Chris Benson is Chief Scientist of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Honeywell. We talk about artificial intelligence, deep learning, and more. We also cover voice technologies like Alexa. I try to pick on Sophie the AI but Chris is too nice. And we discuss very importantly the first steps a company must take if they're going to implement AI for their own business.

Show sponsor today is the incredible course making platform, Thinkific.

Music provided by Epidemic Sound.

As always, drop me an email: [email protected] if you want to connect further.

Eric Plantenberg from Humm Kombucha joins me today to talk about what it takes to get a brand like Humm or even a "weird" beverage like kombucha in front of a lot of people. Eric's Chief Sales and Marketing office of the company founded by Jamie Danek and Michelle Mitchell. (I interviewed Eric because he and I have been friends for years.)

I also asked Eric what it takes to get brands like Walmart and Target to care about him.

The sponsor for today's show is Studiopress Sites, a great WordPress host and technology company.

In the "Back of the Comic Book," we talk about the Superbowl LVII ads and a little about the game. Sorry to my beloved Patriots, but congrats to the Eagles.

Jason Kaplan from Milestone joins me to talk about not just wearable sports technology, but what it's like to "cookie" someone in the real world and what companies can learn from this.

You've seen those "add this to your shoe to get running data" devices. Cool enough. But what Jason Kaplan is doing is not just that but telling shoe retailers, "Hey, this woman just hit 300 miles with her shoe. Offer her a coupon for a replacement pair." THAT is what's interesting.

Smart guy, this Jason Kaplan. :)

Topic/Guest: I speak with Globalization Partners COO Debbie Millin about what a Professional Employer Organization is and what it means to be able to expand your US-based company without much pain and fuss to other countries. Debbie and I also talk about how Globalization Partners is using video internally and externally to drive great success. 

Show sponsor: StudioPress Sites - make a great WordPress site that has strong SEO, powerful security, and a bunch of recommended partner plug-ins so that you can focus on your business and not your website software.

Back of the Comic: We talk a bit about this podcast and then I cover "lab grown meat" and how it might get you thinking about your disruptors and competitors. 

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Music Credits: Jumpy Metal Trailer #1 - Johnny Berglund ( epidemicsound.com)

Miles and Miles (Scaled Down Version) - Joseph Habib (epidemicsound.com)

Art: Joshua Fisher

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