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Forrester’s Digital Go-To-Market Review: The World’s Most Future-Proofed Brands

Forrester Digital Transformation

To help brand manufacturers take control, Forrester’s Digital Go-To-Market Review series assesses a set of brands in a specific category to see how well they are positioned to thrive independently. In this review, we analyzed our reviews of 177 retail brands.

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When The Dedicated Development Team Model is Worth Considered

Groove Technology

Nowadays, outsourcing is considered the best option for all types of businesses to register new digital ideas or modernize existing technology solutions. Businesses worldwide are now realizing the importance of adapting to rapid changes in the technology sector. As a result, many businesses have adopted the model of hiring dedicated and remote developers as a way to scale projects with new technology initiatives.

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Not Many Are Left Unscathed From Global Supply Chain Snags, Especially Global Small Businesses

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Stock photo and footage With much of the world’s supply chain still tied in knots due to lingering effects from the global pandemic, many small business owners are finding they can’t buy the products and supplies they need, period. For smaller retailers in particular, many of which rely on the holiday season for the bulk of their sales, months of worry could result in a bleak November and December.

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IoT value set to accelerate through 2030: Where and how to capture it

McKinsey and Company

New research shows that the Internet of Things offers significant economic value potential, particularly in standardized production settings, but companies must achieve scale to capture it.

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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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Predictions 2022: The Global Public Sector Will Transform Itself — And Society

Forrester Digital Transformation

In the coming year, the global public sector will respond to major economic and social trends with actions that reverberate throughout the world’s economy. Learn more in this overview of our 2022 predictions.

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Groove Technology has officially certified to ISO 9001

Groove Technology

On October 28th, Groove Technology officially achieved ISO 9001 certification, which will result in several benefits for our business and customers. What is ISO 9001? . ISO 9001 is a standard that specifies the requirements for a quality management system. It helps companies and organizations in becoming more efficient and enhancing consumer satisfaction.

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Being transgender at work

McKinsey and Company

Although corporate America has stepped up its public support of LGBTQ+ rights, it still has a long road ahead to foster a truly inclusive environment for transgender employees.

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The Sales Talent Divide And Three Things Sales Leaders Can Do

Forrester Digital Transformation

Sales leaders face serious challenges in attracting and retaining diverse sales talent. Future Forum research, in a survey of thousands of workers and managers globally, shows a divide in work satisfaction and flexibility between executives and employees, especially those in non-white, male demographics. For example, 44% of executives want to work from the office everyday […].

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Perficient Lands a Spot on Chicago Tribune’s 2021 Top Workplaces List

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient is pleased to announce that we have landed a spot on the Chicago Tribune’s 2021 Top Workplaces list! This is the third time our Chicago team has won this distinction. It’s also their second award win of the year (check out their Best & Brightest award )! Behind the Awards. The Top Workplace list is based solely on employee feedback.

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What Is Your Potential to Contribute to An Industry?

The Global Small Business Blog

©2021 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry." – Steve Jobs.

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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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The corporation in the 21st century

McKinsey and Company

Shifts in how businesses create value and how it flows to households highlight the changing role of the corporation.

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Closing The B2B Trust Gap

Forrester Digital Transformation

We all want to be trusted, and, in turn, we are inclined to trust others. So it is perhaps unsurprising that we have a highly inflated sense of levels of trust, especially in our professional lives. When we asked B2B marketing and brand leaders in Forrester’s 2021 Brand And Communications Survey if they act in […].

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How to save money with a Call Center in Mexico?

Redial

Don’t worry anymore about the large investment of a call center, outsourcing in Mexico can reduce costs by 50% per year. If you are considering outsourcing services to reduce operating costs or optimize your administration efforts, you are in the right place. Besides helping expand your business to provide a seamless customer experience, outsourcing a call center can have many advantages.

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How to Give Feedback When the Stakes Are High

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/wwwebmeister How do you think through and deliver a meaningful feedback message when the stakes are high or the message is hard? The first thing you can do to improve the feedback you give is simply to prepare for the conversation. Ideally, preparation does two things: It helps you not respond in a reflexive or reactive way. It helps you focus the content of your message on behavior.

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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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Booking App Solution For Salon/spa

Groove Technology

Customer. Our customer is a beauty salon in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam with the main services of hair & nail care. Challenge. Because the salon was planning to expand its branches, a booking app was necessary to easily control the daily number of customers. The salon asked Groove Technology to create an easy-to-use booking app with black and white as their main theme colors.

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Predictions 2022: Top-Tier Manufacturers Will Prioritize Creativity And Sustainability

Forrester Digital Transformation

Supply shortages. Sustainability pressures. Geopolitical tensions. Find out how manufacturers will respond to these unique challenges in our 2021 manufacturing predictions.

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How an inbound call center can save you money

Redial

Today, most of the Sales Call Centers offer Inbound Call Center. Through an Inbound Call Center, support services are handled in real-time; inquiries are attended through multiple channels; This feature helps improve the customer experience through excellent service; allows the expansion of the customer base at a low cost. First of all, we must see that it is a tool and this Company is a very profitable solution and should not be represented as an expense, but as a long-term investment, actually

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Women Aged 50+ Who Are Shattering Age and Gender Norms Across USA

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Szepy Produced in partnership with Morning Joe cohost Mika Brzezinski and her Know Your Value initiative, the 50 Over 50 is a collection of women who reject the conventional wisdom that their best years are behind them. They’re leading a movement. The 50 Over 50 is a list dedicated to highlighting women over the age of 50 who are shattering age and gender norms across all sectors of the American economy and culture.

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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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Industry Slant // Bo Berg Talks Giant Schnauzers, DJing, Financial Services

Perficient Digital Transformation

Bo Berg is a director in Perficient’s financial services practice. He has more than 20 years of experience leading digital transformation initiatives for financial institutions. Bo Berg joins Eugene Sefanov and Madeline McDermott for a Microsoft Teams chat . Denmark, Dogs, & DJing. Madeline McDermott: First things first. Where were you born? Bo Berg: Copenhagen.

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What The US Infrastructure Bill Means To You

Forrester Digital Transformation

After months of negotiations in Congress, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is about to become law. This new law will address specifics such as climate change, sustainability, and cybersecurity that all have specific requirements which in turn will drive your policy and regulation in the future. If you do business with the US federal […].

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Unlocking digital healthcare in lower- and middle-income countries

McKinsey and Company

COVID-19 led many healthcare systems in lower- and middle-income countries to adapt digital-healthcare platforms.

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Bringing Global Small Businesses, Including Global Women Entrepreneurs, Into the Digital Economy

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/anyaberkut Mastercard’s Digital Doors curriculum helps businesses get online and stay protected, ensuring they have the right tools to maximize their digital presence and integrate e-commerce seamlessly, including the free Small Business Digital Readiness Diagnostic. Most recently, Mastercard committed $25 million to help more than five million micro and SMBs digitize through the Strive initiative.

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

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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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Perficient Chennai & Bangalore: Covid Vaccination Drive

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient India as part of its efforts to support colleagues through the pandemic took the initiative to conduct covid vaccination drives for its colleagues. Colleagues could register and get themselves and their families vaccinated with ease, in a safe and comfortable space. Furthermore, Perficient reimbursed the cost of vaccination, not only for colleagues but for their family too.

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Predictions 2022: Payments Gets The Hollywood Treatment

Forrester Digital Transformation

Blockbuster IPOs will light up the headlines in the coming year, while digital wallets and QR codes trigger a “back to the future” moment for consumers. Explore what's ahead for the payments industry.

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A sustainable, inclusive, and growing future for the United States

McKinsey and Company

While the challenges the United States faces are significant, it can build on core strengths to grow, broaden, and sustain prosperity.

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A Brief Introduction to EWA

Immedus

Earned Wage Access (EWA), also known as real-time pay, on-demand pay, or early wage access, allows employees or contractors to access their pay before the designated pay date. In many ways, it is a leveraging of EY’s estimate that approximately $1 trillion is accrued in employer payroll accounts on any given day. As they see it, paying people before a designated pay date offers employees access to this resource in a way that is cost-efficient.

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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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Chatting About Sustainability with Sarah Shapiro

Perficient Digital Transformation

At Perficient, you get to work with so many talented and passionate colleagues. You also get the chance to share your passions through various committees and employee resource groups across the company. Earlier this week I got to sit down with Sarah Shapiro , a regional marketing manager out of the St. Louis office, to discuss being green. Sarah is a member of our St.

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Why Automation May Not Mean Workforce Reductions

Forrester Digital Transformation

Tech leaders and business executives invest in process automation technologies because they expect that productivity gains will translate into cost savings through reduction in employees. But lessons drawn from Forrester’s 2015 forecast, Death Of A (B2B) Salesman, raise doubts on that theory. In that report, we projected that 1 million US B2B salespeople would lose […].

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Author Talks: Giulio Boccaletti on the relationship between society and water

McKinsey and Company

Do you want to understand human civilization? Look to the most elemental substance on earth: water.

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Here's how you can work remote as a data scientist

Airswift

Source: Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock. The data science market is increasing demand for talent as investment increases exponentially. It's probably never been a better time to be a data scientist. And we don't need to be shy when trying to predict the growth of this market because we are talking about billions here. According to the latest report from Markets and Markets , the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for the data science platform market is forecast to grow by 30% from 2019 (USD 37.

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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.