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Context-aware interface will automatically launch the right app at the right time
Add / Remove Most people interact with their smartphones in recurrent routines — consistently launching their weather app first thing in the…

Why You Don’t Need Any Sales Stages In Your Sales Pipeline
The above assertion might appear blasphemous, but please bear with me. I’m going to try and make the case that you don’t…

What Your Employees Really Need To Keep Them Engaged
Employee engagement is one of the top challenges facing organizations today. In fact, 87 percent of organizations cited employee engagement as a…

How to Build a Data-Driven Public Speaking Program
We’ve covered the basics of public speaking before. However, many speakers still feel unprepared when facing an important event or talk. How can…

4 Tips for Inspiring an Audience From a Professional Storyteller
There’s recently been a surge of noise around the idea of storytelling for business. Everybody claims to be a “storyteller” now, although…

Growing kid’s shoes fit perfectly for 5 years
Add / Remove Kid’s feet grow at an alarming rate. In the developed world this means that parents have to spend a…

Platform helps businesses find every journalist that’s ever tweeted about them
Add / Remove Twitter and other social networks have become central to the marketing campaigns of most businesses. That reliance on social…

Trust Yourself; You’re Not Just Lucky
Yes, timing and luck contribute to your success. But you also contributed to your success. One of my early mentors, a long…

Jack Ma in U.S. to Talk Global Strategy, Meet SMEs
Jack Ma, Alibaba Group’s well-traveled executive chairman, wants Americans to have a better understanding of his company’s growth plans outside of China.…

Aliyun Gets Cloud Services on the MAP with Global Partnership Program
Simon Hu, president of Aliyun, Alibaba Group’s cloud-computing subsidiary, recently said that the company would need help from local partners to make…











