What is it that makes a company become a success? People a lot smarter than us have been trying for years to figure out the playbook. Is it access to capital? Talent? Dumb luck?

While we don’t have the recipe, we are convinced that there’s one key ingredient to success...

1. Reactive vs Proactive. All day, every day, problems are chasing you. You never get ahead. You spin from problem to problem.

2. What balance? Got a fire that just started at 5:00PM on a Friday evening? Cancel your plans. No happy hour for you! Oh, you can forget abou...

Career progression is a tricky thing. On the one hand, when we are early in our career our supervisors expect us to know the details inside and out. It’s our job to be in the weeds. But as we prove ourselves and take on more responsibility, it’s expected that our ‘fiel...

Have you heard of this saying: “No one ever got fired for picking Salesforce?” It essentially means, with all of the choices available to us, you can’t necessarily go wrong with choosing the ‘safe’ pick. So, instead of ‘wasting’ time to investigate new options and pote...

I have a newly-minted fifth-grader on my hands. As he’s brought home writing, science, and math assignments, teaching him has shown me gaps in my own understanding of things. You see, teaching is bi-directional. You can’t teach without learning something. 
 

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Telephone calls, conference calls, remote meetings, and emails– in modern business, communication rarely occurs face to face. There just isn't always the time; a phone call or a quick text is much quicker. Despite this, there have been many studies that show non-verbal...

As a CIO, you know how important communication can be for quality assurance throughout your company's operations. Creating a perceptive listening culture between your customers and your IT engineers is absolutely critical to the delivery of a timely and accurate produc...