Securing funding for a scale-up phase of a business is potentially more complex than securing funding as a startup. The risks and rewards are likely to be higher and there…
Read MoreB2B Senior Leadership: It’s Time to Face the Truth About Sales and Marketing
The yawning gulf between sales and marketing is a fact of life in B2B companies. We all know this. We struggle to meld the cultures. We talk about the need…
Read MoreCulture Essentials: Clarity of Purpose, Collaborative Relationships and Life-long Learning
This week’s collection reflects an eclectic range of reading and listening over the last couple of weeks. Thematically diverse in content and sourcing, these pieces all resonated with me and…
Read MoreRIP, Fleets
In a recent announcement that mattered to almost no one, Twitter let the world know that it’s shutting down Fleets – its full-screen tweets that expire after 24 hours a…
Read MoreThe Return of Co-working and Third Places
In a clear signal that co-working is coming back post-pandemic, the high-end combo social club/co-working space Soho House went public last week under the name Membership Collective Group. Soho House is targeted…
Read MoreDon’t Let Your RTO Milestone Turn Into a DEI Millstone
Like many of our clients, you’ve probably spent considerable time in the last few months making facilities decisions and getting ready for employees to starting returning to the office. They…
Read MoreFive Reasons to Consider Social Media in Your M&A Planning
Companies that grow by merger or acquisition often have long and elaborate processes for executing those deals. And almost all of them neglect to include social media either entirely or…
Read MoreOrganizational Confidence is Personal
Organizational confidence is a nice concept, but how does it come to life in the real world? Here are some typical personas that mission-driven organizations — both for-profit companies and…
Read MoreSuccess in Hybrid Work Environments
As companies begin to (or plan to in the coming months) re-open their physical offices, a range of questions and concerns will need to be addressed. Hybrid workplaces look, at…
Read MoreThe Ethical Dilemma of Paying the Ransomware Crooks
I got a really uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach recently as news broke that meatpacking giant JBS paid $11 million to cybercriminals following a ransomware attack that…
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