E36: MLB Pro Scouts Brad (SF Giants), Taylor (TX Rangers) Cameron on Identifying & Developing Talent

01/18/24 • 55 min

This week host Troy Edgar interviews Major League Baseball scouts Brad and Taylor Cameron. Together, they brought two different perspectives to the topic of identifying and developing talent in Major League Baseball.

Brad has been a professional baseball scout for 33 years. He started with the Cleveland Indians in 1990 and has been with the San Francisco Giants for the last 18 years. With the Giants, he has earned three World Series rings for their victories in 2010, 2012, and 2014. Brad was kind enough to bring those to the interview and we got a great picture for the show.

Taylor was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates. After being a player, he started his career in 2012 as a Southern California area scout with the Minnesota Twins. He then worked for the Seattle Mariners before joining the Texas Rangers in 2021. Last year in 2023 the Rangers won the World Series. Now, Taylor will join his dad in receiving his first World Series rings when the season opens.

Finding talent in sports, business or any organization is always one of the hardest and most important things to do as a leader to be successful. In this podcast episode, we explore the similarities of corporate recruiting to the scouting process, the importance of evaluating player makeup and character, and the role of technology in scouting.

And yes, with Taylor in the room representing the Texas Rangers, Troy had to ask the question many Los Angeles Dodgers fans are wondering. What is the possibility of Clayton Kershaw joining the Texas Rangers when he returns from surgery as a free agent? You're going to have to listen to hear his response!

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AmeritocracyTM is produced by Prospect House Media and recorded in studio locations in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.

Check out the video version of this episode, now on YouTube.

AmeritocracyTM is produced by Prospect House Media and recorded in studio locations in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.

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E35: Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) District Attorney Steve Wolfson on Crisis Management & Communication

This week, host Troy Edgar travels to Las Vegas to meet with Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson. Steve was previously a Las Vegas City Council member and has been practicing law there for over 40 years. He has served as the District Attorney since 2012. His office handles over 75,000 cases a year and has recently been in the media spotlight with high-profile cases such as the arrest of Duane "Keefe D" Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder, the UNLV shooting, and the death of teen Jonathan Lewis, whose murder was captured on video by a mob of high school students.

In our professional lives, we often face critical situations that demand immediate responses, challenging our crisis management skills. This episode explores Steve's perspective and approach to crisis management. We discuss how his prosecution and criminal defense law expertise enables a quick understanding and framing of complex issues when he is on the clock to provide a timely response to the community and media.

If you're interested in more discussions about crisis management and communication under pressure, you may want to listen to a previous Ameritocracy interview: E19: U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Michael Day on Leadership and Career-Defining Moments in our episode library.

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AmeritocracyTM is produced by Prospect House Media and recorded in studio locations in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.

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E37: USC Marshall School of Business Professor Joe Raffiee on Return to Office Policies

This week, host Troy Edgar had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Joseph Raffiee, Professor of Strategy at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. Troy and Joe have worked together at USC on the Veteran MBA program that is specifically designed to assist military veterans in seeking new business careers.

Joe discusses the meritocracy process to become a tenured professor and his balanced focus on research, teaching, and service. Joe has been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Undergraduate Professors” nationally and his research has been published in prestigious education journals and publications including the Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, and Wired Magazine.

In addition to discussing his research on employee mobility and entrepreneurship, Joe shares his perspective on the “Return to Office” policies and possible effects on companies, workers, the market, and the economy.

Lastly, Joe provides a glimpse into his ongoing research that involves exploring the impact of partisan differences on innovation.

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AmeritocracyTM is produced by Prospect House Media and recorded in studio locations in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.