In today's competitive business environment, understanding whether your company is sales-strong or marketing-strong is crucial. If your company leans more on sales than it does marketing, or vice versa, you’ll get no shade from us. It’s not uncommon for there to be a natural bent towards one or the other. The most important thing is knowing which strength you and your team tend to rely on so that you can pursue greater balance.

At the start of a new year, it’s not uncommon to come up with a list of things you intend to change or do differently. When you’re given a clean slate, it triggers a reflective pause: What do I want my life to look like at the end of this year? What do I need to keep doing? What do I need to stop doing?

In the world of consumer electronics, describing something as “revolutionary” and “magical" sounds like hype, marketing bluster. But those were the words Steve Jobs used to describe the iPhone in January 2007, six months before the device first went on sale.

More than sixteen years after the iPhone’s release, intuition continues to be a strategic advantage. In a world where everything seems to be a click or swipe away, it’s easy to think technology has all the answers. But there’s still no app for intuiting how your product or service will enhance the lives of your customers.

About two years into my tenure at a niche/nonprofit publisher, I realized that while we were really good at creating content we weren’t that good at selling it. Our size had something to do with it.

From rising inflation to the great resignation, the one thing everyone seems to be dealing with is change. And while change has always been a part of our lives, and an unavoidable aspect of leadership, there’s no doubt the pace has accelerated over the last few years.  

The meteoric rise of ChatGPT told OpenAI and their competitors what to do: take their foot off the brake; go all in. With the gas pedal to the floor, some are urging caution, while others race towards their A.I. payday, their eyes firmly fixed on the prize.