Sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards have been on most organizations’ radars for quite a while, yet these standards have not always been top of mind. Some organizations have viewed these efforts as being at odds with their bottom line. Today that is no longer the case. Many of today’s buyers are partnering…
A sustainable value chain responsibly adds value to a product or a service as it makes its way from a supplier to a customer. As a growing number of enterprises are coming to learn, this is critical as they vie for business in increasingly competitive markets. Companies can add value by making a process more…
Google Cloud has released a new fully managed search tool, called Retail Search, which is aimed at retailers who are concerned about product discovery on their digital platforms. The service is intended to solve a common retail challenge of losing customers when they don’t immediately find their desired product on an ecommerce platform. This phenomenon,…
AI for Better Decision-Making Better decision-making isn’t always about deciding whether A or B is the optimal choice. Sometimes it’s about rethinking what kind of decisions to make. Consider that it may be easier to make one big decision well, rather than hundreds of smaller decisions that each have different payouts and risks. In contrast,…
People who study technology value creation ceaselessly argue which tech term of art is least illuminating and most irksome. Is it digital transformation (the phrase that has launched a thousand consultancies and as many failed strategies)? Is it cloud computing? Is it the ridiculously overhyped and inexplicably under-explained 5G? Or is it the recently coined…
Today, human resources (HR) professionals are tasked with identifying, developing, managing, and retaining a talented workforce while also adhering to legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements. Human capital management (HCM) software can help HR professionals accomplish their objectives and improve HR processes across the entire business. “A human capital management system implies that you’re able to…
Open dialogue, education, hiring, and strategic thinking are just some of the ways top tech companies are improving their diversity and inclusion efforts. Diversity and inclusion efforts in the workplace have evolved from mostly talk to a steady walk in the last two years, and data shows they’re as critical to a business’s success financially…