You have the CHOICE to... Be offended fueled with negativity OR Be positive and create solutions You have full control of your actions ...or reactions ❤ How do you choose to be? #inspiration #motivation #mindset …see more

This week we cover the subject of positivity. If there is ONE thing you should know about Chantel, it's that mastering the art of positive thinking HEALED her. From laying in bed unable to move or respond to questions... To managing a successful brand agency and speaking across the globe, An attitude of gratitude saved her life! She was miserable and desperate. Depressed and disgusted. Until she made a change. Little by little, she used the science of neuroplasticity to her advantage, changing every thought that flooded her brain into a positive note of encouragement. She went from being hopeless, unemployed, and unable to see, walk, or get through the day without a seizure... To managing brand awareness and growth campaigns for her clients, scoring them 200% to upwards of 500% increase in website visits, leads, AND INCOME! If she can heal and succeed from the middle of nowhere in the midwest while wearing dozens of "hats" AND fighting chronic illness... You can too.......so come along as we discuss the power of positive thinking! We stream live on Thursdays at 10 AM CST here on Linkedin. …see more

On today's #ThinkAboutThis , Ross Martin and I chatted with David Kenny , CEO of Nielsen — one of the world’s largest media and marketing research firms — about TV ratings during the pandemic and more. Plus: does Ross really have an ice cream window? …see more

Do you ever find yourself trying to concentrate… *PING* 🔔 … and you can’t seem to focus? *BZZ* 📳📧 Why are we so distracted these days? And is technology the root cause of the problem, or is there something deeper going on? I had a chance to work with BBC Ideas on a short film called “Five ways to distraction-proof your mind” about these topics. You can find the link to the film in the comments below! Special thanks for Brendan Miller for his incredible work in bringing this together. #Indistractable #BBCIdeas #HumanBehavior #Distraction #Tech #Notifications P.S. I am doing a giveaway as a way to thank my readers and followers for their support! To enter, tag two (or more) friends below and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a free copy of Indistractable. **Each person you tag is an entry for you!** They can enter the giveaway by doing the same. *Must be a US Resident to Win* …see more

How do we make sure our children develop healthy, productive relationships with technology? Many parents want to know if there is a correct amount of time kids should be allowed to spend on their screens, but no such absolute number exists. There are too many factors at play, including the child’s specific needs, what the child is doing online, and the activities that screen time is replacing. The most important thing is to involve the child in the conversation and help them set their own rules. When parents impose limits without their kids’ input, they are setting them up to be resentful and incentivizing them to cheat the system. What are some of the discussions you’ve had around tech with your kids? #Indistractable #Productivity #Development #Parenting …see more

One of the techniques to avoid distraction during tedious tasks is to reimagine them. Commercially produced distractions, like television or social media, use slot machine-like variable rewards to keep us engaged with a constant stream of newness. But we can use the same techniques to make any task more pleasurable and compelling. We can use the same neural hardwiring that keeps us hooked to media to keep us engaged in an otherwise unpleasant task. Given what we know about our propensity for distraction when we’re uncomfortable, reimagining difficult work as fun could prove incredibly empowering. Imagine how powerful you’d feel if you were able to transform the hard, focused work you have to do into something that felt like play. Fun and play don’t have to make us feel good per se; rather they can be used as tools to keep us focused. Instead of running away from our pain or using rewards like prizes and treats to help motivate us, the idea is to pay such close attention that you find new challenges you didn’t see before. Those new challenges provide the novelty to engage our attention and maintain focus when tempted by distraction. #Indistractable #Productivity #Empowerment #Engagement #Traction …see more

Think about how much energy and how many of our resources we spend to protect our stuff. We buy security systems for our homes 🏠 We have alarms on our cars 🚗 We put our money in banks 🏦 But when it comes to our time, the one resource that’s truly finite, we aren’t nearly as protective. We allow ourselves to get distracted when we should spend time on our work or with our loved ones. We aren’t fully present in the moments we should be. There is nothing more valuable than our time. So why aren’t we more protective of it? If we want to complete the tasks we set out to do and lead more fulfilling lives, we have to first make good use of our time. If your friends are important to you, make time for those friendships. If your education is important to you, make time to learn. What are some of the things you make time for? #Indistractable #Values #TimeManagement #Investment …see more

Everyone I met last week was talking about the Google conference last week where they talked about the future of Indian internet marketing being 3 Vs - voice, video and vernacular. Oh, and women! I kept thinking I should have been more aggressive with my videos. I've been so early so many times that I doubt my own hunches sometimes. How do you know when you're on the right track? Look forward to hearing your views. #marketing #decisionmaking #conviction …see more

Join us live at #Qbconnect . And hear all about my new relationship with Bots!!! Facebook live 🎉 @5pm pst on Monday Nov 5th! #ai #business #technology #fintech #radicalcpa #cpa #tax https://lnkd.in/eJGFEEm …see more

Get Karbon’s new practice management report! #innovation #technology #cloud #radicalcpa #cpa https://lnkd.in/eSPUj5F …see more

Tech is changing #CPA firms, but the transformation is not just about the bots. In this episode of Let's Get Radical...LIVE!, I'm talking with Donny Shimamoto, CPA, CITP, CGMA IntrapriseTechKnowlogies about his take on the "Botkeeper for Dummies" book and what #accountants should be thinking about when it comes to tech today. #CPAfirm #CPA #CPALove #AccountLove #RadicalCPA #accountingtech #botkeeping #botkeeperfordummies …see more

Huge news about two of the best leaders in Silicon Valley! Jeff Weiner - You are amazing! You are a role model to many of us, not only for how to be an effective leader that grows business to a multi-billion dollar, sustainable, and high impact company, but also for your practices of kindness and meditation that led you to be a leader you are! Ryan Roslansky - Huge congratulations to you! I couldn’t imagine a better CEO and Leader taking over LinkedIn. Best of luck in the new journey. I’m confident that under your leadership LinkedIn continues to be a product, platform, and the company we all love. #leadership #linkedinceo #CEO #productmanagement #productleader #bestproducts #CEOnews …see more

In 2018, there were 12 unicorns founded by women globally. Less than half way into 2019, 10 female-founded companies have become unicorns. #unicorns #femalefounders #womanentrepreneur

Glad to see the world is seeing Versa as the "Best Wearable" for Women. At Fitbit, we are obsessed with our customers and their needs. As we designed and built Versa, women were in the center of our product development. #femalehealth #understandyourcustomers #customerobsessed #productmanagement101 #fitbitversa @ Fitbit …see more

Ok, so I went in to my doctor’s office for a check-up and was greeted with a ‘pop quiz’ of sorts—but of a good type... The Care Team/Management wanted to know how my experience was with the ease of making the visit and experience of care. Kudos to this Healthcare System (Kaiser Northern California) for doing ‘spot’ quality and service checks and not just relying on those over-engineered National patient Experience surveys. …see more

I'm a fan of disrupting ideas and being from Silicon Valley, and being a healthcare "implementationist," and change management expert, I hear from emerging biotech firms who want "a real world" view of their product or service or technology. So I will give the same advice to Amazon as I give to the companies I speak to which is this: building a new--and better--technology or service is NOT enough to cause disruption. (Who doesn't feel they have built a better mousetrap ?) What successful organizations do is realize that new "things" or ideas need to be adopted... which requires dealing with the age-old (and not super sexy) change management...working with and through people and politics. Trust me Amazon: people make or break the best of ideas--especially in complex organizations like clinical healthcare settings. So remember this: Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch... unless you focus on the people-side of change management! …see more

This is a completely wrong assumption, as usual. The article argues that a large percent of the work psychologists do can get simply replaced by A.I. Assessment of a client’s strengths and difficulties and designing interventions are simply made by algorithms and the authors assume that psychologists are just there to share the results of the machine. Such narratives are not only false but even dangerous. If healthcare professionals (wrongly) think that advanced technology is here to replace them, they will reject those even more. While in fact, such technologies will support what professionals do and only replace the repetitive components of their job. We analyzed this and the impact of automation on 20 other specialties here. https://lnkd.in/gbaWjBm #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #deeplearning #machinelearning …see more

Erase these 5 words from your vocabulary... Now. I gave a virtual keynote to pharmaceutical IT managers. They were most eager to hear about how should they persuade their CEO about the importance of digital transformation. My brief answer: In no way. Then I elaborated on why it is useless to persuade anyone about the importance of digital transformation who won't even understand this term. Unless s/he is a geek. (And if they are, they will consider it an empty term.) Instead, managers have to explain what it will give us - e.g. if you can download an app for your medicine, or if you can measure your health data wherever you are. This urged me to share the five words that I deliberately erased from my vocabulary long ago, and I recommend you to erase them too. Because you express nothing with them (at best), or only that you don't have a clear picture about it at all (at worst). These 5 will set off any digital health BS detector: - Agile - Digital transformation - Futuristic - Disruptive - Big data Feel free to expand the list! What would you erase? #DigitalHealth #DigitalTransformation …see more

15 countries, over 35 keynotes, around 5000 people in the audiences and a lot of amazing experts I have met along the way. Like every year, it's time for taking a sabbatical to focus on my research about A.I.'s role in the future of medicine and healthcare and to read the dozens of books that await me on my bookshelf. I'll start accepting speaker invitations again from the second week of January and I can't wait to bring my new A.I. keynote narrative to many audiences eager to embrace this new era. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice #speaker #keynote #speakerlife #artificialintelligence #AI …see more

Healthcare could be about health rather than sickness, and about patients rather than their diseases. You can find 22 such trends, innovators and their best practices in The Guide to the Future of Medicine - download it here: http://amzn.to/1w0Oa7w #themedicalfuturist #healthcare #health #trends #futureofmedicine #technology #digitalhealth #future #futureofhealthcare …see more