Enterprise Podcast Network

Bob Johansen, a sociologist focused on top leadership in shape-shifting organizations joins  joins Enterprise Radio. He is co-author of: Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living that shares how to prepare for the emerging officeverse.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Bob Johansen discuss the following:

* What is “office shock?” Why is it important?

* What mindset is most important as people think about the future of work?

* What does a futurist add to the conversation about the future of offices?

* Why is important to think future-back, in addition to present-forward?

Bob Johansen is a sociologist focused on top leadership in shape-shifting organizations. Joseph Press is a workplace architect, experienced digital transformation advisor and design futurist dedicated to designing better futures. Christine Bullen is an information systems professor who pioneered the critical success factor method and the strategic application of IT business management. All of the authors are associated with the Institute for the Future. Their new book, Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Jan. 17, 2023), shares how to prepare for the emerging officeverse.

Websites: http://officeshock.org |  https://www.iftf.org

Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/institute-for-the-future

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Matt Hudson, the CEO and co-founder of BILDIT.co, a leading native app solution provider for the e-commerce industry joins eCommerce Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Matt Hudson discuss the following:

* What is the BildIt 2023 Mobile App Checkout Index – and why does it matter in today’s e-commerce world?

* I understand your company launched an earlier Index.  Are there any interesting shifts in index findings for us to know about?

* Why is the concept of a “native app” so important for retailers and e-commerce?

* Tell us, what is your outlook for ecommerce now that we are emerging from the pandemic?  Will things cool down?

* Can you tell us more about “mcommerce” – and will consumers ultimately abandon traditional ecommerce shopping in favor of mobile experiences?

Matt Hudson is the co-founder and CEO of BILDIT, the leading mobile app development platform specially designed for retail and brand ecommerce. Matt has served as the architect of the Belk app and mobile app e-commerce consultant. His mission is to bild great products and great people.  Matt’s had the privilege of featured at Facebook’s F8 Conference and his insights have been featured across television and leading media.  He serves as a mentor for Dan Ariely’s Startup Lab at Duke University.

ABOUT BILDIT

BILDIT is a mobile app development platform for ecommerce brands. BILDIT creates native apps that give customers a premium shopping experience and retailers the flexibility to grow fast. BILDIT exists to build products that make people’s lives better. BILDIT operates on both Android and Apple. BILDIT clients own it. BILDIT clients control it. BILDIT clients win.

Website: https://bildit.co

Index Download: https://bildit.co/download-the-mobile-app-checkout-index

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Greg Ross-Smith, the Chief Marketing Officer of ERC Helpdesk, a company that helps businesses small and large work through the Employee Retention Credit Program that provides pandemic relief to qualifying businesses who kept employees on board joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Greg Ross-Smith discuss the following:

* What is the Employee Retention Credit ERC program?

* Who is eligible for the ERC program?

* Is there a charge to work with a company like ERC Helpdesk to see if you qualify for the ERC program?

* Are we talking about hundreds or thousands of businesses who could qualify for the program?

* It seems like there are many players that claim to assist with the ERC process. How is ERC Helpdesk different and what sets you apart?

Ex Silicon Valley product manager and marketer – Greg founded a Digital marketing agency during Covid as a result of the frustration of seeing local businesses (important wealth & employment generators for our economy) not getting the same treatment, opportunities & support that large businesses were receiving to stave off the hardships of surviving through Covid shutdowns. Greg now gives all his focus to the mission helping local businesses survive and thrive by educating on, and enabling access to crucial ERC funds.

Website: https://erchelpdesk.com

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/erc-helpdesk

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Mike Sullivan, the President and CEO of LOOMIS, the country’s leading challenger brand advertising agency joins Enterprise Radio. He is co-author of “The Voice of the Underdog: How Challenger Brands Create Distinction by Thinking Culture First“.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Mike Sullivan discuss the following:

* What is a challenger brand?

* Why have you focused your agency exclusively on challenger brands?

* Do challenger brands have any advantages over category leaders?

* Can you share a few of your favorite challenger brands?

* Why is company culture so important for challenger brands?

* What are some of the ways leaders can build a strong culture?

Mike Sullivan is President and CEO of LOOMIS, the country’s leading challenger brand advertising agency. For more than 30 years, he’s helped some of the country’s most successful companies build their brands. Michael Tuggle is an award-winning creative director and writer with more than 25 years in the ad world building brands and growing companies. Their book is The Voice of the Underdog: How Challenger Brands Create Distinction by Thinking Culture First (BizComPress, Aug. 10, 2020).

Website: https://theloomisagency.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/loomisagency

Instagram: https://instagram.com/theloomisagency

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LOOMISagency

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/the-loomis-agency

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Robert Ancill, the CEO and Creative Officer of TNI Design, an architecture and design agency based in Los Angeles joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Robert Ancill discuss the following:

* Can you tell the audience a little about your entrepreneurial background and the formation of TNI Design?

* Were you always entrepreneurial?

* When did your passion for design and architecture start?

* What does the future of restaurant design look like and what projects are you working on in 2023

* Any advice for future entrepreneurs?

TNI Design is a 20 + employee architecture and design agency founded by Robert in Los Angeles in 2006. His background began in the restaurant industry creating and designing restaurant concepts. As his career progressed, clients asked him to design hotels, houses, and commercial spaces. Based in Los Angeles, Robert has worked or consulted with clients in over 24 countries.

Website: https://www.tnidesign.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/TNIdesignLA

Instagram: https://instagram.com/tnidesign

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Ken Phillips, the Founder and CEO of TheTableCompany.com, which he launched in 2020 which brings a unique perspective to furniture making joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ken Phillips discuss the following:

* Can you please tell us about The Table Company?

* How did The Table Company come about?

* What is the difference between veneer and solid wood table and why are there so many veneer tables on the market today?

* The vast majority of your products are made out of teak wood.  Why is teak considered such a valuable and precious wood?

* What advice would you give someone looking to purchase a new table or dining room set?

Ken Phillips is the Founder and CEO of TheTable Company.com, which he launched in 2020.  Ken brings a unique perspective to furniture making; he started as a wood turner when in his 20s, his work was sold in galleries in Aspen, Vail, Taos, Santa Fe and New York.  He then discovered a different path and had a particularly successful career in the investment management industry.  After selling his last company he decided that retirement wasn’t fun or challenging, so during his “so called” retirement years he returned to woodworking, this time with a 200,000 square foot factory and nearly 100 workers in Northern Thailand.  The company sells through its e-Commerce website, TheTableCompany.com.

Website: https://www.thetablecompany.com

Social Media Links:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_tablecompany

Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheTableCompany

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Rahul Bhansali, the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Formation Ventures Engineering — a venture capital firm with their own proprietary incubator designed to help companies grow and become more successful joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Rahul Bhansali discuss the following:

* Can you please explain what you do and how Formation Ventures Engineering is different from other venture capital organizations?

* How did you get into this area and what is your background?

* Since you have “walked a mile” in your client’s shoes, how was your experience different from that experience which you are giving those you invest in?

* What are the characteristics of a company, product or team that you look for to potentially invest in?

* Obviously you’ve worked on both sides of the VC table.  Can you tell me what you learned from your VC experiences and how they have impacted Formation Ventures Engineering?

Rahul Bhansali founded / co-founded three companies in organic food home delivery, physical commodity trade consulting and industrial safety technology. Most recently, he co-founded StrongArm Tech (~$60m invested). There, he delivered a machine learning / IoT technology that is shown to reduce injuries by as much as 52% for enterprise clients. He sold to companies including some of the largest courier, retail, and ecommerce companies in the world. He has seen firsthand the pitfalls and inefficiencies of the Venture Capital model, instilling in him a passion to operate an improved early stage investment model.

As Managing Director of Indlak Group, Rahul built a financial and operational consulting business to miners and manufacturers around the world, helping improve cash positions and improve distribution networks. Additionally, he built the first organic food home-delivery company in India, Ehsaas Organic. After bringing it well into profitability, he integrated it into his family companies. He spent the first years of his career as a Risk Analyst with RBC Capital Markets on one of the largest hedge fund portfolios in the world at the time ($12 Billion).

Rahul has an MBA from Babson, is trained in Socratic method-based dialogue facilitation, and practices deep insight meditation.

Website: https://www.formationve.com

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Roy Zur, the CEO of the ThriveDX Enterprise Division, the number one global leader in cybersecurity education providing cybersecurity training to up-skill and re-skill lifelong learners joins Enterprise Radi0.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Cyber Security Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Roy Zur discuss the following:

* What is the number one threat to business security in 2023?

* How can organizations mitigate this?

* What does tailored training look like – I saw somewhere that the goal is building a culture of security. Tell us about that.

* How do you know if it’s working – the training that is?

* If there’s one misconception that a lot of business owners have about cybersecurity that you could debunk, what would it be?

Roy Zur, a serial entrepreneur, is CEO of ThriveDX’s Enterprise Division the global education company committed to transforming lives through digital skills training and solutions. In August of 2021, ThriveDX acquired Cybint Solutions where he also served as CEO since founding the company in 2014. Roy is a 15-year veteran of the vaunted Unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Force, where he served as a Major, which instilled in him early a passion for addressing the “human factor” of cybersecurity training – currently the #1 vulnerability across the threat landscape.

In addition to steering the vision of ThriveDX’s Enterprise Division, Roy serves as adjunct professor of risk management in cybersecurity at IDC Herzliya in Israel. He is also Founder and Chairman of the non-profit Israeli Institute for Policy and Legislation, and a member of the Forbes Business Council.

Website: https://thrivedx.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/thrivedx-enterprise

Twitter: @TDX_Enterprise

Facebook: https://facebook.com/thrivedxenterprise

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Michael Goldsby who is Stoops Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Chief Entrepreneurship Officer at Ball State University, and co-author of: Design-Centered Entrepreneurship, Second Edition joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Michael Goldsby discuss the following:

* How can people make progress when they feel stuck?

* How can people reframe problems to help them find solutions?

* What is the process for going from an initial idea to a successful solution?

* What is the science behind coming up with ideas that work in the marketplace?

* How can someone be creative and good at following through on ideas?

* How can a company figure out who their real customers are?

Michael Goldsby is Stoops Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Chief Entrepreneurship Officer at Ball State University. Rob Mathews is Executive Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute at Ball University Min Basadur is Professor Emeritus of Innovation at McMaster University, Canada, and founder of Basadur Applied Creativity. Their new book, Design-Centered Entrepreneurship, Second Edition (Routledge, May 6, 2022), provides a research-driven, step-by-step approach to creative problem-solving.

Websites: https://www.basadur.com 

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/Mind2Momentum

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mind2momentum

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mind2Momentum

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mind2momentum

People also listened to this:  Edward Scott, ElectrifAi CEO, Talks Leadership and Revolutionizing AI

Edward Scott, the CEO of ElectrifAi, a company that is revolutionizing the artificial intelligence and machine learning space joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Edward Scott discuss the following:

* What is Consequential Ai and Last Mile Ai?

* What are the biggest hurdles that businesses face when it comes to properly leveraging their data?

* How can businesses use machine learning as a tool to drive revenue and operational optimization?

* How does ElectrifAi’s machine learning, natural language processing and Computer Vision solutions drive Consequential business value for large and medium size businesses across the globe?

* What separates ElectrifAi from other companies in the Ai and machine learning industry?

Edward Scott is the CEO of ElectrifAi, a leading US-based machine learning software company serving Fortune 500 and mid-sized enterprises. A graduate of Columbia University with an MBA from the Harvard Business School with second-year honors, Ed  Scott has over 25 years of experience in the technology and private equity sectors.

Website: https://www.electrifai.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/edward-scott

Twitter: https://twitter.com/electrifai

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/electrifai

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