December 28, 2021
The Secret Formula of Start-Up Success | Greg Shepard & Randall LaVeau
As Siinda Launches its E-Learning Platform powered by Boss Start-up Science in 2022, we revisit why such a platform is needed. History shows that crises can be startup incubators. Some of today’s biggest companies were founded during and shortly after the 2008 economic crisis, including Uber, Credit Karma, Slack, WhatsApp and Groupon. But crisis or no crisis, launching a start-up is a challenge. From limited resources to just knowing what to do, many ideas are never realized and fall apart before the business gets off the ground.
December 21, 2021
Leadership Lessons we can learn from the Military | Colonel Tom Vossler & Dr. Jeffrey D. McCausland
When in the Holiday Season, we shops to think about all the troops around the world that serve, and the Leaders that lead them. We thank all the men and women who serve with passion and dedication, it is a hard but respectful job. Leading in the Military is also one of the most challenging jobs. Military leadership involves making critical decisions, often in high-pressure situations with significant risks.
December 14, 2021
What Privacy Legislation can we expect in 2022? | Stephanie Verlihac
Behaviors show that people don’t alter privacy settings online, they don’t complain when their phone numbers are asked for and they certainly don’t insist on encrypted e-mail. As we were propelled into a completely digital world in 2020, the issue of privacy became even more apparent. Tracking and tracing, made us question data protection, and we revisited everything. The year 2022 will prove to be a big year in protection, data, and digital services. The EU moving to regulate AI with prohibited, high risk and low risk categories.
Decmeber 7, 2021
Storytelling in a Digitally Connected World | Christian Ward
The Importance of Storytelling cannot be underestimated. The world we live in today could not exist without the influence from past generations, the experiences from people across the globe and the experiences from those that surround us. As creatures of habit and tradition we instinctively hand down lessons and share knowledge. We crave communal knowledge, which very often comes from the stories we share. It is one of the most traditional and human processes.
November 30, 2021
The Big Quit? No, Save Your Career without Leaving your Job | Darcy Eikenberg
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4 million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021. Resignations peaked in April and have remained abnormally high for several months, with a record-breaking 10.9 million open jobs at the end of July. The trend has not yet hit Europe in the forces like in the U.S.. Still, Personio recently conducted a study among Dutch workers which had ‘US-like results’, wherein it found that 46% of those surveyed planned to quit in the next six months to a year — five per cent higher than the global percentage.
November 23, 2021
Designing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs that Work | Minal Bopaiah
In the wake of significant social and political incidents, the emergence of a world economy, a changing workforce, and the focuses on “inclusivity: many companies are taking steps to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through corporate programs. Yet, progress in most sectors remains slow because many of them do not change systems. Many times, HR staff often leads programs that do not really understand what DEI is or measure it by numbers thinking that numbers alone will change systems.
November 16, 2021
Post Pandemic – A look at the web presence of SMB’s across Europe | Itai Sadan & Paul Wood
When foot traffic stopped in March 2020, Small and Medium Businesses had to become digital. Even though before March 2020, most local businesses had a presence on the web, and they knew that presence was necessary, they recognized that having a poor presence was almost like having no presence at all. But then the pandemic came, and SMBs finally understood their web presence was critical and that they needed to focus on the customer experience and engagement online.
November 9, 2021
Awakening: Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies with Areva Martin | Areva Martin
Many people do not like the term “Feminism”, but Feminism was the backbone of the women’s suffrage movement. In August 1920, because of Feminism, women won the right to political equality. But what has happened since 1920? Sure we have made some progress, but we have not moved the needle very far. Social, economic, employment, and other types of equality have only made baby steps since 1920, and the question is why?
November 2, 2021
Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic Future with Futurist Rohit Talwar | Rohit Talwar
Rohit Talwar opens his new book with a statement that says it all: “An Incomplete Past and an Uncertain Future” Rohit says that “The world has run out of adjectives to describe the shockwaves caused by the pandemic and the damage it has done to lives, societies, businesses, economies, and entire nations” Somewhere along the way we not only ran out of adjectives but we stopped predicting when things would go back to normal.
October 26, 2021
Leadership lessons we can learn from the Afghanistan withdrawal | Dr. Jeffrey McCausland
There are a lot of leadership lessons you can learn from military actions. However, in 2021, one military action proved things could go completely wrong and were highly unlikely to end positively. This was the withdraw of troops from Afghanistan. In World War II, they used the slang a total “Goat-Fuck” to describe a situation similar to this.
October 19, 2021
Fireside Chat with Suzanne Brockmann, NYTimes Bestselling Author | Suzanne Brockmann
Fiction gives us the chance to provide power to or destroy cultural values, sensitivities, current or past issues and much more. We can learn from what characters do, where they are, how they behave and much more. Fiction is not just about a good story but also what we take away from the story. In this episode, we have a chance to talk with Suzanne Brockmann, the New York Times bestselling romance author. We talk about how she came about writing fiction that focused on Navy Seal Hero’s before they became popular in all kinds of fiction.
October 12, 2021
From Xbox Stories to a Contemporary Thriller | Robbie Bach
The line between fiction and reality is blurrier today than ever before. Sometimes a book or a movie filled with fictional characters can remind us of reality and often we tend to forget those are made-up stories may have no connection with reality. Very often real-life experiences can shape fiction and fictional experiences can shape the way we think. As we go through life we participate in the lives of others. We observe, we learn, and we think. Writers use their experiences to help readers imagine, broaden their perspectives, and very often convey important messages.
October 5, 2021
Digital World is on Steriods & Wix is Helping Companies Keep Up | Danny Hen
When Covid-19 struck, it forced societal changes around the world. Overnight, governments issued orders that limited large gatherings of people, restricted in-person business operations, and encouraged people to work from home as much as possible. The result was that businesses began to look for ways to continue their operations remotely, as consumers fast-forwarded into an almost entirely digital world. So what happened?
September 28, 2021
Cyber Security in the New Norm- Insights from an Ethical Hacker | Dave Chronister
Earlier this year there was the announcement of a massive computer breach that allowed hackers to exploit numerous US government agencies left the US government and the world in shock. The hackers attached malware to a software update which gave them access to government networks and private company systems, putting infrastructures, data, operations and priority information at risk.
September 21, 2021
How to become more financially secure | Shirley Luu
Financial security, what is it? For many, it is having the peace of mind to ensure that you can live and not live hand to mouth. For some, it means being prepared for whatever life sends your way is an essential part of being financially responsible. For others, it is having a steady income. One thing is for sure in 2020 and 2021, many people had financial difficulties as the economy went into a stand-still, businesses closed, people lost jobs, and many were struggling. But some people were prepared, so how do you prepare yourself for unseen roadblocks and the future?
September 14, 2021
Web Accessibility – Why your business should pay attention to this | Itamar Shafir
We live in an undeniable digital world where most of the global population are active web users, and the pandemic has been a contributing factor to the increasing inactivity. The internet is being used for communication, staying social, working from home, learning, entertainment, and shopping. When you consider these trends and consider that in the US and the EU, it is estimated that 15% of internet users have some disability that hinders their full use of a website, it is time to ask ourselves how we can make the web more accessible?
September 7, 2021
How SMB’s are dealing with Data Protection in 2021 | Jürgen Weichert
Three years ago, the European Union implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in an effort to protect its citizen’s privacy. Deemed as the toughest privacy and security law in the world, it imposes obligations onto organizations anywhere, not just in the EU, so long as they target or collect data related to people in the European Union.
August 31, 2021
Creating Influence and Impact in your Job | Dr. Bill Berman
Do you know what your boss or your company wants from you in your job? A hot question, right? Many of us will answer-well I think so- I think I know what they want. When we apply for a position, we get interviewed, and we get a job description.
August 24, 2021
Getting your message across-How to write an impactful speech | Elaine Bennett
Why do some speeches keep your attention and pique your interest, and others have you multitasking or turning the volume up on your i-tunes? I believe it is all about summing up all the information you want to communicate and conveying it clearly.
August 17, 2021
Body Language in the New Normal-How to leave a lasting impression | Stefan Verra
Body language and non-verbal gestures are the first things we notice when we meet someone in person, but what about in the virtual world? Is it the same? According to the European Commission, in 2019, only 5.4% of employees in the EU worked from home.
August 10, 2021
How SMB’s are dealing with Data Protection in 2021 | Jürgen Weichert
Three years ago, the European Union implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in an effort to protect its citizen’s privacy. Deemed as the toughest privacy and security law in the world, it imposes obligations onto organizations anywhere, not just in the EU, so long as they target or collect data related to people in the European Union.
August 3, 2021
Leadership Lessons we can learn from the Military | Dr. Jeffrey D. McCausland & Colonel Tom Vossler
Following our 3 part series on the book Battle Tested! Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders which aired in April and May 2021, we dig deeper into what we can learn about leadership from the military.
July 27, 2021
The secrets behind a successful 9 figure family business | Charles Bailes
Rob Lachenauer, the CEO at Banyan Global Family Business Advisors in Boston, was quoted in Forbes as saying: “In a non-family business, you can quit your job, and it’s usually a career-enhancing move. In a family business, you sure can’t quit your family.”
July 20, 2021
The Forces and Relationships that Impact our Lives – Part II | David Nour
We all have a roadmap that guides us through our work life and our personal lives, and as David Nour says, “it’s not about balance it’s about blending” But our maps are not linear, as life is not linear and there are many forces that influence us.
July 13, 2021
The Forces and Relationships that Impact our Lives – Part I | David Nour
We all have a roadmap that guides us through our work life and our personal lives, and as David Nour says, “it’s not about balance it’s about blending” But our maps are not linear, as life is not linear and there are many forces that influence us.
July 6, 2021
Web Accessibility-Why your business should pay attention to this | Itamar Shafir
We live in an undeniable digital world where most of the global population are active web users, and the pandemic has been a contributing factor to the increasing inactivity.
June 29, 2021
Cyber Security in the New Norm – Insights from an Ethical Hacker | Dave Chronister
Earlier this year there was the announcement of a massive computer breach that allowed hackers to exploit numerous US government agencies left the US government and the world in shock.
June 22, 2021
How to improve your Cultural Agility | Dr. Paula Caligiuri
We live in a global economy and a multi-cultural world and being culturally adaptable is becoming ever more critical. It does not matter if you call it cultural intelligence, adaptiveness, or sensitivity; you must have some attributes that make you culturally agile to be a successful professional.
June 15, 2021
Diversity and Inclusivity in Marketing | Tim Keen
As usual, brands must consider their target audience when developing their messages, and this expectation is intensifying as consumers place greater emphasis on brands’ actions. People relate to positive messages around social issues such as the environment, coronavirus safety, and systemic racism; therefore, how a business or brand positions itself can impact consumer loyalty.
June 8, 2021
The Managerial Leadership Lessons We All Need | Dr. Jeffrey Magee
“Truly successful individuals and leaders recognize that they cannot always have the answer themselves and that it is unrealistic for any one person to be the expert on everything. Truly great leaders, though, understand that they may not have to be the answer themselves. They merely need to be the catalyst for others to generate the answers, as well as to create a safe culture and environment for such energies to come forth.”
June 1, 2021
Google’s New Ranking Values – Is your website still visible? | Christopher Carfi
On December 31, 1999, the world was in a panic related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for 2000. Even though we had years to prepare for this, we still waited until the last minute, and 21 years later, there is another panic.
May 25, 2021
Leveraging change to achieve better results | Jake Jacobs
Change is inevitable, it is sometimes in our control and is deliberate and predicted and sometimes it is out of our control. Sometimes there are slight changes and sometimes we face changes of magnitude like we all faced over the last 18 months.
May 18, 2021
‘Leaders in Lockdown’- The lessons we all have learned since 2020 | Atholl Duncan
If you gathered some of the world’s top CEOs in one room, what would they say were the lessons they learned from the crisis we have been through over the last 18 months? What would they say about the future?
May 11, 2021
Too Many Choices- How to develop a great marketing strategy! | JP Clement
There used to be two forms of marketing; online marketing and offline marketing and then the explosion in digital happened and now there are now more than 41 different types of marketing happening on numerous platforms.
May 4, 2021
Gettysburg-What this battle can teach us about leadership-Part III | Dr. Jeffrey D. McCausland & Colonel Tom Vossler
Today’s business leaders face several challenges, and they all did not just start with the pandemic, but they are not alone. For hundreds of years, our military leaders have been facing challenges even more significant than those we face today. So the question we pose in this episode, what can we learn from our military leaders.
April 27, 2021
Gettysburg-What this battle can teach us about leadership-Part II | Dr. Jeffrey D. McCausland & Colonel Tom Vossler
Today’s business leaders face several challenges, and they all did not just start with the pandemic, but they are not alone. For hundreds of years, our military leaders have been facing challenges even more significant than those we face today. So the question we pose in this episode, what can we learn from our military leaders.
April 20, 2021
Gettysburg – What this battle can teach us about leadership – Part I | Dr. Jeffrey D. McCausland & Colonel Tom Vossler
Today’s business leaders face several challenges, and they all did not just start with the pandemic, but they are not alone. For hundreds of years, our military leaders have been facing challenges even more significant than those we face today. So the question we pose in this episode, what can we learn from our military leaders.
April 13, 2021
Why Emotional and Social Intelligence in Leadership is Important | Robin Hills
In business and life, we sometimes have the inability to fully understand and tackle human emotions, impacting our behavior, especially in business. As leaders, we should exemplify the kind of behavior we want in our organizations, and without both emotional & social intelligence, we cannot do that.
April 6, 2021
Hiring, Retaining and Engaging Employees in the Virtual World | Sandy Lohr
For the last two decades, there has been a shift in how we hire and retain employees. This shift primarily began with the entrance of the millenniums into the workforce and then there was another shift as Gen Z made their appearance. At the same time, technology in the workplace has allowed organizations to reimagine the way they work and manage talent.
March 30, 2021
Googles New Ranking Values- Is your website still visible?| Christopher Carfi
On December 31, 1999, the world was in a panic related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for 2000. Even though we had years to prepare for this, we still waited until the last minute, and 21 years later, there is another panic. Businesses are wondering what will happen when Google changes to mobile-first indexing on March 31, 2021.
March 23, 2021
Coping with Change – Tips on how to become more resilient| Dr. Sarah Stebbins
At the end of the day no person or situation will stay the same forever. At the minimum, we all change, we all grow older, and we all are forced to open our eyes to new ways of life. It does not matter if it is in your personal life or your professional life you will face change. In this episode, we talk about how to better cope with change and how to become more resilient.
March 16, 2021
Driving Business through Content Marketing-The Do’s and Don’ts| Jeff Tomlin
Who is the most exciting person in the room when you’re at a networking event or a social outing? Simple, it’s whoever has the most unique and insightful stories to tell. It’s all about content, and content marketing is built on the same principle. We talk to us about how to use content marketing effectively with some great examples of thought leadership and market research in the digital marketing and local search arena.
March 9, 2021
Helping lifestyle companies achieve recovery and growth| Greg Shepard and Randall LeVeau
There are a lot of podcasts talking about what enterprise as well as small businesses should do to keep their businesses floating during the pandemic, but not a lot of them talk about how to plan now for the recovery and comeback. In this episode we talk about a method that can help lifestyle companies develop a plan not only for recovery but for growth.
March 2, 2021
‘Going Digital’- A guide for SME’| Rachel Schapiro
Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, said: “We saw 2 years of digital transformation in 2 months” Suddenly, businesses that were online-skeptical are rushing into the digital space because they simply must. In this episode we talk to a company that helps businesses reach “tech savviness” regardless of the industry they are in.
February 23, 2021
Diversity and Inclusivity in Marketing| Tim Keen
It essential for businesses and brands to recognize diverse cultures and different values. We all have unconscious biases and draw from our own experiences as our default, and this makes it hard for marketers to spot when a marketing campaign is not as inclusive as it could be.
February 16, 2021
Service as a Business Model -Why this is a Growth Opportunity| Matt Matergia
The customer journey is no longer linear. It is 360-degree never-ending customer experience, that has changed how B2B companies need to deal with their customers. B2B companies need to apply the same customer experience and personal service that consumers expect from B2C companies.
February 9, 2021
Encore: Innovation and Entrepreneurs Part II| Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp
Part 2 of a 2-Part series that explores innovation and entrepreneurship. In this episode, we explore the contribution of different entrepreneurial styles and how they can contribute to teams and to the different stages in the entrepreneurial journey.
February 2, 2021
Encore: Innovation and Entrepreneurs Part I| Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp
Part I of a 2-Part series that explores innovation and entrepreneurship. In this episode, we discuss the routes of innovation, how we can foster innovation and its relationship to entrepreneurship. In Part II we explore the Entrepreneurial Mindset and Journey.
January 26, 2021
The Secret Formula of Start-Up Success| With Randall LeVeau and Greg Shepard
History shows that crises can be startup incubators. In this episode we look at the start-up formula for success. A formula that can help increase the success rate of start-ups, no matter what industry they are in, or what kind of product and service they want to bring to market. In this episode we reveal to you what the formula of success..
January 19, 2021
Forget time management, instead learn how to value your time!| With Ashley Whillians
We have brought our offices into our homes, making it very difficult for us to draw the lines between our private lives and work. In this episode we talk about time, money and time-management, not just from the prospective of time-management at work, but with a more global view, how we can better use the time we all have been gifted.
January 12, 2021
Cyber Security in the New Normal| With Dave B. Chronister
Chris Versace estimates that in the first 100 days of the pandemic Covid-themed spam messages increased by 26%, and impersonation attacks jumped by 40%. This is worrying news as the world transitions into a virtual workforce, AI advances and healthcare systems and data are a priority.
January 5, 2021
Encore: Proper Governance: The Key to High Performing Boards| With Professor Dr. Didier Cossin
Prominent business disasters such as the collapse of Enron and Northern Rock, to such devastating events as the BP Texas City oil refinery explosion, are very often blamed on Company Boards and Governance. We pose the question: Are Boards up to governing in these challenging times and do they have the proper governance that can help guide them through rough times and onto recovery?