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"You don't wake up one day and think, 'Wow, I'd love to be doing an Ops job!'" says Catherine Mandungu; yet that's exactly what she is doing with her life. In fact, Mandungu is not just "doing an Ops job"; she's revolutionizing business operations through a revenue operations (revops) model...

Think of companies that once offered a useful product or service, for example, Blockbuster. Now think of how you watch films at home. How do CEOs, professionals, and companies stay in the game and keep hitting home runs? Being nimble is a critical success factor for companies, CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, and...

The shared ownership model makes it possible for first-time buyers to own a share of real estate. Businessman Alexander Studhalter believes that people should consider shared ownership as a viable option. In this article, Alexander Studhalter will further explain why that should be the case. Firstly, what is shared ownership? Shared ownership...

What does it mean to be a good business in Canada? According to Konstantin Lichtenwald,  Vancouver, this is a question that we, as Canadians grapple with constantly. On the one hand, we generally understand that businesses should be profitable and provide value to their shareholders. On the other hand, we...

Organizational teams of any kind would be wise to heed the best practices of CEO peer advisory groups/forums. Watching the best of the best is like being treated to an evening at the Boston Symphony or a highlight reel featuring top plays on any given Sunday in the NFL. Among...

In a thought-provoking Fast Company article this spring, Shekar Natarajan, EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer for AEO, the parent company of American Eagle Outfitters, made the following observation: “If every retailer shared supply-chain assets, we could cut 9 trillion transportation miles a year, have 90,000 fewer trucks on the...

It’s rare that a business owner stops me mid-conversation to ask about something that’s trending on TikTok. But that’s exactly what happened last week. He was concerned about the Quiet Quitting trend that’s occurring on the platform and the impact this movement would have on his Gen Z and Millenial...

Instagram, one could argue, is a social media network unlike any other. Instead of words, the site is almost exclusively based on the sharing of photos and videos. This visual twist is what has made Instagram the cultural behemoth that it is today - "Instagramming" is now a verb. If...

In early 1945 the planet was ravaged. A deadly world war had consumed the globe and killed tens of millions; most people were living with unimaginable stress. However, the tide was turning in favor of the allies; Hitler had overplayed his hand at the Battle of the Bulge. War in...

Global coffee chain Starbucks recently named Laxman Narasimhan its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). And if reports are to be believed, Laxman Narasimhan is likely to earn about $17.5 million in annual payout if he reaches his targets. In comparison, his annual payout with Reckitt Benckiser last year was £6...