In a world that now sends us thousands of messages a day, how do you stand out in the crowd? How do you capture the attention of your potential client and become “the one” they choose to do business with? It is a challenge to be heard above the noise of all these competing messages…
How do we really know why companies excel? Is it luck? Did they do something extraordinary? Is it just the environment? Were they prime for the right market at the right time and rode the wave? In Harvard Business Review, Michael Raynor and Mamtaz Ahmed from Deloitte tackled the question: “How do we know what makes a company exceptional?” …
Make the “right” business connections and leverage them to benefit in multiple directions…”The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell lessons learned…
A long-term career full of lessons learned gives seasoned leaders deep smarts, but who is going to take on that knowledge as the organization continues to grow over time? How will critical content be transferred even after the current leadership’s tenure is over? All levels of the organization feel they own a piece of the business but, without a plan for the continuity of knowledge, the hard won work may quickly unravel as senior leadership take on other avenues in life.
Industry leaders at the recent Engineering News Record (ENR) FutureTech West 2013 Conference explained and demonstrated the latest and future uses of technology, including simulation and computational approaches to analysis and aesthetics. Specialty contractors showed examples of advanced modeling and production technologies that they were adopting. In addition, new apps are being used in ways that improve project outcomes. With so much information and so much technology today, the key question that Larry Beasley of Wayne O’Neill & Associates posed in an interview following the ENR FutureTech Conference was: “How do you find the right data and how do you use it more collaboratively?”
The “traditional” business model is no longer working. Why? Competitors are now global and come from younger, fast growing markets who approach business differently. Overarching these challenges is the need to successfully hire the right people, work effectively with leadership and manage today’s multi-generational workforce…
What does it take to become one of Fortune’s “Best Places to Work”? Is it worth investing in employee satisfaction? How can you keep employees happy, which in turn keeps clients happy, which ultimately improves your bottom line? Most experts say that real job satisfaction is more than benefits or perks…
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) brought together top senior-level research park professionals and revealed transformational trends and partnerships. In a recent interview, Wayne O’Neill summarized the top 5 transformational trends…
Fighting for the competitive advantage, battling for market share and struggling for differentiation has long been the business strategy norm. Being “different” is supposed to add value to your product or services. But, with everyone claiming to be different, newer, better, … how do you get noticed in today’s market?
As the need to strengthen and stimulate local economic activity grows, more and more public officials, municipal leaders and public sector agencies are seeking private sector businesses to develop, capitalize and operate public private partnerships to build roads, repair bridges, manage new projects, construct and repair facilities and purchase new technology…
