Inzo Technologies

05/22/2026

Banning AI tools at work doesn't stop AI use at work. It just pushes it to personal accounts where you have zero visibility.

The right question isn't whether your team uses AI. It's whether you've given them an approved way to.

05/22/2026

A quote from Gyasi C. Chisley on the Leading In The Dark podcast that’s worth hearing again: “Those who know how will always have a job; those who ask why will always be leaders.”

Curiosity changes the way leaders think, communicate, and grow. The best leaders never stop learning — and they’re never afraid to ask deeper questions.

Listen to the full episode here →
https://youtu.be/83Xh2Ngj0XU
https://open.spotify.com/episode/41Sj4YRy2g31f5nqvjEMj1?si=loqhvX5eROq2fu1IV0tjNQ

05/19/2026

Shadow AI is everywhere. Sales pastes customer data to draft proposals. Finance feeds spreadsheets to summarize. HR uses it to screen resumes.

None of it is on a policy and most of it isn't logged.

You can't govern what you don't see, and you can't see what nobody is required to disclose.

05/19/2026

One of our favorite moments from the Leading In The Dark podcast came from Scott Alexander:“Business isn’t complex: boil it down to people, process, and tools—in that order.”

Scott’s story is a reminder that resilience in business often comes back to mastering the basics and staying focused on what matters most.

Listen to the full episode here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6z8vVfUuDovHjUhWpAtNVt?si=uMKZsiMvRCeUZRg5xkmNjA
https://youtu.be/VaZLPRIRRm0

05/15/2026

If you have to forward a support ticket between three vendors before anyone diagnoses the problem, the problem is your vendor stack.
One number to call. One team accountable. That should be the floor, not the upgrade.

05/14/2026

“You can teach skills, but you can’t teach someone to care.” — Joey Goone

For anyone building teams, serving clients, or trying to grow without losing what matters most—care is the differentiator.

Skills can be trained. Systems can be built.

But heart is what people feel.

Revisit the episode with Joey on Leading in the Dark →
https://youtu.be/sXzQBaWGy-E
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Av005V4rhwiu0lAitBnDz?si=8YRg1s_BSB2ZEQ9vI5ne5A

05/13/2026

Your team completed their annual security training back in February. Quiz passed, certificates filed away. Nine months later, someone clicks a link in a fake invoice email, and the network is locked by lunchtime.

The training happened. The breach happened anyway.

Memory research is unforgiving here: most of what people learn fades within a month without reinforcement. One annual session leaves your team prepared for about 4 weeks of the year, and on their own for the other 48.

Our newest post walks through why annual training keeps failing established small businesses, and what a managed, ongoing approach actually looks like (plus how it affects your cyber insurance renewal and any audits you're navigating).

Annual security awareness training leaves employees unprepared for 48 weeks of the year. Here's why managed, ongoing training works better.

05/12/2026

Vendor sprawl looks like cost-saving until something breaks. Then your phone vendor blames the firewall vendor, who blames the ISP, who points at your internal team.
Nobody owns the outcome.
The real cost of five vendors isn't the invoices. It's the time wasted finding out who's accountable.

05/12/2026

“We don’t always need the guy with the most pushups—we need the right person. The interview tells you if he’s truly a team player.” – Mike Flatley

A great reminder that leadership isn’t about assembling the most impressive individuals—it’s about building the right team.

Trust, collaboration, and shared values are what carry teams forward when it matters most.

Catch Mike’s full conversation on Leading in the Dark:
https://youtu.be/XYvuGQwjEE4
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6EnOoz25AFM03ulWe2R858?si=7Yv5zAc0RN-jgYS1rhOnoA

05/08/2026

AI is accelerating what attackers can build. A vulnerability published Monday can be a working exploit by Wednesday.

Stopping attacks that are new every time means watching how a device is behaving in real time. That's what Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) does.

The threat era has changed.

05/06/2026

“How a seller behaves during the transaction is usually exactly how they ran the business.”
This insight from Chris Edwards is a powerful reminder that buying a business isn’t just a financial decision—it’s a leadership one.
What you see during the deal process often reflects the culture, communication style, and emotional tone you’ll inherit after the sale.
Catch this episode of Leading In The Dark for more hard-earned leadership lessons:
https://youtu.be/Y8cWCqvNEFg
https://open.spotify.com/episode/67YcRAlU1mFDVjR1RINPfu?si=Nt9WzH7jTly4ffQyvJ-4NA