This week, I sat down with Keith Ippel, the CEO & Co-founder of Spring. They are on a mission to help entrepreneurs change the world. First of all, Keith is the most down to earth person who is full of compassion, kindness and is genuinely there to help small-medium businesses get through whichever phase they are in. From idea to growth.

More importantly, they’ve created this FREE resiliency program to help small businesses get through the recession.

There are so many hidden gems & nuggets:

• Lifecycle of Entrepreneur
• How to start
• COVID trends
• Resiliency movement
• Return of the small communities
• Transactional versus Relationship-based
• The terminology of the day
• Customer Discovery phases
• The difference between incubator, angel investor and venture capital
• Leveraging masterclasses
• Plus, Keith shares such great FREE tools

A little more about Keith:

With over 20 years of experience as a leader in technology & impact businesses, Keith Ippel has accelerated the growth of both small and large companies and raised over $30M in angel investment and venture capital.

Keith leads Spring, a global incubator and accelerator that empowers entrepreneurs and entrepreneur ecosystem organizations to build better businesses and change the world. To date, its global advisory work has supported entrepreneurs in over 40 cities across 5 continents while its impact programs have helped over 750 entrepreneurs launch 350+ businesses, and raise over $24M in early-stage capital.

FREEBIE ALERTS:

• Hubspot Academy 
• Spring Resilience Online Course & Program
• Networking Biggest Mistakes

Connect with Keith:

• Website: spring.is
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithippel/
• Twitter: @KeithIppel, @Spring_is
• Facebook: @SpringImpact

P.s. I even took a picture. Check out my crazy hair. Humidity and my hair are NOT friends! LOL

Driving change during a downturn

I get a chance to sit down and chat with the infamous Rich Batchelor, who is a global Organizational Change Management guru and disruptor. We are always told to embrace change, but COVID-19 has definitely been more than most people have bargained for. Rich and I really get down to talk about how to navigate change, when it’s so disruptive. 

How did Covid-19 change you during the downturn? What actions did you take? Let me know in the comments below.

Rich has been successfully delivering change for over 25 years. He is a founding member of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) and founded the Toronto Change Days conference, a hands-on weekend of fun learning about change unlike any other change conference in North America!

He has a masters in change management and is certified in Project Management, Process improvement, Facilitation, HR, Coaching, Counseling and Psychotherapy. He is also a Certified Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator & Workshop Designer, VUCA Canvas accredited, Certified in facilitating organizations through uncertainty and complexity and an accredited emotional culture deck “elephant rider”!

In this episode:

• The importance of change with people, not TO people
• We talk about #epicfails
• Difference between education and training
• He introduces me to his friend, CARL
• How to engage people in this virtual world
• How to do stakeholder management virtually
• How to have impact & influence
• How it’s okay to not be okay
• And so much more

Plus, I share what I’m currently curious about and it’s not quite what anyone expects!

Organizational change management is truly an essential business life skill that we should all master. It’ll help build your confidence and become your own secret sauce.

Connect with Richard:

• CapillaryConsulting.com
• CapillaryLearning.com
• Twitter: @richbatchelor
• Twitter: @capillarytweets
• LinkedIn

I can’t wait to hear your feedback

Please stay safe and healthy.

Best Always,
Sapna

P.s.  Have you checked out the latest FREEBIE? A downloadable Gratitude journal. That way we don’t forget all those amazing things that we are grateful for. I think we’ve discovered a lot.

Hey Innovators,

COVID-19 is always on our mind, it’s what everyone is talking about.  We look at the COVID-19 for the things that it took away from us, but what has COVID-19 provided us?  Did COVID-19 actually give us a gift? Is this an opportunity?

I sat down with Jessie-Lynn MacDonald. She helps clients break through self-imposed limits, fears, struggles, and challenges and awaken to the beautiful and infinite potential within.  She is brilliant beyond belief! She helps parents, children, individuals, schools & companies, and consults globally.  She’s a well sought out individual.   

The Adult ‘Time-Out’ is a Gift!

We have a lively discussion about COVID-19 and the impact and she sees this time as an opportunity and a gift! We chat about: 

1. The impact of on our minds, clear blue light versus a snow globe
2. How stress is a love note to your body
3. How to identify stress signals
4. The power of autonomy
5. She gives a big secret!
6. Embracing our inner child
7. How empathy enables us to be more kind & forgiving to ourselves and others
8. Loneliness versus Boredom
9. Value of recognizing ‘grumpy goggles’ 
10. And so much more!

In fact, I admit that I may secretly want to be a gamer!   We are all going through this change curve differently and it really allows us to become that diamond!

I think you’re going to really enjoy this episode. Please stay safe 

Connect with Jessie Lynn:

JessielynnMacdonald.com | Twitter |  Facebook

Best Always,
Sapna

P.s.  Have you checked out the latest FREEBIE? A downloadable Gratitude journal. That way we don’t forget all those amazing things that we are grateful for. I think we’ve discovered a lot.