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He Turned $25K Into $1.9M, Lost It, Then Built AI That Protects Your Data | Yagub Rahimov
Bots Writing Resumes, Bots Screening Them: A DoorDash & OpenTable VP on What Hiring Looks Like Now
Ep. 233: From Tokyo to Barcelona — Yuka Nakasone on Global Bridge, Global Chamber & the Future of Global Business
Why Most Brands Are Invisible to ChatGPT (And How to Fix It) | Chris Raulf | Ep. 232
Starbucks Failed in Australia. Here's What They Missed. | Cynthia Dearin | LFC Ep. 230
The AI Mastermind Effect: Why Multi-Agent AI Changes Everything | Damini Delisle
How to Live Anywhere, Own Everything, and Pay Less Tax — Legally | Bobby Casey | Ep. 229
Your Defensible Zone: How to Stay Valuable When AI Is Rewriting the Rules | Dilip Chetan | Ep. 228
From Tools to Transformation: How a CPA Rebuilt His Practice with AI | Peter McCarroll
From Crisis to Comeback: The Fixer Who Became the Patient | Trè Anne Bartlett
The AI That Outperformed the Doctor | Kirsten Karchmer, Founder & CEO, Conceivable Technologies | Ep. 225
The Story of CLIA: 24 Years of Collaboration, Impact & Growth | Kim Pines, Lola Bendana, Maryse Benhoff, André Palaguine, Paul Penzo, Peter Madahian
The Google Translate Journey: From Statistical to Neural to LLM | Macduff Hughes
70% of Leaders Are Making Their Companies Worse. | Dr. Kelly Monahan | Ep. 222
Why Your AI Tools Keep Failing — And the Fix Is Simpler Than You Think | Marvin Martinez, Bandsaw AI
AI in Sales: Why You're Measuring the Wrong Things | Jack Siney | Ep. 220
Building the Infrastructure for ASI | Ganesh Krishnan | Ep. 219
He Ran City IT. Now He Builds the Software That Runs Cities. | Tom Amburgey, Euna Solutions
The Future of Business Is Localization. Why AI Alone Won't Save Your Global Content.
Your AI Pilot Worked. Now What? Why Enterprise AI Dies Before Production
AI Won't Rank You. It Will Retrieve You. Or Ignore You. | Gaetano Romeo | Ep. 215
Why 85% of Your Customers Won't Buy From Your Website | Christina Spaulding | Manzanita Marketing
The Pitch Deck Is Dead. An 18-Year-Old Has the Proof. | Elie Bouzaglou | Ep. 213
81% of Buyers Already Chose Before Your First Call — Braydan Young, SlashExperts
Your Cloud Vendor Might Be Your Biggest Risk | Murphy John, StorX Network
Most Companies Go Global. Very Few Are Built For It. | Talia Baruch | GlobalSaké & LocLearn | LFC Ep. 210
Are You Hiring in Ontario? Navigating Bill 149 with Julie Alleyn
You Have 3 Beneficiaries: CRA, Family & Charity. You Only Pick Two. | Mark Halpern
He Healed Bipolar 1 and PTSD Without Medication. Then Built an Emotional Operating System for Leaders | Thayne Martin
The Psychology of Freelance Burnout — What Nobody Warned You About | Meytal Raizes
When AI Gets Culture Wrong | Melissa McMahon | Acclaro
He Built a $1B Unicorn. Three Times. | Sreedhar Peddineni
Sovereign AI Is Here: Canada's Language Intelligence Revolution | André Palaguine & Mugais Jahangir
Your Business Isn't Stuck. Your Blind Spots Are. | Mark Lim | Magnetic Alliance
He Built 12 Failed Businesses. Then Created 1,000 Inbound Leads a Month Using AI. | Deepak Shukla
Your AI Is Not the Problem. Your Leadership System Is. | Jürgen Dauk
Most Companies Go Global. Very Few Are Built For It. | Talia Baruch | GlobalSaké
Why You Need to Price Higher | John Ray
Be the Signal, Not the Noise: Communications Strategy with Joshua Altman

Ep 196800 Million People, 186 Countries, and the Breath That's Healing Veterans, CEOs, and First Responders | Spencer Delisle
Spencer Delisle left a career in pharma and laboratory research to dedicate his life to something harder to measure but impossible to ignore: human potential. As President of the Art of Living Foundation Canada and VP of the TLEX Institute, he has now reached over 800 million people across 186 countries through meditation, breathwork, and self-mastery programs. In this conversation with Robin Ayoub, Spencer walks through the moment his career stopped feeling purposeful, how a free meditation session at a university changed the entire trajectory of his life, and what the science actually says about what happens to your brain and body when you breathe with intention. He shares a story about a military veteran who had not slept more than four hours a night in ten years since his last deployment. After one session of Sudarshan Kriya, that changed. Spencer also breaks down ongoing research with Stanford, the University of Toronto, and the London Health Sciences Centre on breathwork and PTSD reduction in veterans and first responders. The conversation covers the TLEX corporate programs, why soft skills now determine who rises in organizations, how AI intersects with human consciousness, and what Spencer has learned about sitting with difficult emotions rather than running from them. He closes with a personal reflection on anxiety, anger, and what he wishes someone had told him 20 years ago, and a heads up about the World Culture Festival coming to Toronto in 2027. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ju1aRK3OmOc Connect with Spencer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerdelisle/ Art of Living Foundation Canada: https://www.artofliving.org/ca-en TLEX Institute: https://www.tlexinstitute.com/ Book time with Robin: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/30min Read the blog: https://robinayoub.blog CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 195Your Spine Has a Chip. It Connects to AI. And It's Already Replacing Opioids. | Dr. Steven Falowski
What if your implanted pain device could learn your nervous system, connect to AI via Bluetooth, and let you manage your own pain relief from your phone, with no opioids, no side effects, and no dependency? That is not the future. That is happening now. Dr. Steven Falowski is a functional neurosurgeon practicing near Philadelphia. He is the Director of Functional Neurosurgery, President-Elect of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, and Strategic Advisor at SynerFuse, the company behind the E-TLIF, a device that combines spinal fusion surgery with targeted nerve stimulation to prevent chronic pain before it starts. In this conversation, Dr. Falowski breaks down how neuromodulation works, why AI is now reading nerve responses in real time to optimize stimulation programs, and why patients will soon be programming their own spinal devices from their phones. He also explains why the old 50-50 club benchmark has been replaced by 85-90% success rates, and what that means for the 30% of spinal fusion patients who currently live in chronic pain post-surgery. 🔗 Connect with Dr. Steven Falowski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-falowski-876926118/ 🔗 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2KBYEDTAVZA 🔗 Connect with Robin Ayoub on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub 🔗 Follow LFC on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/localization-fireside-chat 🔗 Read the blog post: https://robinayoub.blog 🔗 Visit N49Networks: https://n49networks.com 🔗 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@localizationfiresidechat 🔗 Book a call with Robin: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/30min CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 194My Father Called the House Fire Freedom. She Built the World's Largest Translation Charity.
: In this episode Robin Ayoub sits down with Lori Thicke, author of Dreamer's Daughter, founder of Lexcelera and Translators Without Borders. They cover the memoir and the story behind it, the origin of TWB from a single free translation for Medecins sans frontieres to 200,000 linguists worldwide, the role of language in humanitarian aid, AI and the future of translation, and living and working with purpose. Lori is also the keynote speaker at VAMOS JUNTOS in Colombia in 2027. Get the book: https://www.lorithicke.com Connect with Lori on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorithicke/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Hij3x3KkD4s Follow LFC on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/localization-fireside-chat/ Read Robin's blog: https://www.robinayoub.blog Learn about N49Networks: https://www.n49networks.com Book a call with Robin: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/30min CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 193He Localized Windows, Skype & Teams at Microsoft for 20 Years. Now He's Saving Dying Languages.
Soeren Eberhardt has three decades of experience in localization. At Microsoft for over 20 years, he contributed to global launches of Windows, Skype, and Microsoft Teams, driving international readiness and scalable workflows. He has taught localization and CAT tool courses at the University of Washington, City University of New York, Montclair State University, and NYU. He currently serves as Localization Director at Translation Commons and is contributing to the Mayan Languages Preservation Project, exploring synthetic data generation to support machine translation for under-resourced languages like Q'eqchi'. He is the author of The Little Book of Languages (2013) and The Little Book of Localization (2023). Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/haGEwKT94pk Connect with Soeren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soereneberhardt/ Follow the Localization Fireside Chat on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/localization-fireside-chat/ Blog: https://robinayoub.blog N49Networks: https://n49networks.com Book a call with Robin: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/30min CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 192He Sent 500 Handwritten Notes and Made $280K in 6 Weeks | Rick Elmore, Simply Noted
In this episode of the Localization Fireside Chat, Robin Ayoub sits down with Rick Elmore, founder and CEO of Simply Noted, for a wide-ranging conversation that goes far beyond direct mail. Rick shares how losing his football identity at 25 pushed him into medical device sales, where he discovered the power of a handwritten note after sending 500 letters to prospects and generating nearly $300,000 in sales in six weeks. That result sparked an entrepreneurial seizure, and Simply Noted was born. From sourcing a pen plotter from China with no engineering knowledge, to building a fleet of 225 custom handwriting robots with computer vision and full mailing automation, Rick's journey is a masterclass in problem-solving, persistence, and knowing when to ask for help. The conversation also goes deep on AI, including how Rick runs three AI SDR agents for $9 a month in electricity, saving over $180,000 in annual payroll, and why he believes the AI wave hitting in 2026 and 2027 is a Deep Impact-level event for every business that isn't ready. Topics covered include: The NFL to MBA to robotics founder journey Why handwritten mail commands a 99% open rate How Simply Noted tracks physical mail like email campaigns Bootstrapping with no funding and no technical background Podcasting as a long-game sales and authority strategy Running local AI agents with OpenClaw Niching down to scale up in 2026 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mL1ikEDGpVs Connect with Rick Elmore: https://simplynoted.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-elmore/ Connect with Robin Ayoub: https://robinayoub.blog https://n49networks.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/localization-fireside-chat Book a Podcast Conversation: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recording CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 191He Got a Missile Alert Mid-Interview. We Kept Recording
Oscar Hedaya has spent 15 years in product development and has founded three companies. In his latest venture, he identified one of the most overlooked and stagnant categories in consumer products: the humble safe. The result is The Space Safe, a smart safe with built-in cameras, a touchscreen interface, tamper detection, panic pin, two-factor authentication, multi-user access, and live app notifications. Think Ring Doorbell, but for your valuables. We cover the origin story behind the product, why most startups fail by building cool instead of building needed, the connected product ecosystem, and the enterprise use cases nobody sees coming. Then at the 42-minute mark, a missile alert hits Tel Aviv. Oscar's audio drops. He reconnects from a bunker. We finish the interview. Note: The final segment of this episode was recorded under active missile alert conditions in Israel. The audio reflects that. We kept rolling anyway. Connect with Oscar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohedaya The Space Safe: https://thespacesafe.com Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VLm6DlGJ6BE Full podcast: https://localization-fireside-chat.simplecast.com/ Guest booking: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recording CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 190Your AI Translation Is Wrong. And This CEO Built a Tool to Prove It | Adam Bittlingmayer
In this episode Robin and Adam cover: Adam's six years at Google Translate and what he actually built there Why 7 billion people still can't reliably access high-value content in their language The post-editing bottleneck that slows down every translation workflow How ModelFront predicts translation quality before human review Why the existential crisis facing LSPs has less to do with AI than most think The real reason change in the translation industry always comes from outside Adam's final advice: independence and control are everything Resources mentioned: ModelFront: https://modelfront.com Machine Translate Foundation: https://machinetranslate.org Machine Translation Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/machinetranslation Localization Fireside Chat: https://localization-fireside-chat.simplecast.com/ CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 189She Left the OR to Fix What's Breaking Healthcare | Dr. Janelle Thompson | Ep. 189
Dr. Janelle Thompson started her career in one of the most high-pressure environments in medicine — the neurosurgical trauma ICU — and went on to become a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice. But what drove her wasn't just patient care. It was what she kept witnessing around her: colleagues burning out with no system in place to catch them. In this episode, Robin Ayoub sits down with Dr. Thompson to unpack the systemic roots of healthcare burnout, what real leadership looks like from the inside of a hospital, and how she co-founded the 144K Collective — a for-profit company built around a simple but powerful idea: $1 a day can change the world. What we cover: - Why burnout in healthcare is a staffing and systems problem — not a personal failure - The difference between being a boss and being a leader people follow - How the 144K Collective is redefining philanthropy - Self-care strategies for people who spend their lives caring for others - Her rapid-fire answers on books, habits, and the best advice she ever received "You don't have to be large by yourself. Find your collective." ──────────────────────────── Connect with Dr. Janelle Thompson: 144K Collective: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Hosted by Robin Ayoub 📖 Blog recap: robinayoub.blog 🎥 YouTube: https://youtu.be/jlgRSIM3-3A CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 188YOUR BRAIN IS THE TARGET And You Don't Even Know It | Len Noe, Mike Elkins & Winn Schwartau
📝 SHOW NOTES Is the human brain now the most valuable attack surface in cyberspace? Three of the world's leading voices in cognitive security join Robin Ayoub for a conversation that will change how you think about cybersecurity, technology, and your own mind. 🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SYKH6iOvNWo IN THIS EPISODE: Why your brain — not your firewall — is the #1 target for modern attackers The "Cognitive Pearl Harbor" and how populations lose their identity without knowing it How Big Tech deliberately engineers addiction and what that means for your security The $850K Brad Pitt deepfake scam — and why victims never report it Neural data privacy: who owns the data coming from your brain implant? Finland teaching cognitive resilience to 3-year-olds — while the US spends $0 on neuro rights vs. the EU's €150 billion The poly-crisis threat: cyber, cognitive, and physical infrastructure collapse — simultaneously GUESTS: Len Noe — World's 1st Augmented Ethical Hacker | Former Black Hat Mike Elkins — Chief Human & Information Security Officer, Humanist Technologies Winn Schwartau — Cybersecurity Pioneer since 1983 | Author, The Art & Science of Meta War RESOURCES MENTIONED: Cognitive Security Institute → https://cognitivesecurityinstitute.org Winn's Book: The Art and Science of Meta War NeuroRights Foundation — Columbia University HOST: Robin Ayoub — Localization Fireside Chat CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 187AI Won't Take Your Job — But Ignoring It Will | Ben Tasker
🎉 Over 100,000 downloads and counting — thank you for being part of the Localization Fireside Chat community! In Episode 187, Robin Ayoub sits down with Ben Tasker, Senior AI Learning Strategist and leader of a Data & AI Academy that has upskilled over 36,000 professionals worldwide. Ben's journey is unlike most — starting in hospital administration, moving through data science and academia, and landing at the forefront of AI workforce development. This is one of the most grounded, myth-busting conversations we've had on the channel. If you've ever felt nervous about AI replacing your job, this episode is for you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ → Why AI adoption is a people problem, not a technology problem → How Ben upskilled 36,000 employees at National Grid with a team of just 4-5 people → The "AI between times" — why we're in a critical transition period → Why 95% AI unemployment is the biggest myth in tech right now → The Learn → Practice → Apply → Reflect framework for AI training → What Walmart got right about AI adoption (and most companies get wrong) → How to use AI as a devil's advocate for better decision-making → Which jobs will transform most by 2030 — and how to stay ahead → Responsible AI: the three pillars every organization needs → Ben's go-to AI tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini & Lovable ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ EPISODE CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 - Introduction & 3rd Year Channel Anniversary 02:30 - Ben's Journey: From Hospital Admin to AI Strategist 06:00 - Why People Fear AI (And How to Overcome It) 10:00 - Workforce Development & The AI Skills Gap 14:30 - The Call Center AI Success Story 18:00 - Training 36,000 People to Use AI 22:00 - The Learn, Practice, Apply, Reflect Framework 27:00 - Robin's Story: Using AI to Run an Entire Podcast Solo 31:00 - AI Adoption: The 24-Month Transformation Journey 36:00 - Responsible AI & Governance 40:00 - The 95% AI Unemployment Myth — Debunked 44:00 - Which Jobs Will Change Most by 2030? 47:00 - Walmart's AI Strategy & What Most Companies Get Wrong 51:00 - Ben's Favorite AI Tools Right Now 54:00 - Lightning Round & Final Takeaways ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎯 LIGHTNING ROUND HIGHLIGHTS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✦ One AI skill everyone should build → Validating AI output ✦ One AI myth that needs to die → 95% unemployment — it's closer to 95% employment ✦ One industry about to be disrupted → Acting & the creative arts ✦ One habit to build with AI → Learning agility — use it for fun, not just work ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 WATCH ON YOUTUBE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Full video episode available here: https://youtu.be/XPvKNifB-64 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👤 ABOUT BEN TASKER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Ben Tasker is a Senior AI Learning Strategist with a background in hospital administration, data science, and academic leadership. He previously served as Dean of Artificial Intelligence at Southern New Hampshire University, where he helped launch Applied AI micro-credential programs supporting over 225,000 learners. He currently leads a Data & AI Academy at National Grid, upskilling and reskilling over 36,000 professionals worldwide. 🔗 Connect with Ben: [Add LinkedIn URL] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT THE LOCALIZATION FIRESIDE CHAT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Hosted by Robin Ayoub, the Localization Fireside Chat features weekly conversations with executives, thought leaders, and innovators shaping the future of technology, AI, and global business. Now celebrating 3 years and over 100,000 downloads — thank you to our incredible community! 📩 Get 2-minute episode summaries delivered to your inbox: www.robinayoub.blog 🔔 Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode. CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ep 186WorldSpeak Uncovered - CLIA President Peter Madahian on AI, Isolation & the Future of Language Services
EPISODE 186: WORLDSPEAK UNCOVERED - THE FUTURE OF LANGUAGE SERVICES Are you feeling isolated in the language industry? Working from home, missing the collaborative energy of in-person connections? You're not alone—and this episode is for you. In this exclusive WorldSpeak special, host Robin Ayoub sits down with three of the language industry's most influential leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping our field in 2026. 🎯 FEATURED GUESTS: - Peter Madahian - President, Canadian Language Industry Association (CLIA) - Bruno Herrmann - Veteran Language Industry Professional & Thought Leader - Sylvia Xalabarde - President, CITIC (Translation Industry Innovation Centre) 🔥 WHAT WE COVER: → The isolation crisis facing language professionals in a remote-first world → How AI is really impacting translation and localization (the realistic view) → Why WorldSpeak has become Canada's must-attend language industry event → The power of face-to-face networking in building strategic partnerships → Technology as partner vs. threat: finding the balance → The future of language services and what professionals need to adapt → How to coexist with AI without losing your value proposition → Building community in an increasingly digital industry ⏱️ KEY TIMESTAMPS: [00:00] Introduction: The Isolation Problem in Language Services [03:45] What is WorldSpeak? Why It Matters Now More Than Ever [08:12] Peter Madahian: CLIA's Vision for Industry Collaboration [15:30] Bruno Herrmann: Having Realistic Conversations About AI [22:18] Sylvia Xalabarde: Engaging with Technology, Not Fearing It [28:45] The Value of In-Person Connections in 2026 [35:20] Key Takeaways for Language Professionals [42:15] How to Get Involved with WorldSpeak 💡 KEY TAKEAWAYS: 1. Networking is crucial - Building relationships fosters collaboration and innovation 2. Adapt to change - Embrace technology and understand its impact 3. Open dialogue matters - Engaging in discussions helps find collective solutions 4. Face-to-face interaction - In-person events are invaluable for idea exchange 5. Community over competition - The industry thrives when we connect 🌐 ABOUT WORLDSPEAK: WorldSpeak connects professionals from diverse backgrounds—buyers, technology innovators, government representatives, and academics—to shape the future of Canada's language industry. 📅 2026 Theme: "Connecting Cultures, Bridging Minds" 📍 Location: Ottawa, Spring 2026 🔗 Learn more: [WorldSpeak website] 🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS: - Canadian Language Industry Association (CLIA): [website] - CITIC (Translation Industry Innovation Centre): [website] - WorldSpeak Event Registration: [link] - Peter Madahian LinkedIn: [link] - Bruno Herrmann LinkedIn: [link] - Sylvia Xalabarde LinkedIn: [link] 💬 JOIN THE CONVERSATION: What's YOUR biggest challenge in the evolving language industry? Email us at [your email] or connect on LinkedIn! 🎙️ ABOUT LOCALIZATION FIRESIDE CHAT: LFC brings you weekly unfiltered conversations with the leaders, innovators, and practitioners shaping the future of translation, localization, and language technology. Hosted by Robin Ayoub, WorldSpeak Ambassador. 📱 CONNECT WITH US: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lfcpodcast/ - Twitter/X: [Your Twitter] - Instagram: [Your Instagram] - Website: www.l10nfiresidechat.com - Email: [email protected] 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO LFC: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | RSS Feed ⭐ LEAVE A REVIEW: If you found this episode valuable, please leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It helps other language professionals discover the show! © 2026 Localization Fireside Chat. All rights reserved. #WorldSpeak #LanguageIndustry #Localization #Translation #CLIA CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.