Mitch Cohen, founder of Clear Line Crisis, joins Rick to discuss why most organizations are dangerously unprepared for a crisis and how artificial intelligence can fundamentally change the way companies prepare for and respond to high-stakes events.
AI is one of the most urgent and misunderstood topics in the mortgage industry today. We address it in this episode.
In this episode, Rick sits down with longtime industry colleague Joe Bowerbank to explore the discipline of marketing communications.
In this episode of Rick’s Room, host Rick Grant talks with Melissa Kozicki, Director of Compliance at Mortgage Cadence, about the rapidly shifting mortgage compliance landscape and what lenders need to know now. Melissa explains that while there is significant churn—ranging from CFPB staffing changes and state-level activity to FHFA initiatives and speculation around Fannie…
In this episode of Rick’s Room, Rick Grant reconnects with longtime friend and industry leader Michael Harris to go beyond the philosophical and get practical about vision-driven leadership. Michael reflects on how successful leaders don’t just talk about culture—they build it from the inside out. Together, Rick and Mike explore: Mike shares his approach to…
In this episode of Rick’s Room, Rick Grant catches up with longtime friend and blockchain visionary Marvin Bantugan, CTO of Zventus. Together, they explore the renewed excitement around blockchain and cryptocurrency in the mortgage industry following a recent federal directive encouraging government agencies to consider crypto as an asset in mortgage origination. Marvin, a longtime…
Rick reconnects with longtime friend and indie film collaborator Dave Grundgeiger, now a seasoned computer programmer and founder of Contextium. Dave introduces his unique approach to artificial intelligence, one that diverges from mainstream large language models (LLMs) by focusing on deterministic, rule-based natural language understanding. This method allows deeper modeling of meaning and could help…
In this episode of Rick’s Room, Rick Grant sits down with Jamie Burkart to explore her journey as the founder of Phoenix Tax and Business Services.
Michael Harris, a management consultant specializing in process improvement, talks to Rick Grant about simplifying change management.
Charlotte Mueller joined Rick Grant in the thought leaders’ lounge to discuss leadership and the next generation of business leaders.
