Geeks Geezers And Googlization Podcast

Shhh! Your company culture is speaking. What is it saying? Who is listening? What are they hearing? Is your messaging aligned with the vision of executives working behind their closed doors? Your company culture exists whether you design it or not. Company brand matters. Company culture matters. Aligning the two matters more. How do you get your workforce to walk the talk? To achieve greatness, Al Cini, Managing Partner of BCAT Partners, believes every team and organization has an ideal role that embodies the culture and brand, its vision, values, and best self.  If your company could talk, what words would it use to describe itself, the role model that does its best work on its best day, keeping all its promises and achieving all its goals? Tune in to hear what Al has to share.

As companies emerge from the pandemic, the real work of HR is just getting started. Management and workers alike are facing a new era of perpetual uncertainty. What are the most emerging megatrends that will shape Human Resources in 2021 and beyond? How must HR leaders respond? For this episode, Tom Haak, founder and director of The HR Trend Institute, joins us to explore his top 3 HR trends: ethical leadership, anti-fragility, and learning-in-the-flow.  Tom is one of the Thinkers360 Top 5 Global Thought Leaders of the Future of Work and HR. Tom Haak is the founder and director of The HR Trend Institute. Prior to founding the HR Trend Institute in 2014, Tom held senior HR positions in companies as Arcadis, Aon, KPMG and Philips. The HR Trend Institute detects, follows and encourages smart and creative use of trends in the field of people and organizations, and also in adjacent areas. You can read more about these 3 Emerging HR Trends (and 8 more) here.

Whether you’re a teacher or parent, student or job seeker, this is a must-listen. Imagine you're a professor. You're responsible for teaching 500 students. (Or maybe you’re one of those students and paying thousands of dollars each year to learn new skills.) Each student learns just a little bit differently and has different needs and expectations. As an educator, how do you clone yourself 500 times to deliver personalized learning and an optimal learning experience? COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed higher education. This is a tipping point for education. The need for change is acute and long overdue. The vulnerabilities of mass generic education were ripped open and its fragility was shattered.  The need for personalized and adaptive learning is strikingly obvious. Meet ElevateU, a platform that is transforming teacher-led classroom instruction into a dynamic, interactive, engaging experience. Joining us on this episode of Geeks Geezers Googlization is Elliot Grossbard, VP of Growth, who will be dis

Whether they are hired or not, do your job candidates walk away feeling like they mattered?  Are candidates who are not hired motivated to apply again or become customers? Does your candidate experience create loyal enthusiasts or unhappy, resentful customers?  For the 3rd consecutive year, Geeks Geezers and Googlization welcomes back The Talent Board’s Kevin Grossman to discuss the key candidate experience takeaways from the just-released 2020 Candidate Experience Research Report, a survey from over 152,000 candidates across 133 North American companies. Don’t miss this episode to learn what you need to know to attract, engage, and convert job seekers into brand promoters and raving fans (even those applicants not selected!)

Employers have an opportunity to be heroes, not goats! Unfortunately, from pre-hire to departure in most organizations, the employee experience is all FCDD-up! The employee life cycle is filled with Frustration, Confusion, Disappointment, and Distraction. In a VUCA world, employee needs can shift in the blink of an eye. Employee engagement surveys are turning into the much-maligned annual performance review. Our guest Jason Cochran, CEO of iAspire urges employers to be practical, not surgical; to measure the rhythms and beats of employees, to measure what people will do, not what they say they will do. Through 20 years of research, he’s identified the “Four Principles of Connection.” Jason visits Geeks Geezers and Googlization Show to share how you can transform your company culture and make it your competitive advantage.

The last thing most people would associate with the year 2020 would be laughter. But not Nancy Watt, our guest this week on Geeks Geezers and Googlization. Faced with unprecedented pandemic uncertainty, billions of people worldwide almost overnight in 2020 were forced to improvise, doing things they never planned, using whatever resources they could muster. As a skill, adaptability skyrocketed to the top of the in-demand job and life skills charts, above EQ and IQ. Adaptability quotient (AQ) achieved global momentum and recognition. Unfortunately, the theoretical knowledge of one’s AQ doesn’t always translate into adaptive behavior unless it’s applied. Using the improv skills Nancy learned at Second City Conservatory in Toronto and Chicago, she is able to help people boost AQ and personal and organizational performance. Often called a ‘Pracademic’, Nancy Watt is the Founder & CEO of NANCY WATT COMMUNICATIONS, a creative agency in Toronto, Canada.

You’ve likely heard about Match.com and the hundreds of other dating platforms. What if your business could use the same business model and technology to match people-to-people who are in desperate need of help, support, or a shoulder (virtual of course!) to cry on? After a yearlong pandemic, social unrest, and unprecedented uncertainty, the demand for human guidance, wisdom, intimacy, and understanding has never been greater. The collective toll on mental health has been enormous and costly. Add to that the events of an extraordinarily disruptive year to the day to day life challenges we all experience, the impact on employee well-being and productivity exceeds $2 Trillion per year. Our guest today is the CEO of Life Guides, Derek Lundsten, who shares how his company is helping employers of all sizes to take care of their most important asset - people. Derek is an expert on employee stress and how to create a culture of caring.

The headlines suggest that robots and on-demand labor markets like Uber and Lyft are the future of work. Not so fast, says our guest Jeff Wald, best selling author of two books, including, The End of Jobs, The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations, founder of Workmarket, and founder of the $10 Million Future of Work Prize. Based on the last 3 industrial revolutions, Jeff suggests some good news for workers: there will be no NET jobs lost due to robots. The catch: Instead he believes ALL workers will be on-demand workers which will lead to the end of jobs as we know them. So what’s the biggest challenge employers and workers face? Tune in for the 1st show of 2021 and the start of our 4th season!

Geeks Geezers and Googlization was selected by Thinkers360 as one of the top 50 podcasts to listen to in 2021! For this 51st and final show of 2020, Ira S Wolfe and co-host Joyce Gioia were joined by 14 thought leader guests of the show to offer their business and/or HR forecast 2021. Guests included Dennis Hill (EXACTA), Kevin Grossman (The Talent Board), George Randle (The Talent War), Elizabeth Lotardo (McLeod & More), Bill Coletti (Kith), Claudia Reuter (Techstars), Gerry Crispin (The Talent Board), Declan Murphy (Allsorter.com), Keith Kitani (GuideSpark), Micole Garatti (FairyGodBoss), Phil Strazzula (Select Software Reviews), Rhamy Alejeal (People Processes), Tim Spiker (The Aperio), and Mike Raven (AQai). Joyce Gioia, Vice Chairman of the Association of Professional Futurists and CEO of The Herman Group, opens the show with her 3 predictions and HR Global Thought Leader Ira Wolfe concludes with his outlook and forecast for 2021.

Cybersecurity thought leader Dennis Hill believes our data privacy vulnerabilities lie in the fact that companies store our data on centralized computers. As proof, you need to look no further than the data breaches at the Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, and Commerce. Even the software company hired to protect their data was hacked. Every day last year a hospital database was breached. Individual identity theft occurs every 35 seconds. Hill has a plan to not only protect our personal data but protect ownership of our personal information. He suggests that by “simply” decentralizing how we store all our data, the chances of a hacker stealing our information is reduced to 1 in 15 trillion. That’s pretty good odds, wouldn’t you say? This episode is guaranteed to keep your attention from start to finish! The episode concludes with our Ahead of the Curve: Normal 2.0 segment with Joyce Gioia. Today’s topic is Doing Recognition Right in Normal 2.0. You’ll want to hear how the bonuses you give bonuses hel

Following a tragic pandemic, raucous election, devastating economic crisis, and massive social unrest, everyone seems ready to move on. So what can we expect in 2021? How long will it take until the economy and job markets recover? Which sectors will prosper, which businesses are already recovering, and which industries are still heading for a hard landing? Our favorite economist Alan Beaulieu (ITR Economics) joins Geeks Geezers and Googlization Show again to offer his highly anticipated and respected economic outlook for 2021 and 2022. With an astonishing forecast accuracy of 94.7% at one year out since 1985, you don't want to miss this episode.   Michael Spremulli joins us for a special episode of Ahead of the Curve.  Mike shares his top tech tips on how to look your on-screen best, on a budget.  The Geeks, Geezers & Googlization TV Show can be viewed live every Wednesday at 1 PM ET on Facebook, YouTube, Talk 4 TV, and broadcast on W4CY Radio, part of Talk 4 Radio, on the Talk 4 Media Network. Following

Companies have spent billions of dollars on improving employee engagement for more than 30 years. But according to our guest Mark S Babbitt, world-renowned career and leadership mentor, “we’ve barely moved the needle.” Mark decided it was time to do things differently and started WorqIQ, to help companies focus on the human side of business. “Many companies have simply beaten the human right out of Human Resources. I don’t want things to go back to the way they used to be. I don’t want humankind to miss this opportunity.”  To help get people to work together to solve the problems organizations face, Mark coined the term workplace intelligence; it’s the emotional intelligence of an organization.  Most simply companies don’t know what they stand for, company cultures suck, Mark told us. They can’t look a candidate in the eye and say “here you are safe. Here we respect you as a person. You will grow here as a human being.” Mark is on a mission to fix that. He is also founder of YouTern, a social career resource

Not be getting the results you expect from your recruitment marketing? Graham Thornton, co-founder of Change State, offers a chilling warning: “recruiters beware.” Job aggregators may be doing more harm than good despite many organizations using them to attract top talent. Unfortunately a mismanaged or naive recruitment marketing strategy can be taken advantage of by many job aggregators which puts a black mark on your candidate experience, your employment brand, and drains your recruitment dollars fast. Who are these job aggregators and how and when should you engage with - or avoid - them? Thornton is a treasure trove of recruitment marketing tips and information. This episode is guaranteed to open your eyes to why your best recruitment efforts might not be getting the best results. Our popular Ahead of the Curve: Normal 2.0 segment returns this week with Geeks Geezers Googlization co-host Joyce Gioia talking about “Hotel Hacks” in the time of COVID19 and how the hotel industry is likely to change in Norma

We can again send men and women into outer space but we still can't figure out how to bring black men and women, veterans, and disabled people into our workforce? How can we do better?  What will it take to embrace inclusion and equity? Our guest, the one-and-only Torin Ellis, sums it up in three words: table our fragility. That's just one of the many inspiring, heartfelt, passionate pleas you'll hear during this unfiltered conversation with one of the most influential D and I leaders today. In what is sure to be an all-time Geeks Geezers Googlization favorite, we talked with Torin about why we must do better, why change isn't about our intent but our impact, how 2020 can be different if we take action, why we must give ourselves permission to make mistakes and then do better. Why we must do better because equity, social justice, and humanity are hanging by a thread.

If you are wondering what a submarine has to do with diversity and inclusion, it’s EVERYTHING! On a submarine, inclusion is critical to teamwork, to accomplish the mission, to reduce conflict, and to appreciate the strengths of every individual. Inclusion is so engrained that it is organic. Without exaggeration, my guests Deborah Cake Fortin and Jon Gregory Vincent, authors of The Submarine Way and Up Periscope, believe the survival of mankind depends on this concept. They are on a mission: to change the world, one company, one police department, one city, one university at a time. Today is your time too to make inclusion organic in your organization. We are then joined by celebrity futurist Joyce Gioia, CEO of The Herman Group, for our special series Ahead of the Curve: Normal 2.0. Today's topic is empathy. The Geeks, Geezers & Googlization TV Show can be viewed live every Wednesday at 1 PM ET on Facebook, YouTube, Talk 4 TV, and broadcast on W4CY Radio, part of Talk 4 Radio, on the Talk 4 Media Network

Are you feeling more exhausted at the end of your workday? You’re not alone. Zoom fatigue is real. Ever since the unofficial social experiment of working from home was launched in early 2020 due to the pandemic, video calls boomed. While this technology likely saved our economy and jobs market from a total meltdown, Zoom (and all its counterparts like Microsoft Teams and Google Meet) started to take a complicated and unintentional toll on the workforce. Today we meet Josh Little, the founder of four successful tech companies. Josh is on a mission to save the working world from death-by-meetings with his newest venture. During this episode, Josh shares how he plans to help us work remotely without going crazy. Then stay tuned for our 2nd guest, celebrity futurist Joyce Gioia, who co-hosts our special series "Ahead of the Curve: Normal 2.0." This week, our focus is on Leadership in Normal 2.0. The Geeks, Geezers & Googlization TV Show can be viewed live every Wednesday at 1 PM ET on Facebook, YouTube, Talk

The long-held practice of hiring for culture fit (hiring only “round pegs” for “round holes”) is problematic. The realities of today require a better approach. Our guest for this episode is Jen Ferguson, founder and growth strategist of Sales 911, who believes that hiring for culture “add” is not only a better strategy but it’s also the right thing to do. We discuss why culture fit no longer works, why hiring people who share your company values is different from hiring for culture fit, and how culture “add” embraces and encourages a work environment that celebrates diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI). DEI will be one of the most powerful movements and shifts for years to come. But getting it right won’t be easy. We have a lot of work to do. The journey starts right here with a candid, honest, and often times difficult conversation.  We also introduced our new segment "Ahead of the Curve: Normal 2.0" with Joyce Gioia, Celebrity Futurist. Geeks, Geezers & Googlization Show is broadcast live every Wednes

The year 2020 will be remembered for many generations as the year the SHIFT our plans. Tomorrow will be so profoundly different that we can’t even begin to imagine it. Long after the coronavirus pandemic subsides, unprecedented disruption will continue. Fortunately, boundless opportunity awaits us. But unless humans master adaptability, millions of people will be stuck in deep SHIFT as 375 million people are expected to need reskilling. Ross Thornly and Michael Raven, co-founders of AQai, have a solution - boost your AQ (adaptability quotient). They are on a mission to leave no one behind and are determined to help everyone reach their true potential. Ross and Mike joined us this week on Geeks Geezers Googlization. Geeks, Geezers & Googlization Show is broadcast live Wednesday's at 1PM ET. The Geeks, Geezers & Googlization TV Show is viewed live on Facebook, Talk 4 TV, YouTube and broadcast on W4CY Radio, part of Talk 4 Radio, on the Talk 4 Media Network. Following the broadcast, the replay will be a

Michael Taylor is a successful motivational speaker, entrepreneur, author, and radio show host. Michael is also a black man who had to shatter all the negative stereotypes of black men that’s often held by the general public. Instead of succumbing to the life of a high school dropout, bankruptcy, depression, homelessness, and racism, Michael befriended adversity and turned it into his ally. He now helps people around the world achieve success, happiness, and personal well-being. Following the gruesome killing of George Floyd, Coach Michael Taylor believes now is a time for optimism and that lasting change can be made for the entire back community, He coaches black men (as well as people of all colors, races, genders, and ethnic groups) to overcome the stereotype mindset and empowers them to live extraordinary lives.  Michael is the author of several books including his bestselling book, Shattering Black Male Stereotypes and Adversity is Your Greatest Ally. Geeks Geezers and Googlization is also now availabl

Michael Levitt is a burnout survivor and one of the world’s leading authorities in burnout recovery and prevention. In just one year Michael experienced a heart attack that should have killed him, lost his job during the economic recession, had his family vehicle repossessed by the bank, and then, the bank foreclosed on his house. Michael says, “this was the best thing to ever happen to him.” Like the phoenix, he reimagined his life to launch the Breakfast Leaders Network, which helps individuals and teams avoid the ravages of burnout and their own worst-case scenarios. With unprecedented change disrupting our lives, burnout is an epidemic. If you feel like screaming at the top of your lungs “I simply can’t take it anymore,” then this episode is for you. Michael is the author of 369 Days: How to Survive Burnout. Geeks, Geezers & Googlization Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 1PM ET. The Geeks, Geezers & Googlization TV Show is viewed on Facebook Live and YouTube Live plus available on your fa