CEO Advisory

Doing business with Canada, the United Kingdom, most of Europe, Japan, and Mexico is relatively easy, no matter what part of the world your company calls home. Other countries, however, make doing business a little more complicated.  Number of reasons for this – legal, sociocultural, economical – but the fact...

Do you ever feel like machine learning is moving so fast that it’s impossible to keep up? You’re not alone — that's what the hype cycle has lots of people thinking. Hype bubbles seem to build up every few years around a specific technology, like the cloud, big data, or,...

Open innovation is well-established, but how many companies are prepared to outsource the whole innovation effort? Some companies are already paving the way and reaping the benefits. By now all companies have got the message that effective innovation needs an "ecosystem" of partners. A good innovation ecosystem for a large...

Good businesses are about products and services. Great businesses are always about people. No matter what industry you are in, what problem you are solving, or which customers you serve… the truism of every high performing team is an excellent culture. We all have one. A “culture”, that is. The question...

You don’t need a rock star personality to be a rock star leader. Whether you are looking over your shoulder waiting for the tap from the chair of your board or you don’t think you have what it takes to get there, don’t fear. You have what it takes. You...

Small businesses are one of the most critical parts of our economic development. Small companies, startups, products by solopreneurs, they need extra care and grow to achieve success. People who studied Business Administration know the risks of playing on the market. Most of the educated businessmen are afraid or careful...

Most startups don’t have millions of dollars in funding to keep their operations afloat. Surveys conducted by Wells Fargo Small Business Index in 2006 and Kauffman Firm Survey between 2004-2008 showed that most startups have anywhere between $10,000 to $80,000 as capital in the first year. Thus, it is essential...

Innovation is expensive — there’s no denying that. No matter how you go about it, innovation takes considerable money, time, talent, and effort. Trying to drive it in-house can be a significant drain on resources, yet many companies make that their sole focus. But really, one of the most efficient...

Cybersecurity isn’t working today.  In 2016, the Ponemon Institute reported that each of the 383 companies it surveyed had a “26 percent probability of a material data breach involving ten thousand lost or stolen records” within the “next twenty-four months.” Take this beyond two years—say to the projected life of...

I saw a cartoon recently showing a person behind the wheel of a car in heavy traffic who was musing, “I took the road less traveled, and now I don’t know where the hell I am.” Who hasn’t felt that way occasionally when trying to chart a new course in...