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The "ThinkerCo" logo is innovative and modern, featuring a stylized light bulb with a circuit-like design, symbolizing creativity and technology. The logo uses a bold, dark blue color scheme, conveying professionalism and intelligence. The company name "ThinkerCo" is displayed in a clean, sans-serif font, complementing the high-tech and forward-thinking theme of the design. This logo is perfect for a company focused on innovation, technology, and creative solutions.
Illustrate what the word vision means to you. Either be literal or interpret it broadly and artistically.
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Featured in the photos are Managing Partners and Wealth Management Advisors Todd Bendell, CFP®, a 2012 ASU graduate (BS in Economics) and Jonathan Elliott, CPWA®, CRPC®, a 2002 ASU graduate (BS in Marketing). Todd specializes in Financial Planning while Jonathan specializes in Portfolio Management. Together they make the powerhouse team that is Optima Capital Management. Optima Capital Management was founded in 2019 by ASU graduates Todd Bendell, CFP® and Jonathan Elliott, CPWA®, CRPC®.
“Together, we use knowledge from our 25 years of combined management experience at Merrill Lynch to create a more technologically advanced and efficient solution for clients. In the financial services industry, we felt there were a lot of barriers to entry and jargon to make the average investor seem inadequate. At Optima, we educate and empower individuals to make better investment and retirement planning decisions.
We are constantly reviewing all processes to try to optimize for timeliness and efficiency. Our process for client acquisition typically incorporates 1 or 2 web meetings in order to gauge mutual interest from advisor and client, to save both parties time. This also enables the client flexibility to take the web meeting from their workstation or home. While Todd was at Merrill Lynch, his process quickly became a firm strategy, and he gave seminars nationwide to talk about his innovations.
Being structured as a Registered Investment Advisor, we are able to be progressive in other ways. This includes marketing through a variety of social media channels, while leveraging third parties to help Optima find relevant content. We are a firm of ideas, and we deliver our clients education on a weekly basis either via LinkedIn, mail/email, or our website. On average, Optima employs a staff of five different student interns, all from ASU, with majors ranging from Finance and Economics, to Marketing and English. In an ever changing industry we think it is important to get “outside the box” talent interested in our industry. Some are sophomores, while others are seniors and will be employed full time with our firm upon graduating.
Our investment strategy is very forward thinking especially when compared to large brokerages such as Morgan Stanley or Fidelity. We prefer a custom approach using individual stocks and bonds vs the typical one-size fits all philosophy that other firms recommend using for mutual funds, ETF indexes, and models. Our stock selection methodology is a 5 step process that takes into account company fundamentals, technical analysis, and market relative strength. In short, we are much more active in our equity research and risk management than a typical investment provider which has enabled us to perform quite well for our clients. The technology that we have input into our trading software allows us to be nimble, and react to changes that we see in the market.”
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James Eggleston "ReImagining the Energy Market"
September 16, 2018
University of Notre Dame Drill Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
TEDxFremantle Event
Theme: Perception vs. Reality
Photographer: Alma Sarhan
thecreativedepartment.com.au/almasarhanphotography-portra...
James Eggleston "ReImagining the Energy Market"
September 16, 2018
University of Notre Dame Drill Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
TEDxFremantle Event
Theme: Perception vs. Reality
Photographer: Alma Sarhan
thecreativedepartment.com.au/almasarhanphotography-portra...
Today I'm in Scottsdale, Arizona, and in a few hours, I'll be the opening keynote speaker for XSpecs 2024.
What is it? An event that features the attendance of most of the folks who build most of the major retail space for organizations large and small throughout North America. It's a pretty special crowd, responsible for billions of dollars of construction and renovation within the industry.
This three-day, by-invitation-only event brings together top retailers and suppliers — involved in store planning, design, construction and facilities management — in an informal setting designed to educate, inspire, foster networking and best practice-sharing, and build business partnerships.
I was originally approached by this group through one of my speaker bureau partners, Dynamic Speakers, based out of Austin, Texas. They've booked me several times through the years. The client originally approached them looking for someone to talk to about the issues around the topic du jour - which, of course, is artificial intelligence.
Then, they had a Zoom call where I started to outline some of the leading-edge trends defining the future of their industry, and things took off from there. It led to this keynote description:
The Future of Retail Construction in The Era of Acceleration
The rapid emergence of new design, construction, and management methodologies involving virtualized digital twins. The arrival of fascinating new construction materials. The acceleration of machine-based artificial intelligence and its impact on construction robotics and smart tools. Next-generation project inspection, safety, monitoring, and management tools utilizing drones and other advanced hardware. The impact of the next-generation building architect from the gaming generation - one who brings their experience playing Roblox to the construction world! And the continued innovations around the idea of 'connected energy,' with whole system deployment and integration of renewable energy sources, microgrid advancements, battery science, and smart technology. The future is fast - and you must get a powerful but useful interpretation of what is going on. Join us as Futurist Jim Carroll - whose clients include NASA, Disney, and the World Bank - takes us on a voyage into tomorrow.
Oh, and since a number of the folks are in the grocery and food end of the retail business, I've also got a section about vertical farming, not to forget my section on the arrival of all kinds of new construction materials and technologies. And so suddenly, while they thought they were looking for a talk on the future impact of AI, they realized they were looking for something more.
How often do you see this happening - organizations and leadership teams focusing on the latest and great thing, chasing the hype, following the crowd - and failing to see that one particular trend might simply be a subset of much larger, more massive trends? Even so, my presentation does presume that AI will play a key role in all this, and so there is AI-related content scattered throughout because it is a part of so many of these other trends. That's why one of my slides - with images generated by an AI - is used to emphasize that point.
What's the takeaway?
When following the future, always resist the temptation to narrow yourself to what's hot, and ask yourself when it comes to your area of focus - what's not (on the list!)
#ThinkBigger #FutureTrends #Innovation #RetailConstruction #BroadenYourView #AIImpact #Disruption #Leadership #ForwardThinking #StrategicInsight
Original post: jimcarroll.com/2024/10/daily-inspiration-trends-leadershi...
James Eggleston "ReImagining the Energy Market"
September 16, 2018
University of Notre Dame Drill Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
TEDxFremantle Event
Theme: Perception vs. Reality
Photographer: Alma Sarhan
thecreativedepartment.com.au/almasarhanphotography-portra...