The Business Talks Podcast
The Business Talks Podcast
Matt Watson
Casual Conversations with Business Leaders.Real conversations with the people building businesses and the trusted advisors helping them do it.Hosted by Matt Watson, The Business Talk Podcast goes beyond the highlight reel. Exploring the ideas, decisions, and hard-won lessons that actually shape how companies grow, adapt, and succeed. Each episode digs into topics like leadership, finance, operations, talent, technology, and risk through the lens of people who live it every day.Whether you’re running a company, leading a team, or serving the business community as an advisor or expert, you’ll walk away with perspectives you can actually use.The best business conversations don’t happen in boardrooms, they happen right here.
Troy Skabelund
Guest: Troy Skabelund, CEO of Advisory ZoneHost: Matt Watson
May 27, 2021
54 min
Harassment Prevention: Ty Smith from Commsafe.ai
Guest: Ty Smith from Commsafe.ai Host: Matt Watson
May 26, 2021
45 min
KC Chohan - Together CFO
Guest: KC Chohan - Together CFOHost: Matt Watson
May 25, 2021
37 min
CFO: Richard Lamishaw
Guest: Richard LamishawHost: Matt Watson
May 24, 2021
53 min
HR+AI: Todd Raphael, Head of Content for eightfold.ai talks about disrupting the HR space in a POSITIVE way with AI.
Todd Raphael is the Head of Content for eightfold.ai. Eightfold (fka VolkScience) is the industry’s first Talent Intelligence Platform, built for enterprises, to address Talent Acquisition and Management in a holistic fashion. The platform is built with three pillars in mind:* First, we believe that people are every enterprise’s greatest asset, and we want to put them at the center. We aggregate all people data within an enterprise - from applicants to alumni - which is currently siloed across many different point solutions. This becomes the richest & most comprehensive Talent Network for each enterprise.* Second, we use data to provide intelligence on what people are capable of doing instead of just what they have done in the past. This allows enterprises to more effectively match people to the right opportunities.* Third, using AI, the platform continuously learns from enterprise and individual performance to predict future roles, performance, and career alternativesThis was an extremely interesting conversation!Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy!Matt
Oct 26, 2020
53 min
Solving the People Problem: Brett Cooper and Evans Kerrigan talk essential skills to lead and succeed.
Brett Cooper and Evans Kerrigan are the co-authors of the book, Solving the People Problem. They have distilled their combined decades of experience in organizational consulting, to answer this question...How can we best communicate with our people? Can our conversations and actions be best summed up by the golden rule, "treat others as you would like them to treat you?" Listen in to find out the answer!Get the book on Amazon: https://geni.us/SolvingPeopleProblemTake the DISC-EQ Survey: Use access code: BusinessTalkshttps://solvingthepeopleproblem.com/disc-eq/Download the Solving the People Problem Field Guide for Leaders:https://solvingthepeopleproblem.com/resources/field-guide-for-leaders/Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy!Matt
Sep 29, 2020
1 hr 12 min
Pandemic Response Roundtable: Business specialists talk proper responses to pandemic challenges.
Today on the podcast I brought on five other business specialists. All of these gents have varying specialties yet all have one thing in common, they consult businesses. We asked them to point out areas that they see as potential blindspots for businesses as a result of the pandemic.As always here is a rundown of the guests. Click their name to go to their LinkedIn or grab their email to reach out to them directly.Michael Krengel - HCM Consultant for [email protected] Bautista - Tax Partner at Wright Ford Young & [email protected] Gunawardane - Attorney at US Business [email protected] Brummell - Principal at Venture Pacific Financial [email protected] Caster - Commercial Lines Account Executive at HUB [email protected] Watson - Employee Benefits Advisor at HUB [email protected] for listening and I hope you enjoy!Matt
Sep 24, 2020
43 min
HR: Philip Dana, Head of HR for Dendreon talks HR during COVID.
Philip Dana is the Head of HR for Dendreon. Dendreon is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company and pioneer in the development of immunotherapy. They are most notably known for their flagship product, PROVENGE which was the first FDA-approved immunotherapy made from a patient’s own immune cells. This product is widely used for the treatment of prostate cancer. Phil has spent many years in HR and is an official member of the Forbes Human Resource Council. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy,Matt
Sep 4, 2020
56 min
Income Protection: THE Robert Clark talks income protection through choosing the proper disability insurance.
Robert Clark is the Vice President of Sales for The Plus Group Texas. The Pluss Group Texas represents multiple carriers to help provide employee benefits advisers with income protection solutions for the executive population of each and every client that has a need for additional disability income.Robert is truly an amazing human being and I hope you all benefit from his story!Cheers,Matt
Jul 30, 2020
48 min
Luke Peters talk business and entrepreneurship.
Luker Peters is the CEO of NewAir Appliances, host of Page 1 Podcast, and the CEO of Retail Band. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy!Matt
Jun 29, 2020
27 min
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