I was looking at a client’s budget recently and noticed something that has become all too common. They were paying for three different project management tools, two separate cloud storage providers, and a dozen “AI-powered” browser extensions that nobody could quite explain.
I’ve been doing this my entire career, and if there is one thing I’ve learned about the cloud, it’s that the price only ever seems to go in one direction. Microsoft recently announced another round of price adjustments for several of their core business products. I know what you’re thinking; it feels like a subscription tax that hits your bottom line without actually changing the way your computer looks or feels on a Tuesday morning. It’s frustrating.
A ransomware attack can feel like a hostage situation. Your data is encrypted, your operations are at a standstill, and a countdown timer is ticking away alongside a demand for thousands—or even millions—of dollars in cryptocurrency.
A strategic plan shouldn’t be a graduation photo that sits on a shelf. It’s a living document. While strategic planning maps the route, strategic management is the act of driving the car and refilling the tank. This month, we give you some tips on how to move from a static idea to real growth:
Remember 2017? If a company breathed the word blockchain in a press release, its stock price pulled a vertical climb. It was the ultimate architectural silver bullet—the decentralized cure for everything from global logistics to your morning coffee’s carbon footprint.