The Bizgnus Podcast

Douglas Caldwell
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The Bizgnus Podcast

One-on-one interviews with experts in business and personal success.

  1. When AI is tap, tapping at your door

    -6 J

    When AI is tap, tapping at your door

    •  AI shows the need for leadership •  “Some people are truly afraid of it” (Total Recorded Time is 18:00)    Edgar Allan Poe missed out on artificial intelligence, dying in 1849.  Had he written his poem “The Raven” nowadays, it might have gone like this: “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some AI,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door. Only this and nothing more.”  But for many business leaders today, AI is no specter, but rather just something to deal with, says  Robert Hunt, who leads CEO peer groups and provides executive coaching.  As to that pecking away by AI, Mr. Hunt has some immediate advice.  “I think it's … a novelty and it's exciting -- and fearful to a lot of people,” he says.  “Our job as leaders is like any transition, any new thing, to cast a vision of how it fits into our vision because some people are truly afraid of it.”  Robert Hunt talks about AI and other leadership issues in this episode of Bizgnus Interviews.  Mr. Hunt is a partner with Renaissance Executive Forums Dallas and leads CEO peer groups, provides executive coaching, and leadership development.  His new book, co-authored with Salem Thyne, is “Nobody Cares (until you do),” Advantage Media Group (September 2022).  For more information:  http://www.refdallas.com/

    18 min
  2. He speaks what the trees cannot (AUDIO ONLY)

    21 NOV.

    He speaks what the trees cannot (AUDIO ONLY)

    •  Dan Handel explains the kinship that exists between forests and spatial design •  “We have a good chance of actually being in a better place”  (Total Recorded Time is 20:00)    HAIFA, Israel -- They stand there for 50, 100, even 500 years until felled by chainsaw, fire, disease or storm.  These are the trees of our forests, which cover fully one-third of the land of the United States.   And while you think you know your local woody areas or even forests, Dan Handel really knows forests and how they impact how we live – and how people are impacting forests   Dan Handel joins us for this Bizgnus Interview.   Mr. Handel is a writer whose work focuses on research-based projects with special attention to underexplored ideas, figures, and practices that shape contemporary built environments.   He is an optimist, despite the daily reports of hurricanes, floods and massive wildfires.   “The crises we are facing … are at least a crisis of the imagination,” he says. “And when I say a crisis of the imagination is that because we collectively act in certain ways it accelerates the crises but at the same time we could reconsider some of our assumptions … in science and public policy. When we get there, we have a good chance of actually doing things differently and being in a better place.”    His new book is “Designed Forests: A Cultural History,” (Routledge; November 2024) which, according to its publicist, “explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design; the forest’s influence on architectural culture and practice; and the potentials and pitfalls of ‘forest thinking’ for more sustainable and ethical ways of doing architecture today.”

    20 min
  3. 40 Years a Cop, Now He Plots Their Days

    18 NOV.

    40 Years a Cop, Now He Plots Their Days

    •  Brian Brady is creating a multi-part detective series •  “As a native San Franciscan, I enjoy writing about my favorite city”  Remember Nash Bridges? How about the Continental Op?  Sam Spade? Or, surely, Dirty Harry.  All were — or are — fictional detectives working the crime beats of San Francisco. They were created by authors who set new standards for the genre, including Dashiell Hammett who could be considered the foundational author of detectives and the “city by the bay.” It might be time to add Brian Brady to the list of authors who have picked the hilly and often foggy streets of San Francisco as the locale for their books. But unlike many of the other authors, Mr. Brady knows real crime and the real streets of San Francisco.   He’s been a cop and even chief of policies suburban Novato.  Add a stint as head of security for NBC Universal in Hollywood and you have a background that has now created two San Francisco-based crime thrillers with a third headed into its final editing. His new book is “Hiding in Plain Sight, (Palmetto Publishing, April 2024).  It is the second of a planned trilogy as he develops his characters and plots. The first book is “Oh. What a Tangled Web.” “As a native San Franciscan, I enjoy writing about my favorite city,” Mr. Brady write. “The city is rich in architecture, sports, tradition, and characters.” He says his characters are based on real people with a bit of literary license.

    22 min

  4. 3 NOV.

    Stressed?  Really, really stressed?

    •  A “life of thrive” is possible instead •  “We facilitate learning pocket-sized techniques”   (Total Recorded Time is 14:51)    Feeling stressed out at work or at home. Or both?  Sara Thornhill hears you.   As a rape survivor who is divorced twice and having come out of the closet later in life, Ms. Thornhill says she understands the upheaval that’s possible through big life changes.    But flip the coin.  She says healing is a birthright, that a “life of thrive” is possible for everyone, regardless of circumstances.   “We have strategically cultivated an inclusive culture to serve all humans, especially marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community worldwide,” she says.   Please click here to watch the Bizgnus Interview: https://youtu.be/UNXfqchFOzE   Please click here to listen to the interview or to download the audio file for later reference:     “We lead LGBTQ+ women to healing from heartbreak by reviving their power within,” she says. “We facilitate learning pocket-sized techniques clients can use anywhere to process stress and improve daily happiness, so they can bring the best versions of themselves to their own lives.”   Ms. Thornhill is chief executive officer of Sara Webb Says.  She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and travels internationally for workshops and speaking engagements.    For more information: https://linktr.ee/sarawebbsays

    15 min
  5. Solving the rainmaker’s dilemma

    27 OCT.

    Solving the rainmaker’s dilemma

    • Why the business owner might be the biggest problem • How to get out of the way of success   (Total Recorded Time is 21:00)    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Bradley Hamner says he’s seen it again and again – entrepreneurs who’ve built their companies into firms generating a six-figure top line, but which seem stuck, unable to grow much larger.   A serial entrepreneur and founder of the BlueprintOS program, Mr. Hamner coaches other small business owners to develop systems that “run like a well-oiled machine and free the owner from day to day operations.” In his guest appearances and keynotes, Mr. Hamner speaks primarily to business owners and visionary entrepreneurs.   He calls it solving the “Rainmaker’s Dilemma” – where the founder/owner is the weakest part of the business because he or she has stretched too far.   Mr. Hamner also hosts the Above the Business podcast, with over 4,000 downloads monthly.   For more information:  blueprintos.com

    20 min
  6. Why you don’t want to bet on the rabbit

    16 OCT.

    Why you don’t want to bet on the rabbit

    •  Steep growth and no profits is a myth, says consultant  •  It's not explosive growth that makes a business    Who won that race between the rabbit and the tortoise?  Everyone knows the answer, of course, and consultant Manny Skevofilax suggests a business strategy that the tortoise might endorse:  Don’t sacrifice profits for growth.  To ensure the health of the business, go for steady growth and steady profits, he says, adding that steep growth and no profits as a long-term strategy is a myth.   After a career as a banker with Comerica Bank, Mr. Skevofilax opened his consultancy back in 2003.  As he notes, it's not explosive growth that makes a business, it's steady growth along with steady profits.  His new book is “Ultimate Profit Management: Maximizing Profitability as You Grow Your Business,”(Productivity Press; June 2024.)   For more information: https://poartalcfo.com

    11 min
  7. Adding AI?  Hear this expert first

    8 OCT.

    Adding AI?  Hear this expert first

    •  Michael Greenberg has been with AI since its early days •  Avoiding wasting money   (Total Recorded Time is 17:00)     Artificial intelligence is the buzz word in business these days. But how do business leaders know if it’s critical to their firm’s success – or just the buzzing about what’s hot?  And how much time and money ought to be devoted to AI?  Michael Greenberg is one who should know.  He’s been involved in AI almost from its beginning and now heads a company that helps businesses unlock  growth through AI.  He joins us for this episode of Bizgnus Interviews. Mr. Greenberg is founder and chief executive officer of the consultancy Third Brain Automation.  Mr. Greenberg’s expertise in AI over the past decade includes developing solutions for integrating AI into business workflows, from automating content creation to building logic routers for project management.   For more information: http://gentoftech.com/ or http://callforcontent.com/

    17 min
  8. Thinking of hiring a business coach? Be cautious

    30 SEPT.

    Thinking of hiring a business coach? Be cautious

    •  A veteran coach offers tips and what to avoid •  Can you actually love your business – and your life?    Consultants and coaches run into a lot of stuff over a career, much of it never to be spoken of.  In a career that has taken her across Canada and the United States, Laura Watson, founder of Venture Coaching International,  may well have heard it all.  She joins us for this Bizgnus Interviews episode to talk about how a typical organization can get the most out of a coach. Venture Coaching has provided life and business coaching to entrepreneurs and executives since 2003. “We exist so you can love your life and business,” Ms Watson writes. “There is no ‘cookie-cutter ‘coaching.”   For more information:  https://venturecoaching.ca

    17 min
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One-on-one interviews with experts in business and personal success.

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  • Création
    Douglas Caldwell
  • Années d’activité
    2019 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    287
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