On a cold day in Detroit January 5th, 1914 Henry Ford made a decision that would change history. He decided to pay his assembly workers more than twice the going $2 per day wage at the time in a desperate attempt to stem worker turn-over, and reduce errors fast. The...

After undergoing a rigorous selection process, Alteryx, Ayasdi, C3 Energy, 1010data, and BeyondCore was recognized among the foremost Software-as-a-Service solution for big data analytics companies on AlwaysOn’s list of 2015's OnCloud Top 100 winner. Other prominent companies selected in the "SaaS—Big Data Analytics" category, including ClearStoryData, Collective, Lotame, DataSift, and...

Information Management and the Challenge of Big Data: The term big data describes the exceptional growth in the volume and variety of information available from online sources. Its emergence offers enterprises the opportunity to derive unparalleled business insight for enhanced decision-making for corporate strategy and operations. As the quantity of big...

SEO is the most misunderstood specialty in all of Internet marketing. Self-proclaimed SEO experts sometimes have no idea what they are talking about. Bad SEO players (black hat SEOs) intentionally overpromise in their attempts to secure new clients. On top of all this, best practices for SEO change on a...

In today's fierce competitive business environment, how do you answer the challenge of not only finding creative new ways to grow your business, but also to crush the competition? Most companies' efforts to bring about growth leave a lot of opportunity on the table because their corporate strategy and growth...

From the moment you pull into your office parking lot in the morning, until the moment you finally leave for home in the evening, your day is packed with a barrage of urgent demands. Your job as CEO is to lead the company, navigating it through the obstacles and challenges...

It seems amiss, but it’s true – the day you start your job is the day you should begin planning to leave it. Whether you leave by means of promotion, retirement or emergency, having an exit strategy in place will encourage you to think about the legacy you want to...

In recent years, with the development of technology, and the introduction of millennials into the workforce, the mentality of a manager has been forced to change. With the increasing popularity of digital commuting and the increasing emphasis on ‘soft skills’ and decentralized decision making, the traditional manager archetype has largely...

Culture matters, enormously. Your company’s culture is its most critical source of business success or failure - it is dominant over strategy, innovation and leadership. Companies supported by an aligned culture and strategy significantly outperform their competitors. "The strategy your company employs will only succeed when it is powerfully aligned...

I am an artist—data is my palette: the art of automated personalization I’ve always thought of what marketers do as an art form—we create, after all, and manifest consumer experiences in the same way an artist, in the traditional sense, is inspired to create. When creating a work of art,...

A million things can go wrong every day in business. So when companies consider a new, big project like Reshoring they need to be especially vigilant and prepared. We want to see manufacturing come back to America to rebuild our middle class and strengthen our economy.  But it’s not as...

The Stuttgart-based automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has by far the most valuable Facebook page of all the world's automotive brands, with a value of over €7.2 million (US$9.02 million), according to a recent study by socialBench, one of the leading social media analytics companies. The study, which examined 75 Facebook pages...

When it comes to adoption-friendly employers in America, The Wendy's Company ranked as No. 1, followed by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Citizens Financial Group, and HanesBrands, according to the Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption. The Wendy’s Company provides its employees with up to $25,300 per adoption and 6 weeks of paid adoption...

Not surprisingly, Dover, Delaware ranks number one in a leading database marketing company's list of "the friendliest places in America for female executives," followed by Palo Alto, Calif. and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The altogether unexpected study by Nebraska-based Infogroup Targeting Solutions, ranked U.S. cities based on their percentages of...

It is not unusual to see a Starbucks line-up that is multiple people long, sometimes even bursting out onto the street. Coffee has become a daily essential for many people. It is now commonplace to have a coffee maker in every office, a coffee house on virtually every street corner...