Rob McIsaac // August 8, 2025 
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We are now racing, not walking, into the back half of 2025. Budgeting and planning are now well underway in most organizations as they look to frame the end of this year and get ready for all that comes next. It is a year of notable contrasts. Fascinating developments in the technological world seem to be a counterpoint to a wide range of uncertainty from an economic perspective. Interest rate changes, an uncertain labor market, tariffs, and inflationary pressures are very much top of mind. Those elements