Greg Hall
Kansas City
Omaha-raised KC-based software guy / writer / photog. A huge fan of the next generation because humans get smarter, nicer, funnier and better every year.
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Enablement's influence on leadership and professional development
We all have one. That movie or show that randomly shows up on cable and, no matter what time it is or how recently we watched it, we just can’t change the channel. We’re in it for the long haul. For me, it’s the movie where a certain caffeinated beverage is labeled only for closers… you know the one. There’s also a new way to think about the alphabet during that very same scene. ABC. Always. Be. Closing. In enablement, that same mentality can be adopted, albeit with a slight variation to the letters.
Council Post: How To Find The Perfect Partner For A Meaningful Sports Sponsorship
In January 2022, MoneyGram became the title partner of the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, a racing team competing in one of the most technologically advanced sports in the world, the F1 World Championship. The pond is small here, with only 10 companies in the world that own naming rights to a team.
Column: The mustache comb
Turning off the light switch, I carefully walked to the back of the den. It was three days before Christmas in Mesquite, Texas. My older brother and I had just finished washing dishes after dinner and I had snuck away to “check” on the decorated tree. My parents had always subscribed to the theory that “more is better.” As a result, every year we wedged, crammed, hung and draped every conceivable decoration we could on to our modest-sized tree.
Taking a rare day off…I arose this morning early, got dressed and hit the road in my old red Jeep. No real plan, just wanted to take advantage of an unusually nice February day. Plus, I do some of my best thinking, somewhere between second and third gear as I bounce down the back roads just outside of town. It is still winter here in north Texas. Most of the trees I see lining the road are stripped bare of their foliage with an occasional verdant Cedar defiantly breaking rank.
Yes, Katie... There is a Santa Claus!
Looking back this Christmas season…I recall…like it was yesterday…when my oldest child was at the age of the “Santa decision”. Does he exist…or is he another childhood fantasy that will soon evaporate into the abyss of adulthood? It had come time to answer the question. With the younger kids nowhere near…my eldest daughter and I sat down at the kitchen table to address the issue. I had intended to make us both a cup of hot chocolate for the occasion. However, it turned out we were out of cocoa.
November - Ellis DownHome
I arrived home in time today to make a short drive down the hill to the small lake. This past summer’s heat had finally ebbed away and this evening was undeniable evidence. I gazed at the still water…motionless and unaffected by the soft winds that carried the very fragrance of peace. As I stood at the edge of the muddy bank…I drew a deep redeeming breath…drinking in all this Texas day had to offer.
Minit Money joins IFWG regulatory sandbox
By Greg Hall Published: June 17, 2021 Centbee’s Minit Money project has been announced for inclusion into the South African government’s regulatory sandbox, opening the door for one of South Africa’s most innovative blockchain businesses to make its mark on digital asset regulation in the country. The sandbox was set up by the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG), an organisation comprised of several South African regulators.
Blockchain Policy Matters: SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce
Almost everyone has an opinion on how regulation in the digital asset space should be handled. But what do the regulators think? Bitcoin Association sat down with researcher, lawyer and SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce in the second edition of Blockchain Policy Matters to talk about her experiences since joining the SEC in 2018, how her time working with George Mason University’s Mercatus Center informed her approach to regulation and how regulators can work with innovation – rather than against it.
Phillies Look to Get Back to .500 Against Orioles
By Greg Hall, Sports Talk Philly editor On the heels on a dominating, but way too close (looking at you, Nick Pivetta) 13-8 win over the Atlanta Braves Monday night, the Phillies (5-6) host the rebuilding Baltimore Orioles (7-7) for a three game series at Citizens Bank Park. This will be the first game for the Orioles since Aug 8, although they played the next night, albeit the game is currently suspended in the sixth inning.
5 Steps to Assess Offshore Support Risk (and 5 Steps to Address Critical Needs)
May 19, 2020Greg HallNo CommentsShare To ensure continuity of critical operations, all businesses should take these practical steps to engage, assess, and partner with offshore service providers. Companies all over the globe are experiencing the impacts of the current pandemic first-hand, including service providers. Beyond their focus to protect their workers, service providers are now further challenged to meet support commitments to their clients.
Off the Couch by Greg Hall
Off the Couch by Greg Hall Landmark columnist For more of Greg Hall, surf to www.kcconfidential.com Whitlock blasts Pioli and Haley Posted 1-4-11 “(Todd) Haley — not his Kansas City Chiefs — is quite possibly the biggest fraud in football. I say that without malice or pleasure. Personally, I like Todd Haley. It’s true.” Jason Whitlock, FoxSports.com GH: There are few things quite like the love Whitlock showers on his subjects.
Gans Creek: Missouri's New State Jewel
Greg Hall / greghall24@yahoo.com / @greghall24 As I exited 63 South at Discovery Parkway, my GPS took me down narrow East Gans Road back toward the highway. I then found myself on a gravel road dodging tree branches and washouts. Okay, no way this was the best way to the University of Missouri's new cross-country course at Gans Creek. I made an awkward U-turn as my Google Maps lady verbally admonished my artless redirect.
From orphanage in China to trails of KC, blind high school runner just breaks barriers
A runner with NORTHWEST emblazoned across the front of his singlet appears to be escorted by another runner in a bright orange T-shirt. This is not normal — why would a runner out of uniform be so close to another runner approaching the finish line? And instead of trying to beat him to the finish, this second runner looks to be what, coaching him? No, wait ... he’s guiding him. The runner from Blue Valley Northwest High is visually impaired.
Nobody Puts Avery In The Corner
Nobody Puts Avery In The Corner Everything about Avery Anderson is what you would expect from a 14-year-old freshman girl. She smiles incessantly, her mom and dad need to remind her to finish her homework, she calls her two dogs (Ginger and C.C.) her sisters, and she likes to watch This is Us (especially Kevin The Manny), The Bachelor and The Goonies movies. And then there is the little thing about her not having any feet. Avery is a very rare 14-year-old girl.
Can this be the run Gabe Kapler is referring to?
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Believe it or not, the Phillies (66-60) have won six of their last eight games, including sweeps of the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox and National League Central-leading Chicago Cubs. However, the team has yet to go on a five-game winning streak this season, something the Pittsburgh Pirates (52-74), Toronto Blue Jays (52-77), Seattle Mariners (54-74), Miami Marlins (45-80) and even the Detroit Tigers (38-86) have all done.
Cole Hamels is back where it all began
The last time Cole Hamels took the mound in a Phillies uniform, he pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs in a 5-0 Phillies victory. Hamels, the former ace of the Phillies’ staff and 2008 World Series MVP, will pitch at Citizens Bank Park Wednesday night for the first time since being traded to the Texas Rangers a few days after his no-hitter. He’ll do so from the opposing dugout. The team he’ll be suiting up for? The same Cubs team that he no-hit as a Phillie.
Inside J.T. Realmuto’s disappointing season at the dish
Defense wins championships. The best defense is a good offense. We have heard them all a million times before. It is a debate that has lasted through the annals of sports history and still unsettled to this day. That debate is currently ongoing for first-year Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto, who has been more than advertised behind the plate, but has struggled at it with a bat in his hands.
Bryce Harper is primed for a big second half
Do you remember the moonshots Ryan Howard hit in his prime at Citizens Bank Park? Or how he would carry the Phillies on his back for a month at a time? That is what Bryce Harper is primed to do in the second half of this season, right when the Phillies need him most. Harper’s latest prodigious home run blast came in Tuesday night’s 9-8 walk-off win against the Los Angeles Dodgers; a three-run bomb that traveled 458 feet into the camera well adjacent to the batter’s eye in center field.
Go Template Pattern With Embedded Structs
Go allows the embedding of one struct inside another, where the embedded struct methods (both value and pointer receiver) can be accessed as if they were methods of the outer struct. As it turns out, the embedded struct doesn't have to be a struct — it can declared as an interface, and/or the implementation can be a function instead of a struct.
Three GC perspectives on change
Gloria Sánchez Soriano, head of transformation – legal department, Santander When our group general counsel (GC), Óscar García Maceiras, joined two years ago, he came with the idea of transforming the legal department. But Santander as a business is also in a huge process of transformation. Maceiras had a concern that we in our legal department in the market – and in many other legal departments – were working the same way as 100 years ago.
MLB Draft preview: Who will the Phillies select at No. 14?
The MLB Draft, the only amateur selection process in major pro sports that takes place during the regular season, will be held between June 3 and June 5, and will be covered extensively on the MLB Network and MLB.com. The Phillies have the 14th overall selection given their 80-82 record from last season. There is no lottery system in baseball; the picks are ordered by overall record, from worst to best.
Sole Sourcing Negotiations: SI Tactics and CIO Countermeasures
April 30, 2019Greg HallNo CommentsShare How CIO’s can ensure they maintain control of their sole source negotiations The SI engagement playbook Make no mistake, your SI’s plan to secure a sole source award for your Implementation is set in motion from the moment they land resources to begin the strategy phase of your transformation initiative.
What if the 2019 Phillies were the Avengers?
This week marks the Endgame for the last 11 years of Marvel films; a culmination of over a decade’s worth of interwoven stories, relationships and end credit scenes that is almost unrivaled in today’s pop culture landscape. When Avengers: Endgame hits theaters, people all over the world will watch their heroes put it all on the line to save the galaxy from the darkest evil mankind has ever known. The term hero spans multiple mediums, including sports.
Network Support Continues for Army's SFABs
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD (September 5, 2018) -- With the creation of the Army's first "advise and assist" unit known as the Security Forces Assistance Brigade (SFAB) in February of 2017, came an immediate need to equip these Soldiers with small team resilient communications equipment necessary for a rapid deployment into theater, and missions across a wide operational area.
Four ways Manchester City could flop
It’s barely November and Pep Guardiola’s pack of players have stretched out to an eight point lead over their closest and fiercest rivals across Manchester, and with the squabbling and jostling going below them, it must seem like the faint rumblings of a grievance way back in economy whilst they’re quaffing bubbles up in first.
MSHSAA State XC Championships C4 Boys by greghall24
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Lafayette Is The Best Team Missouri Has Ever Seen, But Are They Title-Worthy?
Editor's Note: Greg Hall of MileSplit MO spent three days embedded with the No. 5 ranked Lafayette (Wildwood) boys cross country team as they prepared for the Missouri State Championship this weekend and Nike Cross Regionals at the end of the month. These are his observations... Dylan Quisenberry was a street-tough wrestler who was just this side of being a juvenile delinquent when he entered Lafayette High School -- or maybe it was just the other side.
Ambiance Pics of MSHSAA Class 3-5 State Track & Field Championships by greghall24
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OTC: Why Does Kevin Kietzman Despise Alex Gordon? And Has KK Overstepped His Frienship W/ Billy Butler By Stating He’s Unhappy?
“I don’t want to read too much into this… I didn’t like the look of Alex Gordon (Wednesday) night.” Kevin Kietzman, who then proceeded to read a lot into Alex Gordon’s postgame reaction to he and Terrance Gore being interviewed by Joel Goldberg Wednesday night as he was soaked with Gatorade twice by Salvador Perez, 810 AM GH: Kietzman has to fill 20 hours of radio time each week and that can be a challenge when his show follows eight hours of live shows that basically cover the same players,...
Boston Bound KC Dinner Set For April 12th At Fox & Hound In OP
It has become a tradition for the Kansas City area runners who are registered to run the venerable Boston Marathon to meet in Kansas City the weekend before they travel to Beantown and the Back Bay. This gathering has become known as Boston Bound KC. Both first-time Boston runners as well as those who have run Boston more than a dozen times come together to share stories, make new friends and reacquaint with old pals. Some of my favorite running relationships were born here in 2013.
What's Your Favorite Running Movie?
So who is eagerly awaiting the release this month of what I believe is the first big-studio movie about high school cross country? I see some hands raised out there in West Plains, Hermitage, Herculaneum, Festus, Potosi, Eureka, Jackson, Kearney and Blue Springs. Most of those hands probably have mittens on them this time of year.
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