The retail industry is going through an exciting yet challenging phase. Competition is fierce and consumers have more options to choose from. This has caused the industry to grow at a rapid rate and it is expected to hit the $27 trillion mark by 2020.Some experts...
Downsizing or Rightsizing, What Is the Real Cost?
“In practice, downsizing is too often about cutting your workforce while keeping your business the same, and doing so not by investments in productivity-enhancing technology, but by making people pull 80-hour weeks and bringing in temps to fill the gap.” James...
Dude, Where’s My Self-Driving Car?
Self driving cars, also known as autonomous vehicles, are no more a dream. What was just a concept is now a reality. Car makers and…
The Man Who Changed Us, Edward Louis Bernays
All of us enjoy some kind of image, positive or negative. Everyone from entrepreneur to businesses to celebs needs to be aware of our public image. I’ll talk about the history of PR and how it has changed over the years, starting from the very beginning. If you know...
The Greatest Economist Who Ever Lived
When people talk about the greatest economists, they cite the likes of Smith, Friedman, Marx, and Keynes. They often ignore not only the…
AI, Where and When Did it Start? A Look Back.
There are many courses to learn about AI but very few people talk about the history of artificial intelligence. AI is an elusive subject…
Business Acquisition 101n
Mergers and acquisitions is a term that describes the consolidation of assets or companies through different financial transactions,…
Hi Doc! A Machine Just Took Your Job.
A few days ago I came across an article titled Doctors, beware: A ‘robot doctor’ just matched humans’ diagnostic performance. It talked…
The Future of Our Food
Farming and agriculture is one of the most important and oldest professions out there. How we farm and grow crops has changed drastically…
The Cure to An Ailing Economy
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…