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Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Technology in many shapes, forms, and devices is already shaping nearly every aspect of your life. How? On your smart phone and tablet with thousands of apps to enhance your work and daily living. On streaming media that lets you watch TV and movies anytime anywhere. On social media where your voice is instantly amplified to reach the world. Think you’ve seen it all? Not! There’s more to come and you’re part of making it happen – right now. Join host Bonnie D. Graham as she speaks with future-focused visionaries on Technology Revolution: The Future of Now, broadcasting live every Wednesday at 8 AM Pacific Time/11 AM Eastern Time, on the Business Channel.

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Technology Revolution: The Future of Now
Encore – Technology Revolution Crystal Ball 2024 Special – #1 from 2023-12-20T08:00

Welcome, worldwide audience, seekers of time's reprieve, to Week 1 Crystal Ball Predictions where 2024 we'll weave. Host Bonnie D. has oft been called Maestro-ette of Manana, the Sultaness of Spe...

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Technology Revolution Crystal Ball 2024 Predictions Special – #01 from 2023-12-06T08:00

Welcome, worldwide audience, seekers of time's reprieve, to Week 1 Crystal Ball Predictions where 2024 we'll weave. Host Bonnie D. has oft been called Maestro-ette of Manana, the Sultaness of Spe...

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The Future of AI Prompts for Your Big Ideas – Part 3! from 2023-11-29T08:00

In the digital space where algorithms weave, Bonnie D. seeks big ideas, exciting to achieve. AI prompts for innovations, to ChatGPT she inquired, Brainstorming new things, what might be inspired?”...

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Encore! The Future of AI Image Generation for Business from 2023-11-22T08:00

AI is about to revolutionize how we use images in business. Consider image recognition that can organize products and scenes automatically. Imagine marketing campaigns that tailor themselves to y...

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The Future of Computer Education and AI: Beyond Coding – Part 2 from 2023-11-15T08:00

Bonnie D. in the house, on a tech trailblazer's quest, An exciting journey, through time and tech, in the future she’ll invest, Picture this scene, in days of yore, Light-flashing mainframes were J...

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The Future of ChatGPT and Generatve-AI Text: Say What??? from 2023-11-08T08:00

In the realm where code and creativity collide, A tale of ChatGPT and AI, far and wide. On air today, with sunshine bright, Bonnie D., our host, is the guiding light. In the future's embrace, wher...

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The Future of IoT and AI: Making ‘Sensor’ of Things? – Part 2 from 2023-11-01T07:00

In Bonnie D.’s domain, wisdom shines by the byte, Welcome, global audience, to our tech-filled flight – On “Technology Revolution,” the stage is set, we avow, Unraveling mysteries, exploring the Fu...

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The Future of Teaching Girls Coding&AI: Bridging the Gender Gap from 2023-10-25T07:00

Listeners worldwide, gather 'round today, As we explore the future in a bright new way. In the world where girls learn code and AI, They’re bridging gender gaps, reaching for the sky. VR, AR, cha...

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The Future of Learning&Development and AI at Work: "TCB" from 2023-10-18T07:00

In the world of knowledge, we aim high, ChatGPT we queried, seeking to fly. “Hello,” we said, reaching for the sky, Tell us of AI and learning, and don’t be shy. In Business Learning’s future, AI...

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The Future of Human Creativity and AI: Emotion vs Logic? Part 2 from 2023-10-11T07:00

Inquiring minds sought wisdom, a vision to see, From ChatGPT, a glimpse of what’s to be. “The Future of Creativity,” we earnestly plea, With AI in the mix, what shall it decree? AI, a marvel wit...

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The Future of Gaming and AI: Let The You-Know-What’s Begin! from 2023-10-04T07:00

Hello, gamers and tech enthusiasts! Today we’re taking a trip to The Future of Gaming and AI, so we asked ChatGPT for insights. Picture this: AI-generated content. Game worlds, characters, and nar...

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The Future of Online Education and AI: Teach Me Tonight? – Part 2 from 2023-09-27T07:00

In the style of Carl Sagan, we share the cosmic view, Of the future of online education and AI, where the universe is our cue. Picture a universe expanding, MOOCs like galaxies in the night, Perso...

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The Future of AI Image Generation for Business Tools from 2023-09-20T07:00

AI is about to revolutionize how we use images in business. Consider image recognition that can organize products and scenes automatically. Imagine marketing campaigns that tailor themselves to y...

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The Future of Business Innovation&AI: What’s New?– Part 2 from 2023-09-13T07:00

We asked ChatGPT to help us introduce today's topic: The Future of Business Innovation and AI. Here is our human-edited version: Welcome to a pulse-pounding dive into the Future of Business Innova...

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The Future of Education and AI: Robot Substitute Teachers? Part 2 from 2023-09-06T07:00

There’s so much to predict about the convergence of education and artificial intelligence that we’re bringing back our Futurists from June 14 to continue the conversation today. The future we’re t...

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The Future of Art&AI: What Would the Giants of Art Say? Part 2 from 2023-08-30T07:00

We asked ChatGPT, “What’s the scoop on the future of Visual Art and AI?” It told us that AI has waltzed into the world of art like a rockstar crashing a ballroom dance. Machine learning algorithms...

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The Future of Teaching Technology including AI: More Than Coding? from 2023-08-23T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Please tell me about the future of Teaching Technology and AI.” ChatGPT response: The future of teaching students about technology and AI concepts will be characterized by …Ea...

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The Future of Anything&AI: Predictions Celebration! from 2023-08-16T07:00

To celebrate Technology Revolution: The Future of Now Radio’s #201 episode – and achieving the #6 ranking on FeedSpot’s “Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023”, we’re bringing you a mélan...

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The Future of Automotive&AI: What Would Jane Jetson Say? from 2023-08-09T07:00

In June, we covered The Future of Everything Automotive [EVs, Chips, Batteries, Self-Driving] and AI: What Would George Jetson Say? Our panel of savvy Futurists drove such a super-charged predictio...

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The Future of Manufacturing and AI: You Want It When? from 2023-08-02T07:00

We asked ChatGPT: “Good morning! Please tell me about the future of Manufacturing and AI.” ChatGPT response: Good morning! The future of manufacturing is closely intertwined with the advancement o...

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The Internet of Things [IoT] and AI: Making “Sensor” of Things? from 2023-07-26T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Please tell me about the future of IoT and AI.” ChatGPT response: The future of the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) holds tremendous potential for tr...

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The Future of Business Innovation&AI: What's New Under the Sun? from 2023-07-19T07:00

We asked ChatGPT: “What is the future of Business Innovation and AI?” ChatGPT response: The future of business innovation and AI is incredibly exciting, with new possibilities emerging – Increased...

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The Future of Online Education and AI: Teach Me Tonight? from 2023-07-12T07:00

According to teachfloor.com, In the near future, AI systems can disrupt online education, providing everyone, regardless of age, race, and background, with the opportunity to access knowledge and l...

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Encore: The Future of Horror Fiction and AI: Are You Scared Yet? from 2023-07-05T07:00

Bonnie asked ChatGPT: What is the future of the horror fiction genre? ChatGPT response: As an AI language model, I cannot predict the future with certainty, but I can offer insights. From the Gothi...

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The Future of Professional Services&AI: What've You Done Lately from 2023-06-28T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Please tell me about the future of professional services businesses and AI.” ChatGPT response: The future of professional services businesses and AI is promising, with many o...

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The Future Human Creativity and AI: Collaborate or Compete? from 2023-06-21T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Please tell me about the Future of Human Creativity and AI.” Response: While AI has shown the potential to generate creative outputs, such as music, art, and literature, there ...

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The Future of Education and AI: Robot Substitute Teachers? from 2023-06-14T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Tell me about Education and AI.” Response: AI has the potential to revolutionize education. With AI-powered tools, teachers can analyze student performance data, adapt teachin...

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Technology Revolution: The Future of Automotive&AI: G Jetson? from 2023-06-07T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Tell me about the future of Cars and AI.” Response: The future of cars and AI is exciting and rapidly evolving. Potential ways these technologies could shape the future: Autono...

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The Future of Public-Private Partnerships&AI: Faster Solutions? from 2023-05-31T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Tell me about Public-Private Partnerships.” ChatGPT response: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) involve a contract between a public sector entity, such as a government agency...

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The Future of Art&AI: What Would Dali, Rembrandt&Picasso Say? from 2023-05-24T07:00

We asked ChatGPT: “Tell me about the future of Visual Art and AI.” ChatGPT response: Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly popular tool in the field of art, with artists and techn...

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The Future Drones and AI: Look Up! It’s A What??? from 2023-05-17T07:00

We asked ChatGPT: “Tell me about the future of drones and AI.” ChatGPT response: Drones and AI are two technologies that are rapidly advancing and becoming more integrated with each other. Some po...

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The Future of Investing and AI: Show Me The Money? from 2023-05-10T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: What is the future of Investing and AI? ChatGPT response: The future of investments and AI is closely intertwined, as AI has the potential to revolutionize the investment ind...

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The Future of Attorneys and AI: What Would My Cousin Vinny Say? from 2023-05-03T07:00

We asked ChatGPT: What is the future of Attorneys and AI? ChatGPT response: The use of AI in the legal profession is already becoming more common and is expected to continue to grow. AI has the p...

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The Future of Workplace Law, Employee Rights&AI: Take This Job! from 2023-04-26T07:00

What will happen if smarter, faster, less expensive bots can do your job? What will happen if you use AI to do your own job faster, better, smarter? So many questions! I queried ChatGPT: Tell me a...

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The Future of Horror Fiction and AI: Scared Yet? from 2023-04-19T07:00

Bonnie asked ChatGPT: What is the future of the horror fiction genre? ChatGPT response: As an AI language model, I cannot predict the future with certainty, but I can offer insights. From the Gothi...

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The Future of HR and AI: To Tell The Truth? from 2023-04-12T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: Tell me about AI and HR resumés. ChatGPT response: AI is changing the HR industry, particularly when it comes to resumé screening and recruitment processes. Resumé screening is...

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The Future of Empathy vs AI: TCB or How Does It Feel? from 2023-04-05T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: Is empathy important in business success? ChatGPT Response: Yes, empathy can be an important factor in business success. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feel...

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The Future of Collaboration and Technology: Heroes vs Teams? from 2023-03-29T07:00

We asked ChatGPT to define Collaboration. ChatGPT response: Collaboration is the process of working together with one or more individuals or groups towards a common goal or objective. It involves ...

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The Future of Human Music Composers vs AI – The Sweetest Sounds? from 2023-03-22T07:00

I queried ChatGPT: “Tell me about music and AI.” ChatGPT Response: AI (Artificial Intelligence) is being increasingly used in music composition to create original pieces of music. AI algorithms c...

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The Future of Cities and Technology – Get Smart! from 2023-03-15T07:00

We queried ChatGPT: “Tell me about Smart Cities.” ChatGPT Response: SMART cities are urban areas that leverage advanced technologies and data analytics to enhance the quality of life for citizens,...

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The Future of Health Care and Technology – Is The Doctor In? from 2023-03-08T08:00

The Buzz 1: We queried ChatGPT on “The future of health care and technology” ChatGPT Response: The future of healthcare and technology is a rapidly evolving field with tremendous potential to tran...

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The Future of Young Leaders and Technology: Formula for Success? from 2023-03-01T08:00

The Buzz 1: I queried ChatGPT about young student leaders and technology. ChatGPT response: With the rapid advancement of technology, student leaders are leveraging technology to communicate, orga...

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The Future of Novelists vs AI – Who Writes? Who Owns The Rights? from 2023-02-22T08:00

The Buzz 1: I queried ChatGPT how it writes a novel. Response: As a language model, ChatGPT can generate text in a variety of styles and formats, including novels…text that is well-formed and coher...

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The Future of Jewelry and Technology: All That Glitters? from 2023-02-15T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Aren’t I a human being? Don’t I yearn and…ache and shop? Don’t I deserve love... and jewelry?” [Addams Family Values, 1993 film] The Buzz 2: “Invest wisely. Safely, at least. Land, ho...

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Future of Financial Literacy&Tech: Raise Kids’ Money IQ–Part 2 from 2023-02-08T08:00

We queried ChatGPT: What is Financial Literacy for kids? Response: Financial literacy for kids refers to the understanding and knowledge of financial concepts and principles, as well as the abilit...

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The Future of Patents: Protecting Your IP Genius or Not So Much? from 2023-02-01T08:00

The Buzz 1: “I’ve got a patent on an idea. I don’t think I'm asking too much to make a little bit of money off it.” [Tod (Bryan Cranston), Love the Coopers, 2015 film] The Buzz 2: “Patents. That’s...

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Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special #6 from 2023-01-25T08:00

The Buzz 1: “If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead!” [Gusteau in Ratatouille, 2007 film] The Buzz 2: “There's something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly ...

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Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special #5 from 2023-01-18T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Anything you want to find you type it in.” “I lost a really nice silk scarf in about 1912.” “Yes, now Google it.” (What We Do In The Shadows, 2014 mockumentary fantasy horror film) T...

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Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special #4 from 2023-01-11T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” [Margo Channing, All About Eve, 1950 film] The Buzz 2: “Do, or do not. There is no try.” [Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Ba...

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Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special #3 from 2023-01-04T08:00

The Buzz 1: “There's something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” [What It’s Worth, song by Stephen Stills, performed by Buffalo Springfield, 1966] The Buzz 2: “If you focus on what ...

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Encore Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Week2 from 2022-12-28T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.” (Dory in Finding Nemo, 2003 computer-animated adventure film) The Buzz 2: “Would that it were so simple.” (Hobie Doyle in Hail, Caesar!, 2016 ...

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Encore Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special #1 from 2022-12-21T08:00

The Buzz: Favorite quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 American science fiction film movie trilogy – “Nobody calls me chicken.” – “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” – “1.21 Giga...

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Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special #2 from 2022-12-14T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.” (Dory in Finding Nemo, 2003 computer-animated adventure film) The Buzz 2: “Would that it were so simple.” (Hobie Doyle in Hail, Caesar!, 2016 ...

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Technology Revolution: 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special #1 from 2022-12-07T08:00

The Buzz: Favorite quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 American science fiction film movie trilogy – “Nobody calls me chicken.” – “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” – “1.21 Giga...

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The Future of Consumer Smart Home Tech Buying in 2022 and Beyond from 2022-11-30T08:00

Buzz 1: Smart home is a massive market, growing at 25.3% per year [Mordor Intelligence], expected to hit $314Bn a year by 2026.… Apple’s Home app, Google’s Nest, Google’s Home app, Airthinx for air...

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Encore The Future of Financial Literacy: Can We Raise Kids’ ‘Money IQ'? from 2022-11-23T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic – taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.” School Days, song written in 1907 by Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards, is about a couple looking back sentime...

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The Future of Holograms in Business: Better to See You, My Dear? from 2022-11-16T08:00

The Buzz 1: Holography is a photographic technique that records the light scattered from an object, and then presents it as three-dimensional. The development of hologram technology began in 1962,...

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The Future of Single Dads&Technology: Back Into the Dating Pool from 2022-11-09T08:00

The Buzz 1: Raising kids is tough enough. Add the prospect of dating to the equation, and you’ve got quite a challenge. But regardless how your circumstance arose, you deserve to date… Divorced dad...

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The Future of Retail&Technology: How Many Happy Returns? Part 2 from 2022-11-02T07:00

I LIKE IT. NO I HATE IT. IT FITS, NO IT DOESN’T FIT. I’M RETURNING IT! The Buzz 1: Retailers expect 17.8% or $158Bn of merchandise sold during the 2022 holiday season will be returned, according t...

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Our Cyber Future In 2030: Will The Livin’ Be Easy? – Part 2 from 2022-10-26T07:00

Looking ahead to 2030: How will we work? How will we travel? What will we eat? How will we dress? Will we have ANY privacy? Will we all be space travelers? What old and new challenges will we face?...

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The Future of Drones: Landing Near You Soon? – Part 4 from 2022-10-19T07:00

The Buzz 1: Drones have been around for more than two decades, but their roots date back to World War I when the U.S. and France worked on developing automatic, unmanned airplanes…The last few year...

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The Future of IoT and Edge Computing: What’s In It For YOU? from 2022-10-12T07:00

The Buzz 1: Dozens of song titles have “Edge” in the title, including: Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen, Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks, and Living on the Edge by Aerosmith. Bu...

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The Future of Smart Homes&Sustainability: Intelligent Ecosystem from 2022-10-05T07:00

Buzz 1: For some, a ‘smart house’ is chock-full of gadgets that automate or monitor almost every conceivable part of a house. For others, a smart house is extreme simplicity with only the slightest...

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The Future of Financial Literacy: Can We Raise Kids’ ‘Money IQ'? from 2022-09-28T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic – taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.” School Days, song written in 1907 by Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards, is about a couple looking back sentime...

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The Future of Women in Tech Careers: Should I Stay or Go? from 2022-09-21T07:00

The Buzz 1: Women in technical roles are less likely than men to win promotions early in their careers, and many are exiting the field. Only 86 women are promoted to manager for every 100 men at th...

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The Future of Creativity: Is Technology Helping or Hindering? from 2022-09-14T07:00

The Buzz 1: “What will be the most coveted skill of the future?…Creativity…A computer lacks imagination or creativity to dream up a vision for the future.…the emotional competence a human being has...

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The Future of Your Digital Identity: All About The NFTs? from 2022-09-07T07:00

The Buzz 1: “NFTs are not just for digital art—and their popularity is growing. Now The Economist is experimenting with an NFT, to raise money for a good cause. – One candidate for the Oxford Engli...

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The Future of Business Social Selling: Crickets or Ca-Ching? from 2022-08-31T07:00

The Buzz 1: “The science of social selling actually originated from academia. In a 2009 paper…'The Persuasive Role of Incidental Similarity on Attitudes and Purchase Intentions in a Sales Context,'...

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The Future of Publishing and Technology: Read All About It! from 2022-08-24T07:00

The Buzz 1: In 1440 – 600 years after The Diamond Sutra, the world’s oldest printed book – Gutenberg invented the wooden mass-printing press. In 1845 Richard Hoe invented the rotary press and fi...

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The Future of Automotive Retail&Tech: How Will YOU Buy A Car? from 2022-08-17T07:00

The in-person experience of car buying has always been alluring, letting you inhale the new car scent, examine the shiny power under the hood, literally kick the tires, ask questions of a human sal...

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Data Data Everywhere: Is Data Privacy In Your Future? – Part 2 from 2022-08-10T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.” [Margaret Cho, comedian] The Buzz 2: “Millions of people are unaware of and un...

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The Future of Women in Tech: Time to Smash the Glass Ceiling? from 2022-08-03T07:00

The Buzz 1: “There is such a thing as a glass ceiling…the invisible barrier which prevents women from advancement in their profession. Do we have an unacknowledged barrier that is an obstacle for w...

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The Future of Single Dads&Technology: Family Ties? from 2022-07-27T07:00

The Buzz 1: While the majority of solo parents are single mothers, up to 2.6 million families in the US are headed by single dads…The research on single fathers is limited. [healthline dot com] Th...

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The Future of Women’s Wealth: Innovators, Investors, Influencers from 2022-07-20T07:00

The Buzz 1: “85% of the women I interviewed make money in ways that really aren’t any different from how women made money in 1980: a third have jobs that pay salaries and bonuses, perhaps with a bi...

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The Future of Fictional Characters: What’s In A Name? from 2022-07-13T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Coming up with a great name for your characters is one of the hardest tasks you’ll ever complete as a fiction writer… going too ‘creative’ with your name choices can distract or even c...

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Encore The Future of Sustainability and Technology: Is It Enough? Part 2 from 2022-07-06T07:00

The Buzz 1: Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword, but an environmental, economic and social driver that’s changing our day-to-day lives… committing to sustainable practices is no longer a “...

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The Future of Music and Technology: The Sweetest Sounds? – Part 2 from 2022-06-29T07:00

The Buzz 1: ** “If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, pl...

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The Future of Sustainability and Technology: Is It Enough? Part 2 from 2022-06-22T07:00

The Buzz 1: Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword, but an environmental, economic and social driver that’s changing our day-to-day lives… committing to sustainable practices is no longer a “...

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The Future of Inventors&Technology: Passion, Patents, Patience from 2022-06-15T07:00

The Buzz 1: There’s no telling what the futuristic inventions of the world hold, but we can start by taking a few wild and speculative guesses: Robot butlers – Fully immersive VR – Cryonics – Exo-s...

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The Future of Drones: Landing Near You Soon? – Part 3 from 2022-06-08T07:00

The Buzz 1: Headlines: Drones are helping to restore power in Puerto Rico. A drone attacked targeted the U.S. electrical grid. Google’s drone service will deliver library books. Submarine drone can...

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The Future of Work and Technology: Who’s The Boss in 2025?? from 2022-06-01T07:00

Remember the TV sitcom “Who’s The Boss?” (ABC TV 1984 – 1992) It’s time to ask the question again! The Buzz 1: Everyone will be a leader in the workplace in 2030. Work will thrive in teams, not w...

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The Future of Retail and Technology: How Many Happy Returns? from 2022-05-25T07:00

The Buzz 1: Retailers expect 17.8% or $158 billion of merchandise sold during the 2022 holiday season will be returned, according to National Retail Federation. [digitalcommerce360.com] The Buzz 2...

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The Future of Sensors on The Edge: What’s In It For You and Us? from 2022-05-18T07:00

We’re living 'on the edge', but in ways you might not be aware of: edge computing. The Buzz 1: Edge computing means putting processing power, software services, and data as close as possible to en...

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Your Great Idea: The Future of Inventors, Inventing&Technology! from 2022-05-11T07:00

The Buzz 1: “In the 19th century, inventors were heroes … Their ideas helped drag humanity from agrarian poverty to manufactured plenty. These days, though, inventor-superstars, while not absent, a...

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Our Cyber Future in 2030: Will The Livin' Be Easy? from 2022-05-04T07:00

Looking ahead to 2030: How will we work? How will we get around? What will we eat? How will we dress? How safe will our privacy be? Will we all be space travelers? What old and new challenges will ...

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The Future of Gratitude, Mental Health and Technology from 2022-04-27T07:00

The Buzz 1: Grateful people feel more optimistic and happy, better mitigate aversive experiences, and have stronger interpersonal bonds. Gratitude interventions have been shown to result in improve...

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The Future of Wine Culture, Wine Tourism&Technology: L'Chaim! from 2022-04-20T07:00

The Buzz 1: Wine tourism —aka oenotourism, enotourism, vinitourism— lures wine lovers to vineyards, wineries, cellars, and museums dedicated to wine. The wine tourism global market size is expected...

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Your Data Everywhere: Is Privacy In Your Future? from 2022-04-13T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.” (Margaret Cho, stand-up comedian) The Buzz 2: Millions of people are unaware o...

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Future of Drones: Landing on a Porch or Planet Near You? – Part 2 from 2022-04-06T07:00

The Buzz 1: Drones are a transformative technology that, over the next decade, will change in ways you likely never imagined… Similar to Electronic Automobiles, drones offer another important optio...

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The Future of Historical Research&Technology: Reading The Past from 2022-03-30T07:00

The Buzz 1: It’s easier to write about a period you’ve lived through, but what do you do when everyone who lived during that time is long gone?…The obvious first place to start is with non-fiction ...

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The Future of Sustainability and Technology: Enough for Tomorrow? from 2022-03-23T07:00

The Buzz 1: Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword, but an environmental, economic and social driver that’s changing our day-to-day lives… committing to sustainable practices is no longer a “n...

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The Future of Literary Heroines: Perfect or Flawed&Vulnerable? from 2022-03-16T07:00

The Buzz 1: Today’s female reader is pressed for time, demanding as hell, and both scared and excited about the future…Female detectives, athletes and presidential candidates were rule breakers sim...

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The Future of Musicians, Music&Technology: The Sweetest Sounds? from 2022-03-09T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Music is the shorthand of emotion” (Leo Tolstoy). “Hell is full of musical amateurs” (George Bernard Shaw). “The only truth is music” (Jack Kerouac). The Buzz 2: In 1930, Albert Einst...

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The Future of The Great Resignation: Take This Job and __ It! from 2022-03-02T08:00

The Buzz 1: The term 'Great Resignation' was likely coined by Anthony Klotz, a psychologist and professor at Texas A&M, in May 2021. He told Business Insider that events like the pandemic make peop...

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The Future of Self-Publishing: I Could Write A Book! – Part 3 from 2022-02-23T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Ten years ago, e-books made up less than 1 percent of the trade book market… traditional publishers have lost their former iron grip on the industry…Successful major authors are even c...

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The Future of Algorithms: Whose Bias Is It Anyway? from 2022-02-16T08:00

Algorithms are buzzing all around us, but exactly what and where are they – and how will they continue to impact each of us – for good or not so good? The Buzz 1: “Algorithm: Word used by program...

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The Race to the Car of the Future from 2022-02-09T08:00

The Buzz 1: “My first customer was a lunatic. My second had a death wish.” (Carl “Karl” Friedrich Benz, whose 1885 Benz Patent Motorcar was the first practical automobile in series production) The...

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The Future of Crime Novels and Their TV Adaptations – Part 2 from 2022-02-02T08:00

The Buzz 1: “The book is better. Book adaptations have become must-see TV, from Game of Thrones to The Handmaid’s Tale and beyond…. [and] classic series like the 1995 Pride and Prejudice still stan...

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Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 7 from 2022-01-26T08:00

Today’s “The Buzz” comes from vintage classic movies. * Buzz 1: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” (Marty McFly, Back To The Future, 1985 sci-fi film) * ...

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Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 6 from 2022-01-19T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” (Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 film) The Buzz 2: “Shut up and deal.” (Miss Fran Kubelik, played by ...

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Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 5 from 2022-01-12T08:00

Today's The Buzz comes from vintage classic movies. Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” [Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 drama film] Buzz 2:...

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Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 4 from 2022-01-05T08:00

Today's Buzz is from Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future, 1985– 1990 sci-fi movie trilogy. ** Buzz 1: “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” ** Buzz 2: “Whoa, this is ...

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Encore Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 2 from 2021-12-29T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Someday, somewhere we'll find a new way of living.” ('Somewhere' lyrics, West Side Story, 1957 Broadway play) The Buzz 2: “Anything you want to do, do it, want to change the world, t...

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Encore Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 1 from 2021-12-22T08:00

The Buzz: Top five quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 sci-movie trilogy: * “Nobody calls me chicken.” * “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” * “1.21 Gigawatts!?!” * “I guess you ...

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Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 3 from 2021-12-15T08:00

Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” (Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 drama film) Buzz 2: “What are we gonna do?”…“The question isn't 'What ar...

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Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 2 from 2021-12-08T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Someday, somewhere we'll find a new way of living.” ('Somewhere' lyrics, West Side Story, 1957 Broadway play) The Buzz 2: “Anything you want to do, do it, want to change the world, t...

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Tech Revolution 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 1 from 2021-12-01T08:00

The Buzz: Top five quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 sci-movie trilogy: * “Nobody calls me chicken.” * “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” * “1.21 Gigawatts!?!” * “I guess you ...

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The Future for Female Entrepreneurs: A New Playing Field? Part 2 from 2021-11-24T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the troublemaking individual.” (Natalie Clifford Barney) The Buzz 2: “You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with ev...

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The Future of Smarter Cities: People + How Much Technology? from 2021-11-17T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Smart cities are the intelligent cities of positivity and happy-energy, not the junkyards of technologies but cities of diversity, love, life, beauty, dignity, freedom, tolerance, and ...

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The Future of Storytelling and Technology: Get Real! from 2021-11-10T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Even without the modern neurological research that proves storytelling is the best way to capture people’s attention, bake information into their memories, and forge close, personal bo...

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The Future of Social Media Noise: Keep or Banish Hashtags? from 2021-11-03T07:00

The Buzz 1: “#Hashtags aren’t as cool as they once were…A Next Web study found that more than half of consumers don’t search for hashtags or use hashtags on their own content.… Spammers and bots ar...

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The Future of Entrepreneurship: Why Will Startups Keep Failing? from 2021-10-27T07:00

The Buzz 1: “What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” (Dave Thomas, Wendy’s founde...

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The Future of Self-Driving Cars: Who/What Teaches Them to Drive? from 2021-10-20T07:00

The Buzz 1: The future promised by self-driving car companies — in which the streets would be filled with autonomous vehicles — has yet to arrive. In May 2021, The New York Times reported that the ...

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The Future of Crime Novels: Must-See TV Adaptation Required? from 2021-10-13T07:00

The Buzz 1: “The book is better” – you hear often when it comes to adaptations of books for the screen…plenty of TV adaptations are as good as the books they’re based on, and some are even better…B...

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The Future of Drones: Landing on a Porch or Planet Near You Soon from 2021-10-06T07:00

The Buzz 1: Drones are now, literally, out of this world. NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover on Mars earlier this year, and it carried an important payload: the Mars Helicopter, Ingenu...

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The Future of Women vs Men in STEM: Technology and Creativity from 2021-09-29T07:00

The Buzz 1: “In a study of 34 rhesus monkeys, males strongly preferred toys with wheels over plush toys, whereas females found plush toys likable. It would be tough to argue that the monkeys’ paren...

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The Future of Healthy Adult Beverages – Good Taste&Good For You from 2021-09-22T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Consumers today don’t just want their beverages to taste good and help them stay hydrated…Consumer interest in functional beverages over the last one year alone increased by a whopping...

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The Future for Female Entrepreneurs – Lower or Raise the Bar? from 2021-09-15T07:00

The Buzz 1: “There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.” (Mad...

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The Future of Cryptocurrency in Retail: Pay Now, Pay How? from 2021-09-08T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Since the creation of bitcoin, hundreds and hundreds of crypto assets are gradually finding their place in society…many companies are already accepting virtual currencies as a form of ...

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The Future of Music Education, Musicians and Technology from 2021-09-01T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.” (Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, 1920–1955, jazz saxophonist, band leader, c...

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The Future of Tech Startups: When Is THE Right Time? from 2021-08-25T07:00

The Buzz 1: “We can fly! we can fly! we can fly!…All it takes is faith and trust. Oh, and something I forgot. Dust! Dust? Yep. Just a little bit of pixie dust.” (“You can fly” song, Peter Pan, 1953...

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The Future of Professional Women&Creativity: Impossible Dream? from 2021-08-18T07:00

The Buzz 1: “The greatest scientists are always artists as well.” [Albert Einstein] The Buzz 2: “At first glance, the words “science” and “creativity” might not seem like natural companions.…. But...

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The Future of Digital Security: Will Zero Trust Keep Us Safe? from 2021-08-11T07:00

The Buzz 1: “All it takes is faith and trust. Oh, and something I forgot. Dust! Dust? Yep. Just a little bit of pixie dust.” (Peter Pan played by Bobby Driscoll, 1953 film song You Can Fly!) The B...

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The Future of Self-Publishing: A Real Page-Turner – Part 2 from 2021-08-04T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Self-publishing is an ever-changing industry and big changes can come seemingly out of nowhere…Trend #2: More indie authors will collaborate or consolidate in collectives. Trend #3: Au...

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The Future of Email Marketing: Will You Open It? from 2021-07-28T07:00

The Buzz 1: “A lot of folks believe that email is dead. With the increased use of chatbots, social media platforms, etc., the assumption is that email's place has been overtaken. However, this asse...

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The Future of Women in STEM: What About Their Creativity? from 2021-07-21T07:00

The Buzz 1: “After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well. (Alb...

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The Future of The Cloud: What Has It Done for YOU Lately? from 2021-07-14T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Hey, you, Get Off Of My Cloud” (The Rolling Stones). “Clouds in My Coffee” (You’re So Vain lyrics, Carly Simon). “I've looked at clouds from both sides now, From up and down, and still...

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The Future of Wineries and Technology: The Move to Crowd-Sourced from 2021-07-07T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Virtual vintners have a say on grape varieties, barrels and bottling. Crowd-sourcing has become the Internet’s new favorite method of financing start-ups, authors and researchers. Now ...

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The Future of Encouragement: Letter-Writing + Clubhouse from 2021-06-30T07:00

The Buzz 1: “There is a charm to letters and cards that emails and smses can’t ever replicate, you cannot inhale them, drawing the fragrance of the place they have been mailed from, the feel of pap...

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The Future of Fashion Tech: Dressing The Industry for Success from 2021-06-23T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Fashion’s future hinges on digital tools that combine the physical and digital while adapting to customer needs, including 3D design, on-demand manufacturing and video shopping.” (www....

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The Future of Video: How Many Words Will A Pic Be Worth? Part 2 from 2021-06-16T07:00

During 2020 when COVID locked down the world, video was the “king” of media types. Consumption went mobile, as Americans spent almost twice as much time viewing digital video on their phones as on ...

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The Future of Beer, CBD Beverages, Hard Seltzer&Tech: Drink Up! from 2021-06-09T07:00

The Buzz 1: “The alcoholic beverage industry is not known for being stagnant. Significant changes and surprising trends emerge every year…The best-selling cocktail of 2019 was the Old Fashioned. Sa...

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The Future of Women Thriller Novelists: Who Dunnit? from 2021-06-02T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Nobody brings the creepy better than women mystery and thriller writers. The literary world has always been a bit of a good ol' boys club, but since Anna Katharine Green, ‘the mother o...

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The Future of Entrepreneurship and Technology: The Right Time? from 2021-05-26T07:00

The Buzz: “The word entrepreneurship has been defined as the 'discovery, evaluation and exploitation of opportunities' but until just a few years ago, saying you were a young entrepreneur was a cre...

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The Future of Active Transportation and The Biking Boom from 2021-05-19T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle. I want to ride my bicycle, bicycle, bicycle... I want to ride it where I like.” (Queen, Bicycle Race) The Buzz 2: “When my legs hurt, I say: ‘Shut up legs!...

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The Future of Self-Publishing: A Real Page-Turner from 2021-05-12T07:00

The buzz: “Ten years ago, e-books made up less than 1 percent of the trade book market, yet they now make up 40 to 50 percent of units sold…In genres like fantasy, romance, and science fiction, tra...

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The Future of Stress: Use It or Lose It? from 2021-05-05T07:00

The buzz: Stress has been defined as a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances – or as the non-specific response of the body to any dem...

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The Future of Social Engineering: The Good Human Hacker – Part 2 from 2021-04-28T07:00

The buzz: “Most people think of hackers as young techno-thugs who pound Moutain Dew and tap at their computers stealing data, crashing websites, or sending spam about Viagra. But there are good ha...

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The Future of Video: How Many Words Will A Picture Be Worth? from 2021-04-21T07:00

The Buzz: During 2020, video was the “king” of media types. Americans were Zooming into work meetings, logging into online classrooms, FaceTiming friends and family, and streaming entertainment mor...

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The Future of Learning: Tech-Enhanced Education from 2021-04-14T07:00

The Buzz: In 2013, Terry Heick wrote, “While learning by no means requires technology, to design learning without technology is an exercise in spite—proving a point at the cost of potential. And it...

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The Future of Wine and Technology: Drink Up! from 2021-04-07T07:00

The Buzz: According to FutureWineExpo.com, “Just a decade from now, the wine industry is likely to look a lot different than it does now. A number of important factors – including the rise of China...

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The Future of Mystery Writers: Can They Keep Thrilling Us? from 2021-03-31T07:00

The Buzz: The first modern ‘detective story’ is considered to be The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe. First published in the April 1841 issue of Graham’s Magazine, the short story is a...

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The Future of Social Engineering: You As The Good Human Hacker! from 2021-03-24T07:00

Throughout recorded human history, people have figured out how to use the latest “technology” to scam, con or hack others for their own benefit. William Chaloner (1650–1699): Serial counterfeite...

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The Future of Dining: Restaurants, Menus, Takeout, Delivery&AI from 2021-03-17T07:00

The Buzz 1: “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone.” (Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell, 1970) The Buzz 2: “I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.” (Ha...

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The Future of Cars – What Will YOU Be Driving – or NOT – By 2025? from 2021-03-10T08:00

The Buzz 1: “You care more about that car than you do about most people.” [Thelma (Geena Davis) to Louise (Susan Sarandon) in Thelma & Louise (1991) The Buzz 2: “A driver don't pick the cars. Mmm-...

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The Future of 4th Industrial Revolution: What’s In It For You? from 2021-03-03T08:00

The Buzz: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution…a fusion of advances in AI, robotics, IoT, 3D printing, genetic engineering, quantum computing, other technologies…collective force behind many products ...

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Future of the 4th Industrial Revolution: What’s In It For You? from 2021-03-03T08:00

The Buzz: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution…a fusion of advances in AI, robotics, IoT, 3D printing, genetic engineering, quantum computing, other technologies…collective force behind many products ...

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The Future of Women in the Military: Mental Toughness Required? from 2021-02-24T08:00

The Buzz 1: “During the Revolutionary War, women served the U.S. Army in traditional roles as nurses, seamstresses and cooks for troops in camp. Some courageous women served in combat either alongs...

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The Future of Women in Tech: How to Level The Playing Field? from 2021-02-17T08:00

The buzz 1: “Women earn about half of science and engineering degrees, but they make up less than 20 percent of people employed in those fields.” (mckinsey.com) The buzz 2: “Women are missing out ...

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Is Your Personal Brand Helping or Hurting Your Future Success? from 2021-02-10T08:00

The Buzz 1: “Social media can also be a powerful tool for your professional life…It can also be full of pitfalls. More employers and recruiters now regularly check candidates’ social media profiles...

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The Future of Digital Literacy: Will CXOs Have to Talk Tech? from 2021-02-03T08:00

The buzz: In a 2017 ISACA survey, only 53% of surveyed business technology professionals believe their organization’s leadership is digitally literate. The other 47% don’t think their leaders have ...

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The Future of Now: 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 7 from 2021-01-27T08:00

Buzz 1: “Time spent in conversation is never wasted.” [Insidious: Chapter 3] Buzz 2: “I had a really long talk with a squirrel one time, longer in fact than I can with most people.” [Charlie’s Ang...

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The Future of Now: 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 6 from 2021-01-20T08:00

Buzz. 1: Robin to Batman: “In the circus, the Flying Graysons were a team. We had to trust each person to do their jobs.…Sometimes, counting on someone else is the only way you win.” Buzz 2: Fred ...

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The Future of Now 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions – Part 5 from 2021-01-13T08:00

Buzz. 1: “Oh, my goodness! Shut me down! Machines making machines. How perverse!” (C-P3O in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, 2002 space-opera film). Buzz 2: “Never send a human to do a ...

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The Future of Now: 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 4 from 2021-01-06T08:00

Buzz 1: Doc Brown: “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads” (Back to the Future). Buzz 2: Mr. Spaceley: “Where's Jetson, and why is the plant shut down?” Rudy2: “It's the middle of the night...

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Encore The Future of Now: 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 2 from 2020-12-30T08:00

“If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead!” (Gusteau, played by Brad Garrett in Ratatouille, 2007 computer-animated comedy film) “Your problem is not technology. T...

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Encore The Future of Now: 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 1 from 2020-12-23T08:00

The buzz: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” (Søren Kierkegaard,1813-1855, Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, author) If you’re hoping to ga...

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Crystal Ball 2021 Predictions: Internet of Things&More Tech from 2020-12-16T08:00

The Buzz #1: Mr. Spaceley: “Where's Jetson, and why is the plant shut down?” Rudy 2: “It's the middle of the night, sir.” Mr. Spaceley: “Machines don't sleep. Start it up! Every second lost means m...

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The Future of Now: 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 2 from 2020-12-09T08:00

“If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead!” (Gusteau, played by Brad Garrett in Ratatouille, 2007 computer-animated comedy film) “Your problem is not technology. T...

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The Future of Now: 2021 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Part 1 from 2020-12-02T08:00

The buzz: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” (Søren Kierkegaard,1813-1855, Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, author) If you’re hoping to ga...

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Encore We’ll Drink To That: The Future of Women and Tech in the Wine Industry from 2020-11-25T08:00

The buzz: Although they comprise more 50% of the population, women hold far fewer positions in the wine industry, fewer leadership roles, and fewer ownership roles. Wine expert and The Wine Bible...

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The Future of the Novel: Writers, Publishing and Technology from 2020-11-18T08:00

The buzz: “Today, anyone with a bit of technological know-how and an internet connection can publish—offering digital or physical editions, on the same online retail shelves—alongside Alexander Che...

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Behind The Beat: The Future of Drums, Drummers&Music Technology from 2020-11-11T08:00

The buzz: “In its hundred-year history, the drumset has been adorned by temple blocks, timpani, and bass drumheads with nature scenes…introduction of the hi-hat, Rototoms, Octobans… bass drums with...

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Back to School: The Future of The Entrepreneurial Mindset&Tech from 2020-11-04T08:00

The buzz: “In the unknowable future, all leaders will need to be entrepreneurs: visionaries that can imagine, adapt, and act nimbly to address whatever challenges come their way.” (Bhatia and Levin...

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Your Great Idea: The Future of Inventors, Inventing and Technology from 2020-10-28T07:00

The Buzz 1: “The future holds unparalleled visions of progress and intrigue for the curious…where we manifest our hopes, dreams and even worst fears…While we've had our fair share of inventive brea...

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The Future of Futurists, Futurology and Crystal Ball Technology from 2020-10-21T07:00

The buzz: Futurists are people who attempt to predict the future – authors, consultants, thinkers, organizational leaders and others who engage in interdisciplinary and systems thinking to advise p...

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No More Tower of Babel: Multiculturalism, The Media&Technology from 2020-10-14T07:00

The buzz: “We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” (President Jimmy Carter) But Canadian s...

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What’s So Funny?!? The Future of Humor and Technology from 2020-10-07T07:00

The buzz: “Over the centuries human beings have always loved to laugh. We can imagine jokes being shared by our cave dwelling ancestors about the two woolly mammoths. Today comedy is shared with va...

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We’ll Drink To That: The Future of Women and Tech in the Wine Industry from 2020-09-30T07:00

The buzz: Although they comprise more 50% of the population, women hold far fewer positions in the wine industry, fewer leadership roles, and fewer ownership roles. Wine expert and The Wine Bible...

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“It's All In Your Head: Technology for Remembering Your Dreams" from 2020-09-23T07:00

The buzz: “We’ve all been there — woken up from a night’s sleep thinking about a dream from the night before. Why did the dream happen? What does it mean? (Jean-Marc Emden, DreamsCloud. www.wired.c...

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The Future of Women and Tech in the Automotive Industry from 2020-09-16T07:00

The buzz: Vrooomm. Today, women account for only 27% of the US auto manufacturing workforce as compared to about 47% of the overall labor force. This talent gap is counterproductive for companies ...

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Encore: CyberPsychology: What Would Dr. Freud Say? from 2020-09-09T07:00

The buzz: Cyberpsychology is the study of the human mind and behavior and how the culture of technology, specifically, virtual reality, and social media affect them. Hot topics: online identity, on...

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The Future of The Funnies: Cartoons, Caricatures, Comic Strips and Technology from 2020-09-02T07:00

The buzz X 3: Make me laugh! Though seemingly innocuous, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and comic books are representative of important issues in society. Years ago, cartoons were handmade,...

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Modern Marketers in the Post-Pandemic Next Normal: They’ll Find You! from 2020-08-26T07:00

The buzz: “Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the right moment that a buyer needs it.” (David Meerman Scott, The New Rules of Marketing and PR) For companies trying to sell y...

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Draw Me A Picture: The Future of Art and Technology from 2020-08-19T07:00

The buzz: According to Engineering the Future of Creativity: How Technology is Revolutionizing Art (techspective.net 2019, technology has created more accessible tools for the production of art, c...

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The Future of Digital Selling: Coming to Your Favorite Social Media from 2020-08-12T07:00

The buzz: Hard to imagine, but not so long ago, products and services were sold in the physical world and salespeople were the go-to experts before a sale. Remember being invited to coffee or lunch...

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CyberPsychology: What Would Dr. Freud Say? from 2020-08-05T07:00

The buzz: Cyberpsychology is the study of the human mind and behavior and how the culture of technology, specifically, virtual reality, and social media affect them. Hot topics: online identity, on...

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Care&Feeding of Restaurants Post-Pandemic: Technology on the Menu from 2020-07-29T07:00

The buzz! “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, restaurants are still doing what they always do: taking care of their communities.…free food to medical workers on the frontlines, laid-off restaura...

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The Future of Connectedness for Social Good from 2020-07-22T07:00

A social good is something that benefits the largest number of people in the largest possible way, such as clean air, clean water, healthcare, and literacy. Aka common good, social good can trace i...

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What’s For Dinner? The Future of Meal Delivery Apps from 2020-07-15T07:00

The buzz! Europe-based Just Eat Takeaway, a merger between U.K.’s Just Eat and Netherlands-based Takeaway, is set to acquire its US competitor Grubhub in a $7.3B deal, beating out Uber. The new c...

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Yogurt of The Future: A Taste of Technology from 2020-07-08T07:00

The buzz! Yogurt is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. Yogurt is related to the verb yogurmak, to be curdled or coagulated; to thicken”. Ancient Greek cuisine included a similar dai...

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Your Social Media Brand: Helping or Hurting Your Career, Business, Life? from 2020-06-24T07:00

The buzz! themuse.com “Social media can also be a powerful tool for your professional life…build your personal brand, grow your network, establish yourself as an expert in your field, or give prosp...

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Tech Goes On The Road: The Future of Trucking from 2020-06-17T07:00

Ripped from the headlines: transwood.com: “Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday trucking life…improving trucker safety, efficiency and saving transportation companies…a...

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Transhuman Technologies and YOU By 2050: VR, Cryonics, AGI, Cybernetics, Mind Uploading? from 2020-06-10T07:00

The buzz: Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Board member Michael Anissimov says, “Transhumanists advocate the improvement of human capacities through advanced technology. Not just…in gadgets ...

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We Know Where You Were Last Night and Right Now: Contact Tracing&Your Future from 2020-06-03T07:00

The buzz: Ripped from the headlines. WebMD.com: “Contact tracing is essentially detective work.“… “One of the oldest public health tactics, dating back centuries.” CNN.com: …public health staff wor...

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Jobs in the Factory of the Future: Who, What, Where, When, How Much $? from 2020-05-27T07:00

The Buzz: “The Factory of the Future…Perhaps manufacturing will at last be able to leave behind the public impressions of labor-intensive, dirty and dangerous worksites…There is only one characteri...

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Will AI Drive Human Kindness In Our Online Future? from 2020-05-20T07:00

The Buzz: “For better and for worse, robots will alter humans’ capacity for altruism, love, and friendship…‘hybrid systems’—where people and robots interact socially—the right kind of AI can improv...

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How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? Technology and The Future of Pet Adoption from 2020-05-13T07:00

The buzz: “Pet adoptions are way up amid coronavirus crisis, even with shelters closed to public” (USA TODAY). “Like everyone else forced to improvise in the face of an unprecedented crisis, Ameri...

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Hatching Your BIG Idea: Venture Studios and Startup Success from 2020-05-06T07:00

The buzz: “Even incubators/accelerators [in India] that have been around for years, and have “processed” 50+ startups, usually don't have even one startup that has achieved impressive revenues/valu...

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Falling to Pieces? Technohuman Game-Changers to the Rescue! from 2020-04-29T07:00

The buzz X2: “Humans have been co-evolving with their technologies since the dawn of prehistory…. Coping with this new means liberating ourselves from such categories as ‘human,’ ‘technological,’ a...

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The Future of the Factory of The Future from 2020-04-22T07:00

The buzz: “The Factory of the Future has an evolving definition…even different names…Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 or the Digital Enterprise…Perhaps manufacturing will at last be able to leave ...

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Everyone Knows Where You Were Last Night and Right Now: The Future of Location Data from 2020-04-15T07:00

The buzz: Ripped from the headlines. “Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret” (NY Times 12/18): “Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertiser...

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Make Me Laugh, Make Me Cry, Make Me Smart, Make Me Dream! The Future of Entertainment Delivery from 2020-04-08T07:00

The Buzz: “Entertainment is ultimately an attention business, and the competition for attention has never been fiercer with new entrants from tech firms and non-media brands jumping into content pr...

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Get Smart: The Future of Out-Hacking The Hackers from 2020-04-01T07:00

The Buzz: “To become a Hacker you need skills, a strong presence of mind and what not? But before that all you need is an inspiration with a pinch of motivation….” (www.tech2hack.com). “What hacker...

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Look Ma I'm On Camera The Future of B2C Video from 2020-03-25T07:00

The Buzz: “As video adoption for content marketing continues to rise, there’s no doubt that more organizations are looking to online video to improve their strategies…smartphone and tablet adoption...

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Fasten Your Seatbelt: Ready for Your Future Ride? Part 2 from 2020-03-18T07:00

Today’s buzz: “Auto makers look into their crystal balls – and their shops – to get an idea as to what's fueling the car of 2025. Most car makers agree: The next 10 years will see more change in th...

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Digital Selling Wheel of Fortune 2025: Insta, LinkedIn, iPhone, YouTube, Twitter, FB? from 2020-03-11T07:00

The buzz (according to www.impactbnd.com): “Social media is ever-changing. There’s always a new crazy way people can document every aspect of their lives, but what if you’re a business? With so ma...

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What's Up [In The Sky]? It's A Drone for Good! from 2020-03-04T08:00

The Buzz [literally!]: “Drones in the sky, drones in the sea, drones on land: this is the future of human augmentation” (popularmechanics.com). “From a military innovation, to an exciting hobby,...

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Pathetic vs. Powerful Passwords: Your Hackable Future? from 2020-02-26T08:00

The Buzz: “Passwords are an integral component of security hygiene, but beyond password strength requirements, it’s largely a user-driven initiative” (digitalguardian.com). How is your password hyg...

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The Highs and The Lows: Cannabis Industry 2020 and Beyond from 2020-02-19T08:00

The Buzz: “As more and more consumers embrace CBD and its reputed benefits, companies are jumping on the CBD bandwagon. According to the Brightfield Group, a CBD and cannabis market research firm, ...

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Life in 2030: How Will YOU Eat, Play, Work, Drive and Do Everything Else? from 2020-02-12T08:00

Today’s Buzz: “By 2030 the average person in the U.S. will have 4.5 packages a week delivered with flying drones. They will travel 40% of the time in a driverless car, use a 3D printer to print hyp...

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CES 2020: What Can YOU Do with Robot Kitties, Smart Trash Cans&Oodles of Gadgets? from 2020-02-05T08:00

“Just about everyone involved in the show brought their A-game this year, with several major product categories seeing some truly transformative technology, namely in computing, gaming, and the sma...

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Fempreneurs Speak: Social Media Coming of Age from 2020-01-29T08:00

Here’s today’s buzz: “The one thing all small businesses have encountered…is the fact that people don’t know who they are, what they do, or where they can be found. How can a business owner solve ...

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The Era of Brand Influencers: Whom Do YOU Trust? from 2020-01-22T08:00

Today’s Buzz: “If you have to tell people on your social media profiles you're an ‘influencer’, you are probably not. Reality check” (Rebecca Aguilar). Level set: An influencer is an individual wh...

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Crystal Ball 2020 Predictions Special - Part 5 from 2020-01-15T08:00

The buzz: “Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange.” (David Bowie) If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what #2020 holds for your company, your industry, yourself and the worl...

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Technology Revolution The Future of Now 2020 Crystal Ball Predictions Part 4 from 2020-01-08T08:00

The buzz: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” (Søren Kierkegaard). If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2020 holds for your company, your ind...

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Crystal Ball 2020 Predictions Special Part 3 from 2019-12-18T08:00

The buzz: “Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming” (David Bowie). If you’re hoping to gaze into a magical crystal ball to see what 2020 holds for your company, your career, your industry ...

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2020 Crystal Ball Prediction Special - Part 2 from 2019-12-11T08:00

The buzz: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” (Søren Kierkegaard). That’s why this show is called Technology Revolution: The Future of Now!! If you’re hoping to g...

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2020 Crystal Ball Prediction Special - Part 1 from 2019-12-04T08:00

The buzz: “The future is not what it used to be” (Laura Riding & Robert Graves, 1937). If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2020 holds for your company, your industry and the wo...

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Encore: Look Up! It Is Not a Bird or a Plane. It Is A Drone! from 2019-11-27T08:00

The Buzz: “Drones in the sky, drones in the sea, drones on land: this is the future of human augmentation” (www.popularmechanics.com). “There are few pieces of technology that excite tech lovers a...

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Fasten Your Seatbelt: Ready for Your Future Ride? from 2019-11-20T08:00

Today’s Buzz: Auto makers look into their crystal balls – and their shops – to get an idea as to what's fueling the car of 2025. Most car makers agree: The next 10 years will see more change in the...

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Future of Music and Technology: Sweet or Sour Notes? from 2019-11-13T08:00

Here’s today buzz: “Technology has changed how we listen to music…and the way music is made…and created new genres” (www.ronaldshannonjackson.com). The Internet has changed the music industry drast...

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Is Your Smart Home Spying On You&Is It OK? from 2019-11-06T08:00

Today’s Buzz: “I connected as many of my appliances and belongings as I could to the internet: an Amazon Echo, my lights, my coffee maker…baby monitor…my bed…to find out whether it would betray me”...

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AI Goes Shopping: Humanizing the Retail Customer Experience from 2019-10-30T07:00

Today’s Buzz: clickz.com reports that 44% of shoppers indicated they would become repeat buyers after a personalized experience, and adoption of AI by marketers is expected to increase by over 250%...

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Truth or Dare: Is AI the Future of Retail? from 2019-10-23T07:00

Today’s Buzz: “As the concept of “New Retail” spreads globally, many Fortune Global 500 retail companies are implementing AI technologies such as computer vision and NLP in unmanned stores and ware...

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Millennial Women Taking Charge: Badass Superstars from 2019-10-16T07:00

Today’s Buzz: “It's hard to believe that only a few generations ago, women had three career options: teacher, secretary or a nurse. Fast forward to 2017 and women have blurred the lines of traditio...

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Encore: Todays Lunch Special: Tuna and Blockchain Sandwich! from 2019-10-09T07:00

The buzz: I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from (Anthony Bourdain). Food safety is becoming a serious concern along the entire “food chain” – hunters, fishers, farmer...

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Future HR Human vs HR AI: Who Will Be Hiring and Firing You? from 2019-10-02T07:00

The Buzz: “Despite the intrinsic contradiction, it’s clear that artificial intelligence and machine learning are primed to play a leading role in HCM’s future.…AI’s ability to consume and analyze m...

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CyberSecurity Wars: Will Tech Help YOU or THEM? from 2019-09-25T07:00

Here’s today’s Buzz: “If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked…you deserve to be hacked” (Richard Clarke). “People are doing things on free Wi-Fi that are really alarming...

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Grocery Expiration Date: Automate or Die? from 2019-09-18T07:00

Here’s today’s Buzz: In a Kantar Retail study, only 2% of US food and alcohol sales are made online. 84% of respondents in a 2017 Morgan Stanley study prefer to grocery shop in person. But change i...

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Banking on the Future: Fintechs Finance Makeover from 2019-09-11T07:00

The Buzz: “Like many technology driven industries, [Fintechs] regulations are horribly outdated, authored at a time when an app meant fries for the whole table, and spam was just canned meat. Imagi...

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Encore: Her First 100K: The Tech-Fueled FemPreneur from 2019-09-04T07:00

Here’s today’s Buzz: Theceomagazine.com reported the rise of the ‘fempreneur’. “It’s fairly clear that women are starting businesses faster than ever…According to the ABS, 34% of businesses operato...

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Tech Goes To College: Opening Doors for Unique-Ability Students. from 2019-08-28T07:00

The Buzz: “The transition from high school to college life is difficult enough for any number of students without considering a disability” (edsmart.org). Bryan Stromer describes Cerebral Palsy as ...

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Her First 100K: The Tech-Fueled FemPreneur from 2019-08-21T07:00

Here’s today’s Buzz: Theceomagazine.com reported the rise of the ‘fempreneur’. “It’s fairly clear that women are starting businesses faster than ever…According to the ABS, 34% of businesses operato...

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Look Up! It Is Not a Bird or a Plane. It Is A Drone! from 2019-08-14T07:00

The Buzz: “Drones in the sky, drones in the sea, drones on land: this is the future of human augmentation” (www.popularmechanics.com). “There are few pieces of technology that excite tech lovers a...

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Welcome To Your Digital Life: Science Fiction vs. Science Fact from 2019-08-07T07:00

The buzz: “From tin-can robots to sophisticated, sentient virtual environments, artificial intelligence is a dominant theme in science fiction. With real-world advances in machine learning and deep...

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Are YOU Talking To ME? Podcasts, Radio, Live-Streaming: Craze or Classic? from 2019-07-31T07:00

How are you hearing me: Live on internet radio? On a recorded podcast? Steve Jobs said in 2005: “Podcasting is the next generation of radio and users can now subscribe to more than 3,000 free podc...

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AI At Work: Ready to Meet Your Robot Co-Workers? from 2019-07-24T07:00

Who’s at the desk next to me? What – a robot? The buzz: “They record our shows, cook our food, play our music, and even run our cars. We just don't see it because these robots don't have a face we ...

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A.B.C.D -CBD: Miracle Med, Dubious Drug or Wishful Woo-Woo? from 2019-07-17T07:00

The buzz: '[CBD] is a Disneyland for a pharmacologist. There are so many possible mechanisms, so many possible ways it can be useful' (Francisco Guimaraes, Brazil pharmacologist, www.washingtonpos...

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AI and Your Videos: Coolness Beyond Cute Cats from 2019-07-10T07:00

The buzz: AI is now the most in-demand tool in the media market…According to a report, viewers are 85 percent more likely to buy a product after watching a video…The technology is making things eas...

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High-Tech Touchdown! Fan-Controlled Football and Future of Sports from 2019-06-26T07:00

The buzz: Soon there will be entire American football league built on the premise that fans should be able to choose the players and coaches that make up each of the eight inaugural teams and even ...

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Brave New World of Digital Ethics: Who's Deciding Our Technology Rules? from 2019-06-19T07:00

The buzz: We now have the world in our pockets. Our TVs are smart. Our cars soon to be driverless…The technology we craft creates new use cases, opportunities, and dangers. The tech and its applica...

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Help Me Get Dressed! 1 Billion Reasons for Adaptive Fashion! from 2019-06-12T07:00

The buzz: The fashion industry is starting to care about people with disabilities…designing apparel, shoes and other products for consumers with non-standard body types, boosting an overlooked popu...

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Todays Lunch Special: Tuna and Blockchain Sandwich! from 2019-06-05T07:00

The buzz: I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from (Anthony Bourdain). Food safety is becoming a serious concern along the entire “food chain” – hunters, fishers, farmer...

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Preview for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now! from 2019-05-29T07:00

The buzz: “The future is already here”? Tired of the hearing this? We are, too. That was yesterday’s future. Today’s future hasn’t happened. After 7.5 years and 372 episodes heard by millions aroun...

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The Key to Automotive Industry Disruption: Become Customer-Obsessed - Part 2 from 2019-05-22T07:00

The buzz: “Today’s average high-end car has roughly seven times more code than a Boeing 787” (mckinsey.com). The auto industry faces unprecedented changes: ride and car-sharing, electrification, au...

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The Future of Equality in Business, Technology and Innovation - Part 2 from 2019-05-15T07:00

The buzz: “In this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world” (Nicholas D. Kristof). Organizations from the United Nations to university clubs ...

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Is Digital Selling Dead? - Part 2 from 2019-05-08T07:00

The buzz: “The idea that social selling is dead or dying is a bit over exaggerated…Cold calling should be dead” (Koka Sexton). In conversations about account-based marketing, we keep hearing that c...

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Accessible and Inclusive UX Design: The Business Case - Part 2 from 2019-05-01T07:00

The buzz: When UX doesn’t consider ALL users, shouldn’t it be known as “SOME User Experience” or… SUX?” (Billy Gregory). The World Health Organization estimates 1B people, 1 in 7, live with a disab...

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Do Intelligent Technologies Make The Intelligent Enterprise? - Part 2 from 2019-04-24T07:00

The buzz: “Augmenting human decision-making at the enterprise level will bring us to the next level in growth” (Joseph Byrum, Principal Financial Group). Companies are exploring how to cope with th...

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HCM Trends: The Wine Bottle Index from 2019-04-17T07:00

The buzz: “The global human resource management (HRM) sector is projected to reach $30 billion by 2025. in other words, the business of creating innovative HR solutions is booming” ?(learn.g2crowd....

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ERP and Beyond: From Techno Buzz to Value-Add Solutions from 2019-04-10T07:00

The buzz: “Few business applications have attracted as much management attention over the years as ERP systems … the line between fact and fiction or myth and best practice can be difficult to disc...

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Circular Economy: Radical and Unproven or Saving the Planet? Part 3 from 2019-04-03T07:00

The buzz: “We will design products differently if we knew that those products were going to come back to us…and we could extract value from them” (T. Domenech). 150 years of industrial evolution ha...

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Dress for Success: The Future of Fashion Is Here! - Part 2 from 2019-03-27T07:00

The buzz: “The fourth revolution brought by digital is a turning point for the fashion industry”?(Hasna Kourda, Save Your Wardrobe). Technology has infused itself across how consumers expect to en...

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Hear and Now: Audio Content in Digital Marketing - Part 2 from 2019-03-20T07:00

The buzz: “Most people that I know are interested in on-demand stuff. Podcasts are essentially audio Netflix” (Jordan Harbinger). In our current digital renaissance, with disruptive breakthrough te...

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Cant Live Without You: Predictive Machine Learning Needs Data Management Part 2 from 2019-03-13T07:00

The buzz: “If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine!” (Jim Barksdale). Machine Learning is impacting core business processes, but many companies are str...

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The Future of Equality in Business, Technology and Innovation. from 2019-03-06T08:00

The buzz: “The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes (Bella Abzug). Organizations from the UN to university clubs have been trying to secure a...

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Do Intelligent Technologies Make The Intelligent Enterprise? from 2019-02-27T08:00

The buzz: “In coming years, the most intelligent organizations…will have an advantage over their rivals” (sloanreview.mit.edu). Companies are trying to cope with the volume and velocity of change, ...

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Digital Giving: Will You Be A Techno-Philanthropist? from 2019-02-20T08:00

The buzz: “A techno-philanthropist can be ‘a young, idealistic iPad jet setter who cares about the world–the whole world–in a new way' (Peter Diamandis). Technology has created techno-philanthropi...

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Data-Driven Cities of the Future Part 2 from 2019-02-13T08:00

The buzz: “…Smart Cities will vacuum up data — and attempt to protect it” (cbinsights.com). The data revolution and the competition to become the smart city of the future are combining to exponent...

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Hear and Now: Audio Content in Digital Marketing from 2019-02-06T08:00

The buzz: Podcasts aren’t a bubble, they’re a boom—and that boom is only getting louder” (Miranda Katz). In the midst of our current digital renaissance, with breakthrough technologies maturing, an...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sales Pitch from 2019-01-30T08:00

The buzz: “Sales Isn’t A Laughing Matter. But Maybe It Should Be?” (yesware.com). Good salespeople understand the science behind selling – an ironclad knowledge of their products or services coupl...

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Game Changers Crystal Ball 2019 Predictions Part 6 from 2019-01-23T08:00

The buzz: “Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now (Mattie Stepanek). If your #1 business wish is knowing what 2019 holds for your company, your industry and the w...

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Game-Changers Radio 2019 Predictions Part 5 from 2019-01-16T08:00

The buzz: “The future is not what it used to be” (Laura Riding & Robert Graves, 1937). Welcome to 2019! If your #1 business wish is knowing what the year holds for your company, your industry and t...

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Game Changers Crystal Ball 2019 Predictions Part 4 from 2019-01-09T08:00

The buzz: “It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” (Karl. K. Steincke, Danish politician, 1948). If your #1 business wish this new year is knowing what 2019 holds for you...

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Game-Changers Crystal Ball 2019 Predictions Part 3 from 2018-12-19T08:00

The buzz: “I am interested in the future because I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future” (C.F. Kettering). If your #1 business wish this holiday is knowing what 2019 holds for your co...

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Game Changers Radio 2019 Predictions Part 2 from 2018-12-12T08:00

The buzz: “The future is not what it used to be” (Laura Riding & Robert Graves, 1937). Good news! If your #1 business wish this holiday season is knowing what 2019 holds for your company, your indu...

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GameChangers Crystal Ball 2019 Predictions Part 1 from 2018-12-05T08:00

The buzz: “It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future” (K.K. Steincke). Good news! If your #1 business wish this holiday season is knowing what 2019 holds for your company, in...

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The Bots Are Coming: Ready to Meet Your AI CEO? from 2018-11-28T08:00

The buzz: “Artificial Intelligence, deep learning, machine learning?—?whatever you’re doing if you don’t understand it?—?learn it. Because otherwise you’re going to be a dinosaur within 3 years” (M...

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Business Analyst by Day, Data Science Hero by Night - Part 2 from 2018-11-14T08:00

The buzz: “Data is the new oil? No: Data is the new soil” (David McCandless). Big data has officially crashed into the business world, taking competition to new levels. Can your organization benefi...

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Social Sellers and Video: Look Ma - I'm on Camera! - Part 2 from 2018-11-07T08:00

The buzz: “Videos are more frequently shared on social media as compared to written content.” (Koka Sexton) Whether you are in sales or marketing, it’s time to think outside of the box to reach an...

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Insider Secrets: Instagram for B2B Social Selling. from 2018-10-31T07:00

The buzz: “Using Instagram in B2B marketing actually isn’t a bad idea” (komarketing.com). If your business is unsure about which social channels to focus on, here's the scoop. “When most B2B market...

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Total Workforce Management: The Good, The Bad and The Possible - Part 2 from 2018-10-24T07:00

The buzz: “Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them” (Irene Ro...

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The Future of Fashion: Will Technology Dress Us for Success? - Part 2 from 2018-10-17T07:00

The buzz: “Technology is reinventing the store and reimagining the customer experience….experts encourage retailers to…shift mindsets to customer behavior” (medium.com). From social showrooming to ...

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Social Sellers Playbook: Top 5 Do's and Don'ts - Part 2 from 2018-10-10T07:00

The buzz: “In the old days, sellers would bring their Rolodex from company to company – now they bring their LinkedIn network” (@RobBois). Top salespeople have mastered social networks to grow reve...

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Real Estate and Your Workforce: Optimizing Space Management - Part 2 from 2018-10-03T07:00

The buzz: “Modern Corporate Real Estate Management can surely contribute to the transformation of real estate from being a mere ‘cost of doing business’ to a true value generator” (servicefutures.c...

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Urban Mobility and Smart Cities - Part 2 from 2018-09-26T07:00

The buzz: “If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places” (Fred Kent). By 2030, 2/3 of humanity will live in urban ...

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Consumer Products Industry Under Attack: Reclaiming Market Share - Part 2 from 2018-09-12T07:00

The buzz: “56 cents of every dollar spent in a store is influenced by a consumer’s digital interaction with the product over multiple connected devices.” (deloitte.wsj.com/cmo/2017/01/26/2017-consu...

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Platform Business Models: Friend or Foe? - Part 2 from 2018-08-29T07:00

The buzz: “…we are in the middle of this Platform Revolution. The platform facilitates an accessible, scalable and efficient network of users, services, devices and intermediaries … value is create...

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ERP, Tech and Purpose in the Wild: Elephants, Rhinos, People - Part 3 from 2018-08-22T07:00

The buzz: “No one in the world needs a Rhino horn but a Rhino” (Paul Oxton). Africa’s wildlife threat levels are growing at alarming rates – particularly from the poaching of elephants and rhinos. ...

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Social Sellers Playbook: Making It Count - Part 2 from 2018-08-15T07:00

The buzz: “There are loads of studies which show that marketers struggle with measuring ROI from social media” (David Moth). If you’re the designated social selling results “bean counter” for your ...

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Now Hiring on Purpose: Sustainable Innovation Technologist - Part 2 from 2018-08-08T07:00

The buzz: “Chief sustainability executives the new environmental chiefs…wield extraordinary power” (www.sustainabilitydegrees.com). More employees, consumers and stockholders expect the companies t...

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Circular Economy: Radical and Unproven or Saving the Planet? - Part 2 from 2018-08-01T07:00

The buzz: “We will design products differently if we knew that those products were going to come back to us as manufacturers and we could extract value from them and create new products from them” ...

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Insider Secrets: Twitter for Social Selling - Part 2 from 2018-07-25T07:00

The buzz: “The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful” (Jonathan Zittrain). If your business is reviewing social media channels to determine where to fo...

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Women Take the Wheel: Transforming The Automotive Ecosystem - Part 2 from 2018-07-18T07:00

The buzz: ”…women are starting to gain ground as consumers and workers in a traditionally male-dominated industry, and brands should be taking note (Jose Costa, Huffington Post). Women driving the ...

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Getting Serious About Getting Paid: Your Compensation Process - Part 2 from 2018-07-11T07:00

The buzz: “…there are some job perks that will make millennials consider working for less, by as much as 12 percent” (cnbc.com). Few things impact employee productivity, engagement and well-being a...

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Mind Your Manners: Social Selling Etiquette and The Golden Rule - Part 5 from 2018-06-27T07:00

Truth time: Do you stalk prospects to get into their Facebook newsfeed? Or are you a patient advisor in their buying journey? We continue our discussion about the do’s and don’ts of Social Selling,...

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Real Estate and Your Workforce: Optimizing Space Management from 2018-06-20T07:00

The buzz: “The strategic and financial importance of Corporate Real Estate is growing” (www.pwc.de) $10+T of the $25T in U.S. real estate assets is owned by non-real estate companies, municipaliti...

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Tech Magic or Hype: Can We Teach Machines to Predict? from 2018-06-13T07:00

The buzz: “Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.” (Lao Tzu) Given the uncertainty, pace, and unexpected nature of today’s world, there are too many unkn...

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Encore: ERP, Technology and Purpose in the Wild: Elephants, Rhinos, People from 2018-06-06T07:00

The buzz: “No one in the world needs a Rhino horn but a Rhino” (Paul Oxton). Africa’s wildlife threat levels are growing at alarming rates – particularly from increasing poaching of elephants and r...

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The X Factor: STEM, Diversity, Bias and The Competitive Business from 2018-05-30T07:00

The buzz: “The era of diversity as a “check the box” initiative owned by HR is over. CEOs must take ownership and drive accountability among leaders at all levels to close the gap between what is s...

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Career Stretch and Readiness: Gender Lens Differences? - Part 2 from 2018-05-23T07:00

The buzz: “We’ll never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it” (Travis Rice). Career stretch opportunities – temporary work assignments for expertise outside regular job duties...

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Total Workforce Management: The Good, The Bad and The Possible from 2018-05-16T07:00

The buzz: “It's easy to forget that for centuries – for millennia – the 'workforce' was all of us” (Peter Diamandis). Businesses today are drawing on multiple talent sources – full-time employees, ...

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Finance Talent in the Machine Age: Human or Bot? from 2018-05-09T07:00

The buzz: “Robots have already taken over Wall Street, as hundreds of financial analysts are being replaced with software or robo-advisors” (theconversation.com). Machines are beginning to do the ...

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You Light Up My Life: Smart Cities, Smart Lighting - Part 4 from 2018-05-02T07:00

The buzz: “While upgrading all 160,000 streetlights in Los Angeles with remote monitoring and smart controls will cost about $14 million, the city is saving $8 million per year by switching to more...

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Smart Citizen Engagement and Transportation: Get Me There On Time! - Part 3 from 2018-04-25T07:00

The buzz: “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date” (White Rabbit). Don’t like sitting in traffic? No one does. More drivers around the world are enduring traffic delays due to soaring economi...

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Digital Sales Meets AI: Two Worlds Colliding - Part 2 from 2018-04-18T07:00

The buzz: “…it’s clear that AI (and robotics) will change the face of sales” (www.i-scoop.eu/). Reality check: Buying and selling have changed dramatically in the Digital Age. Traditional sales me...

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Blockchain, Trust and Startups - Part 2 from 2018-04-11T07:00

The buzz: “The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened” (Adam Draper). Yes. Blockchain is redefining how we transact in the digital...

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The State of Innovation 2018: Fluff vs. Fact - Part 2 from 2018-04-04T07:00

The buzz: “…We are all looking for the magic formula. Well, here you go: Creativity + Iterative Development = Innovation” (James Dyson, 2005). Welcome to the Digital Era, where new technology termi...

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Getting Serious About Getting Paid: Your Company's Compensation from 2018-03-28T07:00

The buzz: “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life” (Confucius). Few things impact employee productivity, engagement, and well-being as compensation. But as definit...

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Mind Your Manners: Social Selling Etiquette and The Golden Rule - Part 4 from 2018-03-21T07:00

The buzz: “The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place” [Orison S. Marden]. Yes, the rule still applies in our Age of Social Selling. Do you stalk prospec...

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Career Stretch and Readiness: Gender Lens Differences? from 2018-03-14T07:00

The buzz: “The human spirit is like an elastic band. The more you stretch, the greater your capacity” (Bidemi Mark-Mordi). Career stretch opportunities–temporary assignments requiring expertise out...

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Social Selling Post-Training Momentum: Strategies and Best Practices - Part 2 from 2018-03-07T08:00

The buzz: “Just as salespeople are moving into the future, the buyers are already ahead of us” (K.Sexton). Your staff may be excited about social selling training and enablement. But will they put ...

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ERP, Technology and Purpose in the Wild: Elephants, Rhinos, People from 2018-02-28T08:00

The buzz: “No one in the world needs a Rhino horn but a Rhino” (Paul Oxton). Africa’s wildlife threat levels are growing at alarming rates – particularly from increasing poaching of elephants and r...

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Smart Cities Citizen Engagement: Mobile, Connected and Digital - Part 2 from 2018-02-21T08:00

The buzz: “By 2030…8.3 billion people with an urban proportion of about 51%. So out of necessity, smart cities are needed …” (Dr Gráinne Watson, Fujitsu) In our mobile-first, digitally connected...

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Digital Sales Meets AI: Two Worlds Colliding from 2018-02-14T08:00

The buzz: “…it’s clear that AI (and robotics) will change the face of sales” (www.i-scoop.eu/). Reality check: Buying and selling have changed dramatically in the Digital Age. Outreach to today's b...

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UX 2018: User Experiences for a New Generation - Part 2 from 2018-02-07T08:00

The buzz: “UI is the saddle, the stirrups, and the reins. UX is the feeling you get being able to ride the horse, and rope your cattle” (Dain Miller). Remember your anticipation when you got your f...

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The State of Innovation 2018: Fluff vs. Fact from 2018-01-31T08:00

The buzz: “I refuse to be intimidated by reality anymore. What is reality? Nothing but a collective hunch” (Lily Tomlin). Welcome to the Digital Era, where new technology terminology, hype and inte...

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Exploring The Future of Energy: Welcome to the Enernet from 2018-01-24T08:00

The buzz: “Energy is the new new Internet” (Brian Lakamp techcrunch.com/2017/01/22/energy-is-the-new-new-internet). The dynamic, distributed, and multi-participant Energy Internet – aka Enernet – i...

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Game-Changers Crystal Ball 2018 Predictions - Part 5 from 2018-01-17T08:00

If your #1 business wish is to know what 2018 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. Our five-part 2018 Predictions Special brings you 75 thought leader...

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Game-Changers Crystal Ball 2018 Predictions - Part 4 from 2018-01-10T08:00

The buzz: Welcome to 2018! If your #1 business wish is to know what 2018 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re bringing you predictions from 70...

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Game-Changers Crystal Ball 2018 Predictions - Part 3 from 2018-01-03T08:00

The buzz: Welcome to 2018! If your #1 business wish is to know what 2018 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re bringing you predictions from 70 though...

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Encore: Game-Changers Crystal Ball 2018 Predictions - Part 2 from 2017-12-27T08:00

The buzz: Your crystal ball for 2018 is here! If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2018 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re br...

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Game-Changers Crystal Ball 2018 Predictions - Part 2 from 2017-12-13T08:00

The buzz: Your crystal ball for 2018 is here! If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2018 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re br...

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Game-Changers 2018 Crystal Ball Predictions - Part 1 from 2017-12-06T08:00

The buzz: Crytal ball for 2018! If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2018 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing: predictions from 75 t...

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Today's Digital Disruption: How Leaders Prepare for Tomorrow - Part 2 from 2017-11-29T08:00

The buzz: “Companies that view technology as a tool rather than an integrated part of a vastly different business future–risk their very survival” (SAP Executive Study). Welcome to the 4th industri...

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Encore: Today's Digital Disruption: How Leaders Prepare for Tomorrow from 2017-11-22T08:00

The buzz: “Companies that view technology as a tool rather than an integrated part of a vastly different business future – risk their very survival” (SAP Executive Study). Welcome to the 4th indust...

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Modern Competitive Analysis: Remember Social Media - Part 2 from 2017-11-15T08:00

The buzz: “You’ll be in trouble quickly if you assume your only–or biggest–competition looks exactly like you” (Paige Leidig). All brands operate in a competitive global environment. Some prefer to...

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Today's Digital Disruption: How Leaders Prepare for Tomorrow from 2017-11-08T08:00

The buzz: “Companies that view technology as a tool rather than an integrated part of a vastly different business future – risk their very survival” (SAP Executive Study). Welcome to the 4th indust...

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Robots at Work: Whose Job Is It Anyway? from 2017-11-01T07:00

The Buzz: “The robots really embody that love-hate relationship we have with technology.” (Daniel H. Wilson) Headline news: “Security robot 'in critical condition.’” Say what? It’s true. When Wash...

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Next Wave of Tech at Work: Is Human-Centric AI Possible? from 2017-10-25T07:00

The buzz: “CHROs using artificial intelligence in the workplace…to transform recruiting, HR service centers, and learning and development? I believe the answer is yes” (J. Meister). As AI moves fro...

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Social Selling at the Tipping Point - Part 2 from 2017-10-18T07:00

The buzz: “79% of sales people that use social media outsell their peers” [Forbes]. Social selling is at a tipping point, “that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a thresh...

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Redefining Innovation to the Power of D: Multiple Layers of Diversity from 2017-10-11T07:00

The buzz: “New research provides compelling evidence that diversity unlocks innovation and drives market growth” (hbr.org). With the commoditization of technology, your company may have focused on ...

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Money's Digital Makeover - Part 3 from 2017-10-04T07:00

The buzz: “Today thoughtful people everywhere are trying to understand the implications of a protocol that enables mere mortals to manufacture trust through clever code. This has never happened bef...

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Don't Start with Me: Funding Female-Founded Startups - Part 2 from 2017-09-27T07:00

The buzz: “Male VCs—obviously most are—are very comfortable now giving female entrepreneurs capital for ‘girl stuff’” (Vivoom). Don’t be fooled. Sexual harassment and discriminatory treatment towar...

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Target Incentive and Rebate Programs: Driving Digital Transformation from 2017-09-20T07:00

The buzz: “Motivation is an art, not a science” (Dan Tyre). If you’re regularly paying sales incentives to customers and partners but getting nothing in return, you know the challenges of juggling ...

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Innovation Culture: Is Your Business A Split Personality? Part 2 from 2017-09-13T07:00

The buzz: “You can invent alone, but you can’t innovate alone” (G. van Wulfen). Business leaders have long pondered whether culture impacts an organization’s evolution and growth. If culture is the...

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Global Commerce, Tax and Technology: Navigating Rough Waters Ahead from 2017-08-23T07:00

The Buzz: “Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax” (Max Baucus). The confluence of global trade, new technologies and governments' increasing need for tax revenue is impacting the global commerce l...

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Disruptive Solutions Mindset 101 from 2017-08-16T07:00

The Buzz: “Disruption is a process, not an event, and innovations can only be disruptive relative to something else” (Clay Christensen). Rapid change has forced today’s visionary business leaders t...

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Sci-Fi, AI, Wi-Fi: What's the Story? from 2017-08-09T07:00

The Buzz: “Don't annoy science fiction writers…people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you” (John Scalzi). Think a beach day with a sci-fi page-turner is an esca...

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Don't Start with Me: Funding Female-Founded Startups from 2017-08-02T07:00

The buzz: “It's actually women who are creating and leading some of the most established and promising companies overall” (@DrewAHendricks). Female entrepreneurs’ accusations of sexual harassment f...

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No Reward Without Risk: Your Company in the Digital Economy from 2017-07-26T07:00

The buzz: “You always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” (Wayne Gretsky). Despite headlines about companies that make regulatory missteps and have lax internal controls, many are still playing ...

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CHRO: New Roadmap to the Boardroom? - Part 2 from 2017-07-19T07:00

The buzz: “Human resources professionals have long worked to earn a voice in the C-suite and boardroom; yet the Chief Human Resources Officer role remains elusive…many companies still lag in their ...

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Humanizing HR: Is Technology the Answer? from 2017-07-12T07:00

The buzz: “While efficiency…is important…[the HR] function has to think of itself as talent consultants not service deliverers.”” (Josh Bersin, Forbes.com) HR evolved in Europe during the Industria...

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Social Selling and AI: New Frontier or Pricey Gimmick? - Part 2 from 2017-06-28T07:00

The buzz: “We don’t even know If a salesperson replying to us in real-time in the year 2020 would be a human or a robot…AI has already penetrated into our lives with or without our consent” (Mehree...

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HR, Globalization, and Localization: More than Meets the Eye - Part 2 from 2017-06-21T07:00

The buzz: “49% of employees feel that a future in which people will ‘work from anywhere in the world’ is now” (ADP “The Evolution of Work” 2016). Reality check: Your company can’t be global without...

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You Don't Own Me: What About My Data? - Part 2 from 2017-06-14T07:00

The buzz: “You already have zero privacy – get over it” (Scott McNealy). We as individuals have welcomed Internet-connected, mobile devices to help us make daily decisions. But when we share data w...

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The Art of Storytelling in Sales - Part 2 from 2017-06-07T07:00

The buzz: “Stories give people enough space to think for themselves” (Annette Simmons). Your favorite movie, book, and song are memorable because the director, author and songwriter told an engagi...

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C-Suite Insights from SAPPHIRE NOW 2017 - Part 2 from 2017-05-31T07:00

The buzz: “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work” (Aristotle). Coffee Break with Game-Changers Radio was invited to broadcast live from SAPPHIRE NOW 2017. Our assignment: ask SAP partners...

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C-Suite Insights from SAPPHIRE NOW 2017 - Part 1 from 2017-05-24T07:00

The buzz: “I made over 40 Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse” (William Wyler). Coffee Break with Game-Changers Radio was invited to broad...

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“GSSP Partner Wrap-Up and a look towards the future” from 2017-05-18T20:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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"Blockchain for Digital Innovation" from 2017-05-18T19:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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"Change the Game: Rule the digital world by managing enterprise content wisely" from 2017-05-18T18:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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"Sapphire Wrap-up" Tom Roberts (SAP) from 2017-05-18T17:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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"Accenture’s Finance Journey: Running Digitally at Hyper Scale with SAP HANA" from 2017-05-18T16:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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Apple and SAP: A delightful User Experience for Enterprise from 2017-05-18T15:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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Using Incentives, Rebates&Complex Partner Programs to Drive Digital Transformation from 2017-05-18T14:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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From the Industrial Revolution to the new millenium: Continued Innovation from 2017-05-18T13:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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Segmentation, Optimization, Realization: The Recipe for the Perfect Price from 2017-05-18T12:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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Alliances Winning the Hearts and Minds of Businesses from 2017-05-18T11:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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"Blockchain to drive next generation supply chain" (HCL on Blockchain) from 2017-05-18T10:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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GSSP: Partner Wrap Up, Future Look from 2017-05-18T09:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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Streamline eSignatures for Everyone's Benefit from 2017-05-18T08:00

VoiceAmerica and SAP team up at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017! Bonnie D Graham, host of, Coffee-break with Game changers and SAP radio. Join in today as are wrapping up the Live event with Thought Leader live...

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"The Role of Continuous Testing for Digital Transformation" (HPE-Solex) from 2017-05-17T18:00

Join Bonnie D. Graham Live from Sap Sapphire Now 2017. Day 2 will bring new level of thought leadership to Gain new and Valuable insight into ways that digital transformation will help you reimagi...

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"Machine Learning: Partnership on AI" -- Google, SAP, AI Partnership Director from 2017-05-17T17:00

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"Transforming the enterprise with SAP and iOS" (Deloitte Interview: Mike Brinker) from 2017-05-17T16:00

Join Bonnie D. Graham Live from Sap Sapphire Now 2017. Day 2 will bring new level of thought leadership to Gain new and Valuable insight into ways that digital transformation will help you reimagi...

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Transitioning Key HR Processes to the Cloud from 2017-05-17T15:00

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"Financial Impact of Risk: Don't Become That Bad Headline! – Part 2" from 2017-05-17T14:00

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Agile Innovation with SAP Cloud Platform from 2017-05-17T13:00

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Improve the future of retail with Omnichannel POS solutions from 2017-05-17T12:00

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"FuturesHUB - dedicated technology to help address the refugee crisis" from 2017-05-17T11:00

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"New Digital Realties -- Why data governance matters for Live Business" from 2017-05-17T10:00

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"How Partners Are Helping SAP Make its Customers Intelligent Enterprises." (Machine Learning GSSP Panel) from 2017-05-17T09:00

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"Positioning SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) on AWS" from 2017-05-17T08:00

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"SAP’s tech partners and the value they add to our joint customers in delivering digital transformation" from 2017-05-16T16:00

Join Bonnie D. Graham Live from Sap Sapphire Now 2017.Gain valuable insight into ways that digital transformation will help you reimagine your business.Take a look at all the reasons why you cannot...

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"IoT and digital transformation thought leadership and innovation strategy" from 2017-05-16T15:00

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"How to use technology to accelerate production and planning" (Callaway Golf - a Lenovo customer) from 2017-05-16T14:00

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Huahai Pharma from 2017-05-16T13:00

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"Are You Sharing Naked Data?" from 2017-05-16T12:00

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How Accenture Liquid Studio accelerates Digital Businesses with Rapid Application Development from 2017-05-16T11:00

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"Digital Transformation at a greenfield company in the cement industry" from 2017-05-16T10:00

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"Transitioning to the Cloud" from 2017-05-16T09:00

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"What is Cognitive Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and how will it benefit companies in the future?" (customer Mondi and IBM ) from 2017-05-16T08:00

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Machine Learning Trends - Part 2: Harnessing AI from 2017-05-10T07:00

The buzz: “There was more than $300M in venture capital invested in AI startups in 2014, a 300% increase (over 2013)” (Bloomberg).These are exciting times for business! Never has it been easier to ...

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Machine Learning Trends - Part 1: Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise from 2017-05-03T07:00

The buzz: “It will not be a world of man versus machine. It will be a world of man plus machines” (Ginni Rometty, IBM). Reality check: The human brain is too slow to uncover complex, nuanced patte...

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Continuous Accounting for Finance: From Bean Counter to Strategic Business Partner from 2017-04-26T07:00

The buzz: “What do you call a financial controller who always works through lunch, takes 2 days off every 2 years...and leaves every night after 10 PM? Lazy” (Accounting Day humor). Good news for c...

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CHROs and People Strategies: New Year Resolutions and Beyond - Part 2 from 2017-04-19T07:00

The buzz: “This is a tricky universe we’re staffing up and engaging…the core goals are the same…human is the bottom line.” (Meghan M. Biro, TalentCulture). There’s no mistake the CHRO agenda is ev...

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AI and the Conversational Era of Chatbots: Connecting People to Technology -- Part 2 from 2017-04-12T07:00

The buzz: “It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much” (Yogi Berra). 2016 was a pivotal year for Global 2000 companies to align practical AI applications and emb...

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Money's Digital Makeover - Part 2 from 2017-04-05T07:00

The buzz: “It is as if every dollar bill in your pocket has a list written on it of all the transactions it was involved in prior to reaching your hands. The blockchain ledger infrastructure has hu...

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Money's Digital Makeover - Part 1 from 2017-03-29T07:00

The buzz: “The world is drowning in cash – and it’s making us poorer while fueling a corrupt underground economy.” (K.S. Rogoff, The Curse of Cash). Jerry Maguire’s “Show me the money” is taking on...

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Mobile Technology: Dangerous vs Delightful? from 2017-03-22T07:00

The buzz: “It’s getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone” (B. Newhart). Is mobile technology improving or endangering us? Picture this: W...

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Digital Winners: Making Digital HR Real from 2017-03-15T07:00

The buzz: “High-impact HR organizations focus on continuous improvement, not radical HR transformation” (Stacey Harris). Organizations that fail to continually update their leadership approach are ...

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Social Selling and the Golden Rule: Manners Still Matter from 2017-03-08T08:00

The buzz: “We have to remember social over selling” (Viveka Von Rosen). “[Social networking risks]…Trickier to manage are lapses of etiquette, tone and consistency” (Barbara Giamanco and Kent Grego...

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You Don't Own Me: But What About My Data? from 2017-03-01T08:00

The buzz: “The most promising privacy thing is stupid phones. I’m dumping all my smart phones” (John McAfee). We as individuals have welcomed Internet-connected, often mobile devices to help us mak...

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Blockchain Technology: Turning Marketing on Its Head? from 2017-02-22T08:00

The buzz: “Blockchain is much bigger than Bitcoin and its reach is far more holistic.” (forum.daohub.org) In search of the holy grail of a unified customer profile, marketers have built massive da...

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Retail in 5 Years: Digital Dinosaurs vs Survivors - Part 2 from 2017-02-15T08:00

The buzz: “Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping” (Bo Derek). Ongoing digital innovations in our hyper-connected world have dramatically impacted consumer ...

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Finance Manager's Guide to the Future: Dynamic Planning and Analysis from 2017-02-08T08:00

The buzz: “The modern CFO is often the right-hand man or woman of the CEO” (Fox Business 10/24/13). Your Finance department is at a critical juncture. Gone are the days when CFOs just reported on p...

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Tell Me a Great Story: The Role of Storytelling in Sales from 2017-02-01T08:00

The buzz: “People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being” (Studs Terkel). Everyone loves, craves, and has a story. But many companies approach prospects and customers with boring, cram...

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Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners: Clear Your Legal Clutter for the New Year from 2017-01-25T08:00

The buzz: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice” (T.S. Eliot). 2017 brings the opportunity to start with a clean slate, despite your mistak...

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Game-Changers 2017 Predictions - Part 5 from 2017-01-18T08:00

The buzz: Crystal ball for 2017. If #1 on your business wish list is to know what 2017 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got insightful predictions from more than 75 thoug...

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Game-Changers 2017 Predictions - Part 4 from 2017-01-11T08:00

The buzz: Crystal ball for 2017. If #1 on your business wish list is to know what 2017 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re bringing you insig...

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Game-Changers 2017 Predictions - Part 3 from 2017-01-04T08:00

The buzz: Crystal ball for 2017. If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2017 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re bringing you i...

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Encore: Game-Changers 2017 Predictions -- Part 2 from 2016-12-28T08:00

The buzz: Crystal ball for 2017. If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2017 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re bringing you mo...

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Encore: Game-Changers 2017 Predictions - Part 1 from 2016-12-21T08:00

The buzz: Crystal ball time! If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2017 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. On Dec. 7, 14, and Jan. 4...

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Game-Changers 2017 Predictions -- Part 2 from 2016-12-14T08:00

The buzz: Crystal ball for 2017. If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2017 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. We’re bringing you mo...

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Game-Changers 2017 Predictions - Part 1 from 2016-12-07T08:00

The buzz: Crystal ball time! If your #1 business wish this holiday is to know what 2017 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. On Dec. 7, 14, and Jan. 4...

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The Innovation Explosion: Replicating a Special Century? from 2016-11-30T08:00

The buzz: “Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion” (Muhammad Ali).A unique clustering of inventions in the century after the U.S. Civil War improved the American and European standard of living...

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Encore: Disruptive War Gaming: A Critical Tool for Today's Innovators - Part 2 from 2016-11-23T08:00

The buzz: “Shall we play a game?” -WarGames, 1983 film. Successful Fortune 500 companies anticipate—and often invent—the future before their competitors do. Why? They know that anticipating industr...

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Female Entrepreneurs: Overcoming Hurdles to Success from 2016-11-16T08:00

The buzz: “I want to be around people that dream…and do things” (Amy Poehler). Forty-six percent of US privately held firms are at least half owned by women and represent ~16 million jobs. But whil...

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Smart Cities, Smart Streets: IoT to the Rescue - Part 3 from 2016-11-09T08:00

The buzz: “Cities are never random.” (Neal Shusterman) Cities around the world are on a mission: maintain a safe, clean, well-oiled, inclusive urban environment for residents, businesses, and visi...

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Disruptive War Gaming: A Critical Tool for Today's Innovators - Part 2 from 2016-11-02T07:00

The buzz: “Shall we play a game?” -WarGames, 1983 film. Successful Fortune 500 companies anticipate—and often invent—the future before their competitors do. Why? They know that anticipating industr...

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New Energy Era Prosumers; Utility-Customer Partnerships from 2016-10-26T07:00

The buzz: The Electric Slide. News flash for Utilities: You can no longer be profitable on a one-sided business model providing power to customers. Enter the prosumer. While the consumer is utility...

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The Future of Designing Innovation - Part 2 from 2016-10-19T07:00

The buzz: “Change is the law of life…those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future” -JFKennedy. The term “digital transformation” is ubiquitous, but what does it really ...

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Learning from The Unicorns: EY Entrepreneur Of The Year from 2016-10-12T07:00

The buzz: 'The unicorn is noble' -German folk song. Wow! Companies led by EY Entrepreneur Of The Year winners are among the most successful in the world, generating 3T dollars in revenue, creating...

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Diversity and Inclusion Minus the Blame and Shame from 2016-10-05T07:00

The buzz: 'I’m gonna tell Mom on you.' Women remain under-represented in government, boards, C-suite and influential business roles, often due to unconscious bias. A man named John or David is mor...

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Gender Equity in Business: Is It the Age of the Woman Yet? from 2016-09-28T07:00

The buzz: Mom, are we there yet? We’re seeing a ground-swell of policy and practice discussions and activities about the under-representation of women in the boardroom, C-suite and high-growth en...

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Digital Manufacturing Part 3: Powering the 5th Industrial Revolution from 2016-09-21T07:00

The buzz: 'Welcome to the future' -B. Paisley. Move over, 4th Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the 5th Industrial Revolution with intelligent robots, 3D-printed human organs, drones fetching wareh...

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Cloud Computing: Growth, Adoption and SMBs from 2016-09-14T07:00

The buzz: “I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.” -Elizabeth Taylor. By 2019, cloud software delivery will grow to 112 Billion dolars –five times faster than traditional software– leveling the IT p...

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Chemical Industry: Digital Transformation as Success Model from 2016-09-07T07:00

The buzz: It’s NOT like “déjà vu all over again”! -Yogi Berra. Wake up call for the Chemical industry: Digital Transformation is real and more relevant than ever for your businesses. Reality check...

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Templosion, Technology and the Future of Finance - Part 3 from 2016-08-31T07:00

The buzz: Knock Knock! Futurist Edie Weiner coined the term ‘templosion’ to describe rapid and massive changes in increasingly shorter timeframes. As the templosive acceleration of digital transfor...

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Making Cities Safer and Smarter: The Internet of Things- Part 2 from 2016-08-24T07:00

The buzz: Living for the City -Stevie Wonder, 1974-. Violent attacks in Florida, France, Texas and Turkey make public safety a top global concern. Can governments protect us in our homes, in publi...

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CHROs: Time for a New Conversation - Part 2 from 2016-08-17T07:00

The buzz: Talk is not cheap! With dramatic workforce and business changes – multi-generations at work, gender inequity challenges, developing economies and globalization –it’s high time for the CH...

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Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 4: Dont Make a Federal Case Out of It from 2016-08-10T07:00

The buzz: The Gambler (K. Rogers). Business ownership can be a Coney Island rollercoaster. One moment, an exhilarating ride up; the next, a frightening plummet down. There are thousands of guideboo...

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Build A Business, Not Just a Job from 2016-08-03T07:00

The buzz: 'Takin’ Care of Business'. According to Forbes Magazine, 543,000 new businesses launch each month in the U.S. The catch: of the 28 million U.S. small businesses, 22.5 owners are self-empl...

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Here's Looking at YOU, Kid: IoT of the Self and CyberCrime - Part 3 from 2016-07-27T07:00

The buzz: The Internet of Who (Whom)? The Internet was created in 1969 to facilitate the free flow of information. The IoT inherited this spirit. Fast forward to 2016. With cameras and emerging c...

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Radical Resiliency: Start Your Engines, People! - Part 2 from 2016-07-20T07:00

The buzz: Stressed? Join the crowd. 78% of employers in the 2013/14 Staying@Work™ Survey said stress is the #1 workforce risk. We have a solution: Radical Resiliency. But individuals, managers and...

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Bitcoin/Blockchain: Hype or Hope for a New Secure Cryptocurrency? from 2016-07-13T07:00

The buzz: Show me the money? Our current financial world is rife with inefficiencies: cross-border payments take days and cost money, inter-bank funds are slow, accessing money is cumbersome, tradi...

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Social Selling, Social Media and The Law: How's Your Brand Doing? from 2016-07-06T07:00

The buzz: “We just have a way of getting ourselves into hot water” (Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys). How Social Selling is conducted and how a brand is portrayed in social media – whether undertaken ...

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Behavior Side of Preventive Medicine: Genetic Science and Big Data - Part 3 from 2016-06-29T07:00

The buzz: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” The key to a healthy population is more than an individual’s personal decisions and behaviors. Genetic science says...

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Social Selling Adoption: How to Make It Happen - Part 2 from 2016-06-22T07:00

The buzz: “Trust, but verify.” (Ronald Reagan) Social Selling is real - now! How do we know? The numbers. Sales people not using social media missed quota 15% more often than peers who do (Hubspot...

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Templosion, Technology and the Future of Finance - Part 2 from 2016-06-15T07:00

The buzz: Boom! The speed of technological innovation is leading to a world of “Templosion (Edie Weiner): massive changes happening in increasingly compressed timeframes. The impacts of this plus d...

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Digital Manufacturing: Powering the 4th Industrial Revolution - Part 2 from 2016-06-08T07:00

The buzz: Every day is a revolution. Welcome to the future. The upside: The 4th industrial Revolution’s smart factories, connected machines, and IIoT offer limitless possibilities for collaborative...

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Digitization: Changing the Utilities Customer Engagement - Part 2 from 2016-06-01T07:00

The buzz: Knowledge is power. Reality check for utilities. Digitization and the exponential growth of mobile devices are changing your customer engagement. But still fewer than half of customers ar...

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Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 3 from 2016-05-25T07:00

The buzz: WHY ME? Business ownership is tough, especially when clients push back on your pricing, employees act like four-year olds, vendors don’t deliver as promised. Add to that the fear of growi...

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Becoming Digital, Staying Human: Be True to You and Your Business - Part 2 from 2016-05-18T07:00

The buzz: What’s a vacation? Entrepreneurs and business owners have always carried the weight of their company, with precious few days off. Now pressure to “mind the store” is literally always-on, ...

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Security Breach Threat Analysis and Intelligence: Just Voodoo or Real? from 2016-05-11T07:00

The buzz: Woo woo or woo hoo? Companies like yours across all industry sectors are trying to deal with almost daily security threats to your networks and devices. Can available Security Incident ...

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One-Hour Doorstep Delivery: Can It Transform Your Business? from 2016-05-04T07:00

The buzz: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Businesses used to focus on the goods they produced. Now that...

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Corporate Social Innovation: Good for Society and Business - Part 2 from 2016-04-27T07:00

The buzz: Good, better best. Never let it rest. How can any corporation partner with the right social enterprise to create sustainable and scalable social good to support the world’s future? Hear ...

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Radical Resiliency: Start Your Engines, People! from 2016-04-20T07:00

The buzz: Bouncing back. Stress is such an epidemic that 78% of employers in the 2013/2014 Staying@Work™ Survey identified it as the top workforce risk factor. Are some of us better equipped to be ...

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The Behavior Side of Preventive Medicine: Workplace, Employees and Pharma from 2016-04-13T07:00

The buzz: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day…I’m feeling good.” Bravo to your HR for offering employee health strategy programs! That means everyone is so healthy and fit that attendance and producti...

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IoT and Healthcare: Bringing IT Home - Part 2. from 2016-04-06T07:00

The buzz: Home is where the heart is… Healthcare is experiencing a major and positive transformation – and industry disruption – largely due to technology advances like the Internet of Things (Io...

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Fighting Cyber Crime Part 2: Staying One Giant Step Ahead from 2016-03-30T07:00

The buzz: Simon says. Cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing our country, and has enormous implications for our national security, economic prosperity, and public safety. The range of thr...

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Digital Transformation - Changing the Game in the Chemical Industry from 2016-03-23T07:00

The buzz: Vite, vite! Chemical industry leaders face new challenges, as digital technologies transform our world and drive innovation at a breathtaking rate. How will you integrate acquisitions to...

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Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 2 from 2016-03-16T07:00

The buzz: It’s the law. Attention, female entrepreneurs! As you aspire to become million-dollar women, growth will bring complexity and risk. Legal issues will crop up more often. Penalties for not...

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Legal Lessons for Women Business Owners - Part 1 from 2016-03-09T08:00

The buzz: It’s the law. Women entrepreneurs are one of the fastest-growing U.S. economy segments! But you’re also five times more likely than men to shutter your business. Why? A lack business mana...

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Pharma and Preventive Medicine: Future or Failure? from 2016-03-02T08:00

The buzz: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day… and I’m feeling good.” We know prevention is better than cure. But without a systematic approach, it is still up to each of us to decide whether we choo...

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Corporate Social Innovation: Good for Society, Good for Business from 2016-02-24T08:00

The buzz: It’s all good. Many blue chip companies trace their formal corporate philanthropic programs – giving back to not-for-profits – to post-WWII, the golden age of corporate philanthropy. Toda...

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Beyond IT: Your Fight Against Cybercrime from 2016-02-17T08:00

The buzz: Time’s up. Obama seeks over one-third rise in U.S. cyber security funding (Reuters 02/09/16). Why? Brazen cyber criminals are invading an entire supply chain, even stealing and misreprese...

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The Rising Billions: Business Networks and the Digital Economy from 2016-02-10T08:00

The buzz: Acting hyper. Peter Diamandis predicts the most dramatic positive change in our global economy will occur between 2016-2020, when 3–5 billion new consumers–who’ve never purchased, uploade...

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Sustainable Development and Your Organization from 2016-02-03T08:00

The buzz: Giving at the office. The UN’s post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require a multi-stakeholder collaboration recognizing diverse issues around the world. Goal 8 – “Good jobs an...

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Small Business Coach: Navigating Business in 2016 from 2016-01-27T08:00

The buzz: GPS. The IMF recently had good news for entrepreneurs and small business owners: The underlying drivers for acceleration in consumption and investment in the United States – wage growth, ...

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Data Security Breaches Part 5: Your Digital Transformation - Security First! from 2016-01-20T08:00

The buzz: D-B-T and Y-O-U. Digital Business Transformation [DBT] touches everything and everyone -- hardware, software, processes, revenue models, and especially people and our attitudes. If you’re...

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Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women Part 3: Looking Back and Ahead from 2016-01-13T08:00

The buzz: Get smart. If you’re a woman entrepreneur – or hope to be soon – you’re in the fastest growing U.S. business owner segment. What lessons can you learn from women-owned businesses that so...

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Brands as Publishers: Lessons Learned and Future Trend Predictions from 2016-01-06T08:00

The buzz: The buzz. According to a recent eMarketer report, marketers will spend $8.8 billion on native advertising by 2018. Naturally, this means the digital content landscape will continue to be...

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Encore: Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 2 from 2015-12-30T08:00

The buzz: The Future! If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. Over the course of three weeks – Dec 2, 9,...

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Encore: Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 1 from 2015-12-23T08:00

The buzz: Your #1 business wish this year. If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. On Dec. 2, 9, and 16, ...

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Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 3 from 2015-12-16T08:00

The buzz: The future is almost here! Searching for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world? We’ve got the next best thing: our 3-part annual Predictions Speci...

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Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 2 from 2015-12-09T08:00

The buzz: The Future! If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. Over the course of three weeks – Dec 2, 9,...

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Game-Changers 2016 Predictions - Part 1 from 2015-12-02T08:00

The buzz: Your #1 business wish this year. If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2016 holds for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. On Dec. 2, 9, and 16, ...

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Encore: Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women - Part 2 from 2015-11-25T08:00

The buzz: Ready. Set. Wait! You’re a woman entrepreneur ready to start or expand your own business. Now what? You need to know that while women are the fastest growing segment of U.S. business own...

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Finance 2020: Life or Death by Digital? from 2015-11-18T08:00

The buzz: Get a shiny quarter. br If your Finance function is like most organizations’, it has traditionally focused on expense control, spreadsheet-driven accounting and management reporting, most...

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Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women - Part 2 from 2015-11-11T08:00

The buzz: Ready. Set. Wait! You’re a woman entrepreneur ready to start or expand your own business. Now what? You need to know that while women are the fastest growing segment of U.S. business own...

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Facebook, Etc. and Your Business: Beyond Friending from 2015-11-04T08:00

The buzz: Verb: To friend. Over 1BN of us use Facebook and other social media mainly for personal communication. Many businesses see sales gold here, too. But their ‘pixels-vs-people’ approach isn’...

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The Connected Car Take 4: Driverless, Too! from 2015-10-28T07:00

The buzz: Climb in. Buckle-up. Your connected car is leaving the garage.Just as radio, PCs and smartphones changed our world, connected vehicles will, too, as the automotive industry advances towar...

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Hyper-Connectivity: Reinventing the World Economy from 2015-10-21T07:00

The buzz: Hyper is a good thing. As individuals, organizations, and machines inter-connect in real time, the resulting always-on hyper-connectivity is reinventing the world’s economy. If your organ...

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The Networked Economy: Shaping the Future of Retail - Part 3 from 2015-10-14T07:00

The buzz: Yes or not yet? “There are only two types of companies today: those that have been breached and know it—and those that just don’t know it yet,” noted John Chambers. As a retailer’s networ...

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Transporting Your Factory into the Future Now - Part 2 from 2015-10-07T07:00

The buzz: Now! Attention, manufacturers. If it's a surprise that we’re mid-way into the 4th industrial revolution, here’s a news flash. Your manufacturing facility needs to take advantage of the ex...

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Performance Management: Are Today's Practices Working? from 2015-09-30T07:00

Performance Management (PM) began informally around World War 1. By the late-1950s, many companies adopted formal, personality-based PM practices without a self-appraisal component. Complaints aros...

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Future of Medicine: Will Supply Chains Be Ready? from 2015-09-23T07:00

The buzz: Drug supply risks. Today, more often than is acceptable, a required antibiotic or chronic disease drug cannot be delivered on time. What will happen tomorrow when personalized medicine ta...

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Health WearablesPart 3 - The New Life-Changers? from 2015-09-16T07:00

The buzz: Connected health systems. Wearable devices can track and automatically report body traits, therapy adherence and lifestyle to patients, doctors, and more. But if taken to a new level, the...

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Transporting Your Factory into the Future Now - Part 1 from 2015-09-09T07:00

The buzz: Hurry! Calling all manufacturers! We’re mid-way into our 4th industrial revolution. If your manufacturing facility isn’t taking advantage of the exponential advances in technology, explo...

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IoT and Chemicals: Transform Your Business Models Now! from 2015-09-02T07:00

The buzz: Hurry! Connecting information, people, assets, and devices – on 3rd generation platforms that support social, mobile, cloud, Big Data, IoT – drives newly insightful business action. Can a...

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Business Networks and the Digital Economy: Ready for Digital Humanism? from 2015-08-26T07:00

The buzz: Let’s get together, yeah yeah yeah! What does it really mean for you to have a connected business? Analysts estimate that by 2020, social networks will connect 2.5 billion people, the nu...

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Co-Innovation: Your Path to a Digital Future - Part 2 from 2015-08-19T07:00

The buzz: Always better together. As the world becomes increasingly digital, your company’s survival will rely more than ever on co-innovation opportunities within your business network. How can yo...

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Data Security Breaches Part 4: Wising-Up to Real-Life Impacts from 2015-08-12T07:00

The buzz: Spelling bee. Cybersecurity breaches in the headlines still strike fear in companies, governments and individuals worldwide. For businesses, the advent of the IoT can compromise secure ac...

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Emerging Paradigms and the Future of Business from 2015-08-05T07:00

The buzz: Crystal ball. Yes, change is inevitable. But today’s unprecedented pace and scale of change presents unique challenges for the future of business. Futurists worldwide are examining and as...

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Success Secrets for Entrepreneurial Women from 2015-07-29T07:00

The buzz: The secret’s out. So you’re a woman and you want to start – or expand – your own business. That’s great! Women are the fastest growing segment of business owners in the U.S. today. But he...

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Connected Car Take 3: Your Mobile Digital Identity from 2015-07-22T07:00

The buzz: Honk if you love connected cars! The future is definitely connected and it’s already here. Consumers, especially millennials, living an always-connected lifestyle expect continuous access...

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The Networked Economy: Shaping the Future of Retail - Part 2 from 2015-07-15T07:00

The buzz: It’s a small world after all. For today’s consumer, “the world” is just a few clicks away. Armed with anytime, anywhere information, they can (and do) find the best solutions for their li...

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The Human Face of Big Data Film: Igniting Social Change from 2015-07-08T07:00

The buzz: Roll-it! Big Data represents an opportunity for us to re-imagine our world, track new signals once impossible, and change how we experience our communities, places of work, and personal ...

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Employee Engagement Part 3: Changing Corporate Culture - How? from 2015-07-01T07:00

The buzz: One. Employee engagement is at its highest since Gallup started tracking it in 2000. Real number? Less than one-third (31.4%) of US workers were engaged in their jobs in 2014. Why? Succe...

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Employee Engagement - Part 2: Following the Leader - Who? from 2015-06-24T07:00

The buzz: The power to inspire. Executives and employees agree: leadership today is lacking. Who says so? A Workforce 2020 studied initiated by SuccessFactors, an SAP company, with Oxford Economic...

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Employee Engagement - Part 1: Having Fun Yet? from 2015-06-17T07:00

Employee engagement is at its highest level since Gallup started tracking this metric in 2000. That’s the good news. The truth? Less than one-third (31.4%) of US workers said they were engaged in...

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Health Wearables Part 2 -- The Next Breakthrough? from 2015-06-10T07:00

The buzz: Invisibles. Visible healthcare wearables like smart wrist bands and watches are commonplace. What if you prefer non-obvious tracking devices? Almost-invisible-to-invisible innovations ar...

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Data Security Authentication in the Age of Credit Card Breaches - Part 3 from 2015-06-03T07:00

The buzz: Are you really “you”? Authentication techniques designed to confirm you are who you say you are, typically entail one or more of three techniques: Something I have, Something I know, Some...

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Personalized Medicine: Individualized for All? from 2015-05-27T07:00

The buzz: Make for me healthcare. In medicine, one-size-fits-all treatments have helped save many people cost-efficiently. But for complicated illnesses like cancer, a standardized approach doesn’...

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Small Business Insights Part 2: Art of Customer Engagement from 2015-05-20T07:00

The buzz: Fine Art. To survive, small businesses must understand the fine art of customer engagement and cohesive omni-channel branding. But how can you “know your customers” and where your produc...

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Social Business: Creating Measurable Business Value from 2015-05-13T07:00

The buzz: Social. Social media is the new way of doing business: always on, available, working for or against your company and brand. With vast data at their fingertips, buyers simply click a mous...

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Small Business Insights: Sustainable Collaboration - Part 1 from 2015-05-06T07:00

The buzz: Partners. Small businesses today must deftly manage business partnerships without risking IP, valued talent, or worse, in a business milieu where the lines can blur between cooperation an...

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MD in the Palm of Your Hand: Connected Care from 2015-04-29T07:00

The buzz: To life! With over two billion people expected to be 60 and older by 2050, chronic illness and diminished wellbeing are fast becoming major global public health challenges. The solution ...

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Employee Engagement: Simplification at Work from 2015-04-22T07:00

The buzz: Engagement. Baylor University and SAP researchers found employee engagement alarmingly low worldwide, with just 13% of employees feeling actively engaged. Wondering if complexity in organ...

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Supplier Risk Management: Time to Get Serious from 2015-04-15T07:00

Today’s buzz: Risk. Supplier risk management is the fastest growing discipline within supplier management. Why? When a key supplier disrupts the supply chain, your costs of doing business increase ...

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Employee Performance: Empowering Managers from 2015-04-08T07:00

Today’s buzz: Empowering managers. Want to improve your organization’s performance management? If you’re focusing on HR processes, but not your managers’ POV or day-to-day style, listen-up! SAP an...

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The Buyer’s Journey: What Do They Really Want? from 2015-04-01T07:00

Today’s buzz: The Journey. Customers are changing the rules of the marketplace. Digitally connected, socially networked, better informed before making a purchase, they jump between web, mobile, in...

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Data Security in the Age of Credit Card Breaches – Part 2 from 2015-03-25T07:00

The buzz: Breached again. Forbes.com’s “The Big Data Breaches of 2014” include Neiman Marcus, Michaels, P.F. Chang’s, Dairy Queen, Goodwill Industries, Affinity Gaming’s 11 casinos, Albertson’s, p...

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Time for a Tune-up: Advanced Analytics and Auto Safety from 2015-03-18T07:00

The buzz: Safety first. After record vehicle recalls in 2014, automakers are under intense pressure from consumers and regulators to be proactive about product quality and safety issues; protect c...

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HR Makes the World Go ‘Round: Practices Outside the US – Part 2 from 2015-03-11T07:00

The buzz: HR here and there. HR practices in Western countries can differ significantly from Eastern countries in terms of organizational structure, motivation, communication and conflict resoluti...

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Health Wearables – Just Hype or Revolutionary for Patients? from 2015-03-04T08:00

The buzz: Health. Wearables like wrist bands, watches, glasses, and contact lenses are the NBT. Why? They can now measure body conditions and use the data to support healthier living, disease prev...

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The Case for Space: Disrupting the Status Quo with Innovation from 2015-02-25T08:00

The buzz: Space. Changing the culture and shaking up the status quo in organizations is always challenging, but key to survival. How to make it happen? Build a continuous innovation culture by ide...

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The Yelpification of Recruiting – Part 2 from 2015-02-18T08:00

The buzz: Recruiting. If acquiring and retaining top talent for your company tougher than ever, three factors may be at play: workforce mobility mindset, competitors’ poaching, and your employer b...

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Future of Insurance in the Age of Customer Intimacy and IoT from 2015-02-11T08:00

The buzz: Future of Insurance. According to a survey from SAP and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), long-standing insurance companies are struggling to keep pace with strong competition from...

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Hotel Guest Personalization: Welcome or Social Media Stalking? from 2015-02-04T08:00

The buzz: Travelers’ TMI brbr “The customer is #1” is a customer service industry mantra and mandate, particularly for business-to-consumer travel and hospitality staff who are required to greet ...

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Globalization Challenge: Sustainable Innovation and Secure Collaboration from 2015-01-28T08:00

The buzz: IP Security brbr Are market globalization and new competitors grabbing your customers’ heads and wallets? If not, soon. How to survive? Innovate sustainably to speed differentiated produc...

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Business Trends 2015: Strategic Disruption in the Cloud and the Networked Economy from 2015-01-21T08:00

The buzz: Your business in 2015. brbr What hot business trends should you focus on this year? We asked three visionaries to share their insights and predictions. Tune-in and learn from the experts....

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Data Security in the Age of Credit Card Breaches from 2015-01-14T08:00

The buzz: Credit cards.brbr With headline-topping credit card breaches at Target and Adobe, merchants are on high alert to safeguard their systems. A data breach is costly: lost customers and profi...

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Game-Changers 2015 Predictions – Part 3 from 2015-01-07T08:00

The buzz: Your business wish list. Still wishing for a crystal ball to see what 2015 may bring for your company, industry and the world? We’ve got the next best thing. Completing our three-part Pr...

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Special Encore Presentation: Game-Changers 2015 Predictions – Part 2 from 2014-12-31T08:00

The buzz: Your business wish list Wishing and hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2015 may bring for your company, industry and the world? We’ve got the next best thing. On our three-part Predic...

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Special Encore Presentation: SAP Game-Changers 2015 Predictions – Part 1 from 2014-12-24T08:00

What’s at the top of your business wish list this holiday season? If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2015 may bring for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best t...

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Game-Changers 2015 Predictions – Part 2 from 2014-12-17T08:00

The buzz: Your business wish list Wishing and hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2015 may bring for your company, industry and the world? We’ve got the next best thing. On our three-part Predic...

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SAP Game-Changers 2015 Predictions – Part 1 from 2014-12-10T08:00

What’s at the top of your business wish list this holiday season? If you’re hoping for a crystal ball to see what 2015 may bring for your company, industry and the world, we’ve got the next best t...

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Industrial Internet: Real-Time to Grow Your Business – Part 3 from 2014-12-03T08:00

The buzz: Industrial Internet. The world as we knew it a few years ago has changed. The Internet of Things or Industrial Internet now promises to transform businesses and competition in most indust...

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Special Encore Presentation: Retail Relevancy: Distinction Trumps Differentiation from 2014-11-26T08:00

The buzz: Retail. Retailers: If you’re not making each customer’s experience more engaging, exciting and fulfilling than your competitors are, help is here. Hints: Find your own retail niche. Lever...

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A Matter of Life and Death: Advanced Analytics and Product Safety Recalls from 2014-11-19T08:00

The buzz: Our safety. Product safety recalls are in the news so often that our reactions of shock and fear have been replaced by, “What now?” Manufacturers clearly need help identifying potential ...

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Counterfeit Medical Products: Stop the Madness from 2014-11-12T08:00

The buzz: Counterfeits, “Quality has its price” is especially true for drugs and medical devices, where counterfeiting is a $Billion market. How to protect consumer safety and stem revenue losses f...

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Financial Fast-Forward: Defining A Best Practice Bank from 2014-11-05T08:00

The buzz: Banks. Since the financial crisis, banks have been working harder to rebuild customer trust and improve relationships, even offering interactive online communications to meet consumer dem...

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Mentoring Done Right: Everybody Wins! Part 3 from 2014-10-29T07:00

The buzz: Mentoring. Great mentors can be invaluable to the success of individual employees, as well as to your entire organization. Are only a few employees, perhaps mainly one gender, privileged ...

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Pharma and Technology – Part 2 from 2014-10-22T07:00

The buzz: A healthier future. On Pharma and Technology Part 1, we discussed the need for pharma to move quickly to introduce safe, cost-effective drugs that respond to cancer, Ebola, and other chro...

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Trends in HR Mobility: Apps on the Go from 2014-10-15T07:00

The buzz: HR – There’s an app for that. Just six years after first-generation iPhones debuted, smartphones pervade every corner of our work, personal, and emotional lives. As demand for corporate m...

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Banks Embracing Technology: Fast Enough for Regulators? from 2014-10-08T07:00

The buzz: Banking. Triggered by the financial crisis and subsequent regulatory changes, banks are moving toward a new paradigm of simultaneously and proactively managing risk, return, liquidity, an...

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Retail Relevancy: Distinction Trumps Differentiation from 2014-10-01T07:00

The buzz: Retail. Retailers: If you’re not making each customer’s experience more engaging, exciting and fulfilling than your competitors are, help is here. Hints: Find your own retail niche. Lever...

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Retail Update: Winning the Hearts, Minds, Wallets of Fashionistas . from 2014-09-24T07:00

The buzz: Retail. As NY Fashion Week ends, fashion retailers are under more competitive pressure than ever to deliver great “retail therapy” experiences that consistently meet or exceed customers’ ...

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Pharma and Technology: Higher Outcomes, Lower Costs from 2014-09-17T07:00

The buzz: Pharma. Populations are aging. Chronic diseases are increasing, with new strains emerging at an alarming rate. For these reasons and more, global healthcare costs are skyrocketing and pre...

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Balance at Work: The Business Case for Health from 2014-09-10T07:00

The buzz: Balance. Whether you call it work-life balance or integration, some days it seems impossible. How can you be calm, centered, productive, happy amid 24/7 work distractions and deadlines, f...

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Up Skilling for Marketing in the Cloud: Are You Ready? Part 2 from 2014-09-03T07:00

The buzz: Cloud and Marketing. Breaking news! The cloud brings one of the biggest opportunities for the future of marketing. But it comes with big challenges. Have you begun developing a digital m...

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Fighting Fraud: Predictive Technology to the Rescue? Part 3 from 2014-08-27T07:00

The buzz: Fraud. As hard as you work to implement effective anti-fraud processes, voracious and savvy fraudsters are working even harder, and perhaps smarter, to thwart you. Good news! Predictive a...

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Analytics in Insurance: Dinosaur or Dynamo? Part 3 from 2014-08-20T07:00

Today’s buzz: Insurance. Along its paper-to-digital journey, the insurance industry has attained sophistication in the use of some analytics tools. But the industry overall is still a laggard when ...

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Grow Your SME Business: Smart Tips for Entrepreneurs – Part 2 from 2014-08-13T07:00

The buzz: SMEs. If you’re the entrepreneurial founder or leader of a small-to-midsize company, your commitment is tested daily. After engaging investors and building a core team, your challenges c...

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Special Encore Presentation: Frictionless Customer Experience: War Stories from the Trenches from 2014-08-06T07:00

Today’s buzz: Customer experience. Is technology the magic bullet to help you give customers everything they want and more – and thus ensure their loyalty? Not quite. Technology can indeed give you...

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Unleashing Unlimited Human Potential from 2014-07-30T07:00

Today’s buzz: Potential Is your company still operating by Industrial Era standardization, predictability, top-down authority? Enough! Progressive organizations are using a connected, collaborative...

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Future of Make for Me: The Luxury of Customer Centricity – Part 2 from 2014-07-23T07:00

Today’s buzz: You - again! Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, 1849). Early-days “Make for Me” industrialization was humming along until Henry Ford car-jacked it ...

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Industrial Internet: Real-Time to Grow Your Business – Part 2 from 2014-07-16T07:00

The buzz: 4th Industrial Revolution. Welcome to the Age of the Smart Factory, where a new generation of systems delivers real-time awareness and dynamic interactions among machines, systems, assets...

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Mentoring Done Right: Everybody Wins! – Part 2 from 2014-07-09T07:00

The buzz: Mentoring. Basic mentoring involves a more experienced or knowledgeable person guiding someone less experienced or knowledgeable for personal or professional development. Time for a pop q...

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Frictionless Customer Experience: War Stories from the Trenches from 2014-07-02T07:00

Today’s buzz: Customer experience. Is technology the magic bullet to help you give customers everything they want and more – and thus ensure their loyalty? Not quite. Technology can indeed give you...

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Future of Business: Changing the Game through Simplification from 2014-06-25T07:00

Today’s buzz: Simplification. Complexity is intensifying for businesses, communities and us as individuals. Is this what we really want or need? If the complexity trend perpetuates in established c...

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Critical Thinking Part 2: To Tell the Truth from 2014-06-18T07:00

The buzz: Thinking. Increasingly, in-demand jobs require proficiency in critical thinking. Without it, how can a company validate the information it uses for decision making? Think about it. The e...

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Social and Content Marketing - Part 2: Relishing Relevance from 2014-06-11T07:00

Today’s buzz: Marketing. We’re all bombarded by a never-ending deluge of marketing content that rarely works its intended magic. If you're among the thousands of marketing writers spewing the reams...

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Fighting Fraud: Predictive Technology to the Rescue – Part 2 from 2014-06-04T07:00

The buzz: Fraud. As hard as you try to implement effective anti-fraud processes and tools, fraudsters work harder. Take heart! Predictive analytics technology can help you understand emerging fraud...

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Manufacturing Trends: Automation in Overdrive – Part 2 from 2014-05-28T07:00

The buzz: Manufacturing. Manufacturers are pushing automated processes into overdrive to survive in the global marketplace. As this evolution spawns new jobs demanding specialized skills best perfo...

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Gamification: Serious Business – Part 2 from 2014-05-21T07:00

The buzz: Game on! Games are an integral part of all societies. A formalized expression of play, games carry the ideas and behaviors of a culture through time to future generations (Wikipedia.org)....

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Growing Your Small-to-Midsize Business: Challenges and Strategies from 2014-05-14T07:00

Today’s buzz: SMEs. If you’re the entrepreneurial founder or leader of a small-to-midsize company, you likely face challenges that test your commitment every day. Once you get past grappling with...

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Data Deluge: Customer Insight Challenges and Opportunities. from 2014-05-07T07:00

Today’s buzz: Data overwhelm. What’s the big deal about big data when it comes to marketing your products and services? Successful marketing hinges on gaining insight from the mountains of data you...

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Fakes, Frauds, Scams: Whos Winning? Part 2 from 2014-04-30T07:00

Today’s buzz: Fraud. With today’s sophisticated detection and prevention technology, you’d hope we’d be able to stop the bad guys from stealing our money and identities, cheating companies and con...

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Mobile BI: Location, Location, Location from 2014-04-23T07:00

The buzz: Mobile BI. Mobile BI is quickly becoming mainstream, with a majority of organizations considering it “critical” or “very important,” particularly in smaller organizations, in the Retail s...

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Mentoring Done Right: Everybody Wins! from 2014-04-16T07:00

The buzz: Mentoring. Mentoring at its most basic involves a more experienced or knowledgeable person helping to guide someone less experienced or knowledgeable for personal and/or professional deve...

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Gamification: Filling the Customer Expectation vs Sales Gap from 2014-04-09T07:00

The buzz: Game on! We’ve always been drawn to games in our leisure time, from Senet (Egypt), Mahjong (China), dice (Iran, India) to Monopoly (US), and videogames. But while we were having fun, gami...

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Industrial Internet: Real Time Capabilities to Grow Your Business from 2014-04-02T07:00

Today’s buzz: Industry 4.0. It’s 2014 and we’re witnessing the rise of the Industrial Internet and orchestrated manufacturing. This Age of the Smart Factory brings a new generation of systems deliv...

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Enterprise Mobility for Dummies: You Can Run But You Cant Hide, Part 2 from 2014-03-26T07:00

Today’s buzz: Mobility. Welcome to the Mobile 2.0 world. Enterprise mobility is moving at triple-Internet speed. Adoption of BYOD and enterprise-wide B2E, B2B and C2B is disrupting traditional comp...

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Critical Thinking: Path to True Business Intelligence? from 2014-03-19T07:00

Today’s buzz: Thinking. According to “The 10 Skills That Will Get You Hired In 2013” (Forbes.com, Dec. 10, 2012), the top four skills required for 9 of the top 10 most in-demand jobs were critical ...

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Social and Content Marketing: Why Is Less More? from 2014-03-12T07:00

Today’s buzz: Marketing. We’re all bombarded daily by a deluge of content. Some works its intended magic; most fails with a splat or simply vaporizes. If you’re among the legions of writers (or a m...

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Project Teams: New Roadmap for Success from 2014-03-05T08:00

The buzz: Project teams. When it comes to technology implementation roll-outs, achieving success demands astutely aligning your time, money and people with corporate objectives. The bottom line: I...

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Businesss New Role in Education: Creating Shared Value from 2014-02-26T08:00

Today’s buzz: Shared value in education. What if your company could deliver shareholder returns while simultaneously helping to solve our global education crisis, and better prepare the workforce f...

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A Cloud State of Mind: Predictions 2014 from 2014-02-19T08:00

Today’s buzz: Cloud. The IT industry is in a state of flux, with its traditional approaches heavily impacted by disruptive technologies. Cloud computing tops that list. Want to know more? Hear what...

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Cloud Scapes 2014: Perfect Storm? from 2014-02-12T08:00

The buzz: Cloud. Three technology visionaries meet to gaze into the cloud. What do their expert eyes see? Jeff Kaplan, THINKstrategies: “In my view, the cloud computing marketplace will change rap...

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Social Media Compliance: Time for Regulation? from 2014-02-05T08:00

The buzz: Social regulation? Social media has given customers a powerful voice that can make or break your brand reputation in a virtual heartbeat. If you’ve suffered their slings and arrows, did y...

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Social Customer Engagement: How Does Your Company Score? from 2014-01-29T08:00

The buzz: Social. Have your company’s social engagement tools and practices evolved to meet the demands of today’s digitally-empowered, brand-controlling customers – or are you stalled, stumbling, ...

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Game Changers 2014 Predictions Part 3 from 2014-01-22T08:00

Looking for a crystal ball to help you predict what 2014 may bring for your business, your industry, your marketplace? We’ve got the next best thing – dozens of expert insights into the technologie...

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Tech Donations Transforming NGOs and NPOs Part 2 from 2014-01-15T08:00

Today’s buzz: Donations. Businesses are pressured to do the right thing via donations, especially at year-end. Giving feels good. It could feel even better all year long if your company expands its...

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GameChangers 2014 Predictions Part 2 from 2014-01-08T08:00

Looking for a crystal ball to help you predict what 2014 may bring for your business? We’ve got the next best thing – more than 40 thought leaders sharing their expert insights into the technologie...

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Special Encore Presentation: Tech Donations: Transforming NGOs&NPOs – Part 1 from 2013-12-25T08:00

Today’s buzz: Giving. Your company is continually pressured to help locals less fortunate via cash, clothing, food, toys donations. Giving is good, right? What if you expand that generosity worldwi...

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Game-Changers 2014 Predictions – Part 1 from 2013-12-18T08:00

What’s on your wish list this holiday season? If it’s a crystal ball to help you predict what 2014 may bring for your business, we’ve got the next best thing – more than 40 thought leaders sharing ...

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Enterprise Mobility for Dummies: You can run but you can't hide from 2013-12-11T08:00

Today’s buzz: Mobility. Welcome to the Mobile 2.0 world. Enterprise mobility is moving at triple-Internet speed. Adoption of BYOD and enterprise-wide B2E, B2B and C2B is disrupting traditional comp...

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Tech Donations: Transforming NGOs&NPOs – Part 1 from 2013-12-04T08:00

Today’s buzz: Giving. Your company is continually pressured to help locals less fortunate via cash, clothing, food, toys donations. Giving is good, right? What if you expand that generosity worldwi...

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Special Encore Presentation: Sports Go High-Tech: Score! from 2013-11-27T08:00

Today’s buzz: Sports. Whether you play sports or just watch, you may already be seeing the impact of an exciting new ‘player’ on the court, the field, the track, the pool, the television. Its name ...

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Banking Fraud: Can Technology Outsmart the Bad Guys? – Part 2 from 2013-11-20T08:00

Today’s buzz: Banking fraud. They’re smart, they’re creative, and they’re determined to make your money their money. They succeed using a recipe of new technology and old-fashioned chutzpah. Our c...

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The Digital Insurer: Customer Centricity Trends – Part 2 from 2013-11-13T08:00

Today’s buzz: Insurance. The insurance industry is on a paper-to-digital journey that will affect every aspect of its business – especially the customer experience. Really? We can only hope they’ll...

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The New CFO Agenda: Tying Predictive Analytics to Financial Performance – Part 2 from 2013-11-06T08:00

Today’s buzz: Predictive. IBM’s Watson beat Mensa on Jeopardy. Target knows your family. Match.com picks mates. How are they so smart? The experts speak. John Elder, Elder Research: “Humans and m...

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Best-Run Cities: Urban Matters – Part 2 from 2013-10-30T07:00

Today’s buzz: The city. Your city is a complex vital entity with the power to impact your local quality of life as well as national and global economies. How is your city running? Is innovation pa...

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Compliance: Focus on Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption – Part 2 from 2013-10-23T07:00

Today’s buzz: Bribery and corruption are alive and well. The global economy continues to bring great opportunities and great risks. Wherever you do business, do you have measures in place to detect...

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Corporate Responsibility: Nice or Must Have? – Part 2 from 2013-10-16T07:00

Today’s buzz: Corporate responsibility (CR). How’s yours? William Newman, Newport Consulting: “Disney’s decision to pull out of Bangladesh based on the government’s slow response to the building c...

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Sports Go High-Tech: Score! from 2013-10-09T07:00

Today’s buzz: Sports. Whether you play sports or just watch, you may already be seeing the impact of an exciting new ‘player’ on the court, the field, the track, the pool, the television. Its name ...

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Caregiving Goes High-Tech: Benefits, Challenges, Wish List from 2013-10-02T07:00

Today’s buzz: Caregivers. In April, we discussed how technology is being developed to help 65 million U.S. caregivers, and others around the world, who provide weekly care to the ill, disabled and ...

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Manufacturing Survival: Idea to Performance from 2013-09-25T07:00

Today’s buzz: Manufacturing. Reality check: manufacturers must adapt or die. Survival means automating your shop floor, deploying M2M technology, leveraging Big Data. What else? What is government’...

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Equipped to Compete: Tech-Powered SMEs from 2013-09-18T07:00

Today’s buzz: SMEs. A recent Oxford Economics study of 2,100 small to mid-size enterprises in 21 countries found that those leveraging technology to boost innovation, strengthen customer relationsh...

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Engaging Your Customer: New Recipe for A Long Marriage from 2013-09-11T07:00

The buzz: CRM. Has your company’s CRM evolved to keep up with today’s digitally-empowered, brand-controlling customers – or is it stuck in vanilla call-center mode? If the latter, wake up! Your aud...

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The Internet of Things and You from 2013-09-04T07:00

The buzz: Things. Your POV on The Internet of Things and M2M (machine to machine) technology: Real or vapor? Now or futuristic? Listen up! Companies that fail to implement M2M will fall behind thei...

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Fashion Retailer Alert: Delight Millennials or Die! – Part 2 from 2013-08-28T07:00

The buzz: Millennials are here. Retailers, watch out. Tom Julian, Doneger Group: “A celeb today has more impact and influence as a player in fashion and the retailer than an award-winning young des...

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Fashion Retailer Alert: Delight Millennials or Die! – Part 1 from 2013-08-21T07:00

The buzz: Millennials are here. Retailers, watch out. Tom Julian, Doneger Group: “Millennials have become the most racially diverse, most educated, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat generation to da...

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Board and Workforce Diversity: Enterprise Risks, Opportunities, Rewards from 2013-08-14T07:00

Today’s buzz: Diversity. Inclusion now covers race, age, gender, religion, impairments, skills, viewpoints and more. How will it benefit your company? The experts speak. Paul Albert, Albert Investm...

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The Digital Insurer: Opportunities with Customer Centricity Trends from 2013-08-07T07:00

Today’s buzz: Insurance industry. Do you gnash your teeth every time you deal with insurers? Do they even know the meaning of ‘customer experience’? The experts speak. Mark Breading, Strategy Meets...

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Corporate Evolution: Investing in Analytics from 2013-07-31T07:00

Today’s buzz: Corporate innovation. How often are your organization’s decision-makers really right? If not often enough, and their typical excuses wag a finger at your data – too much, too fast, to...

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The New CMO in the Age of Customer Experience from 2013-07-24T07:00

Today’s buzz: CMO. Who’s calling your marketing shots today – your MBA’ed CMO or hyper-vocal/social/mobile customers? A pop quiz to help you answer. Is your CMO (a) listening and responding to soci...

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Start-Up Insider: From What-if to Wow! from 2013-07-17T07:00

Today’s buzz: Technology startups. Some entrepreneurs soar to success right from the get-go. How? They simply deliver something the world really needs - and they do it uniquely well. Our in-the-tre...

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Banking Fraud: Can Technology Outsmart the Bad Guys? from 2013-07-10T07:00

Today’s buzz: Banking fraud. Show me the money! Earlier this year, a band of “cashiers” swiped prepaid debit cards at ATMs in NY City and 25 countries – and made off with $45 million in cash. The p...

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Special Encore Presentation: People Who Need People: Caregiving Goes Social and Mobile from 2013-07-03T07:00

Reality check: Health matters. More than your job, social status, money, car, house. But health is elusive. So much so that 65 million U.S. caregivers provide weekly care to the ill, disabled, aged...

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Mobility Enablement: Getting Personal with Your Customer from 2013-06-26T07:00

Today’s buzz: Mobility. The world loves mobile devices. One could say wireless is the new de rigeur accessory for every hat you wear: business, consumer, personal. Your company can’t fight this tre...

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IT Professional Brain: Secret Sauce for Success from 2013-06-19T07:00

Today’s buzz: The IT Brain. Whoosh! Faster benchmarks. Hybrid cloud computing. Big Data. Analytics for the whole company. Wait a sec. Even the most exciting new technology is doomed to fail unless ...

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HR on Alert: Leadership in the Headlights Part 2 from 2013-06-12T07:00

Today’s buzz: HR. Talent, talent everywhere, yet so many candidates still can’t find a job. With droves of companies expanding their geographic footprint, the ongoing skills vs. talent paradox meri...

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Power to the Patient: Medical Info Goes Mobile from 2013-06-05T07:00

Today’s buzz: Your health. When choosing a physician, hospital, insurance plan, or treatment, you must be a smart consumer. This means having the right information whenever, wherever, however you ...

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In-memory for SMEs: Real Possibilities from 2013-05-29T07:00

Today’s buzz: SMEs - small and medium enterprises. Does size matter when it comes to data management? Besides an SME’s smaller budget and resources, their challenges are similar to larger compani...

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How Smart is BI Without a Strategy? – Part 4 from 2013-05-22T07:00

Today’s buzz: “BI” – business intelligence. Oxymoron or game-changer? Can BI really enable your company to be smarter, respond to global market forces with true agility, and ultimately leap tall co...

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Tony Kueh from 2013-05-16T19:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Steve White from 2013-05-16T18:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Sheryl Kingstone from 2013-05-16T17:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Ray Wang from 2013-05-16T16:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Natalie Petahoff from 2013-05-16T15:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Jorge Garcia from 2013-05-16T14:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Henry Morris from 2013-05-16T13:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Fredrik Tunvall from 2013-05-16T12:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Dr. Peter Graf from 2013-05-16T11:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Darren Bibby from 2013-05-16T10:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Brian Sommer from 2013-05-16T09:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Axel Zimmerman from 2013-05-16T08:00

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Corporate Responsibility: Nice To Have vs. Must Have? from 2013-05-15T07:00

Today’s buzz: Corporate responsibility. How does your company score on a scale of 1-10 on at-home and global citizenship ethics and practices? Bottom line: do staff, customers and stakeholders cons...

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Volker Hildebrand from 2013-05-14T23:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Stuart Williams from 2013-05-14T22:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Scott Golden 2 from 2013-05-14T21:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Scott Golden 1 from 2013-05-14T20:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Michael Krigsman from 2013-05-14T19:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Maribel Lopez from 2013-05-14T18:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Margaret Goldberg from 2013-05-14T17:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Leonardo DeAraujo from 2013-05-14T16:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Jonathan Hawn from 2013-05-14T15:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Jamie Anderson from 2013-05-14T14:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Jack Gold from 2013-05-14T13:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Evan Quinn from 2013-05-14T12:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Cindi Howson from 2013-05-14T11:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Alan Bonde from 2013-05-14T10:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Abdul Jackson from 2013-05-14T09:00

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SAPGameChangersRadio from SAPPHIRE Orlando: Bill Newman from 2013-05-14T08:00

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Your Call Center and CRM: The Face Your Customer Sees First from 2013-05-08T07:00

Today’s buzz: Who’s minding your call center right now? You’d better know who. Because they alone are responsible for the instant opinion a caller forms about your entire company. Are your agents g...

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The Next Generation: Social and Business from 2013-05-01T07:00

Social and business. Will this marriage last? The experts speak. Prof. Jerry Kane: “We're only at the beginning of the revolution ushered in by and through social, mobile, and digital technologies...

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People Who Need People: Caregiving Goes Social and Mobile from 2013-04-24T07:00

Reality check: Health matters. More than your job, social status, money, car, house. But health is elusive. So much so that 65 million U.S. caregivers provide weekly care to the ill, disabled, aged...

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Defying Gravity: SMEs Go Global from 2013-04-17T07:00

Today’s buzz: Should we pin our hopes for a vibrant global economy, sustainable innovation and job creation on high growth entrepreneurs aka small and midsized enterprises (SMEs)? The experts speak...

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Business on Speed: Real-Time Insights and Execution from 2013-04-10T07:00

Big Data dominates the business conversation. Of its “3 V” attributes – Volume, Variety, Velocity – the third is grabbing the spotlight. Bottom line: Are you getting answers fast enough to support ...

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Debunking Big Data Myths: the Elephant in the Room from 2013-04-03T07:00

Dizzy from all the hype around Small vs. Big Data, big picture vs. exact insights, real-time vs. right-time answers, and more? The experts speak. Evan Quinn, ESG Global: “We're entering a new world...

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Business Networks: More Than Social from 2013-03-27T07:00

Business networks. You connect with people you know, want to know, should know on social networks. Should your company join, too? Tim Minahan: “Online social networking tools have transformed our ...

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Airline Turnaround: Blue Skies Ahead? from 2013-03-20T07:00

Today’s buzz: Airlines. New technologies are game-changing the data-intensive aviation industry – optimizing internal processes, sharpening competitive differentiation, innovating the customer expe...

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Best-Run Cities: Urban Matters from 2013-03-13T07:00

Today’s buzz: The city. More than just your snail-mail address, the city is a vital entity with the power to impact local quality of life as well as national and global economies. How’s your city r...

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M2M: Mmm, Connectivity Never Tasted So Good from 2013-03-06T08:00

M2M. Machines connected and talking to each other. By 2018, nearly everyone, everything, everywhere will be connected real time, affecting how we innovate, collaborate, produce, govern, and achieve...

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“Precision Retail: What’ve You Done for Your Customer Lately?” from 2013-02-27T08:00

Customer experience. Have you figured out what each of your customers really, really wants? If yes, have you designed a personalized, easy, conversational experience they won’t perceive as intrusiv...

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Mobility Enablement: Internet Coming to Your Fridge Soon? from 2013-02-20T08:00

Mobility is becoming ubiquitous. Exactly as planned. Some burning questions: Will the iPad Mini deliver anything new for business? Where does the BYOD (bring your own device... to work) trend end? ...

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HR on Alert: Talent vs. Skills Paradox from 2013-02-13T08:00

Talent, talent everywhere, but they can’t find jobs. What is HR doing about it? The experts speak. Dr. Katherine Jones: “Businesses of all sizes have struggled to shift their resources toward growt...

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Workforce Analytics: Real People, Real Numbers from 2013-02-06T08:00

People vs. numbers. Which should matter more to your business success? The experts speak. Greta Roberts: “Numbers are the language of business. If employees want to be valued, they need to be measu...

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Going Glocal: Mastering Multi-Country HR from 2013-01-30T08:00

Glocalization. Does this “portmanteau of globalization and localization” (Wikipedia) describe your company’s growth? If yes, the dichotomy will challenge your HR team as they try to manage a mobile...

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Fraud Risk Management: Who, why, what, where, when and HOW? from 2013-01-23T08:00

Fraud. It’s 2013. Surely by now we’ve figured out how to catch the bad guys and gals. “Not”, say our experts: Jonathan Middup: “Corporate fraud is most often a product of good people in bad circu...

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Big Data Power 2013: Fast, Faster and Wow! from 2013-01-16T10:00

CRM 2013: Remember me?If you thought your customers were very demanding in 2012, wake up and smell the coffee in 2013! Is your sales team skilled enough in the art and budding-science of social mon...

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CRM 2013: Remember Me? from 2013-01-16T09:00

CRM 2013: Remember me?If you thought your customers were very demanding in 2012, wake up and smell the coffee in 2013! Is your sales team skilled enough in the art and budding-science of social mon...

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Corporate Social Responsibility: Tell the Truth! from 2013-01-09T08:00

Truth time! On a scale of 1 to 10, rate your corporate social responsibility program. If it’s below 5 (you know who you are), our experts may inspire you to raise the bar in 2013. Daniel Elliott: ...

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Social Media IQ: How Smart Is Your Company? from 2013-01-02T08:00

Your company’s Social Media IQ. Do you know the score? If you haven’t checked recently, or it’s embarrassingly low, do something now – yes, this second day of 2013. Why? Because in the time it tak...

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Game-Changers 2013 Predictions Part 2 from 2012-12-26T08:00

Although 2012 holiday gift-giving is officially over, we’ve got another present for you: Game-Changers 2013 Predictions – Part 2. Yes, more than a dozen thought leaders (guests on previous Coffee B...

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Game-Changers 2013 Predictions from 2012-12-19T08:00

What’s on your holiday business wish list this year? If it’s a crystal ball to help you predict what 2013 will bring for your company, we’ve got the next best thing. Today and next week, more than ...

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Social Entrepreneurship: The Power of Small from 2012-12-12T08:00

Social entrepreneurship. Yes, good things do come in small packages. The experts speak. Alexandra van der Ploeg: “Donating money is easy, volunteering in the traditional sense is easy, but is it e...

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Banks’ Big Data Risks: Analytics to the Rescue from 2012-12-05T08:00

Banks and big data. Risky business, according to our experts. Simon Paris: “As reported more or less daily, banks continue to face multiple risk and compliance challenges – are they not willing or...

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Corporate Banking: Show Me the Money from 2012-11-28T08:00

Corporate banking. If your treasury department is in a stranglehold with your bank, you’re not alone. Richard Walker: “For commercial banks, the imperative is on improving customer experience and...

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All About the UI: Technology without the gory details from 2012-11-21T08:00

UI (user interface) is king. Why? If software UI is not beautiful, easy, intuitive – and fun – even the most brilliant engineers and designers will fail to please their intended business or consume...

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Charge! Driving Global Electro-mobility from 2012-11-14T08:00

Charge! If you’re a greenie eying an EV (electric vehicle) as your next car, there’s a lot to consider: battery pack size, driving range of plug-in hybrids like C-Max Energi or Volt vs. all-electri...

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Selling: Art or Science, Negotiation or Persuasion? from 2012-11-07T08:00

Selling. Today’s savvy salesperson must combine many skills: a gatherer-analyst of customer and competitor data; social business guru; collaboration champion; and much more. Our experts speak. Bar...

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Changing Role of the CIO: The I’s Have It from 2012-10-31T07:00

What’s in a name? Plenty, for today’s CIO. Why? The role is changing so much, so often that it’s hard to know what the “I” means at any time. The experts speak. Steve Romero: “Calls for the ‘new C...

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Future of Education: Teaching Our Kids to Think! from 2012-10-24T07:00

Education. How do we equip our kids to succeed in a tech-driven world? Kim Jones/ Curriki: Textbooks are becoming as obsolete as the rotary dial phone Kim Saxe/Nueva School: “The Internet and tech...

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Subsidiaries: Curing Chaos at the Family Dinner Table from 2012-10-17T07:00

Subsidiaries. Straight path to market expansion or potentially tangled ecosystem? The experts speak. Steve King/Emergent Research: “For the first time in modern history, the developing world, not t...

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How Smart is BI without a Strategy? – Part 3 from 2012-10-10T07:00

Today’s buzz term: “BI” – business intelligence. Oxymoron? Or game-changer that can make your company smarter, more agile, able to leap over tall competitors in a single bound? Continuing our Apr. ...

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Changing How You Work: Big Data, Social, and Mobile Collide and Converge from 2012-10-03T07:00

“Are you working hard or hardly working?” goes the old saying. Today, we’re seeing a massive shift in how people work due to the co-impact of big data, mobile, cloud, and social media. Are you fee...

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Special Encore Presentation: Rise of the Machines: Coming to a smart city near you from 2012-09-26T07:00

M2M. Rise of the machines. The promise of a world of connected devices, where machines of all types and sizes can autonomously communicate with each other. Don’t believe it’s a reality yet? Global...

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Building a Social Community: Tell Me a Story! from 2012-09-19T07:00

Social communities and storytelling. The connection? Ask the experts.Rachel Happe, The Community Roundtable: “Social communities leverage an increasingly expensive asset - people - by allowing them...

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Factory of the Future: Ready, Set, Now! – Part 2 from 2012-09-12T07:00

Factory of the past vs. the future. Does Charlie Chaplin’s struggling Little Tramp in the 1936 film “Modern Times” represent today’s factory worker and the shop floor scenario? No, according to ID...

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Right Time Experiences: The “Now!” factor of mobile from 2012-09-05T07:00

Right Time Experiences. Huge business potential for you, but mobile solutions require business insight, technical chops and strong design to get it right.

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Sweet and Sour of Investing - Part 2 from 2012-08-29T07:00

You’re a game-changer! You’ve created the new product or service of the millennium, but have no money to take it to market. Your best options: beg your FFF (family, friends, fools) circle, tap an ...

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The Future of Digital Marketing: Now! from 2012-08-22T07:00

Digital marketing. Your increasingly digitally-smart customers expect more from your website than being able to buy something. They’re demanding a relevant, personalized browsing experience with ne...

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Sales Transformation: From approved vendor to trusted advisor from 2012-08-15T07:00

Sales transformation. A catch phrase “for virtually every C-level executive in the race to find answers to questions about sales and earnings growth, positioning and differentiation; even survival,...

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Rise of the Machines: Coming to a smart city near you from 2012-08-08T07:00

M2M. Rise of the machines. The promise of a world of connected devices, where machines of all types and sizes can autonomously communicate with each other. Don’t believe it’s a reality yet? Global...

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Utilities: Shining the light on smart grid from 2012-08-01T07:00

Utilities. How “smart” are they about the smart meter data they can now read and its value to the consumer? Our experts weigh in. Roque Marinho: “With the smart meter being part of operations...uti...

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Retailers we love to love: Building brand loyalty from 2012-07-25T07:00

Retailers: We know it’s tougher than ever to turn customers into loyal evangelists for your brand. The experts say: Christine B. Whittemore: “The winners in retail today are retailers who understan...

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Open Government: Game-changer yet? from 2012-07-18T07:00

Open government. Transparency, participation, collaboration. Sounds good on paper, but is it a true game-changer yet? Our experts say: Dr. Natalie Helbig: “Opening government is a perfect storm, bu...

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Risky Business: Time for Governance from 2012-07-11T07:00

Risk. A fact of business life today. What is your company doing about it? Hear what our experts say. Dr. Parveen Gupta: “Today, nothing is more fundamental to business and more vexing to a company’...

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Special Encore Presentation: State of the Device: Consumerization of IT 2012 from 2012-07-04T07:00

Have your employees demanded a BYOD (bring your own device) policy yet? If not, the writing is on the wall – or on the tablet. Any day now, they’ll be bringing their iPhones and iPads to work. Is t...

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HR Analytics: How’s Your Human Capital Investment Paying Off? from 2012-06-27T07:00

Today’s the day! You’re hiring a well-vetted, steep-salary C-suite exec and you’re staffing a business-critical new department. Surely your HR folks gave you rock-solid validation for these particu...

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Retail Banks of the Future: For Customers, Not Bankers! from 2012-06-20T07:00

Bankers, listen up: It’s not about YOU anymore. Customers are demanding a hassle-free experience, convenience, faster transaction processing, fair fees. Gone are the days of luring them with a free...

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Enterprise Mobility: Faster, Please! from 2012-06-13T07:00

Enterprise mobility is an unstoppable force. By 2015, this game-changer could impact over 37% of the world’s workforce - about 1.3 billion people. And by that time, 50% of enterprise mobility appl...

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Multi-Cultural Marketing: Ready to Reach 50 Million Latinos? from 2012-06-06T07:00

Information is still king. But you’ll need a different mantra to capture the ear – and the wallets – of the vast Latino market. According to JeffreyGroup president Mike Valdés-Fauli, “Culture is k...

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State of the Device: Consumerization of IT 2012 from 2012-05-30T07:00

Have your employees demanded a BYOD (bring your own device) policy yet? If not, the writing is on the wall – or on the tablet. Any day now, they’ll be bringing their iPhones and iPads to work. Is...

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Subsidiaries: No, Virginia, the World Is Not Flat! from 2012-05-23T07:00

Ready to grow your company into a global brand? Good plan, says Emergent Research’s Steve King. “Almost 75% of global GDP growth over the next 10 years is expected to come from emerging market coun...

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College News: Going, going, mobile! from 2012-05-16T07:00

Like their grown-up counterparts, college newspapers are in trouble, says campusmediagroup.wordpress.com. “It’s now conventional wisdom that newspapers are dying, and the only debate left is when, ...

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SAP Game Changers Radio from SAPPHIRE Now 2012 from 2012-05-14T07:00

Through the magic of remote radio production, SAP Radio producer / host Bonnie D. Graham interviewed more two dozen attendees at SAP’s Sapphire Now 2012 for this special edition of “Coffee Break wi...

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Part 2: How Smart Is BI Without A Strategy? from 2012-05-09T07:00

On April 4, we explored whether business intelligence, aka “BI”, is an oxymoron or a way to make companies genuinely smarter. Today our experts take a deeper dive into why even the best technical i...

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Great Customer Service: Is Your Call Center Missing the Obvious? from 2012-05-02T07:00

Put on your consumer hat for a minute. Does your personal favorite customer service horror story end with how easily the offending company could have made your experience a dream, instead of a nigh...

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Mobile Government? Yes! Trends and Realities from 2012-04-25T07:00

We’re spoiled! We’re so accustomed to getting real-time/right-time personal and business information via mobile devices and apps that we now expect similar responsiveness from the public sector. Co...

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Sweet and Sour of Investing: Do’s and don’ts of making the deal from 2012-04-18T07:00

Wow! You’ve got an amazing idea for the game-changing new product of the century. But no money to bring it to market. What to do? Start by begging for seed money from your FFF circle (family, frien...

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How Smart Is BI Without A Strategy? from 2012-04-04T07:00

Pop quiz: Business intelligence aka “BI”. (A) Alphabet soup? (B) Oxymoron? (C) Secret weapon that instantly makes your company smarter? Answer: C, but it’s not that simple, says analyst Josh Greenb...

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Mobility Goes to the Mall, the Hotel, the Airport… from 2012-03-28T07:00

The mobile world isn’t coming; it’s already here. It’s a fact of business your company has to deal with, and a serious game you’d better play to win. That means getting the right information in the...

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Love Thy Customer: What have you done for them lately? from 2012-03-21T07:00

“Demanding, vocal, impatient, and always right.” If this describes your customers, are you tempted to just give up and find new ones? Don’t do it, cautions Becky Carroll, author of The Hidden Powe...

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Smart Grid: Survival Tactics for Utility Companies from 2012-03-14T07:00

Utilities. We only think about them when we flip a switch and the power doesn’t come on – right? But utilities are businesses that must play to win in a competitive global arena with infrastructure...

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Game-Changing Innovation: One Bit at a Time from 2012-03-07T08:00

“Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best.” This classic children’s nursery rhyme should be a grown-up mantra for every company today. Either do it b...

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21st Century CIO Makeover: The Reveal from 2012-02-29T08:00

Tech leaders with a traditional “CIO” title face increasing pressure to change with the times. Why? According to Asuret’s Michael Krigsman, “In the old days of corporate technology, experts guarded...

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Business Intelligence Goes on The Road from 2012-02-22T08:00

“Show me the money”, the iconic phrase from the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, still resonates in business and pop culture more than 15 years later. But before a company can see the money, they need to d...

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A Valentine’s Day Post-Mortem: Are you a retailer we love to love? from 2012-02-15T08:00

Valentine’s Day: Love it if you receive “the perfect gift”. Hate it if you don’t know what gift to give or where to find it. If you’re the latter, it’s not all your fault, says Adrian Drury at O...

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21st Century Tech Leaders: What’s In A Name? from 2012-02-08T08:00

What’s in a name? Plenty, for today’s ‘CIO’. Given this tech leader’s dynamically evolving role, their “I” stripe could be earned for bravery as an astute Integrator, game-changing Innovator, Infr...

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Subsidiaries: Smart Game-Changer or Global-Size Headache? from 2012-02-01T08:00

Ready to grow your company through global expansion? Smart strategy, according to Emergent Research’s Steve King. “Almost three quarters of global GDP growth over the next 10 years is expected to c...

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Get the Customer Experience Edge: Ten Ways to Wow ‘Em from 2012-01-25T08:00

Whether you’re a start-up or a seasoned company, you’re facing the hard facts of today’s customer experience: it’s a perpetual-motion target and it’s your new competitive battleground. Given these ...

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Avoiding Social Media Blunders: Don’t Let This Happen to Your Company! from 2012-01-18T08:00

According to Jen McClure at Thomson Reuters, “In just a few short years, social media has evolved from being considered a fad, to a disruptive force, to a powerful new set of business tools that ar...

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Customer Experience Edge: Your New Competition from 2012-01-11T08:00

With social media and smartphones fueling consumers’ expectations and enabling them to impact your brand, the customer experience is now your competitive battleground. Everyone has a customer exper...

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Era of the Entrepreneur: Small Business as Economic Game-Changer from 2012-01-04T08:00

There’s a global financial crisis, and struggling companies are reducing staff, or worse, shuttering doors. If you’re out of a job, you’d be out of your mind to consider starting a business today. ...

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A Year-End Special: 2012 Game-Changer Predictions from 2011-12-28T08:00

Your holiday gifts may already be unwrapped, but we’ve got more surprises for you. Ten former guests will predict the exciting game-changer technologies that could transform, disrupt and shake up y...

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Future of CRM: Know Thy Customer, Know Thy Profit from 2011-12-21T08:00

Some things never change. “The customer is always right”, a slogan associated with Marshall Field’s department store in the late 19th century, and attributed earlier to French hotelier César Ritz, ...

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Mobility Still A Puzzle? There’s A Dummies Book for That! from 2011-12-14T08:00

In our unwired world of business, millions of mobile devices connect the boardroom to the shop floor to the consumer across the entire supply chain. These laptops, tablet and smart phones – which a...

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Keeping It Real: Real-Time Data Analytics from 2011-12-07T08:00

Imagine such fast access to all of your data - even field-fresh information less than a minute old - that when you ask a question, you get an informed answer in milliseconds! Not minutes, hours or ...

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Information Is King...But Who’s The Governor? from 2011-11-30T08:00

Whoosh! That’s the sound of data flying in and out of your company. Information today is indeed king. But if you’re not governing data flow and handling with solid policies and processes, you’re mi...

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Mobility Goes Home for the Holiday from 2011-11-23T08:00

In our Era of Pervasive Mobility, most of us take the benefits of smart phones and tablet devices for granted. But it wasn’t so long ago that we didn’t have on-the-go connectivity to people, inform...

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Is your head in the cloud yet? – Part 2 from 2011-11-16T08:00

Our Nov. 2 Breakfast with Game-Changers weather forecast predicted prevailing clouds disrupting business-as-usual in a good way far into the future, with bright stars lighting the cloud-filled skie...

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Does Your Company Have A ‘Social’ Life? from 2011-11-09T08:00

Facebook this. Tweet that. Blog something. LIKE this. FOLLOW that. Social media. Social networking. Social business. Whatever you call it, it’s here to stay. And it’s moved from the domain of y-/i-...

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Is your head in the cloud yet? from 2011-11-02T07:00

You’ve heard the buzz and hype about ‘the cloud’, but do you know what it can do for you and your business? While Sand Hill Group’s research saw a dramatic leap in cloud computing adoption in Q4-2...

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Fresh data when you need it: Ready for real-time business? from 2011-10-26T07:00

On last week’s Big Data program, we discussed how today’s massive data volume, velocity and variety are challenging the creative coping skills of companies around the world. Now we’ll examine how t...

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Gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes, zettabytes: What’s up with Big Data? from 2011-10-19T07:00

Big Data. The world of Three V’s. Gartner describes “big data” as a three-dimensional data growth model: Volume of data; Velocity or speed of data in/out; and Variety of data types and sources. W...

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The “i” Generation: Taking Your Company Data Mobile! from 2011-10-12T07:00

Look what’s walking in your door this morning with your employees: their ipads, ipods, iphones! Why? Because their on-the-go lifestyle requires continuous personal and work connectivity. But at the...

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Breakfast with Game-Changers presented by SAP from 2011-10-05T07:00

Wondering who today’s business innovators are and what’s on their plate that can change the way YOU do business next? Pour a fresh cup of your favorite breakfast beverage and join our expert panel...

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