Last weekend I went searching for a home security system. I was trying to decide between two different competitors. What sold me on one vs. the other? An owner’s manual. Yeah, that big paperweight of a book that comes with many large products that require either set-up or maintenance. One product featured [...]
By: Rusty Nix Recently I made a statement (rather foolishly within earshot of a millennial) that tech companies aren’t innovating anymore, and it sparked an hour-long debate over Apple Pay. Here is the gist of the conversation. The Millennial View I see Apple Pay as a game changer, dude; I [...]
By: Andrew Ranson Digital disruption can happen slowly and then all at once. We sometimes talk about how in the technology transformation game, winter is coming. The organizations that prepare will be ready to weather the disruptive change, while those who delay may get caught unprotected. Those in "traditional" industries [...]
A college degree, such as a bachelor’s degree, is important. A degree of this kind opens a wide range of doors for any person hoping to break into an enterprise. It also provides invaluable life experiences. If you are looking to maintain a steady career, a college education may be adequate. If [...]
By: Andrew Ranson Several of the organizations that I’ve been working with lately view themselves as fairly conservative: banks, law firms, insurance companies. Unlike the photography, publishing and music industries, these industries are in some respects just on the cusp of massive disruption. Generally speaking, their revenues are still strong; [...]
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 [...]