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Ian Wilson is the Managing Director for Strategy 4 AI, an enterprise artificial intelligence strategy firm focused on delivering value. Ian has extensive experience in leadership with a focus on the ROI of innovative tech, from scale-ups to international enterprises. He is also a guest speaker and video content author. His career has taken him on a journey from corporate business and military development to Director and Global Head of Artificial Intelligence at HSBC Bank. Ian graduated from the University of Westminster with a Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence. In this episode… With an evolving digital industry, how quickly can your business adapt to market changes? From startups to experienced industry leaders, there are many factors that make up an AI program to help you map and construct data for measuring your success. Is there a way to create a flexible enterprise program that can efficiently identify profitable opportunities? Ian Wilson has knowledge and experien...

Watch Day One training for the San Diego Marathon. The first day of training was in March 2021. The videos are raw content immediately after my runs - and then edited to look nice and funny. We hope you enjoy them and we encourage you to listen to the Measure Success Podcast where we interview leaders on how they measure success in business and their personal life.

Tommy Breedlove is a keynote speaker, business coach, and the Founder of Choose Goodness. After beginning his 20-year corporate career at Deloitte, he became a shareholder for Massive Technologies and has sat on the board of directors for some of the largest public accounting firms in the Southeastern United States. Tommy is now a Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author, penning the title, Legendary: A Simple Playbook for Building and Living a Legendary Life, and Being Remembered as a Legend . He graduated from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accounting. Tommy enjoys hiking, traveling the world, and spending time with his wife and two dogs. In this episode… What should you be doing to become a better leader? How do you infuse true authenticity into yourself and your brand to create success? Many of us fail before we even start due to a lack of purpose and fear. According to Tommy Bree...

Christine Miller has over 20 years of experience in media and marketing and is the Owner of Miller Consulting, LLC, a firm that helps companies grow their client base and increase revenue through sales coaching, training, and consulting. Christine has expertise in business development, sales coaching, client management, and more. She is also a regular speaker, trainer, and podcast guest. Before this, Christine was the Director of Sales for Comcast, the Director of New Business Development for MySightSee, and the Sales Director for Sison Broadcasting Inc. She has worked in virtually every aspect of sales, marketing, advertising, management, and team building. In this episode… No matter what industry you’re in, if your sales are not performing as well as you hoped, it may be due to your sales strategy. There are many factors that might be holding you back from making a sale — fear of seeming too salesy, an ineffective closing process, or a general lack of research, to name a few. So, ...

Mike Carmody is the Owner of MudMixer, an innovative two-phase infusion system for mixing concrete, and the Owner of Red Dog Mobile Shelters, an aerodynamically anchored mobile tornado shelter. Mike is also a chartered financial analyst (CFA), a fellow of the society of actuaries (FSA), and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA). He has been an instructor at SaltSolutions since 1998, guiding actuaries on all three levels of the CFA exam. In addition to his entrepreneurial career, Mike instructs students and actuaries on how to pass the Investment and Financial Markets (IFM) Exam and Validation by Educational Experience (VEE) Exam at Coaching Actuaries. He is an avid runner and enjoys spending time with his family. In this episode… When starting a business, it is more important to get it right than to be on time. It takes a great deal of patience to overcome the obstacles thrown at a new business. Mike Carmody knows this all too well — but how did he begin? Before gett...