Tag: Future of Work

May 31, 2016

We use mobile devices for nearly everything, from shopping and researching to scheduling our daily lives. In fact, more than 85 percent of U.S. millennials own a smartphone and use it frequently throughout the day. Businesses are already optimizing their use of […]

April 27, 2016

Digital technology has changed nearly everything we know about the world. Mobile devices have liberated us from our desks. Organizations, people, and devices are more intertwined. Infrastructure, software, and services are easier to deploy, scale, and host. And the shrinking […]

February 9, 2016

Winning your employees over to stick with the company long-term involves an array of factors—but first among those is love. What are the real drivers of human engagement in the workplace? What are those things that consistently inspire people to […]

January 5, 2016

Every year millions of business owners use January 1st as an opportunity to clean out the old, and bring in the new. They resolve to get rid of bad habits (e.g. mismanaging their time) while introducing good habits such as […]

December 17, 2015

The mobile craze has taken the world by storm. Businesses are optimizing their websites for mobile, and consumers are using their hand held gadgets to learn more about—and make purchases from—their new favorite brands. Entrepreneurs looking to cash in on […]

December 3, 2015

Whenever a new technology is introduced, a new practice emerges, or research changes thought leadership, people often look at the information like it’s a blueprint. The veritable “Word of God.” The reality is that many emerging trends may not apply […]

November 27, 2015

Say you’re in an unfamiliar town, and you’re craving sushi. You whip out your phone and type – or simply say – “sushi restaurants nearby.” Before you can blink an eye, you have a host of highly rated restaurants all […]

November 17, 2015

Imagine you’re relaxing on a sunny beach when along comes an annoying buzz that rises above the sound of your radio. It could be a banner plane or a jet-ski — or it could be an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), […]

August 21, 2015

The script has flipped. Business used to be the driving force behind technological innovation. But with the increasing pervasiveness of mobile, consumer apps are the ones propelling the biggest advances in the workplace. “I think, over the last decade, we’ve […]

August 20, 2015

Workplace lore has it that a manager who hires a Millennial is facing a number of challenges. Among them: how to engage and retain a generation marked as me-centric, fickle, not versed in social business etiquette and prone to jumping […]