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The level of waste our book supply chain produces each year is environmentally unfriendly and inefficient to a fault. Some readers have embraced the convenience of ebooks, but the majority of readers still prefer the familiar feel of a paperback or hardcover book in their hands. There is just something...

The gasps were audible – as were a few snickers. That’s what I heard not long ago when I told a gathering of senior corporate executives that that they should stop thinking of their brands as companies and start thinking of them as candidates.  What did I mean by that? ...

Imagine being stuck in the lift with your CEO.  I’m not talking about door-won’t-open, claustrophobic and SES-rescue stuck, but stuck together for a few floors in opportunity-filled but probably uncomfortable silence. Unless you know your CEO, it’s likely that you’ll either treat them like any other work-stranger or you’ll be...

Italian Higher Education is one of the highly reputed education systems in the world. Italy has historically been the center of scholarship considering it has had one of the most influential empires in the world. People from all over the world come to its land to educate themselves of the...

In recent years, companies have focused intently on delivering a better employee experience in an effort to retain highly skilled employees capable of delivering top-notch work and staying ahead of the competition. Thanks to the increased attention paid to employee retention, many companies have turned to software systems to gauge...

Do you ever wish that the people in your organization would stop blaming other people or circumstances for problems, own up to how they contributed to the problem, then do their part to help fix it? This is a common frustration I hear from CEOs and executives as I help...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a lot of trends, including the trend of people quitting their jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nearly four million Americans quit their jobs in July—for the fourth month in a row. In the same month, job openings rose to a record high....

Risk is involved any time money changes hands. Accounts payable departments are constantly under attack from bad actors trying to trick them into sending money to fraudulent bank accounts. However, tight internal controls, ongoing training, and payment automation can all help reduce the risk. Payment automation enhances AP and finance...

Today it’s hardly possible to overestimate the importance of artificial intelligence in the corporate world. Thousands of businesses evolve each year to dive into the neverending competition for customer approval and million-dollar profits. And the race becomes as exquisite as ever before, placing AI technologies at the pedestal of generating...

Creativity is the most distinguishable quality for every leader in every domain. Creative leaders display distinctly different behaviors, values, and characteristics from traditional management, and they get exponential results, inspire creativity in others, build productive teams, and drive successful businesses. They embrace originality and make unique connections between disparate universes...