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#17 Biscuit - Rich meets some people who have never tried sushi before introducing Tourettes Superhero (though that's a secret) Jess Thom. It's a battle to see who will say the most inappropriate thing, but for once Richard is given a run for his money as the pair discuss the facts about Tourettes, the positive effects in terms of creativity, the gatekeeper of the brain and what it's like to be able to inadvertently create brilliant emergency questions. Plus discussion of the new Leicester Square Theatre Stair Robot (which is a real thing, though in this conversation it is sometimes tricky to tell fact from fiction), why not-yet-disabled people are so idiotic and self-defeating when it comes to access and equal rights in general and who it is who needs to a magic drug to cure them. It's a fascinating and hilarious chat with some of the best emergency question answers you are ever going to hear. For Jess' tour dates, amazing questions and brilliant non-sequiturs and according to her much much more head to touretteshero.comSUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELBecome a badger and see extra content at our WEBSITESee details of the RHLSTP TOUR DATESBuy DVDs and Books from GO FASTER STRIPE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Monetize the Mic, Jess and Margy talk about the why behind setting high goals. At Interview Connections, Jess and Margy love to set crazy high goals and go for them. Something they like to acknowledge is that their goals a few years ago seemed incredibly high, and now those same goals seem so small! Compare your goals now to your goals two years ago and you'll see how much your business has grown. When talking about setting high goals, Jess remembers a specific moment after attending a Landmark course. She was walking back from the hotel to the seminar and had an amazing lightbulb moment. Jess started opening herself up to new possibilities and increased her goal of what was possible.  Margy has always been the one to set the really, really high goals. Jess tends to set lower goals, and they usually end in the middle of those two goalposts. Sometimes when business owners and entrepreneurs set high goals for their team, they'll see that their team feels triggered by these expectations. It's important to remember that your team is a mirror of you. Look at what exactly gets triggered with your team when you set high goals. Triggers are necessary. They are what you come up against with high goals. The day after Interview Connections launched, Jess was working on closing spillover sales. Margy asked Jess “How many sales are you closing?” Jess responded that she was going to close three sales. Margy said, “How about six?” That moment was so triggering for Jess. Margy was telling Jess that she can do more than that. But, what Jess heard was, “You didn't do enough.” Jess sees this trigger in her team as well as in herself.  Jess and Margy have experienced a drive to hold people accountable but also a fear of triggering them. What it takes to get your business to 2.5 million, versus what it takes to get to 10 million is huge. Margy's unwillingness to be direct with people and holding them accountable was holding her back. Jess and Margy couldn't get to 10 million if either of them were holding back on their gifts and who they really are. Margy felt like she was holding back on her aggressive vision casting for high goals. Those high goals seemed like they were a lot to ask, but they would never happen if they didn't set those goals. Jess feels like she wants someone to be accountable to as she reaches for these big goals. Margy helps Jess stay accountable to those goals!  For Jess and Margy, it's been interesting to see when they're being their most powerful selves, and being their possibility versus reverting back to their small selves with triggers. The reason Margy loves giant goals is that they require so much transformation. As their goals got bigger, they required new teams and new systems. Every new level you hit, you have these new opportunities.  When someone holds us accountable to the person they know we can be, it can feel like they're being mean, or like they're withholding love and connection. That's when triggers happen - tantrums, shutting down - you feel that child start to kick up. Whatever those sirens are that your inner child sets off when you feel like you need that love and connection, that's what comes up when you go for these high goals. It's not all being badass when you level up in business. There's triggers, there's crying. You're going to confront things that are dormant that you haven't dealt with before that could go really far back. If you are going for a high goal and it's a shitshow, that's good news! That means you're on track. Going super deep is where the breakthroughs are. When you work through your own triggers, you can help others work through them as well!

For Jess's host pick, she has the team watch the Robert Downey Jr. episode of the Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

Today’s episode of Rock the Podcast is all about getting your financial house in order with founder of Incite Tax & Accounting and Profit First professional, John Briggs! John has learned that achieving a highly profitable business can be overwhelming, particularly with all the barriers and unknowns that new owners are forced to deal with.   Entrepreneurs can quickly become stressed and burnt out, and often sadly give up on the mission that they set out for.  In much the same way that the body needs blood to survive, a business needs cash, the lifeblood of the business, to stay healthy and to grow more resilient.   John is a man on a mission to give entrepreneurs an actual work-life balance so they don’t get burned out. He helps them increase their cash immediately so they can have confidence in their choices and become financially resilient.  He talks the walk by battling against the traditional CPA culture of “overwork, underpaid, pay your dues and suffer while you’re at it” mentality by providing his team a healthy work life balance even during busy tax seasons. John is a Profit First professional, and many entrepreneurs and business owners may have heard of the method without ever really implementing it. Jess read Profit First when she started Interview Connections in 2013, and shelved it for later because it can seem very overwhelming and scary to new business owners.  Margy’s one piece of advice to new entrepreneurs is: Trust it, and set up Profit First. Interview Connections hit 1 million in revenue in 2019, and more than doubled that in 2020. Even though the business was doing better than ever, Jess and Margy were taking home less and less every year. They were working harder than ever before, but could feel themselves inching closer and closer to full-on burnout. Once Jess and Margy worked with John to implement Profit First, they realized that they could simply fix this problem with better cashflow management. John worked as an accountant for a door-to-door sales company. This company had made over 30 million dollars in revenue, but their commission checks for their sales people were still bouncing. How did this happen? John did an analysis to figure out why this company was having huge sales, but wasn’t able to pay their salespeople. For every sale the company made, they kept about 1% (which was $8 in this case). As their revenue increased, their expenses increased alongside.  John told the company that they were spending too much, and the company replied that they would just sell more to make up for it. But John knew that this just fell into Parkinson’s Law: the demand for something will match its supply. The more money they made, the more money this company would spend. This would increase to a point where the company was no longer profitable.  If you have one bank account as a business and all your money gets deposited into it, and all your expenses get paid out of it, what you have sitting there is a gigantic pile of supply. The demand for it --the expenses, the cash outflow-- is going to continue to increase to match the cash available to spend.  Spending will get out of control if you’re not putting any boundaries on what you’re doing with your cash. Profit First requires that you set up additional bank accounts for different cash obligations that you have, including money for the IRS, money for your team and employees, paying for yourself, and money for profit.  Margy always felt like budgets were restrictive, but with Budget First she feels like the money in Interview Connections is abundant and flowing.  With Profit First you’re setting aside money for your tax obligations a couple of times a month. Compare that to a scenario where as a business owner, you do your taxes and you owe thousands of dollars! You’ll ask, “Where am I going to find that money?” It was spent because the demand for that cash expanded to match the cash that you had. Business owners, do not undervalue enjoying what you’re doing and having a little extra for yourself! You have to see the reward for your work so you are able to stay excited about it. There’s such an energetic block when you’re working more. You’re getting run down, you don’t see the expansion that you feel like you’ve been working for and earning.  For Jess and Margy, working with John has been transformational - not just about having more money, but the way they feel about their cashflow management. Service-based business owners often feel fulfillment in the service that they are providing to their clients. However, these business owners need to feel fulfillment in other ways, such as in their income and freedom, otherwise they will become burnt out. Profit doesn’t have to be about getting rich. You have to have profit to continue to be passionate about who you’re serving. You have to have profit to keep your doors open! Service and sacrifice are different things - you cannot serve from an empty cup! You are in the service industry, not the sacrifice industry. Some entrepreneurs that Jess and Margy meet don’t know what their numbers are, or what their revenue is, nevermind goals for how to manage their revenue. Profit First gives you very clear direction: “You can spend this, or you can’t spend this!” It gives you clarity on what you can invest in and where the money is. Profit First also allows Jess and Margy to be creative with their money and find creative ways to keep the business going.  John brings up the point that when you use Profit First, whatever dollar amount you see in your account now, that’s the money you have because everything else went into different accounts for different obligations. This gives you freedom and allows you energy from being financially organized. This makes you become innovative with your money, which will put you ahead of your competition! That will keep you always doing something new, which in turn, is making your business better and stronger.  You can connect with John at incitetax.com! 

For Jess, therapy has been a life changing experience that has helped her learn so much about herself and her intentions in life. In this episode Jess aims to dismantle stereotypes about therapy and normalise the incredible effects it can have on someone's life.If you have ever considered going to therapy this episode is for you. Below are some resources listed (some free) in both Toronto and Vancouver. And if you ever have any questions about therapy feel free to personally message Jess on instagram @jessicajmcdonald. Her DM's are always open.Therapy Resources:Your High School Guidance Counsellor! They can point you to excellent resources for therapy.Inkblot https://inkblottherapy.com/EdgeWesthttp://www.edgewest.ca/Free OrganizationsCAMH http://www.camh.ca/Toronto Based:Skylark https://www.skylarkyouth.org/about-us/who-we-are/British Columbia Based:Foundryhttps://foundrybc.ca/virtual/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwreT8BRDTARIsAJLI0KIrWJ6e0TGdAJGvBkPGO6uxrK-TjyFPledKgG_3wh7u2p-yUICC-_8aAjbxEALw_wcB

On todays episode we had Stephanie on the show. She is a young entrepreneur who owns a Food Truck called El Mitote. She has also traveled to see some very beautiful places in the world. We talked about a bit of everything from Pets, Mexican Households, & running a business. Cant wait to have her back on to dive deeper on topics! Go follow her business instagram @ELMITOTEFONTANA & her personal page @Stephsgotmilk. For Jess give her a follow on her personal page @jesscaa.n_ & her business page @Honeybadgernails   my personal page is @Indigogio & @Whatatrippodcast

Have you ever let a lack of branding keep you from launching a new business, program, or course? So many entrepreneurs find that having clear branding gives them the confidence to do business and therefore launch their ideas into the world. Jess and Gwen with Hey Hello Studio are here to share their four branding tips for new business owners and why you really can start with just the bare bones. Jess and Gwen have been working together for over a decade in various corporate roles. In fact, they went to the same school together and lived in the same neighborhood but never knew it. It wasn’t until they were working at American Greetings that they realized how closely connected they were. As their careers began to take off, they found themselves drawn to the world of entrepreneurship. However, changing circumstances and amazing new opportunities kept them from diving headfirst into their first fledgling business. Fast-forward a couple of years and they knew it was time. Listen as they share their journey to where they are today and why they credit their corporate careers for the success of their new business, Hey Hello Studio. For Jess and Gwen, branding is the first step to feeling as if you have a legitimate business, but there is no need to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars right in the beginning. Hopefully, if you’re a brand new business owner, your business will look drastically different a year from now. Listen to learn their four branding tips and what’s essential for you to start a legitimate business on a budget. In this Episode: [00:50] Welcome Jess and Gwen to the show and learn more about their history. [03:38] Why were they attracted to blogging in their corporate career? [05:02] What happened after they moved on from the blog? [07:25] Why they decided to shut down their side business for a time. [09:44] Learn more about their next steps. [13:07] Their experience with startups. [16:07] How were they marketing themselves? [17:34] Did Gwen eventually get to leave her full-time job? [19:26] What was the makeup of their first few clients? [21:23] Learn more about what they’re discovering as they build their business. [24:40] How they approach using branding to stand out in a crowded niche. [27:10] What is the most important branding piece you should invest in at the beginning? [30:31] Why a full-blown website isn’t needed in the beginning. [31:11] Learn what their biggest mindset shifts have been. [34:16] What are they most excited about in their company? [36:00] Learn one way that you can live a life better than your dreams. [40:13] Connect with Jess and Gwen. Links & Resources: Subscribe to the Podcast: I Heart My Life Show on Apple Podcasts I Heart My Life Show on Spotify Connect with Gwen and Jess: Hey Hello Studio Hey Hello Studio on Instagram Hey Hello Studio on Facebook Hey Hello Studio on LinkedIn Connect with Emily: I Heart My Life Website I Heart My Life on Instagram I Heart My Life on Facebook I Heart My Life on LinkedIn I Heart My Lifers Community Email: info@iheartmylife.com Book a Call Episode Sponsor: I Heart My Life Membership Quotes: “Not having solid branding was actually holding people back from launching...there’s a confidence in that. In order to look legitimate, I need to have a brand.” - Jess “There’s always something that makes you stand out.” - Gwen

Engineering has many diverse disciplines, so finding your niche can take some time.Today we speak to UQ software engineering student, Jessica Rock, and hear how she found her calling in software engineering.Jess wasn’t always convinced engineering was for her. Jess found the more traditional engineering disciplines like civil or mechanical engineering didn’t spark her interest. It was only when she studied her first software engineering courses that she discovered the joys of coding and grew to love the discipline.For Jess, the ability to solve problems, see immediate results, and use software as a means for positive change are the ingredients to a rewarding career in coding.To learn more about studying engineering at UQ visit the Future Students website.

What turns the girls on? For Jess, it's his height. For Tray, it's his arms. But what do most women want? What about men? Things are heating up this week, as the girls explore what truly titillates us. Become a VIP Baddie for even more Tray & J, at patreon.com/badexamples! And support our sponsors! For more information visit BetterHelp at betterhelp.com/badexamples, and Hydrant at drinkhydrant.com. Remember to enter our show codes for your exclusive offers baddies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember those goals you set with Jess and KJ back in January? Neither did they, but they dug them out and sort out how the year’s going so far.In Episode 140, we set our 2019 goals. (Listen here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-140-2019goals/id1099630313?i=1000426983096) ). Now, at 2019's halfway mark, it's time to check in on those--and we'd love to hear how you're doing on your goals in the #AmWriting Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/485904005120809/) . Halfway here? More? En route? Revising the endgame? We get it all. Jess, in particular, gets moving the goal posts--and in fact, the whole point of a check in is to consider doing just that. Goals aren't there to help you fail, they're there to help you move towards them--and if a goal is unreachable this year, it's time to set a goal you can achieve that moves you in the right direction. For Jess, that's a new, revised book deadline.I'm reporting a big fat checkmark on one goal--finding a publisher for my novel (hello, Episode 147 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/147-goodnewsandhowigotthere/id1099630313?i=1000430374335) ). The Chicken Sisters will be out in the summer of 2020, and the new goal I'm slotting in there is to finish my revisions on time.One bonus to the mid-year review is realizing that while you probably haven't checked something off yet, you really have been moving the dial. We did some math in January and realized that we've spent $10,000 producing #AmWriting between us (that was a bit of a shock). With one fantastic sponsor, we're on our way to, if not getting paid for our time, at least not paying to podcast, but we're still working on this one. We've asked, and you all have resoundingly said you'd like to sponsor us yourselves (no mattress ads for us!). We're more than halfway to offering a way to do just that. I love a good midyear goal review because revising goals and recommitting to them feels like a fresh start at the beginning of a season when I do like to slow down a bit--but not TOO much. I refined some personal goals, and made sure that my calendar allows for staying on track when it comes to the professional ones--but that I'm also not putting so much on my plate that I can't enjoy the summer when it finally gets here. And then--it will be time for another re-grouping in the fall.#AmReadingJess: The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath, Leslie Jamison (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316259583)KJ: The Collected Schizophrenias (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781555978273) , Esme Wang#FaveIndieBookstoreThe Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, VT (https://www.norwichbookstore.com/) --a favorite of us both, a reliable source of favorites the minute you walk through the door and a fantastic host of events. And a reminder--when you just HAVE to order that book right now before you forget, it's quite likely you can do that right on your fave Indie's website and then pick it up in the store--where you'll have the opportunity to buy more books. We love our sponsor! If you’re not quite where you want to be on your writing goals for the year—or suspect that after this summer, you might be a wee bit behind—join us and our sponsor, Author Accelerator for the Find Your Book, Find Your Mojo retreat in Bar Harbor, Maine from September 12-15, 2019. (http:// https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwriting) Now is the perfect time to get this on the calendar so that the inevitable August slowdown will just be the lead-up to your big fall fresh start. Find more about Jess here (http://www.jessicalahey.com/) , and about KJ here (https://kjdellantonia.com/) .If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship (https://www.marginallypodcast.com/) , and The Secret Library (https://www.secretlibrarypodcast.com) , an interview podcast about real people who made time to write, often against the odds, because they believe that books matter. Find both on iTunes or on your podcast player of choice. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

We welcome Pierre and Monique Seillan from Verité Wines today. Tom Simoneau, Dan Berger and Barry Herbst are all in today with Steve Jaxon. Pierre is a Vigneron, a winemaker and vineyard master. Tom has watched him take great care with his vines, separating the clusters by hand to get them perfect sun exposure. Pierre and Monique met Barbara and Jess Jackson 25 years ago in Bordeaux. Pierre makes wine in France, Italy and Sonoma County. He is a 9th generation winemaker. One of his ancestors in 1879 brought American rootstocks to France to rescue the vineyards. Today’s big news in the wine business is that Gallo is paying 1.7 billion dollars for 30 brands from Constellation, including Clos di Bois. Dan Berger says that the news is not unexpected. Constellation had spread itself thin in marketing and could stand to pare down. Gallo has very sophisticated marketing and they will do well. The wines that are in that purchase will be happy to be working with Gallo, says Tom. Dan agrees they are one of the best companies in the world at marketing wine ever since the old days when Julio Gallo made the wine and Ernest Gallo did the marketing. Pierre has brought a selection Verité wines today: 2016 Sauvignon Blanc, a yet-unlabeled R&D project 2012 Arcanum Super-Tuscan 2011 St. Emillion Chateau Lassègue 2013 Anakota Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Vérité Le Désir, Sonoma County The Arcanum Super Tuscan is from their property Tenuta di Arceno in Tuscany. 2019 will be the 53rd harvest in Pierre’s career. Monique says that 22 years ago when they came here, they didn’t know what would happen. Both of their children work in the winery now. First they taste the Sauvignon Blanc, a 2016. Dan finds it has a stony character with a bit of acidic lemon peel. He thinks it is too young still. Like the great white wine of Bordeaux, these whites can age 20 or 30 years. They have not yet made a label for this wine. There are only about 600 cases of this wine. They sell it at their tasting room. Pierre tells how Jess Jackson came up with the name Vérité, for a special wine he was planning to make. It means "the truth" in French. For Jess, his philosophy was to make wine "without compromise" with dominance of terroir and the signature style of the vigneron. When Jess invited Pierre and Barbara in 1996, they put this into practice. The next tasting is the Super-Tuscan, Arcanum, which comes from a property Tenuta di Arceno in Tuscany, that the Jackson family owns. Pierre says that the topography of this Tuscan winery is similar to that of Sonoma County. It’s a Super-Tuscan, 65% Cabernet Franc. It’s a 2012. Tom Simoneau describes it as medium-bodied and elegant, as a Cabernet Franc can be. Dan says that it has great acidity and needs more time in the bottle. It has the Cabernet Franc aromatics of iron filings and green and black olives. These are the savory flavors of the Bordeaux family. Instead of explosive fruit, it has savory fruit. You can get it at their tasting room in Healdsburg. They taste the 2011 St. Emillion Chateau Lassègue. Tom says that it sells for $60 but could be twice that, easily. They all agree that Cabernet Franc is great alone or in a blend. Compared to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc is lighter, more violet and its body is not as tannic. It's spicy and is a wine "singing in the glass" as Pierre says. Then they taste the Anakota which is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. They planted the vineyard in 1996 and 1997. They are at about 900 feet of elevation, facing south west, on a gentle slope. He considers it one of the best places in the world to grow Cabernet Sauvignon.  It sells for $120. The next one tasted is a Vérité that sells for $420. Monique tells how they started the Vérité program 22 years ago. The year after they started with the Italian vineyard, they were looking for a Bordeaux winery. They found Chateau Lassègue, which has an excellent sun exposure.

For Krunal, it was a car accident. For Jess, an unrelenting, life-threatening illness. Everyone has a different reason for pursuing a career in medicine. In this episode, we hear from six first year med students, who share their motivation, their hopes, and their fears. Krunal Amin, Sonali Biswas, Grant Cabell, Fred Heller, Elana Horwitz, and Jess Rames are first year med students at Duke. They recorded this conversation in August 2018. Find the full transcript at www.listeningbooth.info.

GUEST BIO: Jess Dodson is a Windows Administrator living in Queensland, Australia.  Jess describes herself as a Microsoft fan girl and for the past couple of years she has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional.  Jess is also keen to pass on information to others that is technically relevant, as well as other useful information for those in system administration. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Jess Dodson is Phil’s guest on today’s show. She has been supporting, managing and administering Active Directory & Windows Servers platforms. Her work has enabled her to become a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. She specializes in Windows Server Operating Systems, Active Directory, Group Policy, File and Print, OS Lifecycle management, information & account security services. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (0.58) – So Jess, can you expand on that summary and tell us a little bit more about yourself? Jess explains that, after 15 years in the industry, she is now focusing more on Active Directory identity and security. In Australia, she is also heavily involved with the IT Professional Association. Their aim is to advance the practice of Information Technology as a profession. Currently, they are working to increase visibility and demonstrating the fact that the profession is not as boring as people make it out to be. She uses social media to convince people to give working in the administration side of IT, a go. Rather than automatically pursue a career on the developer side of things. (2,15) – Phil wants to know if Jess has noticed a big difference in the operational side of the companies she has worked for. So far, Jess has only worked for two organizations. A university and government department and she have found that they work in a very similar way on the organization side, but she is aware that in the corporate world culture differences are definitely there. (3.20) – Phil asks Jess for a unique IT career tip. Jess’ number one tip is that getting into IT and enjoying the career you want isn’t a straight line. There is no you get this degree to get this specific job path, in the IT industry. The best approach is to do what works for you. For some people, that is getting a degree, for others it means going straight from school into a mundane IT job and starting at the bottom of the ladder. You just need to do what works for you. (4.35) – Jess is asked to share her worst career moment and what she learned from that experience. She goes onto share two experiences, because she could not decide which of them was worst. The first one was when she did some live testing on her employee’s production website and wiped it out. They were able to restore it, from backup, but it was a hard way to learn never to do any testing on a production website. The 2nd one happened when she needed to delete a production server from her employee’s Windows Update server. A server that had been decommissioned so did not need updates. But, instead of deleting just that server, she deleted the entire production server group. More than 500 servers could not receive Windows update. This happened the day before the production patches were due to be deployed. Jess realized her mistake within seconds. The delete computer and delete group buttons were side by side and she knew instantly that she had hit the wrong one. For Jess, the lesson from that unfortunate mistake was to admit your mistakes immediately. She turned to a close colleague who had some experience in scripting and together they were able to fix the problem within an hour. If she had not admitted it, she would have had to fix it manually, which would have taken all night. Working as a team the problem was solved really quickly. (7.25) – Phil asks Jess what her best career moment was. She says it was speaking at Microsoft Ignite in Australia in 2013. She had never spoken publically before, so was very pleased when her speech was voted the third best of the conference. If you want to hear it you can do so here. Her speech was all about Active Directory & Domain Security, Administration & Maintenance and is called Righting the Right Rights. (8.26) – Phil asks how Jess practiced for her talk at Microsoft Ignite. She said she went online and did some research about technical speaking and followed the advice to practice 10 times the amount of time you are due to speak for. Jess has gone on to speak at Microsoft Ignite three more times and she may be speaking at the big Ignite conference that is on tour and coming to Sydney in February 2019. (9.51) – Phil asks what excites Jess about the future of the IT industry. The fact that everything changes so fast, is something that Jess finds exciting. You have to be really good at learning and keeping up. The shift into a whole range of areas that were not even thought of 10 years ago is really exciting. She also likes the fact that security is becoming increasingly important. (11.01) – Are there any other technologies that are of interest to you outside of your general remit? Jess explains that she just loves what she does so much that she is really focused on the Microsoft sphere of technology stack. (11.40) – Phil wants to know what brand of phone Jess uses. It is an Android model and jokes that she is a Google fangirl as well as a Microsoft one. (12.11) – What drew you to a career in IT, Jess? She explains that her dad was a systems engineer. From a very young age she wanted to be like her dad, which, naturally, meant a career in IT. (12.27) – What is the best career advice you were given? Stand up for what you know is right. Find a way to convince your managers or, if you need to, go around them especially if it is related to security. (12.53) – If you were to start your IT career again, now, what would you do? If she were to start again Jess would focus on the cloud and brush up on her coding and scripting skills. (13.09) – Phil asks Jess what career objectives she currently has. Right now, Jess is focusing on Azure, Microsoft’s Cloud solution. As well as moving more into the security and identity space. (13.35) – What is the number one non-technical skill that has helped you in your IT career, so far? Her response is people skills. Your network of people is a crucial asset. You need people you can rely on, so you need to “find your tribe.” (14.11) – Phil asks Jess to share a final piece of career advice. She says “love what you do”. You cannot just do this job to pay the bills. You need to be realistic and realize that it is not always possible to “do what you love”. Sometimes you are going to end up having to learn to “love what you do”. Taking this approach ensures that you get the most out of whatever situation you find yourself in and do a good job. BEST MOMENTS: (4.03) JESS – “Every person that I've ever met in IT has completely different ways that they've gotten into the industry. So, follow the path that works for you.” (7.17) JESS – “One person can get some things done. But as a team, you can get so much more done if you work together.” (11.01) PHIL – “Security is definitely going to be a hot topic over the next 10 15 years” (13.00) JESS – “Starting from now, focus on the cloud. Focus very heavily on the cloud. (13.47) JESS – “The network of people that you know, and that you can call on, it's your number one asset. You need a tribe to rely on.” CONTACT JESS DODSON: Twitter: https://twitter.com/girlgerms LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrdodson/ Website: https://girl-germs.com/

Even the best design teams, methods, architecture and tools are no match for a project beset with political infighting, divided priorities or unfocused goals. To truly make an impact, product teams need to have business buy-in and a shared understanding of the project’s direction. Often, it’s up to designers to smooth the way and facilitate this consensus. By greasing the tracks in the early stages of a project, designers can gain the much-needed support of business stakeholders, avoid wasted effort, increase their influence (within their teams and the company at large), and make a more meaningful difference with their work. The key is to bridge competing viewpoints, develop a common vision and break through project roadblocks. And it all starts with the right combination of tools and techniques. In this session, you will: * Discover how to bridge competing viewpoints, develop a common vision and eliminate roadblocks on your next project. * Explore the ways in which your existing design skill-sets can be expanded to improve communication within your team and throughout you company. * Learn facilitation techniques to help engage business stakeholders and manage the conflicting priorities and lack of direction that so often derail a project. About Jess McMullin Since 1997, Jess has focused his career on understanding and developing positive user experiences for his clients and their customers. Drawing on sources ranging from social sciences and behavioral research to gaming, market analysis and future trends, Jess generates client insights that drive innovation and create better customer experiences. Jess often speaks at conferences focusing on user experience, design thinking and innovation, topics he also writes about on a regular basis. His ideas have been featured in several user-experience books, including Lou Rosenfeld and Peter Morville’s Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd Ed. and Jesse James Garrett’s The Elements of User Experience. In 2003, Jess founded nForm User Experience, a boutique consultancy that counts Comcast, Ancestry.com and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute as clients. Jess also organizes CanUX, the annual Canadian User Experience Workshop in Banff, Alberta, and he is the cofounder of the international Information Architecture Institute. For Jess’s latest thoughts on business, design and innovation, visit his blog, bplusd (business + design).