Episodes

Digital Transformation - Changing the Game in the Chemical Industry
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 ...
Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 2
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...
Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 1
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...
Pharma and Preventive Medicine: Future or Failure?
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...
Corporate Social Innovation: Good for Society, Good for Business
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 ...
Beyond IT: Your Fight Against Cybercrime
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...
The Rising Billions: Business Networks and the Digital Economy
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...
Sustainable Development and Your Organization
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...
Small Business Coach: Navigating Business in 2016
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...
Data Security Breaches Part 5: Your Digital Transformation - Security First!
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...
Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women Part 3: Looking Back and Ahead
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...
Brands as Publishers: Lessons Learned and Future Trend Predictions
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...
Encore: Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 2
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...
Encore: Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 1
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.
Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 3
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...
Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 2
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...
Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 1
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.
Encore: Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women - Part 2
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...
Finance 2020: Life or Death by Digital?
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.
Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women - Part 2
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...
Facebook, Etc. and Your Business: Beyond Friending
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...
The Connected Car Take 4: Driverless, Too!
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...
Hyper-Connectivity: Reinventing the World Economy
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...
The Networked Economy: Shaping the Future of Retail - Part 3
Oct. 14, 2015

The Networked Economy: Shaping the Future of Retail - Part 3

The buzz: Yes or not yet? “There are only two types of companies today: those that have been breached and know it—and those that just don’t know it yet,” noted John Chambers. As a retailer’s networked connections expand and f...