The Talent Show

The Talent Show

Whatcha got? The Talent Show shines a light on the hidden or little-known talent or off-beat interests of the people you work with and their relatable paths of discovery, learning, mastery, and growth. If you or someone you work for/with has talent, email us at talentshow@backboneinc.com and tell us whatcha got. We also produce company-facing versions of the Talent Show, as well as an onsite version, to add excitement and fun to tradeshows and company events. Please email us for details.

Episodes

Raising the Bar: PR and Powerlifting with the Devon Group's Katie Achille

March 25, 2025 • 33 mins
No matter what line of work you’re in, there’s always someone in the office or out in the field who does the heavy lifting. Our guest today, Katie Achille, most certainly does a lot of heavy lifting in the office, as she is managing partner at The Devon Group --- a public relations company. But outside the office, the heavy lifting continues. Katie is a competitive powerlifter for Team USA…yes, that Team USA. She describes what s...
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From HR Tech to Homebrew: Net at Work's Harold Ford Discusses His "Craft"

March 18, 2025 • 34 mins
Harold Ford III - yes, the Third - is the Practice Director for the Employer Solutions Practice at Net at Work, a business technology consultancy - indeed, one of the biggest and most respected in North America. For over twenty-five years, Harold has helped HR and Payroll teams unleash the power of their business, harnessing today’s technology. After a long, hard day of work, you’d expect Harold to go home and maybe kick back wit...
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From Seinfeld to Wing Chun: Actor Phil Morris

March 7, 2025 • 45 mins
Known far and wide as Jackie Chiles, the Johnny Cochrane-inspired attorney from Seinfeld, versatile actor Phil Morris has logged an impressive array of credits over a long and successful career (he's also put his velvety tones to good use as a prolific voice actor). But what people don't know is that Phil has practiced Wing Chun since he was a wee lad of 8, as he followed his actor dad Greg Morris around Hollywood sound stages (Gre...
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Taking Flight with with Atlas Co-Pilot’s Matt Burns

February 20, 2025 • 31 mins
It’s not the biggest surprise that the CEO of a company called Atlas Co-Pilot is obsessed with airplanes. Not interested in, or simply knowledgeable about - which he of course is - but obsessed. Matt Burns has been an HR executive leading major change initiatives, a strategy consultant and industry analyst, a serial entrepreneur, as well as a podcast host and producer - he currently hosts and produces the Thinking Inside the Box p...
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A Recruiter's Secret Ingredient: Cookies

February 20, 2025 • 23 mins
By day, Kristin Pozen is Practice Leader and Senior Recruiter for the Duffy Group, a global recruitment firm that works with corporations to help them find the right talent. After work, Kristin bakes and sells a delicious assortment of cookies under the business name Peekaboo Cookies. Kristin talks about her passion for baking, when she first discovered this passion/talent, and where she finds inspiration for inventing new and e...
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Production Notes: a Baker's Half Dozen

February 17, 2025 • 16 mins
In this episode of Production Notes, Tom and Charles discuss recent Talent Show guest Geoffrey Klein, CEO and founder of ninedots, a self-described "game master," and several upcoming guests, including Kristin Pozen, Practice Leader and Senior Recruiter for the Duffy Group, a global recruitment firm. Kristin bakes and sells a delicious assortment of cookies under the business name Peekaboo Cookies, which led to a conversation about...
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For the Love of the Game

February 11, 2025 • 32 mins
Geoffrey Klein is CEO and founder of ninedots, which helps businesses create compelling story-driven visual content. Geoffrey - which is the correct way to spell Geoffrey - is also an AI consultant, TEDx speaker, Wharton lecturer and best-selling author.  He is also a quote unquote game master. Growing up there was always the guy who initiated hide and seek and spin the bottle, was the banker in Monopoly, ran the betting pool in h...
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Zen and the Art of Remaining Employed

January 30, 2025 • 14 mins
In this episode of production notes Tom and Charles discuss upcoming guests and employees with a talent for achieving a Zen state - they're in all the team pictures, they go to all the offsite birthday parties and participate in the sack race at the company picnic. They are liked, ride the consensus in every meeting, and manage to coast on their well-cloaked marginal usefulness, having drifted into a Zen state of suspended ambiguou...
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A Soaring Conversation with Guitarist/Composer/Pilot Randy Bernsen

January 27, 2025 • 31 mins
Guitarist/Composer, Randy Bernsen has composed and performed with the likes of Herbie Hancock, The Brecker Brothers, Jaco Pastorius, Joe Zawinul and many other jazz legends. He's known for his highly melodic compositions as well as his soaring solos. But his solos aren't the only thing that soar. Randy also soars above the clouds as a commercial pilot. We'll discuss his dual career on this episode of the Talent Show.
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Diabolically Funny: Evil HR Lady Does Improv

January 17, 2025 • 39 mins
Suzanne Lucas is known far and wide as the Evil HR Lady - which is sort of like referring to a mafia hitman as the murderous hit man. Yes, we know, taking people out is your job. Though in fairness to hit men, they’re more efficient than your typical HR professional, and leave a far lower body count.  But Suzanne is not your typical HR professional or, more precisely, HR consultant. Unlike most competent, well-meaning, albeit deepl...
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Hypnotist-Comedian Boris Cherniak Wants to Play the Flute for You

January 7, 2025 • 25 mins
Hypnotist-Comedian is Boris Cherniak’s day job. During work hours (anywhere from 8 PM to 4 AM, depending on the venue and city), he’s “the Incredible Boris." One reviewer described his act as “orchestrated chaos.”  Boris has taken his act far and wide - clubs, theaters, colleges and convention centers across the US and his native North America - he is Canadian by way of Russia - on cruise ships and overseas to Afghanistan and Kuwai...
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The Talent Show: Production Notes

December 30, 2024 • 19 mins
Talent Show Producer Charles Epstein checks in with TS host Tom Alexander to discuss the show - what we're looking to accomplish, what’s coming up, etc., stupid slinky tricks, watching paint dry (more to it than you think) and talents that don’t show up in the box score.
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CEO by Day…CDO (Chief Dating Officer) by Night

December 24, 2024 • 30 mins
Todd Horton, CEO and founder of KangoHR, has been successful where so many others have failed: navigating the notoriously treacherous world of online dating, which takes more talent than you may think!     Todd joins us to discuss the evolution of his dating approaches and processes via several hilarious, eye-opening stories. The skills he acquired/refined as an HR exec and business leader came in handy…but not always! We also aske...
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The Pilot: Featuring Demetrius "D" Parker

December 13, 2024 • 36 mins
Demetrius "D" Parker is the Founder/Pragmatical Solutions Leader for the Trust Leadership Collective. He is also a musician, actor, and director. Since you can only showcase one talent per Talent Show episode, we’re going to focus on his silky baritone…and if we’re lucky, we’ll get him to hum a few bars.
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