Marie Gervais – The Value of Your Worst Investment Is the Learning

BIO: Marie Gervais, PhD., CEO of Shift Management, offers targeted supervisory and middle management training, team coaching, and organizational capacity development to businesses and organizations. STORY: Marie had the fantastic idea of developing a management decision-making gaming app. She pitched the idea to a few decision-makers within her industry, and they assured her it was a great idea. Marie had no experience in tech and did zero research on app development before she started working on the app. This saw her lose over $140,000 in an idea that never materialized due to her inexperience. LEARNING: Do thorough market research, take calculated risks, and never go to market before validating your idea with a few paying customers. If a situation is not working out, walk away and carry the lessons with you.   “I discovered all the gifts that I learned from this mistake, and I started to dig my way out of the shame.”Marie Gervais  Guest profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/leaderstraining/ (Marie Gervais), PhD., CEO of https://shiftworkplace.com/courses/quickstudy-manager-builder/ (Shift Management), offers targeted supervisory and middle management training, team coaching, and organizational capacity development to businesses and organizations. She has developed an award-winning program using online courses and live web coaching to help managers develop the confidence and skills they need to lead. For a competitive advantage, a clear focus on communication and conflict resolution skills will get you there. You can build a healthy, inclusive ‘best in industry’ work culture. Dr. Gervais is your guide to success. Her upcoming book “The Spirit of Work” is scheduled for publication in November 2021. She is the host of the https://followthepodcast.com/culture&leadership (Culture and Leadership Connections Podcast). Worst investment everA couple of years ago, Marie realized that everything was going towards gamification. She got interested in games for learning. She then had an idea to create a ga