UPS and FedEx both report that they anticipate delivering close to 1 billion packages in the next few weeks. JUST in the United States alone. That’s a 10 percent more than 2014, and shows just how much more Americans consume. The computer gurus at ZDNET say robots will play a huge role in fulfilling all…
Like just about every corporate sacred cow, the idea of companies always needing a corporate communications department has been questioned – and re-thought. One reason might be headcount, another might be social media trends. But Wendy Marx over at Fast Company says the rules are changing because the challenges communicators face are very different than…
Cyber Monday is tomorrow, and it’s the biggest shopping day of the year for those who would rather not battle the early long lines and the hype of Black Friday. I saw this list of interesting facts about Cyber Shopping and thought I would share: 1. More than 4 percent of Americans admit that they have…
“There are expected to be 28 billion connected devices by 2020. We’ll need the computing scale that only the cloud can provide to learn from them.” I’d say that is good advice! Via Forbes: Cloud computing has been underestimated as a transformative force in business. And it’s just getting started. The disruption that cloud computing…
In the United States, there are a lot of surveys taken each year as to the safest cities, the best places to feel relaxed, the towns where your money stretches furthest, and so on. But where are the best metro areas to work? According to Glassdoor’s second annual Employment Satisfaction Report Card, there are certain…
In case you missed it, FastCompany has come out with its annual list of the most innovative companies of 2013. Some of them you’ve heard of (Nike, Amazon), and others you may not have. The magazine’s guide has a distinct focus on the state of innovation in our economy, featuring the businesses whose innovations are…
Ask the leaders of a business how much they spend on printing. The response can be interesting, even hilarious. It’s an expense that is easily overlooked yet can be substantial. Few companies know if they are being overbilled. Decisions may be handled by cloudy processes where influences other than quality and value sometimes hold sway….
London may be getting a boost in innovation with an exciting new innovation training program, the “MICL” (pronounced like “Michael”), short for Masters in Innovation, Creativity, and Leadership, a masters degree program offered at City University London. See http://creativity.city.ac.uk/ for details. The program involves the arts, business, law, social science, and informatics. Looks like a…
During a recent snowstorm, I took the above photo of a traffic light not far from our Innovationedge offices in Neenah, Wisconsin. Thanks to heavy, wet snow, the traffic signals were largely hidden. I saw it as a metaphor for what happens when times of economic chill blind entrepreneurs and businesses to the opportunities around…
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is seen as the busiest travel day of the year in the United States, and as I post this, millions of Americans are sitting in airports, train stations or in their cars waiting to get going on their Thanksgiving travel plans. About 38 million domestic travelers are expected to go somewhere…
