HR
Here are HR myths that hold the business back
An APQC survey puts to rest myths about HR's capabilities, influence on the business and its readiness for the future. Read on to see why HR is already a business imperative.
Results for "automation"
Inspiration
A musical response to the Great Resignation: Love the one you’re with
Leaders can respond to the Great Resignation by increasing their efforts at personal connection, clearing roadblocks and aiding their employees, or they can watch them go.
Renewable Energy
Transmission talk with ‘grid geek’ Rob Gramlich
A deep dive about US grid issues and solutions
Renewable Energy
The ‘Three Ds’ Driving the Energy Transition
How decarbonization, decentralization and digitalization are reshaping the power industry
Food Retail
Grocers embrace robotics, automated systems
Food retailers introduce consumers to new technology tools and improve established systems through robotics and automation.
Restaurant and Foodservice
Looking at the future of restaurant technology
Advancements that make the experience faster, safer and easier are among the most important future components of any restaurant.
Finance
Q&A: How next-gen technologies are shaping finance
Michael Tae, chief transformation officer at Broadridge Financial Solutions, discusses how new technologies are driving change in the industry
Transportation
Autonomous vehicles require acceptance to save lives
Autonomous vehicles require acceptance to save lives, boost efficiencies
Marketing Strategy
Enhance your brand with these 4 marketing hacks
There are always the go-to marketing hacks that professionals tend to preach, but, although they are useful in helping businesses grow, there are other tips that aren’t always shared that can boost your brand’s reputation. Here are four of them.
Marketing Strategy
How to advocate for a bigger content marketing budget
Anvil Media’s Kent Lewis looks at the growth and value of content marketing and offers strategies for growing your 2021 CM budget.
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy SmartPod
Fun and informative conversations about the people, technologies and trends powering the energy transition.
Consumer Insights
What role will robots play in the future of food delivery?
With demand for convenient and contactless food delivery options on the rise, autonomous delivery vehicles have the potential to be a game-changer for foodservice and food retail.
Sponsored
Rethinking teamwork in a remote environment
Today, fostering teamwork when employees are scattered poses challenges. Here are some things to consider for helping remote team members function smoothly.
Digital Technology
How AI can help you monitor Facebook ads
Shane Barker, a digital marketing consultant, writes about how artificial intelligence can play a major role in helping you monitor your Facebook ads campaigns.
Consumer Insights
Consumers continue to focus on sustainability, waste reduction through COVID
Despite indulging more in restaurant takeout, delivery and home-shipped meal kits during the pandemic, consumers are more focused than ever on reducing waste and their impact on the environment.
Food
Top 10: $25B relief package for restaurants, cereal-flavored ice cream, less shaving = more beard oil
Legislative news involving the foodservice industry and stories about how a change in shaving tendencies is affecting CPG product lines made this week's top 10.
Healthcare
Editor’s take – Health care and life sciences: COVID-19 vaccine rollout, health care costs and a new administration
A rundown of Q4 in the health care space
Food
Grocery tech trends: The unstoppable rise of AI, voice, automation
If recent news from some of the country’s largest food retailers is any indication, the future is now when it comes to adopting fast-paced, game-changing technologies in the supermarket.
Finance
Q&A: Broadridge’s Kevin Moran on the role of digital labor in financial services
Kevin Moran, global head of business process outsourcing at Broadridge, discusses the role digital labor is playing in the financial services industry and how the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating digital transformation.
Digital Technology
How marketing automation can impact remote work
Want to make remote work more efficient? It’s time to leverage marketing automation. Attrock’s Gaurav Sharma explains how marketing automation can help your business grow.
Sponsored
Remote workplace trends for 2021
What can business leaders expect to face in 2021? Here are some emerging trends in the remote workplace.
Edtech
Building a computer-integrated manufacturing training program
Creating a manufacturing program provides students with essential technical skills to begin a career, or it can help students gain entry to engineering programs at top universities.
Marketing
Reinventing Retail – The View from IDC
Leslie Hand of IDC Retail and Financial Insights looks forward to what retailers should focus on in 2021.
HR
The HR technology trends that are defining 2020
HR Technology trends are constantly evolving, especially in a world where remote work is becoming the norm. Here are the latest HR tech trends to watch.
Sponsored
Double down on learning and development now
Companies that are using this current moment to upskill and reskill workers so that they can adapt to the new normal are most likely to be successful once the crisis passes.
Finance
How insurance carriers can prepare for the COVID-19 impact
Insurers will face several strategic and operational challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's how to prepare.
Finance
Securities processing must continue digital transformation following pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating digital transformation for many parts of financial services, including securities processing using distributed ledger technology.
Marketing Strategy
5 new trends in digital marketing you might have overlooked
Supported by data aggregated from Google Search, here are 5 new trends in digital marketing that should be a core part of your marketing strategy.
Marketing Strategy
Omnichannel marketing in the new digital age
Anvil’s Kent Lewis explores the value of omnichannel marketing, how it differs from multichannel marketing, and offers six steps to create an omnichannel marketing program.
Marketing Strategy
FAQ: Top Digital Marketing Trends 2020
We’ve aggregated some of this year’s most frequently asked digital marketing questions and compiled the answers here for you.
Marketing
B2B marketing automation platforms: Making the right choice
Choosing the right B2B marketing automation platform for your company can be difficult. SmartBrief provides best practices for navigating the situation.
Sponsored
Maximizing medical device post-market surveillance
Better postmarket surveillande for devicemakers
Management
Consider these productivity frameworks and tools for effective management
Getting organized helps you today and in the long run. Here are 5 productivity frameworks that could help make your work life easier.
Construction
The future of drones and where the market currently stands
Many drone startups are failing despite robust demand for the technology. That juxtaposition has experts wondering if drones are part of a waning fad or a promising revolution with a tangible business ROI.
Marketing Strategy
5 ways to boost your digital marketing campaign ROI
To grow your brand, you need to find ways to improve your digital marketing ROI. Attrock’s Gaurav Sharma offers some innovative methods through which you can do so.
Digital Technology
How marketing personalization should evolve
While personalization is key in marketing, it can go too far at times. Invoca’s Laura Schierbel looks at how marketers can go beyond targeting and “translate data into a more human experience.”
Finance
2020 Finance Trends: Industry Poll + Interview
SmartBrief readers share their top finance trends for 2020, plus an interview with the editor of SmartBrief for CFOs.
Sponsored
Technology trends that will drive productivity in 2020
For companies that are open to digital transformation, 2020 is going to be a banner year. Technology has improved efficiencies and increased productivity in the workplace unlike anything seen since the ‘90s.
Sponsored
How can the OTC benefit contribute to your strategic goals
Using an OTC benefit to hit strategic plan goals
Modern Money
Fintech trends for 2020 and how data is changing the landscape
Technology and the ways data are being used to make trading decisions and better understand markets continue to evolve quickly for financial services firms.
Sponsored
Wealth management 2020: Embracing the shifting tides in the digital race
Wealth managers need to digitize their businesses in order to compete in today's environment
Finance
Smarsh releases findings of 9th electronic communications survey
Compliance teams struggle to meet electronic communications compliance rules