Research and Thought Leadership
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Latest Blog Posts
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Digital innovation transcends roles, requires unique skills mashup
Just over a year ago, I pre-ordered “stickers” that serve as location beacons. After a few delays, I received them in the mail yesterday along with a[…]
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Data, Analytics, & Algorithms: Bedrocks of Future Organizations
Billions of decisions are being made in organizations as you’re reading this blog post; Strategic decisions. Hiring decisions. Purchasing decisions.[…]
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Beware the danger of false precision and over expectations
We are living in an era of of titanic shifts; an era where significant changes happen in comparatively short amounts of time. 10 years ago,[…]
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Updated thoughts / probabilities of SFDC acquisition $CRM
(Note: This is 100% pure speculation and is based on only publicly available insider information)
Upon initial rumors, I shared some brief thoughts[…]
Featured Posts
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Rich Communication and its Impact on the Enterprise
The year was 1996.
I had just signed up for Hotmail – a free email service. I had recently been introduced to email – something I rarely used, but[…]
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Geppetto 2.0: Democratizing the ability to bring things to life
One of the most recognizable stories on the planet, and certainly in Italian history, is the story of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It is one of the[…]
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What Business Are You In? Are you sure?
As we draw towards the close of 2014 and look ahead to a new year, it’s a time of reflection, evaluation, and goal setting for many people.[…]
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Considering New Mandates for IT leadership #CIO
This week, I a appeared as a guest on the Intel Transform IT show. The host, Charles Araujo is the CEO of the IT Transformation Institute, and author[…]
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The circus known as Dreamforce and the company behind it: A 2014 Retrospective
Over 150,000 registrants, 5,000,000 online streaming views, and well over 1,000,000 meals to help feed the hungry. The stage(s) featured execs from[…]
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What every business can learn from financial markets
The world is being connected; People, roads, railroads, appliances, cars, televisions, light bulbs, clothing, shoes, city streets, and just about[…]
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Speed Kills
Speed Kills.
These words are most often attributed to the late, great owner of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis. The game of football has evolved[…]
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What midsize enterprises can learn from baseball’s small market teams on Opening Day 2014
Welcome to Major League Baseball’s Opening Day 2014!
You don’t care, but I root for two teams: The Dodgers, and the Angels (except when they’re[…]
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Technology innovation creating complex leadership dilemmas
Wearables. Augmented reality. Robotics. Artificial Intelligence. Predictive Analytics. Deep Learning. Genome mapping.
The growth of technological[…]
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Critical Lessons: NFL focuses on a better customer experience – Next Gen marketing on display
I love the game of football. I’ve referenced parallels and correlations between football and business here and here and here, to name a few.
Two of[…]
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The Anatomy of Growth: Five pillars to fuel dynamic growth in your organization
Running a successful business is hard. According to a recent survey, 59% of small business owners believe that it’s actually harder to do business[…]
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How the Digitization of Everything is forcing CMOs and CIOs to evolve
We’ve talked in the first two posts about how the digitization of everything is disrupting marketing and changing the face of commerce. Organizations[…]