Clear vision and mission statements are the building blocks of a sound enterprise strategy. Whether you’re a for-profit business, or not-for-profit association, it’s essential to hone these statements into critical guideposts for your organization, especially now in...
‘Accelerated disruption’ underpins 2018 market predictions
It’s that time of year when the analysts, researchers and pundits “look behind to look ahead,” so let’s assess the impact of digital transformation in 2017 and forecast the trends for 2018 and beyond. One message is clear: There will be no opportunity for companies to...
Today’s investors demand bulletproof digital strategies—are you prepared?
Investors and the boards that represent them are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to assessing digital transformation strategies. “Where are you in your digital strategy” is being asked with greater frequency and urgency across the business landscape....
Construction’s digital breakthrough
Digital transformation and innovation has cascaded through major global industries over the last decade. However, construction has lagged somewhat conspicuously behind. In fact, a recent study from the McKinsey Global Institute ranked construction 21st overall out of...
Transforming? Be sure to synchronize product, platform and brands
Faced with accelerating technological, social and economic change, we know businesses are fast becoming more responsive to market forces, and are more adept at thinking about and initiating critical transformations. While “innovate or die” and “disrupt or be...
Need an organizational wheel alignment? Try a user-centered personas workshop
Are your sales, marketing and product departments aligned and synchronized? Or is your organization pulling slightly to the left or the right, creating resistance to optimal market traction and revenue performance? Leading consultancies and researchers have long...
For marketers, yesterday’s ‘non-working’ budget is today’s digital investment
Traditionally, marketers placed great emphasis on the ratio of “working spend” versus “non-working spend” in their annual budgets. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, working spend refers to the dollars allocated to messaging placed in front of an audience...
Doughnuts to dollars–through digital marketing savvy
Digital transformation is popping up in many unexpected ways today. It’s impacting even routine transactions, like buying a doughnut. Recently I was in a trendy urban food court and was attracted to a display of sinfully rich-looking gourmet doughnuts. I’m not...
Account-Based Marketing – Exploring a Powerful Digital Initiative
What happens when you combine unprecedented access to internal and external data sources, new analytical tools, data mobility across the enterprise, and sophisticated digital marketing technologies? You have the perfect recipe for an explosive revolution in Account...