Are you Getting Results…or Stories?
It’s a pretty familiar narrative. The revenue forecast is missed. You blow the budget on unforeseen expenses, or a key customer doesn’t send the big order. Then the finger pointing begins. “It is beyond my control; the dog ate my homework.”When we fail to get...
Hiring: Build it or Buy It?
Sometimes our travels take us to companies where all the managers and employees have been there forever. CEO’s suggest that low turnover is a badge of honor. Yet I often find these to be the same companies that are slow to change and unlikely to disrupt.Of course,...
China Meltdown: I Hate to Say I Told You So
I am not some self-prescribed market pundit who makes predictions on stocks and currencies. However, I have said numerous times in this space that we should be wary of China’s growth rate, and its impact on global economics. China’s economic muscle, potential...
Market Forces Impacting Our World: Political Trends for 2016
Market Forces Impacting Our World: Political Trends for 2016 This is Part 5, the final segment in our series about market forces destined to affect US businesses. And we saved the best for last; politics. Our lens for this post is to capture the sentiment of...
Market Forces Impacting Our World – Social Trends for 2016
This is Part 4 of a five part series on the hottest trends for 2016. Today we focus on emerging Social Trends that will impact businesses in 2016 and beyond. Millennials Rule While the rise of the Millennials has many implications, perhaps the most notable is...
Market Forces Impacting Our World – Technology Trends for 2016
This is Part 2 of a five part series on the hottest trends for 2016. Today we focus on emerging technology trends effecting U.S. businesses. Beware of the Drones[i]-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted over 2200 commercial exemptions for the use of...
Market Forces Impacting Our World – Economic Trends for 2016
This is Part 1 of a five part series on the hottest trends for 2016. Today we focus on emerging Economic Trends effecting U.S businesses. Kiplinger’s projects the following economic conditions by the end of 2016:[i] GNP Growth 2.8% Unemployment 6% 10 Year T-Notes 2.7%...
Is Your Head in the Cloud?
Bridget van Kralingen, a Senior VP for IBM said “Data will be the source of competitive advantage, the cloud will be the basis of business models, and engagement will be the way in which companies get customers and employees.” We are moving into a form of Cloud 3.0,...
The Key to Prosperity is Closing the Dependency Gap
Much has been written about changing demographics, and the rise of Millennials as a working class and sizable consumer base. Yet we seem to have our head in the sand on perhaps the most important demographic shift in our life time, the long term rise in the...
