Turn the Lens with Jeff Frick
Turn the Lens is about exploring the people, topics, and pieces of media that help shape my perspective on the world. The concept behind 'turn the lens' is to look beyond the foreground, beyond the obvious, to see things in a different context, to see things that you might have missed before. Let's get past our own bias and point of view to try and look from a broader point of view, to expand our learning beyond the obvious.
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Marten Mickos: Curiosity, Learning, Hackers, Transparency | Turn the Lens Ep29
03/20/2024
Marten Mickos: Curiosity, Learning, Hackers, Transparency | Turn the Lens Ep29
has been navigating Silicon Valley innovation waves for a quarter century and counting, first on the eastern edge of the Atlantic, then into the valley. Web 1, Web 2, OpenSource, Hybrid Cloud, the list is long, including notable stops at MySQL (acquired by Sun), Eucalyptus (acquired by HP) and his current extended run at the helm of . Please join me in welcoming Marten to Turn the Lens Here is how ChatGPT describes the episode — In the latest episode of "Turn the Lens" with Jeff Frick, we are thrilled to welcome Marten Mickos, the visionary CEO of HackerOne. Titled "Marten Mickos: Curiosity, Learning, Hackers, Transparency," this conversation takes us on a journey through Mickos' profound insights on the cybersecurity landscape, the pivotal role of individual curiosity in innovation, and the transformative power of transparency in leadership. Mickos delves into the essence of HackerOne's mission, emphasizing the crucial balance between human ingenuity and technological advancement. He shares his optimistic view on cybersecurity, drawing from his extensive experience to highlight how collective defense mechanisms and ethical hacking are reshaping the way we secure our digital future. As we navigate through the evolving challenges and opportunities in cybersecurity, Mickos' leadership philosophies shine a light on the importance of fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptation. He eloquently discusses the impact of AI and machine learning, not only on HackerOne's operations but also on the broader societal implications of these technologies. Join us for this enlightening discussion that transcends the conventional boundaries of cybersecurity, offering a glimpse into the mind of one of the industry's most forward-thinking leaders. Mickos' journey at HackerOne is not just about combating cyber threats; it's a testament to the power of curiosity, learning, and the relentless pursuit of transparency in building a more secure and understanding world. Tune in to "Turn the Lens" on LinkedIn Live and YouTube to explore these themes and more, as we uncover the secrets behind HackerOne's success and the visionary leadership of Marten Mickos. —- (Back to Jeff. Grammerly Premium (which I can’t unlock) has some issues with ChatGPT grammar correctness, clarity, and delivery. #AIWars) More laughter and essential questions and human paradoxes than might not be apparent from that description. I hope you can join us for this premier event. And yes, it will be available on demand after the fact : Curiosity, Learning, Hackers, Transparency | Turn the Lens with Ep29 YouTube - Transcript and Show Notes -
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OpenAI ChatGPT 4: Influence, Nudge, Direct, Tune | Turn the Lens Ep28
02/27/2024
OpenAI ChatGPT 4: Influence, Nudge, Direct, Tune | Turn the Lens Ep28
ChatGPT busted into our consciousness less than 18 months ago, and has since vacuumed up all the headlines, sucked all the oxygen out of the room, pick your metaphor, $Billions of new investment adding fuel to a raging fire. Continuing on our exploration of the virtual, digital, and augmentations, and inspired by the very creative , I decided to take some of my questions, right to the source, and interview OpenAI ChatGPT-4. And the specific context? I like many of you, signed up and started training our own custom version of ChatGPT, just like Sam Altman said we could at the OpenAI Developer’s conference Sept 2023. ‘Introducing GPT’s - You can now create custom versions of ChatGPT that combine instructions, extra knowledge and any combination of skills’ I got mine, loaded it with data, and to double-check my work, asked what it remembered learning, and the answer was…..can you say statelessness? Needless to say, I have questions. So I went to the source and interviewed ChatGPT. Full disclosure, recorded the day of the AT&T issues, for whatever reason, was having connectivity issues, so I edited out most of the ‘can you hear me now?’ But I got some great answers, and now have a better understanding of terms like Influence, Nudge, Direct, and Tune, on top of the heavy lift that goes into training one of these in the first place. An Interview with OpenAI ChatGPT 4: Influence, Nudge, Direct, Tune | Turn the Lens with Jeff Frick podcast Ep28 YouTube - Transcript and Show Notes -
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Dave Cairns: Digital, Augmented, Inspired, Connection | Turn the Lens Ep27
02/06/2024
Dave Cairns: Digital, Augmented, Inspired, Connection | Turn the Lens Ep27
Dave Cairns has chosen paths less traveled, since leaving university. He was a pioneer of sorts in digital spaces, and digital communities, and has tasted personally, a small slice of digital expansion possibilities. Taking full advantage of digital tools, he’s living his values with his family in the ‘why vacation only, let's move there full time’ home east of the eastern time zone, on Prince Edward Island. His day job, SVP Office, CBRE Canada. So what do Dave and Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom have in common? More than you might think. One of Dave’s most recent endeavors is building a community around Inspired People, Inspired Places, in a web3 virtual world, in a platform called Virbella. Dave was telling me one day how some people can feel more comfortable participating as an avatar, without the pressure of turning on the camera for whatever reason. I passed this ‘feature request’ information on to Eric at Zoom, to which he quickly replied ‘Jeff, we already have it. Try it out, let me know what you think’ So I called up Dave, who has hosted over 20 events in Virbela, and we conducted the interview in the virtual world, as Zoom avatars, as Virbela avatars, and un-animated face to face. We can all benefit from Dave’s experience, all he asks is you keep an open mind. YouTube - Show Notes and Transcript -
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Drew Palos: Community, eBikes, Collaboration, Mobility | Turn the Lens Ep26
12/22/2023
Drew Palos: Community, eBikes, Collaboration, Mobility | Turn the Lens Ep26
Drew Palos: Community, eBikes, Collaboration, Mobility | Turn the Lens with Jeff Frick Ep26 In business school, we learned about competing, by being the best in one product attribute. Highest technology, lowest cost, pick a parameter to win. I don’t recall learning to beat the competition with the community. We’ve seen it to a degree in the tech world with companies like Red Hat, competing with with open-source community, but even those are rare. That said, everyone’s trying to strengthen their relationship with developers, and an extended ecosystem, to be more of a platform than application, play. And that’s why I wanted to have Drew Palos, Community Creator Extraordinaire, join us for a very special episode, to share his experience on what it takes to create, build, and sustain a community, that not only strengthens the brand among its various constituents (customers, partners, etc.) but become a core pillar aside culture and design, to set this brand apart from a sea of competitors selling very similar products. The thing is, Super 73 does sell products too, but it’s much bigger than that. And community sits squarely in the center, with Drew at the controls and the face of the franchise at events around So Cal, the USA, and around the World. Full disclosure, I’m a customer and fan, have led group rides, and was the subject of a short Super Squad profile. That said, Drew’s lessons can be applied far and wide. I’m excited about more ‘e’ in our future, and the easiest place to start is an eBike. And with Super 73, it’s a LOT more than a frame, motor, battery and wheels and a great way to get around and run errands, it’s a community. YouTube - Show Notes and Transcript -
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Phil Simon: Nine Tectonic Shifts, Steer into the Skid | Turn the Lens podcast with Jeff Frick Ep25
10/31/2023
Phil Simon: Nine Tectonic Shifts, Steer into the Skid | Turn the Lens podcast with Jeff Frick Ep25
Phil Simon has published over 14 business books over the last 20 years, on everything from data science and visualization to platform company domination, to zoom for dummies, and most recently, a focus on the future of work. In Phil's latest book, The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace, he focuses on what I might call the mega-trends, like sunlight, they impact everything on the planet, and dives into the impact on work, workers, and the workplace, in this 4th book in the in a mini-series on the future of work. We didn't touch on all nine, but we explored a few of my favorites in detail, as their impacts reach beyond the work into everything we do. Automation, digitization, dispersion, factions, and more. With the accompanying law of unintended consequences. Phil is well read, and well written, a huge fan of Breaking Bad and pushing barriers. If you enjoy quotes, laws, power dynamics, and the difficulty in assessing talent, come for employee empowerment, and stay for the unhealthy analytics. Nick Bloom to Goodhart's Law, Mark Twain to Darko Miličić, GenAI, Blockchain, we traveled. And with all that, what it's like to be an author in 2023 when 43% of people don’t read a single book in a year, while Amazon has to limit author submissions to 3 books per day. Three books a day? Can you say generative AI. Phil's a fun conversation Laughs and Seinfeld quotes are generally in the making. Transcript and show notes YouTube -
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Derek Kerton: Trends, The Future, Innovation | Turn the Lens podcast with Jeff Frick
10/11/2023
Derek Kerton: Trends, The Future, Innovation | Turn the Lens podcast with Jeff Frick
What does the future look like? How long til we get there? What models and assumptions will get flipped on their head? Thrilled to share this conversation with , Founder and Principal Analyst, in the latest episode of the Turn the Lens podcast with Jeff Frick Derek and the team have created a unique process to bring the speed of Silicon Valley innovation, to three of the largest industries supporting our world, Telecommunications, Transportation, Energy, and all the ancillary industries that orbit the core. Council connects cutting-edge technologies focused on sustainable, circular, and greener energy alternatives, to the largest multinational players on the planet. From SAF (sustainable aviation fuel), to pulling energy out of recycled aluminum through an almost reverse manufacturing process, to smart microgrids and the critical role EVs will play in an extended, modern, software-defined grid. Derek and the team have done it before with the , and the , connecting auto manufacturers and their ecosystem of partners, to the latest technology breakthroughs.. Many megatrends are aligning to accelerate the move to energy alternatives, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, and increasing our quality of life, from the air we breathe to more people-friendly urban centers. From Silicon Valley to Paris, from micro-grids to alternative aviation and marine fuels, to electric cars’ role in softening supply and demand spikes, from government influence to Adam Smith’s invisible hand, to eBikes, we covered it all, or at least as much as we could in a fifty-minute conversation. As Derek concluded, the future’s a lot closer than most people know. Thanks again Derek. The future is already here — it's just not evenly distributed - William Ford Gibson
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Melody Meckfessel v2: Access, Explore, Save-as | Turn the Lens #23
04/19/2023
Melody Meckfessel v2: Access, Explore, Save-as | Turn the Lens #23
Melody Meckfessel has been focused on the human side of software engineering productivity since before we met in 2015. She was already building the tools and teams powering some of the largest applications in the world on Google. In 2019, Melody followed an entrepreneurial calling to Co-Found Observable, the serf-described collaborative data platform and canvas. Of course, it’s Open Source, with all that implies, from transparency to best practices, code base to community ethos. Melody has a number of missions, two of the most important being: Giving more people access to the opportunities afforded in the technology industry, regardless of current technical level. And: Democratizing data-centricity, access to the attitude, tools, training, data, and interactivity to empower more people, as groups and individuals, to make better data-driven decisions. Fun to have her back on Turn the Lens My conversation with Melody Meckfessel Episode Page, Notes, Links, Transcript, etc. - Click Here YouTube - Click Here
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Bill Schmarzo v2: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Economics | Turn the Lens #22
04/17/2023
Bill Schmarzo v2: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Economics | Turn the Lens #22
The Dean of Big Data needs no introduction. When intelligent life forms in distant galaxies pick up the electric signals from this planet, no doubt one signal of a particular density will spark their attention, the Dean discussing decision-making, design thinking, and the economics of ethics, across media platforms, channels, and communication forums. His podcast appearances, lectures, keynotes, workshops, presentations, and books are too plenty to mention. Google 'Dean of Big Data.' Thrilled to have him back on Turn the Lens. My conversation with Bill Schmarzo. Episode Page with Transcripts, Shownotes, and links - Click Here YouTube -
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Casey Neistat: Return to NYC, Discovery, Community, Collaboration, Connection | Turn the Lens #21
10/25/2022
Casey Neistat: Return to NYC, Discovery, Community, Collaboration, Connection | Turn the Lens #21
When Casey Neistat announced that he, Candice and the family were moving back to Manhattan, you might have heard a collective cheer from his many fans and followers, rising just above the distinctive 'bzzzz'ing' sound of his beloved Boosted Board motors. What many don't know, is the impact Casey had on my life, along a number of tangents, Boosted Boards being one, but more importantly, the lessons learned about content discovery in an asynch content consumption world. These are lessons I've try to incorporate in my content strategy, and teachings. And while I should have recorded it on my board or OneWheel, let me invite you to join me on a morning coffee walk, a bit less precarious, and less wind noise. Shot on my Samsung S21 for something different. I also read somewhere that most podcasts don't get past episode 20, so what better way to celebrate moving past that post, and doing something special for 21, on S21, like we did something special for Episode 13. So without further delay, and with my B2B marketing, product, and communication pros in mind, Lessons from Casey.
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Martina Lauchengco: LOVED, Lessons, Modern Marketing Leadership | Turn the Lens #20
05/11/2022
Martina Lauchengco: LOVED, Lessons, Modern Marketing Leadership | Turn the Lens #20
Martina Lauchengco is a fantastic B2B tech marketer, who learned from some of the brightest in the business, on a few of the most important software products ever. She's worked for Bill, Marc, and Ben, and splitting early career time between Microsoft and Netscape provided an early graduate-level experience in two very different methods of delivering software. Microsoft's rigorous methodology and process, Netscape's focus on speed, speed, ship, course correct, and ship again. In her new book LOVED, Martina meticulously sets the table, then works through the details, of laying a solid product marketing foundation, significantly increasing the probability of success for sales, engineering, and the entire company. Marketing is a function, not a personality type. It takes work, not magic, and Martina lays out the concepts in easy-to-follow detail. In this far-ranging discussion, Martina shared her insight on some core marketing concepts like framing, storytelling, product-market fit, pricing, packaging, and bundling. Martina's guidance on content, has a point of view, perhaps provocative, to break through the noise. The desired goal of modern marketing is to work into the day's attention and conversations by incorporating education, entertainment, and emotional connection. The target response (less specific than a CTA link), have the people discover your content that matters, excite the audience so that a) their intellectual curiosity is sparked & they need to learn more, and b) intellectual curiosity sparked and a burning need to share with someone. Lots more in the book and the interview. Martina is always fun, educational, engaging, and thought-provoking. A great teacher with fantastic work-life lesson stories. Thanks again Martina, Congratulations again with LOVED, quite an undertaking. LinkedIn Article - Coming Soon
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Jon Fortt: Leadership, Media, Black Experience | Turn the Lens #19
03/11/2022
Jon Fortt: Leadership, Media, Black Experience | Turn the Lens #19
I used to see Jon Fortt at all the big tech events, sitting under lights, earpiece in and connected, waiting for the throw from CNBC New York for the latest in technology from The Sands, Moscone, or Javits Convention Centers. Jon has interviewed most of today's technology leaders, including Andy Jassy, Shantanu Narayen, Sandy Speicher, Satya Nadella, and many more. In this far-ranging discussion, Jon shares his take on a number of topics, from leadership, culture, authenticity, and other observations time with some of today's top leaders. We covered the evolution of media, and Jon's personal experimentation in varying content formats, structure, and delivery, stretching the limits inside, and outside the formal confines of CNBC. After recounting a career journey of from newspapers to magazines, national to local to national again, print to television, and adding successfully adding LinkedIn, YouTube & WordPress to the mix. I'm sure fans will enjoy getting to know another side of Jon, being on the other side of the questions. And for those who don't follow Jon, let me introduce you to a positive force in journalism, innovating in delivery, and leveraging his platforms to help others through education. Thanks again Jon, really enjoyed our conversation
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Chris & Melissa Bruntlett: Fewer Cars, Better Living | Turn the Lens #18
01/21/2022
Chris & Melissa Bruntlett: Fewer Cars, Better Living | Turn the Lens #18
I was introduced to Chris and Melissa Bruntlett in 2018 through 'The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality: Building the Cycling City', a bookshelf stable for anyone involved in urban mobility & transportation planning around the globe. Chris and Melissa took it up a notch with their 2021 release 'Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives' where the focus widens beyond bikes and transportation to broader societal and individual ills caused through the use of a transportation system optimized around metal boxes shooting through space, at the very expensive taking a very expensive toll it talks on that space, and the people in it. The second-order impacts of a bike first transportation (or more appropriately, 9-to-5-commute-in-car-optimized') system, are pretty amazing. Beyond physical to mental health in a constant multi-sensory engagement with the community and environment around us, navigating a world not of rules, but of flow at human speed. Not car first means the very youngest can safely navigate to school and activities with friends, no need for the minivan. The old and infirm who've had their keys taken away are no longer facing a mobility death sentence, forever dependent on a car driving assist. When the car is only one of many options, and especially when it's not the primary, mobility independence is opened to all who can't drive. Can't wait to meet in person on that side of the Atlantic one of these days. Thanks, Chris and Melissa Podcast Page - transcript, notes, etc.
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Vignesh Swaminathan: aka @MrBarricade, Community, Mobility | Turn the Lens #17
12/08/2021
Vignesh Swaminathan: aka @MrBarricade, Community, Mobility | Turn the Lens #17
Cities understand that streets are more than car thoroughfares. @MrBarricade aka Vignesh Swaminathan uses modern methods like Quick-Build to speed & humanize projects for the people who'll live in them. Vignesh is all about teaching members of the community how to use the tools of local government to drive change.
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Keith Townsend & Vittorio Viarengo: Content, B2B, RVs | Turn the Lens #16
09/09/2021
Keith Townsend & Vittorio Viarengo: Content, B2B, RVs | Turn the Lens #16
I was so excited to visit Keith and Melissa Townsend, Mr and Mrs CTO Advisor, on the CTO Flying Cloud Cross Country Bay Area Tour Stop, accompanied by one of the best creators in the B2B business, Vittorio Viarengo. We settled into the Airstream to talk all things B2B content, to help you better engage with your audience. A real treat. Thanks for hosting us Keith and Melissa.
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Hugo Bowne-Anderson: Data Scientists, Evangelists, Easy Button | Turn the Lens #15
08/06/2021
Hugo Bowne-Anderson: Data Scientists, Evangelists, Easy Button | Turn the Lens #15
Hugo Bowne-Anderson, Evangelism & Marketing for Coiled joined me for a conversation on all things Coiled, Dask, and the Pythonic ecosystem. Hugo was a practicing data scientist in the world of molecular cell biology and an instructor, developing and delivering data sciences classes enjoyed by 500K+ learners. Part of Hugo's mission is capturing the stories of people improving the world with data science one app at a time.
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Mike DeCesare: Cyber, AI, Founders & CEOs | Turn the Lens #14
08/05/2021
Mike DeCesare: Cyber, AI, Founders & CEOs | Turn the Lens #14
Mike DeCesare recently joined Exabeam as President and CEO. In this far-ranging conversation, Mike and I discuss the evolving security landscape, Zero Trust, the assumption that all credentials are compromised, the impact of AI, and more. Thanks again Mike, always enjoy getting my 'state of security' lesson from you.
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Jeff Frick: AI, Asynch, Jack Conte | Turn the Lens #13
08/01/2021
Jeff Frick: AI, Asynch, Jack Conte | Turn the Lens #13
Didn't want any Guest jinxing on Episode 13, so went solo. I have been asked to share a short story version of the Menlo Creek Manifesto, a position statement on content strategy in an AI-driven asynchronous world.
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Matt Rocklin: Data Science, Dask, Scale | Turn the Lens #12
07/26/2021
Matt Rocklin: Data Science, Dask, Scale | Turn the Lens #12
Matt Rocklin has been in the center of the Python renaissance, at Anaconda, NVIDIA, & now Coiled, Matt's start-up focused on helping enterprises more easily deploy parallelized python in production at scale. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning are two of today's most important technologies. Matt discussed data science, open-source in the enterprise, python resurgence & more.
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Bill Loewenthal: Software Defined Electric Experience | Turn the Lens #11
05/03/2021
Bill Loewenthal: Software Defined Electric Experience | Turn the Lens #11
Electric cars are one of the most visible signs of the electrification and eventual automation of an increasing number of transportation vehicles. The benefits of electrification are numerous, especially when looking beyond the consumer application to commercial and fleet operations. In this interview, Bill Loewenthal, SVP Product shares his views on ChargePoint's integrated network of smart devices approach to keeping these vehicles fueled, while providing an entirely new asset for employers, retailers, municipalities, restaurants, schools, parking providers, and more can leverage to deliver more value to their customers, patrons, students, employees, citizens, and community. Thanks Bill, Exciting times ahead!
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Melody Meckfessel and Deepti Srivastava: Visualization, Productivity, Democratization | Turn the Lens #10
03/02/2021
Melody Meckfessel and Deepti Srivastava: Visualization, Productivity, Democratization | Turn the Lens #10
Visualization is a hot topic in the data world, but I hadn't heard anyone reference visualization in the context of helping humans write better code. In a world where the competition for relevance to developers is at an all-time high, this unique take deserves a deeper dive. In this conversation, we cover topics, including visualization, their career journey, and the specific challenges of creating and nurturing Observables’ unique culture during a Pandemic. Melody has to one of the more intentional CEOs I've ever met, in walking the culture walk, investing in a number of specific actions and activities to ensure everyone understands their role, their value, their contribution to the larger goal. Really insightful conversation, Thanks Melody and Deepti.
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Michael Biltz: Vision, Future, Change | Turn the Lens #09
02/24/2021
Michael Biltz: Vision, Future, Change | Turn the Lens #09
For the last 21 years, Accenture has published and presented its annual Tech Vision Research Report. The report it typically 70 - 120 pages, from surveying hundreds of professionals, I've been covering the report release since 2017. Michael Biltz, MD, Accenture Technology Vision, one of the lead authors, and I continued our tradition of digging into findings of this report that is not your typical look forward. The report is organized around a theme, and five trends. For 2021... Leaders Wanted - Masters of Change at a Moment of Truth Trend 1 - STACK STRATEGICALLY - Architecting a Better Future Trend 2 - MIRRORED WORLD - The Power of Massive, Intelligent, Digital Twins Trend 3 - I, TECHNOLOGIST - The Democratization of Technology Trend 4 - ANYWHERE, EVERYWHERE - Bring Your Own Environment Trend 5 - FROM ME TO WE - A Multiparty System’s Path Through Chaos Thanks Michael
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Kyle "KMo" Moschetto: No email, no problem | Turn the Lens #08
02/16/2021
Kyle "KMo" Moschetto: No email, no problem | Turn the Lens #08
Upon seeing a post on LinkedIn, loudly proclaiming in bright red all caps .... 'I DO NOT CHECK EMAIL. Yep you read that right, No email for KMo, I had to learn more. Regardless of your reaction to that statement, Kyle Moschetto outlines a very intentional process to identify and stack rank the dozens of communication tools we use every day, and for Kyle, email ended up at the bottom of the list. In a world where more communication channels keep getting added, should we also remove the ones that aren't effective (like voicemail for me)? How much value/signal email provide you relative to the noise? Really interesting questions in an increasingly noisy world, and Kyle has really thought it through and put his solution in action. Thanks for sharing Kyle.
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Michele Bettencourt: Cyber, Turnarounds, Trans | Turn the Lens #07
02/01/2021
Michele Bettencourt: Cyber, Turnarounds, Trans | Turn the Lens #07
Retracing Michele Bettencourt's professional and personal journey promises to be one of the more interesting rides you'll take in 2021. From turning around companies to turning heads and minds, in this wide-ranging conversation, Michele shares lessons learned from 35 years as a tech CEO, while balancing home and personal life a bit more complicated than most. Really enjoyed getting to know Michele through this process, and can't wait to see how she changes the world. Thanks Michele, thanks for sharing.
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Bill Schmarzo: Tesla to Trafalgar, MJ to The Captain | Turn the Lens #06
01/22/2021
Bill Schmarzo: Tesla to Trafalgar, MJ to The Captain | Turn the Lens #06
Always a treat to take a random walk with the Dean of Big Data, Bill Schmarzo. In this conversation, we touch on quite a few bases, from how to print money with your data project, drive innovation through empowerment, leverage design thinking for better outcomes, and pass the ball when the situation dictates. Oh yeah, and we reviewed his latest book. Thanks, Bill, always a pleasure.
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Liza Donnelly: Political Cartoons, Connection, Hope | Turn the Lens #05
01/13/2021
Liza Donnelly: Political Cartoons, Connection, Hope | Turn the Lens #05
In this episode, we sat down Liza Donnelly, award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, visual journalist, live drawer, an observer of humanity. I first met Liza when she was live drawing the keynotes at the Stanford Women in Data Science Conference and was amazed at the way she captured the personalities of the speakers and their talks in just a few lines, splashes of color, and just the right expression. In this far-ranging discussion, we cover the importance of cartoons and illustrations in helping to communicate difficult topics and ideas. We explored the new world of direct connection with fans through various channels beyond traditional publications. And we close on the process, and how that's changed over time with new tools and techniques. Liza is very thoughtful, intentional, and her messages carry a power and weight that far exceeds the somewhat whimsical lines and watercolors on paper. Thanks Liza
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Amanda Palmer: Ask, Connect, Intimacy | Turn the Lens #04
12/17/2020
Amanda Palmer: Ask, Connect, Intimacy | Turn the Lens #04
In this episode, we look back to Amanda Palmer's "The art of asking" TED Talk from 2013. With over 18 million views and counting, Amanda clearly touched a nerve with the core message of knowing how to ask. But there are many more lessons to be learned, from the evolving role of distribution in an increasingly digital world, the value of direct connection to small number vs large number with small conversion, changing scope of connection with today's tools, value exchange, and most importantly (for me), lessons on trust. Thanks Amanda
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Jennifer Tejada: Operations, Culture, Sunny Delight | Turn the Lens #03
12/15/2020
Jennifer Tejada: Operations, Culture, Sunny Delight | Turn the Lens #03
I've had the pleasure of interviewing 's CEO on a number of occasions. She's an inspirational, successful leader, in all that the term encompasses. In this live look back to Catalyst Conference 2016, Jennifer shares a few of the values that have shaped her as a leader and more importantly, as a person. Perhaps you can incorporate some of these best practices in your relationships at work and beyond. Thanks, Jennifer.
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Marcia Conner: Remove Obstacles, Introverts, Rewriting Rules | Turn the Lens #02
12/09/2020
Marcia Conner: Remove Obstacles, Introverts, Rewriting Rules | Turn the Lens #02
In this episode, and in the context of tightening of Covid restrictions, and a new way to work, work from home, work from anywhere, we look back at a 2013 interview with Marcia Conner, where she goes into depth in the need for a more Human Centric approach to managing people. Topics include working with the person you hired, enabling all people to contribute (not just the extroverts), re-thinking value metrics solely based on in-the-moment engagement and a positive note on taking advantage of the opportunity to change things that were designed for 18th Century work. Thanks for sharing your powerful concerns and insightful perspective Marcia! You changed the way I frame, measure, and value engagement.
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Nick Mehta: Human First, Vulnerable, Funny | Turn the Lens #01
12/08/2020
Nick Mehta: Human First, Vulnerable, Funny | Turn the Lens #01
Was writing a post-about Nick and the acquisition by , but figured, I'd just do a quick video (my preferred format) and podcast audio. Periscope for now. Enjoy and Congrats Team Gainsight!
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