Encore: Positioning Your Business for The Fut...

B2B relationships are inherently complex, with buying cycles that can stretch for months, with multiple decision-makers and influencers along the way. High-value deals—and company reputations—are often on the line. Yet B2B has always been, at its core, about people. Discover insi ...  Show more

To remove the organizational “inertia” to meet the ever-changing business and market needs, organizations need to make a bold move with cloud, seek to operate with a clean core, and look for more ways to make the business more intelligent and responsive. Pavan Srivastava at Deloi ...  Show more

The buzz: Share and share alike. Following the lead of now-established startups like Airbnb and Zipcar, more companies are offering a unique customer experience designed for convenience, trust and comfort. And this is causing more people to wonder what they can share, borrow or r ...  Show more

The buzz: “Agility has become arguably the most critical attribute a company needs to remain competitive and relevant” (Tony Klimas, EY). It’s almost 2020 and your same-old business structures, models and processes will not sustain you anymore. Are you dreaming of an efficient, a ...  Show more

How do you talk about a product before anything like it exists? How do you guide the engineers building it and the marketing department who has to sell it?

As co-creator of the iPod and iPhone, founder of the learning thermostat Nest, and with over 300 patents to his na ...

This might be our wonkiest topic yet: Techno-economic analysis, or TEA.  Before a startup proves its technology is commercially viable, it models how a technology would work. These TEAs include things like assumptions about inputs, prices, and market landscape. They help investor ...  Show more