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The Happiness Index - Data. Insight. StoriesCuriosity and Employee Engagement with Anne BurtMatt Phelan Co-Founder of The Happiness Index sits down with Anne Burt the head of Employee Engagement at DEFRA to discuss Employee Engagement in the workplace.Matt asks Anne the following questionsWhat makes you happy?Tell us about your careerWhy do employees act the way they do?What factors influence employee engagement scores?How can we foster curiosity in the workplace?How can we shift from reactive "firefighting" to proactive problem-solving?What is the role...2025-04-0541 min
One Fear Per YearYou Have the Rest of your Life to be Ordinary! Matt Havens' Family Mantra help us Face our Fears.Fear has never stopped me from doing something… except when it has....walked up to the edge of an Olympic diving board and not jumped.Matt and I have both had moments where fear won. And yet, every time I’ve actually pushed through—whether it was stepping on stage, making a life-changing decision, or just doing something that made me uncomfortable—I’ve never regretted it.Fear might feel like a stop sign, but most of the time, it’s just a suggestion.• We fear the worst-case scenario (that rarely happens).• We fear wh...2025-03-1817 min
Locked On Spartans - Daily Podcast On Michigan State Spartans Football & BasketballMSU football beefs up defense with Grady Kelly, NiJhay Burt; MSU basketball, Coen Carr wax FAUCan the Michigan State Spartans maintain their defensive prowess with new transfers? Discover how the Spartans' football team is reshaping its strategy with key additions like Grady Kelly and NiJhay Burt. These moves could redefine their run defense and secondary tactics, crucial for the upcoming season. Explore the impact of Grady Kelly's transfer from Florida State, where he excelled in run defense, and NiJhay Burt's transition from Eastern Illinois, bringing a fresh approach to the secondary. The episode also recaps the Michigan State Spartans basketball team's victory over Florida Atlantic, spotlighting standout performances from Coen Carr and Jeremy Fears...2024-12-2220 min
The Purpose HunterThe Business of Media and Beyond: Burt Levy's Success Journey from Media to Technology to ConsultingJoin us in this captivating episode as we delve into the remarkable career of Burt Levy, who spent 22 years at the
Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, overseeing the motion pictures category.
Burt worked alongside film critic Roger Ebert and collaborated closely with major studios such as DreamWorks, Paramount, and Warner Bros.
He culminated his media career as the publisher of North Shore Magazine.
Burt shares his profound insights on organizational culture and the invaluable wisdom of long-serving employees.
Transitioning from media...2024-08-2934 min
Will and MattHard TimeWill and Matt are here to give Burt Reynolds a HARD TIME! Burt Reynolds takes on twice the work for this mystery as the world's best 'stache also takes a seat in the director's chair! Windows will break, graffiti will spray, and cops will... watch women undress from their windows? Odd take, but it tracks.DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers!!HARD TIMEdir. Burt Reynoldsstarring: Burt Reynolds; Charles Durning; Paco Christian Prieto2024-08-0653 min
Circle City Success188. Yelp Indy with Niki BurtNiki Burt is the Senior Community Director at Yelp Indy Listen to CCS episode 188 where you'll hear Niki tell us about… ● How moving to Spain after graduating from Butler to become an English teacher became a major life changing experience including meeting her future husband, then moving back to the states, and her 90 day fiance story ● Grabbing coffee with a mentor/sponsor eventually helped connect her to Yelp Indy and her philosophy on bringing value to every coffee meeting ● Having a good balance of life and then work, including breaking down...2024-06-191h 02
Working Class AudioWCA #493 with William Garrett - Stereo Under the Stairs, Tossing X-Rays, After Hours Recording, Producing for Spotify, Hugging Smokey Robinson, and Burt Bacharach's JacketMy guest today is Producer, Engineer & Mixer William Garrett. William has worked with a LARGE amount of people! That's includes Esperanza Spalding, Grouplove, John Legend, The Head and the Heart, Migos, Zara Larsson, The Shins, Max Richter, Sting, Ed Sheeran, Zac Brown Band, Rascal Flatts, TLC, Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, The National, Greta Van Fleet, St. Vincent, Iron & Wine, Luke Combs, Jack White, The Raconteurs, Cyndi Lauper, John Cale, Conor Oberst, New Kids On The Block, Michael Monroe, Jennifer Lopez, John Waite, Slayer, Brandi Carlile, Def Leppard, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Shawn Mendes...2024-05-281h 39
Working Class AudioWCA #493 with William Garrett - Stereo Under the Stairs, Tossing X-Rays, After Hours Recording, Producing for Spotify, Hugging Smokey Robinson, and Burt Bacharach's JacketMy guest today is Producer, Engineer & Mixer William Garrett. William has worked with a LARGE amount of people! That's includes Esperanza Spalding, Grouplove, John Legend, The Head and the Heart, Migos, Zara Larsson, The Shins, Max Richter, Sting, Ed Sheeran, Zac Brown Band, Rascal Flatts, TLC, Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, The National, Greta Van Fleet, St. Vincent, Iron & Wine, Luke Combs, Jack White, The Raconteurs, Cyndi Lauper, John Cale, Conor Oberst, New Kids On The Block, Michael Monroe, Jennifer Lopez, John Waite, Slayer, Brandi Carlile, Def Leppard, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Shawn Mendes...2024-05-271h 39
Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques140. Rethinks: How to Handle a Skeptical AudiencePreparing to speak in front of a skeptical audience is more than thinking about objections beforehand – there are specific techniques you can use to respond to these challenging situations without sounding defensive, evasive, or dismissive. Here, we offer a few key tips for how to handle skepticism with aplomb.In this episode, host Matt Abrahams and Stanford GSB lecturer Burt Alper share how to prepare for these challenges from your audience and discuss the importance of tactics like acknowledging audience input, reframing responses, and how to remain cool, collected, and credible.Episode Re...2024-04-3018 min
The City's BackyardEP 92 KEVIN BURT & Big Medicine drops in from IOWA to chat about his album called "Thank You Brother Bill: A Tribute To Bill Withers" We play a couple of the tracks and talk about some East Coast tour dates!Kevin Burt's soul-inspired performances are unique, which consistently gets him compared to a range of artists like Bill Withers and Aaron Neville, with the ability to build an audience rapport that has been compared to B.B. King. Burt is a musician (vocals, harmonica, and guitar) whose smooth, warm vocal presentation and humor audiences of all ages seem to enjoy. Two of Kevin’s primary influences are Bill Withers and Aaron Neville and he has the ability to build a great rapport with the audience with his soul-inspired presentation and natural stage presence.2024-04-0238 min
Will and MattUniversal Soldier 3: Unfinished BusinessFirst we watched Universal Soldier and then we watched Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning (number four in the series), so why not visit the made for TV sequel to the sequel... straight from Canada and starring Matt Bataglia's very best cardboard like acting!! Burt Reynolds also appears... with an accent-kinda... DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers!UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 3: UNFINISHED BUSINESSdir. Jeff Woolnoughstarring: Matt Bataglia; Burt Reynolds; Jeff Wincott2023-10-3148 min
At Home with the LectionaryYear A, Proper 9Send us a textIn this episode, we consider the readings for Proper 9, Year A:Gen 24:34-38,42-49,58-67 & Ps 45:11-18 or SofS 2:8-13; Zech 9:9-12 & Ps 145:8-15; Rom 7:15-25a; Matt 11:16-19, 25-30.We discuss Rebekah & Isaac. We consider Paul's famous passage regarding conflicted motivations & his own inability to escape sin paired with his doxology of Jesus' rescue alongside the Track 2 readings of the King's saving work for all people. We conclude with Jesus' life-giving invitation to come to Him to find rest for our weary souls.Notes:---Fr...2023-06-301h 08