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Reality check: The pace to mass adoption of electric vehicles will be glacial
Anyone living in San Francisco or Seattle, where Teslas are a common sight, could be forgiven for believing that the electric-vehicle era is just around the corner.
Head out to the rest of the country, though, and the reality is more...
Shopping with robots: Automation will soon spark a revolution in our retail experience
Get ready for the store of the future.
From Walmart's order-picking Alphabot to Kroger's automated fulfillment center, technology is already changing how we shop. We're ordering online for at-home delivery or we use click-and-co...
Why Trust Is the Top Requirement for Building and Growing Your Company (and How to Prioritize It)
What's more important for your company: growth or trust?
If you said the former, you're not alone. Organic growth is overwhelmingly the top goal for business executives, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers's 24th annual global survey...
Private equity is ready to take MSP consolidation to the next level
The outlook for managed services providers (MSPs) remains positive, as increasing complexity and security concerns - driven by the work-from-anywhere environment and high-profile hacking incidents - have moved IT management from being a cost...
Overcome the 'Urgency Addiction' to Become the Leader Your Team Needs
Superheroes are fun to watch in movies, but they are exhausting to work for.
Risking it all to save the day at the last minute, there's no doubt that it can be thrilling and nerve-wracking and emotional. It's also a lousy way to run a...
What CEOs Need To Know About Carbon Credit Trading Markets
Surging markets in carbon credits have started to save the planet and save billions of dollars - but they need guardrails from business leaders and regulators to truly succeed.
Worldwide carbon credit trading markets already exceed...
Separate EV hype from reality
If you're an auto supplier, the consensus today is that you need to go electric or go the way of the dinosaurs.
After all, every day seems to bring more confirmation that the electric vehicle era is just around the corner. Big automak...
The Great Logistics Crunch
Over the past 30 years, the winning formula for U.S. manufacturing firms has been simple: outsource as much production as possible to low-cost centers in Asia and ship the goods across the Pacific.
That model had a good run, but the u...
Total Recall? What Infosec Teams Can Learn From Microsoft's Misstep
On initial review, Microsoft's Recall rollout was stunningly boneheaded from a privacy perspective, bu...
How CEOs Can Take Control Of Cybersecurity Risk
CEOs are under no illusion these days about the importance of cybersecurity and the need to stay on top of the worsening threat environment. Corporate leaders in North America and Europe identify it as their number one concern-ahead of pandemic...
5 Ways Leaders Can Make Tough Conversations Easier
People screw up at work. We are, after all, human. But leaders only compound the problem when they fail to act on it. Pretending that inappropriate conduct doesn't exist--or hoping the bad actor will see the light, self-correct, and switch to a b...
What It Takes To Be A Top Seller: Practice. Yes, We're Talking About Practice!
Are you the undisputed top seller in your field? Have your competitors stopped trying to improve? Is your industry unchanging and your product the same as it ever was?
If the answer to any of these questions is "No," then your job...
Budgeting for Cybersecurity Requires a New Approach
When a country sends its army to war, it does so based on a plan to win, not on fitting a predetermined budget.
But when it comes to the virtual cybersecurity battlefield, CFOs too often take the opposite approach, leaving their compa...
Suppliers must pivot as Biden accelerates ZEV push
Big government spending often gets a bad rap, but there are times when it can have a truly transformative impact.
Take the massive public works program in the 1950s that built the U.S. interstate highway system. Conceived during the C...
Improving doctors bargaining position in salary and contract negotiations
Physicians spend most of their lives training to be the best doctors they can be. What they don't spend a lot of time doing is understanding what they are worth.
Because of increased consolidation and a variety of other factors in h...
Colleges need to engage in a financial aid 'arms race.' Here's how that could happen
Two of the most persistent challenges facing the U.S. are a lack of meaningful jobs and growing income inequality. And these problems are only getting worse.
Sure, there are jobs out there, at fast-food restaurants or fulfillment ware...
CFOs: Prepare for Changes in Global Tax Rules
You hear it everywhere: U.S. corporations don't pay their fair share of taxes. They've hollowed out domestic industry by moving to cheaper, more tax-friendly countries. Whether or not you believe this narrative, it's built on criticism that...
The Great Resignation In Sales Is Real. Here's What Leaders Can Do To Stem It
The sales profession centers on meeting people, listening to people, understanding people, building trust with people, and sharing prosperity with people.
So when sellers were forced to spend a year and a half separated from people t...
How to Step Up Client Communications Ahead of New Tax Changes
Most firms send tax law updates by email, leading to information overload for tax partners as well as clients. It'll only get worse as the Biden administrations starts to revamp tax laws and roll out new tax changes. Here's how to f...
If You Want to Retain Workers, Develop This New Leadership Competency
First was the Great Depression. Then came the Great Recession.
Sixteen months after the first Covid-19 lockdown, it's now time for the Great Resignation.
A record 4 million people quit their jobs in April alone, and more...