word. with Gordon Miller
By Gordon Miller
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word. with Gordon Miller. Each episode begins with a word — but it never ends there. Gordon explores the ideas, language, and narratives shaping the professional salon industry. Because, simply put, the words we choose… shape everything we do.
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3. Context: A Deeper Dive
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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2. Context
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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1. WORD
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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135. The Final SBM Episode
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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ENCORE: "It's the Economy Stupid"
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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ENCORE: "Whatever the question is, the answer is education!" - Antony Whitaker
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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134. Text Messages to Myself: 2025 Lessons Learned
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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133. Getting Serious about Business (and Your Life) with Neill's Debra Neill
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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132. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 12: Salon Tech Thought Leader Paul Tate
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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131. Bad Coaches Are Back?? Oh f.... yes they are!
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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130. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 11: Gordon's Take
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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129. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 10: Kimi Bennett, co-founder, Sole Business Solutions, Pro Beauty’s 1st 24/7 AI Powered Coaching platform
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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128. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 9: Sudheer Koneru, founder & CEO of Zenoti on AI and Pro Salons
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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127. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 8: Vish’s Tim Howard on Tech Transforming the Business of Color
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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126. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 7: SalonInteractive's Alain Audet
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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125: AI & Beyond: The Digital Revolution & Salons
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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124. Random Notes (Gordon Style)
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Salon Tech Talks, Pt 1: Paul Tate on the State of Technology for Pro Beauty
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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123. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 6: BeautyDeskAI founder Universe Walker on the digital front desk
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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122. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 5: Vagaro Founder/CEO Fred Helou on the future of Pro Beauty Salon Tech
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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121. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 4: Digital Marketing with Ameet Kallarackal, Glammatic.com
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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120. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 3: Phorest’s Paddy Monaghan on the State of Pro Beauty Tech
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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119. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 2: Meevo's John Harms on the State of Tech for Pro Beauty
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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118. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 1: Paul Tate on the State of Technology for Pro Beauty
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The Robots Are Coming (?!?)
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Civics Lesson - How American Government Works & Why It Matters
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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117. The Trouble with AI
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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116. Smart Phones: Business Tool or Distraction?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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115. Innovation in Tech: The Trouble with Ecommerce + Pro Beauty
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May 28, 2025 |
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114. NEWS FLASH: CONGRESS TACKLING TAXES ON TIPS
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May 23, 2025 |
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113. Tech Update: The AI Just Keeps Coming
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May 21, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Words Really Do Matter!
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May 14, 2025 |
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112. "It's the Economy Stupid"
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May 07, 2025 |
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111. Keya Neil (@keyaartisticallyneal) on #Progress (Part 2)
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Artistry vs Service (or Creativity + Compassion)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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110. Keya Neal(@keyaartisticallyneal): #Progress?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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109. "Whatever the question is, the answer is education!" - Antony Whitaker
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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ENCORE: Economics and the Salon
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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ENCORE: A Truth About the Six-Figure Hairdresser
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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108. Tatum Neill, Elevate Hair, Neill Education
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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107. Civics Lesson
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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106. Hot Topics: Pre-booking, Retail, Growing Inflation and Experience vs Transactions
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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ENCORE: The TROUBLE with Suites
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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105. "Deep Research" Takes AI to a New Level
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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104. The Salon Economy and Pending Tariffs
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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103. Evolve or Die: Tech Edition
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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102. The Robots Are Coming (?!?)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 5: #80. The Destruction Continues: The Bad Idea App Edition
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 4: #98. The Bad Coaching Continues
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 3: #87. WARNING: DON'T LET BAD COACHING DESTROY YOU!
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 2: #78. Destroying More B**LS**T (Sorry!)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Bad Coaching Anthology, Pt. 1: #76. DESTROY THE B**LS**T
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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101. Year-End Pet Peeves (and my Glimpse at 2025)
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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100. The Evolving Events Space: The Power of Conferences
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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99. Year-end Musings: 2025 -2030
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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98. The Bad Coaching Continues
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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97. The Ongoing Evolution of Our Events Space
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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96. A Truth About the Six-Figure Hairdresser
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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95. Words Really Do Matter!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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94. Working Less to Make More?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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93. The Grey Matters of Business: Why They Matter
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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92. Context, Community, Collaboration
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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91. Artificial Intelligence & the Salon: A Deep Dive (& Update!)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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90. The TROUBLE with Suites
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #11 Tabatha Coffey on Mindfulness
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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89. Future Vision, Pt 2: the Musings Continue
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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88. Future Vision: More Musings
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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87. WARNING: DON'T LET BAD COACHING DESTROY YOU!
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #78 Destroying More B**LS**T (Sorry!)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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86. Economics and the Salon
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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85. Coaches Update: I've Been Blocked!
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #70 A Big Idea: Your Productivity vs Capacity
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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84. Artificial Intelligence: Mid Year Roundup
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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83. 2024 Mid-Year Musings
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #73 The Nobility of Service
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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82. "Learn the Rules Before You Break Them": Business Edition
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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81. A Brief History of the Salon (with some help from Chat GPT4o)
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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80. The Destruction Continues: The Bad Idea App Edition
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #76 DESTROY THE B**LS**T
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May 29, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #49 Fact vs Fiction
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May 15, 2024 |
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79. AI + the Salon: The Future Has Never Been Closer
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May 08, 2024 |
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78. Destroying More B**LS**T (Sorry!)
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May 01, 2024 |
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77. Post ABS tech talk plus recap of feedback from Destroy the B**l S**t episode
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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76. DESTROY THE B**LS**T
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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75. Pro Beauty: Who's in Charge(and more!)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #64 AI and the Salon in 2024 with Sam Brocato
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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74. "Your Hair Looks Gorgeous... It Cost What?!" - Washington Post, 3/19
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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73. The Nobility of Service
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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72. Your Productivity vs Capacity, Part 2, with @michaelcole_summit
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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71. Foundations: Success Drivers
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #40 Search is Changing. Are you?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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70. A Big Idea: Your Productivity vs Capacity
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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69. Tech + Your Brand
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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68. Artistry vs Service (or Creativity + Compassion)
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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67. Inflation: It's COMPLICATED
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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66. 2023 Rehash Continued (+) the Math of Independence (and More)
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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65. The Year that was 2023: What Happened & Why
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #46 The Power in Choices (Independence vs Employment)
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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64. AI and the Salon in 2024 with Sam Brocato
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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ENCORE: #14 David Thurston, Trailblazer & Danger Jones Creative, Co-founder/CEO
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #20 John Mosley, @popular_nobody on Being an Entrepreneur
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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63. 2024 Predictions
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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62. My Year End AI Update
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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61. On Gratitude (+ a PSA!)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #22 Antony Whitaker on Business Interruption vs. Disruption
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #31 Instagram IS Your Career Portfolio (whether you know it or not!)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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60. Red Flags are all around us. Now what?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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59. AI won't take your job but might be a big help to your competition
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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58. Getting to the “Good Stuff”
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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57. Showing Up (for Ourselves)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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ENCORE: #45 Social Conversations Gone Bad
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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56. The Future is Now
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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55. FutureCast: Charting a Bold Future for Salons
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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54. The Power of Podcasts
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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53. Artificial Intelligence: My Latest Update :-)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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52. The Truth about Community
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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51. Coaching: Let the Buyer Beware
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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50. Salon Biz Trends Update
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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49. Fact vs Fiction
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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48. Facebook Still Matters: Trend Update
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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47. Chat GPT-4 Says...
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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46. The Power in Choices (Independence vs Employment)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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45. Social Conversations Gone Bad
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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44. On Leadership
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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43. THREADS!
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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42. 2023 (and Beyond) Predictions: Part 3, A MidYear Catch Up
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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41. AI Tactics, Listener Feedback, and a Call for Respect
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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ENCORE: @JackHowardColor - Artist, Educator, Ambassador, & Gay Man
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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40. Search is Changing. Are you?
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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39. The Trouble with “Profits” (& an update)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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38. Artificial Intelligence: A Primer, Part 3
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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37. Artificial Intelligence: A Primer, Part 2
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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36. Artificial Intelligence: A Beauty Focused Primer, Part 1
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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35. My Top 5 Pro Pet Peeves
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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34. Pros in favor of Deregulation??
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May 31, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Future View: Our Shared Responsibility to Next-Gen Professionals
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May 28, 2023 |
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33. "And You Can Quote Me on That"
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May 24, 2023 |
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32. Pro Beauty Math and More
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May 21, 2023 |
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31. Instagram IS Your Career Portfolio (whether you know it or not!)
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May 17, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Nina Kovner, @passionsquared on Branding
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May 14, 2023 |
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ENCORE: The Truth about Pro Compensation
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May 10, 2023 |
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30. Getting Real with Nina Tulio
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May 07, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Rant: F**K Fake Beauty News
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May 03, 2023 |
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29. Pro Beauty's Biggest Challenge
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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ENCORE: 2023 Future View: e-Learning
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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28. The Good, Bad & Ugly of Social Media in 2023
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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ENCORE: 2023 Future View: Distribution & Brands
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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27. @TippiShorter on Opening a New Kind of Salon
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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ENCORE: Tabatha Coffey on Mindset
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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26. Future View: Our Shared Responsibility to Next-Gen Professionals
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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25. The Ongoing (r)Evolution in Tech & Social Media for Salons
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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24. Attracting the RIGHT Clients is Game Changing: @AmbrosiaCarey, Successful Stylist Academy
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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23. Gordon on Fake Beauty News, Industry PR, Events, & Reels
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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22. Antony Whitaker on Business Interruption vs. Disruption
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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21. The Truth about Pro Compensation
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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20. John Mosley, @popular_nobody on Being an Entrepreneur
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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19. 2023 Future View: Distribution & Brands (Manufacturers)
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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18. @JackHowardColor: Artist, Educator, Ambassador, & Gay Man
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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17. AI: The Good, Bad & Unknown -with Antony Whitaker & Gordon
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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16. Hairdustry's Corey and Tony on the Power of 'Sticking with It'
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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15. Gordon on "Image" and the Ongoing Labor Shortage
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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14. David Thurston, Trailblazer & Danger Jones Creative, Co-founder/CEO
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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13. Evan Joseph, Curl Specialist/Salon Owner
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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12. Rant: F**K Fake Beauty News
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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11. Tabatha Coffey on Mindfulness
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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10. 2023 Future View: Pro Beauty Events
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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9. @thePaulaPeralta on Manifestations
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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8. 2023 Future View: e-Learning
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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7. Nina Kovner, @passionsquared on Branding
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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6. 2023 Future View: Pro Beauty Media
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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5. Michael Cole on Experience Versus Value
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) & the Salon
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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3. Tabatha Coffey on Mindset
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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2. 2023 Predictions for Salons and Pros, Part 2
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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1. 2023 Predictions for Salons and Pros, Part 1
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Jan 08, 2023 |