I just worked with a group of meeting planners in San Francisco- these meeting planners are corporate planners within multinational organizations. My presentation to this group was on the topic of convergence. Integrating technology with business strategy and human output. My consulting firm Synthesis at Work Inc recently conducted surveys of organizations ranging from $3 [...]
In a recent Wall Street Journal article there was a series of surveys to CEO’s around the globe asking them how much time they spent in meetings. The majority of the respondents stated that a third of their time was spent in meetings. A survey conducted of Italian CEO’s determined that internal meetings that focused [...]
When I work with consulting clients and we talk about technology adaption in the workplace the biggest concern is privacy. A service created by the author of The Facebook Era- Clara Shih and founder of Hearsay Social a service that helps organizations remain compliant while leveraging social media within the organization. The company helps large [...]
As we make our way through 2012 and continue through the year of transformation it is interesting to notice businesses that are thriving and the leaders behind the successful businesses. Apple, is growing rapidly and barely missed a beat with the passing of Steve Jobs. The Chopra Center is growing with new programs and the [...]
Madonna at 53 still has it! What I liked the most about her half time show is the collaboration with other artists and that she did not make the show all about herself. By bringing in Nicki Minaj and Cee Lo she strategically aligned herself with other brands that have other fans. This is a [...]
I am part of a high level forum- a group of consultants who are very successful at what they do. Recently there was a post about books and reading. The original post was asking what our preference was, ‘old school’ or ‘new tech’. The answers were fascinating and there were a variety of preferences. I [...]
The recent Trendwatching 2012 report focused on ‘point and buy’ technology as being the biggest trend in 2012. It is an emerging trend as retailers pick up the technology. E-Bay is working on an app that when you point your smart phone at an item E-Baby will automatically look for the item and match it [...]
As Facebook moves to go public they have to list their risk factors that could hurt. There are over 38 risk factors and some are pretty obvious. That may seem like a lot, but not in comparison to recent tech IPOs. LinkedIn listed 42 risk factors in its filing, Zynga offered 44, and Groupon had [...]
What is your leadership strength? Is it vision? Is it strategy? Many of us may have strength in one are of leadership and that is where we place our focus and our efforts- if it’s easy we will do it. However a great leader is able to draw on their natural abilities and strengths while [...]
The transportation and logistics industry has a problem. It’s a good problem that other industries would love to have. The problem is that they need good people. Finding and keeping good people to work in warehouses, driving trucks or in logistics is a unique problem in that there is a generational component to the [...]
