Without question, the past recession has hit many companies hard.  But as business leaders struggling to keep our companies afloat, we sometimes forget that it’s Read More

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Are you overwhelmed by how fast the world moves these days?  Does it seem like everything is getting more complicated?  Do you sometimes feel like Read More

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There’s a lot of people talking about innovation these days, myself included.

The good news is that business leaders seem to be sitting up and Read More

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When I talk to business leaders, I always ask about the most difficult challenges they face day in and day out.  Increasingly, I’m hearing Read More

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If you follow the tech industry you probably noticed Google’s decision to shut down their much-ballyhooed Google Wave after only one year of operation. You Read More

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Seeing as how summer is supposed to include some rest and relaxation, I took advantage of a rare day off last week and went to Read More

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Not only is our world moving faster and faster these days, it is also becoming more connected than ever.  And it looks like the corporate Read More

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Recently I was doing a keynote presentation on innovation when a member of the audience, a senior manager at a large company, posed this question: Read More

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Have you taken a serious look at your customer relationships recently?  If not, now would be a good time.

Recently, IBM polled more than 1500 Read More

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Andy Grove, the founder of microchip giant Intel, once said, “Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction.”

Just look around and it’s hard Read More

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