Leadership

03 Jan VIRTUAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MEETINGS, EVENTS, FIRESIDE CHATS

Posted at 07:00h in Advertising, Associations, Business, Customer Experience CX, Customer Service, Diversity, Futurist, Innovation, Keynote Speakers, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Meetings and Events, Personal Finance

As virtual keynote speakers and live key note speakers for meetings, events, conferences, and tradeshows, we're frequently asked to appear in virtual fireside chats. These often take the form of informal interviews in which we're asked to explore a range of topics from the future...

06 Oct COVID-19 BUSINESS SPEAKER: HOW TO ADAPT TO DISRUPTION

Posted at 06:41h in Change Management, Customer Service, Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Future Trends, Innovation, Keynote Speakers, Leadership

What does it take to get ahead in today's business world, regardless of the past few years' disruptions such as COVID-19, economic turbulence, and geopolitical uncertainty?As it turns out, getting ahead in an age of COVID-19 and various other concerns is about being more resourceful,...

15 Sep NEW BUSINESS SKILLS NEEDED FOR SUCCESS

Posted at 06:40h in Business, Associations, Creativity, Diversity, Futurist, Innovation, Leadership, Management

Trade secret – while ongoing disruption and volatility will continue to keep working professionals on their toes for the foreseeable future, 2022 and 2023 are years to focus on growth, reinvention, and bouncing back. Noting this, five skills that would come in handy going forward...

14 Sep JOB INTERVIEWS: HOW TO CRUSH IT AND GET THE GIG

Posted at 07:19h in Advertising, Communications and PR, Future of Work, Innovation, Keynote Speakers, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Personal Finance

If you're taking part in online or remote job interviews, how can you come across as more personable virtually or on the phone? It's a question we're commonly asked by job seekers. The answer: Simple – stay upbeat and positive. Likewise, be empathetic and take...

03 Sep RETURN TO WORK – KEYNOTE SPEAKER: WHAT COMES NEXT?

Posted at 07:46h in Advertising, Associations, Business, Change Management, Communications and PR, Creativity, Customer Experience CX, Customer Service, Cybersecurity, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Diversity, Finance and Banking, Future of Work, Future Trends, Futurist, Innovation, Keynote Speakers, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Meetings and Events, Personal Finance, Sustainability, Technology, Training and Development, Travel and Hospitality, Workforce Trends and Innovations

Shh! Don't tell return to work keynote speakers and future of work experts: Work sucks! Or so we often assume, that is… But as our new book FUN AT WORK™: How to Boost Creativity, Unleash Innovation, and Reinvent the Future of Work Using the Transformative...

14 Jul BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXPERT: 10 BIGGEST MISTAKES IN ONLINE NETWORKING, BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS

Posted at 08:32h in Change Management, Advertising, Associations, Business, Creativity, Diversity, Future of Work, Future Trends, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Meetings and Events, Sustainability, Technology, Training and Development, Travel and Hospitality

What are the 10 biggest mistakes that business development, sales, and marketing professionals tend to make when seeking to build business relationships and win over others? You may be surprised to find out! Below, we take a closer look at the most common gaffes that...

14 Jul THE NEW RULES OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING – PART 2

Posted at 08:16h in Business, Change Management, Communications and PR, Future of Work, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Training and Development

FOR PART 1 OF THE NEW RULES OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, CLICK HERECOME READY TO TALK BUSINESS − Time is money, as they say, and in today’s increasingly hectic and uncertain world, individuals are often increasingly pressed for both. Keeping this in mind, it’s only becoming...

14 Jul THE NEW RULES OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING – PART 1

Posted at 08:02h in Business, Future Trends, Futurist, Leadership, Management, Training and Development

KNOW AND UNDERSTAND YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE − The first essential rule of business development is to always remember that no two individuals or organizations are exactly alike, nor are the operating realities and opportunities or challenges that others face. Noting this, successful business development professionals...

12 Jul SMART CITIES AND THE INFLUENCE OF BIG TECH

Posted at 06:06h in Digital Transformation, Customer Experience CX, Customer Service, Future Trends, Futurist, Innovation, Leadership, Sustainability, Technology

Life, Work, and Play 3.0: Welcome to Tomorrow’s Smart City – A decade ago, destinations like Rio de Janeiro were already powered by high-tech command centers capable of monitoring weather, traffic, electricity usage, natural disasters, emergency situations and more – now the world’s most storied...

28 Jun WHAT IS THE SEVENTH ESTATE? – HOW THE 7TH ESTATE WILL DEFINE TOMORROW’S FUTURE

Posted at 12:52h in Business, Advertising, Associations, Change Management, Communications and PR, Creativity, Customer Experience CX, Customer Service, Cybersecurity, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Diversity, Finance and Banking, Future of Work, Future Trends, Futurist, Innovation, Keynote Speakers, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Meetings and Events, Personal Finance, Sustainability, Technology, Training and Development, Travel and Hospitality, Workforce Trends and Innovations

As talented and brilliant as we beautiful humans are, we’re effectively born blank slates, with the human mind a tabula rasa that’s free of preconceived goals, notions, and ideas. Over time, we absorb learning and information from our environment, from the information that we consume,...