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Marketing Growth Will Accelerate In The Post-Pandemic Era

Forrester Digital Transformation

Marketing’s shift to digital and its rising importance in a rapidly changing world will lead to an acceleration in marketing investment over the next five years. But growth will vary significantly by industry.

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5 Undeniable Benefits of Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

NoonDalton

Diversity and inclusion are quickly becoming corporate imperatives, as an increasing number of business leaders seek to cultivate an inclusive culture through the development of dedicated strategies. We live in a world that is increasingly interconnected as a result of globalization and technological advancements. As a result, diversity and inclusion are gaining traction across multiple industries and divisions, with 60 percent of employers now planning to incorporate inclusion and diversity int

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Why Sell Globally?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/metamorworks A company that does business only within its own country will find itself at a long-term competitive disadvantage if it does not have a global strategy. Companies will need to eventually find new customers – and to be successful, global expansion is the only path to continued growth says Mark Waring. The easiest way to extend a global footprint is to sell on the web.

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How to Outsource Remote Software Development and Bridge the Talent Gap

Groove Technology

Since the late 80s of the 20th century, outsourcing has become a popular movement in many industries, especially remote software development. With today’s technologies and approaches, digital transformation requires the resources of time and money. And such requirements need a strong software development team to stay close to you. Some companies feel skeptical about outsourcing their projects offshore.

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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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Design Leaders Reveal How To Build Inclusive And Diverse Design Teams — And Why That Matters

Forrester Digital Transformation

Does your organization want to create inclusive experiences for your customers? Are you following an inclusive design process? If the answer to both questions is “yes,” great! But if you’re like most companies we speak with, you’re missing an essential component for creating inclusive experiences: an inclusive and diverse design team. Having such a team […].

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PACE New Features: Microsoft Teams Chatbot, Real-Time Dashboards, and More!

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient’s Amazon Connect Experience (PACE) solution amplifies the power of Amazon Connect with several added features and managed services. As we continue to develop and customize our software to your needs, we will post blogs with new features and processes we have added, changed, or fixed. To learn more about PACE, visit our dedicated landing page or view our listing on the AWS Marketplace !

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The Transformational Method Behind an Economic Miracle We Can All Apply

Intelligent Management Inc.

“It would be better if everyone worked together as a system.” W. Edwards Deming. These few, simple words reveal a mindset and worldview capable of transforming everything we do. Transforming what? A divisive, zero-sum-game way of doing business and managing/controlling people. If the tragedy of the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we cannot go back to “business as usual” We have to learn to work together in a way that recognizes and accommodates for our new reality.

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There Is No Metaverse Today, But Be Prepared

Forrester Digital Transformation

Look Beyond The Hype To Uncover The Real Opportunities The metaverse has been a source of much promise, confusion, and speculation. Media headlines tout any extended reality (XR) experience as “the metaverse,” but it’s misleading: The metaverse doesn’t exist today; only a few precursors do. And we’re years away from the actualization of the internet’s […].

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Perficient Expands Bright Paths Program Cohorts in Detroit and Minneapolis

Perficient Digital Transformation

Award-Winning Program Advances STEM Education and Career Opportunities to Underserved Communities and Constituencies. Perficient is a company of more than 6,500 diverse and immensely capable colleagues, and we understand the importance of supporting the professional development of our global community. One of the ways we’re pursuing inclusion and equity in our company and communities is through Perficient Bright Paths.

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Disconnect From the Busyness of the World: Top 10 Tiny Homes

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Handcrafted Movement Ever since the pandemic shook up our world, we’re trying to incorporate sustainability into every aspect of our life, including our homes. And, with everyone aspiring toward’s eco-friendly and mindful ways of living, tiny homes have completely taken over the world of architecture and cemented their place as sustainable, minimal, and economical micro-living setups.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Velocity Global to Double its Workforce by Empowering Employees to Work Anywhere

Velocity Global

DENVER, March 30, 2022 —. Company Offers Unique Benefits for Remote Work, Currently Employs 600+ in 47 Countries. Company will double its team for second year running. Velocity Global, the leading provider of global employment solutions, today announced that it will more than double in size throughout 2022 to help companies around the world put their people first by letting them work from anywhere.

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If You Have To Benchmark, Get Your Data From A Trusted Source

Forrester Digital Transformation

At some point, most tech execs will be asked to explain their organization’s cost structure. What are the macro-level IT and digital spend structures in my industry? How can we justify our IT cost allocation to the business? Are there any areas of opportunity in our IT staffing strategy that we can take advantage of? […].

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Area Vice President Mary-Beth Ostasz Recognized for Excellence in Leadership by Consulting Magazine

Perficient Digital Transformation

As a global organization that actively promotes diversity, inclusion and belonging, we want a workplace as diverse and inclusive as our clients. One of the ways we achieve this is through our Perficient Bright Paths Program , which is designed to drive STEM education and career growth opportunities for the communities in which we live and work. READ MORE: Perficient Advances Diversity in Tech.

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Empowering Women Lifts the World

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Clara Murcia International Monetary Fund (IMF) research has consistently underscored the benefits of equality, including greater productivity and financial stability. To mark International Women’s Day – celebrating the entire month – IMF presents a roundup of their most recent blogs , podcasts, and research on gender. Check out how empowering women supports economic growth.

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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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Singapore emerges as a new-business-building hub

McKinsey and Company

New infrastructure and funding sources, along with established practices, are helping traditional companies launch new businesses that can scale quickly.

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Is Inflation Driving US Retail Sales Growth?

Forrester Digital Transformation

As retail industry analysts, the key question for us is whether inflation is already driving US retail sales growth – or is the retail sales growth still volume-driven?

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To Office or Not to Office?

Perficient Digital Transformation

The Insightful Retrospection. The day started earlier than usual. I was about to start working from office from that day. I completed my home chores and ran a quick check on the important things to be attended in the office. It was all set and nice, when I got a call from my close friend. She was a free-lance content-writer and worked from home mostly.

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I Love Hi-Tech Kitchens

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "I love hi-tech kitchens, but that doesn't necessarily mean full of appliances." – Dominique Crenn.

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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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The promise and peril of the metaverse

McKinsey and Company

The metaverse has the potential to radically transform the digital—and global—economy, but many questions remain.

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Web3 Isn’t Going To Fix The Shortcomings Of Today’s Web

Forrester Digital Transformation

Will Web3 deliver on its promise of allowing users to control their own data? Learn the three key tenets of the new vision.

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Want to Improve as a Product Manager in Technology? Take a Coding Class.

Perficient Digital Transformation

“Java is to JavaScript what car is to Carpet.” – Chris Heilmann. . I have always considered myself to be a “non-technical” person. In my role, I could comfortably explain the product, but never enough to do any development. However, one day an itch of curiosity occurred after seeing my developer write a line of HTML code. Naturally, I decided to take a coding class for fun.

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Should You Grow Your Singapore-based Company Internationally? 

Globalization Partners

Singapore is one of the best countries in the world for doing business, but that doesn’t mean you should limit your company within its borders. In recent years, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Singapore have been increasingly embracing global expansion , with 80 percent of SMEs now having an international presence. Southeast Asia is the most popular location for global growth due to the area’s robust trade infrastructure, bilateral agreements, and proximity.

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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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What is the metaverse—and what does it mean for business?

McKinsey and Company

No official definition yet exists for the metaverse, but companies can’t afford to wait until one does or the metaverse fully evolves to start experimenting and investing in it.

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How ABM Technology Is Evolving The Modern Marketing Landscape

Forrester Digital Transformation

The landscape for Account Based Marketing (ABM) continues to evolve and mature, but what does it mean to do ABM? For some organizations, it is a subset of the business that focuses on a select few accounts, for others it is a set of tactics driven by tools and technologies.

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CX Moneyball: Running the Numbers to Cover Your Bases

Blue Ocean

If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. The common thread between what workforce management experts and what the manager of a pro sports team might do when the game is on the line is pretty obvious once you think about: we both depend on both statistics and relentless practice to make informed decisions and react to changing dynamics.

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10 Consequences of Falling for “Free” Offers from Global Employment Platform Providers

Globalization Partners

Is free good? Yes, it can be, but when it comes to global employment platforms, you should proceed with caution whenever you see the word “free.”. When you want to try out a streaming service or a fitness app, free trials give you the opportunity to test the product before you make a purchase, but you would probably avoid partnering with an accountant or lawyer who offers “free” services.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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Lighthouses reveal a playbook for responsible industry transformation

McKinsey and Company

The advanced factories of the Global Lighthouse Network show how sustainability and workforce engagement can accelerate and scale Fourth Industrial Revolution transformation—responsibly.

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Privacy Isn’t Binary: The 2021 US Privacy Segmentation

Forrester Digital Transformation

Data deprecation is here, forcing marketers to stop hoovering up consumer data for opaque use cases. Consumers’ privacy-protecting behaviors are one of the four forces shaping this new marketing reality, but not every consumer has the same expectations, preferences, or concerns around information sharing. To quote Ted Lasso, “Different people are … different.

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Is Your IT Sourcing Program Up to Speed? Here’s How to Get There | Webinar

Everest Group

LIVE WEBINAR. Is Your IT Sourcing Program Up to Speed? Here’s How to Get There. March 29, 2022 |. 10 am CDT | 11 am EDT | 4 pm BST | 8:30 pm IST. It’s well-known that IT sourcing has become all about spending wisely and thoroughly evaluating internal budgets; yet, digitalization, cloud migration, a talent-constrained environment, and shifting software licensing terms are only driving increased spend.

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How to Build a Best-In-Class Virtual Onboarding Program

Globalization Partners

Implementing an impactful onboarding experience creates a positive brand image and reputation — it can even result in higher retention rates. When new employees see companies making this effort, it increases their trust and confidence in the organization from the get-go. What are the impacts of a poor onboarding program? Failing to have a carefully planned and up-to-date onboarding program in place can have real consequences.

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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.