Employer branding is having a moment, but it’s certainly nothing new, and here’s a newsflash: you already have an employer brand whether you know it or not. If you aren’t actively managing it, chances are it’s not a great employer brand, but it’s a place to start. So what is an employer brand? Basically it’s […]
When my colleagues in journalism decided to switch careers and take on PR jobs, we used to refer to it as “going over to the Dark Side.” Which means, by implication, that the chief communications officer for a brand represented Darth Vader. I should probably be more careful about making such jokes, given what I’ve […]
Not only is the customer completely exhausted from not knowing where to look, they’re absolutely fried trying to figure out whether the people and brands worthy of winning their time are also worthy of winning their budget. With so many options to choose from, distributed through so many new methods of delivery, supporting so many […]
This article originally appeared in our bi-weekly newsletter, the B2B Briefing. Sign up using the fields to the right of this page to get this kind of content before anyone else. It’s not like IBM has a shortage of experts to talk about technology and its impact on the workforce, so the choice of Diane […]
Contently’s new CEO Pearl Collings is focusing on moving the firm from break-even to full profitability by deepening its strengths in core subject areas, growing its services business and network of freelancers. Collings, who formerly served as the chief business and sales officer at Time Inc., was formally announced as CEO of Contently last week. […]
Businesses continue to embrace cloud computing, which has altered enterprise IT as we know it. The benefits for businesses are obvious. Companies can now use powerful solutions at more accessible rates and without the lengthy deployment times of conventional enterprise software. Four out of five enterprises have already moved at least a quarter of their […]
Finance customers across business units see a significant need for finance to step up and influence departmental and business-wide strategic plans. Although gains have been made, particularly among top performing organizations, the centralization and distribution of financial and nonfinancial data is still not happening as effectively and efficiently as it might. In theory, these observations […]
I recently had occasion to have not one, but two MRIs in the space of about five days (nothing serious; just proof you can hurt yourself golfing). In case you haven’t had the pleasure, those are the ones where they stick you in a tube for anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes and tell you […]
Uberflip this week will use its Conex customer event to officially launch an app marketplace where B2B marketers can find software that works with its platform for designing and managing content experiences, according to its CMO. The Toronto-based company — whose customers include MongoDB, LeanData and Snowflake — already has about a dozen apps available […]
Today’s Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) face a growing challenge. As businesses grow and expand, more and more spend is happening to support business growth, and a significant portion of this comes in the form of employee spend. CFOs must safeguard the financial health of the business, down to the last dollar, but a lack of […]
This article originally appeared in our newsletter, the B2B Briefing, that is sent once every two weeks. Subscribe via the upper-right form on our site to see this kind of content and more before anyone else. Occasionally you come across chief information and technology officers, or CITOs. Then there are the rare chief marketing and […]
Last time we looked at the rise of employee activism in organizations such as Wayfair, Google and Amazon. Dissatisfied with their organization’s actions, inactions or inattention, employees are more often than ever before taking their internal complaints to the streets. As many as 40% of your workers might be activists. Employers, who can no longer control their workers’ […]
People can come to Robert Osborn for two very different, but very complementary, areas of expertise. As the federal CTO for ServiceNow, Osborn spends part of his time talking to public sector organizations about some of the ways they might be able to transform the citizen experience and the processes within government by making use […]
I was sitting in the office of a CIO for a large national bank, and we got to talking about his approach to deciding and prioritizing projects. It became pretty clear, at this point, that much of what got the green light was determined by his boss. This was not the CEO but the CFO, […]
Effective leadership starts with leading yourself. If you want the best team possible, you must be ready to hold yourself accountable ahead of your staff. What does accountability have to do with leadership? Everything. I’ve supervised all kinds of people, from 16-year-old students to high-performing executives, and the most successful employees always share a positive […]
To all those suggesting “B2B” should morph into “human to human” or that enterprises should market themselves more like consumer brands, the CEO of an agency that works with the likes of IBM, GE and SAS has a counterargument for you. As the founder of Centerline Digital, Charles Long said he’s familiar with an increasingly […]
This post was first published in our every-other-week newsletter, The B2B Briefing. Sign up (see fields in the right-hand column) to see this kind of content before anyone else! One of the many things I love about the beach in the summer is letting my kids loose and watching what they’ll do with the sand. […]
Today he’s lionized for making the World Wide Web possible. He remains committed to openness and empowering everyday Internet users. He recently embarked on a new professional journey as a startup CTO. But long before all that, Tim Berners-Lee was just like a lot of other B2B professionals, just trying to have his idea get […]
Whether you think the recent walkout by Wayfair workers was a dumb stunt or a brave stand, I think we can agree the company sure didn’t see that one coming. By the time it was all over, its shares were down 5% and it had been shamed into donating $100,000 to the Red Cross. The workers, who […]
While it can seem so obvious that it sounds like a platitude, we all rely on others to accomplish major endeavors, whether it’s parenting, performing, or publishing. And while it is true that some of our work requires solitude, focus, and our own individual capabilities, we’ve learned that much of the world is over-rotated to […]
