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Why Your Subconscious Keeps You Stuck: Dr. Lise Janelle on the Heart Freedom Method Episode Description What if the thing holding you back is not a lack of discipline, willpower, knowledge, or effort? In this episode of Conversations with a Chiropractor, Dr. Stephanie Wautier talks with Dr. Lise Janelle, a former chiropractor, peak performance coach, author, speaker, and creator of the Heart Freedom Method. Dr. Lise explains how subconscious beliefs can shape performance, relationships, business, money, health, and the way people respond to challenges. She shares why someone can consciously want success, love, healing, or growth while another part of them quietly associates that goal with danger, rejection, conflict, or loss. Through stories from athletes, entrepreneurs, relationships, and her own life, Dr. Lise shows how old childhood interpretations can become adult patterns. A skier who subconsciously associated winning with hurting others. A successful woman whose body reacted when she felt unheard. A chiropractor who feared success might threaten her marriage. These examples all point to the same deeper question: what story is your subconscious trying to protect you from? Stephanie and Dr. Lise also talk about self-sabotage, procrastination, victim patterns, worthiness, yin and yang, relationships, nervous system reactions, the difference between forcing and flowing, and why challenges may be guiding us toward growth. This is a conversation about getting unstuck, listening to the heart, and learning how to work with the subconscious mind instead of fighting against it. This episode is for education and reflection only. It is not a substitute for medical care, mental health care, trauma therapy, relationship counseling, or individualized professional support. Listener Offer This episode of Conversations with a Chiropractor is supported by Lemongrove Oil. Use code DRSTEPHANIE at checkout for 10% off your order. https://www.lemongroveoil.com/ In This Episode, Discover Why Dr. Lise moved from chiropractic into coaching How subconscious beliefs can shape success, love, health, and performance Why self-sabotage may actually be the subconscious trying to protect you The "football and football field" analogy for the conscious and subconscious mind How old childhood moments can create adult limitations Why some athletes subconsciously hold back from winning Three clues a subconscious belief may be working against you Why procrastination is not always laziness How the Heart Freedom Method helps people identify old stories Why some people choose to stay stuck How money, success, and relationships can become tangled together The difference between forcing results and releasing inner resistance Why challenges may be happening for you, not to you How Dr. Lise's own grief led her deeper into this work What it means to live from the heart instead of fear Learn More About Dr. Lise Janelle Dr. Lise Janelle: https://drlisejanelle.com/ Dr. Lise Elite: https://drliseelite.com/ Book, Conversation with the Heart: Available through Dr. Lise's website and Amazon. Upcoming Book: Unstuck: Get Everything You Want... Faster Substack: Search for Dr. Lise Janelle, Live by Design. Episode Sponsor Lemongrove Oil: https://www.lemongroveoil.com/ Use code DRSTEPHANIE at checkout for 10% off your order. Conversations with a Chiropractor YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@ConversationswithaChiro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wautierwellness Email: drstephaniewautier@yahoo.com Want to be a guest? Send Stephanie Wautier a message on PodMatch: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drstephanie Credits Podcast production by Brand|Sound. Start your podcast journey by emailing brandsoundpodcasts@gmail.com. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Dr. Lise Janelle 01:35 Technology, Energy, and Human Connection 02:09 From Chiropractor to Full-Time Coach 04:19 Self-Sabotage and the Subconscious Mind 04:41 The Olympic Skier Who Was Afraid to Win 06:25 The Football and Football Field Analogy 07:22 Athletes, Parents, and Early Programming 09:34 When the Subconscious Tries to Protect You 10:24 Three Clues a Belief Is Working Against You 12:44 Dr. Lise's Upcoming Book, Unstuck 13:32 The Heart Freedom Method 14:25 Things Happen for You, Not to You 15:08 Finding the Original Story 17:41 Relationships, Yin and Yang, and Feeling Heard 19:24 Is It Too Easy to Be True? 20:05 Why Some People Choose to Stay Stuck 22:17 Success, Money, Family, and Hidden Loyalty 23:37 Is This Like Hypnosis? 25:37 How to Work With Dr. Lise 26:58 Boot Camp, Heaven on Earth, and Human Development 29:42 Inner Work and World Impact 32:00 How to Find Dr. Lise Janelle 33:59 Challenges, Blessings, and Worthiness 36:10 Grief, Loss, and the Path to This Work 37:50 Final Thoughts and Closing

Welcome back to another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today we're joined by Alvin Sanders, President and CEO of World Impact, an organization committed to equipping leaders to build healthy churches in every community experiencing poverty. After decades in pastoral ministry and leadership development, Alvin has become passionate about helping ministry leaders avoid one of the greatest threats to long-term effectiveness: burnout. Are you serving faithfully but feeling increasingly exhausted? Wondering how to sustain ministry for the long haul without sacrificing your health, family, or relationship with God? In this conversation, Alvin shares the personal lessons that transformed his own leadership after experiencing burnout. Tune in as he offers a practical framework for building a ministry that lasts. When work becomes worship. // Ministry itself can quietly become an idol. He didn’t intentionally choose work over God, but somewhere along the way, serving Christ replaced walking with Christ. Spiritual disciplines gave way to ministry responsibilities. Prayer, Sabbath, retreat, fasting, and personal communion with God slowly disappeared beneath endless demands. The result was a ministry that looked productive on the outside while becoming spiritually unsustainable on the inside. Return to the basics of spiritual formation. // Rather than searching for complicated solutions, Alvin returned to the foundational practices Christians have embraced for centuries. Prayer, engaging Scripture, fasting, Sabbath, retreat, generosity, commitment to the Church body, and intentional spiritual rhythms are not optional extras for ministry leaders. They are essential practices that sustain healthy leadership. Just as championship football teams return to blocking and tackling when they lose, pastors must continually return to the spiritual basics that anchor their lives. Pay attention to the warning signs. // In hindsight, Alvin sees numerous warning lights he ignored. His daughter once looked at him during dinner and innocently asked, “Daddy, why are you here?” because she had grown so accustomed to his absence. He gained significant weight, neglected his physical health, ignored emotional exhaustion, and consistently placed ministry ahead of family. None of these issues appeared overnight, but together they revealed a leader drifting toward collapse. Burnout is often less about one dramatic event and more about a thousand small compromises over time. Healthy leaders steward their whole person. // Pastors often underestimate the importance of caring for their physical and emotional health. Exercise is no longer something he squeezes into his schedule. Now, it is part of his workday because caring for his body directly affects his ministry. Likewise, emotional health is not separate from spiritual maturity. Leaders who fail to process stress, trauma, criticism, and disappointment eventually carry those burdens into every aspect of ministry. Healthy ministry begins with healthy people. A three-legged stool for sustainable ministry. // At World Impact, staff health is built around three interconnected priorities: spiritual formation, engaging stressors, and leadership development. Spiritual formation keeps leaders rooted in Christ. Engaging stressors helps them process trauma, maintain healthy boundaries, and avoid adopting a “savior mentality.” Skill development—including emotional intelligence, leadership growth, and contextual ministry effectiveness—equips leaders to serve wisely. Remove any one of these three “legs,” and long-term ministry becomes unstable. If you’re approaching burnout, don’t ignore it. // Alvin closes with practical encouragement for leaders who recognize themselves in his story. First, honestly acknowledge where you are instead of pretending everything is fine. Second, intentionally rest by embracing Sabbath, vacations, and healthy rhythms. Finally, if the burden runs deeper, don’t hesitate to seek help from a trusted counselor. Burnout isn’t a badge of honor—it is a warning that something needs attention. To learn more about Alvin or World Impact, visit worldimpact.org or connect with Alvin on LinkedIn. You can find his expanded book Redemptive Poverty Work on Amazon and his recent webinar on redemptive poverty work here. Thank You for Tuning In! There are a lot of podcasts you could be tuning into today, but you chose unSeminary, and I'm grateful for that. If you enjoyed today's show, please share it by using the social media buttons you see at the left hand side of this page. Also, kindly consider taking the 60-seconds it takes to leave an honest review and rating for the podcast on iTunes, they're extremely helpful when it comes to the ranking of the show and you can bet that I read every single one of them personally! Thank You to This Episode’s Sponsor: TouchPoint As your church reaches more people, one of the biggest challenges is making sure no one slips through the cracks along the way.TouchPoint Church Management Software is an all-in-one ecosystem built for churches that want to elevate discipleship by providing clear data, strong engagement tools, and dependable workflows that scale as you grow. TouchPoint is trusted by some of the fastest-growing and largest churches in the country because it helps teams stay aligned, understand who they're reaching, and make confident ministry decisions week after week. If you've been wondering whether your current system can carry your next season of growth, it may be time to explore what TouchPoint can do for you. You can evaluate TouchPoint during a free, no-pressure one-hour demo at TouchPointSoftware.com/demo. Episode Transcript Rich Birch — Hey, friends, welcome to the unSeminary podcast. So glad that you have decided to tune in. Listen, I know you’ve got a million things going on this week. In fact, if you’ve got a lot of things going on, you really need to set aside the next half an hour or so to lean in on this conversation because I really think this is going to be helpful for you. I know it’s the kind of thing that you and your team is wrestling with plus we have a return guest on the podcast which what that indicates to you is this a person I want you to hear from. Honored to have Reverend Dr. Alvin Sanders with us he is the president and CEO of World Impact which empowers leaders to build healthy churches in communities of diversity and poverty. When urban leaders so when urban leaders are empowered that to own and lead their own ministry, individuals, families, and neighborhoods ultimately flourish. Super excited to have him with us. Enjoyed his episode from maybe a couple years ago and honored to have you back today. Alvin, welcome to the show. So glad you’re here.Alvin Sanders — Glad to be here, Rich, and thanks for having me back.Rich Birch — Oh, it’s great to connect a little bit. Why don’t you bring us up to speed? Tell us a little bit about yourself, about World Impact. Give us some context if people don’t remember.Alvin Sanders — Yeah, so President, CEO World Impact – our vision is a healthy church in every community experiencing poverty. We’re working to solve the problem that 95% of the world’s pastors have no formal ministry training whatsoever.Alvin Sanders — So we we try to bring that training to them and make it affordable and accessible. I don’t know if you’re paying attention to what’s going on in the Christian educational world right now in terms of universities, but it’s ugly out there. Rich Birch — Yes.Alvin Sanders — So we are really trying to make sure that people are equipped and they can be able to do ministry in the in the context that they’re called to do it.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s cool. Yeah. And I really, friends, I would commend you to to, if you don’t know World Impact, you should get to know them. You know, all them and the team do such good good work here. Well, we I want us I want you to take us back to 2007, so almost 20 years ago, which is insane to say that that’s 20 years ago, because it doesn’t feel like 20 years ago. It feels like just yesterday.Rich Birch — What was going on in your ministry and life? Yeah, kind of bring us into that part of the story. Let’s start there.Alvin Sanders — Yeah. So in 2007, I was wrapping up a 10-year project of planting and starting a church in inner city Cincinnati. And the denomination that I was a part of, the Evangelical Free Church of America, had offered me a position to leave the pastorate and to come work for them and run what’s called our “all people initiative”.Alvin Sanders — So me and my wife prayed, thought about it and said, yep, you know what? It’s time to make a good transition. And we made that transition. Yet for the first six months after that transition, we were, it was really a weird dynamic in the fact that when we would run into other people, people would say, hey, you guys look so much better than…, I mean, they didn’t say it this directly… Rich Birch — Right. Alvin Sanders — …but essentially what they were saying is you look so much better now that you’re out of the pastorate.Rich Birch — Right. What happened? You look great.Alvin Sanders — Yeah. What happened? You look good. Did you, did you lose weight? Did you, you know, glasses, whatever, you know?Rich Birch — Oh, no. You’re like, thank you, I think.Alvin Sanders — Yeah, and Rich, this wasn’t like a small amount of people. It was like every time we ran into people. So after about six months of this, we were like, okay, so what’s going on? And then we when we looked back in hindsight, felt like the last year or so of being in the pastorate, we had burned out.Alvin Sanders — And up until that point, I really didn’t know what burnout was. You kind of sort of hear about it, but you don’t really think about it. Why? Because you’re too busy, right? So you don’t sit back and think about ordering the chaos of ministry or anything of that nature.Alvin Sanders — And so we vowed that going forward, never again would this happen to us. So essentially I divide my ministry life in the two halves. Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — The first half is pre-2007. It’s kind of like how people look at the pandemic, right? Rich Birch — Yes.Alvin Sanders — So it’s like pre-2007 and then post 2007. And so we began to implement a series of things that helped us to be able to do ministry in a sustainable way and not experience burnout because you do not have to burn out doing ministry. That’s what I’ve learned since 2007.Rich Birch — Yeah, when you so when you think about that time, yeah, I love that. Like, hey, friends, thanks for telling me I look great. Or you look terrible a year ago. Okay, thanks.Rich Birch — When you look back on at that moment, you’re like, hey, I think we were burnt out. What were some of those those patterns, habits, evidence, signs that you look at and were like, oh, that is what was going on there? You know, what what was it that, you know, got you, yeah, that you kind of saw it yourself in that moment as you looked back?Alvin Sanders — In hindsight, what I looked at is we were basically on autopilot. When I first started that ministry project, I felt a call. I felt like I was walking with the Lord. I felt the Holy Spirit’s presence. You know it was like hindsight, it’s like the book of Acts stuff. You know it was kind of like God was right there. I was energized. I was excited. I truly wanted to make a difference in the lives and the hearts of the people who were there. I wanted to make a difference in the community. Alvin Sanders — But that last year or so, I look back at it. It was just 60, 70 hours a week, flip the switch, doing what I need to do. Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — Very jaded, cynical all the time, low energy, you know, vacation didn’t matter because I had to go back to work. You know, these are, you know, it was sort of like a call of duty, so to speak. It was this is my duty to do it.Rich Birch — Right, right, right. Interesting.Alvin Sanders — Right.Rich Birch — So now you made a few decisions to, you know, in the words you use was, we do a series of things. We changed the way that we work. What were those things that you changed? What were some of those things when you look back, now that you’re on the other side of that, what were some of those decisions you made to say, hey, we’re going to live in a different way? And what was what was that? You know, what is that? What were some of those?Alvin Sanders — Well, one of the big things that I realized, and it’s going to sound elementary when I say it, but I think as pastors and people in ministry, we forget about the basic things.Alvin Sanders — You know, I’m a big football fan, Ohio State Buckeyes to be exact, right? And so I remember, I can’t remember which one of those coaches, but I remember one of those coaches, I was listening to an interview one day and they said, hey, you know, when we lose, our first practice back is we go back to the basics.Alvin Sanders — Just basic stuff. That’s all we do. Blocking, tackling, you know, simple things. And one of the things we did was we went back to the basics of what it means to be a Christian. You know, over the years, they call that spiritual formation.Rich Birch — Yep.Alvin Sanders — So the basic things of are you praying? Are you fasting? Rich Birch — That’s good. Alvin Sanders — You know, you know, just if you type in spiritual formation in Google, you’re going to get a gazillion things that pop up. Right?Rich Birch — Right. Yes.Alvin Sanders — Well, we should be doing many of those things. Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — You know, retreating. You should not be accessible all the time. Sabbath. You know, it’s Hebrews 11 tells us that, you know, we’re among a great cloud of witnesses and that great cloud of witnesses are our people who, any and everybody who has ever been Christian ever in in in the entire history of the world. And Rich, hate to break it to you, but it’s not rocket science of how to be a good Christian.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — We just ignore it. Rich Birch — Yes. Right. True. Alvin Sanders — Because there have been people before us who have worked out, hey, these are the rhythms. These are the things that you do…Rich Birch — Yes.Alvin Sanders — …you know, to be Christian. Rich Birch — Yes. Alvin Sanders — And what had suddenly happened is I made work my worship.Rich Birch — Oh, that’s painful.Alvin Sanders — The job became what I worship. Now, I didn’t intentionally set out to do that, but I had so much passion and I had so much zeal to want to make a difference in the world that suddenly the rhythms of what made you a Christian took a backseat to the work that I was doing.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good. I want to come back to that. I want to put a bookmark in you made work your worship. I think that’s a powerful idea. I want to come back to that. But just before we leave this idea, you know, I love that the football analogy. I had and a nephew that was a receiver, college ball receiver. And I remember talking to him, you know, once as well. Rich Birch — And I was like, like, tell me, what you know, kind of what is your practice look like? And how are you, how do you keep on top of that? And he said, he said, well, you know, I’ve got these three formations, these three patterns that we run. And he’s like, I just run those formations all day long. Alvin Sanders — Yes. Rich Birch — It’s like, you just, you know, it’s like the same, you know, four steps this way, three steps that way, you know, turn, you know, it’s like, I’m just do that for four years. We’re just going to run that, which stuck with me similarly that, you know, I think oftentimes, you we can complicate this and we can say, hey, that you know we can complicate staying connected to praying, fasting, Sabbath, reading scripture, these kinds of things. We can drop them. Rich Birch — Were there any other warning signs looking back now that you missed? Again, in hindsight, you look back and say, oh, there were some some things on the dashboard that were blinking and I didn’t notice that you were leading up to this breaking point.Rich Birch — Were there other things in your life besides these dropping off that you know, that you, again, in in hindsight noticed and maybe are looking for now?Alvin Sanders — There was zero what they call work/life balance. Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — Zero. Rich Birch — Right. Alvin Sanders — At that time, I was working on my PhD. I was pastoring a church full time. Rich Birch — Right. Alvin Sanders — And I was running the church’s Christian Community Development Corporation that was attached to it.Rich Birch — Yep.Alvin Sanders — And oh, by the way, I was also teaching classes at the local Bible college.Rich Birch — Right. Yes. Alvin Sanders — And had a wife and I had two kids.Rich Birch —Yep.Alvin Sanders — And so I remember during that period, a huge red flag that in hindsight, I’m ashamed to say, I did not pay attention to. One Friday night I was sitting down and I was eating dinner with my family and my youngest, Gabby, she looked up in her little toddler face and she said, Daddy, why are you here?Alvin Sanders — And I said, what do you mean? I’m I’m sitting here. I’m I’m eating dinner. You know I’m here. You know she’s and she and she was so confused that I was home.Rich Birch — Oh my goodness.Alvin Sanders — So that’s so that was a neglect of family. Right. Rich Birch — Yes. Alvin Sanders — That was a huge red flag. Rich Birch — Yep.Alvin Sanders — Gained a ton of weight because I was not taking care of myself physically. I think that’s something we underestimate in ministry. Rich Birch — I agree. Alvin Sanders — You know, to the point now that I even I count when I go work out, that’s part of my work day.Rich Birch — Right. Interesting.Alvin Sanders — Because I said I can’t be a successful minister if if I am not in shape. So I see that as a you know, I don’t have this sort of dichotomy of the physical and the spiritual, all that. No, I it’s all one. You know, it’s going to hurt me spiritually if I’m out of shape, if I’m not eating right, I’m not properly fit and all those types of things.Alvin Sanders — So I wasn’t taking care of myself physically. I clearly was not taking care of myself emotionally.Rich Birch — Yeah.Alvin Sanders — We are emotional beings. We are emotional. I have come to believe, and this is maybe a controversial point, but I don’t know. It’s my belief. I have come to believe, Rich, that we are emotional beings that rationalize our lives with facts.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s true.Alvin Sanders — But there’s a lot of research out there that says we can think we’re rational all we want, but what we really do, we have never made a rational decision that does not agree with our emotions.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — So we must take care of ourselves.Rich Birch — Yeah.Alvin Sanders — I was not taking care of myself emotionally.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — Therefore, out of shape physically, neglecting family, which by the way, God says that’s the first ministry, you’re supposed to lead well. So if you’re not leading your family well, it really doesn’t matter what else you’re doing, you know. And just an emotional, just not emotionally regulated is the easiest way that I can say it. Didn’t know I wasn’t emotionally regulated, but I wasn’t.Rich Birch — Yeah. Yeah, that’s good. You know, the Carey Nieuwhof, friend of mine, ah you know, he says around this whole that topic, he says, you know, if you’re an alcoholic and you stumble into work one day drunk, you know, you get fired, or you or there’s a consequence, right? If you are a gambler and you’re addicted to gambling and you know you lose your house, that’s gonna show up and you know you’re gonna lose your house, there’s consequence to that. And you know one of those might be you lose your job. Rich Birch — But this area of like overworking, if we overwork even in good things, you’re rewarded for it. Like, you’re like, way to go. You’re a good soldier.Alvin Sanders — Yeah. Yeah.Rich Birch — You know, there’s, it’s almost like a badge of honor in ministry to be exhausted for Jesus. When you said, man, I made work my worship, that stung because I was like, ooh, I think I’ve done that before.Alvin Sanders — Yeah. I mean…Rich Birch — So take us inside, you know, ah other leaders’, you know, heads. How does that mindset quietly quietly set us up for this crash? How do we, you know, kind of unpack that even more for us?Alvin Sanders — Yeah, I mean, I say all the time I’m a recovering work workaholic.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — You know, that’s the way I put it.Alvin Sanders — And then a big thing that really set me up for this that I didn’t realize is that I come from a family of workaholics. You know, my father, who is my hero, other people have heroes outside of the household. My father is my hero. He’s 87 now, that’s my guy.Rich Birch — It’s so good. Yeah.Alvin Sanders — He, I grew up in a household, my father grew up in Jim Crow, Alabama. And he overcame so much. Rich Birch — Right. Incredible.Alvin Sanders — He went to when he joined the military, military was was sort of like a saving grace. He was in the military for 30 years. Rich Birch — Wow. Alvin Sanders — And he went to night school and he got two degrees in night school while working during the day.Rich Birch — Wow.Alvin Sanders — You know, my mom was an old farm was a was a farm girl, you know. Protestant work ethic. You know, you want she would say, son, you want to kill time, work it to death. You know, idle hands is the devil’s workshop. You know I grew up on all these idioms.Rich Birch — Yes, yes, yes.Alvin Sanders — And, and so that was in my DNA. And just by the fact that we live in United States of America, where busyness is a badge of honor, I believe you said, and we all are under the Protestant work ethic, you know, you know, who, what, what, what bum works only 40 hours.Alvin Sanders — I mean, you want to get ahead.Rich Birch — It’s true.Alvin Sanders — The minimum is 50.Rich Birch — Yeah. Right. Right.Alvin Sanders — You know, when I was pastoring, how many people in my congregation, you know, in terms of the white collar crew, you know, I had ah I had all spectrums in the church that I was in, I pastored. It was no big deal for them to just be gone all the time.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — If you get offered a promotion, who would tell you don’t accept it for the sake of your family?Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — Of course I’m going to accept it. It’s more money… Rich Birch — Right. Alvin Sanders — …because more money puts us in a better position…or doesn’t it? Rich Birch — Right. Alvin Sanders — It might, or might not. So counterintuitive thinking is something that we have to do. I mean, I’m in a place now where um God has blessed me that I have a lot of opportunities and I limit my opportunities. Because I say if if I’m gone all the time again, guess what I’m on the road to? Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — You know, and we may have a little bit more money, but then, you know, I’m in the I’m in the empty nesthood stage of season of life and I’d be missing valuable time with my wife. So it’s a reordering of the priorities, you know? Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good.Alvin Sanders — Yeah.Rich Birch — Yeah, it’s so good. And this is one of those areas where I see hope in you know next generation. You know i see hope in Gen Z leaders. There there is, like I think, a healthy pushback on on some of this area, which is I think is positive. I know sometimes, you know, I’m Gen X, classic Gen X, born 1974, the lowest birth rate year of the 20th century.Alvin Sanders — Yes. Yeah.Rich Birch — And, you know, and I think sometimes, you know, my peers and particularly the folks older than me, that generation, they they really did, they handed down this idea. And you know, there’s good change happening, I think, on this front. Rich Birch — But so how do you think about this now? So, you know, as you’re thinking about the future, or maybe you’re coaching your team, people you’re interacting with, you know, how do you kind of articulate this, maybe with a framework or thinking around this, so that we don’t just pass on more burnt out organizations?Rich Birch — How how are you helping, you know, lead an organization? Because I think there’s the reason why asked that question is I think it can be easy for us folks that are in charge. I run my own organization. I like often joke, like my boss is a bit of a taskmaster because it’s me, you know. But you know, when, but when we’re the people in charge, we get to set the pace. We get to lead in a way. How are you leading different now? How are you helping your people understand this different now? What are, how are you, what’s that look like for you?Alvin Sanders — Yes. So we, we have baked in in the cake at World Impact. Um, three things, three areas. We talked, we touched on it before spiritual formation, you know, that’s a big deal here at World Impact.Alvin Sanders — You know, we, we really want to make sure that people understand your work is not your worship. You know, part of our sustainable strategy is, you know, we care more about who you are than what you do. And we mean that. Alvin Sanders — And it’s funny because when you first say that to some people, they go, oh well, you don’t want me to work. It’s like, no we didn’t say that. What we said is we understand you are a human being. And we care about you and we’re going to invest deeply in you as you invest deeply into our our our vision. And so um making sure that work’s not to worship, make sure that people understand our identity is in Christ. Alvin Sanders — Understanding also the the spiritual disciplines. We incorporate eight particular spiritual disciplines. I probably should know them the my head, but I don’t. But let me see, I mean, I can roll off the top of my head.Alvin Sanders — Let’s see, you got church membership. You know, we, we, and It’s not cool, you know, to be a church member and people love to kill the church and criticize the church and this that the other. But I leave that to the accuser of the brethren to use the KJV version and use that to the devil.Rich Birch — Nice.Alvin Sanders — Jesus came to establish the church. Period. End of discussion. So you ought to be part of one. So, you know, we encourage our folks to be part of churches, to fast, to pray.Alvin Sanders — We have three times a year we’ve shut everything down and we have prayer days. You know, we we encourage people to be generous with their money. We encourage people to empower others. You know, so there’s we we we encourage we have a personal retreat days that we offer people for for, it’s a work day, but it’s a different kind of structured work day. We say we’ll give you one day a month where you go off and you examine yourself. You do a spiritual examen off basically, you know, off the old St. Ignatius type of spiritual examen. And then you also look at your professional development. You go off and we do that and we’ll pay you for that.Rich Birch — Right. That’s great.Alvin Sanders — You know, so there are a number of things that we do in terms of developing a rhythm. We call, you know, having a rhythm. Rich Birch — That’s good.Alvin Sanders — You know, so a lot of spiritual formation. And then the other s is we look at the, you could think of these S’s as three S’s or a three-legged stool that serves the foundation and they’re all intertwined.Alvin Sanders — So besides spiritual formation, we also encourage people to engage stressors, right? We there’s there’s a way that you work in the world. There’s I got this from my friends at Praxis that there’s three ways that you can engage the world. You can engage the world um exploitatively, ethically or redemptively. Rich Birch — That’s good.Alvin Sanders — So we want people to we want our staff to engage the world, and engage their jobs in a redemptive manner, which is, you know, sacrificing our lives in the pattern of Jesus Christ. Right. That’s we follow the pattern of Jesus Christ, that that we are doing this in order to make the world a better place.Alvin Sanders — We also have a posture of that we’re not the saviors. Many people who are in ministry, we get in it for the right reasons, but then we think that we’re the king and not a subject of the kingdom. Right. And so we think that whatever ministry we’re in, whether it’s urban, suburban, whatever it may be, that we’re the saviors. It’s like, no no, no, no, that’s not the right posture. The right posture is that to be utilized by God, you know.Alvin Sanders — And then also anybody who’s been in ministry any any time in their life, any, you know, they are going to experience a lot of what’s called secondary trauma.Alvin Sanders — You know, like mine was very intense being in a very violent neighborhood and ministering there. But even in suburban context, there’s a lot of things. Now, Rich, don’t know if you ever experienced this, but, you know, people, the sheep bite. Rich Birch — True.Alvin Sanders — They talk about the pastor. Rich Birch — Yeah.Alvin Sanders — They do a lot of things. You know, you’re misinterpreted all the time. There’s a lot of hurtful things that happen to you… Rich Birch — Yeah, it’s true. Alvin Sanders — …from an emotional perspective. And if you if you try to blow them off or roll them under, you know, let them it’s water under the bridge. No, no, no. Those things need to be engaged. Alvin Sanders — So that’s keeping the right posture, making sure we keep the right pace in ministry. So we have one school of spiritual formation, one one one leg stool of engaging stressors. And then the third leg stool is is skill set development. Alvin Sanders — And we have to understand that developing the right skills will not save us from burnout. That’s a false dichotomy. People think, oh, well, if I just develop X, Y, and z well, then, you know, I won’t burn out. No. um There are three primary skill sets that I think people need to understand when it comes to any type of ministry or wherever they’re doing it. A big one is emotional intelligence.Alvin Sanders — It’s there’s a guy by name of Daniel Goldman who really popularized the concept. He wrote this book years and years ago called “Primal Leadership”. And that book makes the case that therere there are things that you can develop to emotionally regulate yourself.Alvin Sanders — There’s a book they they don’t call it emotional intelligence, but it’s another classic called “Leadership and Self-Deception”. It’s a classic book which teaches you how you can engage the workplace and and by emotionally regulating yourself, which I think is directly correlated to spiritual maturity.Rich Birch — True.Alvin Sanders — There’s also the skill set of leadership development. I believe that everybody is a leader, right? We don’t all have the same responsibilities as leaders, but there are things that we can do to develop ourselves to become better leaders in the situations that we find ourselves in. Alvin Sanders — And then there’s also a a skill set that we can develop where we engage our ministry context in a dignified manner. So that’s sort of like our three-legged stool at World Impact, you know, spiritual formation, engaging stressors and skill set. And you can’t, just like a stool, if you remove one of the legs…Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — …the stool will not work. So all three have to be intertwined and working together to give you that strong foundation. And if you do those things, I have found that, you know, you won’t touch burnout. Because… Rich Birch — Right. It’s so good. Alvin Sanders — Yeah. So I’m very, very focused on that. And we have interwoven all of those things within the DNA of World Impact.Rich Birch — Yeah, I love that.Alvin Sanders — Yeah, I love…Rich Birch — There’s there’s so much to unpack there, friends. And there’s, you know, in six minutes there, you gave us what a great picture of how we should be thinking and leading in our environments. I love, particularly, you know, you talked you touched on the emotional quotient, the eq issue.Rich Birch — And, um you know, I’ve had a a friend of mine say, you know, it’s it’s impossible to be spiritually mature if you’re emotionally immature. And I think…Alvin Sanders — One hundred percent.Rich Birch — I think that’s true. And there are, we all know these people who they they walk around like they’re spiritually mature, but they’re they’re, you know, emotionally immature and it comes off. It’s like they’re bleeding. It’s like the internet’s made for these people.Rich Birch — Like they are, those people get good followings, which is terrible. And you know, they get people around them who are just like, yes, sir. Yes, sir. It’s usually sirs. Unfortunately, it’s a lot of guys… Alvin Sanders — Yes. Rich Birch — …you know, we’ve got to fight that. And I love that you’re, you’re attempting to do that, you know, at, you know, in the organization you lead at World Impact, I think is, is incredible. And one of the things, you know, calling this out, I’m not directly engaged in urban ministry, but the thing I, I think is, like, I think every ministry has its stressors to it. Alvin Sanders — Yes.Rich Birch — I think every ministry has trauma related to it. And I think what you’ve outlined here, we can apply really in any context. Alvin Sanders — Yes.Rich Birch — But I do want to underline for our listeners, the fact that this has come out of a context where, again, I don’t want to stigmatize or create stereotypes around urban ministry, but there is a lot of trauma. There is a lot of stress in the ministry.Alvin Sanders — Yes. Rich Birch — You know When you’re dealing in communities that are experiencing homelessness and poverty and you know, you know at the conflict, at the you know the epicenter of racial conflict, and you know all ah all of that creates the context that makes it next to impossible to serve in. And the fact that you’re leading there, I just want to commend you you know on that. Alvin Sanders — Yes. Rich Birch — And so this is actually a part of, well, talk to me about the expanded second edition of “Redemptive Poverty Work” and how does that tie into what we’re talking about today? Because I want to move people even towards that call to action out of today’s conversation.Alvin Sanders — Yeah. So the the things that I’ve talked about that I just talked about that we instilled at World Impact, it definitely works in in any context, no doubt about it. What I tell my suburban colleagues is that whatever you experience in the suburbs, 10x it. And that’s in the urban context.Rich Birch — That makes sense. Okay, that’s good.Alvin Sanders — Just 10x it. It’s not that you don’t experience these things.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — It’s that it’s much more intense…Rich Birch — Yeah.Alvin Sanders — …within the urban context.Rich Birch — Yeah.Alvin Sanders — So the expanded edition of “Redemptive Poverty Work” is is my attempt to really have our vision at World Impact come to fruition. Because at World Impact, if our vision is a healthy church in every community experiencing poverty, we cannot not talk about burnout.Alvin Sanders — Because the burnout rate within the urban context, because of the 10X that happens down there in in this in the urban community—but increasingly in suburban communities, to be quite honest with you. The same dynamics are happening in certain suburban communities—is that you have to be able to deal with it. And the big way that you deal with it is that you are intentionally engaging those things that can cause you to burn out.Rich Birch — That’s good. Alvin Sanders — Cause you cannot have a healthy church unless you have spiritually formed pastors who are engaging stressors and who are developing the skillset to make the community a better place.Alvin Sanders — So, It was basically by doing things in the field and spending a lot of time with our partners that I said, you know what, these folk need an expansion. Because when I wrote “Redemptive Poverty Work” a couple of years ago that we talked about, it was a little booklet and it was more academic.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — But what I realized is, hey, these folk need to know how to implement this in a practical sense. So that’s what the expanded version is about. It’s not only teaching you the principle, it’s like, here here’s how you can apply this to your life. It’s sort of like a field handbook, so to speak.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s fantastic. I think it’d be great for people to pick up, you know, a copy of this. And, you know, I think it could be really helpful for them as they’re thinking about, you know, ministry in any context. Even to help if there are folks that are listening in, you know, that serve in a suburban context and they’re trying to gain, you know, a bit more understanding of there are urban, but you know, brothers and sisters as they’re, you know, leading there. I think this could be a helpful resource.Rich Birch — For folks that picked up the first edition, you know, should they pick pick up a second? I know you’re not just trying to sell books, but like, help me understand, you know, obviously you’ve added a lot to it. For folks that are familiar with your work, what would your, you know, kind of what’s your recommendation that, you know, for them?Alvin Sanders — Yes, because the the first Redemptive Poverty Work booklet is really only one chapter in the expanded edition. It’s, as I said earlier, it’s really about how to apply and how not to burn out.Rich Birch — That’s great.Alvin Sanders — The whole thing is it assumes that there’s a point in your walk in doing your work of the ministry that you’re going you’re going to hit a wallRich Birch — Yep.Alvin Sanders — I don’t know anyone in ministry, let alone urban ministry, who hasn’t at some point hit a wall.Rich Birch — Right.Alvin Sanders — Right. To go back to sports analogy. Right. Talk about how if you’re a rookie and you’re coming into the and NBA, you only play like 40 or some college games. NBA has 82 games. No matter how skilled you are, no matter how much you play, about game 50, you’re going to hit a wall because you’ve never really played at that intense level for that long.Rich Birch — Yep.Alvin Sanders — Same thing with ministry.Alvin Sanders — At some point, you’re going to hit a wall. So within this urban context, you know when you hit that wall or hopefully before you hit the wall, read this book and begin to implement it in your life. It’s a failure for you just to buy the book and read it. Rich Birch — Yes.Alvin Sanders — A lot of books you just write, you buy it and you read it and you go, oh, I got the knowledge. I’m good. No, this book is like, read it and apply it. And I can tell you, it’ll work if you do so.Rich Birch — That’s so good. Where do we want to send people to pick up copies of the book? Where online? you know how how can they How can they get their hands on it?Alvin Sanders — Yeah, just go to Amazon. you can get it off of Amazon. Redemptive Poverty Work Expanded Edition. Rich Birch — That’s great.Alvin Sanders — You type that in or you can type in Alvin Sanders and I’m sure it’ll pop up. Rich Birch — That’s great. Alvin Sanders — Yeah, we’d we’d love for you to get it. You know, got paperback and hardback versions that are there. Rich Birch — Nice.Alvin Sanders — And then you can also go on YouTube. We just had it. We launched it last week. We had a webinar… Rich Birch — Great. Alvin Sanders — …around the topic of redemptive poverty work. It was about an hour long. So if you’re really interested in this topic, you can check that webinar out as well.Rich Birch — Nice. Yeah, we’ll link to that in the show notes to make it even easier for folks to to find that. We’d love for for people to track with you, Alvin. You’re doing such a great, great work. So let’s take us back to 2007.Rich Birch — Let’s say there’s a leader who’s listening into, well, I know that there’s a leader who’s listening in today. There’s at least one… Alvin Sanders — Yeah. Rich Birch — …in the couple thousand people that are listening in who are heading towards where you were in 2007. Not the new part, not the new job part, but the like, oh, I’m burnt out.Alvin Sanders — Yes.Rich Birch — This is not good. Maybe today they’ve been listening in and they realize, oh, wait a second. Maybe they had a similar thing with their kid. Hey, dad. Hey, mom. Why are you here? What’s one thing you’d want them to do this week? What’s one action step that they could take coming out of today’s conversation? Alvin Sanders — Well, I would say, I’m going to cheat. I’m going to give you more than one. But first is to admit where you’re at.Rich Birch — That’s good.Alvin Sanders — Because there are so I hate to say it. There are some faith traditions where it’s downright almost sinful to admit that you might be burned out. What? You don’t you don’t pray enough. You don’t do this. You don’t do that. Say, you know what? I’m tired. I’m still committed, but I’m tired. I’m jaded. I’m whatever. So the first thing is to embrace that. Alvin Sanders — The second thing is, you know, get some rest. You might it might just be an Elijah situation. You know, Elijah wanted to die and God said, no, man, just just go lay down.Rich Birch — Yeah, have a nap.Alvin Sanders — You know, you just had a really, really intense situation. Go lay down. Take some time. Go take a nap. Get some refreshment. Get some food. Look at your schedule and say, am I actually taking at least one day a week off? You know, are what’s your rhythm of rest, right? Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good. Alvin Sanders — Are you resting as hard as you’re working?Rich Birch — That’s good.Alvin Sanders — Are you taking vacation? You know, or is vacation for the weak, right? Are you taking your paid holidays off? Do, actually really start to take the commandment of Sabbath seriously… Rich Birch — That’s good. Alvin Sanders — …and actually start to rest?Alvin Sanders — And then there are some of us, and, you know, and there’s nothing wrong with this either. We may be too far gone, and we may need to take some time to go see a counselor, and to unpack things. Rich Birch — That’s good. Alvin Sanders — And to unpack some emotional wounds and things of that nature. So I would say, you know, first, acknowledge where you’re at. Second, actually start to rest. And then third, if these things aren’t really working, don’t be prideful. Go see a mental health counselor.Rich Birch — Yeah, that’s good. Alvin, you’ve been a gift again to our audience. Thank you so much for for being here today, for helping us think through these issues and take some steps. If people want to track with you or with World Impact, where do we want to send them online?Alvin Sanders — Well, if you want to track with me, you know, as a good Gen Xer like you, I’m on LinkedIn. So you just place to find me.Rich Birch — Love it. Love it.Alvin Sanders — It’s LinkedIn. Find me on LinkedIn. I have an Instagram account. I ain’t been on that Instagram account in forever. So, you know, that’s just not me. But you can find me on LinkedIn.Rich Birch — Love it.Alvin Sanders — If you want to personally interact, talk, whatever. Great thing to do on LinkedIn. And then the other thing is go to worldimpact.org and you can learn a lot more about World Impact and what we do.Alvin Sanders — We’d love to serve you.Rich Birch — That’s great. Thanks so much for being here today. I really appreciate you taking some time to be with us.Alvin Sanders — All right. Thanks for having me. 

If you are interested in the future of agri-food innovation, this episode offers a clear view of where the sector stands today: more practical, more disciplined, and more focused on technologies that can prove their value in the real world.In the final episode of Season 7 of the Computomics Podcast, we speak with Louisa Burwood-Taylor, Chief Communications and Intelligence Officer at AgFunder, a global venture capital investor working at the intersection of agri-food, AI, biology, climate, and deep tech.Louisa explains why agriculture remains one of the most challenging sectors for startups. A technology may be scientifically strong and technically impressive, but it still has to work across different soils, crops, climates, production systems, and growing cycles. In agriculture, innovation only matters if it can create real value for growers, supply chains, and the wider food system.The episode also looks at the growing role of multi-sector platforms, corporate partnerships, biologicals, robotics, physical AI, and the connection between agriculture, nutrition, and human health. From precision robotics to self-driving labs, Louisa shares a practical and optimistic perspective on where agri-food innovation is heading next.Companies and people mentioned:AgFunder, Verdant Robotics, Gabe Sibley (Verdant Robotics), Reservoir Farms, Atinary, Bayer, John Deere, and Bear Flag Robotics.Louisa Burwood-Taylor on LinkedInAgfunderAgfunder News

AiArthritis was built by listening to patients. For more than 15 years, conversations within the community have shaped programs, resources, research initiatives, and advocacy efforts designed to improve the patient journey. In this episode, Leila and Tiffany discuss AiArthritis' next chapter and how the organization is expanding its commitment to collecting, analyzing, and acting on lived experience data. The conversation explores what lived experience data is and why it matters. Patient stories can help identify unmet needs, improve healthcare conversations, influence research priorities, and drive meaningful change. Leila and Tiffany also share how AiArthritis is creating new opportunities for patients, care partners, and advocates to contribute their experiences and ensure every voice is counted. Whether you have participated in an AiArthritis program before or are just discovering the organization, this episode offers a behind the scenes look at how patient experiences become real world impact. It also highlights new ways to get involved and help shape future programs, resources, and advocacy efforts.   Episode Highlights: How sharing your experience can help improve care for future patients Why AiArthritis is expanding its focus on lived experience data Real examples of patient feedback leading to new resources and solutions New ways to participate in research and community driven initiatives What's coming next for AiArthritis Voices and patient engagement   Links & Resources Mystery Patient Guide: https://www.aiarthritis.org/undiagnosed JHA/HCP Communication Toolkit: https://www.aiarthritis.org/JIACommunication Submit Your Rant: https://www.aiarthritis.org/rant WTHellth Website: https://wthellth.org/ Have questions about this episode or topics you want to hear us bring to the table? Email us at podcast@aiarthritis.org  Donate to Support the Show: www.aiarthritis.org/donate   Follow AiArthritis on all social media platforms @IFAiArthritis Sign up for our Monthly AiArthritis Voices 360 Talk Show newsletter! HERE   Connect with our Co-Hosts: Tiffany is the CEO at International Foundation for AiArthritis and uses her professional expertise in mind-mapping and problem solving to help others, like her, who live with AiArthritis diseases work in unison to identify and solve unresolved community issues. Connect with Tiffany: Facebook: @tiffanyAiArthritis Twitter: @TiffWRobertson LinkedIn: @TiffanyWestrichRobertson   Leila is the Health Education Manager at the International Foundation for AiArthritis. She is a person living with Lupus and Sjögren's disease. She is passionate about inclusion and diversity in health education and meeting individuals where they are at in order to learn in a way that resonates with them.  Connect with Leila: Tiktok: @Lupuslifestyle.lei  

Mr. Beast Biography Flash a weekly Biography. Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has spent the past few days quietly reinforcing why he is both a cultural phenomenon and a long-term business case study, even when he is not front-and-center in a brand-new headline-grabbing stunt. On YouTube, tracking platforms like Viewstats report that his main channel continues to rack up staggering daily view counts, with his latest mega-scale challenge video still pulling in tens of millions of views in its first few days, a reminder that his audience momentum remains unmatched and central to any future biography of his digital empire. Prediction-market sites such as Polymarket and Lines even host active markets speculating on how many views his newest upload will reach by day two, day four, and day five, essentially turning his viewership into a financial betting line, which underscores his transition from “big YouTuber” to a measurable economic event in real time. In a twist straight out of a streaming-era true-crime sidebar, High Times reports that Jabari Brown, the young pilot who famously won a private jet in a past MrBeast challenge, was recently detained in Paraguay after authorities discovered over 260 kilos of marijuana on a plane where he was working as a contracted co-pilot. According to that same report, Paraguayan prosecutors have now cleared Brown of involvement and released him, and there is no indication that MrBeast or his company had any connection to the alleged trafficking beyond Brown's earlier appearance in the viral jet giveaway video. This episode is biographically significant not because of any wrongdoing by Jimmy, but because it highlights the unforeseen real-world afterlives of his high-stakes giveaways and the scrutiny that now follows anyone linked to his brand. On social platforms, smaller creators on YouTube continue to chase clout by reacting to his every move, from his older survival-style videos like “7 Days Stranded in the Arctic Circle” to newer social posts that ignite fan debates; one recent commentary video reacting to an earlier MrBeast-related tweet about the game Wizard101 is still circulating in the gaming niche, showing how even offhand comments from Jimmy can spin into days of content for others. While there are always rumors about upcoming challenges, new business expansions, or fresh MrBeast Burgers–style ventures, none of the major outlets in the past 24 hours have confirmed a brand-new company launch or large-scale partnership tied directly to him, so anything you hear beyond this is best treated as speculation for now. Thanks for listening and make sure you subscribe so you never miss an update on MrBeast, and search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production. Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

In this episode, Karen Gruber talks about The Power of Woo: Turning Inner Knowing into Real-World Impact. Karen Leigh Gruber is an international business coach and author mentor for spiritual entrepreneurs who are ready to lead with truth and grow with integrity. She is the recently published, top-selling, award-winning author of The Power of Woo: For Spiritual Entrepreneurs Ready to Trust Their Inner Knowing and Get Real Results. Her work blends strategy, somatics, and spiritual intelligence to create grounded, sustainable momentum. For More Information ★ To learn more about Karen Gruber check out her website: www.karengrubercoaching.com★ If you enjoyed the show, please leave us a five star iTunes review. Visit Spiritual Rockstar Podcast at https://yoursacredpurpose.com/ for more information!★ I encourage you to join our Rock Your Sacred Purpose Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/246228169428755★ Do you want to Meditate and Make Money? Grab your Free meditation today: YourSacredPurpose.com Show Notes ★ 3:17 – I am following the divine breadcrumbs.★ 9:43 – You are not in this alone. You are being called to do something different and you should not ignore that calling.★ 22:45 – We have a wide range of who we are, but people can sense the fake.★ 27:08 – There is nobody out there who is an overnight sensation.★ 41:45 – It doesn’t always have to be heavy and deep, but if that’s the bulk of your work that’s where you should be living.★ 47:55 – Rationally, people are judging us all the time anyway so we might as well be talking about and showing up the way we are being called to show up.★ 58:45 – What is your grove that you light up and get excited about?★ 1:02:59 – FREE GIFT – Take advantage of Karen’s 30 Minute Soul Aligned Daily Momentum Map here: https://www.karengrubercoaching.com/soul-aligned-daily-momentum-map-1★ 1:03:24 – Grab your copy of Karen’s book ‘The Power of Woo’ here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1734976012/ ★ 1:08:11 – Spot on, Daniel!★ 1:08:54 – Do you want to Meditate and Make Money? Grab your Free meditation today: https://www.YourSacredPurpose.com★ 1:10:12 – Listen, receive, trust and inspired action. Listen to the Show The post 523: Karen Gruber: The Power of Woo: Turning Inner Knowing into Real-World Impact appeared first on Your Sacred Purpose.

What does it take to deliver impactful learning in a global, highly regulated industry? Tim Greiner, Senior Director of USP Education at the U.S. Pharmacopeia, a global nonprofit that sets quality standards for medicines, food, and dietary supplements, shares how USP delivers education at scale to ensure those standards are applied effectively across industries and regions to improve quality and protect public health. Show Notes:Senior Education Director Tim Greiner explains how USP delivers training that improves quality and performance. Key takeaways from the conversation include:Impact over completion: In regulated environments, training success is measured by behavior change and improved quality practices—not just course completion. Design for diverse, global audiences: Effective programs balance modalities, regional preferences, and roles (regulators, manufacturers, students) without overcomplicating delivery. Blended learning drives stronger outcomes: Live and live-virtual experiences tend to have the highest impact, especially when paired with self-paced resources for reinforcement. Operational discipline matters at scale: Managing global training requires strong processes—centralized content, regular reviews, and alignment with evolving standards. Microlearning in the flow of work is the future: Delivering targeted learning at the exact moment of need can significantly increase retention, application, and overall impact. Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry's Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide. Learn more about d'Vinci at www.dvinci.com. Follow us on LinkedInLike us on Facebook

In this episode of GCMA Insights on Golf Club Talk UK, hosts Tom Brooke and Gareth Morgan explore how professional development programmes are helping shape the future of golf club leadership across the industry. Joining the conversation are three professionals who have each taken part in GCMA development programmes and applied the learning directly within their clubs and teams. Dan Housley, General Manager at Chevin Golf Club, shares his experience alongside Mike Bush from Ashford Golf Club and Colin Rabbatts from Coombe Hill Golf Club.  We also explore the decision-making process behind the respective courses each guest chose. Together, they reflect on the challenges they were facing before joining the programmes, what they hoped to gain from the experience, and how accurately those expectations matched reality. The discussion explores the moments where ideas and concepts truly clicked, changing the way they approached leadership, communication, operations, and decision-making within their roles. The guests also share practical examples of implementing learning back at their clubs, from operational changes and leadership approaches to everyday management decisions influenced directly by the programme content. They also discuss the value of learning alongside other managers and industry professionals facing similar challenges. A major theme throughout the episode is the importance of collaboration and peer learning. The panel reflects on how exposure to different perspectives helped broaden their thinking and how the programmes have led to valuable professional relationships that continue beyond the classroom environment. Looking ahead, the conversation turns to how these experiences will shape the next two to three years of their careers and clubs, who would benefit most from taking part in similar programmes, and what advice they would give to anyone considering applying. This episode offers practical insight into the real-world impact of professional development across the golf club industry.   www.gcma.org.uk https://gcma.org.uk/advanced-management-programme/   Connect with Us: Instagram: @golfclubtalkuk Website: Golf Club Talk UK https://www.linkedin.com/in/leighton-walker-2708b627/   Support us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/gctuk Rate & Review Please leave a 5-star review and share this episode with your golf circle!

In this episode, Dr. Gerard Criner, Chair and Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Director of the Temple Lung Center at Temple Health, shares how multidisciplinary collaboration, data driven infrastructure, and a focus on quality outcomes are driving growth and innovation in lung transplant care.This episode is sponsored by Temple Health.

New therapies are reshaping geographic atrophy—but are trial endpoints keeping pace with clinical reality? Anat Loewenstein is joined by Sobha Sivaprasad and Kristina Pfau to examine how success in GA is measured, from lesion growth to functional vision. The panel explores microperimetry, contrast sensitivity, and emerging tools that may better reflect meaningful patient outcomes.

Research astronaut and emergency physician Shawna Pandya, MD, joins host Chethan Sathya, MD, for a compelling conversation about space medicine's real-world impact. From an upcoming all‑female suborbital research mission to VR/AR training, remote imaging, and “independent medical operations” for Moon and Mars, they connect frontier challenges to better care in rural and resource-limited settings. Northwell is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, 890 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We're making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom: Press releases Insights Podcasts Publications Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit our career site and explore our many opportunities. Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.  For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.

Create Change to Have a Meaningful World Impact with Brian Berneman Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today I visit with Brian Berneman, a wellness coach and facilitator, discussing his background, journey, and approach to supporting individuals in leading a balanced and meaningful life. Brian emphasizes the importance of holistic wellness, consciousness, and awareness in achieving physical, emotional, and spiritual health. He also shares insights on abundance, body awareness, and the impact of ancestral experiences. Brian offers free relaxation sessions on YouTube and hosts the Conscious Action Podcast. Connect with Brian online at https://www.brianberneman.com/ Support the show Connect with Magic: A Magical Life Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amagicallifepodcast/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wholisticnaturalhealth/ Online: https://wholisticnaturalhealth.com.au A Subito Media production

Create Change to Have a Meaningful World Impact with Brian Berneman Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today I visit with Brian Berneman, a wellness coach and facilitator, discussing his background, journey, and approach to supporting individuals in leading a balanced and meaningful life. Brian emphasizes the importance of holistic wellness, consciousness, and awareness in achieving physical, emotional, and spiritual health. He also shares insights on abundance, body awareness, and the impact of ancestral experiences. Brian offers free relaxation sessions on YouTube and hosts the Conscious Action Podcast. Connect with Brian online at https://www.brianberneman.com/ Support the show Connect with Magic: A Magical Life Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amagicallifepodcast/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wholisticnaturalhealth/ Online: https://wholisticnaturalhealth.com.au A Subito Media production

Dr. John Kaufman explores prevailing perceptions around IVC filter utilization with Dr. Sarah White and Dr. Sebouh Gueyikian. They examine the operational and system-level challenges that impact follow up and retrieval, and they highlight proven strategies that support effective retrieval programs. Recent studies reaffirm the safety and real-world value of IVC filters when used appropriately. Through open dialogue, they aim to reinforce confidence in established, consistent filter technologies and to share actionable approaches that help teams optimize retrieval, follow up, and long-term patient outcomes in real world settings.

Sweta Singh explains how the market perceived Trump's speech on Iran last night. She doesn't think it believes the Strait of Hormuz is going to reopen in the near-term and discusses how energy prices have spiked today. Even if the U.S. is insulated on energy, our trade partners having to cut back on their own energy use will impact us. On the overall market, she argues that we should be worried about stagflation and covers the Fed's ability to avert that outcome. ======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day.Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading, read the Options Disclosure Document. http://bit.ly/2v9tH6DSubscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about

Truth Be Told with Booker Scott – If Republicans fail to pass real budgets and let shutdown drama persist, we will hand the narrative to those who will remake the country in ways most of us find dangerous. The stakes are not abstract. They are the schools our children attend, the safety of our airports, the limits on federal power, and whether birthright rules encourage a system no one...

Dr. Jill Brown has built her career around a simple idea: data only matters if people can understand it, trust it and use it to make decisions. An environmental communication researcher and data storyteller, Brown brings a background in social psychology, statistics and risk communication to her work translating complex information into something meaningful. From public health to environmental challenges, her focus is on helping organizations and communities move from data to action. In this episode, Brown shares how she approaches data storytelling, why tailoring communication to different audiences is essential and how clearer messaging can lead to better decisions. ----- About AWI: Website: http://awi.ua.edu Join the conversation on AWI's social media: LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/alabama-water-institute YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlabamaWaterInstitute X/Twitter: https://x.com/alabamawater Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alabama_water Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlabamaWaterInstitute

Reporter, Sheila Naughton assesses how the energy supports agreed by Government party leaders will help the most vulnerable in society.

What does it take to turn a scholarship into a lifelong career? In this episode of Connected FM, host Angela Johnson Culver sits down with Alana Dunoff, Dipin Kasana, and Mahnaz Ensafi — three former scholarship recipients who have risen to leadership roles within the facility management (FM) world. In this conversation, you'll hear about: The "Golden Ticket" Moment: How winning a scholarship opened doors to the IFMA community and provided the confidence to pursue a then-unknown profession. Theory vs. Practice: Why attending events like World Workplace is essential for new facility professionals. The Power of Mentorship: Personal stories of how industry veterans provide the wisdom and guidance needed to navigate a rapidly evolving field. Paying it Forward: How today's leaders are volunteering and mentoring the next generation of FM professionals, particularly international students. Whether you are a student looking to apply for a scholarship or a seasoned professional interested in the future of the industry, this episode highlights the lasting ripple effect of a single opportunity. This episode is sponsored by TMA Systems! Discover more at https://www.tmasystems.com/ifmapodcast Connect with Us:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ifmaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFacilityManagementAssociation/Twitter: https://twitter.com/IFMAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifma_hq/YouTube: https://youtube.com/ifmaglobalVisit us at https://ifma.org

Provost Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle sits down with Dr. Randy Wykoff, founding dean of the ETSU College of Public Health, to reflect on his decades of leadership, teaching, and service. From building Tennessee's first accredited school of public health to preparing students for real-world challenges through hands-on learning and community engagement, Dr. Wykoff shares lessons from a career dedicated to improving health across Appalachia and beyond — just months before his retirement. Find out more:  ETSU College of Public Health: https://www.etsu.edu/cph/?utm_campaign=College-of-Public-Health Podcast transcript:  Dr. Randy Wykoff We believe from the beginning that we had to be world-class. I think it's critical for students to see how what they've learned works in the community. So all of our public health students, environmental health students, health admin students have to do an internship. And that's basically a semester-long opportunity for them to take what they've learned and see, "Oh, wait a minute, this really does work. I really can go out and help this agency do what they're doing." Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Hi, I'm Kimberly McCorkle, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at East Tennessee State University. From the moment I arrived on this campus, I have been inspired by our faculty, their passion for what they do, their belief in the power of higher education, and the way they are transforming the lives of their students. This podcast is dedicated to them, our incredible faculty at ETSU. Hear their stories as they tell us "Why I Teach." In this episode, I speak with Dr. Randy Wykoff, the founding dean of the ETSU College of Public Health and the longest-serving dean of public health in the United States. Under his leadership, the college became the first accredited school of public health in Tennessee and central Appalachia and has tripled its enrollment since 2006. During his tenure, the college has secured more than $50 million in research funding and earned national recognition for teaching, research, and community service. A Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inductee and recipient of the U.S. Surgeon General's Medallion, Dr. Wykoff has made a lasting impact on public health education, and practice across the region. Earlier this year, he announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2025-26 academic year. So before he retires, I wanted to make sure to feature his wisdom and his insights on "Why I Teach." Enjoy the show. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Dr. Wykoff, welcome to the show. This is a bittersweet episode for me as we're just a few short months from your retirement, which seems like a good time for reflection. You've spent more than two decades leading the College of Public Health. What originally drew you to public health, and what ultimately brought you to ETSU? Dr. Randy Wykoff No, that's a great question. Thank you for having me today. I always tell the students that your career isn't a river. It doesn't always flow in the same direction. So I started out to be a tropical pediatrician. That was my goal. That's what I ... I'd lived in Africa as a kid, and I planned on going back. And so I went to med school, did a pediatric residency, did a residency in preventive medicine and tropical medicine. I got a certificate of knowledge in tropical medicine. I got a master's in public health in tropical medicine. And in order to go to med school, I took out a National Health Service Corps scholarship. And after interviewing at various places, for reasons that I don't quite understand, they sent me to run six county health departments in South Carolina. So two aspects of my career happened at once: one, shifting from medicine to public health, and the other was into a leadership position. So after four years, I left that and went to the FDA, where I spent a decade. I spent some time on Capitol Hill and then went to an international nonprofit. And when it became clear to me that I needed to move on from the nonprofit, I had no academic experience. I had no published research. I had no funding. So I thought, "Why not become a dean of public health?" And I saw the ETSU ad, and I had never been in East Tennessee, other than briefly to travel through it. And my wife said, "Well, if we're going to live in Tennessee, we have to live on a lake." And I said, "There are no lakes in East Tennessee." That's how little I knew about it. So that's what brought me here. I just happened to see a job. I don't know that I was qualified for it, but they gave it to me. So that's it. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle When you look back at the early days of the college, what was your vision for what it could become? Dr. Randy Wykoff Well, when we were accredited, we were the 43rd school in the country. And we were the newest, the smallest, the least well-known, and actually the least respected by at least one metric. And we realized that we had to do something different. We weren't going to be Johns Hopkins South, right? We had to figure out a way that we could be small but world-class. And if you want, I'll talk about the hotel analogy and how that played out. But we believed from the beginning that we had to be world-class, because we had to compete with these other 42 schools. All but one of them was at a large private institution or a state land grant institution. Two things I did that I'm kind of proud of. One was the hotel analogy, which was this idea that schools of public health are like hotels. Your five-star hotel has a gold elevator and doorman and uniform and a Cartier distributor and a Michelin star restaurant – more than you could possibly use in any one hotel stay and at a premium price. But large schools of public health were like that. Then your mid-sized schools of public health are like conference hotels. Good facilities, nice part of town, one nice restaurant. And your small schools of public health are like Motel 6s. They have clean washcloths. They have soap in those little plastic containers. They meet all the minimum accreditation requirements. But no matter how well you run a Motel 6, it's still a Motel 6. So our idea was there's actually three ways you can be small in the hospitality industry and be world-class. One is a bed-and-breakfast, which is about relationships. One is an adventure, like a barefoot cruise or base camp. And the other is a destination, like a safari camp. And we thought, okay, we can be all three of those. We can be one that's really known for how we treat students and how we treat each other, one that allows students to do things they wouldn't do anywhere else, and then promote Appalachia. Don't hide from it, promote it. It makes us unique and different. So that was the one thing. The other thing I did that I think was the only other thing I'm proud of, I've always had this idea that once someone shows you they can do their job, the best thing you can do is let them do whatever else they can do. And you see that you see people just absolutely go well beyond what their job description is if you empower them to do things. And that's worked really well for us, especially as a small school. We had to have people that could step up and do things that we didn't expect. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle That's great. Well, two of the secrets to the success. Dr. Randy Wykoff That's right. That's all there is. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle The College of Public Health has been nationally recognized for its innovative curriculum and teaching. How do you help students connect what they learn in the classroom with real-world health challenges? Dr. Randy Wykoff I think public health is somewhat unique in that while it is an academic field, it's an applied field. And so the students from the beginning know that they're going to learn skills that will be relevant in the workplace. And my personal theory has always been that when I'm teaching, my job is to prepare the students for the career that I had. None of them will have that career. But whatever I've learned on the way is what I should be preparing them for, because anything else is a little bit artificial on my part. I know a theoretical approach, but if I talk about here's how federal advisory committees work, here's how you work with media, the skills that I had to learn along the way. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle What teaching approaches have you found most effective when preparing students to work in communities across Appalachia and beyond? Dr. Randy Wykoff I think it's critical for students to see how what they've learned works in the community. So all of our public health students, environmental health students, health admin students, have to do an internship. And that's basically a semester-long opportunity for them to take what they've learned and see, "Oh, wait a minute. This really does work. I really can go out and help this agency do what they're doing." So that's important. And then what we do at Valleybrook is, again, it's applied skills. When we're teaching students how to make a water filter or a water pump, they're probably thinking initially, "I'm never going to do this in the rest of my life." But the reality is what we're teaching them is the process, the logistics, the ability to take what you've got and get an outcome that you need. And that's really important in public health, especially when you get to disaster response and things like that. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle As someone who's mentored faculty as well as students, and since public health professionals are educators in their own right, what advice do you give educators who want to become effective teachers? Dr. Randy Wykoff That's a great question. I used to look at all the SAIs (course evaluations), and I discovered that there were three things that you always see in a positive SAI and two things that you always see in a negative SAI. The three things are know the material, care about students, enthusiastic. Everybody knows their material. If you don't care about students, you probably shouldn't be in a higher ed. And if you're not enthusiastic, you're not thinking about how cool what you're doing is. On the downside, the two that come out are disorganized and unfair. Usually unfair is, "I didn't get any grades before midterm, and now I have no way to get my grade back up," and then disorganized is what it is. But in the College of Public Health, we have great faculty. We've won the teaching award, I think, five times. It's a real pleasure to watch people take their own natural approach to life and apply it in the classroom. You have people that are very systematic. I don't know if I can mention names, like Patrick Brown with POGIL (Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning). He's very systematic. We have others who are very hands-on and applied, like Mike Stoots. And we have others that are old-school, that get up and lecture, others who have interactive. But that's less important than knows the material, cares about the student, and is enthusiastic. Anyone who can do those things works out. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle I'll mention that right after we record this podcast, you're headed to your own class that you teach. Dr. Randy Wykoff I am. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Yeah. I'm assuming you use those approaches in the classes that you continue to teach. Dr. Randy Wykoff I do. And what I've tried – I co-teach it with Hadii Mamudu. And what we try to do is he teaches leadership from sort of the academic side. What's the literature show? I try to walk students through, again, the career that I've had. And the whole idea is to teach the application of the skills through doing. So that's my general approach. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle It's great that you continue to teach. Dr. Randy Wykoff Yeah. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Oh, yeah. Dr. Randy Wykoff I mean, you'd be crazy to be at an institution of higher ed and not do it, right? That's the great payback, is dealing with students. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Absolutely. Dr. Randy Wykoff Not that I don't like dealing with everyone else, but students are the high point. They're the highlight. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle That's right. During the COVID-19 pandemic, you helped lead the creation of educational videos and public outreach. In many ways, that was teaching on a community scale. What did that experience teach you about educating the public? Dr. Randy Wykoff I think it reinforced something that is in public health and in a lot of fields. You have to speak the truth. Speak as you know it and recognize when things are unknown or evolving or changing. But with COVID, there was so much information going out. Some of it was accurate. Some of it wasn't. So I just tried to use my updates to say, this is what I believe is true at this point now. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle I think that was the way I first got to know you was through your videos, through COVID. Dr. Randy Wykoff Yes. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Do you want to tell us what the tagline was for those? Dr. Randy Wykoff Well, that was "The Most Interesting Dean." Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle That one. Dr. Randy Wykoff Yeah, that was, again, it was an effort to make the messaging more fun. And what we discovered was that that ad campaign had ended in 2016. And there were a whole lot of students who had no idea what I was doing. And one of the people who works for me was like, "Why are you talking in that funny accent?" But the idea was make it entertaining, get the message out in a way that isn't offensive to people. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Yeah, it drew people in. Dr. Randy Wykoff Yeah. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle And you were the most interesting dean in the world. Dr. Randy Wykoff For a few short weeks. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle As you prepare to retire, what reflections do you have about the impact teaching has had on your own career and life? Dr. Randy Wykoff Oh, it's been, I can't think of a better way to end your career than teaching. You're taking everything that you've learned and you're passing it on to a new generation. It's incredibly rewarding. It gets a little bit awkward because my dad said that when I became Dean, my jokes would be a lot funnier. And it is a little bit awkward that people accord you this status above and beyond what you feel you've earned. And I think teaching does keep you humble a little bit because you're sitting there and every time you're teaching, you're thinking, “What don't I know about this subject? Why am I comfortable talking about this issue?” And the same with the weekly updates. I almost always have to do some research. I can't just spontaneously do them. But it's incredible. It's incredibly rewarding to be a teacher. And it's amazing to be at a place like ETSU that has focused on this community. I talk to other deans at other schools, and many of them have no real deep relationship with their region the way we do. The President says it all the time. We were created in 1911. And we went from education to business to health to the arts. We really touch everything that matters in this region. And in public health, that's what it is. Public health is everything that helps people live healthier, more productive lives. And I wouldn't want to be a dean anywhere else. And especially at a place that values esoteric research over the difference that you make in your community. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Finally, looking back, what do you hope your former students remember the most about learning from you? Dr. Randy Wykoff I hope that they are progressively proud to have come out of ETSU. I think five, 10, 15 years from now, a lot of the hierarchy in higher ed will be falling away as people start really looking at quality and realizing that ETSU really is an exceptional place. I hope they're proud of that. I hope they believe that they were prepared for a meaningful career. And I hope some of them become wealthy benefactors in 40 years. We often say that. We're creating alums for 40 years from now. I'm not opposed to alums giving back right away. It's important that they feel that they got a good education, that prepared them for the workforce, and that they can say with pride, "Hey, I went to ETSU." Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Dr. Wykoff, thank you for joining me and for sharing your reflections on teaching, leadership, and public health. Your commitment to education and service has had a profound impact on ETSU, on your students, and on communities throughout our region and state. We're going to miss you. Dr. Randy Wykoff Well, thank you. I'm glad I'm going to stay around. I'll just have a different relationship with the university. Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle Thanks for listening to "Why I Teach." For more information about Dr. Wykoff, the College of Public Health, or this podcast series, visit the ETSU Provost website at etsu.edu/provost. You can follow me on social media at ETSU Provost. And if you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to like and subscribe to "Why I Teach" wherever you listen to podcasts.    

What do a telecom CEO serving millions of people and a startup R&D leader building a new platform from scratch have in common? More than you might think. Live from MWC Barcelona 2026, Matthew Roberts is back to kick off Season 12 of The Great Indoors. In this episode, two conversations come together to explore how leadership and invention are deeply connected. First, Matt welcomes Carl Raymond Cruz, President and CEO of Globe Telecom. Carl reflects on the responsibility of leading a company that touches everyday life across the Philippines, and shares how Globe is working to expand digital inclusion, modernize the customer experience, and protect people from digital harm. Then, Matt speaks with Val Gorokhovsky, VP of R&D at 31 Concept, whose team has spent the last year building a new telecom intelligence platform for Deep Packet Intelligence which ensures data transfer security. From nation-building to startup building, this episode shows that the future of telecom will not be shaped by technology alone, but by leaders who know how to turn invention into impact.

In this episode, Eli Cahan (2019 cohort) talks with Abuzar Royesh (2018 cohort), who imagines a world where there is no inequality between developing and developed worlds. Abuzar reflects on how his childhood spent between Afghanistan and Pakistan shaped his worldview, and how his time in the United States as an exchange student sharpened his awareness of global inequality. He recounts how he decided to attend college in the United States and focus on policy, a path that led him years later to Stanford, where he earned two master's degrees: one in international policy and one in management science and engineering.Abuzar also shares the start of his entrepreneurial journey during his time at Stanford, as well as his current work developing fraud detection and anti-money-laundering solutions for banks in Nigeria. Finally, Eli and Abuzar discuss Abuzar's efforts to help evacuate 450 Afghan girls through the 30 Birds Foundation, and the lessons in leadership and courage he learned from that experience.Highlights from the episode(2:54) Growing up between Afghanistan and Pakistan(5:56) Experiencing the United States for the first time as an exchange student(9:34) Returning to Afghanistan with newly formed perspectives(13:26) Coming to Stanford as a Knight-Hennessy scholar(17:57) Lessons from entrepreneurship at Stanford and beyond(27:26) Helping evacuate 450 young girls from Afghanistan through the 30 Birds Foundation(33:59) Favorite Knight-Hennessy Scholars core memories

Jacqueline Sounhein, National Board Certified Teacher and director at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, shares transformative strategies for creating meaningful assessments that move beyond standardized testing. Discover how to engage students in authentic, community-based learning experiences by connecting classroom skills to real-world problems students care about. Jaci outlines two powerful strategies: first, engaging students in identifying problems within their school communities and combining those issues with curriculum standards to create relevant assessments. She provides practical examples, including how to leverage student passion about parking lot challenges to teach argumentation skills effectively. Second, Jaci demonstrates how to involve students in rubric development and assessment criteria, giving them ownership over their learning journey through journaling, self-assessment, and reflection. Hear an inspiring case study from Jaci's world cultures classroom, where students organized a community mental health walk/run that raised nearly $10,000 for NAMI. Learn how this comprehensive project allowed for both individual and collaborative assessment while creating lasting impact. Students still reference this experience in college applications years later. Whether you're looking to increase student engagement, create more authentic assessments, or connect learning to community needs, this episode provides actionable strategies you can implement immediately. HASHTAGS #MeaningfulLearning #StudentEmpowerment #RealWorldEducation #ProjectBasedLearning  #TeacherInnovation #Teaching Tips #NewTeachers #TeacherLearningJourney #FirstYearTeacher #NewTeacherTalk #TeacherPodcast

Kiren Sekar (CPO @ Samsara) joins us to deconstruct the "Innovation Engine" behind Samsara, and how this system drives real-world impact and ROI across their products. We explore Samsara's decade-long compound product strategy and the mechanics of accelerating feedback loops in an era where the primary bottlenecks shift from code generation to customer feedback and absorption of change. Kiren details how their data flywheel expands the aperture of what is possible to build and we dive into the system of customer-driven innovation: advisory boards, “spark sessions” to test hypotheses and gain unfiltered feedback. Plus we talk about the power of embedding engineers in frontline environments (from truckyards to construction sites) to cultivate “taste,” customer empathy and trigger non-linear ideas. ABOUT KIREN SEKARKiren Sekar is the Chief Product Officer at Samsara (NYSE: IOT), where he has helped lead the company from a hardware-hacking startup in a basement to a global leader in Connected Operations with over $1.5B in ARR. An early leader at Meraki (acquired by Cisco for $1.2B) and an Apple veteran with multiple patents, Kiren specializes in the rare intersection of hardware, massive-scale data, and AI. He is the architect of a platform that now processes trillions of data points for the industries that keep the world running—trucking, construction, and logistics. This episode is brought to you by Retool!What happens when your team can't keep up with internal tool requests? Teams start building their own, Shadow IT spreads across the org, and six months later you're untangling the mess…Retool gives teams a better way: governed, secure, and no cleanup required.Retool is the leading enterprise AppGen platform, powering how the world's most innovative companies build the tools that run their business. Over 10,000 organizations including Amazon, Stripe, Adobe, Brex, and Orangetheory Fitness use the platform to safely harness AI and their enterprise data to create governed, production-ready apps.Learn more at Retool.com/elc SHOW NOTES:Real-world ROI The Intersection of Bits and Atoms: How Samsara supported customers through a once-in-a-century snowstorm using real-time AI insights (3:59)The Practicality Filter: Why low-margin, high-utility businesses are the best "BS detectors" for product builders (9:25)Deconstructing the compound product strategy: 10 years of feedback loops, scaling empathy, and technical capabilities (10:53)Accelerating your innovation flywheel, customer and product feedback loops (14:39)The New Bottleneck: Why writing code is no longer the constraint, and how to optimize for customer absorption of change (19:58)The Data Flywheel: Leveraging trillions of proprietary data points to solve new problems and expand your innovation engine into new capabilities (23:36)Embedding engineers in customer problems: Why there is no substitute for engineers seeing the frontline environment firsthand (29:56)How customer empathy and "taste" amplify the benefits of AI coding agents (33:26)Building a system of customer-driven innovation: Utilizing Advisory Boards and "Spark Sessions" to turn 10,000+ customers into co-creators (37:40)Rapid fire questions (47:50)This episode wouldn't have been possible without the help of our incredible production team:Patrick Gallagher - Producer & Co-HostJerry Li - Co-HostNoah Olberding - Associate Producer, Audio & Video Editor https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/Dan Overheim - Audio Engineer, Dan's also an avid 3D printer - https://www.bnd3d.com/Ellie Coggins Angus - Copywriter, Check out her other work at https://elliecoggins.com/about/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How do you know if your app marketing is actually driving growth — or just generating activity? In this episode, we speak with Dane Buchanan, Global Chief Data & Analytics Officer at M+C Saatchi Performance, about one of the most misunderstood topics in app growth: measurement. Dane explains why clicks and impressions don't tell the full story, why incrementality matters more than correlation, and how brands often underestimate their real ROI by ignoring offline impact. He also shares a case study where better measurement revealed that media ROI was actually three times higher than previously reported — changing the company's investment strategy entirely. Today's topics include: Why traditional media metrics fail to show true business impact What incrementality really means in app marketing The gap between online measurement and offline revenue A real-world case study showing 3× higher ROI Designing measurement systems that work in a privacy-first ecosystem Links and Resources: Dane Buchanan on LinkedIn M+C Saatchi Performance Business Of Apps - connecting the app industry Quotes from Dane Buchanan “In one line, incrementality is what wouldn't have happened without the media.” “The issue with digital attribution and clicks and impressions is that it doesn't truly show growth.” “If you're only measuring online sales and ignoring offline revenue, you're not seeing the full impact of your media — and that can lead to significant underinvestment” Host Business Of Apps - connecting the app industry since 2012

In this episode of the SwineTime podcast, staff veterinarian Dr. Spencer Wayne is joined by fellow veterinarian and former partner, Dr. Jean Paul Cano, for a discussion on African Swine Fever (ASF).Dr. Cano is a swine veterinarian originally from Venezuela who completed his PhD in Minnesota and spent years working in U.S. production systems before relocating to Spain with his family. Now practicing near Barcelona, Dr. Cano offers a firsthand perspective on Spain's recent detection of ASF in wild boar populations—and the ripple effects it has had across the pork industry. ASF is a highly complex, resilient virus that affects only pigs, with a very high fatality rate and no commercially viable vaccine. Unlike more fragile viruses, ASF can survive for weeks in fresh pork, months in cured meats, and even years in frozen products, making biosecurity and containment especially challenging. In late November 2025, Spain confirmed ASF in two wild boars found dead in a state park near Barcelona—the country's first detection since eradicating the disease in 1994.Dr. Cano explains how geography played a critical role in the response. The affected area is surrounded by urban development and multiple fenced highways, creating a natural containment zone. Authorities quickly established control and surveillance rings, intensified carcass searches and testing, restricted animal movement, and implemented targeted depopulation strategies for wild boars.Beyond animal health, the episode dives deep into economic consequences. Spain exports a significant share of its pork production, so ASF immediately disrupted global trade. While some countries halted imports entirely, others accepted pork from unaffected regions under strict regionalization rules. This approach helped Spain avoid a complete export shutdown, though prices still dropped roughly 30–35% in the weeks following detection.The conversation also draws clear parallels to the United States. Drs. Wayne and Cano discuss how programs like the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Program (U.S. SHIP) are designed to provide the same kind of credibility and structure that allowed Spain to maintain market access. Regionalization, transparent communication, early detection, and pre-established biosecurity and traceability systems all proved critical in limiting damage. The conversation leaves listeners with a practical reminder: ASF isn't a hypothetical risk or a problem confined to other parts of the world. It's already moving through major pork-producing regions, and the work done before an outbreak— biosecurity, traceability, and planning—is what determines whether an industry can keep moving forward or comes to a standstill.

Le World Impact Summit est de retour cette année, mais cette fois à Paris, au plus près des décideurs politiques, économiques et institutionnels. L'occasion de faire venir les candidats aux municipales pour qu'ils parlent de leur programme en lien avec la transition écologique. L'occasion aussi d'échanger les bonnes pratiques, de mettre en commun les solutions qui marchent au niveau local, de faire se rencontrer les acteurs. Ce sommet, c'est aussi l'opportunité de retrouver de l'enthousiasme et de la force autour de la transformation des modèles économiques, dans un moment de recul et de backlash écologique. Discussion avec Nicolas Pereira, le Président et Fondateur, sur les enjeux de cette 8ème édition. Bonne écoute avec Impact Positif.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Michael Lunzer , Founder and CEO of Itiliti Health visits the podcast to break down the real-world impact of CMS-0057, the challenges of turning interoperability policy into practice, and where healthcare organizations can unlock value beyond compliance—today and in the years ahead

What if your financial advisor cared less about beating benchmarks and more about the family tree, mission, and life you're actually building?   In this episode of the Registered Investment Advisor Podcast, Seth Greene interviews Tyson Ray, CFP®, CExP®, CIMA®, CEO and Founding Partner of FORM Wealth Advisors, who shares how an eviction notice on his family's fridge shaped a mission-driven approach to money. As the author of The Total Relationship and the forthcoming Total Succession, Tyson explains why real advisory work starts with family, occupation, recreation, and mission—not pie charts, past performance, or product pitches. He shares insights into scaling past a billion in assets, fixing painful missteps with clients and the team, and preparing both families and advisors for the next great wave of wealth transfer.   Key Takeaways: → How FORM Wealth Advisors structures reviews and planning to reflect the actual shape of a client's life. → Why advisors stop selling last week's winning lottery numbers and start owning real-life responsibility for clients. → How FORM Wealth Advisors serves every branch of the family tree and why that has been vital to the firm's growth.   → Why cutting “smaller” clients can erode trust in a close-knit community. → How inheritances split one large relationship into many smaller ones.   Tyson Ray, CFP®, CExP®, CIMA®, CEO, and Founding Partner of FORM Wealth Advisors, has developed extensive expertise in investment management, financial planning, and business exit strategies, earning recognition from Forbes, Barron's, and AdvisorHub as a top advisor. Tyson also actively contributes to his community through philanthropic initiatives, including Children's World Impact. His journey began at Badger High School, where, as a sophomore, he invested $100 in mutual funds, sparking a lifelong passion for financial strategy. After graduating from the University of West Florida, he returned to Southern Wisconsin to launch his career in financial services. Tyson enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, as well as hunting, fishing, playing golf, and exploring the outdoors.   Connect With Tyson: Website: https://totalsuccession.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tysonray/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if your financial advisor cared less about beating benchmarks and more about the family tree, mission, and life you're actually building?   In this episode of the Registered Investment Advisor Podcast, Seth Greene interviews Tyson Ray, CFP®, CExP®, CIMA®, CEO and Founding Partner of FORM Wealth Advisors, who shares how an eviction notice on his family's fridge shaped a mission-driven approach to money. As the author of The Total Relationship and the forthcoming Total Succession, Tyson explains why real advisory work starts with family, occupation, recreation, and mission—not pie charts, past performance, or product pitches. He shares insights into scaling past a billion in assets, fixing painful missteps with clients and the team, and preparing both families and advisors for the next great wave of wealth transfer.   Key Takeaways: → How FORM Wealth Advisors structures reviews and planning to reflect the actual shape of a client's life. → Why advisors stop selling last week's winning lottery numbers and start owning real-life responsibility for clients. → How FORM Wealth Advisors serves every branch of the family tree and why that has been vital to the firm's growth.   → Why cutting “smaller” clients can erode trust in a close-knit community. → How inheritances split one large relationship into many smaller ones.   Tyson Ray, CFP®, CExP®, CIMA®, CEO, and Founding Partner of FORM Wealth Advisors, has developed extensive expertise in investment management, financial planning, and business exit strategies, earning recognition from Forbes, Barron's, and AdvisorHub as a top advisor. Tyson also actively contributes to his community through philanthropic initiatives, including Children's World Impact. His journey began at Badger High School, where, as a sophomore, he invested $100 in mutual funds, sparking a lifelong passion for financial strategy. After graduating from the University of West Florida, he returned to Southern Wisconsin to launch his career in financial services. Tyson enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, as well as hunting, fishing, playing golf, and exploring the outdoors.   Connect With Tyson: Website: https://totalsuccession.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tysonray/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textWhat if your best leadership tools were already inside you—waiting for the right spark? Expert Coach & Advisor to Founders & Leaders, Rachel Shelmerdine, joins us for a 'Founder Story' that blends rebel grit, design-world savvy, and the gentle audacity to be yourself. Once one of the first specialist coaches in the UK design sector, Rachel stepped back to homeschool her son in Italy and is now stepping forward again, bringing a richer lens on creativity, courage, and clarity.We talk about how “Alchemy Inside” turns survival mode into agency. Rachel unpacks the Coaching philosophy that helped major firms like Landor and Gensler, then dives into the work behind the scenes: shaping identity through story, protecting flow for deep work, and leading with humour and heart. Her mental clearing—the Lido di Venezia—becomes a metaphor for stress slipping away so that better choices can appear. Along the way: Laurel and Hardy, the power of good design that marries beauty with function, and the surprising tale of reading castles and trees on beermats in a Belgian pub.If you've ever felt pressure to perform someone else's script, this conversation offers a reset. You'll hear practical ways to reclaim your narrative, sleep on tough calls, and use language to make strategy sing. Rachel's take on coaching isn't a formula; it's a catalyst—reflecting your strengths back to you until you can see them clearly enough to act. Leaders facing anxiety, phobias, or a crowded market will find grounded tactics for momentum without the burnout theatre.Ready to rediscover your own gold and be known for the right reasons? Listen now, share with a friend who needs a nudge, and leave a review to help more creative leaders find their clearing. Subscribe for more founder stories, creative leadership insights, and warm, human conversations that move work—and lives—forward.Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website. Show Website: https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com You can email me about the Show: chris@secondcurve.uk Twitter thatchrisgrimes LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-grimes-actor-broadcaster-facilitator-coach/ FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/842056403204860 Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW wherever you get your Podcasts :) Thanks for listening!

Anjie chats with Dr. Nicky Sullivan, senior researcher at Impact Justice, a national non-profit innovation and research center focused on transforming the U.S. criminal justice system. Dr. Sullivan received his PhD from Stanford Psychology Department in 2024. During his PhD, he studied parents' and children's beliefs about race and racial inequality. In this episode, Nicky shares his journey from studying race in the lab to evaluating innovative initiatives like The Homecoming Project at Impact Justice. He offers practical advice for grad students on networking, while reflecting on the challenges of pursuing system reform in today's shifting political landscape.If you found this episode interesting at all, subscribe on our Substack and consider leaving us a good rating! It just takes a second but helps us reach more people and get them excited about psychology.Links:Nicky's linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicky-sullivan-phd/Impact Justice: https://impactjustice.org/Anjie's website: https://anjiecao.github.io/Podcast X @StanfordPsyPodPodcast Substack: https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/

Send us a textWe explore how AI and open data can shift healthcare from reactive to proactive, cutting waste and improving outcomes without replacing clinicians. We also compare Brazil and the US, unpack the economics of chronic disease, and touch on regulation, fraud, and the future of molecular diagnostics.• AI as augmentation to prioritize scarce clinician time• Brazil–US parallels in private care and funding constraints• Transition from acute to chronic care models with monitoring• Diabetes cost breakdown and avoidable complications• Targeting the highest-risk 5 percent for early intervention• Fighting fraud and administrative waste with pattern detection• Regulation, human oversight, and feedback loops for safety• Molecular biology and biomarkers for earlier prediction• Genetics versus lifestyle in personalized care planning• Art, abstraction, and AI as creative tools beyond clinicsFollow Mariano Garcia-Valino at ...His website that has huge artwork collectionhttps://mgarciavalino.com/LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mgarciavalino/Support the showFollow your host atYouTube and Rumble for video contenthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUxk1oJBVw-IAZTqChH70aghttps://rumble.com/c/c-4236474Facebook to receive updateshttps://www.facebook.com/EliasEllusion/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasmarty/ Some free goodies Free website to help you and me https://thefreewebsiteguys.com/?js=15632463 New Paper https://thenewpaper.co/refer?r=srom1o9c4gl PodMatch https://podmatch.com/?ref=1626371560148x762843240939879000

Explore the heated debate around JAWS screen reader pricing, subscriptions, and 40-minute mode as Steven Scott and Shaun Preece respond to passionate listener feedback. Hear real frustrations, funny tech stories, and a hands-on demo of the Hark podcast discovery app.Aira is proud to sponsor Double Tap, supporting a community that values independence, access, and real solutions for blind and low vision users. Aira is an app that gives you on-demand visual interpreting through trained professionals who can describe surroundings, read information, or guide you using your phone's camera. It also includes Access AI, a feature that provides instant image descriptions with the option to confirm details with a live visual interpreter. Aira works with major companies, airports, universities, and retailers that offer the service for free as Access Partners, and the platform is approaching ten million calls while remaining available on both iOS and Android. In this episode of Double Tap, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece dive deep into the ongoing conversation around JAWS screen reader licensing and the frustrations it causes blind users. Listener Callum shares a detailed story about the challenges of subscription renewals, 40-minute mode, and slow workplace procurement processes that can leave users locked out of essential tools. The hosts debate fairness, accessibility, and whether a better middle ground exists. Alongside the discussion, Lena delivers another brilliant demo – this time of Hark, a free podcast discovery app that curates short “Harklets” to help you discover new shows. The episode also features a hilarious viral story from Capital FM about a sighted commuter mistaking a mop for a cane, reminding everyone that misunderstandings can be unintentionally funny. Relevant LinksHark App: https://www.harkaudio.comJAWS Screen Reader: https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jawsAira Explorer: https://www.aira.io Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website---Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedin Subscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheart About Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited. "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, host Anne Bovelett sits down with Troy Chaplin, a well-known figure in the WordPress community and an advocate for web accessibility. Together, they dive into the importance of accessibility in web development, sharing personal stories about what sparked their passion for the topic and how it has influenced their careers. You'll hear […]

In this episode of the Tyler Tech Podcast, Burgandi Grace, principal project manager for artificial intelligence at Tyler Technologies, and Jessica Crone, management analyst for the City of Rancho Cordova, California, explore how integrated systems and collaboration are transforming local government.Recorded live at Tyler Connect 2025 in San Antonio, the conversation dives into the real-world impact of Tyler's Connected Communities vision — a framework that helps governments link people, data, and processes to improve efficiency and strengthen resident trust.Jessica shares how Rancho Cordova turned that vision into reality by breaking down silos across departments, automating workflows, and creating more transparent, resident-focused digital services. From paper-heavy processes to seamless online applications, she highlights how integration has reduced turnaround times from a week to a single day — while empowering staff and residents alike.Together, they discuss how leadership support, staff engagement, and creative change management — like Rancho Cordova's “Super Egg” mascot — can make modernization both effective and fun.Whether you're a government leader, project manager, or technologist, this episode offers practical lessons on collaboration, data sharing, and the power of connection to drive better outcomes for communities.This episode also spotlights Tyler Connect 2026, where innovation and collaboration take center stage. Taking place April 7–10 at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Connect brings together public sector professionals from across the country to explore new solutions, share ideas, and strengthen communities. It's a week dedicated to learning, connection, and imagining what's possible for the future of government technology. Explore registration details and early bird pricing in the show notes to start planning your Connect 2026 experience.Learn More and Register Now: Tyler Connect 2026 in Las VegasAnd learn more about the topics discussed in this episode with these resources:Download: Modern Governments Live in the CloudSuccess Story: TEA Winner: City of Rancho Cordova, CaliforniaBlog: Let's Empower, Connect, and Imagine at Connect 2026!Blog: Excellence 2025: Civic Interaction & Public Trust SolutionsBlog: Excellence 2025: Digital Services & Cloud SolutionsBlog: Partnering With Communities to Build ResilienceBlog: How Small Cities Are Using Technology to Grow ResilienceBlog:Unlocking AI Starts With Strong Data GovernanceListen to other episodes of the podcast.Let us know what you think about the Tyler Tech Podcast in this survey!

This week on the Tacos & Tech Podcast, we dive into San Diego's growing Bluetech ecosystem with Vanessa Scott, Director of Industry Relations, Innovation, and the StartBlue Accelerator at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. Vanessa shares how StartBlue helps launch and scale ocean-focused startups - from wave-powered sensor platforms to coral reef restoration biotech - and why San Diego is uniquely positioned to lead the future of the blue economy.From mentoring early-stage companies to securing a $14M NOAA grant, Vanessa is building the bridge between science, startups, and global sustainability right here on the California coast.Key Topics* What is Bluetech? And why it goes far beyond just the ocean* The origin and evolution of the StartBlue Accelerator* Scripps Institution of Oceanography's century-long legacy of innovation* Why Bluetech needs business minds and scientists* How San Diego became a hub for ocean startups and blue data infrastructure* The importance of community, collaboration, and programs like I-Corps* What to expect at Blue Tech Month, including in-water demos and tall ship meetups* Startup highlights: Hybrid Reef, Del Mar Oceanographic, Ocean Motion, Kaipono, and moreLinks & Resources:* StartBlue Accelerator* Scripps Institution of Oceanography* Blue Tech Month Events via TMA BlueTech* BlueNalu – Cultivated Seafood InnovationConnect with Vanessa:* LinkedIn – Vanessa Scott This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

More analysis at https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/ A month after the second anniversary of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel and the subsequent prolonged genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the fate of Trump's latest proposals for an end to the war is still in the balance. The US plans to impose a transitional government of technocrats on the Palestinians in Gaza, backed up by outside armed forces – a form of naked colonialism. Israeli military forces will be allowed to remain inside the perimeter of the Gaza strip, maintaining control of its borders – a continued blockade, imprisoning the Palestinians and deciding what goods can enter and leave the strip. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu has made clear that Israel has no intention of entirely withdrawing from Gaza and stressed that there will be no possibility of a Palestinian state. Today, with nationality-based distrust and division dominating the Israel-Palestine landscape, a solution can seem further away than ever. On a capitalist basis, it's not just further away, but impossible. However, consciousness of workers and the poor in Israel and among Palestinians will not be disconnected from developments in other parts of the world, a world in which young people are increasingly questioning whether capitalist crisis is their only future. Further reading: The World Impact of Two Years of War on Gaza – and what lies ahead? https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/06/the-world-impact-of-two-years-of-war-on-gaza-and-what-lies-ahead/ Gaza Ceasefire – Struggle for the Complete End of the War of Extermination and the Overthrow of the Netanyahu Government https://www.socialistworld.net/2025/10/13/gaza-ceasefire-struggle-for-the-complete-end-of-the-war-of-extermination-and-the-overthrow-of-the-netanyahu-government/ More Info - Click here for all your Socialist Party links: https://linkin.bio/socialistparty/ We need your help campaigning! The establishment political parties have the backing of the capitalist elites. We need to build a mass movement of working class fighters to take them on. Find out more details about your local campaigns and how you can help by filling in this form: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/join The Socialist Party has no big-business backers, so we rely on your donations to fund all our campaigns. Donate at https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/socialism-2025/ Subscribe to our weekly paper, ‘The Socialist', and our monthly magazine ‘Socialism Today': https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/subscribe-2/

For over 25 years, Tyson Ray has sat in the same seat many entrepreneurs find themselves in today: running a successful business, serving clients at the highest level, and facing the question of what comes next.As co-founder and CEO of FORM Wealth Advisors, Tyson has led through market cycles, built a multigenerational team, acquired firms, and guided clients through every kind of transition. He spent years focused on everyone else's future until he realized his own succession plan wasn't where it needed to be.That moment became the foundation for the SPACE Framework™ (See, Prepare, Act, Commit, Exit), which Tyson shares in his latest book Total Succession. Built for advisors who care deeply about their clients, their teams, and the legacy they leave behind, it offers a clear path to exit with confidence and full compensation.Tyson holds advanced credentials from the Yale School of Management and the Business Enterprise Institute, along with his CFP®, CIMA®, and CExP® designations. His work has earned national recognition, including:• Barron's Top 1,200 Advisors (2021–2024)• Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor (2018–2024)• AdvisorHub Top 150 Advisors to Watch Under $1B (2024)• Chairman's Council Advisor (2005–2024)Beyond the business, Tyson is co-founder of Children's World Impact, a nonprofit providing global humanitarian aid. His leadership there has been recognized with the Invest in Others Global Community Impact Award and REP. Magazine's Advisor with a Heart.Learn more: http://totalsuccession.com/Influential Entrepreneurs with Mike Saundershttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/interview-with-tyson-ray-co-founder-and-ceo-of-form-wealth-advisors

For over 25 years, Tyson Ray has sat in the same seat many entrepreneurs find themselves in today: running a successful business, serving clients at the highest level, and facing the question of what comes next.As co-founder and CEO of FORM Wealth Advisors, Tyson has led through market cycles, built a multigenerational team, acquired firms, and guided clients through every kind of transition. He spent years focused on everyone else's future until he realized his own succession plan wasn't where it needed to be.That moment became the foundation for the SPACE Framework™ (See, Prepare, Act, Commit, Exit), which Tyson shares in his latest book Total Succession. Built for advisors who care deeply about their clients, their teams, and the legacy they leave behind, it offers a clear path to exit with confidence and full compensation.Tyson holds advanced credentials from the Yale School of Management and the Business Enterprise Institute, along with his CFP®, CIMA®, and CExP® designations. His work has earned national recognition, including:• Barron's Top 1,200 Advisors (2021–2024)• Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor (2018–2024)• AdvisorHub Top 150 Advisors to Watch Under $1B (2024)• Chairman's Council Advisor (2005–2024)Beyond the business, Tyson is co-founder of Children's World Impact, a nonprofit providing global humanitarian aid. His leadership there has been recognized with the Invest in Others Global Community Impact Award and REP. Magazine's Advisor with a Heart.Learn more: http://totalsuccession.com/Influential Entrepreneurs with Mike Saundershttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/interview-with-tyson-ray-co-founder-and-ceo-of-form-wealth-advisors

Greg and Tim continue evaluating clips from The Diary of a CEO, discussing the need for meaning to inform purpose, whether evolution can explain our sense of meaning, whether subjective experience can be evidential, atheist Alex O'Connor's advice for finding meaning, and more.   Topics: Meaning comes first, then purpose flows from meaning. (00:00) It's not just a matter of finding “something” to give you purpose. (07:00) Is purpose found in working on a task you believe will fulfill you when you finish? (15:00) Can our sense of meaning be explained by evolution? (22:00) Is technology destroying our sense of meaning by exposing us to competing understandings of the world that show us our beliefs are merely subjective? (31:00) Can the subjective sense of meaning a person feels be evidence for the truth of his view? (37:00) Atheist Alex O'Connor's advice for someone who wants to stir up feelings of meaning in his life. (46:00) What's the purpose of religion? (52:00) Mentioned on the Show:  Greg on The Diary of a CEO Get a free copy of a chapter from The Story of Reality Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensees Edited, Outlined and Explained by Peter Kreeft Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air by Francis Beckwith and Greg Koukl Related Links: Values Fight Poverty by Amy Hall The True Story of Christian Missionaries by Amy Hall How Christianity Changed the World – Impact 360 video Wilberforce and Social Change by Melinda Penner

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Stacy Dean, the Carbonell Family Executive Director for the Global Food Institute at GW. They discuss the changes from the Trump-Vance Administration that have weakened the federal nutrition safety net, the need to translate research and knowledge into actionable recommendations for policy officials, and how we can pave a path for young people to help them transform food and agriculture systems for the better. Plus, hear about the U.S. Department of Agriculture's deadline for states to prepare for changes to the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), how the U.S. government shutdown has impacted farmers, the new EAT-Lancet report's recommendations for a planetary health diet, and what recent research reveals about the economic and social benefits of Zero Budget Natural Farming in India.  While you're listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.

In conversation with podcast host Marlena Fahmy, Pranav Dalal, Founder and CEO of Office Beacon, reflects on building a 5,500-person global staffing company from the ground up and what it means to be a Chief Disruption Officer. Together, they discuss scaling without outside investment, blending AI with human expertise, and using technology to make business more personal. Pranav shares how Office Beacon connects remote operations to in-person experiences, including events at SoFi Stadium, and offers practical lessons on leading with innovation, structure, and trust. 

In this episode, Big Chief discusses his journey into the crypto space, focusing on the concept of Real World Impact (RWI). He explains the evolution from Web1 to Web3, emphasizing the importance of community and shared narratives in the crypto world. He highlights the role of humor in attracting people to crypto projects and discusses various initiatives aimed at promoting awareness and social good, including mental health and gender equality. He shares examples of real-world impact projects and encourages listeners to engage with their communities for meaningful change.Https://bawlsonu.life

In this episode of The Full Desk Experience's Industry Spotlight, Chris Hesson joins Kortney Harmon to cut through the AI hype and reveal how recruiters are truly reshaping their day-to-day processes. Chris brings years of experience working with hundreds of recruiting teams, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how AI is streamlining workflows, surfacing new insights, and freeing recruiters to focus on the one thing AI can't replace: relationships.Key insights you can't miss:How AI is helping recruiters move from fragmented, “spray and pray” sourcing to structured, targeted outreachReal numbers on time savings—up to 11 hours a week— and what top firms are doing with that extra capacityThe evolving role of operations leaders in aligning tech, data, and process for sustainable successWhy relationships remain the differentiator, and how AI can strengthen—not weaken—the human touchIs your team chasing every new AI tool without a clear process? Are you saving time but not reinvesting it in the conversations and relationships that drive revenue?Press play now to hear Chris's proven insights and discover how to future-proof your recruiting desk in the AI era._________________Follow Chris Hesson on LinkedIn: LinkedIn | ChrisFDE+: AI Recruiting Revolution Conference: https://fde-ai-recruiting-advantage.heysummit.com/Follow Crelate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crelate/Want to learn more about Crelate? Book a demo hereSubscribe to our newsletter: https://www.crelate.com/blog/full-desk-experience 

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Wendy Lipton-Dibner about how leaders build impassioned engagement, unrivaled loyalty, and boundless growth by measuring real-world impact. Wendy Lipton-Dibner, MA, author of WHAT MATTERS MATTERS MOST®: How Leaders Build Impassioned Engagement, Unrivaled Loyalty, And Boundless Growth By Measuring Real-World Impact, is the leading authority on organizational development through strategic and operational impact. A multiple-time bestselling author, sought-after strategist, and serial entrepreneur, Lipton-Dibner is known for her unparalleled ability to help organizations increase profitability by maximizing and capitalizing on the Real-World Impact they create for all stakeholders. President, Founder, and CEO of Professional Impact, Inc., Lipton-Dibner is the developer of Organizational Impact Strategy, inventor of Real-World Impact Metrics, and creator of the companion app. She has helped thousands of enterprise, healthcare, small business, and non-profit leaders increase team effectiveness and revenue as the direct result of making a measurable difference in people's lives. Check out all of the podcasts in the HCI Podcast Network!

Join us on Dog Works Radio as we explore the transformative journey of therapy dogs trained by Alaska Dog Works. Discover how these purpose-driven pets become powerful agents of comfort and connection in schools, clinics, and beyond. Led by Michele Forto, our Dogs Assisting with Grace program equips therapy teams to deliver calm, compassionate support in real-world environments. Key Highlights: Alaska Dog Works' unique training approach for therapy dogs. Real-world applications in schools, clinics, and community settings. Insights from Michelle Forto on behavioral science and handler education. Client success stories and the measurable impact of therapy dogs. Visit alaskadogworks.com for more information and use promo code DOGWORKS to save 20% on your training program. Subscribe to Dog Works Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Hosts: Robert and Michele Forto Special Guest: Nicole Forto  

In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, Cameron explores the rapid evolution of cutting-edge tools that are reshaping the way businesses operate. The discussion highlights real-world examples of how quick thinking and innovative approaches can transform seemingly complex tasks into simple, streamlined processes. With insights from industry leaders, You'll hear about the power of leveraging new technology to create impactful solutions on the fly—often with surprising results. The conversation also explores strategies for driving team adoption of emerging tools, emphasizing the importance of experimentation, collaboration, and internal engagement. Creative approaches, such as friendly competitions and structured learning initiatives, demonstrate how organizations can build a culture of curiosity and efficiency.With practical takeaways and compelling anecdotes, this episode serves as both a wake-up call and a roadmap for those looking to stay ahead in an ever-changing landscape.If you've enjoyed this episode of the Second in Command podcast, be sure to leave a review and subscribe today!In This Episode You'll Learn:The importance of finding experts who can help automate processes and save time.Why training employees on AI tools and encouraging them to share their learnings with colleagues is vital.The importance of hiring sales and marketing people first to grow revenue before developing leadership skills.Cameron's approach to hiring offshore talent to save costs and increase efficiency.And much more...Resources:Connect with Cameron: Website | LinkedInGet Cameron's latest book "Second in Command: Unleash the Power of your COO"Get Cameron's online course – Invest In Your Leaders