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6 Office Essentials for a Healthy and Productive Work Surrounding

Office work may not be as challenging as some jobs out there, but it definitely has its own hurdles. How you’ll deal with these...
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Why Should Wholesale Brands Switch to a Direct-to-Consumer eCommerce Model?

The growing demand for highly personalized goods and services among consumers is proving to be a lucrative opportunity for brands of all kinds to...

How to Build and Maintain A Truly Customer-Centric Business

With most businesses undergoing various forms of digital transformation, it should come as no surprise that the lack of physical interaction with customers might...

How to Use Influencer Marketing for Growing Your Small Business

We have been surrounded by marketing our whole lives. Every day we come across an advertisement on TV or huge billboards on the roadside....
Startups for the Remote Worker

Innovative Startups for the Remote Worker

With the effects of the pandemic not showing any signs of slowing down, investors and stakeholders alike have been pulling out all stops to...

The New Normal Of Business In The Age Of Coronavirus

As we’ve experienced during the Covid Pandemic, there’s a need for businesses to adapt to the new “normal” of operations. From stay-at-home orders frequently...
apps

Lessons Learned from 3 Million Downloads & 250,000 Monthly Users in 2 Years

By Tim Waldenback Why do some apps experience explosive growth while others fail shortly after launch? While the media likes to report about the apps...
Future Blogchain Technology

Future of Blockchain: How Will It Revolutionize The World In 2022 & Beyond!

Blockchain technology has made significant strides in its development and widespread adoption in recent years, and there’s no sign of it slowing down. In...
Sustainability

Why Fixing the Planet is also about Seizing Business Opportunities

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sybille Berjoan, Dr Jacques Bughin and Yuhui Xiong Companies’ efforts to become more sustainable can often be driven by regulation or government...

The Metaverse and Web 3.0: Embedding Ourselves into the Internet

By Ray Schroeder We are embarking on an online environment transformation that is every bit as revolutionary as the inception of the Web browser in...
Growth

3 Startups Destined to Become Massive Brands in 2022

Every day, 137,000 new startups emerge around the globe. Yet, the unfortunate reality is that only a select few of these fledgling businesses ever...

The Effects of Construction Technology and the Impact on the Industry

Technology is continuously changing in every sector, software is constantly evolving and the importance it has on people's lives is growing by the year....

7 Reasons Why a Logo is Important to Your Business

When building a successful business, one of the key factors that you need to take into account is your logo. Creating a logo may...
Stakeholders

How enterprises can create meaningful purpose together with their stakeholders

By Nicholas Ind and Venkat Ramaswamy Before the onset of COVID, there was a seeming shift in the idea of why business organizations exist....
Digital transformation

Why Is Digital Transformation So Hard? Leaders Must Manage Multifaceted Change, Not Technology Adoption

By Joerg Niessing and Fred Geyer Leaders understand that digital transformation is an imperative.  Shareholders demand it. Customers expect it. The commercial impacts of COVID-19...

4 Ways to Bring Your Business Vision Closer to Customers

A company’s mission statement and vision can define the company, including the values, goals, and how it operates. It is vital to have a...

How Google Can Help You Create Blog Posts Quickly?

By Oli Graham Blogging can be one of the best ways to increase organic traffic to your website. Unfortunately, high-quality blogging takes a lot of...
US China Russia

Managing Geopolitical Risk Under Uncertainty

By Ghaidaa Hetou and J. Mark Munoz Geopolitical shifts born out of the US-China-Russia rivalry have manifested in supply chain interruptions, divestments, national security directed...
AI and Surveillance at Work

Watched Over by Machines: AI and Surveillance at Work

By Andreas Deppeler The recent transitions towards having company personnel working at home while remaining digitally connected have sometimes been portrayed as furthering the ideal...

The Jack Ma Story: Why Thinking Big is More Important than Technical Knowledge

By Rainer Zitelmann "We don’t want to be number one in China. We want to be number one in the world," said Jack Ma shortly...

7 Definite Ways to Win Eyeballs for Your Business Using YouTube.

Youtube is fast becoming the most used website on the internet. Billions of hours of videos are uploaded on Youtube each day. Not considering...

Crisis Leadership in Action: A Balancing Act between the Past and the Future

By David De Cremer The year 2020 will remain in our collective memory as a “crisis” year. It is the year where COVID-19 hit the...
Brexit Negotiation

Threats and Negotiations: Don’t Be an Idiot with a Gun in Your Hand

By Philippe Roy You’re thinking of using threats in a negotiation? Well, if you stick out your gun, you’d better be ready to shoot, otherwise...

The Definitive Guide to Starting a Corporate Intrapreneurship Program

You can’t go to a conference these days without talking about innovation and you can’t talk about innovation without talking some of the usual...
Remote Work

How to keep networking at times of social distancing

By Yuliya Gorenko The pandemic hit most areas of our life, including the way we work, communicate, and build relationships. Most importantly, self-isolating deprived us...

8 Reasons Why Your Employees Aren’t Completing Tasks on Time

Lack of productivity is undoubtedly an issue that many businesses face at one point in their life. However, it can be challenging to establish...

Why It’s Time to Improve Your Online Reputation

The fact that your business’ reputation is vital to its survival and ongoing success is indisputable. Indeed, this has always been the case, but...
Metaverse

The Role of AR/VR in the Development of the Metaverse

By Oleksii Tsymbal The past year has been full of bold new tech ideas, and the metaverse is on the top of the list. By...

How to Make the Right Choice for Data Storage Solutions

With the growth of your business, your requirements and needs also grow. With every email that you send out and with every new client...
Fleur Hicks

Not Lost in Translation: Making the Data Make Sense

Interview with Fleur Hicks, award-winning CEO of management consulting firm onefourzero Where can managers turn for help in navigating the vast sea of data that...

Open Minds Build Innovative Societies

By David De Cremer And Alain Van Hiel Being marked as an innovative country is crucial in how able and savvy one’s nation is considered...

Outdated and Unfit: Traditional Knowledge-sharing Systems Exposed by the Pandemic

By Graham Mills, Co-founder and Managing Director of Techspert “In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.” Einstein’s famous quote should really ring true...

Adapting HR strategies to the COVID landscape

By Nikolas Kairinos Even at the best of times, Human Resources (HR) managers have a difficult job on their hands. In 2019, before the onset...

A Beginner’s Guide to Content Marketing

In a saturated marketplace, traditional marketing efforts are beginning to render themselves useless. Mixing up your marketing strategy is essential to make it in...
VidaXL

VidaXL: Pioneer and eCommerce Business Giant

It all started with two selling items on eBay. Sixteen years later, the business has transformed into the global retailing giant, vidaXL. The eCommerce...

The Use of Assistive Technology to Aid Learning

As opposed to previous years, pupils with learning disabilities can reap immense benefits from technology advancements. Assistive technology has come through for those with...

How Much Do Cheap Furnishings Truly Cost Businesses?

Growing as a business is exciting but it also comes with its own share of challenges and costs, particularly when it comes to finding...
Retail Growth Strategie

Retail Growth Strategies: Surviving COVID-19

By Omar Toulan and Niccolò Pisani The economic turbulence spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the retail sector. On...
B2B

Joint Venture Of Industry Leaders Enable B2B And B2C Businesses To  Digitize And Expand...

The realities of the post-pandemic business world grow more evident by the day. It is impossible to dismiss the impact of technology and automated...

The Use of Split-Tunnel VPNs for Scalability Jeopardizes Enterprise Security

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations transitioned some or all of their employees over to remote work. As part of this transition, companies needed...

The New Strategic Reality as a Consequence of the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Dr. Peter Lorange The new reality of COVID-19 has been with us since the end of the first quarter of 2020.  This has led...
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Fixing the Progression Paradox: One Way to Accelerate Social Mobility

By Simon Eaves, Camilla Drejer and Dominic King Socio-economic background continues to weigh on career progression in the UK. Despite this, a new Accenture study...
Virtual Working

Virtual Working: How Different Industries Have Been Adapting Their Usual Business Routines

Before 2020, working remotely from home was a full-time occupation for a very small percentage of workforces. Unforeseen circumstances from last year meant that...
Heine Krog Iversen

An Effective Intersection of Automation and Productivity: Interview with TimeXtender CEO, Heine Krog Iversen

In a post-COVID world, it is hard to say which work models are still conventional and part of the status quo. Such lines have...
AI in Marketing

How AI is Shaping the New Era of Marketing

By Jürgen Galler, CEO and Co-founder of 1plusX Since the inception of digital, data has been the linchpin for marketing success. However, global privacy regulations...

How Businesses Are Getting Back on Track in China

By Svenja Falk, Frank Riemensperger and Serena Qiu Two months ahead of most other businesses in dealing with COVID-19, companies in China offer key insights...

Why are some firms becoming more successful during the COVID-19 pandemic?

By Peter Lorange The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide recession of immense proportions.  Many companies are closing down, either for good or temporarily. ...

8 Tips for Growing Your Business

Running a business is no easy feat. Although practically anyone can do it, many people forget the intense effort it takes to scale a...

Smarten Up Your Business- Productivity Hacks For Remote Teams

The remote working model has gained widespread acceptance in recent years. However, the pandemic has made it a new normal as almost every business...

Give a Boost to Your Ad Campaign with Geo-Fencing 

A successful ad campaign consists of two major parts – great creativity and its proper delivery. Both of these components cannot be carried out...

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Feel to Deal: The Power of Emotions in Negotiations

By Prof. Guido Stein, Salva Badillo, and Lucía Zelaya The key to a successful negotiation is not embedded in knowledge or reasoning ability but in applying emotional intelligence. This essay explains the role of emotions...

We Need to Talk About Women Bullying Other Women at Work & 6 Key Things We Can do to Change it

By Vanessa Vershaw The truth is out: women are not supporting each other enough in the workplace. Despite efforts to advance gender equality, the latest global gender gap report reveals only a 1% increase annually...

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