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 [...]
In the spirit of being grateful, I thought I might start a new tradition. Here is my list of things I am grateful for in the technology space this year: That the Web, software, hardware, and bandwidth have conspired over the past 10 years to create a VERY cool set of tools that [...]
As you might imagine, I'm always looking out for or stumbling across loads of new tech resources and tools in my trade, whether it be through client strategy building or actively staying up on the latest trends with my own established river of information streams. What I end up with [...]
In decades past, the concept of Research and Development was strictly the purview of companies with a reason to invent new products or raw materials. Today, every company over ten employees better take a page from that history and come up with a system for Technology R&D (tR&D.) Whereas raw [...]