LIFT

Welcome back to another episode of the Allison J. Taylor LIFT Podcast. How do you oversee or bring to life highly valued products and services?  What does it take to succeed as a product manager (PM) or divisional leader in charge of solutions? The path to greatness is not just about building solid products, but also about leadership -- piloting people, processes, and change. In this episode, Alis...

Welcome back to another episode of the Allison J. Taylor LIFT Podcast. In our eighth episode, Allison discusses how product innovators use frustration and inspiration to create impactful artificial intelligence (AI) innovations that blend cutting-edge technology with human connection, with a focus on the healthcare sector. As product innovators and co-authors, Dr. Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, Vice Presid...

In our seventh episode, Allison discusses sleepless AI with Jari Salomaa, Co-Founder and CEO of Valo, a San Francisco-based tech start-up that builds discovery, observability and remediation for Salesforce customers with its AI service . What if AI could streamline your Salesforce tasks 24/7, allowing you to focus on what truly matters? On today's episode, we join Jari, who explains how Valo is he...

Sending Money Freely with Sara Drakeley, CEO of MobileCoin   Episode 6: Show Notes   Welcome back to another episode of the Allison Taylor LIFT Podcast. In our sixth episode, Allison discusses leadership in technology, specifically the nascent cryptocurrency market, with Sara Drakeley, CEO of MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency payment application that runs on the blockchain. The discussion centers on Sa...

Welcome to the fifth episode of our LIFT podcast! In today's new market landscape, intent data is becoming increasingly relevant. In this episode, we are joined by the VP of Growth Marketing at Celigo, Michelle Bastelier, to discuss all things intent data. Celigo is a Series C automation platform company, which enables integration of all different SaaS applications into one platform. Through this...

In Part II of our fourth episode, we continue a fascinating executive conversation with Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RealWear, a company engineering industrial wearable headsets for connected workers. He shares real-life lessons from his experience managing complex systems and data-led teams. In this second half of our conversation (check out Part I ), we consider ho...

Welcome to the fourth episode of our LIFT podcast! Allison identifies how skilled leaders approach systems complexity and the fundamental role people play solving problems successfully. She is joined by Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RealWear, a tech company making hands-free industrial head-mounted wearable headsets for safe connected workers. He discusses how he appl...

Succeeding in a World of Risk with Bob Zukis Podcast Episode 03: Show Notes Welcome to the third episode of our LIFT podcast! Allison discusses problem-solving our way through this pressing global situation, as systems have failed us and we need to reinvent at scale. She is joined by Bob Zukis, co-author of  The Great Reboot  and a former PwC Advisory Partner, who shares pragmatic models for this...

Welcome to the second episode of LIFT podcast!  On today's episode, Allison is joined by global researcher Cheri Anderson of the Values and Lifestyles Program (VALS) from Menlo Park, California, to unravel motives and their impact on everything from building a business to positioning a product. Based on her 25-year experience applying research findings to a variety of sectors from Nigeria to Japan...

Welcome to the inaugural Lift podcast! Today we chat with Matt Abrahams, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the founder of BoldEcho. Matt and Allison are both passionate about strategic communications, and today discuss exactly that -- what do we mean when we say someone is a "great communicator" and how can leaders use some simple guidelines to increase their emotive commu...