{"id":1951,"date":"2024-09-11T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleconsultants.ai\/articles\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2024-10-31T19:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:59:00","slug":"unlocking-productivity-for-teams-and-clients-with-ai-michele-dekinder-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simpleconsultants.ai\/articles\/unlocking-productivity-for-teams-and-clients-with-ai-michele-dekinder-smith\/1951\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking productivity for teams and clients with AI &#8211; Michele DeKinder-Smith, MMR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cSimple AI has enabled my team to systematically improve effectiveness, and now we\u2019re helping clients do the same with a focus on ROI.\u201d<\/em><br>Michele DeKinder-Smith, MMR<br>President at Linkage Research and Consulting, Inc., and Principal Consultant<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"resize-video\">\n    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/simpleconsultants.ai\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Michele-DeKinder-Smith-testimonial.mp4\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Michelle DeKinder-Smith. My company is called Linkage Research, and I&#8217;m very happy to be a Simple Consultant. When I first started working with Simple AI, I was just really blown away by how much more productive I personally could be in running my own business. And since that time, I&#8217;ve really focused on helping each member of my staff kind of systematically work their way through their jobs and develop a real plan for their role that will enable them to be more effective in almost everything that they do. And now I am delighted that we are also able to share this kind of insight and very applied orientation to AI with a heavy focus on return on investment in order to help our clients implement the same kinds of tools and benefit from the same kinds of results. The team over at Simple is fantastic. 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