How Digital Assets Strain IT Security Efforts
A notable number of IT security professionals said a corporate mindset that current measures are “good enough” presents a major obstacle in the pursuit of new security initiatives, according to…
17 Tricks To Get More Things Done During the Work Day
Sometimes, we wish there were more hours in the day. Unfortunately, we can’t control time. What we can control is our productivity. Being cautious with how we spend our time…
7 Easy Steps for Launching a Venture that Will Fail
Apparently, failure is becoming a badge of honor in the field of entrepreneurship. We can learn a lot from our mistakes, but also we can learn a great deal from…
Actually, There Are 5 Different Ways Something Can Go Viral
When something goes viral it can seem like magic. Sure, it’s a great whatever it is, but there are tons of other great products and posts out there that only…
5 Progressive Ways to Reshape Your Content Marketing Strategy in 2017
Content marketing is a fluid field that requires brands to constantly tune into evolving trends and shifting landscapes. And while the industry is changing on a day-to-day basis, it’s much…
Startups Studios: accelerating startups innovation
Building startups is notoriously hard. Often, entrepreneurs have to spend too much time on scraping together the basics. A few people who can hack together an initial product. Some…
How to Build an Effective Culture
In Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal credits his focus on transforming military culture as key to turning the tide in Iraq. He writes that “the role of the leader…
Innovation Starts with a Question
In a world where it is extremely difficult to sustain any competitive advantage you build, it is important to constantly innovate and come up with new ideas, products and…
Labor Chips Away at Capital
The narratives that influence our economy have a great deal of momentum. Giant, irreversible, tectonic shifts are transforming the landscape: urbanization, globalization, information technology, the decline of print media, mobile…
Agreeable vs. Disagreeable CEO: Who Do You Want at the Helm?
Bottom Line: An executive’s character traits are linked to certain patterns in a firm’s investments, strategy decisions, and overall performance, a new study finds. CEOs have wide-ranging influence over their…
How CIOs Can Improve Critical QA and Testing
Organizations are facing an assortment of quality assurance and testing challenges throughout a broad range of key, business-driving assessment areas, according to a recent survey from Capgemini/Sogeti and Hewlett Packard…
Why Cyber-Security Is Central to Your Reputation
Every year, we spend some-more income and time combating a dim army of cyberspace: state-sponsored operatives, orderly crime rings and super-hackers armed with black-ops tech. The conflict methods mutate…
What Snap’s Spectacles Teaches You About Designing Products
Snapchat–now rebranded as Snap–is moving into hardware with Spectacles. The colorful, funky-looking sunglasses, similar to the app, are capable of filming video in 10-second clips that can be shared with…
What Happened to the Human Side of Your Recruiting?
A negative candidate experience can be costly because job-seekers are prone to share how they feel about their experience with others. CareerArc’s 2016 State of the Candidate Experience survey found…
The Better Skills Test: How to Determine If You Should Price or Proposition Simplify Your Business
The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. In order to succeed as a simplifier, your firm needs to have the right skill set for your…
5 Ways To Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
Our schools and education system often focus on how smart we are and where our intelligence stands. Intelligence broadly refers to the ability to learn and grasp new concepts and…
4 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Being Coachable
What Does it Mean to be Coachable? What does it actually mean to be a coachable entrepreneur? When the sports industry describes an athlete as being coachable, words like…
10 Things to know Before Becoming An Entrepreneur
Here are 10 things that may help you be better prepared for the important first few years of entrepreneurial life. 1. Don’t create new products, solve problems. Forty-two percent…
3 Ways to Negotiate Win-Win Contracts
“I think we should increase the budget on our contract” or “These price options seem too low, do you have anything higher?” aren’t words you’re likely to hear from a…
Stop Chasing The Last Big Thing
Start Preparing for the Next One Business in the digital age has become a seemingly neverending series of “next big things.” Whether it’s e-commerce, search engine optimization, social…