“When a great person takes on a bad system the system always wins”. Frank Voehl. The internal systems and processes of legacy companies are designed to protect the status quo and when left unchanged, present insurmountable barriers to any significant and sustainable transformation. The way investment decisions are made, the way people are hired and rewarded, how resources are ...
The Google Maps navigation app has many little-known features that will help you reach your destination more easilyWhether you're planning a road trip across the country this weekend or driving to the next town over, make sure you've got Google Maps downloaded on your phone. Not only is it useful for providing you with directions and the best route ...
With all the data that’s created each day and the possibilities for making data-driven decisions in business, every company must have a way to present data to business users in a user-friendly and informative way.In my experience, a lot of organizations get this wrong. In the pursuit of making data accessible to everyone, many organizations simply add a nice ...
We live in a day and age where life long learning is a given to remain relavant to all stakeholders and be in employment or continue in business . The global pandemic and new normal environment with automation and digitalization has made it even more important now than ever .Here are two qoutes from two great leaders who envisioned ...
For six consecutive years NewVantage Partners has conducted an annual survey on how executives in large corporations view data. Each year the response rate increases, and the reported urgency of making effective use of data increases as well. This year the results are both more encouraging and more worrisome than in the past.Six years ago, the primary focus of ...
In practicing data analytics for more than 30 years, and leading, advising, interviewing and teaching executives in many industries on data analytics for five years, I’ve observed that their approaches generally fall into one of five scenarios: two that typically fail, two that sometimes work partially, and one that has emerged as best. Let’s take a look at each:1. ...
It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. They’re often not transparent about your real needs and vague about the most effective development options.The challenge is that you’re competing against every individual in your industry ...
As the world becomes smarter and smarter, data becomes the key to competitive advantage, meaning a company’s ability to compete will increasingly be driven by how well it can leverage data, apply analytics and implement new technologies. In fact, according to the International Institute for Analytics, by 2020, businesses using data will see $430 billion in productivity benefits over ...
Whether you’re a big data giant like Facebook or Google, or a small, family-run business, all smart business starts with strategy. And these days, every company, big or small, in any industry, needs a solid data strategy.There are millions of ways data can help a business but, broadly speaking, they fall into two categories: one is using data to ...
Do you know how well your Instagram marketing is really performing? Your Instagram business profile provides you access to valuable metrics that can help you understand what’s working.In this article, you’ll discover five ways to analyze the performance of your Instagram business profile.Why Instagram Business Profile Insights MatterInstagram is a powerful tool for small businesses and influencers wanting to showcase ...
Building a Personal Strategic PlanThe first step in redefining how you want to spend your day in a work from home environment is to create a personal strategic plan. While the plan will include whatever is still required from your current employer, the exercise of creating your own personal strategic plan can help you identify what’s most important to you ...
Datareportal.com and we are social have shared the global digital data 2020 and Digital data on Sri Lanka . After reading all the reports published and comparing the data of past 2 years am happy to share some insights again based on the data and contents below as done during the past 2 years . Happy reading.We note based on ...
Most of us live in a video conferencing work culture already. Still, working from home provides its challenges. On a tiny screen, with a fuzzy image, where you are cutting in and out, the last thing you are projecting is confidence and competence.Here are some simple recommendations, mostly technical, to ensure you continue to project leadership while on a tiny ...
Do you think the role of a product manager is on the rise in today’s market around the world? They sure are! Vacancies have been growing exponentially and in the other hand it’s difficult to find professionals to fill them (even with exorbitant salaries). What if I say that’s a role that that even more requested? This role is what ...
If you want to be successful on social media in 2020, you need to base your strategy on the latest real-world data and social media trends.That’s why we interviewed more than 3,000 marketers toward the end of 2019. We also spoke to dozens of industry specialists. This gave us multiple perspectives on the social trends that matter most in the ...
At the beginning of every new year, experts around the world are publishing their list of “Digital Marketing Trends for 2020” etc as a customary exercise. Most of these lists are based on the past trends in developed markets like USA and Europe, and very rarely those predictions become a reality in a market like ours.With my experience of working ...
In 2019, Instagram is set to become an even bigger focus for social media marketers, with an increasing number of brands and businesses looking to tap into the rapid growth of the image-focused social platform. And that is an important note - visual data is processed up to 60k times fasterby the brain than text, and with more than a billion ...
Whether you’re looking to grow your business profile or expand your personal network, LinkedIn is a great platform to use. When used well, LinkedIn can help you raise brand awareness and boost traffic to your business. But, unfortunately, most people are using LinkedIn wrong. Simply copy and pasting your latest blog posts for promotion is not the way to ...
Ithappens almost every year without fail: organic reach on social-media posts drop, and Google comes out with yet another algorithm change that causes a decline in Web traffic. The reasons for these updates are pretty simple. For social-media platforms, it boosts revenue because it forces users to “pay-to-play” if they want to see any sort of business results from the platform. For Google, ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform every business – in the same way (and possibly more) as the internet has utterly transformed the way we do business. From smarter products and services to better business decisions and optimised (or even automated) business processes, AI has the power to change almost everything. Those businesses that don’t capitalise on the ...
