Smart product managers study trends and innovate accordingly. This is trend-driven innovation. Uber’s success is an excellent example of trend-driven innovation. It made transportation more convenient and also made…
As organizations and CIOs attempt to create order from chaos, big data often lands within the organizational crosshairs. Although the concept has been a bit overhyped over the last few…
Following the theft of millions of dollars from Bangladesh Bank via the international financial messaging system SWIFT, US banking regulators have outlined steps to tighten cyber-security at the nation’s banks.…
As an entrepreneur, you pour all your energy and soul into your business–some would consider it an extension of themselves–so it’s only natural that a ghastly review could potentially drive…
Follow your curiosity. Creative professionals are insanely good at it. They know what to look out for during the creative process. It’s a skill you can master once you learn…
Kind words are worth much and cost little. This creates opportunity: when you can’t out-spend the competition, the solution is to out-support them. When customer service is given the credence…
20 years ago, Atlanta 96 was the low point of Britain’s Olympic history, where they won just one gold medal and ranked 36th in Medal table. Since then they have…
As a community of business people, it’s time we come to grips with the truth about small business. We’ve been so enamored with the idea of it and with the…
Over the next five years, IT professionals keen on managing a fire hose of data should keep their eyes on these growth drivers for big data management. (Click image for…
When you consider outstanding tech leaders such as Bill Gates, the late Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos, five of their traits standout above others. Here’s a look at ways…
Aude Le Carpentier is in charge of Innov’Up Creativity, in the Service-Mail-Parcel sector of La Poste. She’s a 27 year-old manager of a team of 15 creative people, helping…
There’s been a lot of focus over the past few years on the user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX), for good reasons. According to Gartner, in 2016, nine…
Meaningful innovation inherently involves risk. If the initiative you are working on has no risk of failure, it likely is either not very innovative or not very meaningful. While…
Bottom Line: In mature product categories, the top companies usually compete fiercely for one another’s customers. But they might be better off focusing on the fringe consumers who haven’t yet…
How do platform businesses gain market share? According to Sangeet Paul Choudary, an expert in platform competition, paths vary. A Facebook or a LinkedIn, for example, have cornered the market…
Why do most social networks never take off? Why are marketplaces such difficult businesses? Why do startups with the best technology fail so often? There are two broad business models:…
Platform companies may be the sexy new way of doing business. (Who doesn’t want to be the next Uber?) But according to Sangeet Paul Choudary, founder of the advisory firm…
Mobile computing is driving both massive changes in the role of IT and the way we do business. Unfortunately, the… growing use and sophistication of mobile technology is occurring in…
The rapid growth of enterprise cloud adoption is expected to continue this year: 41% of respondents in TechTarget’s annual IT priorities survey cited plans to increase their cloud spending in…
I read that experts believe CISOs should stop reporting to CIOs because there is a conflict of interest. What should… a CISO reporting structure in a typical enterprise be like?…