Advisory Email – July 2021

In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month:

UPDATES 🎉
North of AI:

• Finalized topics for the workshop series starting late September:
  • How organizations improve and create resilient supply chains using AI.
  • What is/isn’t AI and will it improve your supply chain?
  • Demand forecasting and planning for your supply chain.
  • Customer Development for AI Startups
  • Designing a Data Strategy for Your Organization in Less than 1 Day
  • Implementing AI in your organization: In-house development vs. Procurement.
  • Hiring for AI Roles
  • AI Experts Ask Me Anything Session
• Feedback welcomed! Look interesting? Want more details? Let me know and I’ll share details when they become available.

*NEW* Facilitating the Yukonstruct Local Leaders Business Bootcamp cohort starting in September.

Network

• Introductions made: 2
• Introductions received: 5

LESSONS 🎓

• Recording for the Vancouver Startup Week – How to Price your solution (or optimize pricing if you’ve already set it) workshop, now available on YouTube.

GRATITUDE WALL 🤝

• Kevin McCrory & Andrew Woo from NRC IRAP for the feedback and intros re: North of AI.
• Those who took the time to provide input on North of AI: Joshua Callahan, Leslie Dragon & Edwin Shu (BDIC), Steve Lowry (AIinBC), Prabh Paul, Ruben Ugarte, Joel Harrison, Ritesh Bansal, & Leo Narynskyyi.
• Cat Kelly & Lana Selbee from Yukonstruct for involving me again in your next cohort.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 📢

• Spring is accepting applications for their Fall 2021 Impact Investor Challenge (Vancouver).
• Ruben Ugarte is interested in offering a free 1-day Sentient Strategy session to non-for-profits. This session aids with formulating strategy quickly and getting all stakeholders on board. If interested in learning more, email ruben@rubenugarte.com.
• The Canadian Positive Psychology Association is accepting nominations for their inaugural Canadian Workplace Well-Being Award. Apply before Aug 20th to showcase how you’ve prioritised your employees’ well-being or any interesting workplace well-being initiatives you’ve implemented.

ASKS🙏

1. Thinking of facilitating in-person workshops/events around Networking, Investing, Physical & Mental Health, Startups again in the fall:
   • What are specific topics under those categories that you’d like to learn about?
   • Interested in sharing your wisdom on something related to one of those categories? Reach out!
   • Looking for venue options that are transit-friendly in Vancouver, give me a shout if you have ideas or are willing to host.
2. Looking for supply chain-related orgs that have successfully implemented AI in some form to share their experience in one of our events, know someone? Intro please 🙂

GIFTS 🎁

Wanna grab a chat for pricing advice? Happy to help, no charge, no attempt to sell you anything. I simply love the mental workout around that topic. Book a call. 

Next: August 2021 Advisory Newsletter