As Jim Kimble often says, no one cares about moving thousands of brown boxes a day – right up until they don’t get out the door on time, then everyone cares! Jim is the COO at Jasco Products and he is responsible for a 500,000 square foot warehouse [...]
At some level, I am tired of talking about leadership, and am sure many leaders are sick of reading about it. This is an extremely over-talked about subject. I retired from doing speeches about leadership in general some years ago (I leave it to John Maxwell), but I do still [...]
The fact that some companies expect digital investments to produce returns immediately, shocks me. To expect that just because you use digital tools or channels that results are going to instantly appear is delusional. I remember when my kids were young and we played video games, my wife would sometimes [...]
Most 8YO’s of today will have no conscious memory of a time without the augmentation of a mobile device on their person, and an instant connection to the worlds information. For them, every answer to every question is seconds away – every piece of information they could possibly want. A [...]
There’s no denying that technology is perpetually accelerating in both performance and function! The changes we’ve seen in the last ten years alone have dramatically altered how the world operates, how people communicate, and how we develop connections with one another. The exponential speed of change and the technology’s impact [...]
Technology mastery is an x-factor in organizational success today. Organizations that understand this are using “humalogical” profit amplification techniques to raise revenue while keeping costs low. Humalogy is applying technology and humans in the optimal balance at every point; profit amplification comes from using technology to raise revenue and improve [...]
By Vaughn Rachal At the turn of the century, a widening gap between productivity and private employment showed up in federal labor statistics. Digital technologies boosted productivity in the United States without spurring the expected job growth.1 While job growth slowed, productivity remained robust due to adoption of technologies like the [...]
If you are the type of person who thinks branding is some mysterious science that really has little value, hit the back button now and go on with your life. If on the other hand you understand that branding creates a feel in the world for what you are about, [...]
I have started to see articles that state a common theme. It is that all products and services will eventually commoditize to the point where it is virtually impossible to distinguish them by price or performance. This result is driven by a rise in international competition and the natural growth of multiple competitors in every space [...]
If you noticed the title and have no idea what Snapchat is, I urge you to load it on your mobile device and try it out. This application is sweeping through the teenagers of the U.S. and seems to be the next darling of the social networking market. I recently [...]