Episode: 00059


Release Date: June 14, 2021


Description: Getting buy-in from colleagues is hard enough, let alone the Chief of Police! However, this week’s guest, Lauren Norman, did just that when she created a product that forecasted a crime that actually happened when and where she said it would. In this episode, Lauren shares her day-to-day experience working for different types of agencies, and how she ended up where she is now at one of the biggest providers for law enforcement, LexisNexis. Lauren explains how the leadership and management culture has adapted during the pandemic era, and how her team still cultivates a close bond despite everyone working in a different state, even before the pandemic. Lauren emphasizes the benefits of networking, and how the connections she made through professional associations like IACA and MACA have really helped her grow professionally and personally in her early days as an analyst. Lauren is currently a Senior Manager in the Public Safety Analysis section of LexisNexis Risk Solutions.


This episode also features our latest segment, “Sh*t You Hear in the Office!” … got any interesting, funny, or crazy sh*t you’ve heard in the office? Share them with us at [email protected], this episode’s YouTube link, or on our social media! 


Name Drops: Stacey Joyner (00:03:55), Jane Perlov (00:06:33), Christopher Bruce/Debra Piehl (00:25:28, Susan Whitford (00:39:00), Samantha Gwinn/Josh Levin (00:42:23), Yarisa Walsh (00:58:15),  Danelle DiGiosio (00:59:55), Noah Fritz (01:00:39), Jeffrey Vandersip (01:02:44), Mare Cunningham (01:04:00)


Public Service Announcements: 
Kristen Lottman
Sam Gwinn (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/samantha-gwinn-–-the-advocate/


Related Links: 
https://www.alphagroupcenter.com/ 
https://risk.lexisnexis.com/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087GJ8KM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Eve_Carson


Association(s) Mentioned: IACA, MACA


Vendor(s) Mentioned: Alpha Group, LexisNexis


Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-m-norman/ 


Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong


Podcast Researcher: 


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YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/mXNpOEhzVTQ 


 


00:00:31 - Introducing Lauren
00:09:00 - Getting Buy-in 
00:13:14 - Pit Stop at Chapel Hill
00:16:09 - Analyst Badge Story - Homicide
00:21:55 - DDACTS
00:33:06 - Program Manager
00:37:05 - Break - Kristen Lottman, Sam Gwinn
00:38:24 - LexisNexis
00:50:30 - Two Masters Degrees
00:53:27 - Advice
00:56:06 - Sh*t You Hear in the Office
01:06:20 - Personal Interest - Golf and Cancer
01:10:22 - Words to the World