Everyone has personal biases to some degree, and they are deeply embedded. For example, some people in a project group may quickly conclude that a colleague who is a frequent party goer is considered a low productivity team member. Any employee of the company who takes more vacation time than the other may be perceived …
The Time I Almost Let Bias Remove a Star Performer from my Team Read More »
During a recent business networking reception in Chicago, I met Charles, an old friend of mine. A few weeks back, he was a senior executive of an IT company focused on hospitality solutions in the Midwest. Over a glass of wine, he shared that his company CEO was making changes in the executive management team …
Ask your friends, colleagues, and business leaders to define digital transformation. You will get different and sometimes conflicting definitions of what it is. The fact is that digital transformation means different things to different organizations. It depends on the needed and desired outcomes, the industry, the competition, the existing culture of the organization, and a …
5 Things You Might Not Know About Digital Transformation Read More »
For most people, digital transformation is much like the story of the six blind men and the elephant: different pieces but no coherent overall picture. For some, it’s like the sides of the pachyderm in John Godfrey Saxes’ poem: a wall. For others, it’s like the trunk, snake-like and hard to get a handle on. For yet …
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Apal Business November 16, 2022 In late 2017, my wife asked me a simple question – how she should invest $10,000 in various stocks to maximize her profits or, in adverse moments, minimizes her losses. The only answer I had for her was that I know the technology industry, and these five companies are doing …
