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375- Stop Thinking Start Talking w/Michael McKirchy

You've Been Heard

Philip Howard

Technology, Tech News, Management, News, Business

549 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

ON THIS EPISODE: ➤ Why overthinking kills IT progress and how to break the paralysis ➤ The unique advantages of managing both IT and HR responsibilities ➤ How coffee conversations solve more problems than formal meetings ➤ Real AI use cases: CAD plant identification and expense categorization ➤ Developing people when there’s no room for advancement ➤ Why looking stupid makes you learn faster What happens when you combine IT leadership with HR responsibilities? Michael McKirchy, Director of Information Technology and HR at Lurvey Landscape Supply, reveals how this unique dual role creates unexpected advantages in technology adoption and team...

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0:00.0

Michael McCurchy.

0:11.3

Seriously, Director of Information Technology and HR.

0:16.7

You are the second, which is absolutely insane.

0:20.2

Most people don't think that's even possible.

0:22.1

I brought this up before and they're like, no, that can't be.

0:24.6

I don't get it.

0:25.6

So not only do you get to send out the job, what do we call these job descriptions and filter them.

0:33.4

You also get to hire them at the same time, at least when it comes to IT.

0:37.9

But just real quick, no one has the answer for this.

0:43.9

I don't remember if I asked you this or not.

0:45.4

I have not, we're going to reveal the rest of who you are and why you're such a big deal in

0:50.1

a moment.

0:50.6

But why does no IT director that I have ever asked have an answer to what is the end

1:00.1

game? If I said to you, you are now 70 years old, where are you? What are you doing? How did you get there? So that's a really great question. For me, I think I'm in a really unique and lucky spot because if I'm in the same spot I'm in right now 50 years from now, I would be one of the happiest people alive. I'm really not

1:31.8

big focused on titles. I'm focused on what I'm actually doing. I'm focused on the impact,

1:37.9

the decisions that I make have on the company and have on the people around me. I have a really

1:43.0

unique title working both in IT and HR, and I get to make some really

1:47.4

cool decisions, and I feel pretty empowered at the company I work at.

1:51.7

They really focus on technology, and they focus on their people.

1:56.0

So if I get to continue doing what I'm doing right now, I'd be a pretty happy guy.

2:03.2

Yeah, and I think that that's what most people would say.

2:06.2

I'm not saying anyone has to chase a title.

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