The Agile Brand™ with Greg Kihlström

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S4 | Episode 244: Is your business ready to run without you? with Jeff Finney, Author and Entrepreneur

Is your business ready to run without you? Today we’re going to talk about learning to let go as a business owner and giving more control over to your team members. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Jeff Finney, owner of Ultimate Cabinet Components, and Author of That’s It, I’m Fired.

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S3 | Episode 191: The Exponential Enterprise with Rich Nanda, Monitor Deloitte

Today we’re going to talk about the “exponential enterprise,” and how companies can achieve and sustain growth despite continual change and disruption in all aspects of the world around us. Monitor Deloitte recently released a report entitled “An Exponential Enterprise Framework to Help Companies Double Their Valuations, Even During Continuous Disruption and Change,” and I’m joined by one of its co-authors, Rich Nanda, Principal, US Monitor Deloitte, Practice Leader

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S3 | Episode 190: The Retail Customer Experience with Erica James, Medallia

Every industry has its unique challenges and opportunities in delivering great customer experience. Today we’re going to talk about Customer Experience and Retail. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Erica James, Global Head of Retail Practice at Medallia.

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S3 | Episode 189: The Value of Embracing Setbacks with Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco

Today we’re going to talk about handling setbacks, and how bouncing back from unexpected challenges can make you stronger, more resilient, and more successful. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Mike Ciorrocco, Chief Executive Officer at People Building, and author of ROCKET FUEL Convert Setbacks Become Unstoppable.

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S3 | Episode 182: Agile Customer Service with Daniel Rodriguez, Simplr

Today we’re going to talk about agile customer service and how organizations can be as nimble with their customer support teams as they are in other aspects of business in our cloud-based world. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Daniel Rodriguez, Chief Marketing Officer at Simplr.

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S3 | Episode 179: Meaningful measurement of transformation initiatives with Peter McCoy, Baton

Today we’re going to talk about meaningful measurement of transformation initiatives, why existing measurement devices often aren’t enough, and better ways to approach finding success in digital transformations. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Peter McCoy, Investor, Advisor, and Co-Founder of Baton.

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S3 | Episode 178: Leadership and the Patient Experience with Tracy Courtney, UPMC

Today we’re going to talk about leadership, employee, and patient experience in the healthcare space, and how the healthcare space poses unique challenges and opportunities in these areas. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Tracy Courtney, Director of UPMC Experience/Project Management at UPMC International Training Site.

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S3 | Episode 177: Continuous Improvement and Optimization with Brian Browning, Kin and Carta

It is one thing to say that you are measuring and testing, and another to make continuous improvement and optimization part of your company’s DNA. Today we’re going to talk about going beyond simple A/B testing and how to build a culture of experimentation in your organization. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Brian Browning, Vice President of Technology at Kin and Carta.

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S3 | Episode 172: Aligning Leadership, HR, & DevOps with Duena Blomstrom, People Before Tech

Today we’re going to talk about the gap between leadership, HR, and DevOps in many organizations, and how aligning them can bring better results to both the individuals within the organization, as well as the success of the organization as a whole. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Duena Blomstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, People Not Tech and author of the book “People Before Tech” to her second time on this show. Duena - welcome back to the show!

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S3 | Episode 170: Positive Career Change with Jeremy Cline

You could say that there’s never a wrong time to make a positive change in your life, whether that’s personal or professional. Today we’re going to talk about career changes in the midst of the pandemic, and how the last year has provided us all with some perspective about what we do and don’t want in our lives. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Jeremy Cline, host of the Change Work Life podcast.

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S3 | Episode 168: Regenerative Business with Carol Sanford

Today we’re going to talk about going beyond adaptivity and agility into something called regeneration, and how to not lose who you are as a business in the process. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Carol Sanford, Author and Executive Producer at The Regenerative Business Summit.

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S3 | Episode 147: Creating Repeat Customers with Shep Hyken

Today we’re going to talk about a critical component of the customer experience: creating customer loyalty so you have satisfied customers, advocates for your brand, and, ultimately customers who COME BACK for more. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Shep Hyken, Chief Amazement Officer, Customer Service Speaker, Customer Serv. & Customer Experience Expert, keynote speaker and best selling author. His new book I’ll Be Back, where he deals with these topics will be available soon.

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S3 | Episode 145: Return to the Office with Susan Soroko, Arlington Economic Development

Today we’re going to talk about returning to the office, and why place and placemaking will always be important to the workforce, even in the era of a hybrid workforce. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Susan Soroko, Director, Creative Economy at Arlington County Economic Development.

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S3 | Episode 142: Educating the Future Workforce with Charlie Oliver, Tech 2025

Today we’re going to talk about educating the workforce to adapt to and plan for the future of work. This includes upskilling and reskilling to outpace automation, introducing no code resources to the current workforce, and ensuring companies can adapt to the hybrid work environment.. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Charlie Oliver, Founder & CEO of Tech 2025 and Served Fresh Media.

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S3 | Episode 141: Let's talk about Agile Marketing with Steve Moubray

Today we’re going to talk about how marketers can embrace agile principles to be more successful in their work. While agile has a number of applications, marketers are uniquely suited to benefit from it. We’re going to talk about the value of experimentation, having patience to measure results, and the power of continuous, incremental improvement. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Steve Moubray.

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S3 | Episode 133: Preparing the Future Workforce with Brittany Greer, Rosie Riveters

Today we’re going to talk about the increased demand for a diverse workforce, and how STEM skills are and will continue to be in demand. To prepare the future workforce, it’s good to start young to ensure that all children, particularly those less likely To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Brittany Greer, Executive Director of Rosie Riveters.

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