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Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 56

March 9, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 56

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 56
Savannah Business Leadership Series: UNIS and Savannah Tech

Kevin Werntz serves as s Vice President for Economic Development at Savannah Technical College. In this role, Kevin is responsible for all non-credit education including customized corporate training, professional continuing education, certified testing and corporate assessment.  His team also administers the Childcare Resource and Referral Services for Region 5, Southeast Georgia. His background includes more than 18 years of sales and business development, marketing and customer care experience with leading global organizations, Johnson & Johnson and VeriSign, Inc. Werntz holds an MBA from Jacksonville University and a bachelor of arts in communications from the University of Georgia. He serves on the Technology Association of Georgia’s Savannah Board of Advisors as well as the Board of The American Red Cross Southeastern Region. Connect with Kevin Werntz on LinkedIn and learn more about Savannah Technical College here: https://www.savannahtech.edu/

Lou Stover serves as Director of Sales at UNIS Fulfillment and Transportation. Founded in 1989, UNIS LLC has grown into a major, nationally recognized Third-Party Logistics Provider (3PL). From humble beginnings with just a few trucks operating in Southern California, UNIS has expanded into all major US markets, impacting the successful flow of commerce with superior technology, smarter supply chains and faster execution. The company prides itself on an agile, customer-driven mindset, and strategic investments in technologies that give our clients the visibility and operational insights they require in today’s dynamic supply chain environment. Lou also serves as President of Savannah Logistics Connections. Connect with Lou Stover on LinkedIn and learn more about UNIS here: http://www.uniscompany.com/

Scott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently namd a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Upcoming Events Mentioned in this Episode
2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: www.AtlantaSupplyChainAwards.com
2019 Georgia Logistics Summit: www.GALogisticsSummit.com
AME Atlanta 2019 Lean Summit: https://www.ame.org/ame-atlanta-2019-lean-summit
EFT 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: click here

Elizabeth Strickler with GSU, Cryptocurrency Investor Zach Hoffmeister, and Drew Shah with PantherCoin Student Lead

March 7, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Elizabeth Strickler with GSU, Cryptocurrency Investor Zach Hoffmeister, and Drew Shah with PantherCoin Student Lead

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A passionate believer in creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, Elizabeth Strickler uses her talents to support students and clients to start businesses, tell immersive stories, and build a stronger cultural economy. She is excited to combine her knowledge of media technologies and the decentralized movement with local, digital and international communities. As the Director of Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) and The Blockchain Lab at Robinson College of Business, she works to make her visions become reality and virtual reality.

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In 2017, Zach Hoffmeister had significant financial success buying and selling cryptocurrency. He was able to pay off all of his 10 year graduate loans in one month. Zach co-authored a book called “The Millionaire Millennials”, a beginner’s guide to investing in cryptocurrency. This book highlights two Georgia State grads’ oft-suspenseful stories of cryptocurrency investment, including the pitfalls and glory. Zach’s story has been featured in two GSU articles, a short video and a podcast. He is currently working to form a group podcast called “CryptBoyz”, focused on discussing undervalued cryptocurrency tokens and discussing current cryptocurrency news.

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Drew Shah is a junior at Georgia State studying media entrepreneurship and computer science. He has worked with major companies, Atlanta startups, and has run his own ventures. Drew currently runs a venture capital firm, in addition to consulting on several ventures. He is the student lead for Georgia State blockchain initiative, Panther Coin, working to make the student experience better using new tech.

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Janet Orr with GSU Perimeter College, Maher Ahmed with Clarkston Entrepreneurs and Micah Ford with NVRBEENSTANDARD

March 7, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Janet Orr with GSU Perimeter College, Maher Ahmed with Clarkston Entrepreneurs and Micah Ford with NVRBEENSTANDARD

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Janet Orr teaches macro, micro, and global economics on the Georgia State University’s Perimeter College Clarkston campus. She is currently serving as assistant chair of the Business Department. One of the joys of her new position is promoting entrepreneurship on her campus and in the surrounding community. She enjoys acting as a liaison to bring motivational speakers, educational speakers, how-to workshops, and consultants on campus to encourage budding student entrepreneurs as well as community entrepreneurs.

Maher Ahmed is President and a founding member of Clarkston Entrepreneurs at Georgia State University. He is the President of Reliable Development Group which provides housing, assistance and a community for senior citizens to thrive in. Maher is also a business development advisor for MedSmarter. He is interested in networking, entrepreneurship, innovative healthcare development and policy, business consulting, and community building (through various not-for-profit and for-profit entities).

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Micah Ford is a charismatic intelligent 21 year old sophomore from Talledga, Alabama and has lived in Georgia for five years. Micah is currently operating a clothing brand called NVRBEENSTANDARD, apparel for Outstanding Individuals. He is also current President of Panther Activities council and VP of Entrepreneurship Club.

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Ken Mathis with GSU ENI, Jennifer Daniels with Flying Laboratories and GSU Startup Mentee Adesuwa Imafidon

March 7, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Ken Mathis with GSU ENI, Jennifer Daniels with Flying Laboratories and GSU Startup Mentee Adesuwa Imafidon

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Ken Mathis is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence in Georgia State University’s (GSU’s) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute(ENI) where he teaches a course on How to Scale a New Venture and runs the Incubator for Startups.

He has an extensive track record of developing and implementing Large Scale, High Impact, Innovative Enterprise Payment Solutions for the Banking, Utility, and Health Care industries. He has over 30 years of Financial Services/Payments Industry experience as well as running a startup in the Payments Software-as-a-Service Businesses for the B2B market segment. Prior to GSU and starting two businesses, Ken held leadership positions at IBM, MasterCard and PriceWaterHouseCoopers.

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Jennifer Daniels is a bold and inspiring strategic leader, entrepreneurial growth adviser, certified coach and experiential workshop facilitator. She helps business leaders achieve better outcomes and greater impact by infusing entrepreneurial approaches into leadership development, strategic planning, operations, marketing and sales.

Jennifer serves as President at Flying Laboratories®, a strategic advisory and leadership coaching company. She is also an adjunct professor at Georgia State University teaching entrepreneurship in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. She’s a member of Cherry Bekaert’s innovation advisory board and is Chairperson of the Catholic Charities Atlanta Leadership Program.

For over 20 years, Jennifer held progressive leadership roles in technology, process improvement, sales, marketing and innovation acceleration at GE. Most recently she was a commercial organization executive leading an intrapreneurial startup that provided management consulting services to GE’s most strategic customers. Jennifer also served in sales and marketing executive leadership positions at ChoicePoint, USIS, and LexisNexis, and was co-founder of Slimpressions® with a patented line of women’s shapewear.

Jennifer earned her B.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland and MBA from Georgia State University.

Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn, and follow Flying Laboratories on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Adesuwa Imafidon is a recent graduate from Georgia State University with a Bachelors in Managerial Science and a minor in Entrepreneurship. She is a certified dermatology technician and an entrepreneur. Adesuwa is an active woman within the community and church. She volunteers with anti-human trafficking organizations on numerous actions.

Adesuwa is currently starting her own unisex natural skincare company that is on a mission to change the skincare industry. She has participated in many pitch competitions, placing 4^th in her very first one at Clayton State University and 1^st with a team in a class at Georgia State University. Adesuwa recently participated in the TYE University Business Pitch Competition. She is fond of international business as she took a course abroad in Sweden.

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T’Keyah Johnson with GSU’s IBMS, Biomedical Enterprise Master’s student Amani Mallory and Future Ethics and Compliance Specialist Anika Tahsin

March 7, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

T'Keyah Johnson with GSU's IBMS, Biomedical Enterprise Master's student Amani Mallory and Future Ethics and Compliance Specialist Anika Tahsin

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T’Keyah Johnson is the Graduate Program Coordinator for IBMS, and is responsible for student recruitment, advising and program administration. T’Keyah received her BS in Financial Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University, and is currently working on her M.Ed from Tiffin University.

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Amani Mallory is a IBMS Biomedical Enterprise Master’s Student. She has a B.S., Biological Sciences from GSU and was a researcher in Dr. Kang’s influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

Anika Tahsin recently completed her master’s in Biomedical Enterprise at Georgia State University where she also worked as a GRA (Graduate Research Assistant) and analyzed the probability of miRNAs being a mediator in the interaction between the host intestine and fecal microbiota. Anika has been exposed to the general pharmaceutical operational and strategic system overview by the renowned company UCB Pharma through coursework. She also served as a Patient Value Intern at UCB over the summer of 2018 as well. During the internship, Anika worked on her own research review project, along with gaining exposure to regulatory, compliance, and market access related activities.

Anika has experience in conducting organizational entrepreneurship innovation and customer experience and customer value improvement course projects. She obtained skills in basic microbial laboratory techniques – such as bacterial cell cultures in liquid and solid media, histology, genotyping, and PCR operation. She has two years of combined working experience in research environment in a biophysics and a biology lab.

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Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 55

March 6, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 55

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 55:
Savannah Business Leadership Series: DIRTT & Frendesign

Laura Lee Bocade is a Market Development and Green Team Leader for DIRTT Environmental Solutions, a Calgary-based manufacturer of prefabricated, sustainable interior construction solutions, representing DIRTT in the Savannah and Coastal Georgia region. Laura Lee’s mission is to develop and build local, state and regional community partnerships and to ‘spread DIRTT’ – central to DIRTT’s progressive approach to corporate social responsibility, sustainability, disruptive innovation and grass-roots philanthropy. Laura Lee graduated with a B.A. in Journalism from Central Michigan University and has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resource Management. Laura Lee worked in Real Estate Development for years as Director of Operations for Medallist Developments’ Savannah Quarters, worked for the President of The Coastal Bank and as Chief Operating Officer for Innovations in Contemporary Furniture in Atlanta. Laura Lee’s early career years were on Seventh Avenue in the fashion industry, based in New York City where she spent months each year travelling across Europe, Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Mexico, India and other international locations sourcing materials, developing relationships and locating manufacturing opportunities, negotiating contracts and establishing production facilities for multiple brand-name designers’ many product lines.

Laura Lee is a member of the Georgia Association of Manufacturers, The Georgia Manufacturing Alliance, Women in Manufacturing (WiM), the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) as the 2018-2019 Chapter President, is VP of Marketing on the APICS Savannah board, is a member of World Trade Center Savannah and is on the Advisory Council of the Savannah Economic Development Authority. She serves as President of the board of Mountainfilm Savannah, is co-licensee and board member of TEDx Savannah, a member of Metropolitan Savannah Rotary, is on Savannah Technical College’s Community Council and is a long-time member of the Jenkins High School of Engineering Business and Education Advisory Board. Laura Lee was awarded a STEP Award by the National Association of Manufacturer’s ‘Women in Manufacturing’ (WiM) Institute in 2015 and was honored to deliver the 2015 Georgia Southwestern University Commencement address. She has championed DIRTT to win numerous awards and accolades, most recently the 2018 World Trade Center Savannah International Business of the Year Award, the International Georgia Business of the Year Award for Medium Company in 2016 and the Georgia Manufacturer of the Year for Small Business Award in 2013.

Ms. Bocade resides in Savanah, Georgia with her rescue dogs Jesse and Allie, loves riding her Harley Davidson Fat Boy named Bandit, biking (with pedals), reading, traveling, the beach and being an engaged and contributing member of the Savannah community. Connect with Laura Lee Bocade on LinkedIn and learn more about DIRTT: https://www.dirtt.net/

Stephen Nottingham is the CEO and Co-Founder of Frendesign, (Fren LLC.), a Savannah, Georgia based multidisciplinary design, technology and innovation company, focused on pediatric healthcare. Stephen is a proud Charlottesville, Virginia native who arrived in Savannah during the summer of 2015 to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design, bringing an extensive business and project management background with over 12 years of related experience. His creative and entrepreneurial spirit was alive and well, ready to develop a strong relationship of understanding and lateral perspectives by bridging business strategies with purposeful design methods. During the winter of 2017, Stephen merged abilities with a team of world class designers to propose the value of advanced design techniques with medical expertise to unveil innovation. Late spring 2017, Stephen formalized Frendesign and soon after, initiated partnerships with nationally accredited medical institutions to begin uniting healthcare environments with purposeful design and technology by creating experience-driven solutions. Today, Stephen is positioning Frendesign as a key partner in the healthcare supply chain network and continues to build strong collaborative platforms that are delivering differentiated organizational value through service transformation. You can connect with Stephen Nottingham on LinkedIn and visit Frendesign’s website at https://frendesign.com/ to learn more about the company.

Scott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. He can also be reached by email. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 54

March 6, 2019 by angishields

Supply Chain Now

Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 54

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Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 54:
Savannah Business Leadership Series: Erich K. Schmid

Erich K. Schmid is cofounder and President of Business Intermediary Services, Ltd. He is a 35-year veteran in the mergers and acquisitions arena. In 1974 Mr. Schmid’s corporate career began with The Babcock & Wilcox Company (NYSE: BWC) in the Power Generation Group’s Nuclear Equipment Division and in 1975 was promoted to its Corporate Planning and Business Development Department; and, following the acquisition of BWC by J. Ray McDermott (NYSE: MDR) in 1978, he joined McDermott’s corporate staff. In 1980 Mr. Schmid was selected by Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) to be its first Director of Corporate Development and served in that position until 1985 when he resigned and moved to Asheville, North Carolina where he joined a local business brokerage firm and specialized in larger transactions. During his nine years with a general business brokerage, he performed valuations of several hundred businesses for buyers and sellers and was involved in over 100 transactions. In 1994 Mr. Schmid and the late William J. Fass founded Business Intermediary Services, Ltd. to focus solely on transactions in the lower middle market in the U.S. and Brazil and U.S. – Brazil cross-border transactions. Mr. Schmid has both a B.S. in Industrial Management and M.S. in Management from The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. Mr. Schmid also studied Strategic Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Business. He was instrumental in founding the Carolinas-Virginia Business Brokers Association (CVBBA) and served as its first president. Mr. Schmid is a member of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA) and is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA). He is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth (AGG) – Charlotte Chapter. He is a licensed real estate broker in both North Carolina and South Carolina. Mr. Schmid is a proud veteran of the United States Army; and, is a member of American Legion Post 205 (Bluffton, SC) and is the Post’s Golf Tournament Chairman. Mr. Schmid and his wife, Marilyn, live on Hilton Head Island, SC. They have two children, Gregory and Sara, and two grandchildren, Barrett and Mia. Connect with Erich K. Schmid on LinkedIn and contact him for more info at: ekschmid@prodigy.net

Bill Stankiewicz has 20+ years’ experience in Industrial Facility Operations, Business Development and Food Grade Distribution, and is the co-host of our Savannah Business Leadership Series. Bill has helped countless companies with their operations via Savannah Supply Chain as a consultant in Savannah, Georgia. On weekends, Bill teaches as Adjunct Professor at Savannah Technical College, where he is involved with the OS & OOG Freight Program for Pilot Escort and Fork Lift Safety Programs for certification and distribution operations. Very active in leadership positions across industry, Bill serves in various leadership capacities for organizations such as: the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance, APICS Savannah, the Savannah Traffic Club, WorkSource Georgia and beBee.com. Connect with Bill Stankiewicz on LinkedIn and learn more at: http://savannahsupplychain.com/

Scott W. Luton is the founder of Supply Chain Now Radio and also serves as Managing Partner for TalentStream. He has worked extensively in the end-to-end Supply Chain industry for more than 15 years, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Dice and Quality Progress Magazine. Scott currently serves as Executive Vice President of APICS Atlanta, was recently named a 2019 Pro to Know in Supply Chain by Supply & Demand Executive. He served on the 2018 Georgia Logistics Summit Executive Committee and currently serves as Chair of the 2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards Planning Committee. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and holds the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) credential. As a Veteran of the United States Air Force, Scott also volunteers on the Business Pillar for VETLANTA, and maintains active membership in the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance & CSCMP Atlanta Roundtable. Connect with Scott Luton on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter at @ScottWLuton. He can also be reached by email. Learn more about TalentStream, a leading recruiting & staffing firm that helps companies find top talent in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain space, by visiting their website here: www.talentstreamstaffing.com

Tuesdays with Corey Episode 17

March 5, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Tuesdays with Corey Episode 17

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Liz Parker is Founder and Principal of LT Consultants. Liz is a seasoned facilitator and performance coach. She works with executives and teams to inspire leaders and ignite results. Together, they identify areas of misalignment then focus on those projects that will truly transform the client’s organization. Her experience entailed 13 years of working within a global network that operated with virtual teams. This experience helps her relate to the needs, issues, and concerns of many clients who are facing similar situations like these today. A key component of Liz’s 19 years of consulting success is selecting the most appropriate “intervention” for the business or cultural situation. This includes surveys and assessment tools to engage and empower individuals to become aware of their own behaviors and capabilities. She has worked with multinational organizations in worldwide leadership development, cross-functional team dynamics, strategic planning and coaching across Asia-Pacific, Australia, Europe and the UK, the Middle East, South America and the U.S.

Liz thrives on finding commonalities among various cultures as well as respecting differences so that all can work together, using their strengths, to obtain the desired results. She uses assessment tools to provide objective feedback. Liz relies on her honesty and integrity to address sensitive issues that others are afraid to discuss. She helps leaders at all levels re-discover their passion and purpose and do it with practical thinking.

Connect with Liz on LinkedIn and follow LT Consultants on Facebook.

Corey Rieck is the President and Founder of The Long Term Care Planning Group, a firm that specializes in delivering Long Term Care education and coverage to companies, high net worth individuals and large organizations. Since 2001, Corey has devoted his career to Long Term Care as a result of multiple personal experiences. A neutral provider of Long Term Care Solutions since 2001, Corey brings a unique and comprehensive consultative perspective to this issue. Since 2003, part of his commitment to the Long Term Care Industry includes his having trained over 3,500 advisors from San Francisco to Wall Street on how to properly position Long Term Care to clients through the CLTC organization. Additionally, he has authored dozens of published industry articles on Long Term Care and has assisted many of the nation’s leading LTC carriers on operational and educational matters.

Conscious Capitalism Takeover

March 5, 2019 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Conscious Capitalism Takeover

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On this CEO Exclusive Radio, host Soyini Coke discusses what it will take in order for all companies to embrace the Conscious Capitalism way of doing business. She also talks about features the infrastructure needs in order to help businesses who have made the commitment:

Realistic—I’ve been bringing up the dark side of human behavior in my conversations about conscious capitalism lately. I think it’s critical to have an approach to helping business implement with real people. How do you create a conscious culture in the face of people’s natural tendency to gossip? How do you deal with ethical failures? Implementation has to effectively address non-conscious capitalism. Enough with the butterflies and rainbows, already.

Authentic—Effective implementation has to get underneath the impulse for social performance. I want to look like I have everything together. So do you. So does everyone. But, if implementation of conscious capitalism devolves into good PR, the movement will not realize its potential. Here’s another place where metrics will be incredibly helpful.

Accessible—Conscious Capitalism needs to avoid a club mentality or the specter of elitism. Full market adoption by definition means that this approach is for everyone. Small businesses, large businesses. Rural farmers and city bankers. Hospitals, schools, manufacturers, and every industry you can think of. Fortune 100 CEOs and business school students. Answering the question of how to make implementation available to the masses is a key issue to address.