00:37 – Introducing today’s guest, Harvey Smith, who speaks to his background in information technology and business intelligence 05:38 – Harvey expounds on the work he’s done at Holman Strategic Ventures, including their latest app, LYNKD and their shared vehicle subscription concept, Flexdrive 17:24 – Harvey speaks to the resounding impact that Covid-19 has had on his organization and their clients’ businesses 21:13 – Harvey’s thoughts on how the shift towards a gig economy is impacting business intelligence 24:37 – The work Harvey has done with predictive and artificial intelligence (A.I.) solutions 30:01 – The process of hiring talented developers, programmers and other subject matter experts 32:48 – Harvey speculates on what the future of B.I. applications will look like EPISODE QUOTES“Basically we [Holman Strategic Ventures] build products and we look for opportunities adjacent to the core. And that’s been our mission for the last three years.”

“Imagine that you don’t want to lease, you don’t want to buy a vehicle. You just need a vehicle just for a certain amount of time and you don’t want to rent a vehicle. You could actually subscribe to a vehicle for the type of use you wanted.”

“Particularly, when you look at the FedExs, the Amazons of this world, they’re part of a gig economy. And those vehicles have to be up. If that vehicle’s down, then packages aren’t being delivered on time.”

“When you’ve got people doing work for you remote – whether it’s Lyft drivers, snow plow drivers, lawn care, housesitting – it’s crucial to have the data to give you the comfort that it’s being managed correctly. It truly is management by metrics now.”

“It’s also critical that you understand and bring some real world experience to the data because you can make data fit any story that you want.”