Glenn Daniels II

Touch Stone Publishers

Chief Operating Officer

Touchstone Publications

The Science of Goal Setting
Why Smart Goal Setting is Dumb
●   Ted Talk
●   Personal Development Seminar
●   Management and Leadership Development


http://touchstonepublishers.com
http://glenndaniels2.com

Author and Speaker

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●   Helping employees cultivate their skills and knowledge
●   Providing skills, techniques and resources in ways that motivate employees

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Experiential Keynote Speaker & Engaging Content Creator for Senior Level Leaders | Empowering Leadership Excellence for Your Organization

"I help leaders across all industries create a multi-generational legacy of excellence through transformative keynote speeches, impactful coaching, and content that inspires actions.

What I Do: I specialize in helping organizations enhance their leadership capabilities, which leads to measurable increases in productivity. We achieve success through an experiential learning program that is tailored to your company's unique culture. By focusing on communication skills, we help reduce turnover, increase employee accountability, and build a highly productive team, thus alleviating your stress. Our leadership programs and keynotes are interactive and enjoyable, designed to drive genuine transformation. We utilize the Kirkpatrick Model to demonstrate sustained learning within your organization.

How We Do It: We offer a comprehensive training program that includes on-site training, followed by up to six months of online coaching and weekly assignments to help refine your leaders' skills continuously. We are dedicated to developing workshops that provide real improvements to your leadership team. Our keynote presentations are designed to be highly experiential, ensuring that you gain long-lasting benefits that extend well beyond the event itself.

Why It Works:With over 30 years of coaching experience, I have recognized the importance of training programs—especially those focused on soft skills—having a measurable impact on return on investment (ROI). We accomplish this by reducing labor costs through lower turnover rates, improving coaching and counseling processes, assisting your team in selecting superior candidates, and empowering leaders to inspire and motivate their teams effectively. This comprehensive approach not only increases overall productivity but also ensures that your leadership team is equipped with the skills, techniques, and motivation to implement what they have learned. Additionally, they will continue to develop their capabilities with our support for up to six months following our on-site training. 

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The resignation didn't happen in a dramatic boardroom showdown. It happened via a Slack message at 9:14 PM on a Tuesday.

"I'm out. Sent the formal letter to HR."

This was my Lead Architect. The person holding the keys to our AI integration. I called him immediately. 

"It's not the money," he said, his voice flat. "It's the latency. I spent six months waiting for approval to refactor the core loop because the annual objectives were locked in January. By the time we got permission, the market had moved. I can't work in a museum."

We hadn't failed him on compensation. We failed him on clock speed.

We were managing him against a compliance rubric while he was trying to manage an exponential technology. The friction between our static governance and his dynamic reality ground him down until he simply disconnected.

High-velocity talent will not tolerate low-velocity infrastructure. We lost our best asset because we insisted on measuring him by last year's calendar.

We isolated the specific metrics for Learning Velocity in the 'Learning Velocity Architecture'. It is a triage kit for your HR stack.

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Most organizations are currently incinerating capital on what I call 'Innovation Pantomime.'

We analyzed 40 recent enterprise 'AI implementations.' The pattern is stark. 70% represent zero functional utility—they are merely legacy workflows with a generative interface slapped on top. This is the Capability Gap disguised as progress.

The math doesn't hold. If you deploy a tool that saves 15 minutes per employee per day, but requires 20 minutes of prompt engineering and verification to function reliably, you have not innovated. You have introduced structural friction.

The 2nd-order consequence is more dangerous: Organizational Cynicism. When leadership celebrates tools that do not actually work, high-performers disengage. They smell the theater.

Strategic leaders must pivot from 'adoption metrics' (how many logins?) to 'utility metrics' (what distinct economic value was created?).

If the output requires more human verification than the original task took to execute, kill the pilot. The goal isn't AI everywhere. It is leverage where it matters.

We have codified the framework for distinguishing high-value leverage from digital noise. Equip your leadership team: For the Quick Reference Guide check here: https://lnkd.in/g8Rn9jtr

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The AI Theater Detector: Separating Hype from Utility

The demo was flawless. The interface was sleek, 'Cobalt Blue' accents glowing on the 85-inch screen. The vendor promised us a revolution in our supply chain logistics.

Then the CFO, a woman who has navigated three market crashes and built this company from a garage, asked a single question.

"Walk me through the error reconciliation process when the model hallucinates an inventory shortage."

The room went quiet. The vendor clicked to a backup slide. "Well, the human in the loop would..."

And there it was. The gap. The shiny tool wasn't replacing the work; it was hiding the complexity. We weren't buying leverage; we were buying a subscription to a new kind of headache.

Real value is rarely cinematic. It looks like dirty data being cleaned, boring governance protocols being established, and your best people quietly getting 10x faster at the hard stuff.

Don't fall for the glow. Look for the gears.

We have codified the framework for distinguishing high-value leverage from digital noise. Equip your leadership team: For the Quick Reference Guide check here: The AI Theater Detector: Separating Hype from Utility - Touch Stone Publishers LTD

Stop celebrating 'AI Adoption'. It is a vanity metric.

I see leaders patting themselves on the back because 80% of their staff have ChatGPT accounts. This isn't a strategy; it's a license for chaos.

Here is the uncomfortable truth: Most of what passes for 'AI Strategy' in the C-Suite right now is just fear of missing out, dressed up in a slide deck.

You are likely backing 'AI Theater' if:
1. The use case is 'content creation' rather than 'decision intelligence'.
2. No one can explain the data lineage.
3. The 'efficiency gains' are projected, never measured.

We need to unlearn the impulse to buy the tool before defining the problem. Real capability building hurts. It requires retraining your workforce to think probabilistically, not just handing them a text generator.

If it feels like magic, it’s probably a trick. If it feels like engineering, you’re on the right track.

We have codified the framework for distinguishing high-value leverage from digital noise. Equip your leadership team: For the Quick Reference Guide check here:

Open article: The AI Theater Detector: Separating Hype from Utility by touchstonepublishers.com

The Council of Ambulance Authorities

Research and Policy Manager at CAA

Flinders University

Neuroscientist, Adjunct Lecturer at Flinders Universirt

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lecturer

Keynote Speaker

Dalhousie University

Associate Professor

Associate Professor Shohreh Majd is a neuroscientist, award-winning academic, sustainability innovator, policy and research leader, certified coach, editor-in-chief, and internationally recognised keynote speaker. With more than two decades of research and teaching in neuroscience, human physiology, and management, she has become a pioneer in advancing our understanding of brain function and cognitive psychology.

She stands at the intersection of science, leadership, sustainability, and human development, driven by one purpose: to create healthier, more resilient people and systems. Her career spans world-leading institutions, including the University of Melbourne and Johns Hopkins University, where she built a strong foundation in neuroscience and brain health. Today, she extends that knowledge far beyond the laboratory and classroom—into healthcare leadership, sustainability strategy, and human performance.

Through science-based consulting, international speaking, and executive coaching, A/Professor Majd brings science to life, helping leaders and organisations harness resilience, enhance performance, cultivate emotional intelligence, and embed sustainable thinking to not only adapt but to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Her vision is clear: to use the power of science to inspire transformation—within individuals, across organisations, and towards a more resilient and sustainable global future.

A/Professor Dr. Shohreh Majd

In every successful team, loyalty is never guaranteed, it’s earned through respect, and genuine appreciation!

When people feel valued, they stay committed.

When they feel overlooked, even the most dedicated will disengage!

Strong leaders protect trust, nurture commitment, and never take loyalty for granted!

#Leaders #Leadership #Psychology #EmotionalIntelligence #CriticalThinking #Neuroscience #Motivation #Neurodiversity #LeadershipDevelopment #Inspiration #WomeninLeadership #StressManagement #MentalHealth #Resilience #GrowthMindset #Empowerment #PositiveThinking #Education #LeadershipInHealthcare

Associate Professor of Neuroscience- Policy & Research Manager- Leadership Coach and Keynote Speaker- Award Winning Author- Editor in Chief

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Arguing with someone who lacks the maturity or openness to recognize the validity of multiple perspectives is often an exercise in futility. 

True dialogue requires not just the articulation of one’s own position, but the capacity to consider that others may see the world differently. 

When this fundamental openness is absent, no amount of reasoning, evidence, or persuasion will lead to understanding.

Energy spent in such exchanges is better invested in conversations with those capable of reflection, nuance, and intellectual empathy, where ideas can genuinely be exchanged and growth can occur.



#Communication #Leaders #Leadership #Psychology #EmotionalIntelligence #CriticalThinking #Neuroscience #Motivation #Neurodiversity #LeadershipDevelopment #Inspiration #WomeninLeadership #StressManagement #MentalHealth #Resilience #GrowthMindset #Empowerment #PositiveThinking #Education

You Only Live Once...Live it Smart!


#EmotionalIntelligence #CriticalThinking #Neuroscience #Motivation #Leaders #Leadership #Psychology #Neurodiversity #LeadershipDevelopment #Inspiration #MindsetMatters #StressManagement #MentalHealth #Resilience #GrowthMindset #Empowerment #PositiveThinking #Education #Happiness

This is what I call... "Living with Purpose!"



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No one knows you like you do!
No one can care for you like you can!
No one holds the power to decide for you but you!

Don’t let that power fall into the hands
Of those who don’t know you,
Who don’t love you,
Who don’t care for you more than you do!

https://sherrymajd.com/

#PersonalGrowth #Leadership #SelfLove #Motivation #TakeControl #MindsetMatters #Leaders #Neuroscience #Psychology #EmotionalIntelligence #CriticalThinking #Neurodiversity #LeadershipDevelopment #Inspiration #WomeninLeadership #StressManagement #MentalHealth #Resilience #GrowthMindset #Empowerment #PositiveThinking

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