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The More Things Change—Thinking Forward for Your Organization
It’s estimated that 65 percent of preschoolers today will grow up to fill positions that do not exist right now, making it crucial for organizations to flex their creativity as they prepare for new opportunities. What’s essential for today’s companies is to build for multiple possible futures, attract newcomers based on forward-thinking infrastructure, and connect individuals and teams with purposeful …
Collaboration in the Workplace: Best Practices for 2017
Collaboration is essential in today’s global marketplace, for businesses of all sizes. Mastering the art of collaboration using technology not only provides fantastic opportunities for innovation and creative problem solving within an organization, it also serves up a competitive business advantage in terms of what highly productive teams are able to accomplish. If you’re one of the many companies exploring …
Taking a Look at The Workplace of 2017 and Beyond
The beginning of a new year brings with it a flurry of optimism: Will this be the year our business gets its big break? Is this the year we find love, or finally achieve that long-term goal? As 2016 ends, I’d like to look back at the year in technology and offer predictions about what we might see in the …
Exploring the Future of Work: SMACtalk Podcast with Adobe’s Jon Perera
What will the future look like? For businesses today this may be one of the most commonly asked and pressing questions. With the pace of change accelerating at breakneck pace, companies no longer have the luxury of depending on what is working today in order to sustain profits. As fast as companies rise today, they can fall. And for most …
Will Internet of Things (IoT) Impact The Workplace?
The wearable device market is witnessing a steady growth in consumer applications and business use. A new report predicts wearable device shipments will reach 187 million units by 2020 with a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent, which means we will be seeing more and more wearables in both personal and professional aspects of our lives for years to …
The mobile workforce goes beyond working from home
Last year, surveys and reports predicted that 2015 will be the year of enterprise mobility. For most companies thinking about a mobile workforce, mobility has been all about flex work and work-from-home arrangements. While some companies are open to these, others aren’t as quick to jump on board. For example, Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer comes to mind: she called work-from-home …
Why Partnership Is Critical for Business and Technology Transformation #SMACtalk Live from #IBMPWLC
Why Partnership Is Critical for Business and Technology Transformation In this episode, live from IBM Partner World 2015 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Brian and I explore the role of partnership in the business and technology ecosystem. The word partnership has a way of being used to describe many relationships; all of which are not partnerships. In order …
Is Today The Day We Stop Talking About Technology?
Late in 2014 I had the opportunity to visit NYC for an event co-hosted by IBM and Pure Matter. The purpose was to put a diverse group of future-forward thinkers together to discuss the future of work…This is my story, and my take away. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts! We live our lives online. Ninety-one percent of us wake …
Millennials Want Flexible Work.. Is your Company Ready? #SMACtalk
On this episode Brian and Daniel discuss flexible work and really question what is holding business and leaders back from implementing this. They also cover the role trust plays in companies implementing a flexible working environment and the impact millennial are making by factoring in if a business cares about their quality of life when it comes to where and …