Jeff Pozen October 1, 2021 These days, most of my interactions with colleagues happen digitally. After all, we’re mostly working from home. With COVID-19 cases rising again and new variants emerging, we’re not sure when we’ll all be back in person again. Our situation isn’t unique, of course. Companies believe around 40% of their employees … Continue reading How to Ensure Employee Wellness When Almost Everyone Is Working Remote
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Goodhart’s Law May Be Ruining Your Business — It Almost Ruined Mine!
Samuel Ebanja July 1, 2021 “Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes” THAT is Goodhart’s law…and before I’d ever heard of it, it had already torpedoed my startup, threatening to sink it beneath the waves. Charles Goodman is a world renowned theorist of monetary policy … Continue reading Goodhart’s Law May Be Ruining Your Business — It Almost Ruined Mine!
6 Habits Almost Every Billionaire Formed Before They Became Famous
Max Palmer — November 14, 2019 We often look at every billionaire and write their success off to luck or natural ability. It is a huge fallacy to commit this type of thought, though, and, it is actually detrimental you. Making excuses for others’ success gives us a reason not to work hard. It is … Continue reading 6 Habits Almost Every Billionaire Formed Before They Became Famous
How to Make It Almost Impossible for Top Talent to Resign
Krister Ungerboeck — May 22, 2019 Follow @kristerdotcom — May 22, 2019 Thanks to a strong job market, top performers from every industry are jumping from job to job with ease. Although most of them might say they’re taking new roles because they offer higher wages, survey results tell a different story. According to Gallup, … Continue reading How to Make It Almost Impossible for Top Talent to Resign
The Secret Lives of the Marketing Emails Almost Everyone Uses
John Hodge — July 3, 2018 Follow @johnahodge — July 3, 2018 Email is a great way to market to contacts and to stay top of mind. Segmentation can further assist the ability to market relevant information to interested contacts. We’re probably all familiar with the different kinds of email, but what we might not … Continue reading The Secret Lives of the Marketing Emails Almost Everyone Uses
Small Biz Owners Almost Always Fail With Their Marketing Because of These 3 Things
Brad Swezey — September 22, 2017 Follow @JustSmallBiz — September 22, 2017 Tumisu / Pixabay Today I want to talk to you about some ways small business owners almost always fail when it comes to their marketing because they don’t do three specific things. First, they don’t have a systematic plan in place to get … Continue reading Small Biz Owners Almost Always Fail With Their Marketing Because of These 3 Things
5 Productivity Best Practices I Almost Always Ignore
Brittany Berger — April 16, 2017 Follow @thatbberg— April 16, 2017 Okay, I think I’m a pretty productive person. Not quite Beyonce-level productivity, but it’s impressive. I have a day job, a freelance business, two blogs, an online course, a social life, and plenty of time for Netflix binges. I also sleep. Both “like a … Continue reading 5 Productivity Best Practices I Almost Always Ignore
6 Times Horrific Inventory Control Almost Killed These Companies
by Paul Trujillo Follow @TruPaultxSeptember 20, 2016 The mundane, laborious tasks of poring over inventory, tracking goods, recording sales, restocking shelves in a timely manner, and predicting future demands have never been popular activities for those running businesses—especially as their day-to-day challenges grow. As a result, we see over and over again, supply chains destroyed … Continue reading 6 Times Horrific Inventory Control Almost Killed These Companies
E-commerce trends: the difference between winning and almost winning
Plan a commercially viable marketing and content strategy using search data. No marketer needs to be told the value of data in informing and measuring the success of a campaign, but search trend data, in particular, can seem overwhelming, especially if content and SEO departments aren’t always joined up or organized efficiently enough to build … Continue reading E-commerce trends: the difference between winning and almost winning
Why Investing in Training Will Almost Always Give a Positive Return on Investment
by Andy Calloway July 27, 2016 Follow @andycalJuly 27, 2016 They say that practice makes perfect, and it is true not only with anything creative but also with the working world. Training is an integral part of making any company efficient and profitable. Training done poorly, however, can result in a major decrease in productivity … Continue reading Why Investing in Training Will Almost Always Give a Positive Return on Investment