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COMMANDER POD – Episode 4 – Paul Thallner Of Daggerwing Group 09/24/2025

COMMANDER POD – Episode 4 – Paul Thallner Of Daggerwing Group Just as important as the technical and procedural aspects in creating organizational change is the people side. They are the core of how organizations can move forward. After all, an organization is just as resilient as its people. In this episode, Paul Thallner, Principal at Daggerwing Group, joins Yuri Kruman to discuss his long-time work on the People side of change management. He shares his remarkable story of going from an English major to non-profits, education policy, change management consulting, /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449060

COMMANDER POD - Episode 5 - Starting With WHO, Not WHY 09/17/2025

COMMANDER POD - Episode 5 - Starting With WHO, Not WHY Mark Mears and I cover "Starting with WHO Not WHY,". From his remarkable story of going from an English Major to Organizational Development Masters. To a long and storied career as a marketing exec in Fortune 500 hospitality companies to now running "LEAF Growth Ventures." We go deep into his people management philosophy, how he trains teams to embrace purpose as organizing principles, among other subjects. Enjoy! Our conversation touched upon many interesting topics, including: The purposeful growth /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449065

COMMANDER POD – Episode 3 – Errol Pierre, Healthcare Executive 09/10/2025

COMMANDER POD – Episode 3 – Errol Pierre, Healthcare Executive Everyone has the right to health. No matter what race, color, gender, or status, everyone deserves to be treated with high quality care and dignity. This is what Errol Pierre is in pursuit of. Despite the headway the health industry has come when it comes to providing access, it is still undeniably far from fully reaching those who need the care the most. The same thing happens in opening opportunities for people of color, women, and those in the LGBTQ+ community in the corporate world. In this episode, Err /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449075

COMMANDER POD - Episode 2 - Anca Griffiths Of OM 09/03/2025

COMMANDER POD - Episode 2 - Anca Griffiths Of OM Health is wealth, so healthcare should be a priority for companies wanting to give benefits to their employees. But what kind of healthcare benefits actually work? Today, OM Experts CEO Anca Griffiths gives a case for personalized medicine as a company health benefit. Today’s conversation touches on these topics:· The benefits of pooling the knowledge of different health experts· Why research about women’s health is not being done properly· Why typical co /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449080

COMMANDER POD - Season 2 Episode 1 - Andrew Antos Of Klarity 08/27/2025

COMMANDER POD - Season 2 Episode 1 - Andrew Antos Of Klarity Not everybody likes to read long legal contracts. For people who aren't lawyers, these aren't the easiest to read. The same can be said about resumes. Not everyone has the time to read 100 resumes a day. This is where the power of technology comes in. Klarity is a tool that has an AI that reads and automates all your documents. It can check read your contracts or choose the top ten most promising resumes. Join Yuri Kruman as he talks to the founder of Klarity, Andrew Antos about what Klarity offers in leg /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449085

COMMANDER POD – Episode 25 – Jeffery Arnold Of RightSure 08/20/2025

COMMANDER POD – Episode 25 – Jeffery Arnold Of RightSure When it comes to the insurance industry, InsureTech is the newest buzzword. Just like any other industry, insurance has to evolve, and they are doing that with technology. You have to use technology as a growth accelerant, but at the same time not be shackled by it. You have companies like RightSure, who are infusing InsureTech with humans so they can make the right decisions on the spot. Join Yuri Kruman as he talks to the Founder of RightSure, Jeffery Arnold, about harnessing the power of technology int /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449090

COMMANDER POD - Episode 24 - Rob Krecak of Humans First 08/13/2025

COMMANDER POD - Episode 24 - Rob Krecak of Humans First Joining Yuri Kruman today is Rob Krecak of Humans First, a consultancy that helps other companies transition to a four-day work week with no loss in productivity or profitability and the same pay for employees. Rob enumerates the upsides to working fewer hours and shares insights on the value of interconnectedness in the face of technology. From lesser burnout to being an attractive perk to applicants, learn about the many gains of this emerging people management philosophy. Our conversation explored thes /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449095

COMMANDER POD - Episode 23 - Laurel Mintz of Elevate My Brand 08/06/2025

COMMANDER POD - Episode 23 - Laurel Mintz of Elevate My Brand In this episode, Yuri Kruman talks with Lauren Mintz, founder of Elevate My Brand. Inspired by the innovative consulting work she executed early in her career with prestigious brands like Le Bec Fin, Public House Restaurant Group, Bassett Furniture, and Julie Hewett Cosmetics, Laurel knew she wanted to play bigger. A decade later, Laurel created an agency family serving startups and blue-chip global brands like Facebook, Verizon Digital Media Group, PAW Patrol, and Zendesk. Laurel's favorite saying is FIOGI /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449100

COMMANDER POD - Phil Blows of Aqru.io 07/30/2025

COMMANDER POD - Phil Blows of Aqru.io Phil Blows, CEO of Aqru.io spoke with us on the Commander-in-Chief Podcast and gave us some incredible background on how professionals manage their crypto portfolios, plus how how company is making this wisdom available to everyone.Our conversation touched upon many interesting subjects, including:What Aqru.io actually does:AQRU is a simple app that helps you to buy, invest and earn interest on your Crypto assets. Your annual interest is paid daily and tracked to the second.What led him to write a personal /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449105

COMMANDER POD - Jennifer Dulski of Rising Team 07/23/2025

COMMANDER POD - Jennifer Dulski of Rising Team LIKE WHAT YOU HEARD ON COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PODCAST? Leave a Tip :) [$10 ] / [ $5 ] / [ $1 ]—DO YOU (OR YOUR BUSINESS) WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR AN ARTICLE?Reply directly to this message and let me know some of the cool stuff you’re working on! If it’s a fit for what I write and care about, happy to feature you :)—Let’s Get the Formalities Out of the Way…Why you’re getting this: I'm Yuri Kruman and this is my “Commander-In-Chief” Newsletter, based on my book, “Be Your Own /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449110

COMMANDER POD - Ann Latham, the Queen of Clarity! 07/16/2025

COMMANDER POD - Ann Latham, the Queen of Clarity! DO YOU (OR YOUR BUSINESS) WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR AN ARTICLE?Reply directly to this message and let me know some of the cool stuff you’re working on! If it’s a fit for what I write and care about, happy to feature you :)—Let’s Get the Formalities Out of the Way…Why you’re getting this: I'm Yuri Kruman and this is my “Commander-In-Chief” Newsletter, based on my book, “Be Your Own Commander-in-Chief.” I send this to people in my LinkedIN and FB networks, people I’ve /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449115

COMMANDER POD - Andrew Horn of Tribute.co 07/09/2025

COMMANDER POD - Andrew Horn of Tribute.co DO YOU (OR YOUR BUSINESS) WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR AN ARTICLE?Reply directly to this message and let me know some of the cool stuff you’re working on! If it’s a fit for what I write and care about, happy to feature you :)—Let’s Get the Formalities Out of the Way…Why you’re getting this: I'm Yuri Kruman and this is my “Commander-In-Chief” Newsletter, based on my book, “Be Your Own Commander-in-Chief.” I send this to people in my LinkedIN and FB networks, people I’ve /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449120

COMMANDER POD - 2 EPISODES today :) 07/02/2025

COMMANDER POD - 2 EPISODES today :) DO YOU (OR YOUR BUSINESS) WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR AN ARTICLE?Reply directly to this message and let me know some of the cool stuff you're working on! If it's a fit for what I write and care about, happy to feature you :)—Let's Get the Formalities Out of the Way…Why you're getting this: I'm Yuri Kruman and this is my "Commander-In-Chief" Newsletter, based on my book, "Be Your Own Commander-in-Chief." I send this to people in my LinkedIN and FB networks, people I've met recently, and /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449125

COMMANDER POD - Episode 16 - Ilit Raz of Joonko 06/25/2025

COMMANDER POD - Episode 16 - Ilit Raz of Joonko DO YOU (OR YOUR BUSINESS) WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR AN ARTICLE?Reply directly to this message and let me know some of the cool stuff you’re working on! If it’s a fit for what I write and care about, happy to feature you :)—Let’s Get the Formalities Out of the Way…Why you’re getting this: I'm Yuri Kruman and this is my “Commander-In-Chief” Newsletter, based on my book, “Be Your Own Commander-in-Chief.” I send this to people in my LinkedIN and FB networks, people I’ve /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449130

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PODCAST - Episode 13 - Brian Smith of IA Advisors 06/18/2025

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PODCAST - Episode 13 - Brian Smith of IA Advisors DO YOU (OR YOUR BUSINESS) WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR AN ARTICLE?Reply directly to this message and let me know some of the cool stuff you’re working on! If it’s a fit for what I write and care about, happy to feature you :)—Let’s Get the Formalities Out of the Way…Why you’re getting this: I'm Yuri Kruman and this is my “Commander-In-Chief” Newsletter, based on my book, “Be Your Own Commander-in-Chief.” I send this to people in my LinkedIN and FB networks, people I’ve /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449135

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PODCAST - Episode 10 - Nadav Keyson of Riverside.fm 06/11/2025

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PODCAST - Episode 10 - Nadav Keyson of Riverside.fm WANT TO PILOT MY COURSE?Click the form below to let me know your details.—DO YOU (OR YOUR BUSINESS) WANT TO BE FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER OR AN ARTICLE?Reply directly to this message and let me know some of the cool stuff you’re working on! If it’s a fit for what I write and care about, happy to feature you :)—Join Andre J., Eli Z., Jackie S. and others in the Insiders’ Circle!PLUS: Get exclusive guides, AMAs with the Commander-in-Chief :) and other special benefits to be announced.ENJOY A 14-DAY /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449140

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 9 - ARIEL ASSARAF of CORALOGIX 06/04/2025

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 9 - ARIEL ASSARAF of CORALOGIX In this episode: In this conversation (just WOW), Ariel and I went REALLY deep into some unexpected treasure caves:How he took an unexpected path from within Israeli Army Unit 8200 to building Coralogix Why every problem in the world today is really a data problemWhy the exponentiality of software matters so much - think maintenance, performance, securityScaling impact by empowering software companies to find and leverage patterns from their dataHow Israel’s Internal Security Service (Shabak) revolutioni /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449145

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 8 - RONN TOROSSIAN of 5WPR 05/28/2025

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 8 - RONN TOROSSIAN of 5WPR In this episode: In this conversation, Ronn and I go deep on storytelling for yourself and clients in business:how he took himself to the top of the PR world despite an “unorthodox” backgroundhow he built 5WPR into a global top 10 PR agency in only a few years and maintains fast YoY growth despite running a “people” business during COVID timeshow Ronn approaches people attraction and management to get and keep the best people in the businesshow to stay motivated after you’ve seen meaningful succes /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449150

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 7 - DIDIER ELZINGA of Culture Amp 05/21/2025

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 7 - DIDIER ELZINGA of Culture Amp In this episode: In our throw-back, BC (before COVID - whut’s that?!) conversation, Didier and I discussed a remarkably wide range of subjects including:how he got into HR tech and building company culture after a career in… FILM?!how his wife’s career in opera inspired him in starting Culture Amphow he built and runs a multi-national (now-unicorn) from Australia prescient insights into “culture-first” companies and how to build them effectivelyhow to DEI, but seriously, thoughtfully and effective /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449155

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 6 - ADAM SINGOLDA of Taboola 05/14/2025

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 6 - ADAM SINGOLDA of Taboola In this episode: Adam (who is as delightful a human as he is brilliant, as an entrepreneur) and I go deep on how to: overcome a “lack of pedigree” in building a unicorn (and a public company)build a world focused on the individual build the anti-Google company be a dreamer, constructively reach people at the right moment plus much more.Listen on Spotify: Get full access to Commander-In-Chief Briefs at commanderinchief.substack.com/subscribe /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449160

CIC Podcast - Episode 3 - Omer Keilaf of Innoviz Technologies 05/07/2025

CIC Podcast - Episode 3 - Omer Keilaf of Innoviz Technologies Forget “this was another great podcast episode.” My conversation with Omer Keilaf, CEO of Innoviz Technologies, was one of the most interesting and wide-ranging discussions I’ve had in some time, covering all things: Innoviz’s origin story Omer’s startup journey A truly original fundraising story Building a world-class engineering team and a world-class technologyManaging people thoughtfully from a place of core valuesPaying it forward to the next generation (my favorite part of Omer’s mission)O /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449165

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 3 - Ronni Zehavi, CEO of HiBob 04/30/2025

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 3 - Ronni Zehavi, CEO of HiBob In #CommanderInChief Podcast Episode 3, we speak with:Ronni Zehavi Zehavi , CEO of the #HRTech unicorn Hibob about all things:#HR, #DEI, #IsraeliTech, #FastGrowth, plus how to create remarkable work experiences that make their people and businesses thrive.Enjoy!#ceo #podcast #work Get full access to Commander-In-Chief Briefs at commanderinchief.substack.com/subscribe /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449170

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 2 - HILLEL FULD, Israel's Unicorn Whisperer 04/23/2025

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 2 - HILLEL FULD, Israel's Unicorn Whisperer If you’re interested in being a guest on Commander-in-Chief Podcast, apply HERE.Play on SPOTIFY: Get full access to Commander-In-Chief Briefs at commanderinchief.substack.com/subscribe /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449175

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 1 - Intro and Yuri's Story 04/16/2025

Commander-in-Chief Podcast - Episode 1 - Intro and Yuri's Story In this episode, your inaugural host Josh Elledge from UpMyInfluence talks to CIC Media Group's Yuri Kruman about unicorns, leadership, culture, and more. Check out Yuri's website here: https://www.cicmediagroup.com/TAKE 2 SECONDS TO GIVE US SOME LOVE on AUDIBLE and Player.FM (More platforms to come in the next few days).Thanks so much! Get full access to Commander-In-Chief Briefs at commanderinchief.substack.com/subscribe /episode/index/show/2aa2d545-56af-418b-9d6a-817cd634bde0/id/40449180

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