Sage Thought Leadership Podcast

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What's Sage Thought Leadership Podcast about?

The Sage Thought Leadership Podcast is dedicated to the possibility that entrepreneurs continue the work of creation. We celebrate them by allowing them to tell their stories and share their knowledge with others. In doing so we energize the success of businesses around the world through the imagination of our people and the power of technology.

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Sage Thought Leadership Podcast episodes:

04.18.2024
Steve Hearsum on his book, No Silver Bulllet: Bursting the bubble of the organizational quick fix
Steve Hearsum discussed the limitations of quick fixes and the importance of functional collaboration in a complex world. They also explored the link between anxiety and creativity, and the need for leaders to acknowledge their limitations and learn. Lastly, they...
04.16.2024
Thought Leader - Domenic Colasante on the real power of AI in marketing
Domenic Colasante discussed the potential benefits and challenges of integrating artificial intelligence in marketing, emphasizing the importance of human expertise and the need for more personalized and impactful content. The concept of heroism was also explored in relation to professional...
04.04.2024
Thought Leader - David G. Ewing on Systematizing Customer Experience
Summary David G. Ewing emphasized the importance of mapping individual customer journeys, utilizing a systematic approach encompassing systems, processes, culture, and incentives to deliver exceptional customer experiences. He highlighted examples that exemplified the power of empathy and cultural values in...
04.02.2024
Thought Leader - Anton Skornyakov on waterfall and agile project management
Summary Anton Skornyakov, the co-founder and managing director of Agile.Coach, discussed his role in coaching organizations and individuals on agile project management methodologies. He emphasized the importance of delivering small, useful pieces of a project to customers for feedback and...
03.28.2024
Thought Leader - Scott Tillema on applying crisis negotiations to business
Scott Tillema discussed the importance of negotiation skills in various fields, particularly business, and how techniques used in crisis negotiations can be applied to business situations. Scott emphasized the need for emotional intelligence, self-regulation, and effective communication in difficult conversations....
03.26.2024
Sage Partner - Kendyl Campbell on her podcast The Dirty Boots Show
Kendyl Campbell , a director of strategic partnerships, emphasized the importance of bridging the information gap between companies, field operations, and financials. She highlighted the potential for cost savings by integrating systems to eliminate the information gap and shared her...
03.21.2024
Sage Partner - Gary Feldman on how AI will supercharge ERP
In this episode Gary Feldman, CEO of I-Business Network and board member of 90 Minds, discusses his transition from helping companies to exploring the potential of AI in enhancing ERP systems. He shares insights from his session on "How AI...
03.20.2024
Sage Partner - Vik Pothnis on improvements in expense management
Vik Pothnis discussed the significance of partnerships and alliances at Fyle, where Vik serves as a leader. They also explored the difficulties in expense management, such as manual reconciliation of credit card statements, broken bank feeds, and errors in reconciliation....
03.14.2024
Sage Partner - Chuck Peddy on the impact of AI on ERP implementations
In this episode Ed Kless interviews Chuck Peddy, VP of 90 Minds and Senior Consultant at Smartbridge, live from Palm Springs. Chuck discusses his drive to improve people's lives through efficiency and delves into AI's significant impact on various industries, including...
03.13.2024
Sage Partner - Cody Manning on how AP Automation Improves Lives
In the podcast, Cody Manning discusses his professional journey and current role as the Chief Sales Officer. He shares his passion for helping individuals reach their full potential and highlights the potential for extreme efficiencies in AP automation. Cody also...
03.07.2024
Sage Partner - Meg Higgins on the growing complexity of sales tax compliance
Meg Higgins discussed the challenges small businesses face in navigating technology, with Meg emphasizing the need for assistance. Meg shared her experience in business development and strategy. The conversation shifted to Meg's admiration for Ray Dalio, a hedge fund investor...
03.06.2024
Sage Colleague - Anthony Sanchez on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
Anthony Sanchez, a seasoned software industry professional, shared his passion for his work and the satisfaction he gets from making people's lives easier through the solutions he helps develop. He discussed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act...
03.05.2024
Thought Leader - Apryl Syed on the use of personas in marketing
Apryl discussed her experiences and strategies in marketing and customer relations. Apryl shared her career journey and her current focus on helping businesses grow. She also talked about the use of marketing personas, with Apryl emphasizing the importance of regularly...
02.29.2024
Sage Colleague - Ann Donie on generative AI in fixed asset management
Ann Donie explored the potential of their product to enhance customer productivity and offer advice on best practices. They also discussed anonymizing customer data and implementing appropriate security measures to improve the product. Ed suggested the product could suggest trade...
02.27.2024
Thought Leader - Hitendra Patil on a fresh look at the accounting firm business model
Hitendra Patil discussed the evolving role of accounting firms, emphasizing the shift from output to outcome. He highlighted the challenges of defining and demonstrating this difference to clients. Hitendra also noted changes in the business model of accounting firms, with...
02.26.2024
Sage Partner - Inder Seth on the changing conversation of ERP customers
Inder Seth, the CEO of Limelight Software, discussed her journey in the tech industry. Inder shared her passion for problem-solving, innovation, and collaboration. She also explained how her company's automation software has transformed the way finance teams operate. Inder mentioned...
02.23.2024
Sage Partner - Colette Markham on the changing approach to ERP marketing
Colette Markham shared her insights about the Nuvei's marketing approach, which involves understanding the needs of their partners and tailoring strategies accordingly. She mentioned that about 20% of their top Partners are broken down into tiers, and each partner's needs...
02.22.2024
Sage Partner - Brett Michalson on maximizing the value of ERP
Brett Michalson shared about the company's focus on enhancing the Sage Intacct ecosystem with integrations, automations, and intelligence products. He also reflected on his professional journey and the importance of fully leveraging a new finance and accounting system. Furthermore, Brett...
02.21.2024
Sage Partner - Jeremy Almond on the commercial uses of blockchain
Jeremy Almond discussed the limitations of traditional financial services and how his company, Paystand, is using blockchain technology to improve the industry. He emphasized the benefits of Paystand’s service, such as faster money transfers, automated processes, and eliminating fees. Ed...
02.20.2024
Sage Partner - Scott Hollrah on the weaving together of culture and brand
Scott Hollrah discussed the mission and culture of Scott's company, Venn Technology. Scott emphasized the importance of freeing small and medium-sized businesses from time-consuming tasks through integrations between cloud accounting and CRM solutions. He also underscored the significance of company...
02.19.2024
Sage Partner - Ben Parker on the evolution of expense management
Ben Parker shared his professional journey and insights on the evolution of expense management, emphasizing the need to balance controlling and insight into spend. Ben also revealed that his father, a successful salesman, was his hero due to his dedication...
02.15.2024
Sage Partner - Andy Nunez on being acquired by a private equity firm
Andy Nunez is an industry leader with extensive expertise in operational and sales domains, specializes in ERP consulting and ISVs. His M&A; career started in 1997 with ePartners, eventually leading to the co-founding of NexTec Group. As SWK Technologies' CRO,...
02.14.2024
Sage Partner - Zack Manning on how technology improves lives
Zack Manning shared his career journey and his passion for sales and customer success. He emphasized the importance of building high-performing teams and his instrumental role in FISPAN’s growth. Zack also discussed his approach to sales, adding value for the...
02.14.2024
Sage Partner - Daniel Cuthew on turning information into action
Daniel Cuthew discussed the importance of data-driven decision-making and the role of technology in facilitating this process. Daniel, the global partnership executive at Phocas Software, shared his mission to create value for Phocas and their partners through innovative and customer-centric...
02.13.2024
Thought Leader - Geof Brown on righting retention in the accounting profession
Geof Brown is Illinois CPA Society President and CEO, role he took over in 2023 and has quickly moved to maintain the society’s position as a thought leader in the profession while stepping up as one himself. In fact, Geof...
02.09.2024
Sage Partner - Thejo Kote on bringing disparate systems together for expense management
Thejo Kote discussed the challenges and solutions in expense management for small and medium-sized companies. Thejo Kote, founder and CEO of Airbase, a spend management platform, explained the difficulties of bringing together disparate systems to properly understand expense management. He...
02.07.2024
Sage Partner - Edwin Willis on the impact of fewer people going into the accounting profession
Edwin Willis, Director of Channel Sales for Quadian Financial Automation, shared his journey in the channel sales industry, emphasizing the role of mentors and his team in his growth. He also discussed his focus on helping his team achieve their...
02.06.2024
Sage Colleague - Diane Gaa on how professionals can use AI to learn a better way
Diane Gaa is a Learning Professional with over 20 years' experience in the learning industry specializing in executing transformation strategies for human resources and learning & development currently working at Sage as Director of Design, Experience and Technology. Her passion...
02.02.2024
Sage Partner - BC Krishna on the continuing challenge of cash flow
“BC” Krishna is the founder and CEO of Centime, Inc., a provider of comprehensive cash management solutions to small and mid-sized US businesses. Cash is the lifeblood of every business, and yet, most business don’t have the solutions to manage...
02.01.2024
Thought Leader - Geni Whitehouse on how accountants will create value in the future
Geni Whitehouse is a CPA and the President of the ITA, the Founder of The Impactful Advisor, and a consultant to wineries in the Napa Valley. Whitehouse’s resume includes roles at Top 100 and niche accounting firms, accounting software developers,...
01.31.2024
Sage Partner - Erik Tomalis on how the not-for-profit sector has responded to the decline in giving
Erik Tomalis is a proven fundraising professional and has always been forward thinking, donor and people driven, but most of all results oriented. With 20+ years of professional fundraising experience, Erik made over 4,500 face-to-face donor solicitations where he has...
01.30.2024
Sage Partner - Brian Kelly on taking advantage of WOTCs
Brian M. Kelly is the Managing Partner of CMS (Cost Management Services) at iRecruit. Brian has over 25 years of experience in the Human Resources software and tax credit industry. CMS originally sold HR Software, and Work Opportunity Tax Credit...
01.29.2024
Sage Partner - Christopher Reeves on why the value of data is NOT overhyped
Christopher Reeves claims to be as passionate about data as he is about food and music. Christopher is the CEO of ZAP, makers of Sage Data and Analytics and is a technologist with a product and finance background. As a...
01.26.2024
Sage Partner - Anthony Miller on unpacking the meaning of "integrations"
Anthony Miller is the business Development Director at Flowgear, a global business that specialises in integration and aims to shed the workload & complexity of App-to-App integration quickly & affordably, using their no code platform. Anthony is also a serial...
01.25.2024
Sage Partner - Jeremy Hemsworth on creating value for customers
Jeremy Hemsworth is a seasoned marketer and U.S. Army veteran. He currently leads partner marketing at Ramp and has held various marketing roles at Microsoft, Slack, and Salesforce. Throughout his career, he has focused on helping customers understand how tech...
01.24.2024
Sage Partner - Ryan Kerry on using data wisely to assist with the dearth of talent in the accounting profession
In the late 1990s, Ryan Kerry initiated his investment technology career at Advent software. Advancing through roles at Advent, he later joined SEI to oversee their outsourced investment management. With a knack for data management and client service, he established...
01.23.2024
Sage Partner - Justin Smith on the economic signs of a good M&A environment
Justin Smith is the Chief Financial Officer of LeaseQuery. Justin provides leadership and oversight for capital allocation, financial management, operational efficiency and investor relations. He brings nearly 20 years of experience and came to LeaseQuery in 2023 from Goldman Sachs,...
01.19.2024
Sage Partner - Tom Miller on when is the right time to consider an exit plan
Tom Miller After a career of over 5 decades in the technology industry Tom Miller currently works directly with the ownership of Net at Work to assist in driving the company’s M&A; strategy. His career began as a mainframe sales...
01.19.2024
Thought Leader - Adam Lean on avoiding the accountant's trap
Adam Lean transitioned from an accountant to a successful entrepreneur, having built and sold two businesses. He's now dedicated to guiding business owners and is the brains behind The CFO Project—a platform that trains accountants and tax professionals to offer...
01.10.2024
Sage CRM Podcast Series - A session with Renishaw Plc – Episode 3
Summary Across three episodes, Jeff Richards and David Beard from the Sage CRM team talk with Bea Rebollo from Renishaw Plc, who are a global engineering technology group, creating high-precision technology for metrology and healthcare. Operating across 67 locations in...
12.13.2023
Sage CRM Podcast Series - A session with Renishaw Plc – Episode 2
Summary Across three episodes, Jeff Richards and David Beard from the Sage CRM team talk with Bea Rebollo from Renishaw Plc, who are a global engineering technology group, creating high-precision technology for metrology and healthcare. Operating across 67 locations in...
11.14.2023
Thought Leader - Christian "Boo" Boucousis on the debrief as a business mindset
When it comes to unlocking human potential and achieving organizational success, there's no one quite like Christian 'Boo' Boucousis, CEO of Afterburner Inc. A former fighter pilot turned business founder, author, and inspirational speaker, Boo has earned over 1,000 five-star...
11.09.2023
Thought Leader - Mike Smart on how SMBs deal with market uncertainty
Founder of Egress Solutions, Mike Smart. For over 25 years in the information technology and software industry including several executive positions with responsibility for product management, product marketing, development and operations for NASDAQ--traded companies in the internet and software industries....
11.08.2023
Sage CRM Podcast Series - A session with Renishaw Plc – Episode 1
Summary Across three episodes, Jeff Richards and David Beard from the Sage CRM team talk with Bea Rebollo from Renishaw Plc, who are a global engineering technology group, creating high-precision technology for metrology and healthcare. Operating across 67 locations in...
11.07.2023
Thought Leader - Dan Michelson on his book Holy Shift!
Dan Michelson is the Founder and CEO of InCommon, a “for purpose” company that helps companies turn culture into a strategy that drives productivity and engagement by ensuring everyone feels connected and part of the CORE. He has a 20+...
11.02.2023
Thought Leader - Rusty Shelton on his book The Authority Advantage
Rusty Shelton is Founder and Chairman of Zilker Media, Senior Marketing Strategist at Forbes Books, and an active speaker to audiences around the world. He has written three acclaimed books, including his newest, The Authority Advantage: Building Thought Leadership Focused...
10.31.2023
Thought Leader - Chris Meroff on his book Empathy Revolution
Chris Meroff is a CEO, founder, author and serial entrepreneur with a passion for helping business professionals find fulfillment in their work through sustainable success. In 2011, he started his first company, MSB Consulting. In 2019, he pivoted into the...
10.26.2023
Thought Leader - Rick Yvanovich on why we should be architects of change
Rick Yvanovich is a serial entrepreneur, techie, Brit, baby boomer, and professional bean counter with over 40 years of experience in various businesses, including supermarkets, the accounting profession, breweries, newsagents, defense manufacturing, IT, and property development. He has worked at BP...
10.24.2023
Thought Leader - Lauren Maffeo on Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up
Lauren Maffeo is an award-winning service designer working full-time at Steampunk where she serves the U.S. federal government. She is a founding editor of Springer’s AI and Ethics Journal and an adjunct lecturer of Interaction Design at The George Washington...
10.19.2023
Thought Leader - Sharekh Shaikh on a different take on hybrid work
Sharekh Shaikh is the Founder of CleverX , a platform that powers market research teams by providing them with access to the tools and the hardest-to-reach commercial audiences. The company's platform allows users to build a network with business professionals...

What's Sage Thought Leadership Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Sage Thought Leadership Podcast episodes:

Steve Hearsum on his book, No Silver Bulllet: Bursting the bubble of the organizational quick fix

Thought Leader - Domenic Colasante on the real power of AI in marketing

Thought Leader - David G. Ewing on Systematizing Customer Experience

Thought Leader - Anton Skornyakov on waterfall and agile project management

Thought Leader - Scott Tillema on applying crisis negotiations to business

Sage Partner - Kendyl Campbell on her podcast The Dirty Boots Show

Sage Partner - Gary Feldman on how AI will supercharge ERP

Sage Partner - Vik Pothnis on improvements in expense management

Sage Partner - Chuck Peddy on the impact of AI on ERP implementations

Sage Partner - Cody Manning on how AP Automation Improves Lives

Sage Partner - Meg Higgins on the growing complexity of sales tax compliance

Sage Colleague - Anthony Sanchez on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

Thought Leader - Apryl Syed on the use of personas in marketing

Sage Colleague - Ann Donie on generative AI in fixed asset management

Thought Leader - Hitendra Patil on a fresh look at the accounting firm business model

Sage Partner - Inder Seth on the changing conversation of ERP customers

Sage Partner - Colette Markham on the changing approach to ERP marketing

Sage Partner - Brett Michalson on maximizing the value of ERP

Sage Partner - Jeremy Almond on the commercial uses of blockchain

Sage Partner - Scott Hollrah on the weaving together of culture and brand

Sage Partner - Ben Parker on the evolution of expense management

Sage Partner - Andy Nunez on being acquired by a private equity firm

Sage Partner - Zack Manning on how technology improves lives

Sage Partner - Daniel Cuthew on turning information into action

Thought Leader - Geof Brown on righting retention in the accounting profession

Sage Partner - Thejo Kote on bringing disparate systems together for expense management

Sage Partner - Edwin Willis on the impact of fewer people going into the accounting profession

Sage Colleague - Diane Gaa on how professionals can use AI to learn a better way

Sage Partner - BC Krishna on the continuing challenge of cash flow

Thought Leader - Geni Whitehouse on how accountants will create value in the future

Sage Partner - Erik Tomalis on how the not-for-profit sector has responded to the decline in giving

Sage Partner - Brian Kelly on taking advantage of WOTCs

Sage Partner - Christopher Reeves on why the value of data is NOT overhyped

Sage Partner - Anthony Miller on unpacking the meaning of "integrations"

Sage Partner - Jeremy Hemsworth on creating value for customers

Sage Partner - Ryan Kerry on using data wisely to assist with the dearth of talent in the accounting profession

Sage Partner - Justin Smith on the economic signs of a good M&A environment

Sage Partner - Tom Miller on when is the right time to consider an exit plan

Thought Leader - Adam Lean on avoiding the accountant's trap

Sage CRM Podcast Series - A session with Renishaw Plc – Episode 3

Sage CRM Podcast Series - A session with Renishaw Plc – Episode 2

Thought Leader - Christian "Boo" Boucousis on the debrief as a business mindset

Thought Leader - Mike Smart on how SMBs deal with market uncertainty

Sage CRM Podcast Series - A session with Renishaw Plc – Episode 1

Thought Leader - Dan Michelson on his book Holy Shift!

Thought Leader - Rusty Shelton on his book The Authority Advantage

Thought Leader - Chris Meroff on his book Empathy Revolution

Thought Leader - Rick Yvanovich on why we should be architects of change

Thought Leader - Lauren Maffeo on Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up

Thought Leader - Sharekh Shaikh on a different take on hybrid work

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