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Episode 204 - Jim Harter, PhD discusses his new book "It's The Manager" (a #1 new release on Amazon) and new Gallup research that finds managers and team leaders are the single biggest factor in your organization's success. Jim is Chief Scientist for Gallup's workplace management practice. He is coauthor of the New York Times bestseller "12: The Elements of Great Managing," and "Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements," also a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Host, Kevin Craine

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Episode 203 - Alex Bates discusses his book "Augmented Mind," and explores how augmenting humans, combining human intuition and artificial intelligence, will herald an unprecedented era of productivity and financial success. Alex performed DARPA-funded research in neural networks, human memory and computational diagnostics. He is the Managing Director at Neocortex Ventures a firm bringing artificial intelligence and machine learning to the forefront of the industrial market.

Host, Kevin Craine

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Raymond Houser discusses his book "The Winning Advantage" and how to tap into your richest resources. Throughout a notable career that spans selling books door-to-door while in college to running his own companies, Raymond Houser learned that certain actions and attitudes can either reinforce your goals or prevent you from achieving them.

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Episode 202 - In this "Best Of" episode, Host Kevin Craine discusses five action items you can use to take advantage of Vertical Marketing. It can be difficult to succeed if you are perceived as a "jack of all trades." Instead, boost your sales and your profits by specializing in one or more vertical markets. Listen for five actionable steps you can take to develop a "beachhead strategy" focused on winning a particular market first before moving into other, larger markets.

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Episode 201 - Futurist Tom Koulopoulos discusses "The Bottomless Cloud" and how AI, the next generation of the cloud, and abundance thinking will radically transform business. On the heels of his Amazon bestselling book "Revealing The Invisible," Tom teamed up with entrepreneur David Friend to provide a straightforward understanding of the incredible power of the cloud and data abundance; it's an entirely new way to think about the value and the role of data in building tomorrow's enterprise.

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Episode 200 - Sandy Rogers, leader of FranklinCovey's Loyalty Practice, discusses the book "Leading Loyalty" -- a #1 New Release on Amazon -- and ways to crack the code to customer loyalty. Sandy was previously senior vice president at Enterprise Rent-A-Car and during his 14 years there managed the turnaround of the London, England, operation and led the teams that developed Enterprise's system for improving customer service across all branches. He is a graduate of Duke and Harvard Business School. Listen for three action items you can use today.

Host, Kevin Craine

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Episode 199 - Bill Lobig, VP of Digital Business Automation at IBM discusses Artificial Intelligence and enterprise content management. Bill explores how innovations using AI are fueled by content, and how organizations are gaining advantage using strategies that leverage the value of data using automation. Listen for action items that you can use today.

Host, Kevin Craine

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Episode 198 - Raafi Alidina discusses his book, co-authored with Stephen Frost, "Building An Inclusive Organization" and ways organizations can leverage the power of a diverse workforce. Raafi is an associate at Frost Included limited in the UK and an expert in behavioural economics and equality practices. He got his Masters in Public Policy at Harvard and spent a year as a Research Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Host, Kevin Craine

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Episode 197: Kevin Kruse, NY Times best-selling author, discusses his book "Great Leaders Have No Rules" and contrarian leadership principles to transform your team and business. Kevin is the founder and CEO of LEADx, the first company to create a virtual executive coach using IBM Watson artificial intelligence. You may remember him from episode 64 when we talked about his book "15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management."

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Episode 196 - Chris Duffey discusses his new book "Superhuman Innovation" and transforming businesses with Artificial Intelligence. Chris used AI to write his book, in the form of Aimé, an intelligent bot Chris assembled using AI and natural language tools. Chris and his work has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, the NY Post, The Guardian, and many more. He's the head of AI Innovation & Business Strategy at Adobe, and he serves on Rutgers University Data Advisory Board. Listen for five action items you can use today.

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