Confidence isn't binary. It manifests in degrees.
Doug Standley, CEO of niolabs is 100% confident. Deeply driven. Yet, humble.
Most of his career was at Deloitte, helping companies not get too spun up about all the new digital solutions out there. Instead, Doug's team helped companies understand digitization and building successful implementations. They earned a ton of money and the trust of their clients by simply telling the truth, with none of the hype.
He wrote the first 3 articles in Deloitte’s first annual trends publication. He was the first Deloitte Fellow. The list goes on and on.
Now Doug is aiming his team to take on a problem of global scale and extreme importance. The world’s water infrastructure is falling apart, and management of this vital resource is a disaster. Doug and niolabs are just the people to fix it.
There is a ton of information in this podcast. But more importantly, I think what you'll pick up on is his scud missile approach. Doug may be living proof that being a troublemaker is binary. And he's 100%.