[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Editor’s note: This article is part of a series on external trends impacting small and midsize businesses. In Part 4, we study economic trends facing businesses in 2021 and beyond. Other 2021 trends Part 1: Ecological trends facing...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series on external trends. In Part 3, we study technology trends that will impact business in 2021 and beyond.   Other 2021 trends Part 1: Ecological trends facing business in 2021 and...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series on external trends impacting small and midsize businesses in 2021. In Part 2, we study social trends in business. Other 2021 trends Part 1: Ecological trends facing business in 2021 and...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series on external trends impacting small and midsize businesses in 2021. In Part 1, we study ecological trends in business. Other 2021 trends Part 2: Social trends facing business in 2021 and...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Foreword This white paper was co-authored by Marc Emmer, Anne Petrik and Joe Galvin. Change was always coming to the modern workplace. The events of 2020 just accelerated it. In March, shortly after COVID-19 was declared a global...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I have to admit, I was very unhappy at the beginning of the pandemic. Not because I was stuck at home watching cat videos on TikTok, but because I thought our strategy practice could go to hell. After all, I am paid to run meetings...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Social unrest in recent weeks represents not only a racial divide, but a chain reaction to the financial oppression that constrains our economic growth. As business leaders, we play a role in rebuilding the U.S. economy and...