351- How to create raving end users that champion your IT department

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Create raving end users that champion your IT department Dennis Zoesch, Director of IT Value Delivery at Wausau Supply Company. IT isn’t just about keeping systems running… It’s about driving measurable business impact. When IT is done right, it becomes the backbone of transformation. Here’s the reality: ✴ Security isn’t just tools… it’s the people. MDR solutions with network + endpoint sensors are key, but you need passionate specialists to interpret the data. ✴ AI’s biggest risk? Believing fake is real. Deepfakes are convincing fast, even savvy users get fooled. The stakes are higher than ever. ✴ Sales and IT...

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0:00.0	So what I'm seeing here especially is as we put prototypes or starting projects out in front of people and they start to see what's possible, they very quickly start asking for more and meaningful more, right?
0:12.6	Not just move this field over there, that field over there, but literally better ways to capture data with the understanding of how it would be reported out on later.
0:24.1	All right. welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds today.
0:28.5	A little interesting start to the day.
0:30.2	We're all very busy.
0:31.2	We're speaking with Dennis Zesh from Wausau.
0:36.4	Am I doing this right again?
0:37.4	Did I screw that up? Okay, Wausau. Wausau. Wausau. Wausau. I doing this right again? Did I screw that up?
0:37.9	Okay, Wausau.
0:38.9	Wausau.
0:39.9	Wausau.
0:40.4	I screwed up again for the second time.
0:42.2	Yes.
0:43.7	Wausau Supply company.
0:45.2	Really cool stuff, man, you guys are doing over there.
0:47.6	I mean, it's from like a building supply stuff.
0:49.9	So if anyone likes, you know, if people like going to like, if you want, um, you know,
0:55.1	Home Depot and steroids and you want all that type of stuff, then that's your company.
0:59.7	Um, but let's, uh, how'd you get into the, I mean, you really are kind of like a visionary.
1:04.5	I mean, I, I just from talking with you and seeing what you guys are doing over there,
1:09.8	you're really are, are, have a seat
1:12.7	at the executive roundtable, as we, you know, so to speak, and really are a part of the visionary
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