From The Experts (FTE)™

Topic: Creating a Digitally Enabled Innovation Community that Works

SME's:

Lawson Gow, Founder - The Cannon

Jon Lambert, CEO - The Cannon

Show Detail: The way entrepreneurial communities interact and collaborate today cannot keep pace with the ever increasing speed of innovation. What are best ways to leverage physical and virtual hub interactions to create a digitally enabled innovation community with that works? Join The Cannon Founder Lawson Gow and CEO Jon Lambert as they share specifics around what they are trying, where they are getting traction and where they are most challenged.

AGENDA (45MIN)

- Expert spotlight w/ Q&A

- Group Discussion

Topic: Workforce Productivity Depends on Setting Up Working Parents for Success

SME: Cindy Cisneros, Vice President Education Programs - Committee for Economic Development

Show Detail: How can employers help employees get back to the workplace and be productive in a post-pandemic year? Consider a primary variable in the equation of what working parents need to solve for on the home front—child care.

Topic: Setting up the hybrid workplace for success

SME: Josh Menk, Head of Delivery Systems and Innovation - Arion

Show Detail: What combinations of processes, people and tools are needed to deliver the new hybrid flexible workforce solution post pandemic return to work? From remote on-boarding to small footprint flexible desking and smarter help desk solutions; Arion’s Head of Delivery Systems and Innovation, Josh Menk, will share their Hybrid work approach, address some key challenges and look to the FTE network for input on lessons learned.

Whether you have already brought your employees back to the workplace or are just starting to bring them back, employers everywhere are grappling with how to maintain a safe workplace for their employees as more and more states lift COVID 19 restrictions. What's best practice on safety measures that employers should put in place to maintain a safe workplace? Can and should employers mandate that their employees get the COVID-19 vaccine? How to deal with employees who are either afraid to come to the workplace or do not want to take the vaccine? Join the conversation led by Laura Alaniz, Attorney and Partner with Porter Hedges LLP, and make sure your team is up on the latest legal trends in this evolving back-to-office challenge.

Does your business struggle with getting people to make buying decisions in the wake of the global pandemic? How can decision-maker behavior be adjusted to get them off the fence? Our expert shares this dilemma with the FTE network through a current business case, shares lessons learned, and seeks practical input from the live discussion group.

Although rarely reported in official energy statistics outside sub-Saharan Africa, charcoal persists alongside modern energy alternatives worldwide for industrial, leisure, and home applications. Learn about the charcoal global supply chain, its environmental footprint, and health impacts. What behaviors could / should be modified to help increase the sustainability of this energy resource? Join the discussion, learn,and share your take!

The effects of climate change and environmental degradation have prompted governments, businesses, and individuals to rethink how they produce and consume energy. This has been coined as the “Energy Transition”. What does the energy transition look like for a western-style homeowner? Is the consumer market mature and cost competitive to provide adequate choices? Is the reliance on new technologies in residential power and private transportation still the most resilient and clean alternative? The speaker will describe his own family’s journey on their energy transition.

Key legal trends influencing business leaders today- Intellectual Property

Emerging from the pandemic business is coming back strong. Tune into the FTE / Porter Hedges three part series on key legal trends influencing business leader decisions and investments today.

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Cleantech is rapidly becoming one of the hottest areas of global investment as countries and companies commit to ambitious net zero emissions targets. What does the road map to a successful acquisition and implementation look like? What are the right signals, behaviors and success factors to consider when investing? Amy Henry, CEO of Eunike Ventures, helps start-ups, buyers and bankers are doing this through their proprietary model for technology acceleration and adoption. What keeps her up at night? "It’s about having the right mindset, access to smart robust financing, and behaviors that impact speed of adoption to operational integration”. Amy will share their current challenges and is interested in what models, experiences and connection the FTE network has that may unlock new opportunities.

One of the most difficult problems businesses face is finding new customers! Today most companies use some combination of digital marketing techniques and sophisticated technology to find ‘sales ready’ B2B leads that are ready to buy. However, it turns out that closing the "ready to buy" sale is not a slam dunk at all. Matter of fact it can be elusive. Why? Need for speed! It seems no matter how warm the sales lead is, clients' struggle to connect quickly enough to solve the buyer’s needs, affecting close rates. Join the FTE discussion with Jeff Hoogendam CEO of 360Connect, who spends a lot of time helping clients and buyers understand and solve this problem. Jeff will share some lessons learned on this journey and ask the network for your experience!