My Most Memorable Radio Segments

Isn’t it funny that you do not realize how quickly and imperceptibly time slips away?

You blink, and your newborn baby girl is suddenly twelve and talking about boys. By the way, to all prospective suitors, I carry in my trunk at all times a shovel and a bag of lye – just saying.

Anyway, I digress.

Back in March 2009, I aired my first PI Window radio show on Blog Talk Radio. I was reminded of this recently when someone asked me for a list of my most memorable shows.

As I began to scan the pages upon pages of segment archives, reflecting on the many interesting discussions I have had over the years with some pretty amazing people, I suddenly realized that I have been doing this for a very long time.

Some of you who have been following my blog for many years may recall some of the names that appear on the list below. People like Lawrence O’Donnell III, the first Undercover Boss from the hit CBS show of the same name, or Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day.

I still remember Rob Bernshteyn’s contributions as a guest panelist on the Titans of The SaaS World series eight years ago not long after he became the CEO of Coupa. I guess we don’t need to ask the “where are they now” question concerning Rob.

Of course one of my favorite segments was when I crossed the boundary from the business world to the entertainment industry to interview former Three Dog Night lead singer Chuck Negron regarding his use of crowd funding platform Kickstarter to finance his Then and Now album. It was still a business segment because of the crowdfunding angle, but it was also fun because I was a fan of the band.

So here is the list in no particular order of my most memorable segments, although at the end of the day every one of the 800 plus guests were memorable in their way.

 

•  Nicole Verkindt: television personality and CBC Next Gen Dragon’s Den star, as well as Founder of OMX;
  CBC Next Gen Dragon Nicole Verkindt talks about her latest business venture
• Lawrence O’Donnell III: COO from Waste Management and CBS Televisions first Undercover Boss from the hit show of the same name;  Larry O’Donnell, III: Undercover Boss
• Ahmed Rubaie: Ariba’s CFO discussing the companies transition to an on-demand model; Ariba: Calculating the Cost of Transformation
• Stockwell Day: Canada’s Trade Minister discussing the complexity and challenges of the U.S. Buy American policy; An Interview with Canada’s Trade Minister on U.S. Trade
• Amol Joshi: SVP Sales and Business Development talking about winning a major contract with Arizona from former business partner CGI; The Ivalua tail wags the CGI dog
• Rob Bernshteyn: Chief Executive Officer, COUPA as part of an executive guest panel segment on Emerging Titans; Emerging Giants: The New Titans of the SaaS World
• Tony Uphoff: President and CEO, THOMASNET discussing  their new partnership with Dun & Bradstreet; THOMASNET – D&B Partnership: Now This Is A Story To Watch
• Thomas Derry: Chief Executive Officer of Institute for Supply Management was a guest on my Procurement Unplugged Series; Procurement Unplugged: The Three Most Important Questions For 2015
• Chuck Negron: Lead singer of the band Three Dog Night talking about his career and use of crowdsourcing platform Kickstarter to fund his new album; Chuck Negron “Then and Now.”
• Terrence Curley: Director of Products for B2B & Commerce at IBM discussing the company’s move to the cloud; Cloudy days ahead for IBM . . . But that’s a good thing!
• Shep Hyken: New York Times bestselling author of the book The Amazement Revolution talks customer service; The Amazement Revolution: Shep Hyken
• Karen Evans: Former CIO for the U.S. Federal Government under the Bush Administration part of an executive panel discussing transparency in government. (NOTE: Karen oversaw the development of over $70B spent by the federal government in Information Technology and associated services); Session 4 (Roundtable) Segment Title: What is Transparency in Government?

 

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