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Re-Think Retail 2020 And Beyond
Retail was on an online digital trajectory way before COVID. Let’s remember the many large retailers that disappeared or are still struggling. COVID did make matters worse and accelerated the demise of some of these retailers. As society becomes more digital it is natural that online shopping becomes THE shopping behavior. This article by HBR…
What Happens Next and New Opportunities Offer Growth! – Linda Bernardi & Ricky Kalmon
Linda Bernardi: Two weeks ago, I had the absolute pleasure to be a guest on Ricky Kalmon’s podcast, Amplify Your Mindset. Our discussion centered around ‘influence’ in leadership and mindsets. Leaders can lead with position and power, but how do you achieve the ‘influence-factor’ and how can leaders lead, while at the same time influencing mindsets and…
Unicorn? VC’s – It Is Time To Get Real!
Unicorn? VC’s—- it is time to get real! (See: Silicon Valley Is Trying Out a New Mantra: Make a Profit) It is the VC community (who takes many liberties and are super aloof- unwarranted) who came up with the term ‘unicorn’. Basically, it was to tag a company as a target for pointless massive funding,…
Tech-Jumpers: New Norm Or Rare?
I am coining the term Tech-Jumpers to mean the following: The emerging phenomenon of the last few years wherein employees in tech companies ‘jump’ jobs like it were nothing. This year Amazon, next year Microsoft, the following Google and then Facebook, and the journey continues. It used to be employers and employees took pride in…
iPhone 11: A Culture-Maker!
This is so hard to imagine. While the iPhone 11 was announced this week in a very Apple-rock the world-debut, people who purchased their iPhone 10 for over $1000 only a few months ago are ready to dump 10 for 11… the main reason: Not because of any critical phone feature but rather a 3…
McDonald’s Gets Into AI!
As an avid advocate of using AI and voice recognition capabilities, I was thrilled to see today that McDonald’s purchased Apprente a voice recognition, Voice-to-Meaning company to personalize the customer experience while going through drive thru stations. This means that instead of looking the entire menu, depending on time of day and various situations, the…