Michael F Schein; Author of “The Hype Handbook”

Michael F Schein; Author of “The Hype Handbook”

Video Version About the Podcast In this episode of “State of Readiness”, I welcome Michael F. Schein; author of The Hype Handbook and the Head Hype Man at MicroFame Media. We met at a “non-conference” in Saratoga Springs in the summer of 2021 where Michael was speaking about “hype”. When Michael graduated from university (much…

John Bicknell; CEO and Founder of More Cowbell Unlimited

John Bicknell; CEO and Founder of More Cowbell Unlimited

Video Version About the Podcast My guest today is John Bicknell, CEO and Founder of More Cowbell Unlimited. Our conversation focuses on processes and the data, and information, that is captured and generated in these systems. But more important, what this information is trying to tell us, how we can hear the messaging, and how it…

Steven Leuschel; Director of Operational Excellence, Guardian Elder Care

Steven Leuschel; Director of Operational Excellence, Guardian Elder Care

Video Version About the Podcast My guest today is Steven Leuschel, Director of Operational Excellence at Guardian Elder Care, with a network of elderly care facilities located across Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Eastern Ohio. Steven and I had met at the Operational Excellence Summit at the Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence at Saint Vincent…

David Mackey; Senior Manager, AbbVie

David Mackey; Senior Manager, AbbVie

Video Version About the Podcast I invite David Mackey is a senior manager at AbbVie presently responsible for the implementation of the SAP “procure to pay” processes at AbbVie. Previously, he was the Director of Operational Excellence at Pharmacyclics (a subsidiary of AbbVie). In addition to AbbVie, he has had senior leadership roles at Genentech…

Brent Gleeson; Navy SEAL and Author of “Taking Point” and “Embrace the Suck”

Brent Gleeson; Navy SEAL and Author of “Taking Point” and “Embrace the Suck”

Video version About the Podcast Today I invite back to “State of Readiness”, Brent Gleeson, a Navy SEAL combat veteran and serial entrepreneur. In addition to being a best-selling author of “Taking Point” and his new release, “Embrace the Suck“, Brent has leveraged the principles of leadership, discipline, accountability and resiliency learned in training and…