Podcasts

  • Curiosity and Innovation

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Curiosity01.mp3Early tech often seems like it solves a problem that doesn’t need fixing, but it can and does lead...

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  • Stress and Distraction for the Essential Leader

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-StressDistractions01.mp3Things in life that we have to deal with include stress and distraction. In this Tough Things First podcast,...

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  • The War Alternative.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-WarAlternative01.mp3From politics to road rage, there are all kinds of wars, but do they all need to be fought?...

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  • Self Calibration

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SelfCalibration01.mp3The purpose of self calibration, like self awareness, is to improve your chances at success through recognizing, analyzing, and...

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  • Robotics and AI Coming for your Jobs?

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    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....

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  • How Self-Awareness Can Make You a More Consistent Leader.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SelfAwareness01-.mp3How does an effective leader constantly calibrate his or herself and does it boost consistency? In this Tough Things...

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  • Success is NOT a solo journey.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SoloJourney01.mp3A leader may make decisions and plans, but executing on that vision requires a team. In this Tough Things...

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  • Loud Quitting: Tantrum your way out of future job prospects.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-QuietCuitting01.mp3The trend had been “quiet quitting” where an employee stops putting out any effort at all at work, but...

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  • Back To Work! (in-person)

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BackToWork01.mp3Major companies say productivity and creativity are suffering from remote work and are now ordering workers back to the...

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  • Chasing the Dream! A good way to lose everything.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-ChasingTheDream01.mp3You have heard about “chasing the dream,” but is it a fool’s errand in the end? In this Tough...

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  • Words Matter

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Communication-01.mp3A person “with a way with words” can send another person wayward. Words matter, and in this Tough Things...

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  • Rethinking the Debate of Artificial Intelligence

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Ai-01.mp3Depending on who you ask, Ai is the scariest technology in the world or the 8th Wonder. But are...

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    Adaptability

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Adaptability01.mp3A successful entrepreneur requires adaptability, to adjust to different conditions and or circumstances. In this Tough Things First podcast,...

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  • The nature of indecisive leadership and its effect on a company.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-IndecisiveLeadership01.mp3A job title doesn’t make the leader. In this edition of the Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn explores...

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  • Be more than just about profit, and profit follows.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-MoreThanProfit01.mp3Fictional Wall Street tycoon Gordon Gekko famously uttered the words, “greed is good.” But, for real life CEOs with...

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