At first glance, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen is your typical 25-year old celebrity. He’s modeled with film actress Liv Tyler for G-Star Raw. He’s dabbled in entrepreneurship, founding his first company…
Business development is a phrase that can be difficult to define, largely because companies tend to modify the scope of that role based on their unique needs. Sometimes, business development…
The public is finally waking up to the importance of data. Sure, most of us still scroll to the bottom and click ‘Accept’ on iTunes’ Terms and Conditions, but rising…
Have you ever been distracted while driving and then suddenly arrived at your destination, wondering how you even got there? Too often, we go through life on autopilot like this,…
We all want to be more productive and fulfilled in our day-to-day. Even the words that we use to describe productive people and actions are filled with aspiration: ship, create,…
You’ve probably heard about people who make a radical lifestyle choice relating to their living abode. Remember that Google employee who retrofitted a box truck into an apartment? Or the…
Many people wonder how they can become highly successful, not realizing that they hold within them everything they need to achieve all of the success they desire. Successful people are…
What are the qualities of an effective entrepreneur? In a recent study, professional services firm EY and the Harvard Business Review teamed up to look back at 30 years of…
Management is not simply about working with other people, but guiding them as a team or unit. With meetings, emails, and calls, the majority of what a manager does is…
In an unusually contentious political season, there seems to be one thing that unites leaders from both parties: the need to thwart terrorists using encrypted messages. Everybody from President…
Universities and other teaching institutions face an entirely different set of challenges than businesses and other groups. For one thing, users must access the network and data from a variety…
3. IT needs a new operating model Plan-build-run model is no longer viable: Leaders attending the CEB Summit also considered changes to IT’s operating model for the digital era. Digitization…
The most important changes are often the least obvious. That’s especially true in business, where changes are taking place on a greater scale than ever before. The advent of digital…
In today’s market, you can’t out-slow the competition. Not when customer expectation and behavior is rapidly shifting, digital transformation has shortened innovation and product cycles, and companies are competing…
As 2016 winds down, it’s time to start planning for 2017. For business owners this means getting financially prepared for the new year by following 25 ways in order to…
It’s a widely acknowledged meme that successful founders need to be passionate. In fact, there’s a whole word cloud of associated entrepreneurial attributes that spring to mind here: Relentless, Committed,…
Call it a mix of conscious capitalism, shared value, and corporate social responsibility, but a new outlook, that of having a deeper societal mission, has become a key component of…
IT leaders worried about talent retention, employee disengagement and declining employee loyalty should take a look in the mirror, executive coach Michelle Lederman told a roomful of senior IT leaders…
You lose focus. Whatever your job or whatever project you’re working on, as time passes you start forgetting why you’re doing it. You keep your eyes on your work and…
Most leaders don’t leave a legacy. They are never mentioned again when they leave an organization, especially if they die or get fired. Then there are the ones who leave…