Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
How the Digital Supply Chain Will Change the Future of Manufacturing
A transformation of manufacturing supply chains is ushering in the fourth modality of logistics. To ground, air, and ocean, manufacturers can now add digital. The move to the digital supply chain—the power source for Industry 4.0—creates multiple opportunities for every company in every industry. But every revolution needs exemplars to help lead the way, and…
Read More7 Action Items Build a Sustainable Innovation Culture
Every business founder knows the need for a culture that promotes continuous innovation, an entrepreneurial spirit, and one that creates sustainable value across all functions in the business. Yet most don’t really know how to create that environment, or assess when they have achieved it. They only know in retrospect too late when they don’t…
Read MoreBalancing Innovation with Healthy Revenue Streams
Many businesses live and die on the speed at which they introduce new ideas. From an outsider’s point of view, this may sound like a call for immediately pushing out as many products or services as possible within a short period of time. In reality, balancing innovation with business realities is a far more intricate…
Read More10 Thinking Methods That Foster Business Innovation
Innovation is the key to long-term business success, both in startups as well as established organizations. Yet every business and every entrepreneur I know struggles with this challenge, focused on hiring the right people and implementing the right process. Yet, in my experience the key seems to be more a discipline of innovative thinking from…
Read More6 Tech Trends That Are Revolutionizing Recruitment
“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies.” – Lawrence Bossidy (Retired American Business Magnate & Author) It’s a fact: The majority of recruiters find it challenging to attract and hire top talent from the…
Read More6 Startup Success Tips from HoloBuilder, Construction’s “It” App
The dream of all developers is that their product, after months or years of work, sees the light of day and becomes an indispensable tool. Few developers experience that, but even fewer achieve the success of the innovative program HoloBuilder. Just a few years ago, computer-science lecturer Mostafa Akbari, together with cofounder Simon Heinen, launched the…
Read More4 Indispensable Traits of Successful Organizations in the 21st Century
To adapt the words of Marshall Goldsmith, “what got top companies to the peak of their industries in the 20th century is not what would get them to compete, let alone thrive in the fiercer 21st century market.” So, what will? Below are traits that top companies in the world, like Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon,…
Read MoreThe Robot Business Revolution 2019
Are robots getting ready to take over the world? Not just yet, but there is a robot revolution taking place—and it’s happening in offices, hospitals, and campuses near you. Over the last few years, robot technology has been advancing rapidly and the potential uses for these machines is growing just as quickly. Business leaders are…
Read MoreInnovate or Die: Your Marketing Degree Isn’t Enough Anymore
An overwhelming majority of United States marketers polled in a recent survey expressed that they do not believe that their jobs will look the same three decades from now. Nevertheless, they might be able to forecast the future marketing scene by paying attention to the direction of innovations such as the Internet, big data technology…
Read MoreStart a Product-Innovation Revolution in 6 Steps—Whether You’re David or Goliath
In his book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Malcolm Gladwell upends the idea that it was surprising for David, the underdog, to vanquish Goliath, the almighty giant. Underdogs, Gladwell suggests, have certain inherent advantages. In business, companies might find themselves in either the David or Goliath position, and it’s important to…
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