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  • Cultivating Grit Through Daily Rituals

    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-CultivatingGrit01.mp3The smallest daily rituals can be transformational if not ignored. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn explores the idea that what do everyday, when you least feel like it, builds grit unlike anything else. Rob Artigo: Ray,...

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  • Generational Gaps in Teams

    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-GapsInTeams01.mp3Bridging divides between veteran executives and younger talent, emphasizing mutual respect to foster innovation without losing foundational principles. Join Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO in Silicon Valley history for answers. (Watch Now On YouTube…) Rob Artigo: This is a...

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  • Robotics and AI Coming for your Jobs?

    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Robotics01.mp3In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn explores how robotics and AI have been around a long time. The pessimistic view, and the optimistic view have their points. But only one is really correct. Rob Artigo: I’m Rob...

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  • Tax Payers to Help U.S. Chip Makers with $52B. Is it Doomed to Repeat History?

    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SemiBillions01.mp3The US Government is set to spend billions on American semiconductor manufacturing. Is it an aggressive, much needed, offensive against aggressive, international dominance or destined for disaster? Few industry leaders know where this is headed like Ray Zinn. In...

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  • Whatever it Takes. No Excuses.

    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-RobertBarker-WhateverItTakes01.mp3Ray Zinn is joined by his former CFO at Micrel, Robert Barker, to discuss the culture of success fueled by the attitude of doing “whatever it takes. No excuses.”   Ray Zinn: Welcome to another Tough Things First podcast....

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  • Virtual work creates issues for maintaining innovation

    Innovate Virtually

    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-NormWright01.mp3Norm Wright, Dean of the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University, chats with Ray Zinn on how to innovate virtually, which with work-from-home, may now be the new norm. Ray Zinn: Hello, everyone. This is Ray Zinn....

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