I recently published an article on LinkedIn discussing the need to move away from self-validated opinions when it comes to talent recruitment, talent acquisition, and talent attraction and the value that data can add to the talent recruitment process. In that article, I spoke about the role data plays in recruiting top talent and how to derive actionable insights from …
Digital Transformation Trends: How Digitally Transformed CMOs are Impacted
Last month, I shared an article about the digital transformation trends to look forward to in 2019. But those trends won’t happen in a vacuum. They’ll impact everyone working in today’s digital landscape, including the digitally transformed CMO. It’s safe to say that when may of todays marketing executives finished college in the 80s and 90s, they could not have …
How Disrupters are Using aaS to Speed Up Digital Transformation
You know what makes for an agile and efficient digital transformation? A commitment to using resources efficiently—including, most importantly, human capital. That’s why many companies are speeding up digital transformation with new technology models, including the booming as-a-Service (aaS) model. Flexible. Efficient. Affordable. The aaS model levels the playing field for big and small companies both, allowing them to experiment …
The Cybersecurity Disconnect: Addressing the Problem in the C-Suite
How committed is your company to cybersecurity? Recent reports show the answer isn’t very straightforward. In many cases, the CEO and CIO have different ideas of what data security means, and why it matters. It’s time to get both tech and business leadership on the same page in making data security a top priority. Understanding the Divide In a recent …
Interview with a Chatbot: The Future of AI and HR
It’s a somewhat ironic tail: in the midst of digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) is in position to take over many functions of people services—the business of human resources. For some, this isn’t surprising. After all, many companies have been automating their job application processes for quite a while. But as the sophistication of AI continues to ramp up, AI …
6 Steps to Build a Data-Driven Sales Team
Did you know that the most successful sales teams are three times more likely to use analytics than under-performing teams? A statistic like that would convince me to use data immediately, but that isn’t always the case. It seems that data has taken a backseat to other less successful sales tactics and it’s time for that to change. But you …
Maybe HR Doesn’t Own Culture Change After All
At many companies, it’s common for the Human Resources department to think it owns culture change, and that may be true in many cases…but it turns out the HR team cannot succeed on its own. It needs help from the people who have the most impact on culture change at the company, and that’s the frontline managers. They’re often the …
6 Key Technologies That Will Unlock the Power of Analytics
Anyone else out there following the countdown to Call for Code? The project is IBM’s rallying cry to get more technologists coding for the good of the world, and I am so psyched for this year’s event. As I’ve shared before, the theme for this year’s Call is Natural Disaster Preparedness and Relief. What I want to focus on in …
3 Job Types that Will Thrive with Automation
Over the past few years, we’ve heard about robots coming for our jobs. Each time a self-checkout lane opens at the nearest grocery store, some start to panic. And although we’ve already had a glimpse into how automation is going to be beneficial to us all, it isn’t completely met with open arms. Still, I think there are a few …
Modern Digital Workplace: 5 Current Trends Making Waves in the Office
Does your office look different than it used to? Do you have a storage room filed with filing cabinets and external computer equipment? Is half your cubicle taken up by a monitor and a computer tower? Do you even go into a physical office location? Let’s face it, the modern digital workplace looks different. I recently explored the biggest Digital …
