The COVID-19 pandemic has monkey-wrenched most of what anyone would call "normal". As a result, leaders of all types have been challenged with re-thinking existing standard operating procedures...

The glamour of start-up culture may not be all it's cracked up to be if simply chasing start-up capital is the dream. Discipline, hard work, tenacity, and the willingness to allow data to shape decision-making.

The applications of 3D have only just begun. Prerequisites include developing a perspective of 3D literacy in order to utilize the data around us to effectively identify and model solution alternatives - and the right tools. "Mechanical engineers are only one fifth as productive as software engineers," says Paul Powers, Founder & CEO of Physna. "Because they don't have simple tools like search, copy, paste, auto spellcheck, you know, they don't have the equivalent 3D tool-set capability. So there are a lot of big issues to solve." Join co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano as they discuss these challenges, among other towering brain-ticklers, as they speak with one of the entrepreneurs recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30.Paul PowersFounder & CEOPysna 00:00 Opening Intro01:12 Show opening02:50 Paul Powers Background18:03 Failure Breeds Success26:48 Software vs Hardware Changes30:17 Fostering Creativity35:50 3-D Data39:25 AI and 3-D Data Models48:26 Evolving from a contributor1:01:47 Recommended Books1:05:46 Where can you find Paul Powers1:06:09 Closing  Hosted By:Brian ComerfordLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancomerford/ Nick LozanoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-lozano-97356621/Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickLLozano  ‌Lead.exe is published bi-monthly on the 1st and the 15th of the month. Subscribe and leave us a review to lets us know how we are doing. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58U55KZykbYXJhuvtPGmgciTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lead-exe/id1454843941Google Play: https://www.google.com/podcastsfeed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjXN0LmNvbS9QZHJGaTAzUQ%3D%3DStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/leadexeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjPXFiYVICXJSBW-ZoHBclg Send us your feedback at [email protected]

Join co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano as they are joined once again with Erik Therwanger, author of "The LEADERSHIP Connection: The Link Between Leading and Succeeding," among 5 other titles. Building on their previous discussion on the topic of leading through chaos, Erik shares core principles for leaders now faced with leading through transition. Like so many leaders whose key challenges have been shaped by the COVID pandemic (the incident), how to successfully traverse obstacles forcing change to the status quo of business operations - and customer needs and expectations - brings the demands of the transition front and center. Following some of the key insights shared by Erik will in part help leaders as they target leading their teams to the arrival of the new norm.Erik TherwangerFounder, Author, Speaker, CoachThink GREAT0:06 Hosted By:Brian ComerfordLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancomerford/Nick LozanoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-lozano-97356621/‌Lead.exe is published bi-monthly on the 1st and the 15th of the month.Subscribe and leave us a review to lets us know how we are doing.Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58U55KZykbYXJhuvtPGmgciTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lead-exe/id1454843941Google Play: https://www.google.com/podcastsfeed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjXN0LmNvbS9QZHJGaTAzUQ%3D%3DStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/leadexeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjPXFiYVICXJSBW-ZoHBclgSend us your feedback at [email protected]

What makes a company a "best place to work"? Beyond hiring great people, what really drives the engagement of people at an organization? If an authentic company culture cannot be fabricated, how do leaders keep their staff engaged so that Employee Experience is actually the central objective to how you operate your business? Lisa Ryan, founder and Chief Appreciation Strategist for Grategy, shares with co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano some of her easiest methods for charting this territory, and setting a talent strategy for long-term success.

What does good posture have to do with leadership? Balance, harmony, attentiveness - all of which contribute to good focus, clarity of vision, and heightened awareness. But how do you know if you're off-kilter? That's where the work of Joseph Gonzalez, a.k.a.,

The Movement Detective, comes in. As leaders in every field seek to maximize their potential and elevate employee experience, they also look to good coaches to aid them along the way. Co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano discuss these facets of Joseph's personal training practice, as well as many other components of how the brain is designed to perceive, as their MIT Mechanical Engineering grad guest shares how that pathway led him to solving 3D challenges in fitness and breathwork.

Blame Apple, Google and Amazon for the consumerization of technology. Once the tools of the Cultural Creatives and Fast Followers, the generation of Digital Natives know what works and what doesn't, so they can create in even more imaginative and better ways than the generations preceding them.

Life always presents stressors - in certain times, like during the COVID19 pandemic, far more than usual. Leaders need empathy more than ever before in order to both recognize and understand the effects of those stressors. When crises takes a toll, it's most critical for leaders to put their fingers on the pulse of their people’s energy and emotions, responding decisively, and perhaps more importantly, with genuine compassion. Commanding that self-awareness both allows leaders to demonstrate the behavior they want to see, and to provide a clear model for others to follow. U.S. Army Capt. Holly Weaver knows this well, as she speak to her theme of "The Hard Thing About Soft Skills" with co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano.

"Leadership can be challenging, even during the best of times when all the stars are aligned," says Erik Therwanger, former U.S. Marine, founder of ThinkGREAT, and author of six books. During times of crisis is when leadership is most needed, but while the chaos of crisis serves as the leadership catalyst for training in the Marine Corps, it's not necessarily second-nature to those working on the front-lines of business. Co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano join Erik in conversation to discuss three key leadership traits most critical "to run into the fire" at a time when FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) is highest and level-headed guidance is most needed.

Going the opposite direction of human nature should be easy, right? Not if you're human, unfortunately. As it turns out, it's oftentimes a greater advantage for us to do so if we are to make level-headed choices rather than succumbing to the heat of the moment. How we properly identify those moments is a key facet for effective leadership to guide through chaotic wrinkles of adversity, when the stakes are highest - like in a global pandemic disaster scenario. In this episode, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky joins co-hosts Brian Comerford and Nick Lozano in conversation to walk us through some of the techniques to gain the self awareness necessary for a good gut-check, and to acquire the ability to reprogram your own mind or your own reactions to achieve optimal results.