A professional wrestling podcast covering all topics within the wide world of the squared circle.
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Join Agile Strategies' founder, Daniel Montgomery, as he explores the cutting edge of organizational strategy, leadership and performance with some of today's most fascinating thinkers. In this limited series, delve into the secrets of maximizing collective intelligence—both human and artificial—for unparalleled agility and growth. Discover the art of strategic foresight, the craft of creating clear, well-aligned strategies, and the power of staying nimble with Objectives and Key Results (OK ...
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Jeff McColloch: Where Real Accountability Comes From
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When it comes to succeeding with OKRs, I've noticed a big difference between leadership teams that are truly teams, and those that are a collection of smart individuals. One B-corp I worked with did an outstanding job of working through conflict and continuously evolving their OKRs to focus on the most important things. I was impressed with their t…
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Cansel Sörgens: Breaking Down Silos with OKRs
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The tendency most people have is to cascade OKRs down an organization chart. Functional teams can certainly benefit from OKRs, but the greatest potential value lies in orienting people and OKRs towards customer-facing goals and products. Cansel (pronounced djan-sell) has developed a way to visualize this diverse and collaborative pattern of OKRs in…
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Mary Adams: What is intangible capital and why does it matter?
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Organizations today build value through things that, not long ago, were not really measurable, and therefore not recognized as important. But the world has changed, with intangible capital comprising 90% of the S&P 500. Mary Adams is co-author of the book Intangible Capital and co-founder of Insights7. We talk about the different forms of intangibl…
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Jim Kalbach: Jobs to be Done, OKRs, and Thinking Out of the Box
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Jim Kalbach is the Chief Evangelist for Mural, the collaborative whiteboarding tool. What exactly does a Chief Evangelist do? Listen and find out! He also wrote a book called The Jobs to be Done Playbook. We talk about how JTBD inspires innovative thinking by focusing us on customer problems and jobs independent of technology. Toward the end we get…
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Joe Ryan is the Executive Director of the Crux Alliance. Crux supports six organizations that focus, respectively, on the six major sources of carbon emissions. Their mission is to impact policy in countries across the planet. Joe wrote a great article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review about how robust stakeholder networks accelerate climate…
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Peter Compo: The Emergent Approach to Strategy
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Peter Compo has a delightfully provocative perspective on strategy, having worked in that area at Dupont for 25 years. What do we even mean by strategy? For many, it's a stack of vision, values, goals, and big projects. Peter would call that a "strategy framework." And by his definition, many strategy frameworks actually lack.... a strategy. Peter …
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Christina Wodtke: Surprise! OKRs aren't for everybody!
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In this conversation with OKR pioneer and best-selling author Christina Wodtke, we suspect that OKRs are in fact being overused. It's best to have very few OKRs that focus the whole organization on giant efforts. Instead, what's happening in many cases is that there's a feeling that every function, and sometimes every person, needs OKRs in order to…
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Evan Campbell: OKRs, Agile Portfolio Management, and Resource Fluidity
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In this conversation with Agile industry veteran Evan Campbell, we talk about Strategic Agility, and particularly, the need for resource fluidity. This plays out in any organization's portfolio management process. Evan sees too much emphasis on quantitative models for prioritization of innovative experiments that often deny resources to innovative …
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Paul Niven has published six books about Balanced Scorecard, strategy, and OKRs, including the recent OKRs for Dummies. In this episode we talk about how the practice of OKRs is evolving, based on our mutual years of consulting experience working with both Balanced Scorecard and OKRs. OKRs have been enormously popular in recent years, but viewing t…
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The view we hold of the future has a direct impact on the plans we make and the action we take in the present, so it's very relevant to strategic planning and goal setting. Frank Spencer is a futurist - but with a perspective that goes far beyond technology, openly questioning the dominant narrative of technological determinism. Frank is the founde…
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Chuck Whetsell: Somatic Intelligence, MIndfulness, and Cognitive Flexibility
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Chuck Whetsell is an old friend and classmate, an accomplished Rolfer, body worker, therapist and meditation teacher. In this episode we take a deep dive into the nature of somatic intelligence. In times of rapid change, cognitive flexibility - our ability to change our mind and see things differently - is absolutely critical. But the mind can't ch…
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Christian Ulstrup: Complexity, Information Liquidity, and Warm Data
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Christian Ulstrup is an MIT graduate and startup founder turned OKR consultant. He has gone further than anyone I know in the field using AI as a productivity tool. He'd be the last person to say that AI can generate strategy, but has found ways to make the process faster and get the best out of the humans. He produces new content on LinkedIn every…
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Giles Crouch: Artificial Intelligence? Meh...
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Giles Crouch is a Digital Anthropologist and Marketing Consultant who produces provocative (and prolific) content on culture and technology on both Medium and Substack. Giles is a student of how culture absorbs technology, and he predicts that before long, AI will actually become boring. He talks about how earlier technologies like the telephone ha…
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46 - Farm to Table Wrestling w/ ACH
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This week we take a break from the normal grind and give you an hour plus with ACH talking anime, superhero movies, hip hop and, of course, so much wrestling. Probably one of our best episodes ever, this one isn't just special, it's SUPER. Go ahead and give us a follow @hottagpod, @asupersonicman, @austin_atx, @greenless, @tylermager and @GoGoACH a…
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45 - Roman's United States of Whatever
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Back from Houston the gang runs through the call ups and returns on Raw and Smackdown, talks the several Daniel Bryan conspiracy theories running around and asks the question, has The Rock ever seen a Mike Judge movie? Tune in next week for special guest ACH! Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and visit FloSlam.tv for more exclusive content!…
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Live from the inside of a moving car the gang discusses their immediate impressions of Survivor Series. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and check out floslam.tv for all of our weekend Texas Tour coverage.
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44.1 - Two Rings, One Cage, Zero Rooves
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Austin, Lex and Daniel come at you live (to tape) from an AirBnB in Houston and give you their impressions of NXT TakeOver: WarGames! Was Velveteen Dream/Aleister Black the best match of the night? (Yes.) Was the whole team emotionally compromised when Ember won? (Of course.) Did Austin become indignant when Roddy cosplayed as an Author of Pain? (D…
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44 - Any Man with Two Hands Can Be Pretty Fly (For a Chinless Guy)
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As the gang prepares for the FloSlam Texas Tour we tackle the important topics: Did the Smackdown wresters get detention if they skipped that pep rally? Is Johnny Gargano secretly royalty? Will Brock Lesnar run for office? We also cover the return of occupational gimmicks, mourn James Ellsworth, fantasy book everything and predict WarGames and Surv…
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Ladies and gentlemen, our long national nightmare is over. This week we're talking AJ winning the title and what that means for Survivor Series, Omega vs Jericho and what that means for the mayorship of of Winnipeg and we somehow get all the way to talking about monster truck sumo battles on Nitro. Also! Pete Dunne on Raw! War Games! Production des…
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42 - Braun Strowman is a Garbage Elemental
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Welp, this turned into McMahon vs McMahon pretty fast. This week we talk releases, potential additions to 205 Live, NXT, Survivor Series and beyond. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and check out FloSlam.tv!
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41 - Daniel Bryan is Nic Cage in Face/Off
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This week it's just Daniel and Tyler running through TLC, the Smackdown invasion of Raw and how Survivor series is riding the thin, thin line between good and bad. Also, Face/Off. It's a good movie. Seriously. Rewatch it. Follow @hottagpod and @floslam and check out floslam.tv for plenty of exclusive content.…
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40 - Two Guys to Punch You in the Face
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This week on Hot Tag: We marvel at how good Sami Zayn is. We lament over how hollow the Shield reunion is. We WTF at Bray Wyatt. And we get into a really good discussion about what happens after WWE. For real, listen all the way to the end. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and check out floslam.tv for documentaries, archives and more!…
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39 - Hell (in the Cell) is Other People
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This week we're talking the nature of friendship, breakups, makeups and what it really means to turn heel. Oh, and we begin our wild speculation on the Rumble, Wrestlemania, Wrestle Kingdom and beyond. Also Star Wars. Of course we talk Star Wars. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and check out FloSlam.tv for exclusive content.…
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We're back! After a week we've got plenty to talk about including Hell in a Cell predictions, Daniel Bryan being very candid about Bryan Danielson on instagram, Bullet Club legal drama and the state of the Cruiserweight division. Oh, and The Shield is getting back together. It's not anticlimactic at all. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subscribe fo…
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This week the gang (minus Tyler) gets in to all the Starrcade business, this weekend's EVOLVE events, No Mercy predictions and a lot (and we do mean a lot) of fantasy booking. All that and and an extended talk on wrestling themes at weddings! Join us next week for another round of "Which Host is Gone This Time?" Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subs…
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This week we're down to two hosts as Daniel explores La La Land and Austin lives his Paramore dreams. What we're saying here is you're stuck with Lex and Tyler. It's cool though! They discuss the end of the Mae Young Classic, the inevitable Four Horsewomen confrontation (And who should be in each incarnation), future network tournaments, Raw, Smack…
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Join us this week as we discuss our fantasy casting for DC Comics Shazam! Also, we've got BOLA, Mae Young Classic discussion, Raw, Smackdown and more! Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subscribe for live events, archives, documentaries and more!
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34 - How to Destroy Your Career in One Easy Armbar
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This week we delve into the Sexy Star controversy, the PWI top ten, the Mae Young Classic first round, talk way, way too much about that Roman/Cena promo and more! Spoiler alert: Emma's new theme is bad. Very bad. Hurricane Harvey Relief Greater Houston Community Foundation - https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/ United Way of Houston - https://www.un…
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In another supersized episode the gang covers all of Summerslam, NXT Takeover, Raw, Smackdown and even dips into Jon Jones and Mayweather/McGreggor. We've got it all! Great shows! Mediocre shows! Bad crowds! Opinions on beach balls! Friendship! Betrayal! Etc! Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subscribe for archives, documentaries, live events and mor…
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In this supersized edition of Hot Tag we get our Summerslam and NXT predictions in, play tattoo critic with the Rock's new addition, speculate and fantasy book all the way through next April, talk 30 solid minutes of G1 finals and, if you can believe it, more! Also, did you see Matt Riddle achieve spaceflight this past weekend? Follow @hottagpod, @…
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31 - Braun Strowman's Unboxing Videos
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With Lex out, the gang gets into the the final stretch of G1, Summerslam plans and wonders out loud if Braun Strowman should get a Staples sponsorship. Also, could anyone tell us the name of the Ghost Rider villain that looks like Ghost Rider but more evil? This is important. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subscribe to floslam.tv for archives, liv…
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This week the gang dives into Nakamura vs Cena and it's implications, gives you a G1 update, covers all the Raw and Smackdown highs and lows and goes bonkers fantasy booking the hell out of a few angles. Look, we're not saying The Shield vs The Kings of Wrestling is going to happen but we'd sure like it to. All that and more on this damn fine episo…
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29 - Daniel Bryan is Your Father. Hooray! ft. Rocky Romero
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This week Austin and Tyler interview Rocky Romero formerly of RPG Vice. That interview rolls right after the main portion of the podcast. Don't miss it! Also, we have G1 talk, NXT tangents, blind Mae Young Classic predictions, Raw, Smackdown, Battleground and even a little Game of Thrones. The results are in and this episode is packed. Follow @hott…
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This week the gang talks all things wrestling from illegitimate children to UFC contracts. What do we have for you this episode? - Nova Championship Bracket results - An extended conversation on why cancelling Talking Smack is dumb. - CHARACTER MOMENTS - Battleground predictions - ...and more! It's a good one this week, check it out. Follow @flosla…
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This week the gang breaks down their field trip to Great Balls of Fire, gets their SHINE Nova Championship predictions in and gets weirdly antagonistic about Sheamus and Cesaro. If nothing else, check out the video version for a truly amazing feat of t-shirt art. Note: We had some technical difficulties this week so it might sound a little differen…
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In this special Ambulance Cast our team gives their immediate impressions after attending Great Balls of Fire. Get ready for ambulances! Attempted vehicular homicide! And no pyro!
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26 - The Haunted Husk of the Sportatorium
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This week we talk glowing belts, US Championships, the relative likability of John Cena, G1 Special and so, so much more. Join us as we prepare for our pilgrimage to the Great Balls of Fire. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subscribe to FloSlam.tv for archives, live events, documentaries and more!
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25 - First Time Second Time Ever w/Kath Barbadoro
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This week we have special guest Kath Barbadoro on to discuss (the second) Women's Money in the Bank match, GLOW, Punjabi Prisons, infamous Raw segments and more! This week is so much fun we end up going into overtime. Follow Kath on twitter (@kathbarbadoro) and check her out when she's in a city near you. Follow @floslam, @hottagpod and be sure to …
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On this special episode of Hot Tag presented by All Ego Ethan Page, Daniel yells a lot, Lex reveals is true identity and Tyler and Austin have to endure it all. Get ready for extended, heated arguments on Money in the Bank, John Cena's wrestling ability and the definitive broken friendship rankings. We also have contractually obligated Ethan Page d…
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This week Dominion dominates the discussion as our crew grapples with just how good wrestling can be. Also on the docket: Babyface Brock, the Tag Title countout, Money in the Bank predictions and a little bit of Netflix's GLOW. Follow @floslam, @hottagpod and subscribe to FloSlam.tv for live events, archives, documentaries and much more!…
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22 - Hey Joe, Where Are You Going With That Paul in Your Hand?
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We did it! This week we talk about how all of our dreams came true when Samoa Joe was crowned #1 contender and how we totally called it. (We didn't.) We've also got plenty of Raw and Smackdown talk as well as a New Japan rundown and a discussion of our favorite finishers. Follow @hottagpod and @floslam and subscribe to floslam.tv for live events, a…
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This week the gang talks Extreme Rules predictions, Super Juniors, Raw, Smackdown and the concept of crowdsourcing in professional wrestling. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subscribe to floslam.tv for live events, archives, documentaries and more!
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This week we talk Backlash! Takeover! Smackdown! The Bachelorette? For real, so much wrestling happened this week and we talk about as much of it as we can cram into our time limit, right down to Jinder's Papyrus side plates. Follow @hottagpod, @floslam and subscribe for archives, live events, documentaries and more.…
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This week the crew makes their Backlash and Takeover predictions and gets into a long discussion concerning the hottest new fad sweeping the nation: ...dive. There's so much wrestling talk in this episode we even go into overtime. Follow @floslam, @hottagpod and subscribe to floslam.tv for archives, documentaries and live events.…
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This week the crew delves into such varying topics as set design, who they think sings their own theme song to themeselves and why that guy from Kings of Leon sucks. Also wrestling, plenty of wrestling. Follow @floslam, @hottagpod and subscribe to floslam.tv for archives, live events, documentaries and more!…
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Payback! Raw! Smackdown! Video games! The Overlook Hotel? On our first LIVE episode of Hot Tag listen to us reveal our hometown area codes, declare allegiances to video games, discuss cool film festivals, oh, and talk about pro wrestling. We do that too. Follow @floslam, @hottagpod and subscribe to floslam.tv for all of our archives, docs and live …
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16 - Celluloid Squared Circle or Welcome to the Total Divascast
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This week Austin Heiberg joins us as we fantasy cast the Vince biopic, delve into Tyler's Total Divas knowledge, discuss the prospect of intergender matches in WWE and eventually get to talking about this week's wrestling. This one's a little loose, guys. Follow us on @hottagpod and @floslam on twitter, check out the video version of this pod on Yo…
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This week the crew discusses why Daniel can't enjoy fun, Finn Balor's comic book origin story and delves into a surprising amount of high school related stores. There's more. We swear. Subscribe to FloSlam.TV for our archives, documentaries and more exclusive content.
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This week the crew discusses the Superstar Shakeup. Who won? Who lost? Why is Tyler always wrong? Also on the docket: the FloSlam More Than Mania awards and a curious survey. Subscribe to FloSlam.tv for all of our live events, docs and archives.
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13 - The Illustrious Opponents of Shane McMahon ft. Chris Cubas
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We cover all of Mania weekend from WWN to NXT to Wrestlemania itself with our first special guest: comedian and @Midngiht winner Chris Cubas. Strap in, this is a long one. Subscribe to FloSlam.tv for all of our archives and content. Check out chriscubascomedy.com for all of Chris' info.
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