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CFOs Must Face Tech Stack Inflation by Balancing Priorities
It's been a good run. Business consumers of software have enjoyed stable or even falling prices amid an explosion in productivity and choice. Plentiful capital, intense competition, and a strong pace of innovation over two decades deterred tech...
Why Being a Specialist in Your Field Isn't Cutting It in Today's Rapidly Evolving Workplace
When seeking a new job or a promotion, conventional wisdom suggests you position yourself as a specialist in your field. However, there is little conventional about today's job market, as career paths become less linear and increasingly flexible....
Mobile Homes Are a Crucial Source of Affordable Housing. Politicians Are Trying To Zone Them Out of Town.
Across the country, legislators are piling on regulations and restrictions that make it harder to build and maintain affordable housing at a time of desperate need.
In Dover-Foxcroft, a small town in Maine, a drafted moratorium on ma...
Your Cyberattack Response Plan Is Out Of Date. Here's How To Fix It.
As cybersecurity threats surge in frequency and sophistication, most MSPs have incident response plans in place. But not all plans are sufficient - something that quickly becomes clear when attackers succeed in breaching their defenses.
When war reaches the workplace: Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unsettling stressed-out American workers
The war in Ukraine may be thousands of miles away, but it feels unnervingly close to home for many American workers.
Relentless news coverage of bombed hospitals, burning homes, and dazed refugees can leave company employees, who are...
High Federal Interest Rates and Your Auto Loan
But peek under the hood, and all is not nearly as bad as it seems. You can navigate these financial speed bumps with less pain by taking a buyer beware approach - and scrutinizing your auto loan as closely as you research your new vehicle.
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Three Key Skills To Look For In Your Next COO
Think big. Find and reward talent. Earn credibility.
Those are the three hardest-earned lessons I've learned after more than two decades of work as a chief operating officer and top leader of several different organizations in vario...
Duped in the grocery aisle: How to tell if you're buying a sustainable product or an impostor
If you've filled up on gas, bought a plane ticket or checked your grocery bill, you know that the fastest inflation in 40 years is biting hard.
Those soaring prices mean tougher decisions at check-out. For those of us who are alread...
A Surprise Winner of the U.S./China Trade War? Mexico
Talk about unintended consequences: The trade war that was supposed to punish China for unfair business practices is fueling an economic boom south of the US border in Mexico.
When tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum were announced...
Here's what the pandemic really looks like in America's medical deserts
Nearly one of every 10 Americans lives in a medical desert-a place without ready access to emergency care, pharmacies, or sometimes even primary care doctors. It's time for business to acknowledge the problem, and, better yet, get to work fix...
The Definition of Work-life Balance Has Changed. Have Your Benefits?
As I think back on the roller coaster we've been on over the past two years, one thing is very clear - the one-size-fits-all approach to staff wellness is a thing of the past. And if your company hasn't updated its benefits since the pandemic, yo...
The Next Frontier of the Fight for Abortion Rights Is Privacy Law
The Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and the ensuing response from certain states have launched a national battle to protect the right to an abortion. Among others, a new front has emerged: the right to reproductive privacy.
Regulating Crypto is the Only Way It Will Thrive
The need for rules is more urgent than ever. Segments of the crypto economy are becoming too big to fail, putting investors and whole financial systems at risk. The $40 billion of the TerraUSD and its linked Luna token provided a taste of this, w...
Opportunity Zone Investors: A Window of Opportunity
Five years after Congress created the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program as a way to channel investment dollars into needy areas, Congress is set to amend the program so that it functions more in line with its original intent.
This could b...
Do Semiconductors Add to the Growing Data Privacy Problem?
Spare a moment to consider semiconductors, so omnipresent in modern day life that they've become an afterthought.
But they shouldn't be. As the tiny workhorses that supply computing power, semiconductors have been spreading outsid...
Stop Waiting For Prices To Fall: Higher Costs Are Here To Stay And Consumers Are Evolving In Surprising Ways.
We've been addicted to cheap stuff for so long, you have to be a certain age to remember when we weren't.
Emerging from the pandemic, though, tectonic shifts in the world economy are signaling the end of that era. Globalized suppl...
A 4-Step Approach To Reconnect With The Post-Pandemic Worker
With Covid-19 easing, managers should expect to find many of their employees with a considerably different mindset.
Some workers are burned out after more than a year of unprecedented and often short-staffed assignments. Others are re...
Understanding Climate Change Isn't Just Good for the World - It's Also Good for Your Career and Business
If you don't understand climate change, you're going to stand out in the business world. And not in a good way. Climate change is affecting everything from running an office, to managing supply chains, to investing. If you want to contribute to c...
Medical provider wellness incentives save lives and strengthen profits
Lower medical costs, better outcomes, more satisfied Medicare recipients and stronger profits. Sound like an impossible dream of healthcare reform? Turns out it's all happening now under a new wave of policies embraced by both the Biden and Tru...
Age Magnificently with the Help of a Geriatric Care Manager
It can happen in an instant. One day your dad is living on his own, independent and mostly healthy despite advancing age. The next he's in bed with a broken something, dependent on his grown children and forced to move into a long-term care fac...