As students, we are taught to relentlessly strive for straight A’s. Even if we fall short, our pursuit of “best” increases success. When it comes to outsmarting inflation, we find ourselves in the same spot. Inflation is the highest in 40 years (8.2% at the end of September 2022). While we may not be able […]
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Together, We Go Further I first heard about Equinix while getting my cybersecurity certification from MIT Sloan School of Management. The company is to network protection what Hogwarts is to wizardry: a precedent-setting, behind-the-scenes industry innovator. As the biggest on-demand data center company in the United States, staffed by more than 8,000 people, Equinix keeps […]
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Every business faces the possibility of the unexpected — those events and challenges it’s never faced and that its people have never experienced. As a leader, such surprises may leave you wholly unprepared. You may not have any of the facts or skills you need to get through them and move forward. You may not […]
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Love is a wonderful thing – except if you’re the one returning little yellow balls with a racket in your hand. Then, love means you have zero points. When it comes to the 2022 US Open, however, love of the game dominates no matter the score or competitor. That’s where the fan experience comes in, […]
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I’ve never been a gambler. Outcomes are determined more on luck than skill and that just makes me queasy. Sometimes, I feel like companies view #AI the same way, like they are hedging their bets and maybe even expecting defeat. Today I want you to weigh in. Speak the truth. Share your views. Get real. […]
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Question: can you scale #AI at your organization? Of course, the answer is yesssssssss, assuming you want your company to survive and gain competitive advantage. @Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has a great read on this: “Artificial Intelligence: Ready to Ride the Wave” as part of its Executive Perspectives series, a tsunami of trends, charts, lists […]
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In an era of short attention spans and fickle attitudes, it’s hard to believe a book from the fourth or fifth century could still captivate people. The Art of War, however, continues to lend military strategy wisdom to people in all walks of life, particularly in business. One of its principles is the following: “The […]
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Like millions of other people, we have a routine in our house each night. We lock the doors, flip the outside lights and make sure the coffee maker is primed and ready for the next day. But how do we secure ourselves in the digital world? We are more digitally connected than ever before. According […]
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Albert Einstein once said: “The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth.” Kindness, beauty and truth. You don’t often hear these words in the digital world. How do we integrate these life essentials in technologies like artificial […]
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While walking among the redwoods of California on a hiking trip, I could feel the solemnity of the space. John Steinbeck wrote: “The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always.” Manufacturing leaves a legacy too. We’ve been making things with our hands for thousands of years. Manufacturing […]
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