Humanize IT

Every technical person has a scrap pile. It may be kept in a box in the basement, or it may be a storage closet at your place of business. Wherever it is, it keeps your company running. However, sometimes this scrap pile can get out of date and needs to be managed so the right parts are available in emergencies. In this funny episode, we talk through the pros and cons of this quirk of all IT perso...

When we work together to solve problems, we come up with innovative ideas far beyond what we could have achieved in our own, isolated silos. In this insightful episode, we talk about how we have crossed IT and business boundaries to build solutions that have changed how companies do business.

"Death by Scaling" has been one of our most popular podcasts, so we thought we would follow up with another episode about scaling your business properly with traction coach John Fulwider from Gear 80 . Learn the best ways to maintain growth and track your process with the help of experts. 

Every business has workers who keep things moving behind the scenes. From accountants to engineers, these folks work day in and day out to support your company. The less you hear about them, the better they're doing their job. In this episode, we talk about the unseen worker and how to be more aware and appreciative of their efforts.

To wrap up our Tales from Around the World podcast series, we’re recapping the highlights from each country — South Africa, Australia, Canada and Sweden — and sharing our biggest takeaways. We hope you learned a lot and were enlightened by this fun, educational series! Thanks for tuning in.

Welcome to the fourth and final episode of Humanize IT: Tales from Around the World! In this episode Josef Nord from Stockholm, Sweden, owner of an MSP called ByBrick, talks about Sweden’s “self-accountability” approach to the pandemic and discusses how business has evolved the past few months. For him, it was all about teaching his clients to better utilize the technology they were already famili...

In part 3 of our Tales from Around the World series, we gain valuable insights from Penny Belluz in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Learn about her city’s reopening process and get useful cybersecurity tips on how to avoid hackers and stay safe on your home network! Plus, we discuss the future of business as well as positive takeaways from the pandemic in Canada.

Welcome back to Tales from Around the World! In the second episode of our technology podcast series, we chat with business owner Kevin Spanner from Sydney, Australia. Learn what measures Australia has taken to handle COVID-19 so well, discover the pros and cons of permanently working from home, and reflect on some of the positive outcomes of the pandemic that have changed our world for the better.

In this episode, we kick off our "Tales From Around the World" series.  This first episode features Richard Bauer, an engineer from South Africa's own Cape Town.  We hear about how they are being affected and some of the positive items they are seeing. From homemade pineapple beer to remote work strategies, we cover it all.

Tools allow us to either fix things more quickly or, if used incorrectly, break things in epic new ways. Bob Mohr joins us for a lively conversation regarding all the tools we amass over time.  Whether you're a plumber or a technician, we all have tools we trust, and there are always new tools emerging that we must adapt to and integrate along the way. 

As a business owner, you may be left wondering how to stay productive when your staff is working in different environments.  This episode will help you manage a distributed workforce. And, don't miss our most hilarious Fail of the Week yet!

In this episode, we dive in and discuss the effects of disaster recovery and business continuity facing us today. With our current COVID situation, this is a particularly poignant topic, We'll help you overcome and adapt to changes so you can thrive during this time. 

In this hard-hitting episode, we talk through how you can ruin a perfectly good idea by not being prepared and give you strategies to avoid this situation. 

As a professional, it's your responsibility to not only deliver value, but communicate it, as well. If you don't take charge of your communication channels, you'll likely walk into a trap where you and your clients have differing expectations of each other. This podcast will help you ensure everyone is on the same page. 

As business professionals, we often get so caught up in the latest and greatest technology that we forget how far we've come. In this entertaining blast-from-the-past episode, we talk about problems from a bygone era — the days of countless floppy disks and crazy hardware. No matter how advanced technology gets, it's always good to remember where we started.