By Michael Grothaus February 09, 2023 Tech companies aren’t the only ones seeing mass layoffs. America’s premier entertainment giant, the Walt Disney Company, has announced it will lay off 7,000 of its workers in an effort to cut $5.5 billion in costs. Disney CEO Bob Iger, who only returned to the helm last November, … Continue reading Disney is cutting 7,000 jobs in a cost-saving blitz as traditional TV faces an existential crisis
Traditional Chatbots Fail To Make Sense, Study Finds by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 1, 2023 Conversational artificial intelligence built into chatbots has moved beyond keywords used in traditional search to create a response, which is why the maker of ChatGPT — OpenAI — has attracted so much attention. About 75% of customers participating in a … Continue reading Traditional Chatbots Fail To Make Sense, Study Finds
Publisher Wolters Kluwer explains the scale and speed at which it switched from online chaos to delivering digital experiences. Kim Davis on October 24, 2022 The old school Dutch business publisher Wolters Kluwer has been around for almost 200 years. Transforming such a well-established company into a savvy digital operation was not an easy task. … Continue reading The digital transformation of a traditional business publisher
By James Vincent August 30, 2022 Food security is a global challenge and it’s only getting more critical, says Irving Fain, founder and CEO of Bowery, the vertical farming company using hydroponics and digital agriculture to reimagine the future of produce. “The problem we’re solving at Bowery is a problem that’s … Continue reading These smart farms are 100 times more productive than traditional agriculture
Most salespeople say their organizations aren’t ready for online selling. Constantine von Hoffman on August 24, 2022 Nearly all (86%) B2B buyers want to be sold to virtually, according to a new survey. However, most salespeople say their sales organizations aren’t yet able to handle this. Buyers like the on-line experience because they hate traditional … Continue reading Why B2B buyers now hate traditional B2B selling
Embedded Finance: The End of Traditional Banking Nelia Holovina / 03 Jun 2022 The role, place, and attitude of banks have changed throughout history. In the past, people did not require much from the bank. It was just a place to store money safely. However, today in the 21st century, people have much more … Continue reading Embedded Finance: The End of Traditional Banking
By Amy Leschke-Kahle May 30, 2022 The pandemic offered people many lessons. We learned a lot during the pandemic. We learned that employees and their managers can work from different locations and still get work done. We learned many employees, even though they often don’t get rewarded with the highest salaries, are willing … Continue reading POV: Why we should retire traditional performance reviews
They’re especially growing weary of ads in digital video, says a new IAB report. Kim Davis on October 18, 2021 In a new report, “Outlook 2022: The US Digital Advertising Ecosystem,” the IAB spells out bluntly the changes in consumer expectations of advertising. As for traditional advertising, they are tired of it and especially when … Continue reading Consumer tolerance for traditional advertising continues to fall
Subhankar Pattanayak July 21, 2021 muneebfarman / Pixabay Digital marketing is often viewed as a separate science and frequently compared vis-à-vis traditional marketing. To me, digital marketing is the evolution of marketing with the advent of new technologies. Social, Cloud, Analytics and Mobility have changed the rules of the game. Still, the basics of marketing … Continue reading Traditional Marketing to Digital Marketing – When & How to Shift
Omri Dekalo January 18, 2021 Free-Photos / Pixabay As workforce trends continue to shift and evolve, companies must now consider not only how they will prepare for 2021, but for the next decade. Advanced technologies and generational change are already accelerating a new way of thinking in the organization of companies. A shortage of skilled … Continue reading Breaking Down Barriers — How Traditional Company Divisions Are a Thing of the Past
