

Humanize IT
Adam Walter
MSPs will bridge the gap between business and technology with Humanize IT — a fun, educational podcast that will keep your MSP relevant, maximize your value and help your clients see you as a trusted partner. In each episode, hosts Adam Walter, Skip Ziegler and other industry experts will show MSPs how to excel with a new, more conversation-based approach to technology!
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Dec 4, 2023 • 25min
275 - The Value of Laziness
Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure.
In this episode, Skip and Adam talk through the value of being lazy and how it can drive your success. We talk in-depth about how to work smarter rather than harder as well as tips on how to gain that focus you so desperately want.

Dec 1, 2023 • 28min
274 - Blind Spots and How to Find Them
Everyone has blind spots, do you know yours? How can you find out and what is the cost of having blind spots?
In this episode seasoned veterans Adam and Skip talk through blindspots and how egos get in the way as well as how to sort them out so you can continuously grow.

Nov 20, 2023 • 26min
273 - Turkey Day 2023
This coming week marks the beginning of the end of the year. Since it is a 2-day holiday it kills the week and bleeds into the Christmas season. So what can you do with this knowledge?
In this episode, Skip and Adam talk through the opportunities that the holiday season brings and some tips and tricks on how to make the most of the chaos through the end of the year!

Nov 13, 2023 • 28min
272 - The Importance of Culture
Culture is often ignored when it comes to tech companies. What kind of culture are you creating? What kind of culture to you want to foster among your staff? If you are not deliberate you are leaving one of the most important aspects of your company up to fate.
Find out how to set culture and what the advantages are in this insightful episode!

Nov 6, 2023 • 31min
271 - Using SWOT for Risk Analysis
Mike Giovaninni and Adam Walter will be giving a talk at 4:00 Friday November 10th at IT Nation connect. This podcast is a preview of that talk and how you can effectively step into a CIO or CISO role to do a risk assessment with a versitile tool...the SWOT.

Oct 30, 2023 • 33min
270 - How to Listen
Have you been told you need to be a better listener? Well so have we, well 'We' actually means Adam. So, how do you listen better, what does it look like to listen well and what are the results of those 'conversations'. In this episode, Adam and Skip talk through how to recognize when you are being a bad listener vs a good one.

Oct 23, 2023 • 26min
269 - The Chaos of October
October is an odd month, it seems so simple and easy, just one holiday at the end of the month. So why is it always so chaotic?
In this episode, Skip and Adam talk through the reasons why Octobers are so chaotic and how we can avoid it.

Oct 16, 2023 • 33min
268 - The Price of Perfection
Do you ever wonder if there is a cost to being perfect? In this episode, we talk about how to become better rather than perfect. How you can stall your company by aiming for perfection rather than good.

Oct 9, 2023 • 15min
267 - Dungeons, Dragons, Halos & Ninjas
At Build IT Live 2023, we met great people and had great conversations. We recorded this conversation with Jonathan Crowe about community building. Check out this great episode as we discuss how we build our respective communities and attempt to steal Halo's McLaren...

Oct 2, 2023 • 29min
266 - Overcoming Analysis Paralysis
Some MSPs call it firefighting mode, some just are feeling overwhelmed. Whatever you call it, you are overwhelmed by the amount of data and items coming at you every day. We have sen quite a few MSPs who have been in this mode for YEARS.
In this episode Skip and Adam talk through different techniques to help you get out of analysis paralysis and get some traction so you can move forward with confidence!


