Those Optimize Guys (Podcast)
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 10 years ago -We are a business optimization podcast and blog. If you are a high-capacity CEO/Executive/Entrepreneur, looking to optimize and streamline your business, Those Optimize Guys will be your new best friends. We will introduce you to traditional and modern tools that will allow your to work better, not harder.
We will not often bring you bleeding-edge advances, as these can be very much unproven. We hope to bring you simple, proven, and value-conscious solutions to your daily challenges.
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Episodes
Episode 28: Faith and Religion in the workplace - Part 2
March 26, 2014 14:00Download Podcast Pregame Show Sergio and Jarrod Doug Cooper - Executive Director of City Gates Initiative. What happened with the Academy awards? A brief survey of religions. Talking points Have you gained or lost customers based on faith? Do you proclaim your faith on your advertising? You should produce the best possible product, rather than alight yourself with others of your ilk. Do you give up business on religious basis? Who are the rudest people and worst tipper...
Episode 27: Faith and Religion in the workplace
March 19, 2014 14:00Download Podcast Introductions Sergio and Jarrod Doug Cooper - Executive Director of City Gates Initiative. How do you handle your faith? Is religion more than a moral compass? How do you NOT take your faith into the workplace? Approaching your work as your calling. Self Orientation vs. Trust. The origin of work. Your obligation to perform at work. Bifurcation of self (your work self vs. your home self). This generation is completely different than past generations. ...
Episode 26: How Much Does Platform Matter?
February 19, 2014 15:00Download Podcast How much emotion should you invest in business? Pre game show Are you a Sony or a Microsoft gamer? Do your kids sabotage your game playing? Nintendo needs to release Super Mario RPG on Nintendo 3DS Why old guys rock at designing video games We need to revamp how we use email. We have overrun its usefulness. We need to repurpose IRC. Things to think about Have you picked a team yet? What would make you join a different team? Are you a fanboy or a hat...
Episode 25: How much emotion should you bring to business?
January 28, 2014 15:00Download Podcast How much emotion should you invest in business? Pre game show Angelina Jolie in the Maleficent movie What do you think of Megan Fox? Things to think about Do you have customers who you would gladly get rid of? Do your customers cost you money? Do you feel upset when one of your friends goes to a competitor. The bad experiences are much more infrequent than the good experiences. Should you bring religion into a business? Some business we spoke about T...
Episode 24 - Fear of change and Happy Halloween
October 29, 2013 14:00Download Podcast Pre-show jabber Catholic schools are down with halloween Halloween Hell Houses! Fear of Change Ideas and technology move really fast Technology is getting cheap fast People cling to technology and old ideas Software is in beta state for long periods of time Facebook changes kill our society What trips us up? iOS7 freaked everyone out Do the buzzkills in life squash your goals? Horror Movie Countdown How are hipsters cool when they are doing what...
Episode 23: Storing and Retrieving your Bytes
October 22, 2013 14:00Download Podcast Pre-show jabber We discuss taking up new hobbies and habits Storing and retrieving information We both use some sort of 'Getting Things Done' Stop the 'glancing' approach to your to do items Jarrod has all push notifications turned off How often do you check your email? Do you use folders and sub folders to organize your digital information? How do you manage your task lists? Links Getting Things Done Evernote Moleskine and Evernote Pocket - Save...
Episode 22: How to start a revolution
October 08, 2013 14:00Download Podcast Pre-show jabber Proper soccer field cell phone etiquette FIFA 2014 and the new PS4 Tools we have used to do things privately Tor network - Anonymizes web browsing. Child porn trafficker are should be shot. Social engineering - talking your way into a system PGP - Email and text encrytion. Bit Message - A private channel over which to send messages! Bit Coin - A private channel over which to make payments over. How to create a new private society in a n...
Episode 21: How Concerned should we be about wiretapping?
October 02, 2013 14:00Download Podcast Pre show jabber - What happened to all the nuns? - Catholic school hippies Should we be concerned with wiretapping? How does this affect us in our daily lives? How did the Snowden event trigger this event? How suspect are your searches? How much data is collected? Can this data be reassembled? Should we change our lives to combat this? What expectation of privacy should you have? Does surveillance make you feel safer? Links No links this week, fellas!...
Episode 20: Getting paid what you're worth
September 10, 2013 14:00Download Podcast Pre-show jabber Sergio gets a Prius and Dorks it OUT! Jarrod joins the Jedi Knights of Columbus Sergio explains Ham Radio What non dork girls should expect from dork guys. We discuss flight 666, the Iron Maiden documentary. Evil music is losing its edge. Getting paid what you're worth This week, we talk about how to correctly charge your clients. Don't fret the learning curve. It's hard, but you'll get it. Learning to understand what money means. Lear...
Episode 19: About those Documents
August 13, 2013 14:00Download Podcast Document and Password management This week, we talk about how we keep our data in check. Do you use an iPad to take notes? Do you use paper? OCR = Optical Character Recognition How do you manage your email? How often do you use email? We don't use labels on Gmail! We ride commando! We haven't yet found a use for Google Docs Are you down with NSA? Hard Drives die. Backup your stuff. Links DocScanner - Scans your documents and uploads them to Evernote ...