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Meridian Point
by Agile Meridian
The Meridian Point Podcast explores the intersection of disruption and innovation in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. While drawing on agile and lean principles, we focus on how leaders and organizations can harness disruption to drive positive change and create breakthrough innovations.Each episode features in-depth conversations with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents who share their real-world experiences and insights on transforming organizations, developing innovative solutions, and navigating change. From AI and emerging technologies to organizational transformation and leadership development, we explore how individuals and companies can not only adapt to disruption but use it as a catalyst for innovation.Whether you're a business leader looking to drive change, an entrepreneur seeking to disrupt your industry, or someone passionate about innovation, The Meridian Point Podcast offers practical strategies and inspiring stories to help you turn disrup
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How to Spot AI Hype Before It Burns Your Budget
How to Spot AI Hype Before It Burns Your Budget | Alex Brungardt | The Meridian Point Alex Brungardt sells automation into one of the most paperwork-heavy corners of technology: federal governance, risk and compliance. His advice to buyers is blunt. The fix isn't more AI. The fix is knowing where…
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How to See Disruption Before It Wins
How to See Disruption Before It Wins | Glenn Marshall Guest: Glenn Marshall, energy and climate researcher based in Toronto Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: October 6, 2026 Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen to This Episode A banker in 1903 told his client not to invest in Ford. The...
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Agile Is a Verb, Not a Label
Agile Is a Verb, Not a Label: Tonya McCaulley-Slater on Coaching Transformation Without the Jargon The Meridian Point with Kumar Dattatreyan Listen to this one Tonya McCaulley-Slater runs agile transformations for a living. She just won't say the word "agile" out loud. Not at first. Not until the...
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Why People Open Up to an AI Coach Faster Than a Human
The Meridian Point Podcast Episode: Why People Open Up to an AI Coach Faster Than a Human Air Date: September 8,2026 EPISODE SUMMARY Kumar Dattatreyan and his longtime collaborator Glenn Marshall sit down for a fireside chat that starts with a finding Kumar didn't expect. He ran the same product...
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Why 80% of Features Go Unused: Gary Cohen on Building the Right Thing
Why 80% of Features Go Unused: Gary Cohen on Building the Right Thing The Meridian Point with Kumar Dattatreyan Episode overview Gary Cohen spent twenty years building a delivery machine that shipped software on schedule almost every time. Customers liked the features. They showed up to every...
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Why Circle Aimed AI at Admins and Left Members Human
The Meridian Point Podcast Episode: Community Beats Content: Why Circle Aimed AI at the Admins and Left the Members Human Air Date: August 11, 2026 Episode Number: 177 EPISODE SUMMARY Circle just went fully AI-native with a launch called Eclipse. Kumar Dattatreyan sits down with Rene Rosendahl,...
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Two Markets Shifted at Once: Surviving the Trough of Disruption
Two Markets Shifted at Once: Surviving the Trough of Disruption Guest: Jeff Giesen Air Date: July 28, 2026 EPISODE SUMMARY Most disruption stories get told after the person makes it out the other side. Jeff Giesen is still in the middle of his, and that's what makes this conversation different....
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Bloated Teams, Broken Delivery: The Case for De-Scaling
The Meridian Point Podcast Episode 175: Bloated Teams, Broken Delivery: The Case for De-Scaling with Nawaz Butt EPISODE SUMMARY Most organizations hired to scale Agile are solving the wrong problem. They add teams, stack committees, multiply hand-offs and approval gates, then wonder why delivery…
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AI Is Not a Magic Bullet: What Enterprise AI Gets Wrong
The Meridian Point Podcast EP174: AI Is Not a Magic Bullet: What Enterprise AI Gets Wrong Guest: Ashwini Kumar, Product Manager & AI/ML Practitioner EPISODE SUMMARY Everyone thinks they understand AI now. Ashwini Kumar has been doing the actual work for six years, long before ChatGPT turned every...
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The AI Decisions Are Wrong (And Your Data Isn't the Problem)
The AI Decisions Are Wrong (And Your Data Isn't the Problem) | James Taylor Guest: James Taylor, Founder and Executive Partner of Blue Polaris (formerly Decision Management Solutions) Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: June 16, 2026 Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen to This Episode If…
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She Ran a $120M portfolio. Now She's Telling CEOs the Truth About AI.
The Meridian Point Podcast She Ran $120M at AT&T. Now She's Telling CEOs the Truth About AI. Guest: Suzel Wyvill-Jones, Founder, Mindshift Dynamics Air Date: June 02, 2026 ABOUT THIS EPISODE Here's the part nobody warns you about. The AI demo always works. The vendor walks in, the synthetic data...
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Joy as a Strategy: Inside Menlo Innovations With Rich Sheridan
The Meridian Point Podcast Joy Is a Strategy: Inside Menlo Innovations With Rich Sheridan ABOUT THIS EPISODE Here's a number that should stop you cold. Nearly 3,000 people a year fly in from four continents to visit a software company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They're not coming to see the...
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AI Won't Save You If You Can't Code: Tom Stiehm's Warning
Episode Show Notes: AI Won't Save You If You Can't Code Guest: Tom Stiehm, DevSecOps Expert & Software Engineering Veteran Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Duration: ~ 34 minutes Here's something nobody in the AI space wants to say out loud. If you learned to code using AI, you have no idea what to do…
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Co-Intelligence: Why Learning Together Beats Knowing Together
Co-Intelligence: Why Learning Together Beats Knowing Together Show Notes | The Meridian Point Podcast Guest: Diana Larsen Here is a question worth sitting with for a moment. Your organization has spent years hiring smart people, building knowledge repositories, documenting processes, and training...
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Why Your Best People Keep Getting in Each Other's Way | Ryan Behrman
Why Your Best People Keep Getting in Each Other's Way | Ryan Behrman Guest: Ryan Behrman, Owner & CEO of StrongSuits and Principal at Touchthink Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: April 7, 2025 Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen to This Episode Your best people are getting in each other's...
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Business Agility in Crisis: 2025 Trends with Evan Leybourn
The Meridian Point Podcast Episode: Business Agility in Crisis: 2025 Trends with Evan Leybourn Air Date: March 24, 2026 EPISODE SUMMARY Is business agility dying—or just revealing its true colors? Evan Leybourn, founder and CEO of the Business Agility Institute, joins The Meridian Point with…
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Intentional by Design: Building Careers, Teams, and Technology That Work
Intentional by Design — Building Careers, Teams, and Technology That Work The Meridian Point Podcast with Kumar Dattatreyan Guest: Patricia O'Shea, Senior Director, Product Management, ADUSA Episode Summary Patricia O'Shea spent 30 years in technology transformation, starting in the most unlikely...
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The Energy Revolution: Why Your Electric Bill Could Drop 70%
Episode Show Notes: The Energy Revolution Nobody Saw Coming (Until Now) Guest: Glenn Marshall, Transformation Expert & Energy Economics Specialist Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Type: Fireside Chat (No Preset Agenda) Duration: ~1 Hour Ever wonder what it felt like to live through the automobile...
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Career Disruption as Strategy: Solving Problems & Moving On
Career Disruption as Strategy: Solving Problems & Moving On The Meridian Point Podcast Guest: Reha Malik Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: February 2026 Duration: ~45 minutes Watch on YouTube THE MOMENT SHE SAID NO Lucrative CTO offer. Swedish company. Work from anywhere. Great compensation....
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The Billion-Transaction Problem Everyone Ignores (Until Now)
The Billion-Transaction Problem Everyone Ignores (Until Now) Guest: Ron Healy, Founder of EPAL Global Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: January 27, 2026 Duration: ~40 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen to This Episode Ever see a massive business opportunity hiding in plain…
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When Doing Scrum, Don't Do Scrum: Focus on Problems, Not Frameworks
When Doing Scrum, Don't Do Scrum: Focus on Problems, Not Frameworks The Meridian Point - Episode Show Notes Guest: Sven de Koning Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: January 2026 Duration: ~41 minutes Watch on YouTube Ever wonder why your certification didn't lead to that Scrum Master job? Meet...
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Cybersecurity as Culture Change: Why Tech Alone Won't Protect You
Show Notes: Cybersecurity as Culture Change - Why Tech Alone Won't Protect You Guest: Oksana Denesiuk, Product & Technology Transformation Leader, Cybersecurity Advocate Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: January 13,2026 Duration: ~35 minutes Why You Need to Listen Right Now Your company...
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Laid off at 40, New Dad, Grieving: How I Rebuilt My Life | Kreisler Ng
Laid Off at 40, New Dad, Grieving: How I Rebuilt My Life Guest: Kreisler Ng, Founder of Right at Home Long Beach Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: January 06, 2026 Duration: ~35 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen to This Episode Ever wonder what happens when your entire life...
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The Abundance Paradox: Finding Wealth in Financial Scarcity
Rising from the Ashes: Breaking Generational Patterns Through Radical Transparency The Meridian Point - Episode Show Notes Guest: Rafael Ribeiro Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Duration: ~45 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Watch or Listen to This Episode Rafael Ribeiro had everything on...
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Trial by Fire: Building Leaders of Significance | Mosongo Moukwa
Trial by Fire: Building Leaders of Significance The Meridian Point Podcast with Kumar Dattatreyan Guest: Dr. Mosongo Moukwa Watch on YouTube --- THE MOMENT EVERYTHING CHANGED Fresh from his PhD, Mosongo expected to work in a lab creating patents. Instead, his VP called him in and said, "We're...
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From Strategy to Action: How OKRs Transform Fortune 100 Organizations
From Strategy to Action: How OKRs Transform Fortune 100 Organizations The Meridian Point - Episode Show Notes Guest: Sevak Markarian Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Duration: ~ 41 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Watch or Listen to This Episode Ever been in a strategy meeting where everyone nods...
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Agile Without the Jargon: Coaching Executives Beyond IT
Agile Without the Jargon: Coaching Executives Beyond IT Guest: Om Patel, Enterprise Business Agility Coach at ClearlyAgile & Co-host of Arguing Agile Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: December 2, 2025 Duration: ~38 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen to This Episode Ever tried...
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AGILE VS TRADITIONAL? Breaking the False Binary with Alan Zucker
Guest: Alan Zucker, Founder of Project Management Essentials Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: November 25, 2025 Duration: ~45 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen Right Now Ever feel like the whole "Agile vs Traditional" debate is just... exhausting? Alan Zucker was doing agile at...
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Management Myths Busted: Johanna Rothman on Real Organizational Change
Episode Show Notes: Management Myths Busted with Johanna Rothman Guest: Johanna Rothman, The "Pragmatic Manager" & Author of 20+ Books Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: October 21, 2025 Duration: ~41 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen Right Now Ever look around your "agile"...
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From Agile to AI: Avoiding the Same Transformation Mistakes
Episode Show Notes: From Agile to AI - Avoiding the Same Transformation Mistakes Guest: Sanjiv Augustine, Founder & CEO of LitheSpeed Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: October 2025 Duration: ~41 minutes Watch on YouTube Ever wonder why your company's AI initiative feels like that disastrous...
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From Agile Burnout to Reinvention Coach: Todd Kamens' Transformation
Episode Show Notes: The Titanic Is Sinking (And Your Business Might Be Too) Guest: Todd Kamens, Reinvention Coach & Agile Transformation Expert Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Duration: ~ 32 minutes Watch on YouTube Why Listen Right Now The Titanic had binoculars. Radios. Multiple iceberg warnings from...
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Top-Down vs Bottom-Up: Two Transformation Methods, Same Result
Episode Show Notes: The Great Transformation Showdown - Top Down vs Bottom Up Guest: Glenn Marshall, Creator of Next Level Co-Creation Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: Duration: ~ 39 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen Right Now Ever been part of a transformation that felt like…
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He Acquired a Company - Now It's Disrupting 200+ Universities
Episode Show Notes: He Acquired a Company - Now It's Disrupting 200+ Universities Guest: Samir Penkar, CEO of Simulation Powered Learning & Co-founder of RuckFit Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: September 9, 2025 Duration: ~ 35 minutes Watch on YouTube Ever wonder what happens when you…
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From Dental Manager to Wealth Disruptor - Building Generational Wealth Beyond Business
Episode Show Notes: From Dental Manager to Wealth Disruptor - Building Generational Wealth Beyond Your Business Guest: Amanda Taylor, Business Strategist & Wealth Mentor at Elevate365 Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: August 26, 2025 Duration: ~ 40 minutes Watch on YouTube Ever wonder what...
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How AI is Disrupting Leadership Communication & Executive Coaching
Episode Show Notes: How AI is Disrupting Leadership Communication & Executive Coaching Guest: Ash Seddeek, Founder of Mivante & Chief Excitement Officer at Executive Greatness Institute Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: August 19, 2025 Duration: ~ 35 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to...
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Why 75% of Innovation Fails: From Addiction to $M Exit | David Greer
Episode Show Notes: Why 75% of Innovation Fails - From Addiction to $M Exit Guest: David J. Greer, Entrepreneurial Coach & Author of "Wind in Your Sails" Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: August 13, 2025 Duration: ~ 35 minutes Watch on YouTube What You're Missing About Innovation (And It's...
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Disrupting Relationships - How Conflict Creates Innovation in Love & Leadership
Why Your Best Relationship Advice is Actually Destroying Your Connections Episode: "Disrupting Relationships - How Conflict Creates Innovation in Love & Leadership" Guest: Raquel Reis, Relationship Coach You know that feeling when you're trying SO hard to make a relationship work, but everything...
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From Microsoft Executive to Fractional CTO: Disrupting Traditional Leadership Models
Episode Show Notes: From Microsoft Executive to Fractional CTO - Why This Move Changed Everything Guest: Arunansu "Arun" Pattanayak, Founder & CEO of Tipsora Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode Date: July 29, 2025 Duration: ~ 40 minutes Watch on YouTube Why You Need to Listen to This Episode Ever...
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From Failing Executive to Leadership Coach: The Ultimate Comeback
No BS Leadership: Transforming Crisis into Opportunity with Holly Golebiowski Why You Need to Listen to This Episode Ever feel like you're drowning as a leader? Like you got promoted and suddenly everything you used to be good at just... stopped working? Holly Golebiowski gets it. She was that...
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Disrupting Education: Relationship Coaching in Classrooms | Ravneet Kaur
Meridian Point Podcast Show Notes Episode: "Disrupting Education: Relationship Coaching in Classrooms" Guest: Ravneet Kaur Host: Kumar Dattatreyan, PCC Duration: ~45 minutes Why You Need to Listen to This Episode Right Now Ever wonder why your kids come home frustrated from group projects? Or why...
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Serial Entrepreneur's 57 Sales Secrets That Built Million$
Show Notes: This Guy Built & Sold Two Companies for Millions - Here's What He Learned Guest: Glenn Poulos - The entrepreneur who's done it THREE times Host: Kumar Dattatreyan Episode: Live conversation that got REAL about sales, failures, and what actually works Why You Need to Listen to This...
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From Red Tape to Innovation Engine: How This CEO Is Disrupting Business Process Management
Show Notes: From Red Tape to Innovation Engine with Liam O'Neill Ever heard someone say "business process management" and immediately think of soul-crushing bureaucracy? Yeah, so did we. That's exactly why this conversation with Liam O'Neill blew our minds. Liam runs bpmd, a London-based...
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The Fifth Industrial Revolution and Human-Centered Transformation
The 5th Industrial Revolution: Why 40% of Jobs Will Disappear Guest: Vijay Luthra - Strategic Advisor to Public Service Leaders Episode Summary In this thought-provoking episode, we dive deep into the challenges facing public sector organizations in an era of unprecedented disruption. Vijay…
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The 'Thin Edge of the Wedge': Small Changes That Create Massive Results
Episode Description: Disrupting Fitness - From Pandemic Pivot to Global Online Coaching In this episode of the Disruption and Innovation Podcast, host Kumar Dattatreyan sits down with Josh Wood, a Tasmanian-based fitness expert and TEDx speaker who transformed his entire business model during the...
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Organizational Silos Are Bleeding Your Revenue: The 3-Question Reality Check
The Silo Paradox: When Organizational Boundaries Help and Hurt Episode Duration: 45 minutes Hosts: Kumar Dattatreyan & Glenn Marshall Mind-Blowing Opening Stat The average company spends 21% of its time (one full day every week) in meetings just trying to get different departments to talk to each...
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Marketing Without Psychology Is Just Expensive Noise
Marketing Without Psychology Is Just Expensive Noise | Gee Ranasinha Episode Synopsis The shocking truth about modern marketing: 89% of all marketing campaigns go completely unnoticed or forgotten. That's $534 million dollars literally flushed down the toilet in the US alone. In this eye-opening...
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Rewiring the Leader's Brain: How Healing Past Trauma Creates Business Innovation
THE MERIDIAN POINT PODCAST "Rewiring the Leader's Brain: How Healing Past Trauma Creates Business Innovation" FEATURED GUEST: DR. RON STOTTS EPISODE SUMMARY In this compelling episode of The Meridian Point, host Kumar Dattatreyan interviews Dr. Ron Stotts, a transformational executive coach who...
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Meeting Culture as a Mirror: How 30 Minutes Reveals Your Company's True DNA
Show Notes: Meeting Culture as a Mirror: How 30 Minutes Reveals Your Company's True DNA Episode Overview In this episode of the Meridian Point, Kumar Dattatreyan interviews Chris Dyer, recognized as the #1 leadership speaker on culture by Inc. Magazine and author of three bestselling books...
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Self-Awareness Is Broken in Corporate America: How One Coach Fixes It One Person at a Time
Show Notes for "Self-Awareness Is Broken in Corporate America: How One Coach Fixes It One Person at a Time" Episode Summary: In this illuminating conversation, Kumar Dattatreyan sits down with Desiree Goldey, a disruptive force in talent and culture transformation. As Director of Talent…
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Tough Love Leadership: How Jobs and Musk Built Innovation Empires
What's the secret behind groundbreaking innovation at companies like Apple and Tesla? In this episode of The Meridian Point, Kumar Dattatreyan and Glenn Marshall unpack the psychological safety paradox: how seemingly demanding leaders like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk create environments where...
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The Meridian Point Podcast explores the intersection of disruption and innovation in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. While drawing on agile and lean principles, we focus on how leaders and organizations can harness disruption to drive positive change and create breakthrough innovations.Each episode features in-depth conversations with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents who share their real-world experiences and insights on transforming organizations, developing innovative solutions, and navigating change. From AI and emerging technologies to organizational transformation and leadership development, we explore how individuals and companies can not only adapt to disruption but use it as a catalyst for innovation.Whether you're a business leader looking to drive change, an entrepreneur seeking to disrupt your industry, or someone passionate about innovation, The Meridian Point Podcast offers practical strategies and inspiring stories to help you turn disrup
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