My guest today is Michael Zalle, Founder and CEO of YellowBird, an AI-powered platform that helps companies find, manage, and deploy elite safety and risk talent across the USA. 

He might be described as a serial entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience with leading edge technology, including building and scaling multiple ventures focused on solving complex, high-risk business challenges. 

He also hosts The Canary Report (link below), a podcast featuring conversations with top EHS leaders on emerging safety trends and risk strategies.

In our chat, Michael talks about the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and how, like almost anything in life, it's all about perseverance and grit to get to where you want to be.

If you want to know more, reach out to Michael - contact details below:

• Website: goyellowbird.com
• Personal LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelzalle/
• Company LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/goyellowbird/ 

You can also tune in to Michael's podcast, The Canary Report: Safety and Risk Management Podcast here.

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My guest for this episode is Jessi Beyer, a Mental Health Professional, an international TEDx speaker; the #1 best-selling author of 'How To Heal: A Practical Guide To Nine Integrative Therapies That Can Help Release Trauma'; a crisis mental health professional embedded with law enforcement in Snohomish County, Washington; and a negotiator with Region 1 SWAT.

Jessi talks passionately about how we can support each other in the workplace and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. And she reinforces the fact that whilst some organisations may think they don't have any mental health issues amongst their teams, the reality is that the actual rate of affliction is something like 1 in 5 people. 

Listen for Jessi's description of what represents a 'crisis' for each of us as individuals - because it is different for all of us. She then follows this up with some great indicators that may suggest a colleague is having some coping difficulties.

This was a fascinating discussion - please do invest the time to listen. You may just save a colleague a lot of pain and suffering by thinking about things slightly differently.

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Here's an interesting topic you might not know a lot about, but it underpins a lot of today's major projects - it's Surety Bonds!

And today's guest, Gary Eastman will explain all. Gary is an attorney turned entrepreneur who has built a seven-figure national surety bond brokerage in what might be the most overlooked industry in America. 

And if you aren't in the USA never fear - these bonds are used globally (in Australia they are often referred to as Performance Bonds).

There are some very compelling reasons for using surety bonds - for a start, better use of your organisation's finances on growth not guarantees!

For the other compelling reasons, you'll need to take a listen to this episode. 

You can also touch base with Gary via his email address:

[email protected]

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This episode brings us a chat with Kash Rocheleau, Financial Strategist, Fractional Accountant & CFO and Growth Advisor.

Kash generously shares her journey climbing the corporate ladder all the way to becoming a CEO. She goes on to tell how the role started to take over her life at the cost of those she cared for and the things she had a passion for.

Kash turned the learnings from this experience into her business - Outgrow. The theme of the business is to help small to medium businesses 'outgrow' the limiting systems / processes that are holding them back from growing their firm. She provides the example of an owner who is doing their own accounts, believing it is saving money.

This description won't do the interview justice - please take the time to listen to this fascinating discussion!

Use the link below to connect with Kash:

(39) Outgrow Accounting and Finance: Overview | LinkedIn

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In this episode, we learn just how small the world really is! In all the prep and comms that goes on in coordinating guests for the show, until we connected for the interview, little did I know that he lived just up the road from the Mastering Risk Management headquarters.

My guest is Dan Godden, Director of SolveSimple a firm whose goal is to make technology simple, useful and human.

In our chat, Dan shared some real gems. Firstly, a reminder that alongside every technology project is a people project - often not scoped or thought about.

Secondly, that sometimes it's best to get an expert to help with this component - a co-sourced change resource can make all the difference in taking your people along on the journey.

Lastly, Dan talked about the 'side-hustle' that these projects often afford - and that is to turn your technical experts into people managers.

This was a terrific chat and will be well worth your investment of time.

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In this episode of the podcast, we hear from Christopher Carter, Chairman and CEO of Approyo who, whilst being an expert in SAP implementations, has 'irons in many fires'!

Chris shares his expertise in how to do an SAP implementation right - and where things can go wrong. Whilst mainly the domain of large organizations, there are many lessons to be learnt for any business implementing software solutions (i.e. every business!).

Not only are there often millions of dollars at stake, but the efficient and effective operation of the business could be dramatically reduced - makes this episode a must listen.

Chris has a diverse portfolio of interests - have a listen to our chat to find out more. Hope you enjoy the discussion!

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Today's guest is Jim Wetekamp, CEO of Riskonnect. He is a recognised expert in insurable risk, enterprise risk and organisational resilience.

Jim generously shares his experience leading a global team of risk professionals that help organisations anticipate and manage strategic and operational risks across the enterprise.

Jim also shares how organisations are all at different stages of maturity and how that determines the approach that Riskonnect takes when implementing its software.

If you want to learn more, get in touch with Riskonnect via their website: Imagine the Possibilities of Risk Under One Roof · Riskonnect

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Today's episode is my discussion with Chris Maguire, Head of Product and Industry for Corporates at Thomson Reuters. 

Previously, he served as the General Manager of Corporate Risk, where he was responsible for managing U.S. sales, client management, and revenue for corporate CLEAR, Court Express, and other risk offerings. 

Before this role, Chris was the General Manager of Corporate Legal Software, Risk, and Compliance. Chris joined Thomson Reuters in 2005. From 2012 through 2017, he was the Global Head of Strategy for Thomson Reuters Legal. 

During 2016 and 2017, he also represented the Legal business at the Enterprise Centre in Zug, Switzerland.

With this experience behind him, Chris generously shares his experiences in everything from acquisitions to compliance, from legal content & software right through to tax needs and of course, the famous Reuters news service.

This is a broad ranging discussion and well worth the investment of your time!

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There is a lot of hype around AI at the moment - it's nice to know there are people around like Walter Haydock, founder of StackAware and my special guest for this episode.

Walter has a fascinating background - think military, Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism - and he brings this diverse experience to assisting clients meet the challenges of AI use, whilst ensuring the business team is not blocked from taking advantage of the benefits of AI adoption.

Walter talks about not over-hyping AI risk - it is after all, another risk. Yes, it has new characteristics and is growing rapidly, but deploying traditional risk management tools and techniques will pay off handsomely.

Not only has Walter been a generous guest sharing his vast experience, but he also has a special offer for Healthcare CxO's - use the link below to find out more:

https://cxo.stackaware.com/

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It's here - the final episode in the three-part mini-series on Risk Management Systems and specifically the Corporate Governance Risk CGR Foundation software.

We've heard about the founding of the software and what the problem was that it was designed to address, and we've also heard from a very satisfied client in Funlab via the Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Wilson.

In this episode, Leo Arouca General Manager Australia for CGR, rejoins us to talk about the why - why organisations need to move away from Excel-based risk registers and adopt a dedicated risk management tool.

There are a stack of benefits that businesses will see straight away - visibility of the risk environment for the organisation, understanding the most important risks in terms of focusing resources, ability to manage access by role and track who has made changes, to name just a few.

Leo also very generously shares a view of the future and some of the additional capabilities that are being baked into the tool as you listen to this program - suffice to say, there are exciting times ahead!

Once again, thanks for taking the time to listen.

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