Steve Jobs’s Glasses Were Symbolic, and This Is What They Meant to Him
Steve Jobs’s Glasses Were Symbolic, and This Is What They Meant to Him They were a hat-tip to one of his heroes. Who were Steve Jobs’ heroes? originally appeared on…
Digital Transformation: Why Darwin Was Right
While half of surveyed organizations say that digital transformation is a strategic priority, what does that say about the other 50%? If they don’t adapt they could face the fate…
It’s Nearly 2017. Do You Know Where Your Inventory Is?
Thanks to careful inventory planning, you’re on track to have a good holiday season in 2016. Now it’s time to set new inventory plans, for 2017. The coming year will…
How to Inspire Innovation Within Your Business
Innovation should be at the heart of every entrepreneur and every business. Without innovation, one can’t create opportunities or remain competitive. As the business owner, it should be your goal…
A 3-Step Startup Guide to Connecting With Consumers
A big part of launching a successful startup is building an authentic connection with users through the various communication touch points you have with them — social media, email, blog…
3 Things Leaders Can Learn from Great Team Builders
This October, two long suffering Major League Baseball franchises – the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs – met in the World Series. Many of the stories centered on the…
Apple, Google … McKinsey? How an Old-School Company Is Changing the World of Digital Design
When James McKinsey founded “McKinsey and Company” almost a hundred years ago, there was no such thing as management consulting. Fast forward to today. The organization has become not only…
How Entrepreneurs Succeed Even When they’re Wrong 6 Times Out of 10
They stacked the deck against you. Write down 10 assumptions for just one part of your business, such as by which channels you intend to reach your target customer. Six…
7 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Believe
Your beliefs determine a significant portion of your life. They inform your decisions, they dictate how you react to different circumstances and they even affect how you interact with the people around…
5 Ways to Fight a CEO Breakdown
As a CEO, the list of people you serve and the commitments you have are seemingly endless. There is your team, your investors, your partners, your consumers, and of course…
Your Best and Brightest Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Imagine your business was like Tom Hanks in BIG: you grew overnight. Suddenly, you’re stressed about maintaining momentum and staying on top (not to mention that your shoes don’t fit).…
A Simple Concept: Lead with a Vision
When it comes to making lasting change in the world through business innovation, the simplest concepts are often the best. I have come to that conclusion after 45 years of…
Moving Into a New Innovation Era
There is a profound shift taking place, relating to innovation. Increasingly we are seeing a growing dissatisfaction on the impact that innovation is having; in growth, in returns, in…
The Shortage of Security Talent Harms Companies
Large businesses with few full-time confidence experts compensate 3 times some-more to redeem from a cyber-attack than businesses with in-house experts, pronounced a new report. In addition, an inability to…
Will AR and VR tech revolutionize digital business management?
Virtual environments have been depicted in science fiction and movies for years, but only recently have augmented reality and virtual reality products moved into the mainstream. We’ve all seen footage…
Want an Innovative Culture? Be Kind to Your Creative Thinkers
Bottom Line: Companies with employee-friendly policies produce more patents, which shareholders highly value and result in long-term financial benefits. For large companies, innovation is essential. Introducing new products or services…
Law Firm Drinker Biddle Leverages Analytics
Law firm Drinker Biddle has set up an information governance and eDiscovery analytics practice, and it’s helped clients speed up litigation and regulatory compliance investigations. The firm’s chief data scientist…
The Strategy That Made Apple Computers a Leader in Mobile Computing
The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. This is the story of a man and a machine that transformed the way we work and play.…
Is a Lack of Digital Accessibility Killing Your Content?
The huge rise in digital content in the past decade poses many questions about the future of the internet. And while there’s much discussion around the best ways to provide…
How to Craft a Culture of Disruption
It should be clear by now that digital technology accelerates business cycles. Things that used to take place over days or weeks now occur in minutes. Not surprisingly, this…