{"id":1873,"date":"2022-11-22T01:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T09:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2022-11-22T13:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:21:08","slug":"episode-191-lithium-ion-batters-recyclable-9-in-10-smbs-fear-ransomware-attack-and-rude-behavior-might-be-contagious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/2022\/11\/episode-191-lithium-ion-batters-recyclable-9-in-10-smbs-fear-ransomware-attack-and-rude-behavior-might-be-contagious\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 191: Lithium Ion Batters Recyclable, 9 in 10 SMBs Fear Ransomware Attack, and Rude Behavior might be Contagious"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25075509\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/1346593\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" libsyn_item_id=\"0\" theme=\"custom\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Topic 1: Good News on the EV Front: Lithium Ion Batteries can be Recycled!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/10\/audi-redwood-ev-battery-recycling\"> https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/10\/audi-redwood-ev-battery-recycling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes \u2026 we are headed for an EV world. No \u2026 there are not nearly enough batteries or charging stations or grid capacity to handle an EV world. But in a positive sign, it turns out that the rare Earth minerals used in LIon batteries do not degrade and can be recycled into new batteries. Increase supply. Reduce pollution. Recycle all those old battery items lying around your house. Win!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imeche.org\/news\/news-article\/the-big-battery-challenge-3-potential-alternatives-to-lithium-ion\"> https:\/\/www.imeche.org\/news\/news-article\/the-big-battery-challenge-3-potential-alternatives-to-lithium-ion<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Topic 2: Nine in Ten SMBs Fear a Ransomware Attack&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QOxjd9qcvq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msspalert.com\/cybersecurity-research\/most-smbs-fear-ransomware-attack-amid-heightened-geopolitical-tensions\/\">Most SMBs Fear Ransomware Attack Amid Heightened Geopolitical Tensions<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Most SMBs Fear Ransomware Attack Amid Heightened Geopolitical Tensions&#8221; &#8212; MSSP Alert\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msspalert.com\/cybersecurity-research\/most-smbs-fear-ransomware-attack-amid-heightened-geopolitical-tensions\/embed\/#?secret=T4ewr6NUKZ#?secret=QOxjd9qcvq\" data-secret=\"QOxjd9qcvq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA new study from OpenText reveals that nearly 9 in 10 SMB IT security professionals fear a ransomware attack on their organization \u2026 yet most do not plan to increase cybersecurity spending. Is this a failure to communicate \u2026 or a case of intentional ignorance?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Topic 3: Is Rude Behavior Contagious<\/p>\n<p>Rude behavior on the rise:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/10\/rude-behavior-frontline-workers\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/10\/rude-behavior-frontline-workers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Employees who experience rudeness at work are less satisfied with their jobs, less engaged with their work, less productive, less helpful, and less creative,&#8221; Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/co\/start\/strategy\/how-rudeness-can-ruin-your-workplace\"> https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/co\/start\/strategy\/how-rudeness-can-ruin-your-workplace<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Sponsor Memo: Gozynta&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you like getting paid? Then make it easy for your customers with Gozynta Payments.<\/p>\n<p>Do you teach your customers not to click on links from strange domain names like mymsp.monkeypayments.com or slowbooks.com?<\/p>\n<p>Gozynta Payments uses your branding and domain name. No redirects. No confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Gozynta Mobius is trusted by over a thousand MSPs to sync financial data. Their new product Gozynta Payments is built with the same care and empathy to make the payment process easy for your customers.<\/p>\n<p>Gozynta is a family-owned business dedicated to making software suck less every day.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/gozynta.com\/payments\">https:\/\/gozynta.com\/payments<\/a> to learn more or get started.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/25075509\/tdest_id\/1346593\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 1: Good News on the EV Front: Lithium Ion Batteries can be Recycled! https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/10\/audi-redwood-ev-battery-recycling Yes \u2026 we are headed for an EV world. No \u2026 there are not nearly enough batteries or charging stations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Killing IT Podcast"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Episode-191-Graphic-1024x538.png",1024,538,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Karl W. 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