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Datafication– Reflects the Past and Drives the Future: A Revolution That is Changing How We Live, Work, Think…

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Datafication is the transformation of our entire world into oceans of data that can be explored– and providing a new perspective on reality. Datafication takes all aspects of life, and transforms it into a data format that makes it quantified; for … Continue reading

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Shadow World of Economic–Offsets– An Anomaly in Business Practice: Cost to Compete for International Trade Agreements

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Offsets are ‘terms in a sale’ that leverages the sale to obtain compensatory benefits for the buyer, generally in many international trade arrangements… Offsets are an integral part of trade agreements between companies (i.e., suppliers) and governments (i.e., buyers); whereby suppliers must agree to … Continue reading

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Winners–Losers: It’s All About Having Real Grit, Superior Passion vs. Just Let It Happen– Don’t Get Bitter, Get Better

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Winners–Losers: Passion and perseverance may be more important to success (i.e., winners), than mere talent. In a world of instant gratification, ‘grit’ may yield the biggest payoff of all. Grit is defined as ‘perseverance and passion for long-term goals’, and it … Continue reading

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Age of Big Data– Mining for Value to Fuel Growth: Understand-Extract Real Business Value– Key Competitive Differentiator

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Big Data: Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data (i.e., 2.5 followed by 18 zeros)– so much that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. This data comes … Continue reading

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Global Innovation Barometer–2013: Unconventional Strategy Unlocks New Drivers for Innovation– Pushing Comfort Zones

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Innovation rules are changing, globally, and companies must reinvent their strategy in order to stay competitive, drive growth and contribute meaningfully to the economy… For innovation to flourish, you must embrace a new innovation paradigm that promotes collaboration between all … Continue reading

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Buying Facebook Fake Friends, Twitter Bogus Followers: Big Business of Buying Social Media Metrics– Do They Add Value…

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Buying fake Facebook friends, bogus Twitter followers, false LinkedIn connections… they don’t contribute anything… they don’t add value… but, increases social media metrics, if that’s important to you… Buying Facebook fake friends, Twitter bogus followers… and other social networking site … Continue reading

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Changing Face of Money and Money-Like Instruments: How Money Is Created-Valued-Devalued… Future of Money

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Anyone can create money, the problem is getting someone else to accept it ~Hyman Minsky As important as money is to most people, most take it for granted without giving thought to what it really is, where it comes from, … Continue reading

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Understanding How Public Opinion is Shaped, Measured, Changed, Managed– is Crucial for Enterprise Success…

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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion ~Chinese Proverb… Too often we… enjoy the comfort of public opinion without the discomfort of thought ~John F. Kennedy… Public opinion in this country is everything ~Abraham … Continue reading

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Public-Private Partnership in Changing World: Nexus between Public-Sector Need and Private-Sector Goal… Value-for-Money

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Public-private partnership is an important option that can be utilized in times of economic uncertainty and in periods of prosperity. There is a nexus between the public sector’s needs and the private sector’s goals. ~Doug Domenech Public-private partnership is often touted as ‘best-of-both-worlds’ … Continue reading

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Business Risks 2013 Global Report: Stay on Top of Uncertain World– Creative Risk-Taking is Essential for Success.

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Business risks are the driving-levers of business, and creative risk-taking is essential for success… thoughtless risks are destructive, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. ~Gary Ryan Blair Risks are … Continue reading

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