The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the global economy, but business didn’t stop—it adapted. Many organizations rewrote recovery and business continuity plans. Some companies reprioritized projects to optimize costs, while others created new business models and ways of working. Regardless of which path they took, the pandemic forced digital transformation upon businesses that weren’t necessarily ready for it. Speed is more essential than ever. Agility is an imperative. Organizations are recalibrating technology roadmaps. They’re pivoting and prioritizing the “big rocks” crucial to creating a resilient enterprise in a new digital economy. The cloud is the greatest enabler for both business and delivery agility, but transformation requires bold leadership. Leaders from TEKsystems and 1Strategy discuss how organizations must take action; to not only survive, but also thrive, in the digital economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today we’re going to talk about agility in how we relate to ourselves. While we’ve all grown up with unique backgrounds, habits, and things we were taught as the true measures of success, as we go through life we can often find that those things, even if well-intentioned, are either incorrect, or don’t apply to us as they might have been intended.. The challenge, then, is to find a way to continually improve ourselves in order to be better. I talk a lot about agile processes and how companies can use them to improve everything from customer and employee experience to branding and marketing, but today we’re going to talk about applying transformation to one’s self. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Laura DiBenedetto, Best Selling Author and CEO of Vision Advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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While government is often described as anything but agile, there are plenty of people working with agile methodology, as well as a more scalable and iterative mindset in all sectors, both private and public. In fact, government agencies are increasingly turning to agile methods for all kinds of solutions, from software development and more. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Dave Witkin, Principal at Packaged Agile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to talk about how to adapt your events to be more virtual in a marketing environment that is in continual fluctuation. With the massive changes that COVID-19 has brought to the world of corporate and association events, many companies have scrambled to adapt to make them virtual, with mixed results. Some organizations, however, have found a way to innovate and create great experiences despite the limitations. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Mark Michelson, CEO of CX Talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to talk about agility in how you deliver customer experiences. While customer experience always requires a sharp focus on listening and adapting to customer needs, most companies have had to make much larger changes recently due to COVID-19 and the different rules of operation. To talk about this in more depth, I thought we’d explore an industry that often thrives on interactions in physical spaces: museums. We’re going to explore how a museum was able to adapt its methods of delivering experience in a way that not only served the temporary needs due to COVID restrictions, but also set the organization up for future success in an increasingly online world. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Craig Langlois, Chief Experience Officer, Berkshire Museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to talk about how agility can help an organization maintain good employee and customer experience, despite tumultuous times. We are also going to talk about how the role of great employee experience is to make sure that employees are enabled to find balance between their work and personal lives, and that, when done well, one benefits from the other. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Nancy Greatrix, Director of Human Resources and Becky Lechner, Employment Brand Manager, from Room and Board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to talk about startups, and the importance of ensuring your teams are able to maintain agility throughout your development and growth. This means knowing how to configure your teams with both internal and external resources, and even when to build things internally versus externally. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Dan Moore, CEO and Co-Founder, Vaporware. Dan co-founded Vaporware to help entrepreneurs take their software ideas to market. Over the past 6 years, he has helped Vaporware deliver thousands of iterations across dozens of apps in 4 main industries (Healthcare, HR, Real Estate, and IT) - ranging from the first MVP versions to modern iterations on mature solutions. With a strong belief that anyone can become the next big software as a service company, he leads Vaporware in helping business founders pivot their business through process automation, technical modernization, and software innovation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we’re going to talk about agility in teams, and how productivity, psychological safety, and an agile approach work together for the benefit of organizations and those who work within them. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Duena Blomstrom, an accomplished author and Co-Founder and CEO of People Not Tech. PeopleNotTech offers a revolutionary machine learning-powered software solution in the form of a work tool that checks and improves Psychological Safety in teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices