Sat.Jul 16, 2022 - Fri.Jul 22, 2022

article thumbnail

Keeping the wheels turning

Stellar Partnerships

“Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving” Albert Einstein. It’s midwinter and getting out of bed on a cold morning is a struggle. Even my border collie, a hardy soul, put one paw outside the door this morning and thought better of it. How’s your motivation right now? We know that end of financial year can be a high-pressure time.

Energy 130
article thumbnail

The War for Talent is Over (Talent Won)

Thinkers 50

As leaders respond to remote and hybrid work models, humans and machines, workforce ecosystems, and talent marketplaces, there is hope and fear, but is enough being done to nurture talent by co-designing cultures of curiosity over cultures of conformity? Hack Future Lab founder and IE Business School visiting Professor, Terence Mauri argues that building a culture of curiosity — one that embraces ideas that challenge the status quo — is the best way to turn uncertainty into a tailwind for bold a

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

WHEN EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS

Be Partner Ready

To say the pandemic changed many things is an understatement. The way we work, socialise, the way we shop, and for many things, there’s no going back to ‘normal’ Given that going out to shop was a risk to our health (especially if buying toilet rolls!) have you changed the way you purchase products? Even a former staunch anti-online purchaser like Hailey has embraced the e-commerce world and found it to be, for the most part, an efficient and reliable way to shop.

Banking 246
article thumbnail

4 Reasons for the Employee-Employer Skills Confidence Gap and 5 Companies That Get Employee Learning & Development Right

EGA

Employee learning and development is more important than ever before. According to LinkedIn’s recent workplace learning study , 72 percent of respondents agree that it is more strategic today than five years ago. The modern workplace is constantly changing, and employees need to be able to adapt to new technologies, processes, and methods. As a result, companies around the world invested over $357.7 billion into employee training in 2020 (with $165.3 billion spent in the US alone).

article thumbnail

How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

article thumbnail

Sounds Like a Plan!

Vantage Partners

Careful Alliance Planning Helps Mitigate Cultural, Legal, Operational, Financial, and Even Intangible Issues That Can Derail a Collaboration. Research on partnership performance indicates that business planning with partners is challenging, and essential to success. Experienced alliance managers report that 21 – 32% of the expected value of any partnership is likely to be lost through ineffective execution, and that effective joint planning can significantly improve performance.

More Trending

article thumbnail

How to Take a Global Approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Thinkers 50

Excerpted from Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan. Reprinted with permission from the MIT Press. Copyright 2022. I’m often asked if diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are global issues, or just U.S.-centric ones. The reality is this: DEI and creating cultures of belonging is the number one priority for every leader today, regardless of geographic location.

98
article thumbnail

How to thrive in a hyper-connected world as a business leader

EGA

We live in a hyper-connected world. Never in our history have people, products, and data been more connected on a global scale than today – allowing access to new markets, ideas, and collaboration partners. However, we’re also experiencing the negative side of ‘hyper-connectedness’– empty shelves, deserted ports, worker shortages, information overload, and rising prices.

article thumbnail

Microsoft Survey Looks at Small Business Tech Buyers

Channel Insider

Because of the company’s formidable presence in business environments, particularly in smaller companies, Microsoft makes up more than half of the managed service provider (MSP) , reseller and services market. And that makes this week’s partner-focused Microsoft Inspire event full of implications for the channel. A big focus of the conference is opportunities for Microsoft partners working with small businesses — security, cloud services, application migration, Office 365, and more.

article thumbnail

Partnering with Microsoft to shape the future of how software is bought and sold

Tackle.io

After spending a couple of decades in technology go-to-market, I think it’s pretty safe to say the way products are purchased and “sold” is broken. In fact, the pandemic actually proved it. . Suddenly, gone were the days of the “six-legged” sales call with an account executive, a sales engineer, and a regional director / vice president. Gone were the days of the classic proof of concept.

article thumbnail

Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

article thumbnail

Why branded content is 22X more engaging than display ads

Impact

Buzz Lightyear once said, “To infinity and beyond!” What was he referring to? The power of branded content to your business’s success, of course. After all, the first Toy Story film’s popularity brought The Slinky Dog toy back to life after 10 years off the shelf. From the film’s ad placement, 20,000 orders for the toy rushed in and put the toy’s manufacturer back in business.

89
article thumbnail

A “Human” Understanding of the World Through AI

INSEAD Knowledge

Information search could be made less biased and more holistic through the lens of empathy.

126
126
article thumbnail

Cybersecurity and Integration are Top IT Priorities

Channel Insider

Cybersecurity and application and services integration are the top IT priorities, according to Kaseya’s 2022 IT Operations Survey. The annual survey, which saw a record-high number of respondents this year, outlines global IT professionals’ top actions, goals and challenges for the coming year. Kaseya is an ITSM vendor and a supplier to managed service providers (MSPs) so any trends the company spots are potential opportunities for MSPs and channel partners.

84
article thumbnail

Break Through Customer Noise With Digital & Beyond-Digital Touchpoints

ITA Group

Break Through Customer Noise With Digital & Beyond-Digital Touchpoints. In Back to the Future , Marty McFly goes 30 years into the past (and eventually into the future) to influence relationships that help him continue existing. I enjoyed the concept as a kid, but now that I’m older, I see so many similarities between the classic movie and the way brands need to nurture customer relationships to ensure they continue existing—now and in the future.

article thumbnail

How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

article thumbnail

Global Metaverse Market Will Unlock $750 Billion Opportunity by 2030

Frost & Sullivan

San Antonio –July 18, 2022– The metaverse is anticipated to become a platform where people, especially Gen Z, spend time with social communities, consume media, and participate in virtual events and sports. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global Metaverse Growth Opportunities , finds that the metaverse will be an interconnected network of virtual worlds that will eventually become an extension of the real-world economy.

article thumbnail

How to Shoot for the Holy Grail of Social Media Marketing

INSEAD Knowledge

Quality, consistent and simple messaging is what will bring in sales. The rest is just noise.

91
article thumbnail

How IT Vendors Can Reach More MSP and MSSP Partners

Channel Insider

IT vendor ecosystems used to be simple things. Big vendors attracted lots of partners among smaller vendors and service providers. But the traditional order has been upset by the cloud and the arrival of consumption-oriented models that favor monthly subscriptions over one-time fees for software and even hardware. This means that IT vendors must change gears if they hope to form more worthwhile partnerships and engage a wider sphere of their potential audience.

article thumbnail

What are the 4 types of innovation ?

Agorize

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. – Peter Drucker (author and theorist) If a company’s success depends on its ability to innovate continuously, then bravery would be one of the primary qualities of a successful entrepreneur. At least that’s what management guru Peter Drucker seemed to imply with this quote, which will certainly inspire many readers.

52
article thumbnail

The Essential Guide to the Buying Experience of the Future

Your buyers’ lives, preferences, and expectations have changed. Over two-thirds of buyers prefer remote or digital interactions — and they expect those interactions to be substantive and valuable. They hold sellers to a high standard, and that means the buying experiences of the past — in-person meetings, transactional conversations, and linear sales funnels — no longer deliver.

article thumbnail

Latest Strategic Acquisition in Carsharing Market Underlines How Automotive Companies are Striving to Become Mobility Service Providers

Frost & Sullivan

In a development that promises to further shake up the carsharing industry, Free2Move (part of the Stellantis Group) has announced its acquisition of Share Now, a leader of Europe’s free-floating carsharing market. Beyond expanding the company’s geographic footprint and range of offerings, what implications will this strategic acquisition have for Free2Move, its competitors, for urban mobility and customers, in general?

article thumbnail

How You Can Use Content to Effectively Build Your Personal Brand

Dinkel Business Development

Today, content marketing is essential for building your personal brand. Competition is high, and that means it's important to use all the tools that are available to you. Fortunately, there are also more opportunities out there than ever before. The Internet allows us to reach a wide range of audiences in a matter of seconds. Even if there are other professionals in your space that provide similar services and expertise, you have something unique to offer.

article thumbnail

Four Channel Opportunities for IT Vendors and MSPs

Channel Insider

IT vendors are often looking for ways to increase their presence in the channel. The good news is the channel needs their help. Beyond establishing a direct channel presence and building an effective portal , what are some of the tools and strategies IT vendors can develop to offer material help to partners , MSPs , and MSSPs , and improve their results in the channel?

article thumbnail

Why CFOs should be looking to the Cloud

TRG Blog

For many organisations, cloud computing really is the question of “when” not “if”. There are significant advantages of the transition to the cloud, and not just from an IT perspective. The finance functions should be able to reap rewards from this trend as well.

Finance 52
article thumbnail

ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

article thumbnail

Centric Software® Earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for Its Innovative Market-driven Solutions

Frost & Sullivan

San Antonio — July 21, 2022 — Based on its recent analysis of the product lifecycle management (PLM) software and innovative solutions Industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Centric Software with the 2022 Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for its highly innovative tech solutions that increases businesses’ time to market and productivity.

Retail 52
article thumbnail

Tackle.io Furthers Strategic Partnership with Microsoft to Help Independent Software Vendors Accelerate Revenue Growth on the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace

Tackle.io

BOISE, Idaho, July 19, 2022 — Tackle.io , a software company dedicated to helping ISVs launch, grow, and scale digital routes to revenue through the clouds, has entered a strategic partnership with Microsoft to simplify how independent software vendors (ISVs) scale revenue through the Microsoft commercial marketplace, which includes the storefronts Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource.

article thumbnail

Hacks to Document your Business Processes

Better Business for Good Company

Hacks to Document your Business Processes. How to write up your business processes without gong completely, utterly insane. No-one likes documenting their routine operations, but if you want to expand your team to grow your business sustainably, it is an essential task. This high-value webinar is all about learning exactly how to make permanent records of all business processes, using written instruction documents.

Banking 52
article thumbnail

Five Ways to Make Your Channel Ecosystem Scale Ready

Impartner

C ustomers today expect more personalized experiences that are highly relevant to their needs. It’s no surprise then, that B2B marketers are seeing the channel as the golden path to market in 2022 – t o sell their products, companies will have to work with partners who can cater to consumers’ hyperlocal needs. . In 2019, most companies had 75% of their revenues came through indirect sales.

article thumbnail

How to Measure the ROI of IT Operations

IT is viewed as a cost center by organizations. In troubling economic times, this puts intense pressure on IT to demonstrate value for IT investments. Register for this webinar to learn how to quantify the intrinsic benefits of IT using analytics.

article thumbnail

TomTom Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Enabling Ease and Convenience in Automotive Navigation With its Cloud-Native In-Dash Hybrid Navigation System

Frost & Sullivan

SAN ANTONIO, TX. – July 21, 2022– Frost & Sullivan recently analyzed the global automotive navigation industry, and based on its findings, recognizes TomTom with the 2022 Global Automotive Navigation New Product Innovation Award. The company is a leading mapping software and device manufacturer of factory-fitted in-vehicle navigation system based on digital technologies and satellite imagery.

article thumbnail

Partnering with Microsoft to shape the future of how software is bought and sold

Tackle.io

After spending a couple of decades in technology go-to-market, I think it’s pretty safe to say the way products are purchased and “sold” is broken. In fact, the pandemic actually proved it. Cloud Marketplaces have proven to be a key step in the B2B buying and selling evolution. Suddenly, gone were the days of the “six-legged” sales call with an account executive, a sales engineer, and a regional director / vice president.

article thumbnail

5 insights from 5 inspiring partnerships

Remarkable Partnerships

It can be difficult to maintain your momentum over summer. The key way to tackle this is to keep inspired – to remember why you are doing what you are. So we’re sharing these five partnerships to re-energise that why. To see the impact that is possible, and learn what we can from them in turn. Here are some of our favourites – we’d love to hear yours: Pringles & Movember.