Tech Leverage Kyle Heath

Everyone likes something they can actually do to make things better. In this episode, I take you through six simple ways that you can make your business more productive. Starting out with the problem that is internal email I talk about the brilliance that is Instant Messaging. Next I move onto standardisation and why when you all have the same systems it makes everything so much easier to do and cheaper to look after. You will learn about why calender tennis is costing you hours each week, how attachments are not the best way to share files and the importance of using search when you work. Finally, I share my thoughts on unrestricted Internet access at work and why this is always a bad idea because as humans we are addicted to distractions (literally, it's like heroin to us). If you enjoy this episode then please leave a review, I would love to hear from you and if you have suggestions for a topic you want to get the tech leverage on then let me know on Twitter @kylesheath

No one likes change, that's why most Technology projects fail. In this episode, I talk about your Inner Chimp, how we decide everything emotionally and what that means for your business IT systems. Everyone has heard of an IT project that cost thousands, took months to install and then failed within weeks because everyone hated it. Why does this happen? Is it because of the tech is rubbish or could it be something less obvious? I talk about WIIFM (Whats in it for me?) and why it is more important to show people a benefit in their world than it is to invest in expensive training courses crammed full of features. Humans are super emotional creatures and how we see technology is no different. If you want to build your business through amazing tech you need to recognise that its the people you need to convince first. This is one of the hidden secrets of tech leverage.

In the second part of this episode Kyle delves into the what the Cloud can do for you and your business, why he believes that this is a hard trend that isn’t going to reverse and why if you search Google for ‘Excel problems’ you get millions of results

In the first part of this episode Kyle talks about the history of centralised computing, the green screens of the 1970s up to the break through launch day of the Apple iPhone on June 9th 2011. Learn why the cloud is simply centralised computing that enables you to harness the power of Moores Law without needing to own an industrial complex