Brian J Matos

Brian reflects on the first 13 episodes of the podcast, previews upcoming guests and offers an editorial monologue on the impact of frequent disasters on insurance markets. Brian shares his concerns about the growing cost of insurance premiums for ordinary families around the world as they need to hedge bigger and more costly disaster risks. What happens to the global economy when insuring homes, cars, health care and businesses become prohibilitely expensive? What behaviors does that change and what risks become too great to take, even for middle and upper income households?

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Richard Hollis joins Brian from London, England for a frank and eye-opening conversation on the threats we all face from web-based criminals and other bad actors in cyberspace. Richard is the CEO of Risk Crew, a London-based, cyber security risk management consulting firm. He has worked in the industry for over 30 years, developing his experience across the private sector, government and military roles.

Richard is a celebrated public speaker, and his articles can be found in a wide range of industry magazines including Wired, SC, InfoSec and Security Penetration Testing magazine.

Unique to his sector, he and his cybersecurity consultancy are looking to shake up the conversation as to whether complete and impervious cybersecurity is possible and where liability should be in an increasingly interconnected world.

In this episode, Brian and Richard discuss the current cyber threat landscape facing individuals, governments and businesses as well as the misleading promises made by some in the cyber defense industry. They dive into the realities of risk mitigation, training employees to be on guard against emerging threats and preparing our society to build resiliency against future disruptions.

To learn more about Richard and his work:

LINKEDIN: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/riskexpertrichardhollis WEBSITE: https://www.riskcrew.com/

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Brian is joined by Joshua Penner, CEO and Founder of AI start up Inquisio.AI, the mayor of Orting, Washington and the author of Strategy in 60 Minutes. Alongside his work as a small city Mayor, Josh's goal with Inquisio.AI is to make government more effective and more accessible through its databases of policies and ordinances. As an veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp., he has a unique view on leadership and credibility, developing it, maintaining it, and making collaboration a part of it. His educational background includes Business Administration & Management with strategy, becoming a core part of his interest – the precursor to his book on strategy.

Brian and Joshua discuss his overall aims for applying AI to local government issues, how to mitigate associated risks, what rules should govern the rollout of AI and they reflect on leadership in modern government and business.

To learn more about Josh and his work:

• LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/joshuapenner
• WEBSITE: inquisio.ai

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On the show today, Brian is joined by Lucy Jung, the CEO of Charco Neurotech, a MedTech start-up that has created a non-evasive device for managing the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. More than 10 million people across the world suffer from the stiffness and slowness attributed to Parkinson's. The CUE1 device has been successfully tested by patients who have claimed reduced symptoms by 9.3 points, three times the level of the common methods of managing the condition.

Lucy speaks to Brian about the early results her company's device, the theories behind why it may be an effective treatment, thoughts on medical innovation and how technology could be the innovator that medicine needs to get closer to breakthroughs in patient care.

Learn more about Lucy and her work:

• WEBSITE: https://charconeurotech.com/
• LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyjung/
• TWITTER: @LucyJung

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Brian is joined by Lisa Patel, the CEO and co-founder of the drug discovery and development company, Istesso. They work in the emerging field of immunometabolism, which aims to find new and better treatments for autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and potentially even various forms of cancer.

Before joining Istesso, Lisa worked at GlaxoSmithKlein for 10 years, as a team leader in the Cardiovascular Centre of Excellence and latterly as a group leader in Clinical Pharmacology and Discovery Medicine. Lisa earned a PhD in molecular genetics, a degree in biochemistry and an MBA.

Her experience and background in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have made her incredibly passionate about curing illness. Not in a piecemeal way, but in a way that keeps patients and their conditions at the centre of cures. She joins us for a conversation about the exciting medical research her team is engaged in as well as her professional journey to the top of such an innovative company.

To learn more about Lisa and her work:

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drugdiscoverer/

WEBSITE: https://istesso.co.uk/

Brian pauses to reflect on the meaning of Memorial Day in the United States and offer some thoughts on remembering those who payed the ultimate price in the name of defending the ideals of freedom and liberty.

For the global audience, Brian shares a brief history of the U.S. holiday and at the end of the show, weighs in on how to balance the solemnity of the occassion with the natural inclination to celebrate the first full weekend of summer across much of the U.S.

Check out past episodes of the show on the official website: http://www.brianjmatos.com/ and reach out with your Memorial Day reflections: [email protected] or DM @BrianJMatos on Twitter.

Bradley Schurman joins Brian for a virtual conversation from Washington, D.C. He is the author of THE SUPER AGE: DECODING OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DESTINY as well as the founder and CEO of Super Age, a global research and advisory firm, that counsels clients on workforce recruitment and retention, inclusive design, and marketing and communication strategies.

Bradley is an expert on demographic change and how it disrupts social, cultural, political, and economic norms across the United States and around the world.

He's written for Newsweek, been quoted by Esquire, Car and Driver, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USAToday. He has also briefed NATO and the U.S. Department of Defense on aging populations and demographic topics.

In this episode, Brian and Bradley discuss the seismic changes in demography that are affecting the future of our economies and societies.

Topics include:

• Defining the Super Age and why it is such a critical time in the life of a nation and its people
• Shifting demographics, primarily around decreased birth rates and increased human longevity.
• The Politics of Russia and Ukraine – the geopolitics of declining birth rates as a reason for the invasion.
• Representational changes – monocultural areas of the US versus cosmopolitan areas such as California vs North Dakota.
• Gen Z has a radically different in outlook than past generations
• People of the next generation losing faith in liberal democratic structures – a breeding ground for authoritarianism.
• Emerging technologies such as AI, people consider this a threat but the future is more human-assisted technology. How did people learn from changing technology before?
• How getting older and younger people back into the workforce can solve economic problems.
• How are decreasing birth rates and increased life expectancy impacting the workforce?

Plus, Brian quizzes Bradley about a few regions of the world we should keep our eye on in the next decade or two.

You can purchase THE SUPER AGE: DECODING OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DESTINY anywhere you get your books including on his website: https://www.thesuperage.com/book and Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Super-Age-Decoding-Demographic-Destiny/dp/0063048752

Follow Bradley Schurman on your favorite social media platform:

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleyschurman/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thesuperage TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thesuperage

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Glenn Sommerville joins Brian from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada for a virtual conversation on leadership, management and mentorship.

This wide ranging conversation covers leadership development, strategies for managing the stress of an executive role and observations on how to work across generations in a rapidly changing global workforce.

Glenn is the co-founder and Managing Director of High Performance Leaders Inc. (HPL). HPL was created to re-invent the way leaders are developed. Through deliberate practice, HPL develops the skills and essential habits a leader needs to create alignment between the leaders, the management systems, and the organization's culture.

He has served in various senior leadership roles for major companies including Honeywell, Toyota, BlackBerry and Amazon including responsibly for Amazon fulfillment operations across Canada.

Glenn graduated from Ryerson University's Bachelor of Engineering program with a minor in Computer Science, is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds an MBA from Herriot-Watt University.

Topics covered in this interview include:

• How Glenn's leadership experience in companies like Amazon helped him form his own business and develop strategies in leadership
• The leadership gap – baby boomers leaving the workforce without an experienced generation to take over
• Companies that aren't investing in leadership development opportunities
• Higher levels of stress and burnout in leadership
• Prioritising yourself so you're not just 'busy being busy'
• Time management
• Stress management
• Investing in the future of your company

Learn more about Glenn and his work:

• High Performance Leaders website: https://hp-leaders.com/
• Glenn's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-sommerville-7408bb25/?originalSubdomain=ca
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennsommervilleL2R/

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Nick Denning joins Brian for a conversation on the current and emerging challenges in cybersecurity that every leader needs to know to protect their organization and the public should be aware of.

Nick is the CEO of Diegesis, a UK-based tech consultancy supporting organizations looking to develop, integrate or migrate legacy systems to the latest, cutting-edge frameworks. His team also delivers a cyber security management platform called Cyber Security Policy Monitor (CSPM) to help small and medium sized businesses set up appropriate and cost effective security policies.

A mathematics graduate, Nick started his career serving as an Officer in the British Army leaving the Royal Signals as a Captain after 8 years' of service, spend three years at Logica, then the UK's leading system house before starting his first company Strategic Thought Group, in 1987. STG floated on AIM in 2005 to develop their risk management product Active Risk Manager, used by Lockheed Martin to manage risk on the Lockheed Martin F35 development.

As a company director with his broad background of software development, consultancy, entrepreneurship and business leadership, Nick is well qualified to discuss all aspects of modern cybersecurity risks. He guides organizations large and small on digital transformation, the management of associated risk and how to delivery great business outcomes while placing security by design at the heart of all projects. He is a strong supporter of the UK government Cyber Essentials scheme, for which certification is available for organizations worldwide, promoting CE through sales of CSPM.

In this episode, Brian and Nick discuss a wide range of cybersecurity and recovery topics including:

• The risk assessments that businesses can take to protect themselves from cyber criminals.
• The most common issues with cybersecurity phishing scams.
• Producing response plans for cyber criminality in the event of issues
• Cyber criminals who target subcontractors or individuals connected with large companies, rather than large companies.
• The influence of government policy and bodies on cybersecurity
• What are the most common mistakes that businesses make with cybersecurity?
• What influence have governments had on knowledge of cybersecurity?
• Where should responsibility lie in the case of cyber-attacks?

Learn more about Nick Denning, his company and his work:

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nickdenning
• Twitter: @NickHDenning
• Website: http://www.diegesis.co.uk

Peyman Pouryekta joins Brian for a virtual conversation from Berlin, Germany. Peyman is a consultant and advisor to tech industry startups, helping them create stronger, more focused teams and leaders. In recent years, Peyman has worked with venture capital firms, directly with startups as a strategic advisor and has served in C-Level positions. In these roles, Peyman coaches his clients how to set strategy, develop world class products and evaluate technology needs as they scale up their operations.

Among his many career achievements, Peyman joined an AI company as one of the first employees and helped grow that company from the ground up as Director of Engineering. By the time he exited, the firm had grown to 90 employees with offices in New York, London and Berlin.

In this episode, we will discuss common mistakes startups make as they grow, how to be an effective leader in the tech industry and share advice to aspiring entrepreneurs and future executives.

Among the topics we cover in this interview:

• The five mistakes that start-ups make when they're scaling
• Transitioning from working on code to leading when you've scaled tour business
• There are no born leaders, it's something you must learn through experience
• The ego of a leader – how they control their emotions and what they do under pressure
• How to become a leader or a CTO
• Managing teams especially when they're growing
• Putting together management structures within a business – are there too many internal structures or too few? Are they fit for purpose?
• Leaders need to have space and being able to trust other management. They need to be able to make mistakes in a safe environment
• What environments do we need to create to produce good leaders?

Learn more about Peyman and his work:

• Website: https://www.pouryekta.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peymanpouryekta/?originalSubdomain=de
• Instagram: @peymanman
• Twitter: @peymanman