In recent years, The Alternative Board (TAB) released a Small Business Pulse Survey, which focused on the time management and productivity challenges business owners have. We found that almost three-quarters of business owners either sometimes or always feel...

Remote work is the new normal. In fact, remote work was gaining ground even before the pandemic hit, and with the start of 2021, many IT companies have permanently taken this route. However, there are many managers and business owners who are still sceptical. It is...

Like all other facets of society, the business world has undergone seismic changes in the past year. However, one operational element—the recruitment and hiring of quality talent—remains unchanged. If anything, the competition to draw new applicants to open job...

Kick off your business in 2021 on the right foot by starting at the foundation of every successful business: strategy. Strategy is even more important for your business after the year we all had last year, where many of our strategies went off course. Strategic...

15 Things You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk In September 2017, The Alternative Board surveyed hundreds of business owners about their cybersecurity experiences and fears, as well as their plans for keeping their companies safe. According to the results, over half of...

The Wall Street Journal's Future of Data: Encoded in DNA describes a project running at Harvard that is using DNA as a storage medium for digital information. The project team translated a book, a text on genomic engineering no less, into actual DNA. This article was...

Well before the onset of COVID-19, buying trends among consumers were already tilting towards a huge increase in digital shopping. Now, with all of us practising some form of social distancing, digital commerce is more prevalent than ever before. With that boom, of...

I have had the chance to meet a lot of coaches over the years. Life Coaches, Business Coaches, Executive Coaches, Leadership Coaches, Law of Attraction Coaches and even a Speaking Coach. You name a type of coach and I most likely know one. Coaching was touted as the...

Even at companies with great products and technologies, employees are invaluable. After all, someone needs to develop those new innovations and maintain your technology. It's no secret that a company is only as strong as its weakest link.  But even though employers...

I will not profess to know what is on the other side of this global pandemic; in fact, it would be fair to say that no one knows what is on the other side. What we know for sure is that not knowing specifics or a trend is not a reason for inaction. Now is the time to...