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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I have finally moved away from using shared hosting…and boy does it feel good! I probably should have done it sooner, but just never got around to it. But then again, DigitalOcean wasn’t really around 5-10 years ago. So what is DigitalOcean? DigitalOcean is a cloud hosting provider built on simplicity and community. …
I have recently become addicted to this app/online tool called Evernote. I decided it was finally time to consolidate some of my files stored on Dropbox, Google Drive, my personal file server, and my laptop. We have so many options these days when it comes to digital tools, we start …
