Technology
AI revolutionizes food and beverage industry with personalization, efficiency
Companies like Tastewise and BevSuite are harnessing AI to transform consumer insights, marketing, and operations in food and beverage.
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Development
Toward a better model for leader development
Leader development programs could learn a lot from the Mayo Clinic's clinical model, which Art Petty writes has four foundational principles.
Leadership
How to craft a culture change at your organization
Culture change at a company requires telling new stories and getting employees to share them and create their own.
Leadership
Advice on expanding overseas in uncertain times
Gavin O’Loughlin offers five steps for US companies seeking to expand their business to the European Union.
Educational Leadership
Juggling learning and fun with center-based play
Play-based programs are wonderful, but they must be balanced with activities that reinforce the concepts students are learning.
Infrastructure
What’s The Deal With E-Liability?
Karthik Ramanna explains the basics of E-liability and makes the case for why companies, standards setters and regulators all around the world should be familiarizing themselves with the concept as soon as possible.
Marketing
How to become a marketing industry thought leader
Being a marketing industry thought leader is within your grasp – if you follow these three tips from Rashan Dixon.
Workforce
Female leaders are hiding in plain sight. Here’s how to help them shine
Female leaders are often hidden in plain sight. Joel Garfinkle provides tips on uncovering this hidden talent.
Digital Technology
Generative AI: We’ve been here before
Generative AI will lead us to the next revolution in marketing – but it’s one we’ve seen before. Learn why and two trends that will emerge.
Leadership
Spring clean your calendar to find more time
Taking a new look at your calendar and weeding out the unnecessary can help you find more time to do deep work, writes Elisabeth Owen Hayes.
Food
Off-premises dining will continue to help restaurants grow in 2023
The takeout and delivery sales that helped many restaurants weather pandemic shutdowns will continue to play an important role in post-pandemic recovery, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2023 State of the Industry report.
Educational Leadership
Shifting focus: 4 ways to take a new view
Landing in a new environment or situation offers the opportunity for shifting focus, letting leaders exercise different approaches.
Updates
Superintendent of the Year finalist North dismantles perceptions, forges partnerships
Superintendent Trent North of Georgia talks about working with students who come from poverty, the school’s police force and navigating polarizing times.
Updates
Superintendent of the Year finalist Caposey does more — because he does less
Superintendent of the Year finalist PJ Caposey talks with SmartBrief about fixing broken systems, winning tough battles for funding and focusing just on what matters .
Digital Technology
Should AI be used for content creation?
AI content generation has become a major marketing topic already in 2023. However, with any new tool, there are ethical, legal and quality considerations.
Inspiration
Don’t assume everyone thinks like you
Leaders who assume that those around them think like they do run the risk of missing their chance to positively influence others, writes Steve McKee.
Inspiration
Leadership lessons from playing Roblox with my kids
When is a Roblox game not about the game? When you glean business lessons while playing it with your children.
Social Media
ICYMI for week-ending Jan. 27: Social media how-tos & news
This week, Twitter is back in the news, along with TikTok, Instagram and your other favorite social media. If you missed anything, we recap with SmartBrief’s ICYMI.
Inspiration
5 ways to increase leadership courage in 2023
Improve your leadership courage in the new year by listening more, appeasing less and being honest with yourself, writes Marlene Chism.
Workforce
Avert “quiet quitting” by inspiring your employees
Leaders who inspire their team by connecting them to a larger purpose and role modeling company values can stem "quiet quitting."
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New policies, new posters: Is your business prepared?
Subscription and digital services for labor law posting requirements can save businesses time -- and keep them in compliance.
Leadership
4 steps to minimize uncertainty in the business journey
When embarking on a new business journey, the unknown can knock you off the path unless you take time now to prepare.
Education
Listen for a loud classroom to find the most-engaged students
Introducing edtech activities can turn up the volume, but a loud classroom is a sign of engaged, eagerly learning students.
Education
Are you giving your English learners the right resources?
When you allow the fear of a test to determine how you deliver instruction to English learners, you’re going to get it wrong, educator says.
Infrastructure
How Demand Response automation creates a greener, more resilient grid
James Muraca from Enersponse explains how automated Demand Response systems can enhance grid resiliency, utilize more renewables and save users money.
Updates
Productive struggle: What it is and how to achieve it
Productive struggle is another term for developing grit. Two experts share why it's important and how to make it happen.
Inspiration
Lead with love
Leaders who show love to their employees by getting to know them and acknowledging their importance to the business will build trust and loyalty.
Food
Restaurants reallocate some tasks to robots to deal with staffing shortages
As restaurants adjust to changing business conditions some operators are using robots and other automation technologies to reallocate some tasks and maximize efficiency.
Consumer Insights
Consumer vs. restaurant: Hartman research on the challenges of eating out
Americans love to eat out, yet research from The Hartman Group shows how restaurant offerings often present challenges to individual eating approaches.
Updates
Extra Credit: Parents’ rights, the rural divide and the economy-wrecking education decline
Is the parents’ rights movement harming students? Does your district do ability assessments? Read about these and more in Extra Credit.
Leadership
Why inquiring leaders have an advantage
Inquiring leaders use questions to learn new information from their team and self-inquiry to unearth their own blind spots.
HR
4 practical ways leaders can improve employee wellbeing
Employee wellbeing should be a top priority for leaders and LaRae Quy offers a step-by-step guide.
Sponsored
SIAL Paris 2022 to help global food industry respond to change
The SIAL Paris show will reconvene in person this October for the first time since 2018, bringing together food industry professionals from around the globe to discuss how they can prepare for the industry’s future. In this interview, SIAL Network CEO Nicolas Trentesaux discusses the “Own the Change” theme of this year’s show and what attendees can expect.
Leadership
4 scientific reasons why employees love empathetic leaders
Savvy leaders excel when they display empathy. LaRae Quy explains why.
A Win-Win-Win: 5 Tips For Building a Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership That Works
Joey Li can still remember the moment in middle school when he developed an interest in chemistry. “We had a career day and someone...
Finance
What CFOs are Reading: The SmartBrief Seven
A biweekly recap of the key trends and developments being followed by corporate finance professionals
Finance
How the banking industry – and Washington – have changed since 2009
Richard Hunt, the outgoing president and CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association, talks about why term limits (for trade association leaders) are a good thing, how Washington has changed over the years, and how the smartphone transformed banking.
Inspiration
Why taking the long view matters most right now
The long view is a holistic and strategic approach for which there's no formula. By practicing every day, senior leaders can create an environment in which everyone can lead.
Food
Datassential’s Firefly 500+: Restaurants focus on unit growth and a bit of indulgence
Sign up for Restaurant SmartBrief today, free. The pandemic has changed the restaurant industry forever, causing seismic shifts in nearly every industry segment and...
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Antronix, Teleste Intercept execs talk DOCSIS 4.0, cable’s future
SmartBrief chats with Neil Tang, president, CEO of Antronix and Board member of Teleste Intercept, and Hanno Narjus, CEO of Teleste Intercept, to discuss what operators must ponder as they look to DOCSIS 4.0 in terms of technology and rollout considerations.
Leadership
No more onboarding
Onboarding is the wrong term to use for fulling welcoming and integrating employees. Let's think about immersion, instead.
Food
SmartSummit: How chefs and restaurants are working toward a more sustainable food system
A panel of experts discussed what is driving the call for a more sustainable food system and how restaurants can be a part of it during SmartBrief’s virtual SmartSummit, “The Future of Food: The Role of Restaurants in Creating a Sustainable Food System.”