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Brent Morin sits at the Mustache Tales chair to share some of the most incredible stories from show business. From the time he wasn't invited to play golf with the one and only Dennis Quaid, working as a PA with Conan O'Brien, or when he became friends with Ed Sheeran after the two shared a kiss on live TV, Brent lived through the many faces of TV and movies. Don't miss it!

An important lesson emerged in 2025: incremental transformation is no longer enough. In this episode of Bold Agendas, Mimi Brooks is joined by Pieter van Schalkwyk—CEO of XMPRO, author of Building Industrial Digital Twins, and a leader in the Digital Twin Consortium—to explore why today’s operating models are reaching a breaking point. Together, they unpack the systemic pressures reshaping operations—aging infrastructure, rising complexity, talent loss, and unsustainable work models—and why technology alone can’t fix them. From the cognitive burden on frontline workers to the fragility of legacy systems, Pieter makes the case for agentic intelligence, human-centered design, and rethinking productivity itself. It’s a conversation that spans intelligent digital twins, organizational modeling, decision intelligence, and the call to move from experimentation to action. Read Pieter’s article with co-author Michael Carroll, “Obituary for 2025: The Year We Buried the Copilot Dream and Discovered What Intelligence Actually Requires”: https://tinyurl.com/2025Obit Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction: The Strategic Case for Reinventing Operations 03:15 – Why Operational Models Need Reinvention, Not Incremental Fixes 08:20 – People as the Point of Rationalization in Complex Systems 15:53 – Leadership’s Awareness and Urgency Gap 18:34 – System Experts and the Knowledge Gap in Industrial Transformation 21:48 – Common Mistakes Leaders Make in Transformation 29:00 – Priorities for Redesigning Your Ops Model 35:05 – The Value of Digital Twins in Future Operating Models 39:51 – A Practical Roadmap to Operational Autonomy 45:18 – The Real Transformation Challenge: People, Not Tech 47:34 – Digital Twins of the Organization: Modeling Culture, Strategy, and Decision-Making 51:33 – Relational Dynamics: A New Lens on Organizational Context 56:15 – Lessons from 2025: Letting Go, Designing for Humans, and Looking Ahead

From energy bottlenecks to proprietary GPU ecosystems, the CEO of TensorWave, Darrick Horton explains why today’s AI scale is unsustainable—and how open-source hardware, smarter networking, and nuclear power could be the fix. QUOTES Darrick Horton “The energy crisis is getting worse every day. It’s very hard to find data center capacity—especially capacity that can scale. Five years ago, 10 or 20 megawatts was considered state-of-the-art. Now, 20 is nothing. The real hyperscale AI players are looking at 100 megawatts minimum, going into the gigawatt territory. That’s more than many cities combined just to power one cluster.” Charna Parkey “We’re still training models in a very brute-force way—throwing the biggest datasets possible at the problem and hoping something useful emerges. That’s not sustainable. At some point, we have to shift toward smarter, more intentional training methods. We can’t afford to be wasteful at this scale.” TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Founding TensorWave 04:00 AMD as a Viable Alternative 08:00 Open Source as a Startup Enabler 09:30 Launching ScalarLM 12:00 ScalarLM Impact and Reception 14:30 Roadmap for 2025 16:00 Technical Advantages of AMD 18:00 Emerging Open Source Infrastructure 20:00 Broader Societal Issues AI Must Address 22:00 AI’s Impact on Global Energy 26:00 Fundamental Hardware vs. Human Efficiency 30:00 Data Center Density Evolution 34:00 Advice to Founders and Tech Trends 38:00 AI Energy Challenges 44:00 AI’s Rapid Impact vs. Internet 46:00 Monopoly vs. Democratization in AI [00:50:00] Close to Season Wrap Discussion and Predictions

What if your biggest failures are actually preparing you for your breakthrough? In this powerful episode of Boundary Breakers, Brian Smith, the founder of UGG, walks Brandon Ansley through the nearly 20-year journey it took to build a brand the world now takes for granted. From selling just 28 pairs in his first season to learning why perfect ads were killing his brand, Brian shares the painful lessons that reshaped his thinking. He explains how intuition, authenticity, and perseverance mattered more than strategy or spreadsheets—and why entrepreneurs can’t skip the “infant stage” of their ideas. This episode isn’t about hype. It’s about grit, timing, trust, and the quiet courage required to keep going when nothing is working—yet.

Brant Pinvidic went from pitching reality shows in Hollywood to coaching Fortune 500 companies on how to sell their stories in three minutes or less. Known for hits like Bar Rescue, Extreme Weight Loss, and Biggest Loser, Brant’s creative genius was forged in the most competitive rooms in television. But as he reveals in this episode, his greatest breakthroughs came from learning when to walk away, fail fast, and find new meaning in his work. ------------------------------------------------------- Legends of the Arena is a podcast of two best friends—optimists, life learners, family men, believers, connoisseurs of life, patriots, investors, coaches, and business leaders—on a journey to chase wisdom, grow, and discover new ways to thrive in life, community, adventures, business, and beyond.

Zero to billion lessons from Alex Bean learning while growing Divvy, the company he co-founded and selling it for $2.6B Lessons from Mckay Dunn from his time at $30B Portfolio Advisors, LLC and at VC Funds/ Why and how the two of them have started Tandem Ventures today and other lessons for building teams and selecting investments.

Join hosts Jay Chandrasekhar and Hayes MacArthur in this exclusive podcast episode as they explore the turbulent life and remarkable redemption of former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf. Discover the untold stories, triumphs, and struggles that shaped one of the most talked-about players in football history. Ryan Leaf bares it all, from his rise to NFL stardom to his battle with addiction and his inspiring journey toward recovery. https://www.mustachetales.com/ryan-leaf/