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Episode 26 – How Artificial Intelligence Can Change the Game for Financial Advisors – with Andrew Smith Lewis



Recorded live at IMPACT® 2019, this episode of Permission to Succeed features Doug Heikkinen and Andrew Smith Lewis, Chief Innovation Officer at CAIS, discussing how people learn, the emerging AI technology that is powering innovation in education, and how CAIS and their new learning system, CAIS IQ, are working to make advisors smarter.

In this episode, you will learn:

  • How Andrew Smith Lewis’ passion for making people better led him to the financial services industry.
  • What is the last mile of learning?
  • What are distributed learning and retrieval practice, and how do they move the needle on learning?
  • How CAIS IQ can help make Advisors smarter about alternative investments.

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IRIS Media Works recorded 16 Permission to Succeed podcasts from our pop-up podcast “studio” in the Discovery Data booth at IMPACT 2019. Fueled by coffee and the conference energy swirling around us, we had a great time talking to leaders from across the financial services industry. Thank you to Discovery Data and to our guests for participating in this grand experiment. We hope you enjoy and learn from these conversations as much as we did.

 

RESOURCES: CAIS | CAIS LinkedIn | Discovery Data

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Episode 25 – How Technology Can Help Advisors Master the Client Journey – with Linda Ding



 

Recorded live at IMPACT® 2019, this episode of Permission to Succeed features Doug Heikkinen and Linda Ding, Director of Strategic Marketing at Laserfiche, discussing key learnings from the Laserfiche Annual Survey and what she’s learned throughout her career in the financial services industry.

In this episode, you will learn:

  • Why Advisors are focusing on the client experience as the key element of their business strategy.
  • How the “Amazon Model” is coming to financial services, and why that is a good thing.
  • How technology can help you deliver a better client experience.
  • Linda’s perspective on the changes she’s seen in the financial services industry – especially for women – over her career.

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IRIS Media Works recorded 16 Permission to Succeed podcasts from our pop-up podcast “studio” in the Discovery Data booth at IMPACT 2019. Fueled by coffee and the conference energy swirling around us, we had a great time talking to leaders from across the financial services industry. Thank you to Discovery Data and to our guests for participating in this grand experiment. We hope you enjoy and learn from these conversations as much as we did.

RESOURCES: Laserfiche | Laserfiche LinkedIn | Laserfiche Twitter | Discovery Data

 


Episode 18 –  Top Trends That Are Reshaping the Finance Industry — With David Lau



Are you up on the latest trends in the finance industry?

Join this eye-opening conversation with host Doug Heikkinen and guest, David Lau, founder and CEO of DPL Financial Partners. In this episode about top industry trends, they discuss how clients’ view of planning has shifted, why that’s turning advisors’ value propositions upside down, and what must change in the finance industry.

In this episode, you will learn:

  • Why advisors need to change their value proposition 
  • What the future holds for RIAs  
  • About DPL’s role in the industry
  • A sneak peek into David’s life
  • And much more.

Tune in to discover top industry trends and consider your next move!

Resources: DPL Financial Partners | David Lau | DPL Financial Partners’ Twitter

 


Episode 14 – Impact Before Profits — With Jason Barsema



“What the heck is a structured note?” Jason Barsema of Halo Investing has gotten used to fielding this question.

In today’s episode, host Doug Heikkinen speaks with Jason about the biggest market that no one’s ever heard of — structured notes. Jason uncovers how he uses the structured note platform to give clients access to investment opportunities previously unattainable to the average investor.

In this episode, you will learn:

  • What structured notes and products are
  • How structured notes work in your portfolio
  • Whether advisors are still interested in getting into the weeds of investing
  • What is the future of the financial advisor?
  • And much more.

Tune in to hear Jason elaborate on impact before profits and taking time to enjoy the journey. 

Halo Investing | Jason Barsema | Halo Investing’s Twitter 


SALT Conference: What Builds Confidence – With Cormac Kinney, CEO of Diamond Standard



The ability to successfully do something over and over again not only builds skills, but it also builds confidence.

That is Cormac Kinney’s career story as he shares with host Doug Heikkinen at the SALT Conference in Las Vegas. Cormac is the CEO of Diamond Standard, a U.S- and Bermuda-based organization. They are manufacturers of the diamond commodity and developers of the hardware and software that powers it.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • What Diamond Standard is all about
  • How diamonds are traded
  • Why Cormac chose to trade diamonds instead of gold
  • How advisors can effectively explain the trading of diamonds to their clients
  • Cormac’s path to serial entrepreneurship
  • The process and challenges of developing new ideas
  • What success means to him and his advice for aspiring serial entrepreneurs

Tune in now to meet Cormac Kinney and learn about his confidence-filled serial-entrepreneurial career journey.

Resources: Diamond Standard | SALT Conference