Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Zoom taps AI to empower customers in safe hybrid work environment. Zoom – the communications platform used by nearly 13 million people each month – is working to further elevate its collaboration services with AI technology. Announcements include…
Ronald McDonald was the most instantly recognisable mascot of the burger franchise giant McDonald's since his introduction in 1963, although he's been nudged into retirement in recent years. And now it looks as if the fast-food brand is handing the spotlight over to another much lesser-known character, CosMc, a yellow…
Ron Dougherty is a financial management expert and operations consultant and the co-founder of Aspire. In an increasingly complex and dynamic business landscape, unexpected disruptions and challenging circumstances are inevitable. As a leader, navigating such turbulent times can be daunting. However, these periods of change can also present unique opportunities…
Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, COO at Zama. Every organization has a set of guiding principles usually articulated in a mission or vision statement. But even when these principles go unspoken, they exist intrinsically in the culture of the company. Issues arise for leaders when team members seem indifferent or are misaligned…
Helen Zad, Administrator of Active Plus Home Health and Divine Grace Hospice, and Host of Femme Fatale by Helen Podcast. Getting started as an entrepreneur is about having the right mindset from the beginning. In Part One of this three-part series, I discussed making a habit out of challenging fear…
Nikhil Maini is Managing Director of OKR International, a leading OKRs Training & Consulting Company based in Dubai, UAE. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—are standing at the precipice of economic evolution. With various challenges, such as economic diversification and…
By Austin Andrukaitis, CEO of ChamberofCommerce.com and digital marketing strategist with more than 15 years of experience in creating online campaigns. Working for yourself can provide much more autonomy over your schedule and workload than working for an employer. Rather than sticking to a strict 9-to-5 workday, you can capitalize…
In short, the tentacles of US tech firms are everywhere—vaccines, food, cancer research, psilocybin centers, criminal justice reform, homelessness—the list could reach the moon. (Speaking of the moon, how could we forget commercial spaceflight?) And the AI boom is likely to further expand tech firms’ power and riches. Yet on…
Jake Diner, Fertility Cloud CEO. As our understanding of infertility expands, it has become more and more apparent that this issue, which affects approximately 17.5% of people globally, transcends the realm of personal health. It can impact the psychological well-being and job performance of the individuals affected. Consequently, a progressive…
Founder and CEO of Silverbird. In August 2020 the Federal Reserve adopted a new approach called “average inflation targeting.” This means that the Federal Reserve will tolerate some periods of inflation above 2% to offset periods below 2%. This raises two questions. One: How long will the average inflation targeting…
Jordan Peace is Co-Founder & CEO of Fringe, the first lifestyle benefits marketplace, and Greenhouse Money, financial services. It's the difference between "no fear" versus "no, fear." A comma can be a very powerful thing. Back in 1989, a clothing brand called No Fear was created. As a child of…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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