Scaling UP! H2O

Welcome to Scaling UP! H2O , the water treaters' podcast. For newer listeners, something I try to do at least once a month is to take listener's calls or show suggestions and answer them in episodes we like to call "Pinks And Blues". I LOVE taking your questions and talking about them on the show, and today is no different. We're talking about Concentration Ratio on today's Pinks and Blues Episode...

 As you know, we started this podcast to "Scale up our knowledge, so we don't scale up our systems". Many of you requested to have another episode about finances, and I couldn't think of a better person to have on the show than my company's CFO, Mike Iverson .  Mike is a CPA and owns Trillium Financial.  I think Mike's superpower is his ability to take a very complex subject, such as 'how much mon...

Scaling Up Nation, I cannot wait to introduce you to Paul Edwards . We met in our Mastermind group and have learned a great deal from one another. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, "When you meet new people, you open the door to new ideas and better ways of doing things that you never would have never thought of if you stayed alone in a silo." Paul is a first-generation Spanish-speaking...

Welcome to the water treater's favorite podcast, Scaling Up! H2O. I'm your host, Trace Blackmore and for my long-time listeners, today's show is going to be a little bit different because for the first time ever,  I'm re-releasing one of our most listened to episodes for our newer listeners.  I recorded this show on October 27th, 2017 and upon listening to it again, I can see why it is one of our...

Welcome to the water treaters' favorite podcast, Scaling UP H2O! Let me introduce you to a friend of mine,  Garret "Gary" Garcia . Gary is one of those people who has an incredible amount of knowledge and over the years has been incredibly generous about sharing what he knows. In today's episode, we're going to cover everything from new technologies in the water treatment industry to the things a...

Scaling Up Nation, I'm pleased to introduce you to someone that I've learned a great deal from over the past nine years of our friendship. He retired after working 35 years in the water treatment industry; m ost recently he served as Regional Manager at US Water Services and he is the Former owner of ChemTechnologies/Solen Inc. If you haven't guessed his name yet, it is the one and only Marty Step...

One of my favorite things about this podcast is that it has allowed me to meet fantastic people. Today's guest I met at  The Hang   a few months ago, and we instantly hit it off. His name is  John Sandford  and even though he lives 15 miles east of Oxford, and I live outside of Atlanta, our passion for water treatment has made us lifelong friends.   He has a wealth of experience and a genuine pass...

Today's returning guest is a Career Counselor at  Texas Tech University's Career Center and one of my dearest friends,   Donna Srader . Donna is back on the show to talk about the best networking strategies to use when we are not face-to-face.    You see, in March of 2020   Donna Srader , and the rest of the university staff pivoted from meeting in person to have every meeting with students, alumn...

Have you ever hired the wrong person at your company? Have you ever asked for a raise? Have you ever regretted not thoroughly vetting someone before you asked them to join your team? Have you ever started a new job only to walk in the door and discover that there wasn't a computer waiting for you, that you couldn't log into the company wifi, and the drawers to your new desk still had family photos...

Scaling Up Nation! I want to thank you for listening to  200 episodes ! I have been honored to be your host of this weekly podcast over the past 4 years, and I cannot wait to bring you another 200 episodes, thank you for making the podcast what it is today! Looking back, if you had told me when I recorded Episode 1 of The Scaling Up H2O podcast that 4 years later, I'd be celebrating our 200th Epis...

Every time I talk to   Chris Nagle ,   I learn something new. I end the conversation more curious than when we start chatting, and I feel energized and empowered to take a deeper dive, so I become a better water treater. Chris has a background in water treatment and works at Evapco, one of the largest cooling tower manufacturers in the world.    Chris is a  Legionella Bacteria and Cooling Tower  E...

On May 11, 2018, on   Episode 38   Mark C. Winters  the author of "Rocket  Fuel "  was a guest on the show and he introduced the Scaling Up Nation to Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in a blitz 100 level introductory course. Today I am pleased to have Mark C. Winters back on the podcast to walk us through his 200 level EOS course, which is all about communication.     If you are a new listen...

When it comes to unorthodox leadership wisdom, look no further than my guest today,  Michelle Reines .   Michelle Reines is a speaker, author of the book " From Bad  To  Badass Leader: 12 Leadership Lessons " , executive coach, entrepreneur, founder of MDR Coaching & Counseling, Inc, and creator of the unconventional Badass Leader Brand.     Early in Michelle's leadership journey, she was an absol...

Hey Scaling Up Nation! It's your weekly host, Trace Blackmore. In today's episode, I answer your questions about communication, healthy habits, being a good listener, and share a story that I hope causes you to reflect on why we work and who we work for I love that so many of our listeners submit show ideas for us, and after looking through dozens of show idea suggestions, I noticed one overarchin...

My guest today is Dr. Michael Reinert ,  an Enterprise Architecture expert and the owner of   Reinert Consulting   which is the company I use for my Information Technology needs.    Now you may be asking yourself, "What is Enterprise Architecture and why would my company even need to hire someone to manage my information?" We are going to answer those questions and so many more on today's episode....

If you want to get better, you need to surround yourself with people who don't shy away at telling what you NEED to hear, not what you WANT to hear. My guest today is such a person. And between you and me, having him on the show is a bit selfish, because I want to hear how he maximizes every day to ensure his personal objectives are accomplished.   Today's guest is  Daniel "Danny" Bauer . Danny an...

Today I'm talking about sales. I know, I know, sales can sometimes feel like an icky word, but an excellent salesperson is a professional who is always trying to solve their clients' problems, instead of trying to sell them a product. And before we can help our clients find solutions, we need to be able to clearly share  Why  we do it,  How   we do it, and  What   we do.   In this podcast I'm goin...

It's  a joy to have  Paule Genest  (Jen- nes ) on the show this week to talk about marketing. She is the founder and President of PGPR, specializing in coaching and growing your company's communications, marketing, and public relations department, elevating your team to the next level.      Paule Genest is Co-Chair of WOW (Women of Water at the AWT- Association of Water Technologies). Over the pas...

Welcome to the Scaling UP! H2O podcast, where we scale up our knowledge, so we don't scale up our systems.   Today's guest is TGWT (Tannin Guys Water Treatment) President & Chief Executive Officer located in beautiful Longueuil, Quebec, Canada,   Louis-Philippe Cloutier . Louis has fifteen years of experience working as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at TGWT, and since TGWT started in 2...

The first time I heard a podcast, I was hooked. I fell in love with a free platform where you could learn as you drove to client's businesses, while mowing the lawn, or simply taking a walk around the block.    One of my core beliefs is that you should constantly be learning and helping others learn, so in April of 2017, after a great deal of support and coaching, I decided to start a podcast 'by...

Today's guest is Bob Niemiec (KNEE-mick), Managing Partner at Twisthink , a digital innovation partner working to help companies bring their new products or services to life. Through hands-on partnerships fueled by strategic insight, human-centered design, and advanced technology, the Twisthink team has consistently unlocked game-changing opportunities for clients. Bob Niemic and Tinktwist are ent...

Are you considering making a career change to become a water treatment professional? Are you feeling burnt out and overwhelmed in your first year working as a water treater? Or are you navigating how to retire from a life spent working in the water treatment industry? If so, today's podcast is for you.   Our guest is fellow Mastermind member and Continuous Improvement enthusiast Shawn McGrade . Sh...

Nation! For those of you who are new to the podcast, I started it as a passion project, and it has grown to become a trusted resource for water treaters around the world. I believe that you should share what you know so that you can enhance others; that is why I make the podcast every week. I'm honored that you've chosen to listen every week as you drive from client to client.  Today's episode is...

Hey Scaling Up Nation! Fellow Mastermind member Conor Parrish is interviewing me in part one of a two-part series starting today. Conor Parrish is Director of Business Development at FCT Water Treatment . He attended Drake University, graduated with a degree in Environmental Science, and then moved to Colorado to take an opportunity with FCT Water. He has his CWT and has been in the industry for 6...

  Nation! We've received many write-ins from our audience asking how to invest and start saving for retirement. We listened, and I brought in one of the smartest guys I know about those subjects, Wealth Advisor Scotty Neal . Scotty is a friend I met through our Mastermind group, and he has over 25 years of Wealth Advisory experience. Scotty is part of a Wealth Advisory Team that primarily works wi...