Joe Poling

Background

About Joe Poling

Pursuing possibilities. Truth telling. Going all in. In my 30-year career, I have started and built businesses, sold businesses and transformed businesses. Everything I have done - leading my own companies, holding executive roles and then transitioning into advising business leaders – has consistently validated my instinctive beliefs about transformation. From my experience, transformation isn’t a one-time activity incited by a catalyst event. It is a continuous process of improvement that breeds innovation opportunities. Too often now, transformation tackles symptoms that surface at the operational level. But symptoms only suggest what may be manifesting at the core. Without going deep and getting relentlessly honest, true transformation – and every business objective tied to it – remains out of reach. That core belief system is foundational to my role at Think. Think is on the precipice of its own transformation as we uncover opportunities to help our clients transform. I am here to ask the hard questions and challenge the status quo. I am here to apply the strategic rigor that will structure but not quash the energy and possibility inherent in pioneering new growth opportunities. It’s about getting to the next level. For Think and for our clients. For me, everything starts with curiosity. I dig into the how and why of business problems. I’m an unapologetic truth teller. Even if those truths are perceived as uncomfortable. I uphold decisiveness as a value because the pace of business doesn’t wait for anyone. And I’m all in – full of passion, still hungry and motivated to share my vision of possibility and how to get there.