Dynamic Decisions Podcast

Dynamic Decisions Podcast

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Dynamic Decisions Podcast episodes

  • Clarity Is a Choice

    What happens when the real problem isn't your data it's your decision-making architecture?

     

    Gregory Bartolomei, Director of Decision Intelligence at IHG Hotels and Resorts, brings a rare combination of enterprise scale, analytical rigor, and hard-won wisdom about where AI actually helps and where it quietly makes things worse. Having spent nearly eight years building decision intelligence at JP Morgan Chase, Gregory now applies those lessons inside one of the world's largest hospitality companies.

     

    In this conversation, Teasha and Gregory dig into:

     

    • Why "more horsepower" AI often obscures the right answer instead of surfacing it

    • The McKinsey situation-complication-resolution framework and how it helps leaders cut complexity without losing the truth

    • How IHG builds DI systems that serve thousands of franchise owners globally without steamrolling the context of a single property manager in Bangkok or Birmingham

    • The case for LLMs as thinking partners and Python as the test and why those two tools belong in different hands at different moments

    • Decision Compute: a simulated boardroom tool designed to give any CEO access to the kind of structured, multi-perspective decision support that currently only exists inside billion-dollar consulting engagements

    • Why AI adoption stalls even when the tool is excellent and what the change management piece actually looks like at scale

     

    Gregory closes with a challenge to leaders drowning in dashboards: identify the three most important things you need to deliver, and filter every signal through that lens. That's not a data strategy. That's focus.

     

    #DecisionIntelligence #AI #Leadership


    32 min
  • Through the Lens of People, Place, and Generational Prosperity
    What does it take to drive economic strategy for an entire region when you have no enforcement authority, 35 committee members with competing interests, and a political landscape that reshuffles every two years? Luis Nieves-Ruiz has been doing exactly that for over a decade.
    Luis is the Director of Economic Development for the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (Council of Governments) in Orlando. His work spans regional economic strategy, industry cluster analysis, food systems as an economic driver, and Brownfields revitalization. He also teaches economic development at the University of Central Florida and has chaired Orange County's Citizens Review Panel, evaluating over 350 nonprofit funding applications under real scarcity.
    In this conversation, Teasha and Luis dig into:
    • How to build momentum on 10-year projects when your political coalition may not survive the next election
    • Why Luis refuses to let his work live or die by the political cycle, and the independence that makes it possible
    • The "360 approach" to economic decision-making: evaluating every initiative through the lens of people, place, and long-term prosperity
    • How a small city near the Space Center accidentally revealed a niche cooling technology cluster that nobody had a name for yet
    • The gap between the 1990s recruitment playbook that still dominates EDO strategy and the community wealth-building approach that actually moves the needle
    • Why data earns you a seat at the table, but judgment is what you do once you're there
    This episode is essential listening for economic development professionals, regional planners, and anyone navigating long-horizon work inside short-cycle institutions.
    41 min
  • What happens between the dashboard and the decision?
    What happens between the dashboard and the decision? That gap is exactly where Dushan Chathuranga Basnayaka has spent his career. A data intelligence practitioner based in Sri Lanka, Dushan joins Teasha to unpack the seven gaps that keep organizations from turning data into actionincluding "decision fragmentation," the reason your teams are debating numbers instead of acting on them. He also shares his Decision Intelligence Reference Model, why AI accelerates broken patterns just as fast as good ones, and the difference between repeatable decisions (which need a design) and ad hoc ones (which don't). His book, From Dashboards to Decisions, is available on Amazon now.
    29 min
  • The Leader Humanity Needs

    The Leader Humanity Needs

    What does it really mean to lead? In this episode, Teasha sits down with Dr. Daniel Tataje, a Peruvian-born dentist turned CEO, and author of The Leader Humanity Needs. Dr. Daniel built his Seven Marks of Leadership Framework not in a business school, but in the trenches of scaling a dental group from 4 employees to 140 families across 17 acquisitions.

    This is not a conversation about KPIs or quarterly targets. It's about what happens when your values meet real pressure: letting go of your highest-producing employee because they weren't aligned, and trusting that doing the right thing is the right strategy. Dr. Daniel makes a compelling case that authentic leadership isn't a tool you pick up to get results. It's who you become. And who you become is the result.

    If you've ever felt the tension between character and convenience, tune in for some valuable wisdom nuggets.


    cmodel.io

    Mercy Dental Group

    32 min
  • You Can't Dance to a Roadmap

    You Can't Dance to a Roadmap

    What happens when design thinking leads product development instead of engineering?

    Ismael Larrosa, founder and CEO of Capicua, built one of Latin America's fastest-growing product companies on exactly that premise. In this episode, we get into product drift, what it is, why it's quietly killing companies, and how Ismael's proprietary ShipClarity framework turns scattered features and competing pressures back into a coherent product.

    We also dig into the real tension between investor demands, customer requests, and protecting what makes your product worth building in the first place. Boom. This one's for every founder who's three years in and can't quite articulate what makes them different anymore.

    • CModel.io
    • Capicua.com

    36 min
  • How Do You Sell to Skeptics?

    Empathy Sells
    What does a biochemist-turned-marketing strategist know about selling to people who are trained to poke holes in everything? A lot, it turns out.

    In this episode, Teasha Cable sits down with Hamid Ghanadan, founder and CEO of The Linus Group, who has spent 30 years cracking the code on marketing and sales to scientists, doctors, and engineers. His counterintuitive insight: dumping more data on skeptical buyers doesn't persuade them it actually widens the gap.

    The real key? Empathy. And its close cousin, curiosity.

    Hamid breaks down why the flip side of skepticism is curiosity, and how skilled marketers can guide technical buyers from guarded to genuinely engaged without ever forcing the conclusion. He also explains why values, not data, sit at the core of every real decision, and why "data-heavy" strategies are often working against you.

    Whether you're launching a life science product, pitching investors, or simply trying to move a stubborn stakeholder, this episode will reshape how you think about influence.


    https://www.cmodel.io

    https://www.thelinusgroup.com

    31 min
  • Compliance is Bliss

    Patrick Sullivan understands that tight-wire walk feeling when navigating uncharted territory. As VP of Innovation and Strategy at A-lign, he's spent 25+ years in IT security without a roadmap, facing the same fears we all do when standing at the edge of something unknown.

    When organizations worldwide suddenly needed AI governance answers, Patrick discovered something profound: authentic leadership means admitting you don't have all the solutions while still moving forward. 

    His honesty about late-night doubts, breakthrough moments, and the weight of decisions affecting real people creates a deeply human perspective on complexity.

    This isn't just about technical expertise - it's about trust, responsibility, and finding your footing, and your bliss, when everything feels uncertain. 

    Learn more:

    • https://www.a-lign.com
    • https://www.cmodel.io

    Follow us on LinkedIn:

    • Patrick
    • Teasha
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    33 min
  • I See You
    Ever felt like you were drowning at work, wondering if anyone cared whether you showed up? You're not alone. This conversation with Jewel von Kempf might be exactly what you need.Jewel's journey isn't your typical corporate story. She's spent over 15 years building HR departments from scratch at companies like Microsoft, Skytap, and now CoinMe, the first licensed Bitcoin ATM company in the US. What makes her different? She actually gives a hoot.
    Leading people operations at CoinMe, which operates the largest cryptocurrency cash network with over 50,000 locations, Jewel creates workplaces where people genuinely want to show up. Not just to pay bills, but because they feel seen, heard, and valued.
    In this raw conversation, Jewel opens up about being the person everyone turns to when things get hard, maintaining her infectious attitude under pressure,
    33 min
  • The Real Straight Shooter
    When Dr. Diane Dye walks into a room, she doesn't sugarcoat what's happening in your organization. She sees what most executives miss - that every operational decision, every transformation initiative, every strategic pivot has a human element that can either propel you forward or blow everything up. This isn't your typical HR consultant offering feel-good team-building exercises. Dr. Di (as she calls herself) is the strategist founders and CEOs call when they're tired of throwing spaghetti at the wall and watching their teams drown in change fatigue. With over 20 years building high-performing teams and mitigating organizational risk, she's turned the conventional wisdom about people strategy on its head. Her firm, People Risk Consulting, focuses on experimentation strategy - helping leaders learn to make calculated bets instead of dipping their hands into boiling pots of transformation chaos. In this episode, she and host Teasha Cable dig into why the biggest business risks aren't in your spreadsheets - they're sitting in your conference rooms.
    34 min
  • AI as the Enabler - Not the Decision Maker
    If your business deals in global trade, you won't want to miss today's #DynamicDecisionsPodcast. My guest Ricky Ho brings nearly a decade of supply chain technology experience to his latest venture, @SourceReady. With a proven track record of building and scaling enterprise solutions, Ricky has witnessed firsthand the pain points that plague international commerce. His ambitious goal tackling international business' biggest challenge: making global trade accessible and simple by creating a platform that makes connecting worldwide businesses with verified suppliers as easy as using ChatGPT. What makes this conversation particularly valuable is Ricky's deep dive into the practical applications of AI in streamlining complex supply chain processes. Whether you're interested in AI applications, supply chain innovation, or scaling enterprise software, this episode delivers concrete examples from proven success.Learn more:
    • Follow Ricky on LinkedIn
    • SourceReady
    • Follow Teasha on LinkedIn
    • CModel.io

    46 min

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