Bounce Back From Failure Starting With These 6 Simple Steps
All of us would have experienced failure at some point in our life and career. History cites examples of many famous people, who failed in their first attempt or initial…
Want to Engage Consumers? Take Your Brand Out of the Spotlight.
Want to Engage Consumers? Take Your Brand Out of the Spotlight. Brands need to start offering immersive experiences to consumers, even if it means putting themselves second sometimes. In one…
In the Age of Autonomous Cars, Can Your Organization Also Be Driverless?
Metaphors matter. Explaining the meaning of one thing by referring to it in the familiar terminology of another shapes how we comprehend the world. Metaphors come not only with physical…
The Tesla of Bikes Got a Brilliant Idea
What do you do when you sell expensive products online, and they arrive at your customers damaged? You have to come up with a brilliant idea. Check it out.…
Why You Should Run Your Startup Like a TV Reboot
In 2011, a little online streaming service called Netflix turned heads by outbidding HBO, AMC and Showtime for a new show called House of Cards. And they didn’t just commission…
17 Things These Executives Wish They Had Known From the Start
1. Learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. “As an entrepreneur, taking risks is extremely important but it is the resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity that really…
The 7 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Their Teams
Inspirational leaders can motivate their teams without managing by fear because their people love them and they don’t want to let them down. Here are seven actions that inspirational…
There’s a Better Way to Prove Your Value to Customers
Case studies provide a great tool to share examples of how you help your clients achieve results. Although the way customers make decisions has evolved, sadly, the format of the…
Reddit CEO: How I Got the Company’s Momentum Back
In July 2015, things at Reddit were bad. And that’s putting it mildly. Many of the website’s top moderators were in open revolt as a result of events including the…
It Takes More than a Big Idea to Change the World
In 1882, just three years after he had almost literally shocked the world with his revolutionary lighting system, Thomas Edison opened his Pearl Street Station, the first commercial electrical distribution plant…
This New Analytics Tool for Facebook Messenger Bots Could Be a Marketing Game Changer
All digital marketers know that even the best tools in the world require analytics. That’s why it’s especially welcome news that Facebook is rolling out a new Facebook Analytics feature that…
The Technology Economy Shuffles The C-Suite
Chief Data 0fficers have been on the rise in enterprise organizations for the past few years. Do they belong in the IT organization, or should they have their own…
5 Essential Qualities To Look For In An Executive Coach
Coaching is one of the fastest ways of increasing your personal development; it can help you identify blind spots, areas of weakness, and build on your strengths which all of…
Creating Product Roadmaps
Innovators and product managers are familiar with quotes about knowing where you are going, such as… If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you…
Joint-Venture Road Map for the Little(r) Guy
Bottom Line: International partnerships can put parties at odds, but there are ways for smaller firms to avoid common conflicts and stick up for themselves. International joint ventures (IJVs) have…
Making innovation a habit – the birth of the creative leader
“The traditional way we’ve thought about leadership—which I would describe as leading from the front, this idea that someone is at the top making all of the decisions—is not…
2017 IT Budgets: One-Third Goes To Cloud, Hosting Services
IT professionals and CIOs plan to spend slightly more than a third of their total IT budgets on cloud and hosting services in 2017, according to survey results from…
RightScale: Cloud Customers Overspend On Services
In a new study of its cloud computing customers over a three-month period, RightScale found that many are passing up savings, and that overprovisioning resources is still widespread. On…
6 Infallible Sales Strategies for Beating Even the Toughest Competition
No matter how much you try to shield yourself, you’ll always be faced with someone who will challenge your products or services. In order to beat the toughest competitors,…
Business Beyond Brexit
The election of Donald Trump shocked many observers, but those of us watching from the United Kingdom had a distinct sense of déjà vu. In June, when U.K. residents…