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From Tap to Talk

As technology continues to evolve, so does the evolution from tapping to talking on smart devices. Generally, we can speak four times faster than we can type. It’s been estimated that by 2020 about 50 ...

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Will automation reduce the workforce?

More and more research organizations are producing reports on the future impact that technology and artificial intelligence will have on the automation of existing work. For example, the Brookings Institute, a Washington think tank, predicted ...

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The Reality Of Technology

As technology continues to disrupt one industry after another, many organizations are faced with a choice: innovate or evaporate. The internet has transformed the way people work and communicate. It has also fostered a host ...

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Bezos & Drucker: The Disciple of the Guru

“The purpose of a business is to create a customer, and the purpose of the leader is to grow the value of the customer,” proclaimed Peter Drucker, the guru of modern management, as the foundation ...

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Toys ’R’ Us: What Happened?

Let’s review the familiar business path from idea to irrelevance. Every business starts with an entrepreneur identifying and solving a problem. The beginning of every business is quite similar to our own life cycle. The ...

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Branding & Company DNA

Company cultures are organisms that reflect their leaders, technology, environments and strengths. Companies are like people. They have their own DNA that is reflected in their culture just like your culture is reflected in you. ...

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Building Brand Equity

My new book, The Definitive Guide to Brand Building, is all about building and maintaining brand equity–the most important asset any company has. Every CEO and every C suite executive needs to read this book. To ...

Tech Talk

Alexa Meets Skype

Amazon does it again with the introduction of their new “Echo Show” series of innovative speakers. The Echo Show has a 7 inch touch screen and a video camera that allows people to place video ...

Continuing Education & Business Training

Audio Introduction to ‘Personal Brand Planning For Life’ ...

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Innovation: A New & Better Way of Doing ...

Quite simply, innovation is about doing things differently. The impact of which disrupts the way things were and eventually obsoletes the old way of doing things. Customers are very fickle, they may love what you ...