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Entrepreneurially-minded Crafts Technology CEO Jeff Taylor wraps-up 2021 and launches us into 2022 with exactly what our pandemic-weighted minds need. He gives voice to the meta-emotion and metacognition of leaders at helms of entrepreneurial ventures of any age or stage. Listen between his words for extra richness in this treasure trove of actionable thought-through thinking.

Joseph (Joey) Bardos, President of FPE Automation, exemplifies the natural energy of an entrepreneur. He recently joined Scott Brown on the Enclave Live from Studio75™ to discuss his journey to becoming President of FPE Automation, human thinking within the robotics and automation industry, and how to overcome obstacles in the field of sales. Listen and let his knowledge of the industry motivate and energize you. 

With over 30 years of service between the Elk Grove Police Department and the U.S. Air Force Military Police, Police Chief Charles G. Walsh is more than qualified to provide his ideas on law-enforcement on any stage. With the past year bringing many changes and challenges to policing around the world, Chief Walsh joins Enclave Live from Studio75™ Host Scott Brown to discuss how policing can and must be more collaborative and innovative to successfully move forward beyond this era marked by doubt and mistrust. 

In July 2021, Enclave Live from Studio75™ Host Scott Brown sat down with Greg Lafin, Co-Leader of Merger and Acquisition Services at Wipfli Corporate Finance Advisors, to discuss recent trends in merger and acquisition from a buyer and seller’s perspective. Greg’s success in M&A speaks for itself, listen in as he shares his expertise and forecasts what to expect next in this arena.

Susan and Scot Westwater are co-founders of pacesetting Pragmatic Digital. With authoritative voices, they speak to the rapidly emerging importance of ensuring your brand is heard when your customers use their voices. From smart speakers to mobile devices of varying types and sizes, VoiceTech is poised to become the first point of contact for your customer’s attention. Instead of competing only for eyeballs, now companies also strategically compete for ears. “Sounding your best” brings new potential to your venture. Don’t miss hearing these revered subject matter experts talk through state-of-the-art thinking behind, within, and beyond VoiceTech with Enclave Live from Studio75™ Host Scott Brown. 

Called in a recent newspaper article, “the most over-qualified owner in minor league baseball,” Chicago Dogs’ CEO Shawn Hunter tells Enclave Live from Studio75™ Host Scott Brown that he’s in it for the love of the whole experience.  Hear one of the sports world’s true-blue luminaries clearly express his gratefulness and hopefulness. “Do as much homework as you can,” he advises entrepreneurs for getting their minds ready to pitch, hit, catch, or run.  Sit back, relax, and listen deeply to the value in this revelatory podcast.        

Leslie Munger, Former Illinois Comptroller and Deputy Governor, stops in to Studio75 to share her experiences as a woman in leadership in both the private and public sectors. Listen in as Scott and Leslie talk about the necessity of women in leadership roles.

Back by popular demand, Eric Broughton, former CEO of Apartment Jet and current General Manager of Expedia’s multifamily division takes us behind the scenes in support services for the burgeoning multifamily residential housing market.

Integrity, as contextualized by John G. Blumburg: “Integrity is not a sound bite. It’s y our expression of truth. Integrity is not about compliance. Compliance is often the costly result of ignoring integrity’s value. Integrity is about potential. Your deeper connection to integrity is ready to be discovered. Are you ready?” Since its earliest concept formation, ENCLAVE’s founders prioritize human elements in the vision, mission, and implementation of successful job-creating ventures. Listen in as John Blumberg and Scott Brown discuss integrity.

Back by popular demand, Rockwell (Rocky) Clancy returned to the stage in Founders Hall at ENCLAVE O’Hare; his second appearance. Formerly a senior executive with J.D. Power, now consulting to banks, investor groups and other organizations, Rocky also serves on board of directors and advisory councils. In this episode, he offers insights about ways to identify what needs to be monitored and measured. His diversified subject matter expertise always triggers fresh perspective and ideas.

Craig B. Johnson, Elk Grove Village native owns oldest business in the Village, and serving for 22 years so far as his hometown’s Mayor.  Timothy O. Schneider, serial entrepreneur operating several successful businesses in various fields, former Cook County Board Commisioner, and Chairman, Illinois Republican Party.----more---- Join Scott and our guests as we reflect upon the first 3 years after the building dedication.

Dr. George Vukotich, Ph.D. is the CEO and Founder of the Chicago Based FinTech hub, "FinTank". George is a go-to strategist, venture founder, board member, innovator, educator and author of, "Mentoring Startups" and he is passionate about helping individuals and organizations become more successful. Scott and George dig into all aspects of mentoring in their conversation titled, "Mentoring For All Ages". 

Arthur C. Nielsen III, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, sits down to talk with us about conflict within intimate relationships. Though the direct aim of this conversation might be around couples, we draw parallels to business partners, inventors and other key players within an entrepreneurs life. Join Scott and Art as they explore, "Fighting Fair in Intimate Relationships".

 Globally esteemed ENCLAVE Co-Founder, David E Morrison, Jr., M.D., an organizational psychiatrist, is our featured guest for this episode. Dr. Morrison invites us to rethink narcissism as he talks about dealing with narcissists and some of the positives than can come from narcissism. Join Scott and Dr. Morrison in their conversation pertaining to, "The Challenge of Narcissism".

Wayne Montague is an innovation expert with over twenty years of experience leading product and service innovations with Fortune 500 firms and governments. In this episode Wayne talks about the thinking patterns and skills of disruptive innovators who change the course of entire industries. Join Scott and Wayne for this conversation, "What Makes Disruptive Innovators Different?".

Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti is an associate professor of accounting at the University of Dayton. What makes Dr. Ramamoorti uniquely qualified to speak on fraud is his Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from the Ohio State University. In this episode, Dr. Ramamoorti speaks on finding fraud, what causes fraud, and how to deal with fraud in an organization. Join Scott, Dr. Ramamoorti and a special guest in this conversation, "Fraudsters Called Out".

John R. Dallas, Jr. is Founder CEO of Hillview Partners Network, an alliance of independent consultants, coaches, and professional speakers; individuals with expertise related to strategic alignment of people, money, technology, and other resources, as well as Co-Founder CEO of ENCLAVE for Entrepreneurs Foundation Inc. In this episode John talks about the psychological challenges entrepreneurs face when their ventures are in their early stages. John also brings light to the concept that most entrepreneurial education programs do not make aspiring entrepreneurs fully cognizant of the intellectual, physiological, emotional, social, physical, and financial demands that come with choosing to be among the "entrepreneurial precariat". Listen in as John and Scott "peel the orange" on the entrepreneurial precariat. 

Professor Robert Hughes served with distinction in the U.S. Army, most recently as the Chief of Force Management and Integration at the Department of the Army, Washington D.C. During his time in service, Colonel Hughes served as an advisor to the Army's most senior leaders on strategic issues requiring inter-organizational collaboration between the military services and other organizations within the Department of Defense.   For this episode Professor Hughes takes an army exercise designed to review the outcome of a planned event and teaches us how we can use it in the business world to gain a better understanding on how we are executing within our businesses. 

Owen R. Youngman is a professor and the Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. In addition to strategy, his courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs focus on innovation, media economics, technology, and the changing cultural and media landscape. Prior to his time at Northwestern he had a 37-year career at the Chicago Tribune that focused on new product development, innovation and interactive media. He created such Web sites as chicagotribune.com and metromix.com as the Tribune’s first director of interactive media.   In this episode Owen brings his thoughts journalism and innovation as it applies to entrepreneurs and their influencers and how we can navigate the precarity of innovation.

For entrepreneurs, fear is a friend. It's a gift! Fear is a resource. It's a motivator. Fear is a valuable member of your mind's response team. Fear is not to be ignored. ENCLAVE joins with Fred Harburg, Clinical Professor of Executive Education at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University to talk about steering into fear and using it to motivate. ENCLAVE for Entrepreneurs Fred Harburg