Entrepreneurs have plenty to consider before expanding their business to international markets. In order to land smoothly elsewhere, entrepreneurs need a sturdy launch pad with strong internal management to handle…
Managing a single company doesn’t seem to be the go-to model anymore — probably because the digital market shifts so fast, and there are so few barriers now to putting…
Online advertising saw a 7.1% gain in 2016. It’s expected to grow by double digits in the next year. There’s a good reason for that. As consumers turn off the…
Have you ever been part of an innovation project that started off with big ambitions and dreams about coming up with disruptive innovations which are expected to be game-changing…
As big data takes hold in the business world, the cloud enables small and mid-sized businesses to take advantage of the concept. At its core, big data consists of…
You may have heard of the tradition of saving your first dollar from your first sale. Mom and pop stores have them framed near cash registers or tucked lovingly…
The amount of time board directors spend on strategy has been rising for at least the last decade. And most directors I work with want to commit even more time…
If you want your enterprise to be agile, look first at your data silos — silos packed with information — that keep people and departments from communicating effectively. …
As retailers strive to reinvent their customer experience and drive loyalty, many are opening innovation labs or centers that are focused exclusively on digital efforts or product innovation. While…
The underlying premise of any organization is to create value. Historically, firms have done so through engineering ever greater efficiency. By honing internal processes, optimizing the supply chain and…
Enterprises have plenty of data; now it’s time to put that data to work, answering questions such as “why” and “what’s next”. Remember when data was the end-all, be-all…
There are many factors that can contribute to the creation of a “unicorn.” A hardworking team, supportive investors and mentors, identifying an untapped corner of the market and a…
In Western society, we love stories of lone inventors. We tell stories of the persistence of key individuals like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. We trot out stories of…
Companies without effective PPM are in a precarious situation. Many of the problems overwhelming product development initiatives are directly related to poor portfolio management. If any of the following…
The underlying premise of any organization is to create value. Historically, firms have done so through engineering ever greater efficiency. By honing internal processes, optimizing the supply chain and…
For a company, product, or service to be disruptive, it takes more than technology. Analytics can point you to your opportunities. There are two things that distinguish companies: what…
In the twenty-first century we are all requiring more reliance on social technologies that are designed to allow the different technologies to emerge and be allowed to integrate, due to…
how to improve a signal and hopefully eliminate or at least mitigate noise. The noisier the communication is, the more difficult it is for the sender and the receiver to…
Speed in developing and delivering applications has obvious benefits, but IT leaders have to know when to move fast and when to proceed with care. Speed is good, but it…
Legacy companies like Apple, Xerox and IBM have transformed their organizations over the past 30 years to stay competitive in an ever-evolving market. This kind of transformational change is…