Sat.Apr 29, 2023 - Fri.May 05, 2023

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Nearshoring to Mexico: Is It Cheaper Than the U.S.?

Ivemsa

Many factors over the years have led to a surge of foreign operators nearshoring manufacturing to Mexico. Though the concept is decades-old, challenges with manufacturing in China and lingering effects from the global pandemic have caused Mexico to be in the spotlight once more. For U.S. manufacturers, in particular, the close proximity between the U.S. and Mexico makes it an optimal choice.

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The Top 10 Cyber Security Threats Facing Businesses In 2023

31 West

With the remote work trend and computerized systems gaining immense popularity, businesses and individuals are constantly focusing on cybersecurity practices, more now than ever. If you think your business has little to no risk of getting exposed to these attacks because it’s a small-scale company, you couldn’t be more wrong. According to Astra Security , 700,000 small companies became attackers’ victims in 2020, costing $2.8 billion in loss.

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Reducing climate-related property risk with AI

McKinsey and Company

In this roundtable, leaders from AI-enabled analytics platform ZestyAI discuss how artificial intelligence could help US property insurers evolve their underwriting models to account for climate risk.

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Is Your Startup Ready to Go Global?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/metamorworks While the most successful companies tend to follow the money, that shouldn’t be your sole motivation for going global. There are five main indicators for determining if your startup is ready to go global. If one or two of the indicators here apply to your business, you’re definitely headed in the right direction. But before you take the leap, you need to be aware of the challenges and risks.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Protecting Against The Top Cybersecurity Threats In 2023 Requires A Balanced Approach

Forrester Digital Transformation

Cybersecurity threats continue to plague organizations, multiplying like Mogwai in the 1984 hit movie “Gremlins” (just don’t feed them after midnight). Forrester data shows that almost three-quarters of organizations reported one or more data breaches in the past 12 months.

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How To Set Up Sharepoint For Document Management?

31 West

With SharePoint document management, you can create a library to store documents using metadata. It allows users to upload documents and tag them with search-based keywords. In simple words, SharePoint DMS helps you manage your business data in a precise manner. It will enhance the efficiency of your IT help desk team as they can easily find documents while resolving issues.

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Making the World a Better Place (wegginar® 5/3/23)

The Global Small Business Blog

©2023 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global Who doesn't want to make the world a better place? Founder of OMSutra, Jyoti Jaiswal, will be talking about how to get started and weave in positivity and consciously crafted design to make her point. Join Jyoti and wegg® free of charge on Wednesday, May 3rd at 11 AM CT. To learn more and to register, visit: [link].

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Insights From The 2023 RSA Conference: Generative AI, Quantum, And Innovation Sandbox

Forrester Digital Transformation

RSAC 2023 is a wrap! The Forrester security and risk team had 11 attendees at the RSA Conference last week. We really enjoyed meeting with clients and colleagues old and new — and now we’re *exhausted.* It’s no mystery why; as a team, we collectively participated in over 230 meetings and took more than 1.

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Most Common Questions About MS Outlook

31 West

Outlook is a commonly used email client app. However, there’s more to this email application than sending and receiving emails. Outlook is packed with task management features and an email calendar. It’s available as a standalone product and as part of the Microsoft Office Suite, which includes PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and more. Users who don’t want the Office 365 subscription can use its free browser version, which offers Outlook’s basic features.

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Looking within: How Walmart in Mexico changed everything for an omnichannel future

McKinsey and Company

The executive committee at Walmex had to lead differently to take the company into the digital age. They reflect on the changes in the organization and in themselves.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Chewy Eyes International Expansion

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Liudmila Chernetska “International expansion has long been a part of our strategy,” said Sumit Singh, Chewy’s CEO, during the [most recent earnings] call. “It was a matter of when, not if Chewy would take our superior value proposition into new geographies.” Details about which markets Chewy plans to expand to were scarce but Singh said the company is considering “entry markets that possess attractive characteristics for our initial international expansion plans.

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COVID-19 Global Health Emergency Has Ended. These Three Consumer Behaviors Aren’t Changing.

Forrester Digital Transformation

On Friday, May 5th 2023, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the COVID-19 emergency. While it will keep its status as a pandemic, this new declaration is a long-awaited milestone.

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What Are Sharepoint Workflows And How To Use Them?

31 West

A workflow is a method for operating repetitive functions and assignments occurring in a specific mandate. These procedures enable IT service desks and other departments to perform their job in manufacturing, service providing, or other activities. SharePoint workflows are in-built applications that simplify and automate various business operations.

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Nursing in 2023: How hospitals are confronting shortages

McKinsey and Company

Nearly a third of surveyed nurses still report an intent to leave their current jobs. Will hospitals’ efforts bend the curve?

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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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Today in Global Small Business: Inspirational Songs For Global Entrepreneurs

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/cienpies What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Music can benefit your business, as it has for these 50 entrepreneurs. Check out their picks for inspirational songs (hint: "My Way" by Frank Sinatra). Global retail ecommerce forecast 2023. ChatGPT as a thinking partner. Quote of the week: "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." – Bob Marley Developing positive character.

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The Tale Of The Chief Digital Officer Is Still Being Written

Forrester Digital Transformation

Digital impacts all companies — regardless of industry, size, and location. But the value that digital brings differs by organization, and so does the focus of any digital activities. Forrester analyzed the profiles of 85 digital leaders working for large global organizations across different countries and industries.

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Perficient to Host AI Bootcamps in Dallas, Houston, Detroit, & St. Louis with Mark Cuban Foundation

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient is excited to announce the expansion of our collaboration with the Mark Cuban Foundation to host free Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bootcamps for high school students in Dallas, Houston, Detroit, and St. Louis. The AI Bootcamp training sessions hosted by Perficient will introduce students to the concepts of AI through educational seminars, interactive lessons, and lab exercises.

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The next competitive advantage in talent: Continuous employee listening

McKinsey and Company

People analytics can provide real-time insights. Here’s how leaders can use them to identify critical needs, make decisions more quickly, and strengthen their employee value propositions.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Answerthink Enters Into Agreement with Nagarro for ComplianceNow Suite

The Hackett Group

Miami, FL – May 2, 202 3 – Answerthink, a division of The Hackett Group , Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) , today announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Nagarro for sales of their ComplianceNow suite to U.S. companies using SAP software. ComplianceNow, part of Nagarro, is a suite of products for optimizing and streamlining SAP compliance processes.

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Why The Digital Identity Market Needs A Big Shake-Up To Meet Its Potential

Forrester Digital Transformation

“On the internet, nobody knows you are a dog” is an oft quoted maxim from the 90s attributed to Peter Steiner. First appearing in The New Yorker, this meme illustrates the difficulty of establishing identity and, by extension, validating claims on the internet. Over three decades later, we still face the same challenges.

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Don’t pause AI development, prioritize ethics instead

IBM Services

The introduction of generative AI systems into the public domain exposed people all over the world to new technological possibilities, implications, and even consequences many had yet to consider. Thanks to systems like ChatGPT, just about anyone can now use advanced AI models that are not only capable of detecting patterns, honing data, and making recommendations as earlier versions of AI would, but also moving beyond that to create new content, develop original chat responses, and more.

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New leadership for a new era of thriving organizations

McKinsey and Company

Five leadership shifts can unleash an era of sustainable, inclusive growth for companies looking to outperform in this era of disruption.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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4 Questions Data Companies Should Ask When Choosing a Platform Modernization Partner

3Pillar Global

So you’re ready to start your platform modernization journey, but are unsure where to start? You’re in the right place! In this article, we’ll walk through the process of choosing a platform modernization partner, how they can help, and four key questions to ask during the selection process. The goal of the process should be to find a partner that has the expertise, capabilities, and mindset to help you build new data products , enhance the products you have, and increase the value you offer to

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Digital Sales Rooms: Hype Or Reality?

Forrester Digital Transformation

Like other business innovations, digital sales rooms are not a magic wand. Learn what’s needed to capture the biggest benefits — and learn more at B2B Summit North America.

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What policymakers need to know about foundation models

IBM Services

The last few years—even the last few months—have seen artificial intelligence (AI) breakthroughs come at a dizzying pace. AI that can generate paragraphs of text as well as a human, create realistic imagery and video from text, or perform hundreds of different tasks has captured the public’s attention. People see AI’s high level of performance, creative potential and, in some cases, the ability for anyone to use them with little to no technical expertise.

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From start-up to scale-up: Accelerating growth in construction technology

McKinsey and Company

To achieve scale, founders, executives, and investors in construction technology need to eliminate the barriers to efficient growth. Here’s how.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Why Financial Institutions Must Adopt Payment Platforms Into Their Digital Product Development

3Pillar Global

When the Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of businesses in 2020, people quickly moved to online shopping, ordering and delivery. Now that things are opening up, and supply chains are normalizing, customers are married to the ease and convenience of all that e-commerce has to offer. And this trend is here to stay. According to Forbes , 20.8 percent of retail purchases are expected to take place online in 2023.

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How To Reduce Tech Debt In Your CRM Operations

Forrester Digital Transformation

Uncover how to reduce tech debt in your CRM operations by understanding your CRM footprint, the CRM vendor landscape, and mapping a strategy to business outcomes.

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From Startup to Scaleup: How Our Dedicated Developers Help Growing Companies Achieve Success

comeMakeit

Suppose you’re raising butterflies. Will you feed them with grass, the same food as that of caterpillars? Clearly, no. You need to grow a flower garden to nurture butterflies and provide them with access to flowers. After they’ve grown and transformed, creatures acquire a different constitution. Their needs are quite different from other species as well as from that of their younger selves.

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Author Talks: Why breaking the rules could help you defy the odds

McKinsey and Company

Creating a clever detour may bring greater rewards than taking the path of least resistance.

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Foundations of Diversity: Building an Inclusive Company From the Ground Up

Can you guess why top-tier companies place such a high emphasis on diversity? Because a successful business mirrors the world around it. Diverse companies create empowering environments and are 35% more likely to financially outperform their peers. This new guide offers strategic insights to build a vibrant, diverse, and innovative workforce. Learn to assess your current workforce, understand demographics, and identify barriers to inclusivity.