Leadership
Why smart businesses are embracing fractional executives
Roles for fractional execs are emerging as a result of workforce shifts and can present big benefits for businesses, writes Won J. You.
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Leadership
Decision-making in the Zone of Innovation
Use the Zone of Innovation to better manage change and create a compelling vision for your team, writes Curtis Bateman.
Development
How self-awareness allows leaders to make a greater impact
Practicing self-awareness can help leaders become more consistent and authentic, which can build team trust, writes LaRae Quy.
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.
Marketing
The secret ingredients for a superb customer service program
Understanding the importance of innovative strategies in today's fast-paced and technology-driven world.
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.
Travel
Get recognized as a leader in the travel industry
We are extending the SmartBrief Innovation Awards for Business Travelers deadline until Friday, Sept. 22. This awards program aims to recognize and celebrate the...
Analysis
AI is making networking and social skills more critical. Are your students prepared?
Social skills are a must for landing a job, but today's students lack the confidence to talk easily with adults. Here are ways to help.
Leadership
Stepping back to look ahead: 2024 business plan pre-work
By stepping back to review current business conditions and possible pivot points, leaders can gain a new perspective on strategy for 2024, Dave Coffaro writes.
Infrastructure
Climate Week Kicks Off and the Inflation Reduction Act Turns 1
Lauren Collins and Michael Joyce from V&E look ahead to Climate Week and reflect on the first year of the Inflation Reduction Act
Infrastructure
How Companies Are Leveraging Solar-As-A-Service
Harald Overholm, the co-founder and CEO of Alight Energy walks us through current solar trends in the Nordics and the rest of Europe
Workforce
Banishing workplace boredom
Banish workplace boredom by finding out what energizes your team and inviting them out of their comfort zones, writes Julie Winkle Giulioni.
AI
The key to successful AI adoption: Focus on the people
Success or failure in AI adoption ultimately comes down to how well you’ve prepared your teams for all the potential AI brings, writes Chris Duchesne.
Workforce
IT hiring has cooled, but the talent market is still strong
IT hiring may have cooled recently, but savvy leaders must seek ways to retain top talent, even amid layoffs, writes Maruf Ahmed.
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Modernizing student transportation regulations: A Q&A with Morgan Judge
This post is sponsored by EverDriven According to the Urban Institute, educational inequity extends beyond classroom walls: it starts with inadequate transportation options for...
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Commitment to prostate cancer advocacy: A Q&A with Lisa Lacasse
This post is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men after skin cancer. The American...
Workforce
Leaders must prepare now for future ways of working
The future will bring new ways to work, but training, education and human creativity will remain central, writes Leigh Ober.
Inspiration
A foe of faux: Spotting leadership “deepfakes”
Deepfakes are proliferating these days, and Steve McKee offers ways to spot leaders who are faking it.
Workforce
Prioritizing reskilling, reentry and rebuilding the US workforce
The US workforce could be enhanced if employers seriously considered hiring the formerly incarcerated, write Amy Lopez and Arti Finn.
Sponsored
Q&A: Meet EOS Hospitality’s Managing Director Tom Burns
This is a part of a series of guest posts from our partner Resort Capital Partners. Tom Burns, managing director for acquisitions at EOS...
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Food
Paving the way for a more inclusive wine industry
Efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in the wine industry have been gaining traction for the past several years, but continued effort is essential to creating meaningful, lasting change.
Development
How not to lose your next CEO
High-potential employees could be your next CEO, but failing to recognize them now could cost you in the long run, writes Alaina Love.
Digital Technology
The unstoppable rise of generative AI: Transforming the landscape of marketing
Generative AI is making its mark across various industries, and marketing is no exception. This blog post delves into the technology's pervasive influence and profound impact on the marketing landscape.
Digital Technology
Retail media: Why growth is moving off-site and in-store
Retail media is evolving fast – and Brandcrush’s Teresa Aprile details three key opportunities: in-store revival, off-site audiences and standards for measurement and process.
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Unlock the power of generative AI for your small business
Take your small business to the next level with generative AI
Infrastructure
Surveying the Solar Landscape
Daniel Cruise from Lium Research explains which segments of the solar sector are looking bright and which segments might have a cloudy future.
Sponsored
QLC SSDs deliver on capacity, performance and cost
Post is sponsored by Solidigm. Today, more data is being created, stored and analyzed than ever before. As workloads become more read-intensive, many storage...
Workforce
Sexist humor at work is even more toxic than you thought
Sexist humor in the workplace may seem harmless, but new research shows it could undermine the careers of both men and women.
Marketing
What does the role of CRO mean for marketing?
Explore how the emergence of the chief revenue officer role affects marketing and how marketing and sales teams can benefit from this “merger.”
Workforce
Leaders: Learn to lead with AI at SmartBrief’s AI conference
SmartBrief’s virtual AI Impact Summit will include various leadership- and HR-related sessions during a two-day deep dive on Sept. 27 and 28.
Events
Educators: Get expert lessons at SmartBrief’s AI Impact Summit
SmartBrief’s virtual AI Impact Summit will include various education-related sessions during a two-day deep dive on Sept. 27 and 28.
Workforce
Employee retention: Non-monetary rewards & HR innovation
Automation can be a great tool for employee retention, and Aaron Rubens outlines ways leaders can implement such systems.
Infrastructure
Sustainability in Action – The ACC Sustainability Leadership Awards
A roundup of all the winners of the American Chemistry Council's Sustainability Leadership Awards, including Covestro, Dow, DuPont, Evonik, SABIC and WM.
Infrastructure
How infrastructure leaders can gain an AI advantage
As the US updates its infrastructure, the construction, architecture and engineering sectors doing the work also are transforming. Once slow to adopt new technologies,...
Marketing
Marketers: Get all in on AI
It’s time to take an in-depth look at AI with the SmartBrief AI Impact Summit, Sept. 27 to 28, 2023. Check out the keynotes, marketing- and tech-related sessions and register now.
Leadership
11 keys to operational efficiency in the digital age
Companies can "experience unprecedented success in the digital age" by following these 11 steps outlines by Patrik Wilkens.
Healthcare
Health care: Innovations in the age of AI
Every week at SmartBrief, we curate e-newsletters for partners in a variety of industries, and most of them are singing a similar tune in...
Technology
How will AI transform the food industry?
AI Impact is a new, virtual event from SmartBrief that will separate hype from reality, and deliver insights into how industries and business functions will be enhanced and tested in the age of AI.
Travel
How AI is transforming business operations
The inaugural virtual AI Impact Summit, organized by SmartBrief, aims to separate hype from reality and show how AI will shape industries and transform business functions.
Marketing
10 marketing functions that brands should keep in-house
Most companies think it's easier to outsource most of their marketing efforts, but with the right team in place, in-house marketing can be the best option. Here are the tasks that brave brands can master themselves.
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.
Infrastructure
Optimizing the Grid to Electrify Everything
3M's Terry Collier shares his insights on the latest technologies and strategies to bring more renewables online and enhance grid stability and resiliency.