Your host, Sheila Kloefkorn, talks with the CEO of IdeaScale, Nick Jain. Nick discusses his journey from Wall Street to becoming a professional CEO, emphasizing his educational background from Dartmouth and Harvard Business School. He shares insights on why companies hire him, focusing on his financial and operational expertise. Key strategies for scaling a business, such as institutionalization, maintaining a culture of vigilance, and customer focus, are highlighted. Nick also addresses the impact of AI on global competition and Ideascale's approach to democratizing innovation through crowdsourcing. To learn more about Nick's work, click HERE and HERE. Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply HERE. Want to learn more about Sheila's work at KEO Marketing? Check out her website at https://keomarketing.com/.