The Power Hour

Efficiency isn’t just about cutting costs — it’s about finding new growth opportunities, and two major innovations are leading the way forward. 

In this final installment of our Power Hour Innovator Series, Eugene Shatsman sits down with the teams behind Barti and Teem — two companies transforming how practices run smarter, not harder. 

Direct download: TPH_Ep_17.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 5:44am EDT

In this episode of Power Hour, renowned author and customer experience strategist, Dr. Joseph Michelli, joins Eugene Shatsman to explore how practices can craft emotional, memorable, and loyalty-driven experiences that set them apart. With a track record that includes Starbucks, Mercedes-Benz, Ritz-Carlton, and Zappos, Michelli unpacks how optometry practices, no matter the size, can apply the same principles used by global giants to delight patients and strengthen practice growth.

Direct download: TPH__Ep_16.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 11:11am EDT

Most practices think buying the latest technology will automatically boost revenue but Dr. Sage Hider says it’s not about what you buy, it’s how you use it. 

Direct download: TPH__Ep_15.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 9:58am EDT

This isn’t a clinical episode, it’s a human one. 

Kenneth Hines, known online as Professor Hines, is a celebrity photographer with a global portfolio. Despite depending on his eyes to make a living, he quietly lived with deteriorating vision, avoiding the eye doctor for over a decade. It wasn’t cost. It wasn’t access. It was something deeper. 

Direct download: TPH__Ep_14.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 7:17am EDT

Some patients walk out feeling wowed. Others walk away — and never come back. What’s the difference? It’s not your prices. It’s not your credentials and the experience. 

In this eye-opening episode of Power Hour, Eugene Shatsman sits down with Shareef Mahdavi — industry consultant, speaker, and author of Beyond Bedside Manner — to expose one of the most overlooked (yet most profitable) parts of practice growth: the patient experience. 

Direct download: TPHEp_13.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 2:00pm EDT

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