The CUInsight Experience: Expecting the Best (

Welcome to episode 202 of The CUInsight Experience podcast with your hosts, Randy Smith, co-founder of CUInsight.com, and Jill Nowacki, President and CEO of Humanidei.
This episode is sponsored by Trellance. Trellance is a leading technology partner for credit unions, delivering innovative technology solutions to help credit unions achieve more. With a comprehensive suite of analytics, cloud and talent solutions, the Trellance team ensures credit unions increase efficiency, manage risk, and improve member experience.
In this season Jill and I will have conversations centered around leadership, credit unions, and living our best lives. We will have some of the most respected leaders from around credit unions who we are grateful to call friends join us in the discussion from time to time too.
In this episode, you will hear us discuss the importance of optimism, especially as a leader. We unpack the differences (as well as similarities) between being optimistic and being realistic and whether or not optimistic can ever be unchecked. Jill stresses why it’s so incredibly important that leaders set an example of optimism for their teams.
Not everyone is naturally inclined toward optimism, so we discuss some ways to cultivate it, and Jill highlights the importance of understanding that even though it’s crucial for leaders to model optimism, it’s important to understand that leaders are humans who have bad days as well, and we describe ways to match optimism with pessimism and find a happy medium.
Whether you naturally lean more toward pessimism or toward optimism, this episode is one that you won’t want to miss!

[@AkshathNG]

Hey Randall, insane value on this episode and keep it up! I really appreciate the substance of the conversation, but there a few things as a listener that threw me off, that I figured might help you and your team
Firstly, topics you talk about are hard to find (with a lot of value) STILL I am having a hard time getting hooked onto the show because it isn’t able to stand out to me.
Secondly (please take this in the best way possible) the video lacks personality, I recommend creating a personal intro that clarifies the theme, followed by a trailer highlighting peak moments to truly engage your audience.
I hope you take this constructively, I see huge potential in your podcast. I've sent you an email to your official email address (under the name Akshath) with a detailed breakdown of my thoughts on it