At a recent business process management (BPM) conference one of the panelists made a startling comment about the future of work, which spurred an immediate tweet from the Digital Clarity Group analyst in attendance: Connie Moore @cmooreclarity Cognizant information officer speaker at #appian15 says the future of work isn’t mobile, #social, cloud. it’s #drone, #wearable… read more >
The amount of words that have been uttered and written about big data over the past four years is astounding. If big data hasn’t become a big topic in your organization, it will. And it’s probably sparked many conversations, even if the technology hasn’t arrived yet at your firm. At this point you may be… read more >
One of the most important actions an organization can take when tackling a new initiative is to learn how to avoid the gotchas — know the pitfalls, the lessons others have learned, and the best practices derived from the experiences of those who have done it successfully (and not so successfully). Learning from others is particularly important when selecting… read more >
It’s getting tough out there. Consumers are more widely connected than ever, across a rapidly increasing number of devices. Various research studies indicate that, in response, marketers are giving top priority to delivering data-driven, relevant content experiences across new and existing digital channels. But for most enterprises, simply prioritizing an initiative doesn’t guarantee it will actually happen. Organizational… read more >
Given a choice, would you rather go to the dentist, or listen to what your bank has to say? In an exhaustive study of 10,000 millennials in the U.S. (defined as those born between 1981 and 2000), Viacom Media Group found that seven out of ten respondents preferred a session in the dentist’s chair. Banks… read more >
Digital Disruption Forces Change, 2015 And Beyond. In 2014 many of the significant business technology trends were gradual and predictable — like the continued growth of cloud, analytics and big data, and the consumerization of IT. Other trends, such as the internet of things, seized everyone’s imagination (if not their wallets) while previous darlings from… read more >
Stakeholder Analysis spreadsheet is a tool that can help simplify and add clarity to understanding project participants. The spreadsheet captures: Who they are: name, title, work location. How they are impacted and/or will impact the project: their interest in the effort, their area of expertise, their relevant history – are they an advocate or someone… read more >
Fifteen years ago, world-renowned marketing professor Philip Kotler published Kotler on Marketing. He concluded the book with a section called “Transformational Marketing,” in which he discussed how the “new age of electronic marketing” would change the field. He predicted a fundamental rethinking of the ways that marketers identify, communicate, and deliver value to customers. As Robert Rose points out in… read more >
Virtually overnight, consumers empowered by mobile devices, social platforms, and ubiquitous connectivity have forced organizations of all types to come to terms with customer experience management (CEM). Customer experiences are usually multi-event and multichannel, and they typically involve multiple departments or teams. Successful CEM, therefore, requires organizations to abandon the traditional “touchpoint” approach to managing and measuring customer… read more >
In today’s content-driven online environment, the ability to effectively deliver accurate, relevant information in the right format, and in a timely fashion on the web is imperative for any successful online strategy. Finding the ‘best-fit’ Web Content Management System (WCMS) for your public, intranet and/or extranet websites is one of the first steps on that… read more >
