Tomorrow’s Data Heroes
Telecom companies are struggling to find a profitable identity in today’s digital sphere. What about helping customers control their information?
Strategy
Middle Managers Deserve More Respect
Most employees follow their lead — maybe more CEOs should too.
Four Tips from Top Soccer Clubs on How to Build Cohesive Teams
The keys to improving clubhouse comity also apply to the office.
s+b BlogsStrategy Talk: How to Help Your Team Get More Creative
Leaders should draw on the past to spark ideas that are both novel and practical.- GMO
Inside Symantec’s Tech Transformation
Symantec chief information officer Sheila Jordan has spent four years leading IT during one of Silicon Valley’s most noteworthy corporate change efforts. - s+b BlogsGMO
ROX Is the New ROI: Prioritizing Customer Experience
Consumers have more power over your company’s success or failure than ever before, and it’s time for a new metric that captures the return on your investment in them. - GMO
Making Critical Decisions with Confidence
Nancy McKinstry, CEO and chairman of Wolters Kluwer, explains how going digital is allowing a 183-year-old provider of specialist information and expert solutions to prosper in a data-driven world. - s+b Blogs
Overcoming Digital Distraction
Six steps to help you limit connectivity and improve your focus and productivity. - GMO
Financial Services and Social Value Can Mix
For Antonio Huertas Mejías, chief executive officer of the MAPFRE insurance company, economic growth aligns with making a sustainable contribution to the wider community. How to Refocus the Role of the Chief Strategy Officer into a Competitive Advantage
Four ways to help your CSO create value. For more insight, see the 2018 Chief Strategy Officer Benchmarking Study from Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business.- GMO
Memo to the CEO: Is Your Chief Strategy Officer Set Up for Success?
Empowering the CSO and restoring strategy to the front line is imperative in a challenging environment. See also “How to Refocus the role of the Chief Strategy Officer into a Competitive Advantage.” - GMO
Business Cycle
Peloton’s bikes may be stationary. But as CEO John Foley tells us, the company is on the move. - s+b Blogs
Scoring under Pressure
Strategies for taking penalty kicks in soccer can provide helpful lessons for high-pressure business situations, too. Why You Need to Pay More Attention to Indirect Taxes in 2019
Three key trends that are shaping value-added and sales taxes. For more insight, read “It Pays to Keep Tabs on Indirect Taxes.”- s+b Blogs
The Jolly and Folly of Holiday Decor for Retailers
Christmas displays make shoppers more forgiving of employee mistakes but more judgmental of unfairness. - GMO
Transforming a Traditional Bank into an Agile Market Leader
In 2014, Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Bank of Singapore, asked his staff to think like the employees of a fintech startup and build the digital capabilities they would need to succeed. What You Read: The 15 Most Popular s+b Articles of 2018
The revenge of print, why our brains fool us, and more of the most read stories this year.
