ThinkTech Hawaii streams from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm HST on weekdays. Check us out any time for great content anThe Value of Building Authentic Connections. The host for this show is Kathleen Lee. The guest is Gino Soquena. Gino Soquena is the Executive Director of the Hawaii Building & Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO. He […]
KAI Hawaii CEO Ryan Tanaka (Beyond the Lines)
Beyond Leadership. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is Ryan Tanaka. Ryan Tanaka is the CEO and leader of KAI Hawaii, Underground Services Inc., Island Business Management, and Giovanni Pastrami Restaurant Group. We talk with Ryan about his high standards in building a superior culture of excellence with his companies, having […]
Starting an Esports Business (The Wide World of Esports)
A Step-by-Step Guide. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. Learn the elements of starting an esports business, including how to make a business plan, defining your niche, understanding your market, branding and marketing and more. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nlmJ4UgUkvYa2n7M4MRTZc Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see […]
Does US Inflation Affect Inflation in Canada (View from the North)
Is Canada as Worried About Inflation There. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businesman, who has advanced degrees in business, finance and macro-economics, helps us understand the phenomenon of inflation in Canada and how it affects or is linked to inflation in the US […]
The Way of Dialogue (The Creative Life)
Chasing the Light. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Susan Taylor. Building from Susan’s story of purpose, which she discovered at a very young age, we discuss the ‘double-edged sword’ of what it means to be meaning-seeking and how it led Susan to discover physicist and philosopher David Bohm and […]
Creating the Meaningsphere (The Creative Life)
Create Deeper Meaning in Work. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Jeff Westphal. Jeff Westphal, 20 year CEO of Vertex, a global leader in tax software which went public in 2020, left the company to start Meaningsphere — a platform and community dedicated to helping anyone create deeper meaning in […]
You Really Can’t Get Along with Only English (Global Connections)
But What Other Languages Should we Learn. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Lance Askildson. Lance Askildson, Professor of Language and Linguistics at Chaminade University, helps us understand languages and linguistics in the world today, how they are coming together and how they are changing, and how it is becoming […]
Kuhio Ave. Food Hall Owner Mike Palmer (Beyond the Lines)
Beyond Dining. The host for this show is Rusty Komori. The guest is Mike Palmer. We talk with Mike about his wonderful dining venue at the International Marketplace in Waikiki featuring 10 restaurant concepts and three bars. We also talk about the challenges and triumphs of the very competitive restaurant industry and the reasons why […]
Comparing Social Safety Nets, Part II (View from the North)
Looking at Homelessness in Canada. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Retired Businessman Ken Rogers helps us understand how homelessness works in Canada and what the provincial and federal governments are doing about it. We also follow up on some of the other poverty and government benefits and […]
True Esports (The Wide World of Esports)
Creating Pathways to Accelerate Technology. The host for this show is Katharine Nohr. The guest is Leilani Farinas. We discuss how True is creating pathways for businesses to accelerate their adoption of technology, including esports and the recent event at Waipahu Library. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nlmJ4UgUkvYa2n7M4MRTZc Please visit our ThinkTech […]