Dave Martin
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Technology is table stakes; winning bankers put in the hard work (opens the original)
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Over the course of a few decades of giving live presentations to bankers, I've probably created, used, tweaked and eventually retired thousands of slides. A banker contacted me out of the blue to ask about one of my older slides. This particular one had a picture of former Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt. I hadn't used it in quite some time. I shared it with him and then figured I'd put it back into circulation to see if it still resonated. And while the chatter in the business
Behind the shiny new technology, you always need a human banker (opens the original)
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One of the most common comments I've received over the many years I've spent making presentations to bankers is that most of the subject matter I address could be just as appropriate outside of banking. The CEO of a community bank recently told me that he almost forgot he was at a banking conference while I was speaking. When I smiled and said, "Sorry about that," he said, "Oh no, I meant that as a good thing." This phenomenon has always made me smile just a little. I like to remind bankers that
AI makes it more important than ever to invest in your people (opens the original)
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One of my recurring suggestions to younger bankers I work with is that many of the best, or at least the most interesting, parts of our career journeys are happy accidents. And when I say that, I'm not implying that we don't have tremendous influence over those paths. It's just that, when most of us look back, we realize something had to happen, or not happen, for something else to happen ... or not happen. Sometimes it's the customer you couldn't close, the boss you just couldn't work for anymo
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