sees it, the T&I job is way beyond the competency of ANC stalwart Parks Tao whose mess Mashaba inherited in Joburg. That R35bn in corrupt deals which Tao either didn't, couldn't or wouldn't see.

Miyelani Mkhabela, political analyst and Chief Economist at Antswisa Capital, joins Africa Melane on the Early breakfast show to discuss the ideal candidate for the Trade, Industry and Competition Ministry roleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Setti of the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council (GPEDC) talks to Greg and Dan about generational impact on the workforce and how a recent article from the Wall Street Journal highlights Gen Z's involvement in the trade industry.  Setti notes the differences that each generation has experienced over the years, how today's economy and the rise of education is leading Gen Z individuals to enter the trade field, and what this means for the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever seen your own tools at a car boot sale? This has got to be where the stolen tools from all the van theft crime that's going on. I really don't know how the thieves sleep at night with the crime career they have chosen. Like many other tradespeople, I have been a victim of van theft. Although I have upgraded the van security after the 1st time. There are tried and tested methods to keeping your van secure, van deadlocks are one of the things I will always put on my vans from now on. Along with some actions to keep in mind when it comes to van security. These actions in the podcast are simple things to keep in mind when leaving your van overnight or parking it up outside the house. I would love to say “sit with a shotgun to these scumbags” but you never see it coming. Just like I didn't. Learn by my mistakes by listening to the podcast and save your van getting broken into.

Mitch Smedley is a seasoned entrepreneur and podcaster who has made a significant impact in the trades and home service industries through his brand, Tradewinds. Mitch's perspective on entrepreneurship, community support, and unique branding strategies is rooted in his belief that small businesses need to be done right to compete with larger entities. He sees big tech companies and corporate investment firms as potential threats to smaller contractors and businesses and emphasizes the importance of community support and taking care of one's family and employees. Mitch also encourages entrepreneurs to take risks and start a podcast, viewing it as a tool to establish a unique brand and provide valuable information to listeners. He cherishes the freedom and impact that come with entrepreneurship, valuing the ability to make decisions that can positively affect both customers and employees. Join Sebastian Rusk and Mitch Smedley on this episode of the Beyond The Story podcast as they delve deeper into these insights.Timestamped Outline:(00:01:14) The Power of the Apex Network(00:04:13) Incorporating Personal Interests into Branding(00:10:24) Building a Thriving Business for Generations(00:14:02) Thriving in a Competitive Trades Market(00:18:31) Starting a Podcast: Just Do It!Social Posts:

In this episode of The Men's Room Podcast Ade and Rory are joined by the wonderful Toby Peacock. Toby is an electrician and podcaster who set up his own podcast to raise awareness of mental health within the trade industry. It's time to break down stigmas and get talking...If you or anyone else is struggling with their mental health reach out and get help:https://hubofhope.co.ukhttps://www.samaritans.orghttps://www.constructionindustryhelpline.com/You can also check out Toby's podcast Tearoom Talks here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Essay 73: Principle of Free Market Trade, Industry, Innovation and Competition by Stephen Tuttle. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Brace yourselves! The trades and services industry is in the throes of a seismic shift, spurred on by the aftermath of COVID. As a business, navigating this changing landscape can feel like walking a tightrope. But fear not, we're here to guide you, offering practical advice to help you adapt to this new market reality and secure the highest possible profits. Through the lens of an industry that's grappling with a surge in call volumes, ballooning project sizes, and customers that are suddenly more hesitant to part with their hard-earned cash, we discuss how to steer your business through these choppy waters. We tackle how to give your best price upfront, and when to recognize if a job isn't as profitable as it seemed at first blush. We also shed light on how spending habits and activity levels have shifted in the post-COVID world, and offer insights on how you can trim your own costs to stay competitive.But it's not all about the dollars and cents. We also share invaluable tips for improving job performance, from knowing your costs inside out, to seeking honest feedback from former customers. We even touch on seemingly trivial issues that can have a profound impact on your business, like how smoking can turn customers off and why sales training is critical. Pulling it all together, we wrap up the episode with a candid discussion on the power of feedback, stressing how your thoughts and suggestions can shape the future direction of this podcast and the industry at large. So, tune in, stay informed, and let's navigate this new era of trades and services together.Don't forget to visit our sponsor's website: propane.comSend us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels!Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumbCheck out our website: mechanical-hub.com

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal goes solo to talk about community engagement, why it matters, and how it can help expose people to your brand, business, and message.If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Be sure to contact us today!We'll see you next time, Lemonheads!

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by Brittany Murphy from One Thing Marketing! They discuss SEO and what contractors need to know about it.If you would like more information on Brittany Murphy, visit onethingmarketing.net and book a call with them today to learn more about how SEO can help you grow your business.If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Be sure to contact us today!We'll see you next time, Lemonheads!

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal is joined by Dan Dowdy from Built For The Trades! They discuss how leadership and accountability can help improve your business.If you would like more information on Dan Dowdy, visit builtforthetrades.com and book a call with them today to learn more about their leadership tools and certifications.If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by Paul Redman from Contractor Commerce! They discuss ways for contractors to get involved in the E-commerce space and the different strategies around it.If you would like more information on Contractor Commerce, visit Contractorcommerce.com and schedule a demo to see how they can help your business grow in E-Commerce. If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by Ryan Fenn from Chiirp! They discuss ways to rehash leads using automation in your digital marketing.If you would like more information on Chiirp, visit Chiirp.com. All FYTC listeners get a special deal when signing up with Chiirp. Send an email to Justin, who is the Director of Partnerships, at Justin@chiirp.com to get signed up today!If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by Brianna Skiffington from Ad Leverage. They discuss the common mistakes that contractors make with their digital marketing. If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are on location at the Women of HVACR Conference in Arizona.They are joined by Kelly Rowlett Presgrave from Work with your Handz.  This recruiting company specializes in finding anyone that a service company might need from skilled technicians, HR & Marketing Reps, and even customer service reps. If you would like more information on this great company feel free to email them at Contact@workwithyourhandz.com or call 703.679.8791.  If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let'This s Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

The national shortage of liquid carbon dioxide is causing chaos for the trade industry. The gas is used to create dry ice, which is now becoming incredibly difficult and expensive to source, and that's affecting exporters who need it to ship items at cool temperatures. Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation chief executive Rosemarie Dawson spoke to Jimmy Ellingham.  

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by Angie Snow with Service Titan. They discuss the role of a Customer Service Representative and how they can impact your business. For further information and training, Angie has a training platform called Go Time Success Group as well as training classes at Servicetitan.com for C.S.R.s, Dispatchers, and Call Center Managers.If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are on location at the Women of HVACR Conference in Arizona.They are joined by Devorah Jackabowski from the Texas Air Conditioning Contractor's Association or T.A.C.A. They discuss how this organization advocates for contractors through legislation and the licensing agency.  If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

A quick Sip in the Lemonade Stand with Crystal and Emily. They are talking about the Dos and Don'ts of being successful in marketing from an owner's standpoint.  Sip some lemonade with us to learn:• How to focus on the right things• Balance between micromanaging and lack of managing • Battle of being Indecisive vs. Decisive • How to rally advisors NOT troops If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, please rate, review, and subscribe from wherever you're listening. We'd love to hear from you; what are you liking, what are you loving? What do you want more of?Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by Jack and Sabrina Westenbarger and they discuss how a mascot can set your company apart. If you would like to know more about mascots and how to get one for your company reach out to us at hello@lemonseedmarketing.com. For further information and ideas for your mascot and how to utilize them to the fullest extent feel free to reach out to Jack at 813.895.1118 or email him at Jack@comfortallstars.com. If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are on location at the Women of HVACR Conference in Arizona.They are joined by Lori Tschohl from Eagle Heating and Air. They discuss how to be an entrepreneur that mentors and empowers your team.  If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are on location at the Women of HVACR Conference in Arizona.They are joined by Jenn Schulte from Trusted heating and cooling solutions and Jenn Shue from Barbosa plumbing and air conditioning. They discuss how marketing mentality differs from an owner to a manager.  If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider the following and drop a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

A political giant for more than five decades, the man who many believe to be ‘the best Prime Minister we never had', Lord Michael Heseltine, joined DIB boss Frank McKenna in the Downtown Den this week. ‘Hezza', also affectionately referred to as ‘Tarzan' by Tory activists in the 1970s and 80s, has been at the forefront of public life since 1979 when he was given his first cabinet role by Margaret Thatcher as the Secretary of State for the Environment. He has also served as the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Trade & Industry, and Deputy Prime Minister.     A staunch advocate of the UK remaining in the European Union, Lord Heseltine is President of the European Movement. Despite a general antagonism towards Conservative leaders and politicians, the city of Liverpool have made Heseltine an ‘adopted Scouser', following his pivotal role in helping to regenerate the city in the early Eighties, when he was given the title ‘Minister for Merseyside'. He was made a Freeman of Liverpool in 2012 and he is still a regular visitor to the city.  In this wide-ranging conversation, the successful entrepreneur and politician discusses his role in Liverpool's renaissance; his frustrations with Brexit; his time in government; and his vision for the future.  In this fascinating discussion, Lord Heseltine chats to Frank about: His role in the urban regeneration of Liverpool Devolution The overdominance of London Levelling Up Brexit and re-establishing EU relations His impressive political career Highs and lows of governments over the years Local government reorganisation His favourite Prime Minister The European Movement https://www.europeanmovement.co.uk Follow DIB here: LinkedIn Twitter Instagram YouTube

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are on location at the Women of HVACR Conference in Arizona.They are joined by Bridgette Miller, Lori Tschohl, Jaimee Gammon, Jackie Sorensen, Madeline Hughes and Erika Mosteller, each with a unique question for our Yellow Chair. If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

A bankable feasibility study has opened the way for the building of a factory for the local manufacture of fuel cells that are designed to provide low-carbon electricity to decentralised users at affordable prices throughout the African continent. Innovative South African Mitochondria Energy Systems, headed by founder and CEO Mashudu Ramano, expects to break ground for the R1-billion development in the first quarter of next year, with the first fuel cells being produced in 2024, with full-scale commercialisation expected in 2028. Established in 2018, Mitochondria is a developer and marketer of hydrogen-based technologies. An area of Emfuleni, which has been earmarked for declaration as a special economic zone (SEZ) by the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (DTIC), is the site of choice for the manufacture of the energy systems, aimed at decentralising electricity generation in the same way as cellphone systems decentralised telecommunications. Funders of the first phase of the project include South Africa's State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DFSA) and Mitochondria itself, Ramano outlined in an interview with Engineering News & Mining Weekly. Discussion is underway with potential funders of the second phase, a far-reaching R3-billion augmentation project involving the local manufacture of fuel cell stacks. The just energy transition is a major project consideration and much collaboration has also taken place with local communities amid the potential for most of the components required to be locally sourced. In South Africa for the Mitochondria Technology Day were representatives of AVL of Austria and Ceres Power of UK, companies that are partnering Mitochondria in the introduction of what is described as “an affordable, reliable, decentralised and sustainable energy solution for the African continent”. Green hydrogen is seen as the ideal eventual fuel for the multifuel stationary electricity generating fuel cells that form an integral part of simultaneous trigeneration of baseload power, heat and water in fulfilment of ten of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. “The more you move towards hydrogen and on-site generation, the more you are able to get better efficiencies in the energy system,” explained Ramano. On the choice of Mitochondria as the company's name, Ramano highlighted that the word mitochondria refers to every cell in the human body having a power generation capacity. “Every time I use the word Mitochondria, I'm calling forth a new energy generation era for the world. This is the prosumer, where you produce and you also consume and so Mitochondria is about the new emerging energy era in the world where there will be so many energy generators, but all networked like the mitochondria in my body, which are generating power right now as I'm speaking to you,” he added. Early on in his study of fuel cells and hydrogen, he visited Japan consecutively to 11 years to understand the fuel cells that were being introduced into homes. Then five years ago, his company decided not to follow the model implemented elsewhere and requested that AVL do a prefeasibility study using the latest technologies that could be competitive with coal in South Africa, which pointed to the need for a decentralised solution as had proved so successful with telephony, which catapulted Africa into the modern era. From a communications perspective. Mitochondria's fuel cells are high temperature fuel cells that make use of steel-based nickel-bearing cerium alloy developed by Ceres in solid-oxide ceramic-based fuel cells that offer 60% efficiency in generating baseload electricity. With heat added, the efficiency is said to exceed 90%. “The core technology we use is like the size of my hand with a hundred thousand holes in it and that is what splits the atom into protons and electrons, and then electrons flow from the cathode to the anode and that's electricity,” Ramano...

It's a special episode today, where Alvin Tan, Minister of State for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and the Ministry of Trade & Industry, dropped by the YLB studio for a frank conversation that went deep. He opened up about his struggles with his A-level exams, why he left his private sector career behind to enter politics, and the secret MP's book club… Find us here! YLB Subreddit YLB TikTok YLB YouTube YLB IG Find Alvin Tan here! LinkedIn Instagram Facebook One Shiok Thing Unnecessary Inventions The Wildest Start To An NBA Season I've Ever Seen | Jxmyhighroller The FULL Cristiano Ronaldo Interview With Piers Morgan | Parts 1 and 2 | Piers Morgan Uncensored  

Join your host Joseph Valente, as he interviews the founder and former owner of check-a-trade. Live the highs & lows of his business tenancy as Kevin opens up about deep personal matters that changed him. Not only that, during this interview you will get an insight into what makes Kevin tick now & what his future plans are.   If you own a trade or construction business, this is one podcast you do not want to miss from the Trade Legend himself Kevin Byrne.    Find out how Trade Mastermind can support your business - www.trademastermind.co.uk

This week on Womanity-Women in Unity Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to Ms Judy Hermans, who is a member of parliament representing the African National Congress (ANC) and Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition. We discuss a few focal points of the committee, emanating from events like Covid-19, civil unrest and natural disasters, such as the need to be more responsive, more agile, establishing more resilient supply chains and building an inclusive economy that creates job opportunities for youth and women. Parliament has recently approved a policy that 40% of public procurement should go to women owned businesses. Two development funding institutions; the National Empowerment Fund and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) have specific funds that focus on growing the gender dividend. The IDC for instance provides female entrepreneurs with funding up to R30million per transaction. Ms Hermans shares some of her guiding dictums for becoming a successful #leader be brave, take risks, don't forget your roots, be honest with yourself and others. Tune in for more….

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by Sharon Mayes, Account Manager Lead at Lemon Seed Marketing. Automating Emails are a great way to get engagement from your current customer base.Sip some Lemonade with us to learn:• How to build a welcome series for subscribers• How to automate emails to make marketing simpler• Choose the right content for your email campaign

In the virtual Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily are joined by the Community Marketing Coordinator for McWilliams and Son, Kim Fancher.Kim has experience working in the Lufkin community to better the brand presence for McWilliams and Son in the Lufkin, TX, area. Community Marketers are a great role to fill when looking to fight a larger competitor in your area, or have a skilled individual working on keeping your brand secured.Sip some lemonade with us and learn:• How to fill the community marketing role• 5 Pillars of a great community marketer• Identify opportunities in your community to make an impact• Using this role for brand protectionIf you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

Solo in the Lemonade Stand is Emily talking about all things promotional products and employee engagement. Have you ever received a mug, or hat, or pens from a convention or local event? Maybe these ideas didn't really pop-out to you?This episode will give you some ideas to make promotional products that will stick in the minds of your customers and team.Sip some Lemonade with us to learn:• How to choose the right gifts for your team• What will create engagement on social media• How to start a successful social media giveawayIf you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

Solo in the Lemonade Stand, Crystal talks about healthy leadership within an organization. The importance of consistency, candid discussion, and empathy when required should all be built-in as a leader. Focusing on the opportunity to coach and propel your employees towards a more productive workplace.Sip some lemonade with Crystal and learn:• How to be Candid but Caring• How to Coach instead of Insist• How to project your vision across your teamIf you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily discuss the importance of building a successful marketing funnel to reach new and existing clients. Starting broad can be tricky to pick your target audience and find exactly who you are wanting to start with.Sip some lemonade with us and learn:• What a Marketing/Sales Funnel is• How to start a successful funnel• How to empower your team to make a successful campaign• What to start with/ What to end withSip some Lemonade with us today and learn:• How to keep your employees engaged• How to incentivize in a healthy way• Finding team members that are a great fit for your newly found cultureAnd so much more.If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the Lemonade Stand, Crystal and Emily discuss how to maximize your Marketing Budget in 7 steps. Starting with using a strong CRM Software, looking back on your historical data to make Marketing decisions is extremely important.Sip some lemonade with us and learn:• How to maximize your marketing budget•How to track your spending year-over-year• Strategies to calculate average service ticketSubscribe to "Sip Some Lemonade" our monthly newsletter to get access to this episode's FREE download. Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

The DTIC published anti-dumping protection levies on the importation of tyres into South Africa on Monday, regarding section 57A of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964. This provisional payment concerning anti-dumping duty is imposed up to and including 8 March 2023. A schedule was published with this announcement. The anti-dumping duty is levied at 38.8% on the imported price of the tyres. Together with other transport-related organisations and associations, the Road Freight Association (RFA) had earlier engaged with the DTIC – and bodies involved in the retail and wholesale tyre sectors – to gain clarity on why these anti-dumping duties would be implemented, given the inability of the local manufacturing industry to meet local consumption demands, as well as to ascertain how the local manufacturing industry would be adversely affected. Tyres are imported from various markets because South Africa cannot meet local consumption due to capacity Gavin Kelly, who spoke with Radio Islam International, said the anti-dumping protection levies were designed to protect the local businesses. It is implemented to prevent cheaper products from coming into the country, making local businesses no longer sustainable and forcing things to close down.

From The Yellow Chair, Crystal and Emily discuss how to develop an effective marketing plan. It is not just discounts and special offers. Yes, these are important, but there is more to it than that. When a system is built to help your contractors succeed, that is when you will see a difference.Sip some Lemonade with us today as we discuss:• Setting Goals for your Marketing Plan• Scheduling a successful Marketing Campaign• Getting your team behind your Marketing EffortsSubscribe to "Sip Some Lemonade" our monthly newsletter to get access to this episode's FREE download. Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

Gavin Kelly, chief executive officer at Road Freight Association on why they are against the anti-dumping protection levies on the importation of tyres into South Africa.    On The Money Show Explainer, Kevin Lings chief economist at Stanlib on why local companies doing well while the economy is lagging?   For Friday, Roxanne Ferreira owner of Arrange Studio talks about the inspiration behind the Paradise Light. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Gavin Kelly | Chief Executive Officer at Road Freight AssociationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From The Yellow Chair, Crystal and Emily talks hiring for your business's cultures. Finding the right people, keeping the right people, and losing the ones who aren't a good fit.Culture starts from the top! It will take yourself (business owner), your leadership team, and consistency to build a healthy culture at your company.Sip some Lemonade with us today and learn:• How to keep your employees engaged• How to incentivize in a healthy way• Finding team members that are a great fit for your newly found cultureAnd so much more.If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, consider joining our newsletter, "Let's Sip Some Lemonade" where you can receive exclusive interviews, our bank of helpful downloadables, and updates on upcoming content.Please consider following and dropping a review below if you enjoyed this episode.Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

In the Lemonade Stand we have Crystal and her niece, Ava, talking about a marketing tactic that has spread worldwide and into the hands of kids. Mini Brands.Imagine a ball that you open to find inside, a toy of your favorite brand, company, food item. These Mini Brands, by Zuru Toys, are purchased with a surprise inside and can be collected for amusement.Companies like Disney, Oscar-Meyer, and more are using this collaboration with Mini Brands to get their brands into households in a whole new way.What can we learn from Mini Brands?• Alternative ways to get the families involved in your business• Investing in future generations who could become future customers or employees• Find ways to engage directly to the consumer in a personable wayThanks for sipping some lemonade with us and our up-and-coming Marketing Specialist, Ava!If you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, please rate, review, and subscribe from wherever you're listening. We'd love to hear from you; what are you liking, what are you loving? What do you want more of?Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

 A quick Sip in the Lemonade Stand with our Creative Director, Emily. Talking about the struggle, ongoing battle that is perfection. The issues that come with pursuing perfection or being comfortable in "Good". Sip some lemonade with us to learn:• How to push past Good• Get out of your head when it comes to Perfection• How to pursue Great without slowing your processIf you enjoyed this chat From the Yellow Chair, please rate, review, and subscribe from wherever you're listening. We'd love to hear from you; what are you liking, what are you loving? What do you want more of?Interested in being a guest on our show? Click >>HERE

Kota Malang Duduki Posisi Kedua Dalam Pekan Olahraga Provinsi (Porprov) Jatim VII 2022 | Event G20 di Solo dimeriahkan Kirab Budaya” Solo Batik Carnival” | Coordinate Patrol Filipina – Indonesia Resmi Dibuka | Plt Gubernur Jatim Emil Dardak Imbau Peternak Kooperatif Laksanakan Vaksin KILAS KABAR NUSANTARA. Sejumlah peristiwa yang telah kami rangkum pada hari Kamis, 7 Juli 2022. MALANG (00:18) Capaian tim Kontingen Kota Malang untuk tembus di posisi 2 besar sudah terpenuhi. Pasalnya hal itu dipastikan di klasemen akhir perolehan medali di ajang Porprov Jatim VII 2022. SOLO (01:52) Ratusan perwakilan anggota G20 maupun negara undangan dan organisasi internasional tengah mengikuti ‘Trade Industry and Investment Working Group atau TIIWG. MANADO (03:06) Panglima Komando Armada Dua Laksamana Muda TNI Hutabarat Membuka seacara resmi kegiatan Koordineit Petrol Filipina Indonesia ke 36, yang berlangsung di Manado-Sulawesi Utara selasa sore. SURABAYA (04:37) Plt Gubernur Jawa Timur Emil Elestianto Dardak mengimbau para peternak untuk kooperatif melaksanakan vaksinasi hewan dan melaporkan ternak yang terinfeksi wabah Penyakit Mulut dan Kuku (PMK). Kontributor: Kalimaya Bhaskara Malang - Ronaldo Harland RIA FM SOLO - Puri Amanda Smart FM Manado - Edwin Sonora Surabaya - Budi Santoso ----- MEDIO by KG Media Playlist podcast by Medio di Spotify: https://link.tree/SiniarMedio Instagram: https://instagram.com/mediobykgmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/mediobykgmedia TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@mediobykgmedia Read about us on: https://kolom.kompas.com/Medio.KGMedio Saran dan kolaborasi: podcast@kgmedia.id

We are joined by Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade, Industry & Cooperatives; Mrs. Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa who takes us through the digital transformation of the Trade, Industry & Cooperatives sector, the future of digital currencies in Uganda, and the mandate of BUBU (Buy Uganda Build Uganda. May you enjoy, learn & be inspired. The Ugandan podcast is an audio-visual production on informing, understanding and sharing on government programs so as to enhance citizen engagement in achieving the National Development Goals. We share facts, ideas and progress through dialogue and poetry so as to create positive impact. This podcast looks enhance a productive knowledgeable society and initiate conversation leading to mindset change and digital transformation. Connect with Ministry of ICT & National Guidance TW: www.twitter.com/MoICT_Ug FB: www.facebook.com/mictuganda IG: www.instagram.com/moict_ug YT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCnp5ryL6CT5QvB_IvItE8SA Website: https://ict.go.ug/

To paraphrase the famous playwright George Bernard Shaw, “Those who can, do. Those who can't, outsource”. For many companies, business process outsourcing (BPO) allows them to contract certain back-office and front-office functions – such as customer relations, HR management and even accounting – to third-party solutions providers. This in turn frees up resources which can be used to enhance core competencies. In South Africa, the BPO market is a fast rising one, and is ripe to be augmented with technology The kind of AI used in process automation may not be smart enough to pass the Turing test, but it does involve increasingly more complex processing algorithms, iterative learning and sophisticated data abstraction, replacing decision-making and administrative skills that have, until now, necessarily been performed by people. But isn't AI going to sterilize the main benefit of BPO in SA and that is creating jobs? Joining Michael Avery on this discussion is Johan Steyn, a smart automation and artificial intelligence thought leader and management consultant; Reshni Singh Director: Global Business Services at Department of Trade Industry and Competition and Incoming CEO of BPES (Business Process Enabling South Africa); Llanley Simpson. Director: Mining and Mineral Beneficiation in The Department of Science and Innovation

In this episode, we hear from Jessica Bannister (HVAC Jess) who talks about building an online community for women in trade. She challenges the stereotype of women being in trade by showing young women that it is possible to work in any space they want.For the full show notes, head on over to:https://reflectivemarketing.com/podcast/HVAC-Jess-Growing-an-Instagram-Community-in-the-Trade-Industry

Do Women in Trades face different obstacles than women on a degree based industry?Join us on Women Lead Radio as Michelle Bergquist, your host of Women Leading the Way, has a conversation with Evelyn Pacheco, President of Nevada Women In Trades(www.Nevadawit.org) as they dicuss what Nevada Women In Trades offers, why Evelyn sought to start it, and the barriers women face in trades. Sponsor Appreciation! Thank you to our partner and show sponsor, National University (www.nu.edu)!   Interested in Learning More About Connected Women of Influence? Click Here (https://connectedwomenofinfluence.com/attend-an-event-as-our-guest/) to Be Invited as Our Special VIP & Guest to a Future Event!   Interested in Becoming a Member of Our Professional Community!? Click Here (https://connectedwomenofinfluence.com/membership-application/) to Apply for Membership!

When we cross the finish line together, we can celebrate together. Teams that don't recognize that are painfully missing out on the beauty of collaboration and humanity. At the end of the day, you can choose to make your work painful or you can choose to make it collaborative, creative, and rewarding. So, which will you choose?In this episode, I speak with Henry Nutt, a well-known speaker and industry influencer who's passionate about transforming the construction industry through collaboration. While traveling the country walking jobsites, speaking to industry leaders, and participating in various seminars, he has found that one of the most common issues between Owners, General Contractors, and Trade Partners is our inability to identify core issues. This inability stifles a project team's opportunity to truly collaborate and quickly create solutions.Henry's objective is to educate owners and construction leaders on how to effectively utilize Lean Tools, work as a team, and execute work efficiently with a minimal amount of waste.Listen in to learn Henry's powerful insights on how we can work together to effectively and efficiently transform the construction industry and make it an industry we all can thrive in.What You'll Learn in this Episode:·       The power of building community and seeking connection with others in the construction industry.·       Henry's journey in construction & The major difference between managing projects and managing people.·       Why Henry speaks about Lean Tools & How Lean Tools improves leadership and teamwork.·       How Henry developed resilience, endurance, and grit while building a credible reputation as a professional in the construction industry.·       The importance of vulnerability and taking time for healing.·       Bringing your whole self to work: Why we need to prioritize humanity in construction & How that impacts safety and decision-making.·       Henry explains the concept of One Project, One Team and the book he's currently writing.·       Major learnings and missteps Henry has had throughout his career.·       Henry answers: What footprint do you intend to leave on the world?Resources Mentioned:Learn more about Lean Tools: www.purdue.edu/leansixsigmaonline/blog/lean-tools Southland: www.southlandind.com CityBuild: https://oewd.org/city-build Connect with Henry Nutt:Connect with him on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/henry-nutt-iii-7832347 To stay connected with us and listen to more episodes, visit www.learningsandmissteps.com! 

In this episode, Alex Gray talks to Klisman Murati, Founder and CEO of Pareto Economics, on the biggest issues the trade industry and wider financial institutions will face in 2022. They focus on the differences between geopolitical and political risk, climate change, supply chains and many more topics. They also reflect on what they discussed previously in episode four of this podcast back in April 2020 and assess how things have changed specifically around the effect of COVID19. As discussed in this episode, Pareto Economics latest Global Power Index 2021 Report can be found here - https://bit.ly/3ymh9tA Learn more about our trade finance qualifications and get involved in the conversation by following us on Linkedin, Twitter and on Facebook. For recertification purposes, this podcast is worth 1 CPD hour

In this second part of our series, looking at the dark side of the animal trade industry, we shine a light on the even darker ins and outs of the animal trade industry. Mainly exposing the sad and sometimes disgusting truth about the pet food industry and share with you what you need to look out for, so you can make better food choices to help these animals truly thrive. This is Part Two of our two episode series. ----------------------------------------- Be sure to follow The Animal Files online and on Facebook! www.theanimalfilespodcast.com www.facebook.com/theanimalfilesofficial   Have a topic you would like us to tackle? Join our Facebook Community for references, conversations, and resources. www.facebook.com/groups/tafcommunity or you can Email us at: theanimalfilespodcast@gmail.com   ** Don't forget to Rate, Review, Follow, and Subscribe on all of your favorite podcasting platforms! 

In this episode, we shine a bright light on the dark ins and outs of the animal trade industry, discuss the different sub-industries and businesses that are a part of the animal trade industry, and what can we do to help these animals. This is Part One of a two episode series. ----------------------------------------- Be sure to follow The Animal Files online and on Facebook! www.theanimalfilespodcast.com www.facebook.com/theanimalfilesofficial   Have a topic you would like us to tackle? Join our Facebook Community for references, conversations, and resources. www.facebook.com/groups/tafcommunity or you can Email us at: theanimalfilespodcast@gmail.com   ** Don't forget to Rate, Review, Follow, and Subscribe on all of your favorite podcasting platforms! 

Welcome to our fun podcast today. This is audio only (no video). We talk about a very incredible and unique plumber interaction. While I feel a strong relationship with referral partners, I am not the PLUMBER GUY. That's someone else. But I do strongly advocate partnerships. You will love this story. Toby and discuss some labor shortage topics, the idea of ANTI-FRAGILE in marketing, and some customer experiences we recently had that only remind us of the thought that everything circles around the client's perception of the service. It is CRITICAL. Then we close out a big reveal on something we are working on with The Alliance of Independent Restorers that will quickly promote this industry that we love so much. Add legitimacy and credibility in the eyes of the Dept of Labor and Trade Industry. Super Exciting and it will benefit EVERYONE. We hope you enjoy the episode and we will be back next week with the full video/ live episode. Check out all our past episodes: Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disaster-podcaster/id1548007225?uo=4 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5yDz6Y47kwgqJEUjewRbV2avuogqI4tQ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/disasterpodcaster Restoration Advisers Website: https://www.restorationadvisers.com/ Alliance of Independent Restorers: https://airestore.org/

Welcome to our fun podcast today. This is audio only (no video). We talk about a very incredible and unique plumber interaction. While I feel a strong relationship with referral partners, I am not the PLUMBER GUY. That's someone else. But I do strongly advocate partnerships. You will love this story. Toby and discuss some labor shortage topics, the idea of ANTI-FRAGILE in marketing, and some customer experiences we recently had that only remind us of the thought that everything circles around the client's perception of the service. It is CRITICAL. Then we close out a big reveal on something we are working on with The Alliance of Independent Restorers that will quickly promote this industry that we love so much. Add legitimacy and credibility in the eyes of the Dept of Labor and Trade Industry. Super Exciting and it will benefit EVERYONE. We hope you enjoy the episode and we will be back next week with the full video/ live episode. Check out all our past episodes: Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disaster-podcaster/id1548007225?uo=4 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5yDz6Y47kwgqJEUjewRbV2avuogqI4tQ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/disasterpodcaster Restoration Advisers Website: https://www.restorationadvisers.com/ Alliance of Independent Restorers: https://airestore.org/

On this week's The Sci-Files, your hosts Chelsie and Danny interview Gia Haddock. Gia is a senior Fisheries and Wildlife student at MSU. Having an interest in disease, amphibians, and sociology, Gia combined the three with their undergraduate research. They study the current behaviors, knowledge, and opinions of those involved in the amphibian pet trade through the lens of disease spread. Currently, we are in a sixth mass extinction, with amphibians one of the most imperiled groups. One of these reasons is the human movement of lethal amphibian-targeting fungi, Bsal and Bd. There have been previous bans on amphibian and exotic species imports that have been overturned, but a new ban is being discussed now. This has been met with much disdain from the pet trade community. Gia has spent two years developing interview protocol, creating relationships with the pet trade, and conducting interviews. There is a trend in legislation and management decision-making to make choices without recognizing the voices of those that their decisions will affect. Gia aims to use their research to inform decision-making in regards to limiting the spread of disease in the pet trade. They hope their work will contribute to creating better representation, trust, collaboration, and transparency in the pet trade world. If you're interested in talking about your MSU research on the radio or nominating a student, please email Chelsie and Danny at scifiles@impact89fm.org. Check The Sci-Files out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube! 

Alexis de Tocqueville observed that Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude. In his budget vote speech in the National Assembly, Trade Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel said a new bill containing amendments to the Companies Act will be finalised within the next two months to tackle what he termed “the gross injustice of excessive pay". The legislation will also require disclosure of what executives earn. There is a three- pronged approach at this level, as the executive pay and worker representative on board must be seen in with increasing worker shareholding developments as all moving in a certain direction. Generally what overall message does all this convey about the 'ease of doing business' in SA? Michael Avery hosted Dr Mark Bussin Chairman, 21st Century Pay Solutions; David Holland of Fractal Value Advisors and author of Beyond Earnings; and Etienne Vlok, Sactwu national industrial strategy coordinator, for a roundtable on executive pay.

Today, Friday May 21, is Tax Freedom Day, when South Africans stop working for the state and start working for themselves. This year it falls two days later than last year, in which it occurred one day later than in 2019. This is alarming because it means the economy contracted. It means the state is consuming an ever-greater share of economic growth. And it comes in a week where Moody's issued a stern warning about slow reforms leading to further downgrades. And while Trade Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel attempts to micromanage the economy through import substitution or localisation quotes and mandatory pay disclosure reveal the true extent to which The Government is truly out of touch with what it takes to build a business, grow one out of nothing to create value for the risk capital providers and create jobs and growth for the economy in return. At least the Reserve Bank Governor seems to understand what is needed. In the press conference after keeping the repo rate unchanged at a record low 3.5% on Thursday, he reiterated that the stance is accommodative because the MPC believe that inflation is contained, that "there is slack in this economy and this economy could do with some support." To review the week that was Michael Avery is joined by Warwick Lucas Chief Investment Officer at Galileo Asset Managers, Raymond Parsons, professor in the School of Business and Governance at North West University & Nazmeera Moola, Head of SA Investments at Ninety One

Jeff Nobers, Executive Director, Builders Guild of Western PA, explains how important the trade industry is as President Biden prepares a visit to the carpenters training facility in Collier.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writing in his seminal work, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, 1936,  John Maynard Keynes, observed that “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. In the continuing debate about how to end poverty and build prosperity in South Africa, ideologues in the ruling party have put forward powerfully seductive, often conflicting and ultimately destructive economic ideas. These ideas have been thrust into the public arena, central planning, master plans, the current favourite of Trade Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel, and the developmental state, to name but a few…and the stagnant economy should be proof of these ideas toxicity to the economy, but, instead, often we just see the ANC lean on its hold of the levers of state power to double down. The battle of ideas is a phrase that will long be associated with the Institute of Race Relations under the leadership of Frans Cronje, who announced his retirement as CEO of the Institute at the end of 2021 recently. Michael Avery sat down with Cronje to reflect on his tenure and what the ANC’s National Democratic Revolution means for the chances of economic reform under President Ramaphosa.

News Briefing -COVID-19 updates and plans for AstraZeneca vaccination rollout -Prison sentence for former Minister of Environment Kim Eun-kyung over power abuse scandal -Rejected warrant for former Minister of Trade Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu -Allegations against the former Lee Myung-bak administration's surveillance on lawmakers -코로나19 업데이트 & 아스트라제네카 백신 접종 계획 -김은경 전 환경부 장관의 법정 구속 -백운규 전 산업통상자원부 구속영장 기각 -이명박 정권의 국회의원 사찰 의혹 Guest: Seo Misorang, Reporter

Bogolo Kenewendo is the founding president of Kenewendo Advisory, former Minister for Trade, Investment and Industry of Botswana. Bogolo led the Brexit trade negotiations on behalf of southern African nations and was a member of the UN high-level panel on digital cooperation. We discuss the African Continent Free Trade Area that was signed the 1st of January, the kind of questions her advisory company is being asked to work on, what benefits and challenges has COVID brought to the continent of Africa, and what was discussed at the high-level UN panel o digital cooperation, such as regulating and legislating digital firms, and how they had to add a statement in the report saying that “views on privacy and security differed sharply”.Enjoy the podcast, and please subscribe and share!UN panel - talking about online technology while we need to talk about infrastructure on the continent of Africa. We need to start the conversation with ICT infrastructure as well as policy infrastructure  and be accommodative to technology that already exists on the continentAfrican infrastructure: we can have laptops, but how will we charge them? Multilateral institutions need to invest in infrastructure.What are the enabling technologies emerging in Botswana and the south African region and what are the technologies that are more damaging?Mobile penetration continues to increase, and internet connection - and this means access to information.UN panel & regional differences:  it was mainly a lack of understanding and having the information of how things really are. Why is there hesitation towards a laissez-faire approach on regulating digital phones on the continent and what can be some of those challenges in regulating them?A bigger disagreement was around what is the right approach around regulating and legislating digital firms - do we just let them be and the free market will have that invisible hand or we ensure ourselves that there's the right regulation, that taxes are put in place.People do not see the fourth industrial revolution as a natural evolution of efficiency ( as was done with the second and third) there will always be a challenge in change and how things are done. Just toning down the language around technology can be a start, we are not communicating what will be the differences and changes and how they impact people's lives.Next week we'll hear from Tony Curzon Price, Senior Advisor to the UK Cabinet Office, working for the Prime Minister. Our topic is: "Tools, Machines and Populism"Global Arena Research Institute is an independent, non-partisan research organisation that combines the most advanced methods of AI-driven data, scientific and other artificial reasoning capabilities, elevating data science into completely new levels of opportunity. Our goal is to provide unprecedented insights into the nature, impact, and management of globalization in order to improve institutional and governmental as well as business, energy and other sectors' decision making. Our mission is to make the most of organically connecting AI-level reasoning capacities with the human-level critical reasoning capacities for the sake of a better future.

News Briefing -Maintenance of level 2.5 social distancing measures in the metropolitan area -Opposition's reaction to allegations of nuclear power plant construction in North Korea -Clarification of certain rumors by the Ministry of Unification & Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy -Prospects for the government's plans to increase housing supply -사회적 거리두기 2주 연장 및 자세한 연장안 내용 -북한 원전 건설을 둘러싼 야권의 "북풍공작" vs 여권의 "국정조사" -북한 발전소 구상 의혹에 대한 통일부와 산업통상자원부의 입장 -정부 주택 공급 확대방안 발표 전망 Guest: Son Jiyoon, Reporter

This week we welcome Meghan Tschanz from the Faith and Feminism podcast.  I absolutely ADORE this woman!  All you have to do is scroll through her podcast line up and you will be overwhelmed with the incredible wisdom and inspiration pouring out of this incredible human being!  At Practice GOOD we were able to steal her for a moment to discover her incredible story leading up to starting her podcast, how she was changed by conversations with "Johns" in the sex trafficking industry, and how she takes care of her soul in the midst of her advocacy journey.  Whether you are already passionate about feminism, ending the sex trade industry or new to the whole topic, this is an excellent podcast for you!  Meghan is both educational and fabulously inspiring.  She will not only give you a powerful education, she will make you want to crawl out of your skin with passion for a better world!  

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After teaching in classrooms for twenty-four years, Clelia McCory has been helping Kansas school districts with acquiring, maintaining, and improving vocational education funding/programs during the past four years. To date, she has helped bring the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System to nearly half of the school districts in The Sunflower State. McCrory has helped teachers develop approved CTE programs in the areas of Business, Technology, Agriculture, and Trade & Industry. She also helps districts develop Pre-Collegiate Education and Health Occupations programs. She works closely with the Kansas Department of Education Career and Technical Education consultants. Her trainings are offered to keep teachers abreast of changes and help schools improve the program quality of career technical education. Intro and Outro music "Viscious Pen" by Moby courtesy of .    

Ambassador Sadick Jaffer, of Invest SA, the government department responsible for investment promotion, part of the Department of Trade Industry and Competition; Tanya Cohen, coordinator for the Public Private Growth Initiative & Andy Searle, CEO of BPESA

As South Africa looks for growth engines in the wake of the Covid 19 cataclysm we often talk of infrastructure as the major lever we have to pull. But another industry is flying quietly under the radar and could offer some more hope in a country desperately searching for small economic miracles. Business process outsourcing. The name doesn’t conjure the same sexy images of Roosevelt’s New Deal but in a recent McKinsey report the consulting firm noted that South Africa has been voted the second most attractive Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) location in the world for three years in a row. Michael Avery speaks to Ambassador Sadick Jaffer, of Invest SA, the government department responsible for investment promotion; part of the Department of Trade Industry and Competition; Tanya Cohen, coordinator for the Public Private Growth Initiative; & Andy Searle, CEO of BPESA, the industry body for the Global Business Services Sector in South Africa.

Show Notes(2:19) Eugene got his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Organizational Behavior from Singapore Management University, in which he did a senior thesis titled “Competition Improves Performance.”(3:29) Eugene’s first role out of school is an Investment Analyst position at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade & Industry.(4:18) Eugene then moved to a Data Analyst role at IBM, working on projects such as supply-chain dashboards, social media analytics, and anti-money laundering detection.(5:55) Eugene transitioned to an internal Data Scientist role at IBM, working on job forecasting and job recommendations.(9:03) Eugene shared the story of how he became a Data Scientist at Lazada Group, which was a small e-commerce startup back in 2015.(12:08) Eugene explained his decision to go back to school and pursued an online Master’s degree in Computer Science at Georgia Tech.(19:14) Eugene shared his career milestones, as displayed in his blog post reflecting on his journey from getting a degree in Psychology to leading data science at Lazada.(22:17) Eugene discussed the unique data science challenges while working at uCare.ai - a startup that aims to make healthcare more efficient and reduce costs.(25:29) Eugene revealed three useful tips to deliver great data science talks (read his blog post “How to Give a Kick-Ass Data Science Talk” for the details).(28:29) Eugene talked about his transition to become an Applied Scientist at Amazon - working on Amazon Kindle.(30:43) Eugene unpacked his post “Commando, Soldier, Police, and Your Career Choices” that provides an interesting metaphor to help guide career decisions.(33:43) Eugene went meta onto his writing process (read here) and note-taking strategy (read here).(39:01) Eugene shared the lessons learned from taking on responsibilities in hiring, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement in his second year at Lazada (read his blog post on the first 100 days as a Data Science Lead).(44:20) Eugene went in-depth into the engineering and cultural challenges throughout Alibaba Group’s acquisition of Lazada Group.(47:51) Eugene explained Alibaba’s playbook for the technical integration of their acquisitions and the super-apps phenomenon in Asia (check out a summary of his talk on Asia’s Tech Giants).(53:52) Eugene unpacked the values and essential aspects of Lazada’s data science team culture, as detailed in his post “Building a Strong Data Science Team Culture.”(57:44) Eugene summarized his thoughts on the topic of data science and agile/scrum development (Read his 3-part blog series: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3).(01:03:18) Eugene was heavily involved with the development of product ranking, product recommendations, and product classification models in his first year at Lazada (check out slides to his talk “How Lazada Ranks Products”).(01:09:08) Eugene helped mentor and empower teams on multiple machine learning systems while acting as VP of Data Science at Lazada (check out slides to his talk “Data Science Challenges at Lazada”).(01:12:07) Eugene shared the case study of how uCare.ai developed a machine learning system for Southeast Asia’s largest healthcare group that estimates a patient’s total bill at the point of pre-admission.(01:14:06) Eugene summarized his 2-part series that exposes the challenges after model deployment and yields a practical guide to maintaining models in production.(01:19:04) Eugene discussed his early-career Product Classification project that uses a public Amazon dataset and builds two APIs for image classification & image search.(01:22:29) Eugene discussed his 2-part series that implements seven different models on the same Amazon dataset, from matrix factorization to graphs and NLP.(01:24:42) Closing segment.His Contact InfoWebsiteTwitterLinkedInGitHubHis Recommended ResourcesNiklas Luhmann (well-known German sociologist)Roam Research (note-taking application)MLflow (A platform for ML lifecycle management)Amazon Product Review Dataset (big data in JSON format)Andrej Karpathy (Read “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of RNNs” and “A Recipe For Training Neural Networks”)Jeremy Howard (Read the “Universal Language Model Fine-tuning for Text Classification paper)Hamel Hussain (Check out GitHub Actions and fastpages)“Introduction to Statistical Learning” (by Trevor Hastie and Rob Tibshirani)“The Pragmatic Programmer” (by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas)applied-ml repositoryml-survey repository

Show Notes(2:19) Eugene got his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Organizational Behavior from Singapore Management University, in which he did a senior thesis titled “Competition Improves Performance.”(3:29) Eugene’s first role out of school is an Investment Analyst position at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade & Industry.(4:18) Eugene then moved to a Data Analyst role at IBM, working on projects such as supply-chain dashboards, social media analytics, and anti-money laundering detection.(5:55) Eugene transitioned to an internal Data Scientist role at IBM, working on job forecasting and job recommendations.(9:03) Eugene shared the story of how he became a Data Scientist at Lazada Group, which was a small e-commerce startup back in 2015.(12:08) Eugene explained his decision to go back to school and pursued an online Master’s degree in Computer Science at Georgia Tech.(19:14) Eugene shared his career milestones, as displayed in his blog post reflecting on his journey from getting a degree in Psychology to leading data science at Lazada.(22:17) Eugene discussed the unique data science challenges while working at uCare.ai - a startup that aims to make healthcare more efficient and reduce costs.(25:29) Eugene revealed three useful tips to deliver great data science talks (read his blog post “How to Give a Kick-Ass Data Science Talk” for the details).(28:29) Eugene talked about his transition to become an Applied Scientist at Amazon - working on Amazon Kindle.(30:43) Eugene unpacked his post “Commando, Soldier, Police, and Your Career Choices” that provides an interesting metaphor to help guide career decisions.(33:43) Eugene went meta onto his writing process (read here) and note-taking strategy (read here).(39:01) Eugene shared the lessons learned from taking on responsibilities in hiring, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement in his second year at Lazada (read his blog post on the first 100 days as a Data Science Lead).(44:20) Eugene went in-depth into the engineering and cultural challenges throughout Alibaba Group’s acquisition of Lazada Group.(47:51) Eugene explained Alibaba’s playbook for the technical integration of their acquisitions and the super-apps phenomenon in Asia (check out a summary of his talk on Asia’s Tech Giants).(53:52) Eugene unpacked the values and essential aspects of Lazada’s data science team culture, as detailed in his post “Building a Strong Data Science Team Culture.”(57:44) Eugene summarized his thoughts on the topic of data science and agile/scrum development (Read his 3-part blog series: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3).(01:03:18) Eugene was heavily involved with the development of product ranking, product recommendations, and product classification models in his first year at Lazada (check out slides to his talk “How Lazada Ranks Products”).(01:09:08) Eugene helped mentor and empower teams on multiple machine learning systems while acting as VP of Data Science at Lazada (check out slides to his talk “Data Science Challenges at Lazada”).(01:12:07) Eugene shared the case study of how uCare.ai developed a machine learning system for Southeast Asia’s largest healthcare group that estimates a patient’s total bill at the point of pre-admission.(01:14:06) Eugene summarized his 2-part series that exposes the challenges after model deployment and yields a practical guide to maintaining models in production.(01:19:04) Eugene discussed his early-career Product Classification project that uses a public Amazon dataset and builds two APIs for image classification & image search.(01:22:29) Eugene discussed his 2-part series that implements seven different models on the same Amazon dataset, from matrix factorization to graphs and NLP.(01:24:42) Closing segment.His Contact InfoWebsiteTwitterLinkedInGitHubHis Recommended ResourcesNiklas Luhmann (well-known German sociologist)Roam Research (note-taking application)MLflow (A platform for ML lifecycle management)Amazon Product Review Dataset (big data in JSON format)Andrej Karpathy (Read “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of RNNs” and “A Recipe For Training Neural Networks”)Jeremy Howard (Read the “Universal Language Model Fine-tuning for Text Classification paper)Hamel Hussain (Check out GitHub Actions and fastpages)“Introduction to Statistical Learning” (by Trevor Hastie and Rob Tibshirani)“The Pragmatic Programmer” (by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas)applied-ml repositoryml-survey repository

Classic 1027 — Michael Avery’s guest this week is one of the leading voices for the sustainable advancement of women in the corporate and entrepreneurial space in South Africa today. She was the first chairperson of the South African Women Entrepreneurs Network Ltd., an initiative of the Department of Trade & Industry to support women owned SMMEs and was instrumental in the establishment of the SAWEN national strategy, organisation and the constitution.She is, through Business Engage, the founder of the Gender Mainstreaming Awards (www.genderawards.co.za). The awards seek to encourage the private sector to buy-in to achieving more meaningful representation of women in the mainstream of business. In addition, she is the President of the 30% Club Southern Africa, a global organisation of chairs and other senior business leaders publicly committed to achieving 30% women on boards together with the associated pipeline within a default period of five years. The 30% Club includes high profile companies like Anglo American, Old Mutual, Bloomburg, PwC and Goldman Sachs to name but a few. (www.30percentclub.org.za) Colleen Larsen, CEO of Women in Business Engage, shares her approach to helping woman climb the corporate ladder and smash glass ceilings.

Once again this year, thousands of the world’s leading economic and business players met in the little Swiss ski town of Davos. And once again, the key topics and discussions had little to do with winter sports. The reasons are obvious. There’s a lot going on in the world today and plenty of questions: As global political economies continue to evolve at an increased pace, how much will leaders factor geopolitics into evaluating potential transactions? How do global population and health trends affect the ways companies and investors think about investing in and managing businesses? Can innovation, entrepreneurialism and investment meet the challenges of climate change? And what about technology? As jobs increasingly get disintermediated by Artificial Intelligence, how should businesses, governments and individuals balance the opportunities that tech brings with its equally challenging implications? To find out, we spoke with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice London-based Operating Partner Vindi Banga. Some background on Vindi’s global business and policy efforts: Banga spent 33 years at Unilever, where he served as executive board member and president of Global Foods, Home & Personal Care. He led the creation of a 'One Unilever' agenda for the Foods, Home & Personal Care organization, responsible for innovation and marketing mix development across 170 countries for all 270 Unilever brands. Vindi also was responsible for Unilever's sustainability agenda, an issue – as you’ll hear – he has learned and thought about since his childhood in India. Vindi served on the Prime Minister of India's Council of Trade & Industry from 2004 to 2014, and in 2010 the India’s President awarded him the Padma Bhushan, one of the country’s highest civilian awards.

Elisa and Daniel Rangitoheriri are our very first Husband and Wife team as well as our first tradie business to come on the show! They are the force behind Rangi Plumbing and more recently, Perth Outdoor Showers. Elisa and Dan discuss how they built a successful Plumbing business throughout the high's and low's of WA's building Industry and how they then went from providing a service to manufacturing a high end product. They have experienced vast differences between their two businesses; in their marketing strategies, the touchpoints along their customer journeys, how they close a sale and in particular, their ideal customer. But the one thing that has stayed the same is how they work as a team. They have clearly defined roles, play to each others strengths and communicate every business decision. In an age where we have access to our emails and social accounts every second of the day, they make it a priority to "switch off" the business talk in order to enjoy some much needed family time. For all those small biz owners with families or in the trade industry, boy will you be able to relate to this episode! Also make sure you SHARE the love and give us a review on Apple Podcast. It only takes 30 seconds and greatly increase the likelihood that someone else will hear Elisa and Dan's GOLD. If you haven’t joined the Perth Small Business Show Facebook Group, do it now to get access to even more small business hot tips: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1452326538253232/

We're joined by Eco Northwest President John Tapogna, Executive Director of PNW International Trade Association Maria Isabel Ellis, and Executive Director of Port of Portland Curtis Robinhold to talk about the health of imports/exports in Oregon, including agriculture and the industry-leading companies like Intel. 

Today I got to have a fantastic conversation with local Charlotte hairstylist Elizabeth McHenry and we talked about many subject around the trade industry and entrepreneurship. We talked about hair and how she give back to help people within the community. When I first met Elizabeth at a LinkedIn Local here in Charlotte and heard her story I knew I wanted to help her share it and I mean you really will want to check out this episode for sure. More about ERMc "Providing Services Your Way... In Salon or On Location" Here at ERMc Hairstylist, it's important to meet the needs of our clients providing a relaxing experience, knowledge and comfort. When in the chair, it's all about YOU! Whether you'd like to have the Laptop Up working or you're more interested in talking about everything BUT work! Totally up to you! ERMc Hairstylist will cater to her clients special event needs.. whether that means near or far! Whatever you don't have time for.. that's when the ERMc Hairstylist Experience comes to you! Shampoo & Blowout, Formal Styles or even Haircolor & Haircut. When creating a unique Hair Color & Hairstyle for my Professional Ladies ... we take into consideration your: Face Shape, Skin Tone & Lifestyle. Professional Ladies sometimes feel hesitant to wear Trendy hairstyles because they feel it's not "professional enough" or "they can't pull it off," well.. it just has to be modified to you!  Website: https://www.ermchairstylist.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethmchenry/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ermc_hairstylist/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/davidc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/davidc/support

Corrie Germin has been helping companies expand into new markets for over 13 years. In the course of his career, he has worked in South Africa, in Australia, and, of course, in his native Canada – continuously developing his core competencies in the field of Economic & Business Development, connecting global companies to global opportunities. Early on in his career, Corrie spent six years with the South African Department of Trade & Industry as a Trade & Investment Manager. Next, he relocated to Australia to work with the City of Brisbane, and eventually took on the role of Investment Director at the Australian Trade Commission based in Canada. Throughout, Corrie has been focused on the Resource & Energy sector, and promoted investment from Canada into Australia. Since 2015, he has been working to promote New South Wales Australia as an investment destination for mining, oil and gas companies from around the world. Now based in Toronto, Corrie has taken on the role of Executive Director for Strategic Trade, Investment, & Technology Advisory at his own consultancy, the Invest & Trade Business Advisory. Through this consultancy, he has collaborated with the World Trade Centre Toronto to launch its new Trade Accelerator Program (TAP), which is aimed at Canadian SMEs looking to expand into international markets.   Links:  Toronto Region Board of Trade website Toronto Region Board of Trade on LinkedIn Toronto Region Board of Trade on Twitter World Trade Centre Toronto website World Trade Centre Toronto on Twitter Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) Corrie on LinkedIn

Skilled Trades Shortages & The Walters-Mohawk Joint Venture Program Guest Speakers: Marty Verhey, HR Manager (Walters)

Steve Coscia’s clients make more money through better customer retention, increased upselling and heightened awareness to how stress can limit productivity and effectiveness. Coscia’s strategies cut through the clutter and focus on the key tactical behaviors which enable a company to become world class. An avid researcher of customer service trends, Coscia conducted one of the industry’s first studies of stress in the customer service environment. This survey revealed the causes of stress along with the most common manifestations of post-stress behavior among customer service professionals. Tele-Stress is a registered trademark of Coscia Communications. His books, videos, audio programs and e-learning have helped thousands of customer service professionals. Coscia has earned the Certified Speaking Professional ® (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association. http://www.hvaccustomerservice.com