Deploying clean power starts with people, money, and culture.  And then there’s the hardware: solar panels, batteries, wind turbines, transmission lines, and charging stations.  Solving the puzzle to reverse the effects of climate change rests on making the economics of clean power work. Every day, Trenton Allen, CEO of Sustainable Capital Advisors, and advisory board member to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, works to build a climate-resilient future through financial advisory services for sustainable infrastructure projects.   Implementing clean power on its own won’t achieve cr ..read more

If someone told you that your company could be 36% more profitable simply by implementing one thing, would you be willing to try it?    Janine Hamner Holman, founding principal and CEO of J&J Consulting Group,  is a diversity and organizational culture expert who has spent the last 10 years studying the intersection of brain science, emotional intelligence and communication.   We are at a tipping point with the epidemic of employee resignations. Employees must feel they belong,  they're seen and they're heard, or they will not stay in a job.   Janine and Micha ..read more

Nick Warner, formerly an A-list lobbyist in Sacramento, California, and now a business and career coach, talks about his lobbyist days, and how he balanced lobbying with running a successful business. Have a notepad ready because this episode is chalked full of business axioms, media sound bites, and a quick inside glimpse of how the legal system really works.   And then there’s the career basics: “You are only as good as what you are selling.”  “Listen and ask smart questions.”  “Don’t overspend your means." Although these comments should be considered table stakes for eve ..read more

“The people who create technology must represent the communities that use it.”    In today’s episode, Michael discusses software development and diversity in technology with Dan Draper.  Dan is an entrepreneur, software developer and diversity champion, the CEO and founder of CipherStash, and the producer of the documentary “Debugging Diversity” where he uncovers issues facing women in technology. Programming data security is tricky and is ultimately the responsibility of the software developer.  On the flip side, it’s hard to do anything in today’s world without sharing pe ..read more

Every business, no matter how big or small, can be the target of cybercrime.  From his vantage point of  author, educator, podcaster and founder and CEO of Cyber Risk Opportunities, visionary Kip Boyle discusses cyber security.    Why do so many senior decision makers not invest in cyber security? Unfortunately, too many are not interested in preventing a problem until they feel the pain directly or are close to someone who is suffering. Kip discusses many real-world experiences including customer stories and true life actions that he relays in his book, his podcasts and to ..read more

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Today’s episode highlights the good news and the bad news about the current state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Dr. Ron Baecker. Dr. Baecker is an author, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at Toronto University, and Founder and Chairman of the non-profit Computers and Society Organization.   Ron explains how some areas of AI are mature and working successfully.  However, there are other areas of AI that Ron considers immature, and at this point, unrealistic. There’s also an ethical side of decision making within some areas of AI that Ron finds disturbing.   Listen in ..read more

What do cave diving, nursing and data analysis have in common?  Meet Sari Megan Kern, CEO of Alpha Data Strategies.   Many calculations go into determining the critical factors necessary for a safe and successful dive.  Nursing and dealing with medical issues is also based on strong data.  As Sari explains, you cannot make good decisions without data!  Data maximizes your opportunities for success, and data drives decision making – in diving, in nursing, and especially in business! Data must be aligned with your “North Star” goals. Unfortunately, many companies run the ..read more

Hold on to your hat for this episode with Moose!  Moose Mutlow is an adventurer, author, educator and rescuer.  Since 2002 Moose has been a member and senior trainer of Yosemite Search and Rescue.  He is also the Lead Trainer for Family Liaison Officers for the National Park Service.   Moose gives us an uncensored view of what life is like inside the world of search and rescue.  As Moose puts it, “In search and rescue you inherit someone else’s crisis, and you must choreograph the response.”  Having been on the front line of around 60 deaths in the last 10 years ..read more

In this episode, Michael talks with Belle Walker, founder of Belleview Consulting. Risks can be found in the darkest corners of a business. And, all too often organization dynamics, including poorly defined reporting structures, inefficient approval processes, and overly complicated product manufacturing programs act as silent killers -- quietly and methodically sapping the life of a business and its employees. Belle is an Organizational Efficiency Engineer, and she will be the first to tell you she takes firms From Friction to Function.  In short, Belle specializes in taking a company fr ..read more