Software Cloud Deployment Is Ready for Primetime
With Gartner predicting that the cloud will emerge as the default option for software deployment by 2020, a clear majority of organizations have either already made this transition or are…
Why You Need to Be in a Committed Relationship With Content Marketing
Any couple will tell you a happy marriage takes total commitment. An Olympian will tell you she didn’t get the gold without complete dedication. And a good parent will tell…
8 Horrible Habits That Are Ruining Your Productivity (And How To Fix Them)
If there is one thing in life people underestimate, it is the impact of their daily habits. Whether you want to admit it or not, the truth is that just…
Slow-Motion Automation
Automation — in the form of machine learning, robotics, autonomous vehicles, white-collar bots, exoskeletons, and so on — is changing the nature of work in a wide range of…
The Serious Fun of Shared Experiences at Work
In 2016, a Yale study showed that experiences are amplified and more meaningful if they are shared. In the study, participants tasted chocolate at the same time another person…
Enterprise augmented reality applications ready for prime time
The rise of enterprise augmented reality applications Thanks to the rise of smartphones, smart sensors and improved 3D graphics capabilities, experts see signs that AR’s time has finally come. Digi-Capital…
Why Users Don’t Connect to New Analytics Tools
The presence of self-service and embedded analytics tools is steadily increasing within organizations, according to a recent survey from Logi Analytics. The resulting “State of Analytics Adoption Report” reveals that…
CIOs Face Changes, Volatility In 2017, Forrester Predicts
IT transitions will accelerate in 2017 as CIOs look to deliver business outcomes, develop technologies that serve customers, and embrace new technologies such as AI and AR, according to…
CIOs Get Strategic As IT Budgets Stay Flat
Tech budgets are moving out of IT control and are expected to remain flat, but CIOs are gaining more influence across the broader enterprise, according to CEB Global’s 2017…
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Slack Designers Explain the Art of Creating Smart A.I. Bots
Siri–and all her artificially intelligent peers–are increasingly taking on more tasks for people at home and at work. But as impressive as these digital assistants can be, they’re still very…
6 Important Lessons for Handling Stressed Customers
Businesses are in business to solve problems. Problems cause stress. It’s, therefore, logical you’re going to have some stressed customers. If you and your team handle these stressful times well,…
How product managers and innovators can influence virtual teams
A virtual team traditionally has meant a team with members who are geographically dispersed, working in different locations and often across time zones. Many of us are part of…
Measure Twice, Cut Once
by Michael Graber Ideas are a dime a dozen, indeed; the old cliché holds true. When following a formal Innovation process, it pays to measure the size of the market…
5 Simple Steps To Grow Your Startup 5X Faster
Every business wants growth–startups especially. In fact, growth is how the value of a business is evaluated. Whether that growth is measured in sales, users, recurring revenue, etc. So how…
4 Time Wasters That Kill Your Productivity
There is only a certain amount of time during the day to finish tasks but no matter what we do, it seems that time is never enough. Sometimes at the end…
5 Ways the Second Machine Age Will Morph the Future of Big Data
In the 2014 best seller, “The Second Machine Age,” Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee argue that this information era will leverage software-driven machines to substitute and replace humans. At the…
The Impact Big Data Is Having How We Learn
In the past decade, learning has gone from a passive to an active experience. Brick-and-mortar institutions are no longer required to continue education in a formal way. From highly effective…
A Secret Tactic for Quick Growth: The Roll-up
Roll-up mergers and acquisitions strategy. A roll-up is when you plan to buy multiple businesses within one industry. And there are many potential ways to execute a roll-up. Roll-up strategies. You need to…
How You Can Use the Counterintuitive Genius of the Benjamin Franklin Effect to Your Advantage
The human mind sometimes works in mysterious ways. It can defy logic. The Benjamin Franklin effect is an excellent example of this. Our founding father is one of the most admired personalities…
3 Steps to Building a High-Performance Culture
When you walk into a high-performance organization, you can feel the difference. It’s buzzing. People are energized. They have purpose and they are working together to get things done. But…