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Driving Dynamics Inc. today announced a strategic alliance agreement with Element Fleet Management. Under the agreement, Driving Dynamics now operates the Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) LLC. As a Driving Dynamics subsidiary, CTS provides safety training for drivers of all classes of vehicles to reduce organizational risk and educational training to qualify drivers for their Commercial Drivers Licenses.
With this move, Tony Vinciguerra, with more than three decades of industry expertise, has joined Driving Dynamics’ executive leadership team and been named as its new chief operating officer (COO).
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AFLA is excited to announce Women In Fleet Management (WIFM), will once again hold their annual session and reception at this year’s Annual Corporate Fleet Conference (AFLA 2017), on Sunday, September 17th, at the M Resort in Las Vegas, NV.
Kathleen Nalty will be the keynote speaker at WIFM’s session: ‘Outsmart Your Unconscious Bias.’ Despite our best intentions, research shows we all have it – unconscious, unintentional bias. The key is to learn how to recognize our own unconscious biases as well as practical ways to interrupt those biases so we can make better decisions and serve customers and clients more effectively.
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By Art Liggio, President and CEO, Driving Dynamics
Each year Driving Dynamics trains thousands of drivers across North America through its one day, behind-the-wheel advanced safety courses.
During the group discussions our instructors normally ask trainees to ‘raise their hand if they feel they’re above average drivers. Invariably, the vast majority do raise their hands backed up by comments such as: “Well yes, I’m an excellent driver. I haven’t had a ticket since I was a teenager.” “You bet I am, I haven’t had an accident or a fender bender in over 20 years.”
These interesting anecdotes go on and on, but do most people actually believe they are above average drivers?
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Element Fleet Management customers now have the option to integrate data provided by OnStar directly into the Xcelerate platform and other analytics offerings to gather fleet location, usage and vehicle diagnostic insights from properly equipped General Motors Fleet vehicles.
With more than 1 million vehicles managed in North America, Element becomes the largest fleet management company to incorporate data provided by OnStar to help its customers improve productivity, safety and costs.
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Innovative Telematics Solutions
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By Janice Sutton
We recently interviewed Kfir Lavi, Senior Vice President at ERM Advanced Telematics, and asked him to give us an overview of the company and a view of the telematics solutions they are offering their fleet management service providers.
Among the topics Lavi addresses are ERM’s driver behavior monitoring, their unique tracking devices, vehicle diagnostic solutions, wireless connectivity, and at the top of many of our minds, cybersecurity.
Lavi says, “ERM is a provider of device-based telematics solutions. Over the years, we have developed an extensive portfolio of innovative solutions that support a growing range of telematics and fleet management services.
We create partnerships with fleet management service providers, who in turn, develop applications for their customers on our Starlink platform. We are based in Israel, and we have been in this business for over 30 years. Today, we have partners in more than 65 countries. Our devices have been installed in more than 1.5m vehicles worldwide.”
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By Wendy Eichenbaum
In July 2016, Pokémon Go exploded on the scene. Within 2 months, over 80 million people had downloaded the game. Businesses attracted customers using in-game features. And though augmented reality (AR) was invented in 1968, millions of people tried AR for the first time. AR is a technology that layers computer-generated elements on top of real world experiences. In the case of Pokémon, Pokémon characters moved around a real map or a camera screen.
A year later, what are the effects of the Pokémon craze? On the surface, it might not be easy to detect. Daily users have by dropped 80%. There is no string of “copy-cat” Pokémon games. And a majority of people do not know the difference between augmented reality and its counterpart virtual reality (VR). VR is a computer-generated simulation of real life that completely immerses users.
However, just below the surface, there has been a profound change. We no longer marvel at the benefits of AR; instead, we expect it.
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Ignite Your Selling Potential
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By Susan A. Lund, President of MR3
Selling is a lot like driving. People have beliefs that shape their behavior. We have beliefs about driving and beliefs about selling.
When we have false beliefs people spin their wheels. They become busy with activity, but not productivity. Sound familiar?
As we discussed, beliefs are what we know to be true, however when we don’t have the facts, sometimes we adopt beliefs that are not true. What I call false beliefs. Since beliefs shape our behaviors and thoughts, when we have false beliefs, people internalize those false beliefs with the words, “I can’t.” When that happens, you limit your selling potential.
Let’s talk about another false belief that will limit your selling potential and success.
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