Episodes
Aug. 15, 2018
Social Sellers Playbook: Making It Count - Part 2
The buzz: “There are loads of studies which show that marketers struggle with measuring ROI from social media” (David Moth). If you’re the designated social selling results “bean counter” for your company, the standardization...
Aug. 8, 2018
Now Hiring on Purpose: Sustainable Innovation Technologist - Part 2
The buzz: “Chief sustainability executives the new environmental chiefs…wield extraordinary power” (www.sustainabilitydegrees.com). More employees, consumers and stockholders expect the companies they work for, buy from and i...
Aug. 1, 2018
Circular Economy: Radical and Unproven or Saving the Planet? - Part 2
The buzz: “We will design products differently if we knew that those products were going to come back to us as manufacturers and we could extract value from them and create new products from them” (Teresa Domenech). The last ...
July 25, 2018
Insider Secrets: Twitter for Social Selling - Part 2
The buzz: “The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful” (Jonathan Zittrain). If your business is reviewing social media channels to determine where to focus your people and time, yo...
July 18, 2018
Women Take the Wheel: Transforming The Automotive Ecosystem - Part 2
The buzz: ”…women are starting to gain ground as consumers and workers in a traditionally male-dominated industry, and brands should be taking note (Jose Costa, Huffington Post). Women driving the automotive industry? In 2014...
July 11, 2018
Getting Serious About Getting Paid: Your Compensation Process - Part 2
The buzz: “…there are some job perks that will make millennials consider working for less, by as much as 12 percent” (cnbc.com). Few things impact employee productivity, engagement and well-being as much as compensation. But ...
June 27, 2018
Mind Your Manners: Social Selling Etiquette and The Golden Rule - Part 5
Truth time: Do you stalk prospects to get into their Facebook newsfeed? Or are you a patient advisor in their buying journey? We continue our discussion about the do’s and don’ts of Social Selling, and how you and your team “...
June 20, 2018
Real Estate and Your Workforce: Optimizing Space Management
The buzz: “The strategic and financial importance of Corporate Real Estate is growing” (www.pwc.de) $10+T of the $25T in U.S. real estate assets is owned by non-real estate companies, municipalities, and institutions. Corpora...
June 13, 2018
Tech Magic or Hype: Can We Teach Machines to Predict?
The buzz: “Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.” (Lao Tzu) Given the uncertainty, pace, and unexpected nature of today’s world, there are too many unknowns for us to effectively pr...
May 30, 2018
The X Factor: STEM, Diversity, Bias and The Competitive Business
The buzz: “The era of diversity as a “check the box” initiative owned by HR is over. CEOs must take ownership and drive accountability among leaders at all levels to close the gap between what is said and actual impact” (Delo...
May 23, 2018
Career Stretch and Readiness: Gender Lens Differences? - Part 2
The buzz: “We’ll never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it” (Travis Rice). Career stretch opportunities – temporary work assignments for expertise outside regular job duties – are embraced by companies...
May 16, 2018
Total Workforce Management: The Good, The Bad and The Possible
The buzz: “It's easy to forget that for centuries – for millennia – the 'workforce' was all of us” (Peter Diamandis). Businesses today are drawing on multiple talent sources – full-time employees, contingent workers, SOW-base...
May 9, 2018
Finance Talent in the Machine Age: Human or Bot?
The buzz: “Robots have already taken over Wall Street, as hundreds of financial analysts are being replaced with software or robo-advisors” (theconversation.com). Machines are beginning to do the work of Finance professionals...
May 2, 2018
You Light Up My Life: Smart Cities, Smart Lighting - Part 4
The buzz: “While upgrading all 160,000 streetlights in Los Angeles with remote monitoring and smart controls will cost about $14 million, the city is saving $8 million per year by switching to more energy-efficient LED bulbs ...
April 25, 2018
Smart Citizen Engagement and Transportation: Get Me There On Time! - Part 3
The buzz: “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date” (White Rabbit). Don’t like sitting in traffic? No one does. More drivers around the world are enduring traffic delays due to soaring economic growth, residential housin...
April 18, 2018
Digital Sales Meets AI: Two Worlds Colliding - Part 2
The buzz: “…it’s clear that AI (and robotics) will change the face of sales” (www.i-scoop.eu/). Reality check: Buying and selling have changed dramatically in the Digital Age. Traditional sales methodologies will not work the...
April 11, 2018
Blockchain, Trust and Startups - Part 2
The buzz: “The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened” (Adam Draper). Yes. Blockchain is redefining how we transact in the digital world where digitized trust ...
April 4, 2018
The State of Innovation 2018: Fluff vs. Fact - Part 2
The buzz: “…We are all looking for the magic formula. Well, here you go: Creativity + Iterative Development = Innovation” (James Dyson, 2005). Welcome to the Digital Era, where new technology terminology, hype and interpretat...
March 28, 2018
Getting Serious About Getting Paid: Your Company's Compensation
The buzz: “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life” (Confucius). Few things impact employee productivity, engagement, and well-being as compensation. But as definitions of work and workforce c...
March 21, 2018
Mind Your Manners: Social Selling Etiquette and The Golden Rule - Part 4
The buzz: “The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place” [Orison S. Marden]. Yes, the rule still applies in our Age of Social Selling. Do you stalk prospects to get in their Facebook ...
March 14, 2018
Career Stretch and Readiness: Gender Lens Differences?
The buzz: “The human spirit is like an elastic band. The more you stretch, the greater your capacity” (Bidemi Mark-Mordi). Career stretch opportunities–temporary assignments requiring expertise outside an employee’s regular j...
March 7, 2018
Social Selling Post-Training Momentum: Strategies and Best Practices - Part 2
The buzz: “Just as salespeople are moving into the future, the buyers are already ahead of us” (K.Sexton). Your staff may be excited about social selling training and enablement. But will they put those lessons into practice ...
Feb. 28, 2018
ERP, Technology and Purpose in the Wild: Elephants, Rhinos, People
The buzz: “No one in the world needs a Rhino horn but a Rhino” (Paul Oxton). Africa’s wildlife threat levels are growing at alarming rates – particularly from increasing poaching of elephants and rhinos. Traditional conservat...
Feb. 21, 2018
Smart Cities Citizen Engagement: Mobile, Connected and Digital - Part 2
The buzz: “By 2030…8.3 billion people with an urban proportion of about 51%. So out of necessity, smart cities are needed …” (Dr Gráinne Watson, Fujitsu) In our mobile-first, digitally connected world, consumers expect to acc...