2019 Retail Industry Outlook
What does 2019 hold for the #retail industry? Explore 6 strategies that could help #retailers position themselves for success. To stay competitive, many retailers have shifted their investment strategy over the last 10 to 20 years. They have moved from growth via new stores to growth via big investments in …
Global Powers of Luxury Goods 2019
The global luxury goods market displayed positive growth despite the backdrop of a decelerated global economy. What does 2019 hold for the industry? #GlobalPowers. Digitization and growing millennials and Gen Z define the future. The report discusses the trends and issues that are driving the luxury industry. It suggests why …
The CIO’s First Day – Strategic or Operational?
I came across a fantastic article written by George Spalding, on SearchCIO earlier this year. He paints a very accurate picture of what that first day, or first encounter, looks like, between the new CIO and his internal customers. You would think the CIO’s first meeting would be to highlight …
KanDenko – A Perfectly Executed Ad
On my morning commute, a commercial from KanDenko appeared across the Yamanote line train car’s video screens (all 28 of them). For the few of us on the train that didn’t have our eyes glued to our phone screens, we appeared to be mesmerized by the ad playing. The name …
Operational CIO vs Strategic CIO
A great infographic comparing the more traditional “operational CIO” to what many leading companies need today, the “strategic CIO”. I find that there are far too many operational CIOs, and the 80/20 budget rule (80% maintenance / 20% innovation) is still the status quo for most companies. Whether the CIO …
Emotional Intelligence, a Must Have Skill for the Global Workplace
Over the years, having held management positions in global companies, I’ve come to learn a few things about managing remote employees. Specifically, how to best motivate remote employees and how to keep them engaged and active as a key contributor to the global organization. Senior managers at global headquarters are …
Tech-Life Balance – Taking Back Control!
Work-life balance is so 19th century. It’s all about the tech-life balance, what I am terming as the healthy balance between all our digital gadgets and the real world around us. I have noticed how much technology, and more specifically, our smartphones, have dramatically changed the way we interact with …
Google Maps is a Growing User Review and Business Directory Service
Yelp and Tripadvisor are probably getting a bit worried about Google pushing their map service more and more (or at least they should be). Google Maps already has pretty much, every known business on the planet listed. Try it out, search the name of an establishment with the name of the city …
DigitalOcean – Simplicity with an Active User Community
I have finally moved on from using shared hosting for my personal sites…and it feels good! I should have done it sooner, I just never had time. But then again, companies like DigitalOcean did not exist until recently. So what is DigitalOcean? DigitalOcean is a cloud hosting provider built on …