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Insurance advisors

+13

Salesforce plans to charge you every time your AI tool uses your CRM

Oct 29, 2026

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5 min read

Salesforce plans to charge you every time your AI tool uses your CRM

Potential costs for your practice, why I believe this is a misstep, and recommended actions before signing any agreement

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

Regulations

+9

Put a watchdog in your AI settings

Oct 21, 2026

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4 min read

Put a watchdog in your AI settings

One prompt in your personalization settings gives every conversation a second read before anyone acts on it.

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

Insurance advisors

+20

Stop keeping up with the Joneses' tech stack

Oct 5, 2026

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4 min read

Stop keeping up with the Joneses' tech stack

Four jobs worth paying for, and a one-page test for everything else

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

Insurance advisors

+21

Why AI comes last

Jun 16, 2026

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5 min read

Why AI comes last

AI on a broken foundation does not fix a practice. It makes the mistakes faster and more confident

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

Regulations

+10

The wrong AI consultant will cost you more than time

May 27, 2026

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1 min read

The wrong AI consultant will cost you more than time

Five questions every advisor should ask before signing anything, drawn from hundreds of conversations across Canada and the United States.

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

Adoption

+6

They promised you 10 hours back. Ask them these 5 questions first

Apr 7, 2026

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8 min read

They promised you 10 hours back. Ask them these 5 questions first

The AI consulting space is filling with generalists. Here is how to tell who has actually done the work.

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

Client Experience

+6

Your carrier illustration is not a client experience. The bar to change that is lower than you think

Mar 16, 2026

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4 min read

Your carrier illustration is not a client experience. The bar to change that is lower than you think

How a redacted Excel file produced a presentation-ready, interactive whole life dashboard.

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

Practice management

+3

Why most advisors aren't using AI, and how to start

Jan 31, 2026

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3 min read

Why most advisors aren't using AI, and how to start

Emile McLean
Emile McLean

The Capacity Problem

Fixing the operational drag that keeps financial advisors stuck in admin instead of with clients.

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