Maria Goyer: Necessity is the Mother of Invention

It is through hardship and hard work that creativity grows and flourishes. When crunched for time or in a challenging situation, we have to find alternative, innovative solutions to our problems.

Maria Goyer knows firsthand that necessity is the mother of invention.

Maria is the Chief Innovation Officer at Velocity Global, where she drives strategic initiatives and innovative best practices across the organization to serve the growing global customer base. She served as senior vice president of Strategy for iWorkGlobal prior to Velocity Global’s acquisition. Maria’s efforts led to 2020 American Business Awards Silver medals in Growth and International Expansion. Maria applies more than 27 years of industry and strategic expertise in the development of all aspects of Business Process Outsourcing, including pioneering work in the Managed Service Providers (MSP), Vendor Management Systems (VMS), Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR) and Independent Contractor Compliance (ICC) industries and development of Software as a service (SaaS) applications for global contingent workforce programs. Additionally, Maria was named to Staffing Industry Analysts 2020 Global Power 150 – Women in Staffing list for her incredible contributions across the industry.

In this episode, Maria shares her wisdom on innovation, gratitude, and the future of work.

Listen to this episode and learn about:

  • The Virtual Gratitude Experience Maria and her team went through (4:12)

  • The importance of reflecting about the past to achieve future goals (6:26)

  • Stigma's around giving gratitude to your team (8:20)

  • Cultivating innovation on your team (9:35)

  • Growing and flourishing in times of hardship (11:56)

  • What the last 20 months has been like for Velocity Global (13:32)

  • The next big thing in business is staying small (19:48)

  • How Velocity Global is expanding (23:36)

  • The future of work being centered around self-care (25:48)

  • Maria giving credit and thanks to her stepmother, Janice (27:56)

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