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...
The Disruptive Nature of Variable Pricing
Disney recently announced its adoption of “demand based” pricing at its parks in the U.S.[i] This is a first for Disney where consumers have paid a fixed price since Disneyland first opened in 1955. Is variable pricing here to stay? Uber has been shaking things...
Are All of Your Eggs in One Basket?
It felt like déjà vu all over again. Last month, I was sitting with a group of aerospace executives who were trying to figure out how they would manage their massive backlog. It reminded me of a time that I was in North Dakota, hearing about how hot the energy sector...
