How To Innovate Your Way Out Of Economic Uncertainty
I sat down with Todd Hirsch, the Modern Economist, to explore the need for a new way of thinking to help us prepare for economic uncertainty.
We cover a lot of ground including the importance of adaptability, collaboration, and embracing change in order to thrive in uncertain times.
How to build innovation, agile, and pivot the right way.
We’re losing patience. We expect things to happen quickly.We need to #Pivot.
Free AI Is Not Free
#AI is amazing. It boosts productivity, saves time, automates repetitive, boring processes. When starting an AI project, many people don’t consider everything that’s needed to make the project successful. In our experience there are 7 key factors:1) Good Data: Don’t underestimate time needed here.2) License and software: AI might be free but integrations and enhancements […]
Day 393 of my 6 – 7 Figure Business Journey: Networking
Networking is a awkward. I get it. It can feel salesy and fake. But I’ve learnt it doesn’t have to be. I recently spoke on “Networking To Grow Your Business” at the Innovate Calgary Founders Forum and I wanted to share my learnings and experience. Here are questions from the audience and my answers: I’m […]
Don’t Waste Time In Software Demos
We were over an hour into the ERP demo and the vendor was still working through menus and showing us how to change font colors. None of this was helping fix our issue with asset management hierarchies. I learned a valuable lesson that day – focus your software demos.Don’t waste your time or the vendor’s […]
What do you do if you’re struggling with public speaking?
Let fear push your forward rather than hold you back.I was asked by LinkedIn to answer a question on presentations and public speaking and thought I’d share my learnings… Let fear push your forward rather than hold you back.Be nervous.It’s normal, natural and it’s your body giving you a boost of adrenalin to perform better.After […]
What do you do if your IT Strategy needs a boost of innovation through problem solving skills?
Here’s my answer on the LinkedIn IT Strategy articles page: Timebox.The best ideas will come first, don’t over analyze.Get all the stakeholders in the room, assign a facilitator, set expectations, set a time limit and go! I find anonymous post-it notes on boards (in person or virtual) works best. Next prioritize the ideas by voting […]
How Often Should I Post On LinkedIn?
I’ve heard that posting more than once a day on LinkedIn will impact your views.Then I heard marketing expert Gary Vaynerchuk saying to post three posts a day. 📈 Does this confuse you? 🤷♂️ My view is post 2 – 3 times a week and also spend time each week on your business, marketing, lead generation and […]
