Education and Career

Experts have bemoaned the low success rates of new products for years. One highly respected researcher, Dr. Robert Cooper, puts the success rate at one-in-four, when measured from the beginning of the development stage. What’s the cause for such a low success rate? Since the early 1970’s, research has shown...

Simon Sinek has a fantastic quote from his article Failure Is An Option; “to operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk”. Instinct in the workplace is...

Bangalore, Delhi NCR, and Mumbai are the best-perceived tech cities in India, according to a survey by the CEOWORLD magazine. Question topics touched on Start-up growth, digital infrastructure, innovation, and livability. Bangalore took the top spot, because people said it has a "well-developed technological infrastructure," is well-connected globally, and has...

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) became the highest-ranked university in the world for preparing graduates for the workplace, according to Times Higher Education (THE) 2016 survey, MIT comes in at second place. Perhaps unsurprisingly, American universities dominate this year’s results. Of the top 150 universities on the list of those...

Michael Fimin, CEO and co-founder of Netwrix, reveals his top cybersecurity tips and explains how to improve privacy and security of your mobile devices while travelling for business Road warriors have to be vigilant. Besides their normal work, they are asked to maintain continuous electronic presence while away from office....

It isn’t easy being a leader in a world undergoing change that is so rapid and vast that the World Economic Forum titled it the fourth industrial revolution. At the same time, leadership tenure is shrinking.  Research from PWC released this year found that CEO turnover was at 16.6% - up...

Customer retention is one of the most underrated aspects of business today. So much of marketing and business strategy is directed towards brand awareness and increasing customer base, that the value of improving relationships with existing customers is dramatically overlooked. It is estimated that bad customer service is costing US...

Our information age is also an era of unique risk. Dangerous events – e.g., large-scale terrorist attacks, wars, revolutions, financial crises, climate catastrophes – occur before warning or preparation can take place. Add to that the growing complexity of the business environment, rapid technological advances, and dramatic changes in industries,...

As a business owner you have a lot of responsibilities. Simply making sure you stay in the black isn’t enough, you also need to ensure your employees are motivated and that the company is protected against any threats. One of the areas that entrepreneurs seldom consider is the economic and...

Among the most important decisions any Board of Directors make is who to appoint to the role of CEO.  The decisions the CEO in turn makes about the leaders they entrust to lead their team unquestionably has a profound impact on the performance and ultimately viability of any business.   Poor...