New tools and technology can feel daunting, particularly if you already feel behind the curve, but the opportunities are endless if you can embrace a learning mindset that focuses on simply doing the next right thing right – fundamentals first, then baby steps. For example, when someone suggests a new tool, start by changing a knee-jerk “no” to a more open-minded “maybe,” then take another step, even watching a single video about the new technology. That’s the advice from technology advisor Kevin Sofen, who has spent more than a decade making connections between fire service organizations and industry to help fire departments implement new technology and data management tools. We dig into all this and more:

New innovations, like AI, satellite communications and drones

Top sessions from the IAFC’s Technology Summit International

How to involve more seasoned members without expecting them to be tech “champions”

Reframing the phrase “death by a thousand cuts” to “solutions by a thousand little things” for technology

Shifting the mindset from having to use tech tools to wanting to use tech tools

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