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About Chris Chris Hass is an extremely driven and proven information security professional with extensive experience in Malware Reverse Engineering, Threat Intelligence, and Offensive Security Operations. In his current role, Chris serves as Director of Information Security and Research at Automox. In addition to being a former cybersecurity analyst for the NSA, he also served as a principal research engineer at LogRhythm and helped fight off malware authors using AI/ML at Cylance. His unique experience makes him adept at understanding today’s current threat landscape, and works passionately to secure Automox and its customers from today’s cyber attacks. Today We Talked About Cyber Security/InfoSec Leadership Learning Zero Trust prevention vs. response Red Team, Blue Team, Purple Team MFA What to ask software vendors how do respond how do you scan code how do you test your products Ransomware IT Operations Servant Leadership “Eat your own dog food” Job market in Security Skills to learn Mentorship Learning while leading Connect with Chris LinkedIn Website I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Steve Steve Chaparro is an organizational culture expert and communicator who speaks worldwide about how companies can transform their workplace culture through intentional co-creation and communication. Steve is a self-described frustrated visionary. His passionate message of navigating the transformative journey of leadership resonates with visionaries and innovators who find themselves stuck in the messy, in-between seasons. He himself embodies and defines the in-between – the bridges, the connections, and the culture – of community. By standing astride disciplines of design, architecture, culture and communications, he equips community to speak for and solve for its own needs and aspirations. He is founder and principal at Culture Design Studio, an organizational design agency based in Long Beach, CA. He previously served as VP of Strategic Design overseeing strategy, story and business development at Visioneering Studios, a national design-build firm. As a keynote speaker, he has spoken to in-person and virtual audiences across the country. As a facilitator, he has led workshops with some of the top tech, pharmaceutical, real estate, and consumer package goods companies in North America. He is also the creator and host of the Culture Design Show, a podcast featuring conversations about workplace culture with top leaders and thinkers. He studied architecture at the University of Southern California and Strategic Design & Management at Parsons School of Design. Steve lives in Long Beach, CA with his wife, two teenage sons, and noisy neighbors. Today We Talked About Steve’s background Culture Designing the process Can’t copy or outsource Leadership Discover your culture Culture of 1 (the culture of the leader) Framing the problem 360 reviews interview your team design sprint pilot your ideas Minimal Viable Product Walk the Talk Hybrid Teams Connect with Steve LinkedIn Twitter Website I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About David A senior leadership/board advisor, educator, executive coach, and bestselling author, David Nour is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. The author of eleven books, including bestsellers Relationship Economics® (Wiley) and Co-Create (St. Martin’s Press), as well as the newly released Curve Benders (Wiley, 2021), Nour serves as a trusted advisor to global clients and coaches corporate leaders. He is an adjunct professor at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and was named to the Global Gurus Top 30 Leadership Professionals and the Thinkers 50 Radar Class of 2021 lists. A Forbes Leadership contributor on the Future of Work, and an Inc. contributor on Relationship Economics, Nour’s unique insights have been featured in various prominent publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company, Huffington Post Business, Entrepreneur, and Knowledge@Wharton. He’s also the host of the popular Curve Benders podcast. Born in Iran, Nour immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager with $100, limited family ties and no fluency in English. He graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelor’s degree in business management and went on to earn an Executive MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He resides in Atlanta, GA, with his family. Learn more at www.NourGroup.com. Today We Talked About David’s past Leadership Iran Planning and preparedness Cyber Attributes of Curve Benders Care Vested Interest tough love We’re all Products of the advice we take 168 Hours in every week Work-life balance vs. work-life blending Boundaries for Leaders Happy Home = Productive worker Take a vacation Be the best version of you 7 steps for the best path to meet curve benders (must listen) Have a growth/digital/entrepreneur mindset Don’t confuse output with outcomes Connect with David Website Twitter LinkedIn Books Forum I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Rick Rick Maurer is a speaker, author, consultant, and expert on helping leaders avoid resistance to change period since the publication of his book Beyond the Wall of Resistance in the 1990s, Ricks opinion has been sought by The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, Fortune, and many other media outlets. Some of the largest companies in the world ask for his advice on ways to avoid resistance to change and ways to build strong support for changes and other big projects. Today We Talked About Rick’s Background Change Management Avoid Resistance Energy Fear Trust Seizing Moments of Possibility: Ways to Trigger Energy and Forward Momentum on Your Ideas and Plans Virtual meet ups Batteries not included Jazz Hobbies More Connect with Rick LinkedIn Website Book Twitter I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Gleb Known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is on a mission to protect technology leaders from dangerous judgment errors known as cognitive biases by developing the most effective decision-making strategies via his consulting, coaching, and training firm Disaster Avoidance Experts. A cognitive neuroscientist and behavioral economist, Dr. Tsipursky writes for Inc., Time, and CNBC. A best-selling author, his new book, available on Amazon and in bookstores everywhere, is Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters and his latest book, Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams: A Manual on Benchmarking to Best Practices for Competitive Advantage Today We Talked About Background Different types of research Surveys about returning to the office Funding Work from Home Why write the book? Fairness of your job choice The Great Resignation Bad Decision making Zoom Fatigue Don’t mistake the feeling of comfort as something that is true Learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable   Connect With Gleb Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Book Website I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Live@Manning APIs are the backbone of modern, interconnected software systems. Join us at the API live@manning conference and ensure your APIs are flexible, functional, and user friendly. Register for the API conference, August 3, for FREE! https://ageekleader.com/api  #APIs #APIDesign

About Atholl Atholl Duncan is an Insead qualified executive coach. He blends his wisdom of having “been there and done it” in a range of board roles with his experience from a decade of coaching CEOs, CFOs and high potential leaders. He is currently Chairman of three organisations – Black Isle Group, UK Coaching and Scottish Salmon, which represents a one billion-pound sector of the UK economy. He is also a former Chairman and non-executive director of the British Horseracing Authority – which runs the UK’s second largest spectator sport – and Audit Chair of a cinema business which runs the Edinburgh Filmhouse, the Belmont Cinema in Aberdeen and Edinburgh International Film Festival. Atholl was a senior executive at the BBC for many years. He led the BBC’s coverage of the Lockerbie disaster and the Dunblane shootings. Atholl’s executive education is from Insead, Harvard and Cranfield where he studied leadership, strategy, emotional intelligence, group dynamics, organisational politics, executive coaching and systems psychodynamics. He also specialises in personal brand building, individual impact and presentation skills. He relishes “speaking truth unto power”.   Today We Talked About Atholl’s career BBC COVID Agility Focus Working together Trust Mindsets Shape the new future Dynamics and Mechanics Seven Themes New Age of Purpose New World of Work Tackling Inequality Global Cooporation Resilience Resetting the Supply Chain Just in time to Just in case Maximizing Potential Empathy and Compassionate leadership The Great Resignation Leading Model Look like a leader Empathy, empowerment, emotional intelligence Awareness Deliver Impact Nurturing Game changers Think Purposely Listening Connect with Atholl Website Twitter LinkedIn Book I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Live@Manning APIs are the backbone of modern, interconnected software systems. Join us at the API live@manning conference and ensure your APIs are flexible, functional, and user friendly. Register for the API conference, August 3, for FREE! https://ageekleader.com/api  #APIs #APIDesign

About Kevin A successful entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, husband, and father, Kevin has spent several decades managing customer and employee relations across a wide range of industries and organizations. He has been a guest speaker at the USC Marshall School of Business, the UCLA Anderson School of Business, and Woodbury University, among many others. Since his first paper route at the age of seven, growing up in Hollywood, California, he has worked as a janitor, a switchboard operator, a busboy, a waiter, a manager, a doorman at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, and a tour guide at Universal Studios. He then went into the hospitality world as a corporate trainer until he created his own small group of restaurants that have been in business since 1984. Kevin has served on the board of directors of the California Restaurant Association (Chairman 2014), State Compensation Insurance Fund, the Burbank Arts in Education Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Burbank, and the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Every job he worked at, every organization he served, would add to his observational knowledge that showed him how everyday communication was the key to success in any relationship. Every moment creates opportunities. Every encounter has a ripple effect good or bad. The key is to control your moments so you can direct a positive ripple effect. Today we Talked About Kevin’s past Big Brain Little Brain Communication React vs. Respond Go to Neutral “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response…” – Viktor Frankl Legacy Tone Time Parachutes S.E.T Smile Eye Contact Tone Don’t take it personal Walk and Talk Rumors Good Gossip No expiration date on an apology Groundhog Day Connect with Kevin Twitter LinkedIn Website Book I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Live@Manning APIs are the backbone of modern, interconnected software systems. Join us at the API live@manning conference and ensure your APIs are flexible, functional, and user friendly. Register for the API conference, August 3, for FREE! https://ageekleader.com/api  #APIs #APIDesign

About Paula Dr. Paula Caligiuri is a D’Amore-McKim School of Business Distinguished Professor of International Business at Northeastern University, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She has been named as one of the most prolific authors in international business for her work in cross-cultural management, global leadership development, and cultural agility. She is president of TASCA Global, a consulting firm that specializes in assessing and developing culturally agile professionals and boasts a client list that includes the U.S. Army, Peace Corps, Cigna, 3M, and Johnson & Johnson. She is a frequent expert guest on CNN and CNN International and author of the LinkedIn Learning course “Managing Globally.” Her new book is Build Your Cultural Agility: The Nine Competencies of Successful Global Professionals (Kogan Page; March 30, 2021). Learn more at TASCAglobal.com and myGiide.com. Today We Talked About Paula’s past Culture Empathy Communication ground rules Cultrual norms 9 Competencies mygiide.com Connect With Paula Website Twitter Linkedin Book I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Jeff Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D. is an author, educator and consultant with over twenty years experience partnering with C-suite executives on issues of high performance leadership, change management, organizational strategy, structure and culture. Dr. Hull is a highly sought-after facilitator, keynote speaker and executive coach to both non-profit and for-profit global organizations. Dr. Hull is Director of Education & Business Development at the Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate. He is also a clinical instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct professor of leadership at New York University. Today We Talked About Jeff’s background What is coaching Self-Awareness Flexibility Why Flex? Why now? Connect with Jeff Website Book LinkedIn   I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Ruben Ruben Ugarte is an expert in data, decision-making and the author of the Data Mirage: Why Companies Fail to Actually Use Their Data. He has helped over 75 medium-sized and large enterprises, including the Fortune 1000, across 5 continents, use data to make higher quality decisions. These decisions helped companies significantly boost performance, increase profitability, dramatically lower costs, and make their teams world-class. He also maintains a popular blog that over 100,000 readers have read. In his free time, you can find him dancing or trying to learn something new. Today We Talked About Data Ruben’s history What can data do for a company Approaches for BI Data warehouse and Data Lake for dashboard (legacy) approach 2 – assumes data is decentralized (APIs) Privacy Deletion of Data Looking for Insights Expectations Summaries vs. Dashboards Emotions Numbers are more than just numbers Limit the Inputs Track less KPIs The North Star Metric GateKeepers COVID data Connect with Ruben LinkedIn Twitter Website YouTube I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn