5 Ways Agile Boost IT Team
Agile processes are known to make IT teams more responsive, more productive, leaner, and more efficient. Those are all great benefits for the organization as a whole, but they…
9 Tips For Data Governance Success
Data governance is essential for organizations that rely on consistent, quality data. But embarking on a new data governance project can be a daunting task. Here’s a look at…
5 Reasons Your Creativity Is Your Greatest Asset
We’re all growing familiar with the ways in which automation, big data, AI and machine learning are slowly replacing human jobs. While the general tone up until now has been…
How to Build a Product Roadmap Like Elon Musk
Are you ready to go to Mars? If Elon Musk has his way you will soon. I read an article the other day that laid out Musk’s idea to colonize…
6 Ways to Be More Coachable
When young entrepreneurs gain success they are often pushed aside for more experienced executives. The trick to staying in the driver’s seat is being open to good coaching. You have…
How to set targets. for creativity
Targets are based on metrics, and metrics for creativity should be separated into input, process, and output. Input and process metrics tell you what you are investing and what…
The 8 Morning Secrets of Successful People (Infographic)
Rise and shine. Don’t hit that snooze button! How you wake up can often dictate how the rest of your day will go. That’s why it’s important to approach every…
A Model for Dual Corporate Innovation Management
It’s imperative to distinguish discovery from execution when it comes to startup and innovation activities – bearing in mind that both purposes are complementary and equally important. This suggests following a dual approach to balanced corporate…
How to Get Your Company to Transform and Become One With Your Brand Promise
The following excerpt is from Karen Tiber Leland’s new book The Brand Mapping Strategy. Creating a brand-centric organization is never a perfectly smooth process. No matter how committed the senior…
Why True Entrepreneurs View Setbacks As Opportunities
Experiencing success as an entrepreneur is one of the most satisfying feelings in the world. Once you and your team have been directly responsible for building something that provides value to…
5 Steps to Creating Metrics That Matter for Your Company
Times have changed since 1998 when ConsumerAffairs was founded at the start of the dot-com boom. When I acquired the company more than 10 years later in 2010 from serial…
How Online Video Is Shaping the New Era of Advertising
Trends and best practices for video advertising across variety of different digital channels and platforms. Historically known for their less than stellar attention span, goldfish have rightfully earned their reputation…
The Wearable Foreseeable Future of the Workplace
Workplace Implications of Eye-interaction Technology in AR and VR headsets: As augmented reality and virtual reality technology advance, AR and VR headsets are, or will soon be, entering the workplace.…
Defining Portfolio Scope: Is it Necessary for Effective Portfolio Management?
When clients ask if they need to specifically define what projects, products or offerings should be included in their product portfolios and what should be left out. Leading portfolio…
Innovation Starts…OR Ends with Mindset
Businesses are the same way. Most see their business models as a permanent facet of their DNA, so when their environment changes, they fail to adapt. That’s why 87% of…
10 Key IP Strategy for Innovative Companies to Maximize Business Value
(1) Rethink what patents should “protect”: If you are an innovator, the customer solution you provide is far more important than the product you are making. Full stop. This means that…
CIOs: Upend your IT operating model and ‘be the business’
CIOs in the New Era of IT, must distribute the IT function — that’s leadership, budget, development — across the enterprise to better serve their customers. CIOs have to…
How AI Will Impact the Global Economy
Since the dawn of computing, artificial intelligence (AI) has always seemed like it was just around the corner. Despite significant and ongoing advances in machine learning and algorithms, it wasn’t…
AI: Economic Boom But Jobs Bust?
Artificial Intelligence could double annual economic growth rates by 2035, according to a recently released report from Accenture that modeled the impact of AI on 12 developed economies, including…
Mobile Market Forecasts Send Mixed Signals
Separate reports from Gartner and IDC paint different pictures of the state of the mobile market in 2016, and what the next few years may hold for space. …