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#644: AI-augmented human recommendations for retail customers with Noah Zamansky, Stitch Fix 27:12

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We are here at eTail Palm Springs and seeing and hearing the latest and greatest in e-commerce and retail. Question: Do you need to choose between AI and human recommendations as a customer? Why not have both? After all, don’t each have their strengths? AI in the retail experience is all the rage these days, but today I’m talking with someone from a brand that has been incorporating AI-personalized experiences and shopping combined with expert human recommendations for over 14 years, and continues to innovate today. Today we’re going to talk about how AI-based personalization plus human creativity and input makes an amazing customer experience at Stitch Fix. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Noah Zamansky, Vice President of Product and Client Experience at Stitch Fix. About Noah Zamansky Noah Zamansky serves as the Vice President of Product and Client Experience at Stitch Fix, where he leads cross-functional teams spanning Product, Design, Engineering, Algorithms, and Platform Development. A seasoned leader, Noah has a proven track record of shaping product vision and strategy, designing exceptional user experiences, and spearheading the launch of new business ventures. Before joining Stitch Fix, Noah held the role of Senior Director of Product Management at eBay, overseeing Fashion and Vertical Experiences. Resources Stitch Fix: https://www.stitchfix.com eTail Palm Springs: https://etailwest.wbresearch.com/ Connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstrom Listen to The Agile Brand without the ads. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3ymf7hd Don't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more: https://www.theagilebrand.show Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com The Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems. Learn more here: https://www.teksystems.com/versionnextnow The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company…

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The View from Our Side of the Cockpit Door

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#Aviation #Lifestyle #World War #Capt Nick #Society #Travel #Comedy

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Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC, Part 3 20:18

vor 6 weeks20:18

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Colin will be visiting California in a few weeks and will speak at the Voices of Valor Gala Dinner, A Tribute to the Greatest Generation, to be held at the Palm Springs Air Museum California Gala Dinner on the 8th of February 2025. https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/gala/ Colin Bell telling us his story The cockpit of a Mosquito The Canadian Mosquito factory at Downsview, near Toronto, Ontario RAF bomber crews eating their traditional breakfast after a mission One of Chilon of Sparta’s famous quotes Colin beside a painting of his Mosquito Female German Army personnel and an AA gun battery The dreaded white light indicating the presence of a Luftwaffe Me262 night fighter Colin standing by an Me262 jet fighter showing us what he thought of being chased by one The book of their exploits written by Colin’s navigator’s son Images shown under a Creative Commons licence with thanks to Fotoafdrukken Koninklijke Luchtmacht, the Royal Air Force, the IWM and images in the Public Domain.…

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Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC, Part 2 20:56

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This Tale is a continuation of the interview of World War II pilot Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC. At the age of 103, Colin recalls with perfect clarity what it was like to fly his De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito bomber into action as part of a Pathfinder Squadron. This Tale is the second part of the interview with Colin, the opportunity for which I have to thank my old friend Bob Judson. Having had a high ranking career in the RAF, Bob is now a consultant in the field of psychological, life and executive coaching and has a podcast, Leading 4 Life, which explores leadership in the stories of his own life and those told by his many illustrious guests, such as Colin. Bob was kind enough to allow me to share in this opportunity to interview Colin. If you want to take advantage of Bob’s services or listen to his free podcast then check out his website, here: https://www.leading4life.co.uk/ and his great podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2227500 The Nissen Hut was wartime emergency accommodation with a single coal burning heater. It was notoriously cold in the winter. A No 608 Squadron Mosquito, B Baker March, takes off from RAF Downham Market Bomber Command aircrew mission briefings RAF Bombers attacking Berlin with Pathfinder flares below them Most of Colin’s bombing attacks were made as individual aircraft Colin Bell talking to us during his interview Hanover under attack from US forces during a daylight raid Germani Anti Aircraft Artillery A Mosquito formation A period description of how OBOE functioned The bar of the Crown Hotel Downham Market A Focke Wolf FW190A similar to the type that employed the Wild Boar tactic Jimmy Stewart who flew the B17 and B24 in operational missions and became a Brigadier General in the USAF Colin stands beside one of the few remaining Mosquitos Images shown under a Creative Commons Licence with thanks to Mark Vickers, Colin Bell, the RAF, Bert Verhoeff, the Australian War Memorial collection, the IWM, RAF Bomber Command, German Federal Archives, the USAF and the USAAF.…

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The Safety of Safety 15:34

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You are sitting in your airliner and the handsome, pretty or in a non-binary sense cute, elegant, lovely or in a non exclusive way charming, fine, interesting or personable flight attendant is standing in front of you to demonstrate the safety features of your aircraft. Hopefully if you enjoy the airline pilot guy enough to be listening to this you might have more than just a passing interest in what safety equipment there is onboard the average big, well equipped, airliner. Most airlines show the gender-specific pronouns that are typically used to refer to people in the way they identify Door Arming controls Girt Bar system that can be found on older style aircraft Steph beside ‘her’ emergency exit Slide use in theory and in practice Disobeying safety instructions can lead to increased danger and possible loss of life The early days of air travel Jack Grant, an Australian, who invented the modern inflatable slide and won the Cumberland trophy Aircraft safety equipment Halon (halo-genated hydrocarbons) are the world’s best fire extinguishing chemicals but banned from manufacture Safety cards through the history of aviation Images are used under a Creative Commons licence with thanks to Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, Airbus, Oleg Bkhambri (Voltmetro), Boeing, Dr Steph, Marc-Antony Payne, Qantas Airways Ltd, John Collier, the Library of Congress, The Museum of Civil Aviation and SOC.…

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Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC, Part 1 19:22

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It is rare to have the opportunity to meet one of the brave young men who flew and fought in the Second World War so I was delighted to be able to talk to Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell DFC. At the age of 103, Colin recalls with perfect clarity what it was like to fly his De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito bomber into action as part of a Pathfinder Squadron. This Tale is just the first part of the interview with Colin, the opportunity for which I have to thank my old friend Bob Judson. Having had a high ranking career in the RAF, Bob is now a consultant in the field of psychological, life and executive coaching and has a podcast, Leading 4 Life, which explores leadership in the stories of his own life and those told by his many illustrious guests, such as Colin. Bob was kind enough to allow me to share in this opportunity to interview Colin. If you want to take advantage of Bob’s services or listen to his free podcast then check out his website, here: https://www.leading4life.co.uk/ and his great podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2227500 Flt Lt Colin Bell DFC RAF The lonely and dangerous job of a tail gunner The PT17 Stearman The Vultee BT-13A Valiant The North American AT-6 Texan trainer AKA the Harvard. The Bristol Blenheim The de Havilland DH98 Mosquito Colin with Bob (left) and myself (right) at the RAF Club in front of a painting of the Mosquito gifted to Colin and then presented to the RAF Club to display. All images are shown with permission or under the Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, the IWM, the USAAF, the National Museum of the USAF and Fotoafdrukken Koninklijke Luchtmacht.…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 31

vor 14 weeks

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I’m moving things on a bit in my logbook tales as it seems to be taking forever to get to the end so here’s the next one. I’d found a temporary job with the aircraft manufacturer British Aerospace flying Tornados and Hawks but now I was getting invitations to interview for jobs with a number of airlines. After months of drought, the flood gates seem to have opened and after wishing for just one offer I now had the opportunity to chose who I would go to. First, however, I needed to get through the interviews. A Monarch A300 A Cathay Pacific Tristar Virgin Megastores worldwide RB’s Manor House and the album cover for Tubular Bells Richard Branson starts his own airline, Virgin Atlantic Northwest Airlines put in a substantial order for Airbus A340s which were then flown by Virgin Atlantic The BAe Hawk delivery team One of the RMAS Hawk 108s In formation and we’re off to Malaysia First stop Nice Then on to Tanagra Luxor Dubai Mumbai A little ‘hot start’ in Bangkok Images under creative commons licence with thanks to RHL images, Virgin, Jaco Ten, Northwest Airlines History Centre,…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 30 19:01

vor 19 weeks19:01

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My logbook tales continue and after 5 months without an income the bucket of shekels I had to keep us afloat was starting to run dry… I could see glimpses of the bottom. Luckily the mortgage on our modest 2 up, 2 down, 250 year old, Scottish stone, terraced cottage at Leuchars wasn’t excessive and we had pared our living expenses down to the bone. The sniff of some flying work for British Aerospace down at their factory at Warton, however, was very, very welcome. RAF Warton during construction in 1938 The TSR2 and Panavia Tornado, both built at Warton The Eurofighter Typhoon, soon to begin construction at Warton The F3 Tornado in weather The BAe Hawk The Joint Tactical Information Display System An F3 Tornado with a towed decoy A Monarch Airways Airbus A300 Images shown under a Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, the MOD, British Aerospace, British Aircraft Corporation, the USAF, the USN, DoD and Monarch Airways.…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 29 16:30

vor 21 weeks16:30

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Stories from my logbook continue with the last few weeks of my service career, which were a blur of form signing, return of equipment, formal dinners, informal parties, speeches and gifts, all accompanied by feelings of regret and excitement at to what my future held. I flew my last flight in an F3 leading a 3 ship out over the Scottish highlands and then, after everyone had landed, I beat up the squadron low and fast. I then planned to do a low, slow pass with a full burner pull-up into the vertical… My full burner climb ended ignominiously when one reheat failed to light! The mecca of all things truckie! Brize Norton. The horrors of learning Morse Code! The Campaign Against Aviation The PA34 of British Aerospace which I flew at Prestwick Finally, the proud holder of an ATPL At last, the sniff of a job! Images shown under creative commons licence with thanks to the MOD, the RAF, the CAA, Chris Lofting and BAe Systems.…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 28 16:59

vor 27 weeks16:59

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Log book stories still abound but I’m now on the last volume of my small collection of RAF Form 414s. Unbeknown to me back then, my time in the Air Force was fast coming to a close. When I was offered the job on the Tornado it was on the understanding that I would serve an additional year to amortise the cost of training and I was now in coming up to the completion of my term of service, 19 years or aged 38 which ever was longer. If I signed on again it would be to age 55. What’s more, I needed to make up my mind as the RAF wanted 18 months of notice of my decision… would I stay or leave. The F3 Tornado He used a mixture of chicken entrails, throwing bones and gazing into his crystal balls to tell me my fortune With their glory days behind them the young guns often treated Specialist Aircrew with scant respect and as their skills grew tired and their experience became tarnished with age they sometimes had little to offer but old war stories The KC135 equipped for probe and drogue refuelling RAF weather colour codes My ATPL study books An F3 equipped for QRA The result of a midair collision Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Ronnie Macdonald, Mike Freer, Trougnouf, US DOD, Mike McBey, Defence Imagery, the RAF, the MOD, the RAF Air Historic branch, the IWM, J Thomas, Midjourney and Adrian Pingstone.…

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The Guinea Pig Club 18:53

vor 27 weeks18:53

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In the words of it’s benefactor, “It has been described as the most exclusive Club in the world, but the entrance fee is something most men would not care to pay and the conditions of membership are arduous in the extreme.” Other clubs that sprang up during the World Wars are more a measure of the bravado, luck or good fortune of its members to make use of an aircraft’s emergency survival equipment but the club I will tell you about today is one that honoured the grim stubbornness of its members to overcome the pain and disfigurement of their injuries with stoical good (if rather dark) humour. The Guinea Pig Club. The badge of the Guinea Pig Club McIndoe McIndoe and his patients Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, East Grinstead museum, the Library of Congress, the RCAF, the IWM, the RAF Benevolent fund and the Queen Victoria hospital.…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 27 20:09

vor 27 weeks20:09

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My logbook tales continue with my tour on Tremblers flying the F3 Tornado which had got off to a difficult start when our compliment of brand new aircraft were shipped off to other squadrons and, in return, we received the dregs of the RAF’s Tornado ADVs. They certainly weren’t in the best of condition and I began to think I was fated when I was forced to divert following a generator failure and X-drive clutch failure on an air test but then I was looking forward to leading a detachment down to Coningsby to fight F-16s over the North Sea in the Air Combat Manoeuvring range for a week. The British Aerospace North Sea ACMI served UK and European Air Forces Tremblers formate on the RAF’s new E3D Airborne Early Warning aircraft. An F3 Tornado fires an AIM 9 Sidewinder missile A piper plays at sunset A 100 Squadron Hawk trainer An F3 on approach The K2 Victor Air to Air Refuelling tanker trailing all 3 hoses Italian firemen hose down a Tornado canopy as it was too hot to close properly The F3’s single Mauser 27mm cannon The golfer Tom Kite playing for the USA in the Dunhill Cup at St Andrews The Royal and Ancient golf club at St Andrews beside the 1st tee and the 18th green. In front is the historic bridge built for herders over the Swilken Burn Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, the R&A golf club, BAe, Mike Freer and Optograph.…

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See and Avoid 21:06

vor 36 weeks21:06

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It’s the summer of 1971 and Helen Reddy is singing about hiking down to the canyon store to buy a bottle wine and having such a good time. I have no doubt that the nine prominent Salt Lake members of the Fishy Trout and Drinking Society returning from their deep sea fishing trip were feeling equally relaxed as they boarded their flight back home from Los Angeles. They were getting onto a Hughes Airwest DC-9, Flight 706, the forerunner of Capt Jeff’s beloved Mad Dog and Angry Puppy, belonging to a new regional airline purchased and renamed by Howard Hughes. A little before them, a U.S. Marine Corps F-4B Phantom II, Bureau Number 151 458 , departed Mountain Home Air Force Base in southwest Idaho, bound for Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada…. and so the story starts! A Hughes Airwest DC-9 A U.S. Marine Corps F-4J Phantom II, An ANA B-727 A JAF Japanese built F-86F Sabre The B-727 and F86 tracks The flight paths of the DC-9 and the Marine F-4 The F4’s position as would be seen from the DC-9 cockpit The DC-9’s position from the F4 front cockpit The eye’s Fovea Centralis, the small area of the eye’s retina that can detect fine detail Various TCAS displays Images under a Creative Commons licence with thanks to Richard Silagi, the U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation, Michael Bernhard, Hunini, the NTSB, the USN and U.S. Defense Imagery.…

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The 1 to 10 of Aviation 20:29

vor 36 weeks20:29

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The numeric version of three previous Tales covering the A to Z of Aviation. Now we look at what numbers might mean to pilots? Babylonian numeric text The Japanese Zero fighter A ‘tongue in cheek’ three engined Airbus The twin hulled S55 flying boat The North American F-82 Flying in Vic The Piaggio Avanti EVO The Old Course with RAF Leuchars in the background The 10 ton Grand Slam bomb The Seven Seas appeal of the DC-7C The NASA B-52 “Balls 8” Red 10 Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, Kogo, Arpingstone, images from the Public Domain, the USAF, the RAF, Scott Cormie, Swissair and Delta, NASA,…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 26 18:58

vor 39 weeks18:58

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As you may recall I was undergoing the training course for the Tornado F3 Air Defence Variant having completed four previous flying tours. Now being a senior officer it made the job of working as a student again a little more bearable. The Old Pilot’s logbook tales continue: An RAF Tornado Air Defence Variant 67° wing sweep Ait to Air refuelling from the wing stations of an RAF VC10 We watched in horror as a motley collection of hanger queens and scruffy excuses for aeroplanes were delivered, bent and leaking, onto our aprons Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Royal Air Force, the MOD, Adrian Pingstone, Chris Lofting, J Thomas and Pràban na Linne Ltd.…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 25 19:11

vor 1 year19:11

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Form 414, my RAF Logbook continues with me leaving Australia and the Hornet unhappily in my rear vision mirror as I was heading back to Blighty and a cold winter in Lincolnshire. No 229 Operational Conversion Unit was the training unit that would give me my first taste of the Mighty Fin, the Swing Wing Super Jet, Mother Riley’s Cardboard Aeroplane otherwise known as the Air Defence Variant of the Tornado. Not just a British aircraft, the Tornado was a project involving Germany and Italy as well. A cutaway of the ADV Tornado Just some of the multitude of limitations that Tornado pilots were required to memorise The Tornado cockpit showing the wing sweep lever The Mighty Fins of 43 and 111 Squadrons The RB199 lacked sufficient thrust to allow the F3 to perform adequately at medium and high level but it did have a way of going backwards! Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Surruno, Panavia, BAe, the RAF Museum, Mike Freer, Kevan Dickin, Chris Lofting and the RAF.…

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RAF Form 414, Vol 24 21:08

vor 1 year21:08

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After I landed my aircraft I clambered out of the Hornet with the cold realisation that I might have flown my last sortie. The spinning sensation had ceased and the sortie had gone beautifully, it was almost as if it had been a bad dream. A continuation of tales from the Old Pilot’s logbook, RAF Form 414. Was the sun about to set on my career? The surgery span round and round Promotion Exercise K89 One of our opponents, the F16 Firing off live missiles like the AIM 7M Sparrow Landing in a thunderstorm A week on Song Song island acting as the Range Safety Officer The RSO and his crew of Malay troops My final flight and the boys renamed my aircraft Nick The Pom!…

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