Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
5 Reasons Big Data Isn’t Just for Big Business
No matter how big your company may be, you have likely heard of big data. The collection and analysis of huge amounts of data has become a popular option for companies in every industry, but some small business owners are still unsure about using it.
Read More 5 Wishes Every CEO Wants for the New Year
As a kid, my parents would start to strategically plant the words “naughty” and “nice” beginning in late November. The Santa card was powerful, and they played it early and often.
Read More Now is the Time to Step Up Your Game Again!
There’s one strategy that will absolutely change the game once again for your brand and that is positioning your brand. I would hazard to guess that well over 90% of companies have never effectively positioned their brands or even considered it.
Read More Don’t Get Complacent!
When any entity becomes dysfunctional, it all boils down to the same root causes: a blame game where nothing gets done, and everyone getting locked into complacency about the way things are.
Read More Why Your Company Keeps Killing Big Ideas
Just after speaking at a conference last week, I was approached by a gentleman who introduced himself as a “newly minted and incredibly afraid chief innovation officer.”
Read More When the Shift Hits the Fan
Your Industry Is Changing. Now What? There comes a time in every business when it becomes apparent that your product, service or business model is no longer relevant.
Read More 4 Ways to Modernize Your Marketing Team
Consumer buying habits are constantly changing. To meet prospects at various mobile and web touchpoints, you can’t default to the same outbound marketing and sales strategies you’ve employed for years. Your marketing team needs to modernize its techniques to meet consumers where they are.
Read More 4 Ways to Turn Metrics into Business Strategies
In the bestselling book “Moneyball,” Michael Lewis explains how the Oakland A’s built a winning team using only statistics. Yet more than 10 years after the book’s publication, few organizations follow this example of metrics-driven decision-making.
Read More What to Do When Your Boss Says It’s Time to Innovate
Unfortunately, saying you are innovative before you actually have a culture that knows how to be so—and produces work that truly is—is incredibly destructive because you wind up breaking promises with your staff and with your customers.
Read More The Advice All Entrepreneurs Should Ignore
In 2011, my friend Kostas and I saw an opportunity. If we developed a hyper-accurate keyboard app—one that enabled users to type without looking at the screen—we could change the way people interacted with mobile technology.
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