Which Leader are you?

Tech-Enabled, Tech-Forward or Tech-Shackled

by Jeff Arnold

“True innovation gives back time; false innovation steals it.”
You may wonder if your business is truly tech-forward or just weighed down by tools that look shiny but add no real value.

The good news? With the right approach, technology can become more than a system—it can be a force that empowers your people, delights your customers, and frees you to focus on what really matters. Your tech-forward journey is closer than you think.

About The Book

Jeff Arnold’s Tech-Enabled, Tech-Forward or Tech-Shackled is a modern-day primer for leaders navigating the accelerating pace of technological change in insurance and beyond.

Drawing on decades of firsthand experience, Arnold argues that every firm falls into one of three categories:

Tech-Forward: Companies that don’t just adopt technology but use it to transform processes, empower people, and create customer delight.

Tech-Enabled: Organizations that strategically integrate technology into key operations, increasing efficiency while keeping humans at the center.

Tech-Shackled: Businesses that let technology overtake them—slowing workflows, frustrating employees, and alienating customers.

Arnold insists that technology itself isn’t inherently good or bad—it does what you tell it to do. The difference lies in intentional adoption.

He demonstrates that when technology is bolted on without thoughtful integration, it creates barriers rather than bridges.

Conversely, when used wisely, it elevates human performance and delivers a customer experience so seamless it feels like “magic.”

Think your tech makes you look modern? If you skip this book, you may find out the hard way that it actually makes you look stuck in the past.

Get your copy today.

““You are not leading with technology when your employees and customers bend to its demands; you are shackled when the system consumes more energy than it gives.””

Jeff Arnold

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Five Time Best-Selling Author | Founder | Speaker

Jeff Arnold is a best-selling author whose writing cadence pulls readers in like a conversation with a trusted guide. His words aren’t just read—they’re experienced. With a style that blends vivid storytelling, sharp insight, and practical wisdom, Jeff takes each reader on a journey where ideas become images and lessons become lived moments. Whether exploring business, leadership, artificial intelligence or the future of technology, his work makes the complex feel clear, the distant feel close, and the abstract feel unforgettable.

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