Episodes
March 30, 2016
Fighting Cyber Crime Part 2: Staying One Giant Step Ahead
The buzz: Simon says. Cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing our country, and has enormous implications for our national security, economic prosperity, and public safety. The range of threats and the challenges they...
March 23, 2016
Digital Transformation - Changing the Game in the Chemical Industry
The buzz: Vite, vite! Chemical industry leaders face new challenges, as digital technologies transform our world and drive innovation at a breathtaking rate. How will you integrate acquisitions to reap promised synergies and ...
March 16, 2016
Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 2
The buzz: It’s the law. Attention, female entrepreneurs! As you aspire to become million-dollar women, growth will bring complexity and risk. Legal issues will crop up more often. Penalties for not complying will be more seve...
March 9, 2016
Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 1
The buzz: It’s the law. Women entrepreneurs are one of the fastest-growing U.S. economy segments! But you’re also five times more likely than men to shutter your business. Why? A lack business management and legal savvy, more...
March 2, 2016
Pharma and Preventive Medicine: Future or Failure?
The buzz: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day… and I’m feeling good.” We know prevention is better than cure. But without a systematic approach, it is still up to each of us to decide whether we choose to live healthy or not. No...
Feb. 24, 2016
Corporate Social Innovation: Good for Society, Good for Business
The buzz: It’s all good. Many blue chip companies trace their formal corporate philanthropic programs – giving back to not-for-profits – to post-WWII, the golden age of corporate philanthropy. Today’s spotlight on innovation ...
Feb. 17, 2016
Beyond IT: Your Fight Against Cybercrime
The buzz: Time’s up. Obama seeks over one-third rise in U.S. cyber security funding (Reuters 02/09/16). Why? Brazen cyber criminals are invading an entire supply chain, even stealing and misrepresenting individuals’ health da...
Feb. 10, 2016
The Rising Billions: Business Networks and the Digital Economy
The buzz: Acting hyper. Peter Diamandis predicts the most dramatic positive change in our global economy will occur between 2016-2020, when 3–5 billion new consumers–who’ve never purchased, uploaded, invented or sold anything...
Feb. 3, 2016
Sustainable Development and Your Organization
The buzz: Giving at the office. The UN’s post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require a multi-stakeholder collaboration recognizing diverse issues around the world. Goal 8 – “Good jobs and economic growth” for devel...
Jan. 27, 2016
Small Business Coach: Navigating Business in 2016
The buzz: GPS. The IMF recently had good news for entrepreneurs and small business owners: The underlying drivers for acceleration in consumption and investment in the United States – wage growth, labor market conditions, eas...
Jan. 20, 2016
Data Security Breaches Part 5: Your Digital Transformation - Security First!
The buzz: D-B-T and Y-O-U. Digital Business Transformation [DBT] touches everything and everyone -- hardware, software, processes, revenue models, and especially people and our attitudes. If you’re an employee – a warehouse p...
Jan. 13, 2016
Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women Part 3: Looking Back and Ahead
The buzz: Get smart. If you’re a woman entrepreneur – or hope to be soon – you’re in the fastest growing U.S. business owner segment. What lessons can you learn from women-owned businesses that soared and/or hiccupped in 2015...
Jan. 6, 2016
Brands as Publishers: Lessons Learned and Future Trend Predictions
The buzz: The buzz. According to a recent eMarketer report, marketers will spend $8.8 billion on native advertising by 2018. Naturally, this means the digital content landscape will continue to become increasingly crowded wit...
Dec. 30, 2015
Encore: Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 2
The buzz: The Future! If you're hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. Over the course of three weeks – Dec 2, 9, and 16 – we'll bring you pre...
Dec. 23, 2015
Encore: Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 1
The buzz: Your number 1 business wish this year. If you're hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we've got the next best thing.
Dec. 16, 2015
Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 3
The buzz: The future is almost here! Searching for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world? We’ve got the next best thing: our 3-part annual Predictions Special bringing you insights fro...
Dec. 9, 2015
Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 2
The buzz: The Future! If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. Over the course of three weeks – Dec 2, 9, and 16 – we’ll bring you pre...
Dec. 2, 2015
Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 1
The buzz: Your number 1 business wish this year. If you're hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we've got the next best thing.
Nov. 25, 2015
Encore: Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women - Part 2
The buzz: Ready. Set. Wait! You're a woman entrepreneur ready to start or expand your own business. Now what? You need to know that while women are the fastest growing segment of U.S. business owners, they tend to have smalle...
Nov. 18, 2015
Finance 2020: Life or Death by Digital?
The buzz: Get a shiny quarter.If your Finance function is like most organizations’, it has traditionally focused on expense control, spreadsheet-driven accounting and management reporting, mostly past tense.
Nov. 11, 2015
Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women - Part 2
The buzz: Ready. Set. Wait! You’re a woman entrepreneur ready to start or expand your own business. Now what? You need to know that while women are the fastest growing segment of U.S. business owners, they tend to have smalle...
Nov. 4, 2015
Facebook, Etc. and Your Business: Beyond Friending
The buzz: Verb: To friend. Over 1BN of us use Facebook and other social media mainly for personal communication. Many businesses see sales gold here, too. But their ‘pixels-vs-people’ approach isn’t working so well. How can B...
Oct. 28, 2015
The Connected Car Take 4: Driverless, Too!
The buzz: Climb in. Buckle-up. Your connected car is leaving the garage.Just as radio, PCs and smartphones changed our world, connected vehicles will, too, as the automotive industry advances toward a fully autonomous connect...
Oct. 21, 2015
Hyper-Connectivity: Reinventing the World Economy
The buzz: Hyper is a good thing. As individuals, organizations, and machines inter-connect in real time, the resulting always-on hyper-connectivity is reinventing the world’s economy. If your organization is serious about com...