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Roy Atkinson
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Writer | Analyst | CEO at Clifton Butterfield, LLC.
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"If you’ve got a digital system or an IT enabled business process ... it can be quite hard to understand how everything fits together." - Claire Agutter on the Reach Your Do Point® podcast.

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December 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Friday!
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Scopism director Claire Agutter on the value of community. Read the full transcript:
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December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I am not losing my emdashes—I created a keyboard shortcut to make them easy to type and I'm not giving it up. I can assure you all my —'s are homegrown.
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Reach Your Do Point® episode 20 - with Scopism director Claire Agutter.
"Community in the Digital Age"
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Community in the Digital Age - Claire Agutter
Podcast Episode · Reach Your Do Point® · 12/08/2025 · 29m
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December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is how and why most AI initiatives fail.

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I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence
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December 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The 10 hottest IT skills for 2026

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Namely:
- AI
- Python
- Algorithms
- CI/CD
- Google Cloud
- AWS
- Analysis
- Cybersecurity
- Root cause tech analysis
- ML
The 10 hottest IT skills for 2026
The rise of AI has created more demand for IT skills to support the emerging tech’s implementation in organizations across every industry. These top skills have seen the most growth since 2024, accord...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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No Excuses: What Robert Kubica Taught Me About Starting Over jairribeiro.medium.com/no-excuses-w... via @Liberoliber of Volvo Group on @Thinkers360 #AI #DigitalTransformation #GenerativeAI 📣 Thought Leader? Amplify your voice here: www.thinkers360.com/explore-feat...
No Excuses: What Robert Kubica Taught Me About Starting Over
A brutally honest story of pain, persistence, and the kind of resilience we all need a little more of.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Customer Service and Customer Experience expert Shep Hyken joined the Reach Your Do Point® podcast to explain why Customer Service Is a Cultural Philosophy:
Customer Service: A Cultural Philosophy with Shep Hyken
Customer Service and Customer Experience expert Shep Hyken joins the Reach Your Do Point® podcast. Don't forget to subscribe!
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October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s not “Breaking News.”
It’s well and truly broken.
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Catch the wisdom of Mark Thomas on governance, risk and compliance (GRC).
The full video episode of Reach Your Do Point® is on YouTube:
Reach Your Do Point®: Navigating Governance: Insights from a GRC Expert
Mark Thomas President, Escoute LLC CGEIT, CRISC, CDPSE, COBIT Assessor Mark is an internationally known Governance, Risk, and Compliance expert specializing in information assurance, IT risk, IT…
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October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hear from Pete McGarahan on the latest Reach Your Do Point® podcast.

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October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
3rd annual @thinkers360.bsky.social research: 2025 AI Trust Index Research Survey in collaboration with Babson College.
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy Friday!
October 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I’ll be in Milton Keynes on 10 November to talk about how changing a viewpoint can change everything. #ITSM25

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October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Read faster than you listen? The transcript of the latest episode of Reach Your Do Point® is posted on Substack. See what Pete McGarahan has to say...

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October 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The new episode of Reach Your Do Point® features Pete McGarahan, a renowned service and support leader. We talked about personal outreach and the functions of AI in IT support and customer service.

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The Value of Outreach - Pete McGarahan
Podcast Episode · Reach Your Do Point® · 10/13/2025 · 26m
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October 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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October 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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September 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Reach Your Do Point® podcast is all about how and why people do what they do.

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Reach Your Do Point®
Business Podcast · On this podcast, host Roy Atkinson will be sharing stories from many who have found their Do Point® and eliminated the barriers to their success. (Do Point® is a registered…
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September 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM