My guest today is Kevin Kelley, strategy and design firm principal. He has over 35 years working in the areas of retail, food and places of public gathering and commerce. Skilled in Architecture, Brand Strategy, Retail Strategy, Retail Design, Business Model Innovation, Consumer Behavior, Consumer Psychology and Management. Kevin is a frequent lecturer at conferences around the U.S. and in Asia.

The topic is his book Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Place and connection
• Design and architecture
• Human experiences
• Retail and consumer behavior
• Creativity and innovation
• Human decision-making process
• Importance of natural interactions
• Extracting insights from clients
• Understanding human senses
• Novelty and unique experiences

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I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can’t get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

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Please enjoy my monologue Trend Following Perspective with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can’t get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms:
Twitter: @covel
Facebook: @trendfollowing
LinkedIn: @covel
Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

My guest today is Tim Pickering, founder, CIO and president of Auspice Capital Advisors. Tim leads strategic decision making and the vision for Auspice’s diverse suite of active and passive systematic trend following (CTA) and commodity strategies. Prior to forming Auspice, Tim was VP of Options Trading at Shell Trading North America. He is also the Chair of Finance Advisory Council of Haskayne School of Business.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Challenges in entrepreneurship
• Trend following and replication
• ETFs as a delivery mechanism
• Risk management
• Fee reduction and alpha generation
• Performance comparison in various investment strategies

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I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can’t get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms:
Twitter: @covel
Facebook: @trendfollowing
LinkedIn: @covel
Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!