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Are your to-do lists leading to more stress than productivity? In this episode, I've invited Robert Kim to discuss why it's time to throw out the traditional to-do list and focus on what truly matters. Robert shares his revolutionary approach to managing tasks, emphasizing the importance of aligning daily actions with overarching goals. Dive deep into the intricacies of prioritizing tasks in high-pressure environments like startups, and discover how Robert's experiences at Zuub, an innovative company in the dental insurance verification space, have shaped his unique perspective.Robert takes us through the journey of Zuub, explaining how the company addresses inefficiencies in practices to improve case acceptance rates and streamline patient engagement. Along the way, you'll gain valuable insights into the art of prioritizing tasks based on their impact on clients and the overall mission. This conversation is a must-listen for anyone struggling to manage their workload effectively or those looking to elevate their productivity strategy.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Why traditional to-do lists might be holding you back.How to focus on critical tasks that align with your main objectives.The challenges of managing priorities in a startup environment.Insights into operational inefficiencies in practices.How Zuub improves case acceptance rates and patient engagement.The importance of prioritizing based on impact rather than volume.Ready to redefine your approach to productivity? Click play and transform your to-do lists with, Robert Kim!‍‍You can reach out to Robert Kim here:Website: https://zuub.com/‍Mentions and Links: Businesses/Services:Amazon‍Terms:PMS - Practice Management Software‍If you want your questions answered on Monday Morning Episodes, ask me on these platforms:My Newsletter: https://thedentalmarketer.lpages.co/newsletter/The Dental Marketer Society Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2031814726927041‍Episode Transcript (Auto-Generated - Please Excuse Errors)‍Michael: Hey, Robert. So talk to us. What's one piece of advice you can give us this Monday morning? Robert: I'd say throw out your to do list. Michael: Why is that? Robert: So I think that too many of us have the best of intentions, and oftentimes we create a lot of these punch lists of things that, we think that we need to get done, we'd like to get done, whether they're aspirational or tactical, or whatever the case might be, and oftentimes we lose sight of what we really need to get done and those to do lists, While they can be great in terms of getting your thoughts down, I think that oftentimes we use them a bit as a crutch of well, these are the only things I need to do, or it can be the flip side to become this overwhelming terror filled list of things that you don't think you can ever get done.What I mean by getting rid of the to do list is remember what are the things that you really need to get done. Why are you getting those things done? And write those things down and focus on that. Michael: Now, with the to do list. could this be the way of remembering things though? Like for example, if we were going through so many things throughout the motions, I feel like sometimes I'm like, I got to write this down or else I'm going to forget it. Robert: you're absolutely right. I would say that. if your mind is as porous as mine, and mine is a complete sieve, if I don't write something down, it doesn't exist.It's gone. It's in the ether, right? So I'm not saying don't take notes. Don't write things down. because without it, we wouldn't be able to, function on a day to day basis. What I'm advocating though, is all of those to dos they should all bubble up and align to something that.Is at a higher order of things that need to get done for a particular purpose. So what I like to do for myself and what I recommend to my teams on a daily basis, you know, we're a startup company. There are a million different competing priorities. And if I were to look at my punch list, I'm looking at it right now over here on the side.It's overwhelming. And to the point of potentially causing paralysis if you were to just try to operate off of that punch list, what I'm recommending is let's remember what's the focus. Why are all of these things on that list? What is it that you're trying to accomplish? And if you look at it from that lens, that helps to prioritize the things that you absolutely need to get done.Some things are deadline based, and if there is a hard backstop that you can't go beyond, of course, that's going to be prioritized, but all of those other things, the things that you really feel like you need to get done, you just don't know how to get started. Or you find the lack of motivation to get started.It's because you're losing sight of what that larger vision, that larger goal is. Michael: Gotcha. Okay. So you mentioned it to, like you're a startup company, right? What happens when there's stuff that needs to get done deadline based, is there a way to gauge it to where it's like, it's not that important.It is important. Maybe this could wait another, did I put a deadline when I didn't even need to put a deadline kind of thing? You know what I mean? But that all also takes time to sit down and look through. Robert: So let me give you a little bit of color and context of what it is that we do here.I'll make it a little bit more personal, but how I, go about my day. So at Zoob, our number one selling product is automated insurance verification. You know, Offices come to us with the need because they're overwhelmed in their daily task of. verifying insurances withthe various portals or calling these insurance companies, wasting 20 to 40 hours a week just in that activity, right?It's a never ending list of things that need to get done on a daily basis. So we take that on for them. The way that we prioritize things here and for myself is anything that's client facing, because this is such a mission critical operation within their business. If it's impacting the client, that always goes up to the top.Now, there are things that we have to do to prioritize that punch list. So the overarching theme is impact a client and how severe it is. If it's severity level one, then that's something we get on right away. If it's something that is impacts the client, but the client can actually get the work done, it might not be optimal.They might be a little bit slower than they would like. That's something that we're still going to give immediate attention to, but it's not as severe as that level one, right? It all comes down to immediate impact a client, but then there's a secondary overarching goal and that is to improve the life of our client.they might sound like they're one in the same, but it really isn't. The second one is what can we do? What are things that we haven't done yet that will impact our clients in the way that in the future it will make their lives better. It will give them back more time. It will help them to focus more on patient care things like that.those are the activities that we would prioritize next. And it's a matter of filling up that queue on a daily basis of which of them fall under the following buckets and then knocking them off one at a time. Michael: Gotcha, okay. Is that how Zoob kind of came out to be? Where you were like, you're in a practice and you're thinking, Hey, how can we kind of like eliminate some of these high priorities, but like, you know what I mean, checklist items?Don't take up much time or Robert: where Zube came in the whole team were all veterans dental space. And what we saw were that a lot of practices were because of the inefficiencies, either whether it's operationally related or PMS related, they were leaving an awful lot of money on the table with their patients.Yeah. and it wasn't necessarily a fault of their own. It was fault of the available resources and the tools. So we started down the road of increasing case acceptance. And we looked at the way that most practices, your average practice, I'm not talking about 1 percent that has an amazing treatment coordinator.They have amazing collateral and material and all of those things combined. That process runs effectively and efficiently 100 percent of the time those aren't the practices I'm talking about. I'm talking about your All average practice the practices that are starting out and they don't necessarily have everything figured out.How can we help them maximize every potential of every patient? We started out with case acceptance and we created this beautiful platform where we make it as easy to understand what a patient's obligation is, what the patients are signing up for, as it would be if they were to go look at product on Amazon or look at their checkout on any other website that they're familiar with the realization from going down that road was the insurance verification process was broken and it was a crucial process for them to be able to deliver these treatment plans.You can't tell a patient how much their potential out of pocket expense would be if you don't have that. insurance properly verified and you have a limited amount of time. It's from when the case is being displayed and discussed with patient to when they walk out that door, that's your highest conversion of moment, right?the other side of that coin wasif that's when we need to convert the most, what do we do when they leave? And that's where the other side of Zoob was created. And that's, we would help practices with that cadence, with that reminders, with the ability to reach out to the patients, give them that same patient friendly format that they walk them through in the office.And give that to them on their phone when they're at home so they can peruse it at their own leisure, they can think about financing options and sign their consent forms, schedule for that appointment for that treatment and move on from there. So that was the Genesis of where we started as a company.the automated insurance verification portion has been a game changer in the life of most of our practices. Yeah. Michael: No. Yeah. I see that. It takes up a lot of time. And so it's so interesting that you mentioned throughout your checklist. Cause it's part of the thing that every front office comes in and it's are you doing it?Are you doing it? You know what I mean? The practice owner asked the front office that. So it's something super important that we should do. Now, when it comes back to the checklist and ZOOP, can both kind of work together in the sense of how do you guys work together with the front office Robert: Yeah. On the average day a ZOOP, practice would do the following. You would log into your PMS or into the ZOOP portal and you would see your schedule of patients that are scheduled to come in either that day or a number of days in advance. Okay. Every office is a little bit different in their workflow.If you happen to be a Medicaid, Medicare heavy office, those need to be verified day of typically. And, if you have 30, 40, some of our practices have hundreds of patients that are scheduled to be seen on, that day to go through each and every one of those patients on the same day to verify their, insurance status.You need an army individuals. So what they do today is they log into zoom and they'll see immediately on the dashboard, the status of all of those different patients that were verified that day. And they only now need to deal with the exceptions. Patients that happen to have their insurance lapsed or the patients that their insurance information was incorrect or their date of birth was incorrect and so they weren't able to be verified.Those are the 2 percent of the exceptions as opposed to having to deal with the 30, 40, 100 patients on a daily basis. And then they go about the rest of the day. The amount of time and all of those to do's and check boxes that they need to do is now shrunk. That's essentially how they operate with Zoo on a daily basis.Michael: Nice, man. I appreciate it. Robert, thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it. And if anyone wanted to reach out to you, where can they find you? Robert: They can find us on www. zoob. com. That's Z U UB as in boy. com. And take a look around. If you have any questions, fill out a request for a demo and we'd be happy to help them.Michael: Awesome. So that's going to be the show notes below. And at the same time, Rob, thank you so much for being with me on this Monday morning episode. Robert: My pleasure, Michael.‍

„Nudzą Jarka takie sprawy, same groby, brak zabawy”. Długo myślałem, że Delhi to tylko świątynie i mauzolea, bardzo fajne, ale ile można. Na szczęście byłem w błędzie i z radością odkryłem rozbuchane życie nocne i artystyczne indyjskiej stolicy. Ten odcinek jest właśnie o nim. Specjalne podziękowania dla artystów Tritha Sinha i Stefan Kaye za pozwolenie użycia  ich utworów. Tritha Sinha:http://www.tritha.com/https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rVVwMOuBfEHdkKvJ3KaOx?si=e32eb66f5f8446f5https://youtube.com/c/Trithawww.facebook.com/trithamusichttps://www.instagram.com/trithamusic/Stefan Kaye, The Ska Vengers, The Jass B'stards:https://www.youtube.com/@StiffKittensInchttps://www.youtube.com/@stiffkittensinc2836https://www.facebook.com/thejassbstardshttps://open.spotify.com/artist/4a7vvLOGbcEfyF08ktpF5q?si=sU_2wpu1QLOTB4AfIkUY7g Pozostałe dźwięki i muzyka (oprócz własnych):  https://hoopr.ai/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/ https://www.premiumbeat.com/ https://www.pond5.com/ https://pixabay.com/Fragment ścieżki dźwiękowej filmu „Nóż w wodzie”  – Krzysztof Komeda „Ballada dla Bernta”. Urywek utworu „Mój jest ten kawałek podłogi” – Mr. Zoob, remiks DJ Adamus. 

Seat Yourself, live from Fargo Billiards and GastroPub, with Zoob - the guy who started Zoob's Nuts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12/26/22: Carl Springer, or Zoob, is filling in for Joel Heitkamp, and is joined on "News and Views" by Emily Hunt Turner. Emily is the Founder & CEO of All Square in Minneapolis. All Square is a social enterprise that invests in innovative programs and ideas to heal the harms created by the criminal legal system.  Learn more here: https://www.allsquarempls.com/allsquaremplsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12/26/22: Carl Springer, creator of Zoob's Nuts, is filling in for Joel Heitkamp. He is joined in the studio by Heather Haberman, the President of Jessy's Toy Box. You can email Heather here, jessystoybox15@gmail.com, or learn more on their Facebook page. Jessy's Toy Box is a non-profit that collects toys, gift cards and other items for children who are in the hospital or who are receiving infusions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Show Summary: Have you been spending your own money on STEM supplies? We are here to help! In this episode, Natasha and Claire discuss ways to get money for your STEM program. Whether you are interested in writing grants or reaching out to potential donors, we are sharing all of our tips and tricks to get you funded. Links from the Show: Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes 83. How to Engage Families with STEM56. What Do Kids Need To Prepare For Engineering?52: How to Host a STEM Family Night43. How Do We Define Success In STEM?29. Why Do We Teach Engineering in Schools?Vivify STEM Blog Posts 5 Steps to Get STEM FundingMust Haves for a STEM LabHow to Launch a Weather Balloon: Ultimate STEM ChallengeUnderstanding a Framework for P-12 Engineering LearningVivify STEM Lessons & Products Weather Balloon Launch: STEM Engineering Project GuideSTEM Family Night Planning Guide, Activity Instructions, PostersOther STEM Resources LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box (Vivify STEM Amazon Affiliate link)ZOOB 250-Piece Set (Vivify STEM Amazon Affiliate link)AIAA Foundation Classroom Grant ProgramGrants for Education | Air & Space Forces AssociationDonorsChoose.orgNews Article: Toyota Texas San Antonio invests over $200,000 in local STEM educationNews Article: STEM Programs Expand to Include More San Antonio Students (Boeing)STEMfinity.comWalmart Community GrantsCandid.orgAll About Space Club Bring Space Club to Your School!Blog: STEM Curriculum: Mission to MoonBlog: Go on a Mission to Mars! An inside look into Space Club's Mission to MarsVideo: Space Club Mission to Moon Project Highlights VideoVideo: Space Club Mission to Mars Project Highlights VideoPodcast: 37. The Learning Potential of Space ClubTHE STEM SPACE SHOWNOTES: https://www.vivifystem.com/thestemspace/2022/84/show-me-the-money-for-stemTHE STEM SPACE FACEBOOK GROUPVIVIFY INSTAGRAMVIVIFY FACEBOOKVIVIFY TWITTERVIVIFY TIKTOK

We visited with Zoob - from Zoobs Nuts - and it seems the kids checking out his products stole the show! Foodie Friday, from Potato Days, is brought to you by Prime Cut Meats in Fargo, ND. Oh.. and did you catch at the end that there is a new product coming out..?!?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

**CRIKEY!!! IT'S THE WORLD'S NUMBER 1 SKA RADIO SHOW** THE 2022 SAVE THE SKA SHOW COMPILATION ALBUM IS COMING SOON - Check out our bandcamp page - theskashowwithbeefy.bandcamp.com/releases - I am taking last minute submissions for the 2022 edition NOW! Can Anyone Sponsor The Show - Naming Rights Going Cheap!!!! or just buy me a coffee here - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Beefyskashow Broadcast live from Melbourne to Australia and the rest of the world on 88.3 Southern FM. SkaPod #1 features a live set from Toots & The Maytals plus awesomeness from The Vyo, Aflos, No Nonsense, Madness, The Bodysnatchers, The Seven Of Ska, The Simulators, Mr Zoob, Tree House Fire, Area 7 plus MC Lars joins the ska party! Get vaxxed! Let's hope everyone does the right thing so we can get some gigs happening! Beefy keeps banging out the tunes trying to make sure that The Ska Show with Beefy maintains the prestigious mantle of being the best Ska Show on the planet (https://blog.feedspot.com/ska_podcasts/) Nobody's quite sure what needs to be done to snag that number 1 spot though - just keep being awesome I guess! Beefy has made this little corner of the Ska Universe his very own as every week the World's Best Ska Radio Show airs some of the best Ska music from everywhere. No other ska show boasts the diversity or the innovation of what Beefy brings to the Ska party! The Big Beef Man continues to make sure 2021 is more SkaMaggedon than Armageddon! Send me your music if you're in a band - do it & I'll play it. Share the gospel of Ska if you can. Stay safe everybody! Only Beefy does Ska Radio like you've never heard before!

Zoob himself stops into It Takes 2 with Amy and JJ as their new resident "North Dakota Gourmet." He details the fillers his mother used in hot dish (and immediately gets into trouble) plus announces a BRAND NEW PRODUCT you will see in the near future on store shelves near you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Awards given to Utes! MUSS #1 student section, Pac 12 champs or Rose Bowl? Which Ute team is best? Will Whitt retire? Covey in the NFL? Lloyd in the 1st Round? Huntley a starter next year? Urban coach again? Utes in the draft, Erin Andrews, Early bowl games, MERRY CHRISTAMAS, Send a rose to a Zoob.

Zoob, known around the region for his amazing pistachios, has launched a new product that takes the guess work out of making award winning chili. A blend of his grandmother's secret seasonings, the chili bomb is simple. You mix your favorite chili ingredients together and dump in the seasoning packet. Let the slow cooker do the rest of the work and enjoy! It comes in a mild and a spicy option.  Foodie Friday is sponsored by Prime Cut Meats on south University Drive in Fargo, ND and is also a great spot to stop in and grab Zoob's Chili Bomb! Might we also suggest using Prime Cut's "Special Blend" for your chili meat! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thoughts on Zoob game: perspective, Zoobs still baby-brother. Zoobs out-Utah'd us, wanted it more. Zoobs didn't do anything unexpected. Some major disappointing sequences. Bernard was fantastic.  Play calling? We don't support the fire Whitt, Ludwig, Brewer can't play, we suck crowd.  Nacua brothers are scumbags. A flexing kicker is scumbaggery and embarrassing.  Zoobs storm the field proves we are superior.  USC fires Helton. Oregon defeats Ohio State. Aztecs game. Dick (loser) Award: Sitake. 

This month Dan interviews Zoob from The Broken Lords podcast check them out @ http://twitter.com/lordsbroken or http://Linktr.ee/thebrokenlords Support us @ https://www.patreon.com/ReadySetRoll1 Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/readysetroll1 Twitter http://twitter.com/readysetroll20  We all like shirts get yours at http://rsrmerch.com Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe & share!  

EJ and Zoob are back in the basement to talk to Addi and Mike about The Garage Door. Neil's dad has a secret, Ken has a crush, and Jean looks at a microwave. Sit next to us as Lazer Dome for the latest Prolong the Magic!

Zoob and Alan sit down with Beth Corning for their final interview of Season 1 where they talk about unwanted artistic breaks, zoom dance, and the prospect of actually doing live performance again!   Plus an an announcement on what is next for What Do We Do Now? - A live show.  It is a strange new world indeed. 

After a short hiatus we're back and we're IN PERSON! Addi and Mike welcome Zoob and EJ to Addi's basement to discuss the next episode of Freaks & Geeks. Lindsay gets grounded, Sam tries to be cool, and Mr. Rosso reveals another secret from his dark past. Also: Nick can't stop being creepy. Get out your UNO decks and listen now!

Special cross-over episode withAlan & Zoob of "What Do We Do Now?" podcast!Aaron had such a meaningful & all encapsulating conversation about the last year of surviving as an entertainer with Zoob & Alan, we decided to upload it for you!"What Do We Do Now?" Conversations with performing artists who can’t perform. With theaters closed and in-person performing options dwindling, musician/producer Nathan Zoob and comedian/storyteller Alan Olifson are, frankly, going slowly insane. So they are bringing in other Pittsburgh (and beyond) performers to find out how they’re coping, what they’re doing, and if anyone else has taken up knitting."Subscribe to "What We Do Now?" - more great episodes with entertainers, musicians & creatives - with Alan & Zoob!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-do-we-do-now/id1546102235Nathan Zoob is a singer/songwriter, guitarist for indie rock band 'Wreck Loose' and musical director for WDVE, WYEP Pittsburgh.Alan Olifson is a comedian, writer, & producer best known for his love of the Oxford Comma, but also for WordPlay, hosting Pittsburgh's Moth StorySLAM, and his book ManChild: My Life Without Adult Supervision.'WDWDK' Audio Mix by Sarah Siplak_____*Aaron's Amazon Comedy Special 'Grown @%$ Dad' Streaming NOW!Audio Album available on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, IHeartRadio AND SiriusXM! Subscribe & fave it!Please consider supporting monthly on Patreon.com/AaronKleiber - a way to subscribe monthly - just like Netflix - to your favorite creative people AND get exclusive content like podcast video, bonus-episodes, stand up audio/video, swag, mail n more!Even one-time support is amazing - and all Links @ Linktr.ee/AaronKleiberDo me a favor? Anywhere you LISTEN to the podcast - can you write us a review -  on iTunes? Even SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on every podcast platform you have, that'd be great._____Original Music by kidmental, www.kidmental.comInstrumental theme, engineered by Ryan Pahnke, sampled "King for a Day" by Passion HiFi @Passion_HiFi EvilTwinRecords.comProduced/Edited by Aaron KleiberFollow Follow @AaronKleiber @kidmentalMUSIC

Zoob and Alan get to talk with musician, coach, artist and all around person who begs the question, "why is she doing this podcast," Joy Ike.  

Zoob and Alan sit down with comedian/producer/advocate/too many things to mention Gab Bonesso, and talk about, well, pretty much everything.   From mental health to how not to deal with a flooded basement, this conversation has it all!

Zoob from The Broken Lords Podcast about character creation and some of our favorite characters in the past. While we mostly focused on D&D in this game, we had a blast reminiscing about our prior stories and worlds.    Broken Lords Twitter Linktr.ee   Tales Foundry Sound Control: Radio Signal  (Science Fiction Stories, Radio Signal will be a Savage Worlds Game ran by Dan) Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoundControlRPG    Dice Before Dawn: Phoenix by Night (Darker stories, Phoenix by Night will be a Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition game ran by Alex) Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiceBeforeDawn    Please check us out on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beholdertonoone     Twitter: https://twitter.com/beholdertonoone      Find more episodes on Podbean: https://beholdertonoone.podbean.com/     Holy crap! we now have a Youtube and our own website courtesy of Nikki's Husband, Keith! Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocz92shjgObQuk8_-dqYgA   Website: www.beholdertonoone.com/     Intro Music Sailing To Freedom by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5378-sailing-to-freedom-     License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/     Outro Music Sugar Fairies by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5429-sugar-fairies-      License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Zoob and Alan talk with the woman behind that amazing voice - Addi Twigg!  We touch on, among other things,  quarantine life, plans for the future, and why drummers are surprisingly responsible. Enjoy!

Zoob and Alan talk with one of Pittsburgh's favorite comics, exploring the challenges of comedy without performing, parenthood,  the lost art of anger spitting and much more!   

Alan and Zoob get to talk with an actual esteemed author and all-around raconteur Brian Broome.  Topics cover all the literary hot buttons from bath houses all the way around again to bath houses. And everything in between.  Listen here, then pre-order his memoir (at one of our favorite local booksellers, why not?) which Augusten Burroughs called, "some of the finest writing I have ever encountered." 

Alan and Zoob speak of many things - of fools and kings - with owner and Managing Artistic Director of the Arcade Comedy Theater, Abby Fudor! We talk having a newborn in a new world, keeping theaters afloat with the arts district closed, and why Pittsburgh's most overrated food is actually...a drink? 

Alan and Zoob catch up with Sarah Siplak and Scott Peterson of Pittsburgh's #3 Folk/Comedy duo who are married, The Wreckids!  We hear about  F*ck7thGrade , music, comedy and epic folk/rock parties with all the Pittsburgh greats.  

Alan and Zoob discuss music, lost opportunities, reinvention,  Nintendo Switch and more with saxophone player, composer, and all-around amazing musician,  F3ralcat

Alan and Zoob have a free-ranging conversation with the comedian and co-founder of Burning Bridges comedy club that touches on comedy, possible criminal acts, and the joys of Dungeons and Dragons.

Alan and Zoob introduce What Do We Do Now?    Conversations with performing artists who can't perform.   As you patiently wait for inauguration day and your turn to get a vaccine, why not get a sneak peak at a new podcast as a small way to quiet the nagging background dread that is 2020?  

Over 100,000 businesses that closed their doors when the global health crisis hit will never reopen.  Owners grapple with financial losses as the demand for investments in innovative solutions increases. The food industry has been particularly hurt, yet some restaurants have managed to pivot and delight customers through the chaos.  In this episode, we explore the role that a strong sense of identity plays in the face of unprecedented change, and how it fuels creative problem solving to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges, delicately balancing consumer demands with operational needs. Richard Zoob is a leader with a proven history of success in the hospitality industry, leading brands such as Sweet Green, Dinosaur BBQ, and Right Coast Taqueria to thrive. Over his decades of experience, he developed a deep understanding of the essence of his services, and a keen ability to tap into the needs of the communities he serves. His promise to the community is to be a part of the community, and while he maintains that promise, he carefully shifts plans with the market and the times. In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, Right Coast Taqueria, a restaurant Richard co-founded, not only thrived utilizing food carts and digitally optimized deliveries, but also shared its success and supported those in need with free meals.

In the second episode I get a chance to talk with Zoob from the Broken Lords Podcast about First Times. He generously shares his experiences and beginnings of his foray into podcasting! Check out https://anchor.fm/thebrokenlords to catch all their episodes, and follow them on Twitter @LordsBroken.

In episode 19 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee are back to discuss a number of topics about diverse hiring. The trio talk about Adidas’s new hiring goal, tech companies’ contribution to the BLM movement, and Starbucks’ uniform debacle. Later in the episode, Tim is joined by HR leader Jonathan Zoob about hourly hiring and sitting courtside at an NBA game.  Listen below and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (iTunes) and follow (Spotify)! 1:30 - The gang is finally back together! It’s been a few weeks, but Tim, Jlee, and KD are all back on the podcast this week! 2:30 - First topic of the day: popular brand pronunciations. Apparently, the US says everything different than the rest of the world.  3:45 - Adidas has announced that 30% of their hires will be diverse hires. The gang praises Adidas for putting a number out there to start progress but they question where the hiring is going to cause change.  8:40 - Tim discusses a goal that he had at a previous company for diverse hires in leadership roles. He talks about push back from hiring managers and other certain people that feel victimized by diversity hiring goals.  10:30 - KD talks about his favorite “Tim working at Applebee’s” story. Tim says that Applebee’s restrooms are like “a war zone”..... 11:30 - CNBC compiled a list of different tech companies and what they’re doing to support the BLM movement. Every company on the list contributed lots of money, but only one organization announced a change in leadership, when the CEO of Reddit stepped down from his board seat to fill it with a POC. Tim accuses many tech companies of “buying their way out of this conversation” instead of making real change happen. KD thinks that monetary contributions are still commendable but they need to effect real change too.  14:45 - “You have to have money but you also have to have tangible movement”.  16:30 - Starbucks’ employees were told that they could not wear apparel supporting BLM to work. They received backlash because Starbucks’ allows their employees to wear Pride-related uniforms in the month of June. They have pivoted since their original decision. Jlee praises them for pivoting and listening to their employees and what they want.  20:00 - Tim thinks that Starbucks’ and other companies that enforce uniforms should standardize their uniforms and not allow anything other than a standard option since it is easier to manage and can raise many issues. He says that you can support diversity and other causes and keep a plain uniform.  22:00 - “Print the shirts” -KD 23:30 - Time for this week’s special guest! Jonathan Zoob from Fountain has joined Tim for the second half of this week’s episode to talk about hourly hiring.  25:00 - Tim and Zoob talk about their bucket list to sit courtside at a NBA game. They’re both Golden State Warriors fans! 27:00 - Back to business talk. Tim discusses hearing about pre-pandemic struggles to hire hourly workers and he asks Zoob what is going to change about hiring hourly workers.  30:00 - Tim asks Zoob why companies should use different systems for hourly workers.  32:30 - Are new hiring practices for hourly workers causing companies to lose the traditional experience of finding the best candidate? Zoob discusses how his company’s work allows non-HR professionals to find more and better candidates.  34:30 - Tim brings up issues about hiring to create a diverse workforce and how training hiring leaders may not be enough. Zoob discusses how often those doing hiring won’t get diversity and bias training.  36:00 - What do Fountain’s clients see getting better when using the Fountain system? Zoob says their time to hire decreases significantly.  37:15 - Tim asks Zoob how fast time to hire should be and Zoob answers that companies must engage candidates in the application process to really get them to stay interested.  39:00 - Last question of the day: will mass hiring start to happen without interviewing in the coming years? 40:20 - Find Jonathan at fountain.com for a demo or on LinkedIn!  Resources: Jessica Lee on LinkedIn Tim Sackett on Linkedin Kris Dunn on LinkedIn HRU Tech The Tim Sackett Project The HR Capitalist Fistful of Talent Kinetix Boss Leadership Training Series

On this episode Keith is joined by Zoob, 80% GM of the Broken Lords Podcast. We discuss some tips about building characters, NPCs, and how to handle a bit of the first time GM jitters around rules. Enjoy our nice little romp down a few backstories in this #ttrpg advise heavy episode, and maybe even set aside some time for yourself to have a cup of a coffee with your next character to get to know them. Follow the Broken Lords Podcast on twitter: @LordsBroken Follow Running The Table on twitter: @RunningTheTable

Happy Weekend

Happy Weekend

Happy 2020 Power Kids! It is an honor to start off this year with a conversation with Jeff Pinsker, the president of Amigo Games North America . Throughout his career Jeff has founded, managed and sold several businesses ranging from children’s television to educational products to toys and games. He was President of University Games, CEO of JP Kids, CEO of Infinitoy, President of Klutz, President of Pressman and General Manager at Cardinal. This year's first show is packed with great insight! We discuss his early foray into business which includes practical jokes for pay and 7,000 trivia questions! Additionally, we discuss his work at the crossroads of children’s entertainment and toys and I ask him about his involvement in the relaunch of the amazing Zoob product line. He dives deep into the Amigo Credo and why it is so important (you will want to take notes!). Thank you for joining us! — Phil Albritton https://www.amigo.games/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adventuremedia/message

Zoob's second round on Scene Unheard focuses on his solo singer-songwriter project, currently titled "Zoob." While still in Wreck Loose, we discuss balancing two professional endeavors, the climate of Pittsburgh music, "cliquey-ness" vs. not, and some really terrible food analogies for songwriting. Welcome back, Zoob.

Big Cat is expecting a Little Cat in a few months and appreciates any and all fatherhood advice, including how to properly dress as a Head Coach. Gene Steratore isn't too enthused by the news coming out of the NFL Owner's Meetings concerning replay review and Stan Savran sets a low expectation for the waining Buccos who get the 2019 campaign underway today in Cincinnati. Also, Zoob performs in the Coffeehouse

Big Cat is expecting a Little Cat in a few months and appreciates any and all fatherhood advice, including how to properly dress as a Head Coach. Gene Steratore isn't too enthused by the news coming out of the NFL Owner's Meetings concerning replay review and Stan Savran sets a low expectation for the waining Buccos who get the 2019 campaign underway today in Cincinnati. Also, Zoob performs in the Coffeehouse

Dina Zoob, wife and mother of two young children, works full-time as an Account Director at a marketing agency in Boston. After the birth of her second child in May of 2015, she decided to change her lifestyle, taking control of her health and wellness. Passionate about sharing what she had learned and helping to motivate others, she started a Side Business as a Beachbody coach and later as a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach. Dina helps clients through a 21 Day Fix program and Shakeology. She also builds personalized health programs for clients. Show Notes • Dina's motivation to get back to her optimal health [2:20] • The spark that motivated Dina to move forward in her journey to get healthy [4:10] • What she learned about the Beachbody, Shakeology, and 21 Day Fix programs [5:50] • The benefits of having a coach [8:55] • How much time are you expect to dedicate to participating in the program and becoming a Beachbody coach [10:10] • Qualifications and commitment to become a Beachbody coach [12:00] • How Dina expanded her business and found her initial clients [13:25] • Enrolling in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to take her education and business to a new level [14:30] • Beachbody vs. Integrative Nutrition – How they are different yet complement each other [17:20] • The money and time someone can expect to invest in these businesses [20:24] • How Dina determined these programs were the right fit for her [22:40] • What support is provided by Beachbody and Integrative Nutrition to help you manage your business [25:00] • Tips to overcome the obstacle of time management [37:00] • Determining your target income [47:00] Tips • Take notice, ask questions, and reach out when you find something that interests you [5:30] • People who have gone through the Beachbody program are the best fit to coach others [12:00] • Share your journey on social media, people and potential clients are watching [22:40] • Connect with local communities and organizations for more opportunities to network [26:40] • Ask yourself what level of income you want to make and what you need to offer to get there [30:30] • If you are passionate about something you think could become a side business, explore the opportunity and take action [50:20]

Together artist Michael Joaquin Grey and astrobiologist Chris Impey construct an organism and a conversation using ZOOB, a building toy designed by Grey and inspired by biological and social networks.

Together artist Michael Joaquin Grey and astrobiologist Chris Impey construct an organism and a conversation using ZOOB, a building toy designed by Grey and inspired by biological and social networks.