🌟 Episode Summary: What separates a successful sales organization from a truly high-performing team? John Hurley, Chief Revenue Officer at Optiv, joins Joey Pinz for an expansive conversation about leadership, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, operational consistency, and the experiences that shaped his career. John explains how growing up in the shadow...
#929 Alex Stanton: 🤖 The AI Era Needs Thinkers, Not Workers
🌟 Episode Summary: Alex Stanton started building websites on dial-up internet in rural Idaho, founded Exbabylon at 14, and helped develop cybersecurity products before cybersecurity SaaS was an established category. That unconventional beginning eventually led him to build an MSP and MSSP, join a national private-equity-backed platform, and oversee technology...
#928 Kevin Barros: From Technician to Owner: Building an MSP That Lasts
🌟 Episode Summary: 🛠️ Kevin Barros never planned to become a public-facing business leader. He preferred solving technical problems, working behind the scenes, and allowing the quality of his work to speak for itself. That changed when side projects grew into a business, an early acquisition taught him how ownership...
#927 Brianna Sylver: 🧠 How Great Ideas Become Real Change
🌟 Episode Summary: 🧠 Great research does not create change by itself. In this conversation, Brianna Sylver—founder of Sylver Consulting and author of Leading Through Free Fall—explains why organizations can spend significant time and money collecting insights, only to let them sit in a “research graveyard” without influencing a real...
#926 A Kids Place July 2026: Zakiya White – 🎓 What Foster Children Wish Teachers Understood
🌟 Episode Summary: Children who struggle in school are often labeled lazy, defiant, or unwilling to learn. Zakiya White explains why those judgments frequently overlook the real barriers children are facing. As Academic Supervisor at A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay, Zakiya helps children in foster care navigate interrupted schooling,...
#925 Heidi Weiland: 🎙️ Building a Business That Doesn’t Burn You Out
🌟 Episode Summary: Heidi Weiland built what appeared to be a thriving web agency: steady referrals, corporate clients, established systems and a growing team. Behind the success, however, she was exhausted, anxious and dreading the business she had created. In this conversation with Joey Pinz, Heidi explains how people-pleasing, poor...
#924 Ann Pells: ⏳ Financial Freedom Doesn’t Have to Take 40 Years
🌟 Episode Summary: Financial freedom doesn’t always require earning more—it may require building better systems. When Ann Pells’ husband lost his job, she was home with three children under three and no additional income. The experience shattered her belief that education, employment, and hard work automatically created financial security. It...
#923 Bracha Banayan: 🧠 Why Willpower Isn’t Enough for Weight Loss
🌟 Episode Summary: Is weight loss really a matter of willpower—or have we misunderstood the biology behind hunger? Bracha Banayan, FNP-BC, joins Joey Pinz to explore the rapidly evolving world of GLP-1 medications, metabolic health, food noise, cravings, and sustainable weight loss. Drawing from her clinical experience and personal journey,...
#922 Tash Lankester: 💪 Why Strong Beats Skinny
🌟 Episode Summary: What if your “dream body” became a nightmare to maintain? Body-transformation coach Tash Lankester joins Joey Pinz to explain why sustainable health requires more than eating less, exercising more, and chasing a number on the scale. Tash shares how growing up during the ultra-thin beauty culture of...
#921 A Kids Place July 2026: Brad Gregory – 🏠 Creating a Safe Place for Children in Crisis
🌟 Episode Summary: ⚾ Brad Gregory once dreamed of reaching Major League Baseball. After becoming an All-American pitcher at Florida State University and playing professionally in the Minnesota Twins organization, that dream ended with a letter telling him his baseball career was over. That painful transition eventually led Brad toward...