Bottom Line: Companies with employee-friendly policies produce more patents, which shareholders highly value and result in long-term financial benefits. For large companies, innovation is essential. Introducing new products or services…
Virtual environments have been depicted in science fiction and movies for years, but only recently have augmented reality and virtual reality products moved into the mainstream. We’ve all seen footage…
Large businesses with few full-time confidence experts compensate 3 times some-more to redeem from a cyber-attack than businesses with in-house experts, pronounced a new report. In addition, an inability to…
Law firm Drinker Biddle has set up an information governance and eDiscovery analytics practice, and it’s helped clients speed up litigation and regulatory compliance investigations. The firm’s chief data scientist…
The following excerpt is from Richard Koch and Greg Lockwood’s book Simplify. This is the story of a man and a machine that transformed the way we work and play.…
The huge rise in digital content in the past decade poses many questions about the future of the internet. And while there’s much discussion around the best ways to provide…
It should be clear by now that digital technology accelerates business cycles. Things that used to take place over days or weeks now occur in minutes. Not surprisingly, this…
Marketing is tough. Customers can tell when an advertisement is disingenuous and companies struggle to find ways to differentiate themselves from their competitors. And then once companies find a voice…
Hiring and firing: no business owner loves doing either. With turnover rates trending at an all-time high, companies are devoting valuable time and resources to constantly reshaping their organizations, being…
IT skill set, reconsidered Indeed, one of Carver’s strategies is to reconsider the skill set required by positions within IT. “It used to be that we were only going to…
CIOs are well aware of changing business expectations, but often lack the resources, skills, or alignment to execute on expectations. The Deloitte 2016-2017 Global CIO survey reveals some stark disconnects…
Freelance contractors are a major contributor to the economy because they’re absolutely a necessity. Without them you can be certain that homes and offices would literally fall apart. The result is that starting…
Jupiter Research tried to answer the question, given the experimentation with driverless vehicles, when will it gain traction? IT has already had to adjust to the tablets and various…
Healthcare technology is undergoing exciting upgrades all the time and several trends in the industry are spelling out better health options for everyone. It is becoming easier for healthcare providers…
You want to be innovative. You need new ideas if your company is to succeed. Yet every time you try to come up with a new idea, all you get…
Not all great ideas become great products, and not all great products lead to great businesses. Many fail because of an inability to montetize the ideas. Anyone remember Alta…
Most innovations are only as good as their weakest link. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 may have been a great phone, full of new innovation, but most of…
Top skills for technical pros Our research with senior executives identified four critical skills that technical professionals must strengthen to become high impact leaders: 1. Big picture thinking. How can…
The first and most important step that determines the performance and output of your business is the recruitment of the right people. Every business team is a mix of individuals with…
Why is it that only the most successful entrepreneurs, including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson, admit to having a mentor and actually use them? Starting a new business…