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next...
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Strategy is about choices. Communicating strategy is
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describing how they...
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Inspired by the depth structure of the brain, Deep
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Driving Results of Digital
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experience, organizations must embrace several
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Agile Organizational Value
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will set their organization up for success many years
into the future.With...
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Corporate Dual Innovation
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3M Corporation. 3M was awarded the US
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DevOps Transformation Strategies
Different size organizations across all industries are
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Big Companies’ Legal Risks with their
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Big enterprises are acutely aware of the need to avoid
missioncritical risks when working with smaller
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Keep Prioritizing Innovation in Board’s
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Innovation is so vital for survival that it must be a
regular topic item on the agenda of company board
meetings. If you...
Facing Disruption Paralysis
When disruption does affect a company, it’s frequently
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Big Data and Analytics Misconceptions
IDC released a forecast in the third quarter of 2016 that
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Top Challenges IT Faces: a survey
The IT business is drastically different from 20 years
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Innovation Methods to Survive as a
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Do successful startups share a common formula for
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why do companies...
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advent of digital...
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Drone Mapping Data Changes
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and energy...
This Former Apple Executive Brought
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adults with disabilities,...
Your Small Business Could Save
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speak the...
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needed to...
You Lack Allocation and Purpose, Not
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purpose. There’s a big difference. You’ll forgive me if
I...
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traditional...
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do to stay organized and focused throughout the day:
They all follow...
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Deciding to convert Practice Makes Perfect from a
nonprofit to a forprofit public benefit corporation was
one of the most...
Overcoming Innovation’s Roadblocks:
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_____ Despite welllaid plans and big investment,
most innovation is slow and unpredictable. How to
make it faster and more...
The Four Modes of Thinking and How
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Cherrypick from ITSM frameworks to
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Where wellintentioned ITSM implementations go
wrong Change management easily becomes a
nightmare for all of IT. While most...
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We have seen significant increases in large
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Rethink Your Brand’s Future
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outsourcing services...
4 Myths About Innovation You Need To
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. The ancient Greeks, for all of their centaurs, hydras
and medusas, never had any stories of unicorns, they
simply believed...
3 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2017
Technology in education is not new The coming years
promise to be full of new companies, dramatic news
cycles, unicorns,...
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How Do You Get New Employees
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How do you learn how to scale your team across
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making someone truly...
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Client service, broadly defined, means supplying your
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You Are Doing Analytics Wrong: Here
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Analytics ROI often falls short because businesses
overlook important parts of the process. Businesses
across industries...
Many Citizen Developers Are
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citizen developers is expected to grow over the next
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Unilog’s shift to the public cloud involves considerably
more than obtaining a new place to park its IT
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landscape for online business owners for years–but it’s
still a constantly...
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to maximize customer satisfaction, using everything
from the layout...
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Ink, I dealt...
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Asking your clients or customers to pay an invoice isn’t
the highlight of the day for business owners. However,
it’s...
It's Not Micromanaging If You Do It
Without Killing Morale –
When we use the phrase “micromanaging” we’re
usually visualizing a boss who should have their eyes
on the big picture,...
The Forgotten Secret to DevOps
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Measuring the endtoend DevOps value stream is the
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allocating resources....
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disruption, requires a techsmart workforce. Today’s
workplace is...
Why your KPI methodology should use
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technologies like artificial intelligence, one consultant
is encouraging...
Many contours, many questions in
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Last weekend, in Jackson Hole, Wyo., as they do every
year, many of the world’s central bankers gathered to
discuss vital...
Liberate Your Team with Clearer
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Ask the members of any team if they want to institute
better processes, and be prepared for them to roll their
eyes. “‘Better...
Shoe Dog: 11 Lessons from the
Creator of Nike
I’m a sneakerhead. In English, that means that I collect
trainers. I love the aesthetics of the shoes, but perhaps
more...
Lines of Innovation – Part 1 –
I have spent a lot of time thinking about lines lately.
There were several reasons for this, including a
repeated experience...
Damage Control: 6 Ways to Respond to
Negative Reviews –
When you mess up, your customers let you know —
and thanks to social media, they let everyone know. So
we asked: How...
6 Leadership Secrets That Led to a
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If 1 billion downloads means that your app is a good
idea, then Shazam is a good idea. A great one, even.
The music and...
How to Protect Your Company's Most
Valuable Asset
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copycats? BobRelated: Debunking the 5 Biggest Myths
of Entrepreneurship Discover...
Utility Settlement Coin: Blockchain
digital cash settlement project
A group of major banks; UBS, Deutsche Bank,
Santander and BNY Mellon, Barclays, Credit Suisse,
Canadian Imperial Bank...
In the Aftermath of a Cyberattack
As hackers continue ramping up their attacks everyone
involved in IoT — manufacturers, integrators, and
customers —...
Organizations Struggle with Time to
Value for BI
New research from TDWI highlights the obstacles
analytics projects face and suggests best practices for
5. overcoming those...
AI and lowcode development top hot
BPM trends –
AI and the BPM makeover Meanwhile, Forrester’s
Koplowitz said BPM is in the throes of an “extreme
makeover,”...
DevOps adopts BPM best practices to
build apps
The intersection of BPM and DevOps When viewed as
application development platforms, requirements for
BPM systems are tied...
Lifelong High Performance, the
JapaneseAmerican Way
Could the next big management fashion be a hybrid of
Japanese and U.S. styles, providing the
competitiveness of the most...
29 Innovation Activities for Your Next
Ideation
Most people hate brainstorming. It’s supposed to be a
creative activity, but when not led I often get asked
what activities...
Accelerating Innovation with Rapid
Learning Cycles
As innovators, we all want to do three key things:
Create something new, fantastic and disruptive Bring it
to the market...
3 Ways to Become More Productive
Today (And Surprisingly Multitasking
Didn’t Make the List) –
The only way to be truly successful at something, is to
concentrate and put the work in to execute it. But some
days, life...
Does WorkLife Balance Even Exist?
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have welcomed their second child, a daughter named
August. So, the CEO and founder...
If Growing Your Business Isn't
Growing Your Profits, It's Time to Stop
The business world, sometimes contradictorily, seems
obsessed with size: Is less really more, or is more
more? Is it worth...
3 Steps to Make Networking Easier –
Many people ask me for tips on how to have a
successful and positive networking experience. One of
the major components...
3 Powerful Networking Strategies that
Never Fail
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bread is buttered. It’s the customer, the follower and
the community....
An IT Story: From Supporting Role to
Business Partner
An IoT project in a manufacturing plant helped to
change the role of the IT group at French auto supplier
Faurecia. A visitor...
How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact
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The evolution of artificial intelligence promises
massive changes in how commerce gets done and
customer relationships. We...
An IT story: From Supporting Role to
Business Partner
An IoT project in a manufacturing plant helped to
change the role of the IT group at French auto supplier
Faurecia. A visitor...
IT Leaders Are Experimenting With
Blockchain
CIOs are keenly aware of the complexity of managing
digital transactions. As data, goods and...
4 Things You Need to Build an
Innovative Culture
In the late 1960’s, Gary Starkweather had a serious
spat with his boss. As an engineer in Xerox’s long
range xerography...
Here’s What Hackers Don’t Want You to
Know
Surely at this point in time we all know
that cybercrime is a serious issue that affects everyone.
We’ve heard all about password...
How We Built a Tech Company That's
40 Percent Women – Valutrics
No one questions Silicon Valley is an incredible driver
of innovation, but lately, we have to ask: Who are they
innovating...
How Two 'Old School' Travel Platforms
are Beating Airbnb – Valutrics
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we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.
You can’t...
Avoid the Danger Zone of Metrics –
Valutrics
Organizations love metrics, particularly those that show
success, but it’s crucial to define metrics that truly
track...
Are You Really Ready for Intelligent
Automation? – Valutrics
AI and automation are being combined in different
ways to complete tasks more efficiently than humans.
Every business will...
What Capabilities Do You Need to Win?
– Valutrics
You’ve got a winning aspiration. You’ve chosen where
to play, and how to win. Now: what capabilities must
you have in...
What It Takes to Train The Next 4 Things You Need To Build An
6. Generation of Innovators – Valutrics
“How do we educate people for a future we can’t
predict?” It’s a question that’s been on my mind a lot
lately –...
Innovative Culture – Valutrics
In the late 1960’s, Gary Starkweather had a serious
spat with his boss. As an engineer in Xerox’s long
range xerography...
5 Warning Signs a Client Will Be Bad
for Business – Valutrics
When you have a business, satisfied clients are
essential to your continuous success. Knowing your
ideal client and their...
5 Project Management Mistakes That
Can Harm Your Business – Valutrics
According to market research The biggest benefit of
SaaS products is that they reduce operational time and
enable business...
What IT Spending Forecasts Tell Us
About the Future of IT – Valutrics
IT spending patterns make it clear that we are in a
software and cloudbased world. Former Vice
President Joe Biden once...
This $8 Trillion Industry Is About to Get
Disrupted – Valutrics
Having long operated in the last century, the massive
market for business goods is finally experiencing
disruption and being...
Three Lessons to Give your People the
Power to Create Great Customer
Experiences – Valutrics
Delivering great customer experiences doesn’t just
happen within one department of your organization. It
happens when everyone...
A Contrarian View on Automation –
Valutrics
Beware the overly optimistic ROI estimate when it
comes to an automation initiative. The “Age of
Automation”...
Mobility Is Key to Digital
Transformation – Valutrics
The internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI)
and other emerging technologies dominate headlines
today, but...
Cloud Databases Are Often Not
Encrypted – Valutrics
The majority of databases in the public cloud are not
encrypted, exposing sensitive personally identifiable
information (PII)...
Fintech Regulatory Environment
Ambitious Fintech startups had the vision to
democratize finance and break the power of banks. In
recent years, the disruptive...
Governments Get Involved in Data
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These days, data security and data privacy are top of
mind for enterprise executives, including CIOs.
Nevertheless, companies...
A CIO vision of ‘indiscriminate
computing’ – Valutrics
Veteran IT executive David Giambruno has put a name
to the future of enterprise computing: He calls it
“indiscriminate...
Looking for a Better IT Project
Manager? Try the Hybrid Model –
Valutrics
Bottom Line: As business and technology strategies
become more integrated, companies need an IT
manager who can watch the...
Overcoming Innovation’s Roadblocks:
Poor Prioritization – Valutrics
Generating ideas is the fun (and frankly, easiest) part
of innovation. The true challenge is prioritizing ideas
which...
Here Are The Exact Words To Use On
Social Media To Get More Customers –
Valutrics
Every month, I consult with a variety
of entrepreneurs and brands on their social media
strategy. When I first meet with...
How Startup Founders Should Think
About Growth – Valutrics
Startups have a tough time understanding
growth.Maybe it’s the whirlwind of numbers being
thrown around to impress investors...
If Your Employees Can’t — or Won’t —
Innovate, It’s Time to Let Them Go –
Valutrics
Every organization has what I call innovational
potential. They have the capability to innovate, but they
don’t realize...
If You’re Serious About Faster Startup
Growth Get Serious About Diversity On
Your Team – Valutrics
Turning a startup into a successful highgrowth
business is a constant race against time. The
entrepreneur is driving to...
The Secrets to Successfully Managing
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Reputation management. You might be imagining a
celebrity who needs to do damage control after sharing
something inappropriate...
How to Prepare Your Business for the
Ways Employees and Customers Are
7. Changing – Valutrics
“The way we have been measuring the impact and
influence of people is flawed,” says Glenn Llopis,
author of The Innovation...
Six IT Talent Priorities for a Digital
Strategy – Valutrics
Building teams to execute on a digital strategy isn’t just
about hiring talent; companies have to rethink how
they...
3 Ways to Create a Strategic
Framework for AI Adoption – Valutrics
CIOs need to help leaders understand how AI will
really impact their spaces and take steps to using AI to
help achieve longterm...
CIO Promotes Innovation at Stevens
Institute – Valutrics
Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) is a New Jersey
based private research university with 6,600
undergraduate and graduate...
Revised Payment Service Directive
(PSD2) challenges and opportunities
European Union’s Revised Payment Service Directive
(PSD2) will come into force within six months. This
directive would...
Why I Gave My Engineering Team a
Chance for a DoOver – Valutrics
Transforming to a microservices architecture requires
coordination across all disciplines. It won’t be easy, but
it...
Workers Are Economically Shell
Shocked – Valutrics
It’s a big question: Why doesn’t the United States have
higher inflation? For the past decade, the Federal
Reserve has...
Getting Fit for Mergers and
Acquisitions – Valutrics
The company had a history of growing through
acquisition. But using rollups to become a leading
player in a fastgrowing...
The 5 Pieces of the Innovation Culture
Puzzle [Book Intro] – Valutrics
My 8th book just came out. To celebrate it, I thought I
would share the introduction chapter in its entirety.
Enjoy! Introduction One...
How Product Managers & Innovators
Look & Sound Like Leaders [podcast]
– Valutrics
Have you noticed leaders in your organization sound
and look different from other employees? It’s not
always true for...
The Bubble Has Not yet Burst as
Another Initial Coin Offering Emerges –
Valutrics
If one analyzes the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market,
he/she will quickly grasp that many people who have
taken an interest...
How the Cloud Can Help Cure Cancer –
Valutrics
The experience of Angelina Jolie highlights how cloud
computing can help address cancer In Hackers,
LibThe key takeaway here...
How Teamwork Will Transform
Healthcare – Valutrics
Even though the healthcare industry is in the midst of
wrenching changes, it is still possible to predict with
some confidence...
Innovation or Not? – Empowering
Every Resident with Tools for Change
– Valutrics
What if you could empower every citizen with tools that
will help your city, state or country innovate and
change faster...
Linking Basic Research and Innovation
– Valutrics
When it comes to funding and resourcing innovation, it
is crucial to identify the importance of various phases
of innovation....
3 Ways to Personalize Your Pitch for
the Person In Front of You – Valutrics
If there were just one sales pitch to give to each
prospect, life would be a whole lot easier. However, all
prospects are...
The Power of Partnering With a Private
Equity Firm – Valutrics
Private equity firms are often targeted Historically,
many PE firms relied on financial engineering to drive
their bottom...
Here’s What Our Home Screen Will
Look Like in 5 Years – Valutrics
We can all remember when smartphones–and apps–
first became popular. When hanging out with friends,
we’d entertain ourselves...
What a Simple Shoemaker Can Teach
You About Business Success –
Valutrics
You can follow Elon Musk on Twitter. Or read every
word Warren Buffett writes. But you’ll learn just as
much about...
Digital Transformation: 5 Strategies for
Success – Valutrics
The CFA Institute has embarked on a digital
transformation project that takes a humancentered
approach to modernizing IT...
Combining Transactional and Analytic
Databases – Valutrics
With many current systems failing to make data
8. available in a timely manner, a significant share of
companies are actively...
Want to Avoid Failure? Ditch Rigidity
and Develop Flexibility. – Valutrics
Learning to develop flexibility isn’t just about bending
the rules as circumstances change. Being flexible can
also include...
What Happens When The CEO Can’t
Possibly Talk To Every Employee or
Customer? – Valutrics
Create an account and get your very own custom
experince. You can build your profile, instantly start
adding what you like...
The Single Most Important Thing to
Innovate Is Yourself – Valutrics
When do you give up? Never! But occasionally you
need to reevaluate if where you’re going is still where
you want to...
How Will You Win? (Strategically
Speaking) – Valutrics
Even if your “Where to Play” (see last post) is not
particularly unique, there are always ways to win. Case
in point:...
4 Things You Really Need To Know
Before You Buy Bitcoin – Valutrics
Bitcoin has been part of the Internet’s background
noise for a while now. Enthusiasts have been raving
about it since...
Meet The Nutritionists Trying To
Disrupt Food Delivery For Your Good –
Valutrics
Health and convenience don’t typically go hand in
hand. When we talk about fast food and ordering in, we
don’t typically...
The 5 Biggest PR Failures of the Last
Decade – Valutrics
As blogger Seth Godin writes on his blog, “A brand is
the set of expectations, memories, stories and
relationships that,...
Are You Encouraging an Employee
Centric Environment? – Valutrics
Did you know that the second greatest motivator for
any human (according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs)
is the need to feel...
6 Types of Bosses and How to Work
With Them (Infographic) – Valutrics
From a visionary to a commander, there are different
types of bosses. By understanding the leadership style
of your manager,...
How Innovation Will Affect Aging and
the Elderly – Valutrics
Innovations are changing everything around us, and
the rate at which the world is changing is increasing.
Fortunately,...
Why Silence May Yield More
Productivity Than You Think –
Valutrics
We all love to maximize downtime by turning it into
productivity, like getting work done while on the road,
but how many...
Oligopoly forms amid SaaS market
consolidation – Valutrics
And then there were three The report defined oligopoly
as control For marketing automation software,
Salesforce is close...
Creativity, Change and Innovation –
Valutrics
The Handsome Threesome Not that long ago, a
somewhat mysterious cloud shrouded creativity on the
work floor. Everybody...
The Hardest Thing for Any
Entrepreneur Is to Sell Your Story. Here
Are 2 Ways to Do It – Valutrics
No one–absolutely no one–likes the hard sell. You
don’t, your potential clients don’t, and your customers
don’t....
Integrating Security into DevOps Takes
Care – Valutrics
It makes sense to involve IT security with DevOps, but
the integration isn’t as easy as it sounds. DevOps is
quickly...
It’s time for the DevOps organization to
stop ignoring security – Valutrics
DevOps teams often focus on speed at the expense of
security, and it’s an oversight that needs to change,
according...
Which is the Innovator? Kroger or
Amazon? – Valutrics
Now, first of all, Kroger is a Cincinnatibased company
not a Seattlebased company, so it is only natural that I
should...
Has Your Business Stopped Growing?
Here’s How to Turn Things Around. –
Valutrics
Has your business ever stalled out and simply stopped
growing? It happened to me. Early on in my career as
an entrepreneur,...
Want to Change Your Business Model?
Answer These 3 Questions. – Valutrics
To grow sustainably, is it better to take on projects that
are frequent and reliable, or sparse but lucrative? Q: I
CX Can Be Enhanced With Digital
Innovation – Valutrics
The vast majority of CIOs and other tech leaders said
that they feel under pressure to constantly improve
9. own... their organization’s...
How to Ensure a Successful
OpenStack Deployment – Valutrics
There are three keys to embarking on a successful
OpenStack initiative. This year, OpenStack has seen
an increase in adoption...
QVC: RealTime Data is the Future of
ECommerce – Valutrics
In its 31year history, home shopping TV channel QVC
has always faced the limitations of time — just 168
hours a week...
Artificial intelligence market: Weighing
the IT channel’s role – Valutrics
Like mobile technology, cloud computing, big data and
IoT before it, artificial intelligence may just be the next
big thing...
Two Simple Concepts for Getting the
Most from Absurd Ideas – Valutrics
It happens every few months. The head of your
department has gathered everyone together for a
brainstorming session. Senior...
The Innovative Home: Sustainable,
Smart, Mainstream – Valutrics
Between now and 2030, the greatest need for
innovation is going to be in new residential and
commercial construction....
For Strong Leadership When Your
Company Gets Big, Do These 3 Things
While It’s Still Small – Valutrics
What measures should a new, privately owned
enterprise put in place at the outset, so that they
practice good governance...
CEO’s Should Embrace Social Media,
Not Avoid It. Here’s Why – Valutrics
This week, Wall Street Journal columnist Bruce Nolop
published an article entitled Why CEOs Should Steer
Clear of Social...
6 Crazy Effective Growth Hacks for
Your Next Content Marketing
Campaign – Valutrics
If you’ve ever been to Disneyland, then you have
probably had the misfortune of experiencing the ride
It’s a Small World....
4 Signs You’re Playing It Too Safe –
Valutrics
One of the most difficult challenges of starting, growing
and then maintaining a business is that as a founder or
CEO you...
I Recently Hired My Husband to Join
My Business. Here’s How We Made It
Work. – Valutrics
The prospect of adding an employee to your small
business can be exciting, but daunting at the same
time. When that employee...
If You’re Trying to Raise Money, Doing
Any of These 9 Things May Scare off
Investors – Valutrics
Most new and existing businesses can benefit from
outside funding. With such funding, they can grow
faster, launch new initiatives,...
Intelligent Automation Has Pros and
Cons – Valutrics
Business leaders worldwide believe the success of
their enterprise depends on successfully deploying
intelligent automation...
Fintech growth challenges
Pre2008, everyone trusted that banks would protect
their interests and maintain transparency, but the
financial crisis changed...
Does Your Breach Incident Response
Plan Have Holes? – Valutrics
The likelihood of a company suffering a breach is
worse than most believe. Here’s a checklist for building
out a plan...
AI washing muddies the artificial
intelligence products market –
Valutrics
AI goes beyond machine learning When a technology
is labelled AI, the vendor must provide information that
makes it clear...
Should Companies Mimic Apple’s
Open Floor Plan? – Valutrics
An article last week in the Silicon Valley Business
Journal suggested that some Apple employees are
less than thrilled with...
How Product Quality Transforms Your
Ability to Innovate [Case Study] –
Valutrics
Too often, companies are sold on a target price for their
product. They want to charge somewhere between
what the market...
Using AI To Support Recombination –
Valutrics
Patented innovations line shelves as shown in the
patent library above, and over the years I’ve written a
number...
No Matter How Much Experience You
Have, There’s Always Something New
to Learn – Valutrics
Boodell Domanskis, LLC is a clientfocused law firm
dedicated to providing individuals and businesses with
responsive, proactive and...
Bigbox Stores Are Failing. Here’s How
Small Businesses Can Scoop up Their
How 3 Established Brands Unlocked
New Growth [Case Study] – Valutrics
10. Sales. – Valutrics
It seems that every day brings fresh news of a bigbox
retailer surrendering to the relentless push of
ecommerce and announcing...
How do they do it? Those big brands that dominate
across multiple aisles. It’s hard enough to win in a
single category,...
4 Ways to Spot More Business
Opportunities – Valutrics
Have you ever heard of the businessman who
constantly says he’s just waiting for the right
opportunity to come along? Waiting...
Why “Organizational Lag” May Be Your
Company’s Biggest Competitive Threat
– Valutrics
To say that the world has changed over the last 25
years is a colossal understatement. We’ve
experienced various disruptions –...
Some Business Executives Say They
Could Replace IT – Valutrics
As company culture and existing “organizational
context” (attributes in the environment that can
influence performance)...
The Secret to AI Could be LittleKnown
Transfer Learning – Valutrics
As more enterprises discover AIbased business
applications, the concept of transfer learning could
help to level the playing...
A Telecommuting Tradeoff: Less
Collaboration – Valutrics
Some companies believe that collaboration in today’s
agile workplace suffers when employees are fulltime
telecommuters. Some...
Innovation Culture Starts With YOU,
Not Your Boss. – Valutrics
Research done on creativity in the
workplace (including my own) showed multiple factors
that affect employee creativity....
The Biggest Challenge we all Face is
Staying Relevant to Our Market –
Valutrics
When the world changes as rapidly as it does today,
one of the greatest challenges we all face in business
is staying relevant...
Blockchain Is Now Aiming to Disrupt
Social Networks in a Major Way –
Valutrics
Recent news of Bitcoin going over $4300 has a lot of
people talking. Blockchain disruption has shifted
majorly this year...
Seriously, Here Is an Investment in
Your Sales Team With 30,000 Percent
ROI. – Valutrics
There’s no shortage of things you can do to improve
the performance of your sales team. You could restart
your CRM, retrain...
If You’re a Startup Looking to
Capitalize on U.S.China Border
Investments, Here’s How – Valutrics
Developments in the Chinese technology sector, and
crossborder investment, are opening important doors
for U.S. startups....
3 Ways for B2B Companies to
Efficiently Retain Their Customers –
Valutrics
The marketing and business models for B2C and B2B
models are different. For the latter category, strategies
for nurturing...
Fannie Mae Turns to DevOps for Speed
and Efficiency – Valutrics
The federal mortgage finance agency becomes “Agile”
to keep pace in a competitive field. The Federal
National...
Fannie Mae Tackles DevSecOps –
Valutrics
...
Who Moved My Tech? The Art of
Convincing the Unconvinced –
Valutrics
Every technology initiative — in fact many business
changes — will run into resistance from people. Here
are...
Where Will You Play? (Strategically
Speaking) – Valutrics
The question of where to play, strategically speaking,
is deceptively simple. Most companies don’t give it
enough deep...
Seizing on the Greatest Global Shift in
5,000 Years – Valutrics
The year 2020 will mark the beginning of the most
profound change in global demographics we’ve ever
seen. Here are 3...
The 1 Thing to Do If You Want to Grow
Your Startup Quickly: Hire a CFO –
Valutrics
What is the most common reason startups die? They
run out of cash. In a steady, predictable business, it
Inside the Daily Routine of Google CEO
Sundar Pichai – Valutrics
There was massive fallout at Google this week after a
senior engineer, James Damore, released a
controversial memo. The...
11. may seem like a...
6 Startup Pitches That Prove You Can
Sell Your Idea in 25 Words or Less –
Valutrics
Hubspot launched the #SummerStartup competition, a
contest offering anyone $100,000 and the opportunity
to quit their job...
4 Ways to Use the Power of Story to
Build Your Business – Valutrics
Authenticity is attractive. While most people are
inherently suspicious of brands, 80 percent of
consumers say that authentic...
How to Find 100 New Sales Prospects
in the Next 24 Hours – Valutrics
You can’t sell anything if you don’t have customers. But
to find those customers, you have to go through the
long and...
The Automaker’s Dilemma: Getting
More Impact from Innovation Capital –
Valutrics
The current wave of auto innovation has emerged with
remarkable speed: new safety features, connectivity
gadgets, and real...
4 Tips to Move Prospects Through
Your Sales Pipeline Faster – Valutrics
A lightningfast sales cycle is the gold standard for all
salespeople. Think about it: If you could move your
prospects through...
What Do You Do When One of Your Big
Clients Bails? – Valutrics
After gaining a few larger clients, Nate Dionne, co
founder of NorthOut, did the next logical thing, growing
his team. But,...
Innovation Relies on Humanizing the IT
Organization – Valutrics
IT organizations are quick to talk about hardware
failures, software failures, and outages, but so often the
cause of IT...
Continuous Testing Can Improve
Performance – Valutrics
With the majority of IT departments managing
hundreds or thousands of custom apps and
developing many of them inhouse, a...
Innovators: Is sitting the new
smoking? – Valutrics
Health factors in the workplace Have a look at your
desk space around you. You are most likely slumped in
your chair,...
What Do Successful Entrepreneurs
Have In Common? They Give Up These
11 Things – Valutrics
1. Let Go of Perfectionist Tendencies Agonizing over
something until it’s perfect and ready to launch not only
slows down...
How Facebook Knows What’s Hot
Before You Do (and Why There Are so
Many Free Utility Apps) – Valutrics
Facebook knows what’s hot in mobile perhaps before
any other company. And the person Big Blue Social
has to thank for it...
How to Survive (and Thrive) in the Data
Jungle – Valutrics
Only a few decades ago, companies kept their
business data in spreadsheets that fit comfortably on a
1.44megabyte floppy...
34 Things You Need to Give Up to Be
Successful – Valutrics
1. Wasting Five Minutes When you have five minutes of
downtime, how do you spend that time? Most people
use it as an excuse to...
Congratulations, Your Startup Is
Profitable! Now What? – Valutrics
Becoming a profitable company can feel like an
elusive goal for many startups, and most aren’t
fortunate enough to make...
Behind the Scenes of a Killer Customer
Reactivation Campaign – Valutrics
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
Check Out This Amazing Advice From
a Woman Who Became a Programmer
in Her 50s – Valutrics
When life throws you a curveball, what do you do?
After 20 years as a highlypaid research physicist for
DuPont, 50somethingyearold...
HallofFamer Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez
on How the Business of Baseball Has
Changed – Valutrics
3 Steps to Selling Your Business
Without Sacrificing Its Soul – Valutrics
Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods Market has a lot of
people wondering what the acquisition means for the
upscale grocery...
9 Steps to Increase the Value of Your
Business – Valutrics
An IT Revolution Approaches –
Valutrics
12. Every business has to start somewhere. Usually, that
place is a garage or a basement or a bedroom. But, the
great thing about...
For all of the talk about IT playing a key role in
innovation, those maintenance tasks that “keep the
train running”...
How to Build Resilient Work Teams –
Valutrics
It takes internal “grit” to cope with business and
technology changes. Lynn Christensen of Workday
shares some...
Courageous Execs Blur Lines Between
Business & IT – Valutrics
Instead of deferring any and all techrelated issues to
the IT department, today’s most successful Csuite
leaders...
Hospital Turns to Flash Storage for
Health Records – Valutrics
Over the last decade, the healthcare industry has
migrated from paper to electronic data. Today, most
facilities rely on...
New role for innovation leadership:
Agility Shift
Coping with disruptive technological change A recent
article The global forces inspiring a new narrative of
progress in McKinsey...
Startup vs. Enterprise Marketing: Not
So Different After All? – Valutrics
The common wisdom around the web is that
everything about marketing – from the tactics to the
ethos and beyond – is different...
6 New CEO Mindsets from the World’s
Top Business Experts – Valutrics
Every leader wants that nugget of earthshattering
insight that will propel themselves and their companies
into the stratosphere...
4 Ways to Maintain Productivity This
Summer – Valutrics
By Claudio Sorrentino, CEO of Body Details. As
a small company based in South Florida, we know
what it’s like when summer...
Why Your Customers Should Be Your
Friends – Valutrics
How much should your business development strategy
involve inperson meetings? How often should you
focus on digital or...
Why We Built a CompanyWide Event
That Encourages Discomfort –
Valutrics
Learning and development programs are currently
seeing increased prioritization at organizations across
industries. In the...
What the Amazon Whole Foods
Acquisition Has in Store for
Supermarkets: Digital Disruption –
Valutrics
This summer, a group of Democrats in Congress urged
the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a review of
Amazon’s plan...
New Era of Augmented Analytics
The next step in analytics — augmented analytics —
brings automation and new degrees of insight into an
analytics...
Is Your IT Led by Digital Product
Managers? – Valutrics
Agile is useful, but it’s no substitute for empowered
leadership of genuine cultural change. Much
discussion about...
We’re Entering a New Era of
Augmented Analytics – Valutrics
The next step in analytics — augmented analytics —
brings automation and new degrees of insight into an
analytics...
Monsanto CIO ties AI investments to
business outcomes – Valutrics
Becoming a datadriven organization isn’t some piein
thesky proposition at Monsanto Co. The St. Louis
based agribusiness...
Get Ready for the Silicon Military –
Valutrics
PJF Military Collection / Alamy The defense sector is
going through a rapid technological revolution. The
digital tools...
Why the Experts Get It Wrong –
Valutrics
Last week, Astenbeck Capital, a hedge fund based in
Southport, Conn., quietly closed its main fund. That in
and of itself isn’t...
Innovate with a Nudge? – Valutrics Firms of the Future: Managing 2
Business Engines – Valutrics
Bain and Company has recently published a worthwile
article, debating on the question: What will the firm of
the future...
5 Simple Questions for Improved Staff
Engagement – Valutrics
You think that you’ve created a great company culture.
More importantly, you believe that your staff is
completely committed...
A Team At Apple Says What We All Are
Thinking: We Hate Open Plan Offices –
Valutrics
Thank god there is more of us. And there are more of
us in probably the biggest and the most company in
the world. Yesterday,...
Apple’s New Headquarters Proves That
the Coolest Offices Will Have These 3
Things – Valutrics
Security and Agility Aren’t Mutually
Exclusive – Valutrics
In an effort to digitally transform their companies, the
13. What makes an office a place you want to go to? The
short answer is that it should nourish your mind, body,
soul, and spirit. Sounds...
majority of enterprises are integrating their security
teams into...
Pay Down Tech Debt While Investing in
a Digital Future – Valutrics
The journey to digital transformation isn’t just a
technology initiative, it’s about remaking the business.
If...
The 10 ‘Perks’ IT Workers Want Most –
Valutrics
Most job seekers don’t look for specific perks, but the
things an employer offers can provide a valuable
glimpse into...
Monsanto IT turns data into ‘decision
science,’ CIO says – Valutrics
Jim Swanson, who became the CIO at Monsanto Co. in
2013, has a ready example of how digital technology is
having a material...
How to Make Innovation Strategy Work
– Valutrics
Remember the time — like, a year or two ago — when
moving to the cloud, developing a mobile strategy, and
analyzing big...
How Behavioral Design Can Help De
Risk Innovation – Valutrics
Everyone who works in innovation will regularly hear
clients asking about how to “derisk” innovation. In a
world where...
The Agility Shifter: Emerging role for
innovation leadership – Valutrics
Coping with disruptive technological change A recent
article The global forces inspiring a new narrative of
progress in...
Are You a Tortoise or a Hare
Entrepreneur? – Valutrics
Tortoise Entrepreneurs As you might guess, tortoise
entrepreneurs are more likely to be cautious and less
likely to take...
When It Comes to Corporate
Partnerships, Remember These 5
Relationship Tricks – Valutrics
Just like famously longlasting power couples —
Michelle and Barack Obama, Beyonce and Jay Z —
startups and big...
5 Ways to Lead Your Company to a
Successful Exit – Valutrics
A blockbuster exit is something of a fantasy for Silicon
Valley entrepreneurs. In an industry where so many
companies fail,...
Why Thinking Small Is Key to
Entrepreneurial Success – Valutrics
As an entrepreneur, you probably have a gift for big
picture thinking. You can set goals and plot a general
path to achieving...
IT Leaders Must Be Champions of
Workplace Changes – Valutrics
A combination of employee cultural shifts and the
dominate role technology plays in our lives has
resulted in organizations...
How Online Merchants Can Stop Fraud
From Harming Them – Valutrics
Consumers feel safe using their credit and debit cards
for purchases, knowing that if their card information is
stolen, they’ll...
Here’s What We Can Learn From the
Strange Revival of Google Glass –
Valutrics
When Google first announced its Glass prototype,
complete with a snazzy video, it generated a lot of
excitement. Through...
Print Strikes Back: The Advantage of
Tactile Marketing in the Digital Age –
Valutrics
Shaun Buck is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization
(EO) member from Idaho and founder of The
Newsletter Pro, helping companies...
American Express Has a Lot to Teach
You About Content Marketing –
Valutrics
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
Why You Must Allow Mistakes in Your
Life – Valutrics
How often have you beaten yourself up over making a
mistake? Maybe it was small, or maybe it was big, but
did it really serve...
Four Steps Required for Becoming a
Great Leader – Valutrics
Developing an awareness of how others see you is
one of the hardest but also most important things you
can do. Here’s...
Platforms are Transforming How We
Need to Compete
In 1980, an obscure professor at Harvard Business
School named Michael Porter published Competitive
Strategy, which called...
Four Steps Required for Becoming a
Great Leader
Developing an awareness of how others see you is
one of the hardest but also most important things you
can do. Here’s...
14. Platforms are Transforming How We
Need to Compete – Valutrics
In 1980, an obscure professor at Harvard Business
School named Michael Porter published Competitive
Strategy, which called...
3 Things Small Business Owners Often
Forget to Do for Their Interviews
Anyone who has hired and managed a team has been
there. You’ve searched through hundreds of resumes,
taken tens of preliminary phone...
6 Marketing Influencers Every
Entrepreneur Should Follow
If you’re the owner of an SMB (small or mediumsized
business), you might feel as if you’re left out of much of
the...
Swipe Right for a Mentor? LinkedIn’s
New Feature Lets You Do Just That
LinkedIn is taking its professional networking
services a step further “We have done research and
found that among the...
Love Your Job? Put an Exit Plan in
Place Anyways.
When you hate your job, you often think about leaving
it. But when you are happy with your work putting an
exit plan into...
Cloud Powers a Hybrid IT and New
Digital Existence – Valutrics
Enterprise data centers aren’t going away soon, but
the role of the cloud will expand rapidly in our personal
and business...
Cloud Powers a Hybrid IT and New
Digital Existence
Enterprise data centers aren’t going away soon, but
the role of the cloud will expand rapidly in our personal
and business...
MillerCoors? $100Million IT Lawsuit
Warning
There are lessons to be learned This backandforth
between MillerCoors and HCL, the Indiabased IT
outsourcing firm, over...
MillerCoors? $100Million IT Lawsuit
Warning – Valutrics
There are lessons to be learned This backandforth
between MillerCoors and HCL, the Indiabased IT
outsourcing firm, over...
Are You Digital Enough to Be in Your
Business? Future?
Today’s business challenges require diverse teams
with new competencies, including the ability to
collaborate effectively...
Are You Digital Enough to Be in Your
Business? Future? – Valutrics
Today’s business challenges require diverse teams
with new competencies, including the ability to
collaborate effectively...
Financial Institutions Bank on Change
to Stay Competitive – Valutrics
Corporate transformation seen as the best way to
counter digital disruption and address other key
challenges. A growing...
Financial Institutions Bank on Change
to Stay Competitive
Corporate transformation seen as the best way to
counter digital disruption and address other key
challenges. A growing...
Threat Detection Hindered by Lack of
Integration – Valutrics
The lack of automation integration and workflow
between security and response is hindering
organizations’ ability to...
Shutterstock Undergoes a Business
Transformation – Valutrics
The challenge of providing highquality licensed
imagery and music to businesses, marketing agencies
and media organizations...
Threat Detection Hindered by Lack of
Integration
The lack of automation integration and workflow
between security and response is hindering
organizations’ ability to...
Shutterstock Undergoes a Business
Transformation
The challenge of providing highquality licensed
imagery and music to businesses, marketing...
Highs and lows of the digital
innovation process
With the digital transformation wave sweeping
enterprises, delivering enhanced experiences to
customers has become imperative...
Highs and lows of the digital
innovation process – Valutrics
With the digital transformation wave sweeping
enterprises, delivering enhanced experiences to
customers has become imperative...
AVST, Collab9 partner on UC platform
for governments – Valutrics
Softwarebased unified communications provider
Applied Voice Speech Technologies Inc., or AVST, has
partnered with unifiedcommunicationsasaservice...
Can ExCons Ease the Labor
Shortage? – Valutrics
Want to hire someone these days? You have to get out
of your comfort zone, on many levels. The U.S.
economy has now entered...
Can ExCons Ease the Labor
Shortage?
Want to hire someone these days? You have to get out
of your comfort zone, on many levels. The U.S.
economy has now entered...
What is Your Winning Aspiration? –
Valutrics
A winning strategy absolutely must begin with a
What is Your Winning Aspiration?
A winning strategy absolutely must begin with a
winning aspiration. Too doctrinaire? Allow me to
15. winning aspiration. Too doctrinaire? Allow me to
explain the premise the...
explain the premise the...
6 Things Every Boss Must Do to Help
Employees Stay Calm Amidst Change
I once spent hundreds of hours creating a training
program and corresponding curriculum. It turned into a
lesson on how...
6 Things Every Boss Must Do to Help
Employees Stay Calm Amidst Change
– Valutrics
I once spent hundreds of hours creating a training
program and corresponding curriculum. It turned into a
lesson on how...
3 Things You Need to Do Right Now
Before Your Summer Internship Ends –
Valutrics
Over our nearly decade in business, my company has
met, worked with and even hired hundreds of interns
from local area colleges....
3 Things You Need to Do Right Now
Before Your Summer Internship Ends
Over our nearly decade in business, my company has
met, worked with and even hired hundreds of interns
from local area colleges....
Connecting People to Company
Purpose and Values with MicroHabits
– Valutrics
Purpose, values and habits: they’re the three pillars of
workplace culture. They’re what keep your people
engaged and...
Connecting People to Company
Purpose and Values with MicroHabits
Purpose, values and habits: they’re the three pillars of
workplace culture. They’re what keep your people
engaged and...
4 of the Many Reasons Why People
Aren’t Buying From You – Valutrics
People only buy for one reason and 99% of
salespeople don’t know what that is, but do you know
why people don’t buy...
4 of the Many Reasons Why People
Aren’t Buying From You
People only buy for one reason and 99% of
salespeople don’t know what that is, but do you know
why people don’t buy...
How to Give Your Subscribers an ‘Ease
of Ordering’
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
Is Your Team Not Diverse Enough?
This Could Be Why.
Let’s get the legal part out of the way: In general, you
can’t hire a woman just because she’s a she. The Civil
Rights...
10 SuccessBoosting Motivation Tips
From Millionaire Entrepreneurs
Motivation is a daily struggle for entrepreneurs, so I’ve
put together these motivationboosting tips from 10 of
today’s...
4 Tips for Managing the ‘Nuts and
Bolts’ of Your Business – Valutrics
Even in today’s digital age, some small business
owners, surprisingly, are still bucking the online trend:
A CNBC poll...
10 SuccessBoosting Motivation Tips
From Millionaire Entrepreneurs –
Valutrics
Motivation is a daily struggle for entrepreneurs, so I’ve
put together these motivationboosting tips from 10 of
today’s...
4 Tips for Managing the ‘Nuts and
Bolts’ of Your Business
Even in today’s digital age, some small business
owners, surprisingly, are still bucking the online trend:
A CNBC poll...
Is Your Team Not Diverse Enough?
This Could Be Why. – Valutrics
Let’s get the legal part out of the way: In general, you
can’t hire a woman just because she’s a she. The Civil
Rights...
Suffering a LaunchedFromHome
Hangup? Here Are 6 Solutions. –
Valutrics
Etsy didn’t start a revolution, but it sure as hell
capitalized on an emerging market. Today, makers and
creators of...
6 Elements of a MillionDollar Brand
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
Suffering a LaunchedFromHome
Hangup? Here Are 6 Solutions.
Etsy didn’t start a revolution, but it sure as hell
capitalized on an emerging market. Today, makers and
creators of...
6 Elements of a MillionDollar Brand –
Valutrics
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
8 Surefire Ways to Earn More Money
From the Customers You Already Have
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
16. The Best Ways to Evaluate Your App
Yes, user feedback about an app is useful, but only to a
degree. Here are some other ways to evaluate an app.
Nearly 23%...
The Best Ways to Evaluate Your App –
Valutrics
Yes, user feedback about an app is useful, but only to a
degree. Here are some other ways to evaluate an app.
Nearly 23%...
Think AI, Clouds, Football, and
Structure
One of the challenges to innovation and adoption of
emerging technologies is our reliance on classifying
everything and everyone. Those...
Think AI, Clouds, Football, and
Structure – Valutrics
One of the challenges to innovation and adoption of
emerging technologies is our reliance on classifying
everything and everyone. Those...
How to harness the collective
intelligence of the enterprise –
Valutrics
Decide what to do To boost the group’s cognitive
process of deciding what to do, Malone pointed to the
Good Judgment...
How to harness the collective
intelligence of the enterprise
Decide what to do To boost the group’s cognitive
process of deciding what to do, Malone pointed to the
Good Judgment...
Top 20 Innovation Articles of May 2017
– Valutrics
Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we
will profile the twenty posts from the previous month
that generated...
The Essential 4step Product
Innovation Process [podcast] –
Valutrics
I love hearing how companies are creating successful
products that provide customers value, which is the
topic of this...
Perfectly Practical & Fantastically Fun:
Why CoWorking Spaces Work For The
MicroEntrepreneur – Valutrics
Bob Dylan was onto something back in the 60’s when
he wrote ‘The Times They Are aChangin.’ It maybe a
stretch to suggest...
Perfectly Practical & Fantastically Fun:
Why CoWorking Spaces Work For The
MicroEntrepreneur
Bob Dylan was onto something back in the 60’s when
he wrote ‘The Times They Are aChangin.’ It maybe a
stretch to suggest...
5 Lessons Every Leader Should Learn
Early
Being a leader in a company is no small task, and it
shouldn’t be taken lightly. Whether you chose to be a
leader or not,...
The 4Step Process for Turning a ‘No’
Into a ‘Yes’ for Any Sale
Even the best sales pitch could result in a “no,” but
there are ways to turn rejection into success. Here are
four...
5 Lessons Every Leader Should Learn
Early – Valutrics
Being a leader in a company is no small task, and it
shouldn’t be taken lightly. Whether you chose to be a
leader or not,...
The 4Step Process for Turning a ‘No’
Into a ‘Yes’ for Any Sale – Valutrics
Even the best sales pitch could result in a “no,” but
there are ways to turn rejection into success. Here are
four...
Gulf States Are Inching Towards Better
Economic Ecosystems With Residency
Overhauls – Valutrics
This morning, a piece of legislation was passed in
Qatar that might go undiscussed in the Western press
among all the political...
Gulf States Are Inching Towards Better
Economic Ecosystems With Residency
Overhauls
This morning, a piece of legislation was passed in
Qatar that might go undiscussed in the Western press
among all the political...
Uber Jumps The Queue Over Careem
At Riyadh Airport
Ridehailing firm Uber and Riyadh Airports Company
have signed an agreement that will allow the former to
transport passengers...
Uber Jumps The Queue Over Careem
At Riyadh Airport – Valutrics
Ridehailing firm Uber and Riyadh Airports Company
have signed an agreement that will allow the former to
transport passengers...
Terrified of AI? Don’t, It May Be The
Key to Tomorrow’s Survival – Valutrics
AI has been getting a lot of attention lately. Much of it is
fueled We are drawn to doomsday scenarios. It’s in our
nature....
The Amazon Echo Can Be Turned Into
a Surveillance Bot
Barnes hacked the Echo “You can make it do whatever
you want, really,” Barnes tells Wired. Barnes cites a
paper The...
The Amazon Echo Can Be Turned Into Terrified of AI? Don’t, It May Be The
17. a Surveillance Bot – Valutrics
Barnes hacked the Echo “You can make it do whatever
you want, really,” Barnes tells Wired. Barnes cites a
paper The...
Key to Tomorrow’s Survival
AI has been getting a lot of attention lately. Much of it is
fueled We are drawn to doomsday scenarios. It’s in our
nature....
How to Sell Your Ideas More Effectively
How do I pitch an idea? originally appeared
on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge,
empowering people to...
How to Sell Your Ideas More Effectively
– Valutrics
How do I pitch an idea? originally appeared
on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge,
empowering people to...
You Might Make the Most Money By
Selling Your Website. Here’s What You
Need to Know
There’s big money in buying and selling websites. For
example, AOL coughed up $30 million to acquire the
tech media...
You Might Make the Most Money By
Selling Your Website. Here’s What You
Need to Know – Valutrics
There’s big money in buying and selling websites. For
example, AOL coughed up $30 million to acquire the
tech media...
Good News for Designers: Companies
Like Facebook and Google Are Hiring,
But The Skill Set Required Is Changing
Design celebrity, John Maeda; former RISD President,
Global Head of Computational Design + Inclusion at
Automattic, has just...
Good News for Designers: Companies
Like Facebook and Google Are Hiring,
But The Skill Set Required Is Changing
– Valutrics
Design celebrity, John Maeda; former RISD President,
Global Head of Computational Design + Inclusion at
Automattic, has just...
Look Before You Leap: 3 Steps to
Leading Change – Valutrics
Embarking on a new career path or job can be both
exciting and daunting. Exciting because of the
opportunity to leave your...
Look Before You Leap: 3 Steps to
Leading Change
Embarking on a new career path or job can be both
exciting and daunting. Exciting because of the
opportunity to leave your...
3 Most Common Ways to Transition
Your Nonprofit to a Forprofit Business
After my team made the decision to convert our legal
status from a nonprofit to a forprofit, the next thing we
needed to...
How to Prevent Petty Conflicts and
Nasty Rumors From Destroying Your
Startup
I have a longtime friend who was part of a software
startup company in Silicon Valley. He said that even
though the idea...
4 CEOs Share Their Secrets on How to
Dominate Your Market
The marketplace is a volatile place. Like a field built on
a fault line, it can crack at any moment. Sometimes,
that results...
4 CEOs Share Their Secrets on How to
Dominate Your Market – Valutrics
The marketplace is a volatile place. Like a field built on
a fault line, it can crack at any moment. Sometimes,
that results...
How to Prevent Petty Conflicts and
Nasty Rumors From Destroying Your
Startup – Valutrics
I have a longtime friend who was part of a software
startup company in Silicon Valley. He said that even
though the idea...
3 Most Common Ways to Transition
Your Nonprofit to a Forprofit Business
– Valutrics
After my team made the decision to convert our legal
status from a nonprofit to a forprofit, the next thing we
needed to...
Why Failure Is Your Best Teacher
In my book Rule #1 Don’t Be #2, I included several
stories of businessmen and women who failed — and
failed badly...
8 Mental Disciplines More Powerful
Than SelfDoubt
Success, happiness and fulfillment boil down to how
we think. We cannot live in selfdoubt and have
positive or successful...
Having Trouble Hiring the Right
Employees? Maybe It’s Your Tech’s
Fault.
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
Having Trouble Hiring the Right
Employees? Maybe It’s Your Tech’s
Fault. – Valutrics
Find out how to optimize your website to give your
customers experiences that will have the biggest ROI
for your business. Register...
Why Failure Is Your Best Teacher –
Valutrics
In my book Rule #1 Don’t Be #2, I included several
stories of businessmen and women who failed — and
8 Mental Disciplines More Powerful
Than SelfDoubt – Valutrics
Success, happiness and fulfillment boil down to how
we think. We cannot live in selfdoubt and have
18. failed badly... positive or successful...
FirstClass IT Departments Help Boost
Bottom Lines – Valutrics
Worldclass IT organizations are significantly boosting
the bottomline performance of their companies,
according to recent...
FirstClass IT Departments Help Boost
Bottom Lines
Worldclass IT organizations are significantly boosting
the bottomline performance of their companies,
according to recent...
5 Things to Know About IT Candidates
If you’re having trouble finding and keeping IT
personnel, you’re not alone. One problem might be
that you don’t...
5 Things to Know About IT Candidates
– Valutrics
If you’re having trouble finding and keeping IT
personnel, you’re not alone. One problem might be
that you don’t...
Are You Digital Enough to Be in Your
Business’ Future?
Today’s business challenges require diverse teams
with new competencies, including the ability to
collaborate effectively...
Are You Digital Enough to Be in Your
Business’ Future? – Valutrics
Today’s business challenges require diverse teams
with new competencies, including the ability to
collaborate effectively...
Future Software: Only as Good as the
People Who Build It – Valutrics
In a world increasingly dependent on software, we may
need to develop the art of falling back to the most
recent system that...
Future Software: Only as Good as the
People Who Build It
In a world increasingly dependent on software, we may
need to develop the art of falling back to the most
recent system that...
The CTO and CIO Are More Connected
Than Ever – Valutrics
By David Sovie Collaboration between CTOs and CIOs
isn’t new, but what is new is the increased acceleration
of technical...
The CTO and CIO Are More Connected
Than Ever
By David Sovie Collaboration between CTOs and CIOs
isn’t new, but what is new is the increased...
Security innovations need to catch up
with technology trends – Valutrics
When I wrote about fiber optic communications in the
late 1990s, that industry was focused on the growing
need for higher...
Security innovations need to catch up
with technology trends
When I wrote about fiber optic communications in the
late 1990s, that industry was focused on the growing
need for higher...
CISOs: Disruptive technology trends
and how to prepare – Valutrics
In April, highend audio maker Bose Corp. found itself
in the crosshairs of a classaction suit alleging that its
Bose Connect...
CISOs: Disruptive technology trends
and how to prepare
In April, highend audio maker Bose Corp. found itself
in the crosshairs of a classaction suit alleging that its
Bose Connect...
Deborah Wheeler lands role of CISO at
Delta Air Lines – Valutrics
From Word to wings: Deborah Wheeler took on a new
set of challenges in February when she accepted the
role of CISO at Delta...
Cloud visibility: Manage DevOps and
other vulnerabilities
When NerdWallet’s DevOps team makes changes to
applications in Amazon Web Services, one mistake
can put the company’s...
Cloud visibility: Manage DevOps and
other vulnerabilities – Valutrics
When NerdWallet’s DevOps team makes changes to
applications in Amazon Web Services, one mistake
can put the company’s...
Interfacing with an information
technology entrepreneur – Valutrics
Some people have good ideas, and they remain just
that, ideas. E. Kelly Fitzsimmons is an information
technology entrepreneur...
Interfacing with an information
technology entrepreneur
Some people have good ideas, and they remain just
that, ideas. E. Kelly Fitzsimmons is an information
technology entrepreneur...
How Leaders Can Improve Their
Thinking Agility – Valutrics
Leaders operate with nearconstant deficits of time,
energy, resources, and focus, which keeps them
locked in a perpetual...
How Leaders Can Improve Their
Thinking Agility
Leaders operate with nearconstant deficits of time,
energy, resources, and focus, which keeps them
locked in a perpetual...
A Goldilocks Approach to Innovation
The Power of Little Ideas: A LowRisk, HighReward
A Goldilocks Approach to Innovation –
Valutrics
19. Approach to Innovation In 2008, when Nike executive
Sarah Robb O’Hagan...
The Power of Little Ideas: A LowRisk, HighReward
Approach to Innovation In 2008, when Nike executive
Sarah Robb O’Hagan...
Top 20 Innovation Articles of April 2017
– Valutrics
Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we
will profile the twenty posts from the previous month
that generated...
Top 20 Innovation Articles of April 2017
Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we
will profile the twenty posts from the previous month
that generated...
How to Educate for the Future – Not
the Past
Our education system was designed for the 20th
century. It is mostly focused on teaching kids how to
retain information...
How to Educate for the Future – Not
the Past – Valutrics
Our education system was designed for the 20th
century. It is mostly focused on teaching kids how to
retain information...
Here’s How You Choose The Best
Health Insurance Plan For Your UAE
Startup
To successfully navigate the complex world of
company health insurance, employers must first look
within their company. It...
4 Innovative Businesses Turning Trash
Into Cash – Valutrics
There’s big money to be made if you’re game enough
to look in the places noone else is looking. Especially
if that place...
4 Innovative Businesses Turning Trash
Into Cash
There’s big money to be made if you’re game enough
to look in the places noone else is looking. Especially
if that place...
Why Data Matters To The MENA
Startup Ecosystem, According To
MAGNiTT’s Philip Bahoshy – Valutrics
At STEP Conference 2017, Inc. Arabia caught up with
Philip Bahoshy, founder and CEO of MAGNiTT, a
startup for startups that...
Why Design Is The Best Bottom Line
Strategy
Design celebrity, John Maeda; former RISD President,
Global Head of Computational Design + Inclusion at
Automattic, recently...
5 Things SelfMade Millionaires Did
Every Day Before They Got Rich –
Valutrics
Many people have the dream of becoming a
millionaire. Of course, it’s easy when you come from
money, or have wealthy relations...
Why Design Is The Best Bottom Line
Strategy – Valutrics
Design celebrity, John Maeda; former RISD President,
Global Head of Computational Design + Inclusion at
Automattic, recently...
5 Things SelfMade Millionaires Did
Every Day Before They Got Rich
Many people have the dream of becoming a
millionaire. Of course, it’s easy when you come from
money, or have wealthy relations...
IPO Market In Urgent Need Of Revival
With No Hope In Sight – Valutrics
Venture capital is a great investment category if there
is a good way for capital providers to get their money
out of startups...
Apple’s 3rdQuarter Earnings Report Is
Out Today After Markets Close. Here
Are 6 Things You Should Watch Out
For
Apple reports earnings for its fiscal third quarter on
Tuesday after market close. Analysts and investors will
be watching...
Apple’s 3rdQuarter Earnings Report Is
Out Today After Markets Close. Here
Are 6 Things You Should Watch Out
For – Valutrics
Apple reports earnings for its fiscal third quarter on
Tuesday after market close. Analysts and investors will
be watching...
IPO Market In Urgent Need Of Revival
With No Hope In Sight
Venture capital is a great investment category if there
is a good way for capital providers to get their money
out of startups...
When Customers Are Ignoring You: 4
Ways to Get More Attention – Valutrics
My heart was in my throat recently as I coached a
major university alumna who sought me out for startup
advice. Six months...
When Customers Are Ignoring You: 4
Ways to Get More Attention
Here’s A Pro Tip For Founders From
The Kobe Bryant School Of Mamba
20. My heart was in my throat recently as I coached a
major university alumna who sought me out for startup
advice. Six months...
Mentality
If you are someone who knows nothing about
basketball, I am still willing to bet that you at the very
least do know who Michael...
5 Ways to be Feel JobLiberated When
You’re Unwilling to Quit Working for
‘The Man’
Working for someone else has both benefits and
drawbacks. There’s the comfort of a steady salary, as
well as medical insurance...
Why the Founder of This OnceBuzzy
Salad Chain Had to Rethink Everything
It’s 9 a.m. on a cool spring day on the Upper East Side
of Manhattan, where the staff of the 71st Street location
of Just...
5 Ways to be Feel JobLiberated When
You’re Unwilling to Quit Working for
‘The Man’ – Valutrics
Working for someone else has both benefits and
drawbacks. There’s the comfort of a steady salary, as
well as medical insurance...
Need a Network? Be Bold.
When you start a company, there is no shortage of
people willing to give you startup advice. The
challenge is finding the...
Need a Network? Be Bold. – Valutrics
When you start a company, there is no shortage of
people willing to give you startup advice. The
challenge is finding the...
How This Former Personal Assistant
Used Instagram to Turn Her Love of
Flowers Into a Blooming Business
In this series, Instagram Icon, Entrepreneur speaks
with the individuals behind popular Instagram
accounts to find out the...
How to Network, for Those Who Hate
to Network – Valutrics
We’re halfway through summer. And there’s lots of
socializing going on out there. Summer, in fact, is when
I...
Don’t Let a Cyberattack Stand Between
Your Company and a Successful Exit
In its recent report, Software MA Frenzy: Searching for
the Competitive Edge, West Monroe revealed that 35
percent of senior...
Don’t Let a Cyberattack Stand Between
Your Company and a Successful Exit –
Valutrics
In its recent report, Software MA Frenzy: Searching for
the Competitive Edge, West Monroe revealed that 35
percent of senior...
NIST, IEEE Pair Up to Drive Cloud
Interoperability – Valutrics
Two major standards bodies have grabbed the bull
The cooperation between the two powerful agencies,
agreed to July 25, may...
NIST, IEEE Pair Up to Drive Cloud
Interoperability – Valutrics
Two major standards bodies have grabbed the bull
The cooperation between the two powerful agencies,
agreed to July 25, may...
NIST, IEEE Pair Up to Drive Cloud
Interoperability
Two major standards bodies have grabbed the bull
The cooperation between the two powerful agencies,
agreed to July 25, may...
Why Businesses Need to Update Their
DR Plan Now – Valutrics
With cyberattacks becoming more common, and
natural and manmade disasters not going away,
disaster recovery programs are...
Why Businesses Need to Update Their
DR Plan Now
With cyberattacks becoming more common, and
natural and manmade disasters not going away,
disaster recovery programs are...
Visualization Enables High
Dimensional Analytics – Valutrics
High dimensional data is our greatest asset in learning
from data sets with hundreds, even thousands, of
variables. Data...
Visualization Enables High
Dimensional Analytics
High dimensional data is our greatest asset in learning
from data sets with hundreds, even thousands, of
variables. Data...
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