Advice for IT leaders: How to tell the cloud story
Elements of a compelling cloud story There are four critical parts to the case for cloud computing. 1. Cloud needs to be part of — not separate from — the…
How Many Types of Innovation are there?
The simplest way to categorize innovation is into two types – incremental and radical. Incremental innovation is an improvement in an existing thing (e.g. product, process or service). Radical…
4 Industrial IoT Startups Taking Development To The Cloud
From where IT professionals sit, these are early days for industrial IoT. Still, the software, hardware, and network ecosystem required for delivering on the promise of IoT will eventually…
Google Fiber Plots Wireless Service Despite Rollout Delays
A new report finds that Google Fiber is being hampered by a slow and costly rollout of its physical high-speed internet service. To overcome delays and cost overruns, the…
10 Ways To Doom Your Next Mobile App
There are many ways to mess up mobile app development. These 10 will get you to #fail the fastest. We all live in a mobile world now, and…
5 Steps That Can Shorten The IT Hiring Process
IT hiring managers who take too long to extend a job offer may suffer from the snooze-you-lose syndrome — specifically losing a candidate’s interest within a week of the…
8 Ways to Always Stay Employable in Changing Times
One thing is certain in the economy: uncertainty. A change in world economics, disruptive technology, or a presidential election can make the difference between plenty of jobs or thousands of…
8 Powerful Morning Routines of Ultra-Confident People
Exceptionally confident people weren’t born that way–they got there by making it a habit and flexing their confidence muscles daily. The ultra-confident know that just like when you skip your…
The 7 Positive Habits That Pay Off the Most
Start the day off strong and positive by reaffirming what you want. What are the highest compounding life habits? Working on everything you want 1 hour a day.…
The Acceleration Factor
A company’s performance critically depends on its teams. And team performance, at every level, depends on the ability to accelerate — to operate at an increasing pace, doing in weeks…
3 Business Innovation Reports You Must Read Right Now
Business innovation: no matter what industry you’re in, it’s a priority, a critical strategy, a goal, or task #1 on the CEO’s to-do list. There’s good reason for the focus: studies…
There Is No One True Path To Innovation
Innovation has become like a religion in business today, with “innovate or die” as its mantra. When a company succeeds, people attribute its good fortune to superior innovation. When…
SaaS Security: 5 Tips For IT Pros
Cloud services present a major challenge to IT professionals charged with safeguarding their organizations. These 5 steps can help managers bridge the gaps in SaaS security. IT managers trying…
4 Ways Company Culture Can Secure Top Tech Talent
University researchers examined employee reviews on IT job search site Glasssdoor to identify the corporate cultures most likely to attract top tech talent and improve bottom line results. (Click image…
5 Business Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Gain from Olympians
People across the world are spending every minute of their free time glued to television screens these days–only this is no ordinary Netflix binge. Instead, it’s the unfolding of the…
The 3 Habits of Record-Setting Mobile App Developers
Playing with Snapchat? Making your selfies look like a painting? You’ll notice one thing from all of those apps; they look great, they feel seamless and they just work. They’re…
Discover the 7 Key Traits of an ‘Abundance Mindset’
In life, our mindset determines which road we travel on. One road is paved in scarcity and the other road is filled with abundance at every turn. In any moment, we…
3 Ways to Know If an Employee Is a Culture Fit
A good resume can blow you away. Impressive universities and company histories may be exactly what you are looking for. A job applicant might say all the right things in the…
What Instagram’s Changes Will Mean for Your Marketing
Social media has impacted pretty much everything about our world – the way news is delivered, how products are marketed, and of course, how we communicate with one another (creating…
Growing Together – Synthetic Teamwork
In Henry Mintzberg’s 1994 landmark book, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, the author calls for a new method to create effective strategies. He notes that, “Strategic planning…