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Adam Hickman, Vice President of Organizational Development at Partners Federal Credit Union, explores effective strategies for personal and professional growth insights from Disney and data-driven HR. Disney is a company renowned for its exceptional employee training and organizational culture. In the same vein, Partners Federal Credit Union, while taking inspiration from Disney's practices, also understands that training is not always the sole solution for achieving a thriving workplace environment. Today, Adam discusses learning and development tips from Disney.

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Jason Tan, Founder of Engage AI, delves into using generative AI to supercharge sales. The struggle of balancing business operations and client engagement is a common challenge for SMB owners, and LinkedIn has proven to be a valuable channel for networking. Recognizing this challenge, Engage AI emerged to help SMB owners and B2B sellers create context-aware comments that stand out and engage their prospects effectively. Today, Jason discusses using generative AI to supercharge sales.

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Ed Barker, Data Literacy Lead at GM Defense, explores data-driven culture and governance. For an organization to become data-driven, data silos must be eliminated. Fortunately, with data governance, organizations can democratize data access to employees while maintaining high data quality for confident decision-making. Today, Ed discusses key principles of data governance.

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Ed Barker, Data Literacy Lead at GM Defense, explores data-driven culture and governance. Embracing a data-driven culture within an organization is more than just a change in processes or technology. The success of this cultural shift relies heavily on leaders championing the cause through words and actions that align with the envisioned data-driven future. Today, Ed discusses creating a data-driven culture.

• Ed Barker: Website // LinkedIn
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• Diedre Downing: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

Wendy Lynch, Founder of Analytic-translator.com, discusses data analytics success factors. Business leaders desire results that require no explanation due to their simplicity, while data scientists prefer complex results that prompt everyone to seek an explanation. However, bridging this divide is crucial to ensure that data analytics provide business value for organizations. Today, Wendy shares her insights on how we can convert data analytics into maximum business value.

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• Wendy Lynch: Website // LinkedIn
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Wendy Lynch, Founder of Analytic-translator.com, discusses data analytics success factors. Data scientists and business teams frequently face communication challenges, causing friction and unsuccessful analytics projects. Incorporating an analytic translator helps bridge this gap, leading to better returns on analytics and less time spent redoing projects. Today, Wendy shares her insights on why most analytics projects fail. Also check out Wendy's new website launching in January: www.dataintosolutions.com

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• Wendy Lynch: Website // LinkedIn
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• Diedre Downing: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

Carolyn Clark, Vice President of Employee Experience Strategy at Simpplr, discusses AI in employee engagement. Forward-thinking businesses recognize internal communications as a key strategic asset, acknowledging its role in fostering retention, revenue growth, and heightened productivity. Yet, quantifying the direct influence of communication initiatives on business results poses a challenge. Today, Carolyn shares her insights on measuring the impact of internal comms on employee engagement.

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Carolyn Clark, Vice President of Employee Experience Strategy at Simpplr, discusses AI in employee engagement. Using AI, companies can efficiently analyze vast amounts of data, anticipate employee needs, and deliver tailored experiences. This contrasts with manual engagement efforts that often rely on limited data interpretation, resulting in a less efficient approach to boosting employee morale and satisfaction. Today, Carolyn shares her insights on AI-driven engagement.

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• Dominic Bohan: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

John Peebles, CEO of Administrate, delves into data-driven strategies for transformation. Training leaders and teams often find themselves in a reactive position, rather than at the forefront of organizational change, which is a strategic mistake. However, armed with the right platform and infrastructure, they can proactively drive and lead organizational change, positioning themselves strategically at the forefront of innovation and development. Today, John discusses the power of training data for digital transformation strategies.

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John Velcamp, Identity and Data Strategy Lead at Capgemini, delves into creating a competitive advantage with strategic data identity. As third-party cookies go away, and data privacy restrictions increase, this presents major implications for brands. However, onsite, first-party data is an untapped source of value as it is data owned by brands that respects privacy regulations, and that’s where CDPs become useful. Today, John discusses how brands should build a marketing data strategy.

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