The Artisan Advisor: Your Guide to Economic and Real Estate Outlook for the Upcoming Quarter
This helpful resource is your guide to economic and real estate outlooks for the upcoming quarter. Read Now.
February 18, 2023
Podcast: Interest Rates and the Economy – What’s in Store for 2023 according to Artisan’s Expert Panel
Watch liquidity. Actively manage risk. Embrace patience, discipline and simplicity. Words of wisdom from special guest and noted banking and investment expert and educator, Ed Krei, and Artisan Advisors’ Jim Adkins, Jeff Voss and Dave Larson in our latest edition of Artisan Unfiltered. Listen now to hear their unique and insightful POVs on the Fed’s […]
December 22, 2022
Podcast: How will the recent cryptocurrency crisis affect its future in banking?
An unfiltered discussion about the recent cryptocurrency crisis and the future of crypto in community banking. Featuring Jim Adkins, Tommy Fitzgibbon, and special guests from local community banks. Listen Now.
November 18, 2022
Artisan Unfiltered: Recession Roundtable
Four banking experts with four distinct POVs on the recession…including whether we’re actually in one. Check out the latest Artisan Unfiltered podcast for insights and advice from Jim Adkins, Jeff Voss, Ron Mercer and Dave Larson on what your bank should be doing right now – starting with listening to “Recession Roundtable: Artisan’s Advisors Weigh […]
August 18, 2022
A New Digital Divide?
Do you recall the phrase Digital Divide? It refers to the ease of access to the Internet between different socioeconomic groups that could result in a disadvantage for future opportunities. I’m sensing a similar divergence today in banking between organizations who believe they can sit on the sidelines and watch the action and those who […]
April 18, 2022
Gone in 8 Seconds: A Cautionary Tale of Marketing to Gen Z
EIGHT SECONDS. That may be the most important number that you take away from this story. You have 8 seconds to grab Gen Z’s attention. Just let that sink in a little. Makes you long for the whopping 12 seconds we had with the Millennials, doesn’t it? Does this mean Gen Z (generally considered to […]
February 24, 2022
Forged in Fire: The Artisan Advisors Origin Story
Cynthia Rohde: Welcome to Artisan Unfiltered, a podcast series featuring frank and insightful conversations about community banking with some of the most interesting people in the business. I’m Cynthia Rohde, your host for today’s podcast. And I have the pleasure of talking with Jim Adkins and Jeff Voss, the founders of Artisan Advisors and true community […]
January 14, 2022
Building a Solid Construction Loan
Finally, the construction loan you’ve been working on for the past month — meeting with the client, gathering all the information and documents, understanding all the details, getting it blessed by your senior lender to proceed and finally underwritten — was approved. You’re done, right? No, not really, and you know that. There are many […]
January 4, 2022
Artisan Unfiltered: A Conversation with IBA CEO Randy Hultgren
On this episode of Artisan Unfiltered, Jim Adkins and Jeff Voss sit down with current Illinois Bankers Association CEO, and former US Congressman, Randy Hultgren to get his unique perspective on the legislative process and the banking industry – revealing a little of the behind-the-scenes sausage making. A passionate supporter of community banking, Randy also shares […]
January 3, 2022
Artisan Unfiltered: Is Your Bank Picking the Right Fights?
Hosted by: Jim Adkins, Managing Partner with Artisan Advisors Guests: John Hecht, Managing Director with Artisan Advisors John Reichert and Melissa Lanska, attorneys and banking experts with Reinhart, Boerner, Van Duren’s Banking and Finance Practice We tapped the sharp legal minds of John Reichert and Melissa Lanska, attorneys and banking experts with Reinhart, Boerner, Van […]
November 6, 2021
Panning for Remote Gold: Cultivating Business Leaders in a Remote Working Environment
The last 20 months have been challenging to say the least. Covid-19 has dramatically changed how we all live together and interact with each other, both socially and in the way we make our livings. Prior to the pandemic, remote working was more of a trend than the dominant form of working life it has […]
November 5, 2021
Community Banks – Relevant Today, Relevant Tomorrow
At a strategic retreat of family owned and closely held banks, I was privileged to connect with community institution leaders from the Upper Midwest. As we went around the room, each introduced themselves and shared a little background about their bank and what made them unique. There was an overriding theme that resonated with each […]
October 7, 2021