Own Your Career In 2017 (If Not, Research Shows It’ll Own You)
The research is making one thing clear: if you want to stay employable in the future, you better take full ownership of your career. Otherwise, it will take ownership of…
10 Principles of Customer Strategy
After losing the fourth major deal in a row to a rival, the CEO of a technology solutions company turned to his team leaders to ask what was going…
A Guide to Customer Strategy
We all need to acquire new customers to make our products and businesses work. Whether there are a few users paying big bucks or thousands visiting your platform for free,…
Why Enterprise IT Still Matters
In today’s economy, executives contingency comment for marketplace vigour while gripping focused on a expansion of origination in technology. This new existence presents both hurdles and opportunities for businesses…
14 Traits Of The Best Data Scientists
Actual data scientists are in high demand, and there’s not enough of them to go around. If you want identify the right talent, consider these tips. If your company…
4 Millennial Shopping Trends Your Business Needs To Keep Up With
Millennials already spend about $600 billion annually on retail and as they grow older, with more of the generation entering the workforce, their collective buying power will only increase. In…
8 Questions That Will Help You Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways
What is it that separates great companies from the ones that are just okay? the answer is that some companies have learned how to do ordinary things in extraordinary ways.…
10 Fundamental Things People Don’t Understand About Practice
People that boast how many days they’ve gone without sleep in hopes of proving their dedication to their craft are missing the point. Practice is an art–it is not a…
How to Actually Keep a Trade Secret
Trade secrets have a number of fundamental flaws. Probably the most difficult thing about keeping a trade secret is your company has to be able to keep a secret. While the…
Moving Away from Best Practices
The public image of a corporation will quite accurately reflect the culture of that body. It follows, then, that good corporate governance has to be in the bones and bloodstream…
How Do You Solve the Discount Conundrum in B2B Sales?
Research has shown that it takes the average SaaS startup nearly 11 months of a year-long contract to pay off the associated acquisition costs. In this light, can B2B companies really…
If, Like Many Others, You’re Hesitating About Going Public, Scale This Way Instead.
The American business trend of building out to an eventual IPO (initial public offering) is changing: Companies such as Uber, which Fortune ranked No. 1 of the 25 most important private companies, are…
5 Ways to Create a Culture That Aligns With Your Brand
The following excerpt is from Karen Tiber Leland’s new book The Brand Mapping Strategy. Just as creating a personal brand has become a key component in managing individual careers, building…
How to Turn Negative Experiences Around and Thrive
When we experience failure, tragedy, or hardship, I believe we all struggle with envisioning the absolute worst outcome. When I got injured in my very first game in the NFL,…
5 Huge Mistakes That Have Cost Me Millions
At this point in my career, there is no denying that life is pretty good. I’m a multi-millionaire, able to travel around the world, all while doing what I love.…
Want to Stay Ahead of the Competition? Get Virtual.
When “Pokémon GO” launched this summer, it got people talking — and not just about gym takeovers and Pikachus. The game’s popularity signaled the growing power of augmented and virtual…
7 Habits of a Self-Made Millennial Millionaire
Many of the world’s greatest thinkers, creators, and innovators have been defined by their routines and habits. There are many people who say that the way you start the day…
To Entrepreneurs Everywhere: Don’t Forget the Motor City
Ten years ago, if someone in Detroit said he or she was an entrepreneur, a listener’s first thought might have been, “This person is out of a job” — and with…
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…
Design Thinking and Action Learning for Product Managers and Innovators
How can your products solve customers’ needs… as fast as customers need them? Try Design Thinking coupled with Action Learning. Design Thinking is a method of problem solving centered…