5 Reasons The CIO And CFO Should Be Best Friends
An effective IT leader needs friends on the executive committee for support on key projects and initiatives. Here is why the CFO should be the CIO’s executive BFF. …
How Organizations Commit to Compliance
Reflecting an epoch when risk has emerged as a flourishing business concern, comparison care during scarcely all organizations stays committed to correspondence and ethics programs, according to a new consult…
5 Counterintuitive Ways to Transform Your Customer Care Experience
The Internet user is an impatient customer. Always plugged in, often through multiple devices and living a large part of their lives online, so they naturally expect uninterrupted service. They…
These Are the 3 Things That Make or Break a Startup City
Entrepreneur is on the road with startup platform Rise of the Rest. Check out Startup Anywhere for stories from the October road trip as well as for insights from thought leaders…
Build Customer Loyalty by Focusing on Customer Outcomes
A common question I’m asked is: How can you compete with Amazon, which provides excellent customer service and offers the same products at the same prices you do? This is a tough question,…
The One Way Successful People Are Like Successful Software
Think about who you spend your day talking to. The average American spends over three hours per day SMS messaging. 50 minutes on Facebook. People who use Slack are marked…
Six 100% Avoidable Mistakes Every Startup Makes
My mentor once told me that you get to make two or three big mistakes as a startup. That’s it. The margin for error is too small. Too many things…
The 5 Biggest Fears Bosses Face Everyday
Below are the top 5 biggest fears people like myself have. Understanding these fears has been critical in shaping our future content with the hopes we’ll be able to…
Use This 4-Step Technique to Get Goals to Stick
Are you good at setting goals? I am. Three or four times a year and always around New Year’s Eve I dutifully write down what I want to accomplish. Drink…
How Innovative Companies Get their Best Ideas from Academic Research
by Greg Satell Since World War II, the United States has been an innovation superpower. In virtually every advanced field, whether it be information technology, biotechnology, agriculture or renewable energy,…
Barriers to Innovation? Find Creativity’s Sweet Spot!
It’s easy to think that innovation is about resources – throw enough money, smart minds, and clever technology at the problem and the answer will surely follow. But the…
Study Reveals the Strong Returns from Investing in Innovation
For those of us who are on board with the merits of innovation, it can seem obvious that innovating is a good thing. Ok, we might accept that innovation…
Why Companies Are Cutting Back Cloud Investments
While the cloud remains a versatile resource for business functions, organizations are reducing their overall adoption of cloud tools, according to a recent survey from CompTIA. Don’t get us wrong…
How to Lead Difficult People (Especially When They Work For You)
Great leadership is hard. Even harder: poor management. So, imagine you’re manager, trying to lead a team whose members you haven’t chosen. Now, imagine that some of your employees are…
The Mistake That Kills Most Startups and How to Avoid Making It
As a budding entrepreneur, you face hundreds of important decisions every day. What color should the company logo be? Which designer should you hire to build the company website? How…
7 Way-Too-Common Social Media Mistakes Businesses Make
Most marketing plans focus heavily on social media, with brands realizing it’s the best place to reach today’s consumers. However, there’s an art to successfully interacting on platforms like Facebook,…
Ready to Throw in the Towel? 5 Ways to Get Your Productivity Back on Track
You start off your morning with the best intentions of checking off every task on your to-do list, only to hit a mid-afternoon slump that completely derails your chances of…
The 5 Basic Ways Your Startup Can Start Saving Money Right Away
Starting up a business on a shoestring budget is not an easy endeavour. Yet, with a little strategic ingenuity and economical sense, startups can reduce their overhead costs, save money, and stretch their cash…
Assessing Greatness in Others Starts By Recognizing It in Ourselves
Collectively, a person’s soft skills are what determines success. Knowing what they are and how to assess them is the key to hiring stronger talent. I have great disdain…
Wake Your Sleeping Learning and Performance Giants
There is a complex web of subtle and often hidden learning and performance challenges that affects everyone’s workday. Regardless of title or tenure, no one is immune to the barriers…