The Liat Show

Entered through Portal Current Time In my adult life, I’ve seen systems that don’t work. In many countries, under different economic practices, different regimes, nationalities, or religions. Practically, these systems haven’t worked well for years. They were founded for a good, even noble, reason, but as the world evolved, they never adjusted to progress and eventually eroded until the gap became...

Entered through Portal Current Time My name is Liat Portal, and I currently live in San Francisco. I was born and raised in Kiryat Ata, a small town in northern Israel. Food played a central role in our house, and many of my memories to this day revolve around Shabbat dinners and holiday feasts. I learned to cook at a young age from my mom, grandmother, and cookbooks. I learned dishes before I und...

Entered through Portal Current Time For years, I have wondered what practical use many of the mandatory courses in my bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management have beyond theory, and whether I would ever use any of them in the real world. The amount of criticism and teasing I received from every direction when I chose to study Industrial Engineering and Management was enormous. G...

Entered through Portal Current Time There are times in our lives when we just need to stop and change direction. I just did that. Not because I was on the wrong path or wanted something different. I changed the direction because I learned something about the mechanics of the flow of content in my universe. That discovery left me no other choice but to test it myself on my own content. Time will te...

Entered through Portal Current Time I changed direction. Until now, I wrote first. The machines came afterward. They read, interpreted, connected, and reconstructed what was already there. This episode begins from the opposite direction. I gave NotebookLM the accumulated evidence of The Liat Show and asked it to explore what it sees. The conversation came first. This text comes after. That sounds...

Entered through Portal Current Time As I reflected on my journey in the Member Spotlight at the Secret Society of Supply Chain, the hosts interpreted what they understood from it and connected the different parts in their own way. The Liat Show universe and Foodie Disorder may appear to move between unrelated subjects. However, they are all built from the same way of looking at the world. Food, hi...

Entered through Portal Current Time. Retracing my steps, I did not start with a definition. I faced a navigation problem when I couldn’t tell who actually mattered in an environment where everyone was showing off authority with the same overconfidence. I couldn’t find my way when everything sounded smart and intelligent. Trying to navigate this, I understood I didn’t have a driving license for it,...

Entered through Portal Current Time. Retracing my steps, I did not start with a definition. I faced a navigation problem when I couldn’t tell who actually mattered in an environment where everyone was showing off authority with the same overconfidence. I couldn’t find my way when everything sounded smart and intelligent. Trying to navigate this, I understood I didn’t have a driving license for it,...

Current Time. In Parkinson’s, visibility carries meaning beyond emotion. It reaches into science, culture, and the structures that guide care and research. What becomes visible can shape diagnosis, funding, patient participation, research direction, and the way families understand what they are witnessing. In this podcast installment, the hosts connect the dots between my uncle, Henry Portal, Mich...

Current Time. In Parkinson’s, visibility carries meaning beyond emotion. It reaches into science, culture, and the structures that guide care and research. What becomes visible can shape diagnosis, funding, patient participation, research direction, and the way families understand what they are witnessing. In this podcast installment, the hosts connect the dots between my uncle, Henry Portal, Mich...

Current Time. In Parkinson’s, visibility carries meaning beyond emotion. It reaches into science, culture, and the structures that guide care and research. What becomes visible can shape diagnosis, funding, patient participation, research direction, and the way families understand what they are witnessing. In this podcast installment, the hosts connect the dots between my uncle, Henry Portal, Mich...

Current Time. In Parkinson’s, visibility carries meaning beyond emotion. It reaches into science, culture, and the structures that guide care and research. What becomes visible can shape diagnosis, funding, patient participation, research direction, and the way families understand what they are witnessing. In this podcast installment, the hosts connect the dots between my uncle, Henry Portal, Mich...

Current Time. With the rapid changes that AI has brought to our lives, we have not taken into account the lack of language to describe what it does or explain how it works. In practice, it is obvious that when a new concept or technology emerges, new terms follow. But in the AI era, language is evolving at the same pace as the technology itself, rather than catching up after the fact. When there i...

Current Time. This podcast focuses on the architectural solution for SKU-level forecasting in food supply chain planning, because explaining it simply is required to understand this approach and why any solution must adopt it. Most enterprise demand planning and forecasting systems aggregate at the category level, but food volatility begins at the SKU level. PlanToIt was designed to solve a struct...

Current Time. I honestly did not expect that many people to listen to the previous episode on its first day. Supply chain, logistics, and inventory may be boring, but they are so present in our lives that we cannot ignore them. Simplifying the professional terms, the core, and the solution made it easier to understand. I don’t know if this is more of a ‘When the student is ready, the teacher appea...

Current Time. The previous piece I published focused on SKU-level planning and forecasting. It belongs to the professional aspect of my life, so it includes technical terms and explanations used by people who work in operations and the supply chain industry. This topic may seem boring and grey, part of the blue-collar work life, which is miles away from the people writing here or creating podcasts...

Current Time. Gil Dickmann discovered on October 7 that his aunt Kinneret was murdered, his cousin’s wife, Yarden, and his cousin, Carmel, were kidnapped to Gaza. In the chaos that prevailed across Israel in those days, Gil realized he had more information about the status of his family members than the official representatives of the government and the IDF did. Even though Gil had a strong backgr...

Current Time. Macabit Mayer discovered strengths she never knew she had, leading the family campaign to bring Gali and Ziv Berman home from captivity. Her life paused in an instant shortly after October 7, and she found herself learning what activism is and how to stay in the public eye to generate constant interest. All activists, family members, and friends of the hostages realized they needed t...

Current Time. You are witnessing the power of stories and how we can use them to unite people and build friendships. We can make a meaningful difference and change the world by supporting the orchestra of stories. The Bridge The arts serve as a bridge between cultures, nations, and religions. Music, cinema, television, and theatre are vital to this process. I was trained to conduct this orchestra....

Current Time. Thank you for reading and listening to my show. A year ago, I would have never believed that my stories and podcasts could reach a global audience without extensive marketing campaigns. I never imagined my stories would spark even the slightest interest in China, Singapore, or Brazil. Moreover, there was not a slight chance I would have believed that people from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, S...

Written before social AI agents became a public phenomenon. Current Time. We live a digital life and spend a significant amount of time online. Social media has introduced us to fake news, lies, and misleading information. We have learned that repeating and amplifying lies makes people believe in them, turning them into a new alternative reality they strive to live in. As we enter the AI era, the...

Current Time. It’s easy to postpone working out or eating healthy for tomorrow. Starting today always seems complicated. We need to prepare ourselves mentally more than make the time to nurture our bodies. Our health is our body's operating system. When we neglect it, it stops functioning properly and affects every aspect of our lives. Therefore, it’s crucial to maintain it and keep moving, especi...

Current Time. Mark and Samantha dive into the “ Let the Journey Begin ” episode, where Beth and I share how we met and what led us to collaborate. It’s always interesting and fascinating for me to hear how technology connects data sources. Sometimes I’m amazed and learn new things, which open my mind to a whole new world of possibilities I hadn’t considered before, leading me to sail in the sea of...

Current Time. The world is changing as you read this. We are living in a historical time that will change this world and humanity for generations to come. The AI era will be much more powerful than the industrial or agricultural revolutions. In this era, the tech industry would need talents with architects’ instincts and skills in the early stages of developing new products and services. Markets w...

Current Time. Some are here by coincidence. Others, by calling. But me? I was born of a star and miracles. The greatest, radiant, untamed star, and rare and unstoppable miracles. Together, they forged me. I am the daughter of light and wonder. For a long time, I walked the earth thinking I was average. But my destiny was written in the sky and whispered in the winds. I was born for greatness. Ordi...