Disruption / Interruption

Gem Garcia is a DE&I consultant that loves helping individuals navigate the hectic corporate job application process. In this episode Gem talks about the HR recruitment process and reveals what makes an individual marketable. Gem is the founder of Corporate in Colour Consulting where she offers career coaching and other career related services.

 Key Takeaways:

•     How job seekers or candidates can change the current HR recruitment narrative
•         What HR is looking for during the hiring process
•         Intangible aspects that help companies attract and keep talent
•         How a company can be able to attract the right kind of talent to join their team
•         The kind of qualities that you want HR to see on your Resume.

Quote of the Show (38:00 – 39:00):

“I don’t hold back any punches because I don’t feel like you engage with me at any level to sugarcoat it. That’s not going to get you the results you want. You’re dealing with someone who has insight into this crazy industry and can give you that if you’re willing to learn.” - Gem Garcia

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Ways to connect with Gem Garcia:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemgarcia/

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Lars Helgeson is the author of CRM for Dummies. He works with companies and businesses by helping them combine customer service, sales, marketing, and operations via a cloud-based platform. In this episode, he talks about the significance and impact of the CRM technology in the business world. Lars is the founder of GreenRope, a CRM and marketing automation platform that helps businesses grow and run effectively. 

Key Takeaways:

• How Lars started GreenRope after losing his first business idea to a former business partner
• How GreenRope’s CRM is different from other CRMs in the market today
• What is a complete CRM concept and how can business use it to grow
• Why Lars wrote CRM for Dummies

Quote of the show (38:00)

“I enjoy helping people. I like seeing people succeed. I like seeing if they can leverage our technology or not. I like being able to watch really good ideas and people with good missions grow,”

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Ways to connect with Lars Helgeson:

GreenRope LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greenrope

Lars' Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larshelgeson/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRope

Twitter: @larshelgeson

Company Website: http://www.greenrope.com

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Anthony Bandiero is a retired law enforcement officer with a passion for helping other law enforcement officers make better decisions during search and seizure procedures. In this episode Anthony discusses the issues surrounding power, decision-making, and the rising complexities of the current law enforcement climate. Anthony is an attorney and owner of Blue to Gold, a search and seizure law enforcement training company.

Key Takeaways:

• How Anthony developed a passion for the Fourth Amendment
• Why the responsibility of law enforcement has changed over the years
• How Blue and Gold helps officers make educated decisions in nanoseconds
• Why the next generation of law enforcement is focused on change
  
  

Quote of the Show (28:00):  

“My philosophy after I train these cops is that when they get recorded, they should be thinking to themselves, awesome. I cannot wait to go home to my family and let them know I did my job out there, and I got recorded. Let's turn on YouTube and watch what a great job I did today.”

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Ways to connect with Anthony Bandiero:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-bandiero/

Website: https://www.bluetogold.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BluetoGold/videos

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Kathryn Kosmides is the founder and CEO of Garbo, a background check platform helping individuals create safer relationships through accurate reporting of past violent and harmful behavior. In this episode Kathryn shares how digital harm is impacting the real lives of individuals worldwide and how Garbo is changing the conversation around reporting and accountability of harmful behavior

Key Takeaways:

• How harassment has changed with online relationships
• Why over half of romance scams occur on social media platforms
• How Garbo connects the dots between users and reporting tools
• How quizzes are helping survivors identify and process violence
  
  

Quote of the Show (12:30):  

“99% of domestic violence situations will have some sort of financial abuse occurring because that makes it difficult for the person to leave. If you control the money, you control everything.

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Ways to connect with Kathryn Kosmides:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynmkosmides/

Company website - https://www.garbo.io/

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Anthony Franklin, the Head of Revenue for Ava, a SaaS platform that provides real-time captions using AI and human intelligence. In this episode, Anthony dives into the topic of accessibility for underserved populations and how it impacts the business bottom line.  He shares insights on understanding what your target audience wants and building a product-led growth strategy.

Key Takeaways:

• How sales have fundamentally changed when marketing innovative products
• The importance of having demos to prove that you can solve a customer's problem
• How Ava is improving the accuracy of captions for the 450 million people globally who have some form of hearing loss?
• The importance of having real people behind the technology and being passionate about the work.
  
  

Quote of the Show (12:30):  

“There's a stigma around getting an accommodation. People are afraid to say, I need this tool to be productive at work. So they don’t. They just suffer.”

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Ways to connect with Anthony Franklin:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyfranklin1/

Company website - https://www.ava.me/

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Carleen Haylett is the CEO and Founder of EnrichedHQ, a marketplace changing the way families engage school-age kids. Through live virtual activities, EnrichedHQ is bringing together activity providers and content with families who need flexible childcare options. In this episode Carleen discusses how her company is working with corporate clients to provide access to working families as an extension of traditional childcare options.

Key Takeaways:

• How EnrichedHQ addresses the gap in childcare options for older children
• Why women are heavily impacted by access to child enrichment activities
• How SaaS platforms are influencing diversity and inclusion in corporations
• The importance of flexibility for today’s working parents
• How childcare options can save companies millions in employee retention costs
  
  

Quote of the Show (7:00):  

“Every time an employee leaves an organization, it flat out costs them one and a half times that employee's annual salary.”

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Ways to connect with Carleen Haylett:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carleen-haylett-18a5521/

Company website - https://enrichedhq.com/

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Teresa Spangler is a growth strategist with a background in innovation and digital transformation who is dedicated to helping companies of all sizes achieve their goals. Theresa has extensive experience in creating products and solutions that leverage data and new technologies to drive business value. She is the founder of Plazabridge Group and the GameDay Decisions Analytics Platform™, an AI-powered decision-making tool. Her book, "All That I Am Now That I Know", shares 17 lessons she learned as an entrepreneur and growth strategist.

Key Takeaways:

• How AI is helping humans make better, faster decisions
• Why the C-Suite is in desperate need of a decision-making framework
• How to get “unstuck” through communication habits
• The difference between accumulating data vs. assessing risk
• Why millions of dollars are lost on the critical thinking gap
  
  

Quote of the Show (4:00):  

“It all comes back to people. If we're not serving and protecting the environment, we're hurting people.”

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Ways to connect with Teresa Spangler:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresawspangler/

Company - https://www.plazabridgegroup.com/

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Jai Arun is a technology and innovation evangelist, with a firm belief in the transformative power of blockchain and how it can impact the way we do business. With over 23 years of experience leading teams from startups to billion-dollar companies like IBM, Jai has seen the impact of compromised systems, the importance of security, and how blockchain is protecting the systems and information we value most.

Key Takeaways:

• Why security is a factor in everything we do
• How blockchain technology simplifies transactions
• The impact of self-sovereign identity and how we view information
• Why monetizing information has created more distrust
• Where blockchain can make the biggest impact in rebuilding societal trust
• Why Jai looks to his childhood to stay inspired to help others.
  
  

Quote of the Show (26:00):  

“Blockchain enables companies to bring trust and security to systems. Distributed Ledger Technology can bring trust and transparency into businesses to solve more problems.”

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Ways to connect with Jai Arun:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsarun/
Company - http://www.ibm.com/

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Ho Yin Cheung is a business technology innovator devoted to humanizing technology and driving meaningful relationships in the workplace. After working in the social media industry, Ho Yin became disenchanted with the psychological impact it had within society. He is now using his skills and experience to offer engaging and exciting virtual and hybrid events through technology.

Key Takeaways:

• How people are rethinking engaging online
• Why there’s still room to make communication more human
• How social media is creating distrust
• Why remote work requires retraining of leaders at all levels
• Which industries are embracing virtual workspaces best
• How Remo.co is helping businesses create a remote workplace culture
  
  

Quote of the Show (15:00):  

“The funny thing about working in technology is that a lot of times the thing that limits growth is humans.”

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Ways to connect with Ho Yin Cheung:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoyincheung/

Website: http://remo.co/

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Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruption-interruption/id1581985755  

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Peter Malek is a business and technology executive with nearly two decades of experience in operations excellence, leadership building, and service solutions. Peter’s strategies and insights have contributed to multi-millions in ROI for corporations looking to automate, optimize, and transform their complex customer service and internal business systems. His natural leadership talent paired with disruptive insights on corporate culture have inspired his recent book, “#PerFORM: The Path to Becoming Unstoppable and Achieving Fulfillment.”

Key Takeaways:

• The main ingredient for disruptive innovation
• How to create a mission and purpose that people believe in
• Why trust building fosters creativity in the workplace
• How inspire problem-solving within your team
• The new definition of diversity in the workplace
  
  

Quote of the Show (05:00):  

“Creativity and innovation really start to grow when individuals feel they're in a space where they're empowered and surrounded by others they enjoy working with.”

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Ways to connect with Peter Malek:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-malek-8a980a1/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637308221/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

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