Wed.Nov 10, 2021

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What The US Infrastructure Bill Means To You

Forrester Digital Transformation

After months of negotiations in Congress, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is about to become law. This new law will address specifics such as climate change, sustainability, and cybersecurity that all have specific requirements which in turn will drive your policy and regulation in the future. If you do business with the US federal […].

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How to Give Feedback When the Stakes Are High

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/wwwebmeister How do you think through and deliver a meaningful feedback message when the stakes are high or the message is hard? The first thing you can do to improve the feedback you give is simply to prepare for the conversation. Ideally, preparation does two things: It helps you not respond in a reflexive or reactive way. It helps you focus the content of your message on behavior.

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Predictions 2022: Payments Gets The Hollywood Treatment

Forrester Digital Transformation

Blockbuster IPOs will light up the headlines in the coming year, while digital wallets and QR codes trigger a “back to the future” moment for consumers. Explore what's ahead for the payments industry.

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Being transgender at work

McKinsey and Company

Although corporate America has stepped up its public support of LGBTQ+ rights, it still has a long road ahead to foster a truly inclusive environment for transgender employees.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Why customers say they’ll recommend you and also say they won’t buy from you again

Forrester Digital Transformation

Customers seem to contradict themselves when they say that they don’t intend to stay with a brand but will buy more from and/or recommend the brand. This blog post discusses what's behind this customer loyalty pattern and how should brands respond.

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Chatting About Sustainability with Sarah Shapiro

Perficient Digital Transformation

At Perficient, you get to work with so many talented and passionate colleagues. You also get the chance to share your passions through various committees and employee resource groups across the company. Earlier this week I got to sit down with Sarah Shapiro , a regional marketing manager out of the St. Louis office, to discuss being green. Sarah is a member of our St.

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Retaining and Growing Talent is Important, now, then, and forever.

comeMakeit

One Monday morning, when the software world is still struggling to wake up, a nerdy developer with a decade long successful career in a product development company shot an impromptu resignation mail to her HR expressing her wish to be relieved from her responsibilities ‘asap’. The reason she said – “she’s bored.” The HR Manager wondered if that is the actual complete reason, or is there more to it?

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Rethinking The “S” In ESG: The Inclusive Finance Imperative

Forrester Digital Transformation

Forward-thinking financial services firms that foster digital equity and inclusive finance through innovation to drive sustainable growth will gain a competitive advantage and grow faster.

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Unlocking digital healthcare in lower- and middle-income countries

McKinsey and Company

COVID-19 led many healthcare systems in lower- and middle-income countries to adapt digital-healthcare platforms.

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Open Access BPO Renews Charity Support, Sends Employee to NYC Marathon

OpenAccess BPO

NEW YORK CITY, USA, November 10, 2021—Over 30,000 runners participated in the 42-kilometer TCS NYC Marathon on November 7. Among the marathoners is Open Access BPO employee Alessio Urbani who represented the multilingual call center in the prestigious race. Since 2016, Open Access BPO has been a major sponsor of Ryan’s Run, a charity campaign […].

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Global Hiring Guide for Startups

Grow your startup beyond borders and boundaries. Global expansion is the ultimate goal for many startup founders. However, to successfully enter new markets and grow internationally, you need a sound and scalable global recruitment strategy. In this eBook, you’ll discover how you can gain a competitive edge over your business rivals through the latest technology, harnessing global contractors, and using a global employment platform.

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Creating Full Transparency Within Your Workforce

NoonDalton

Creating Workplace Transparency to Improve ROI. When a company becomes more transparent with its employees, they become more effective in multiple areas: employee engagement is higher, corporate culture is stronger, and the openness generates a sense of comfort among staff, allowing them to communicate freely. In addition to making employees feel valued, creating workplace transparency fosters innovation.

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Tips to Improve Automation #1—Choosing a Process

Automation Anywhere

The introduction of low-code technology has made it easier and faster for people, even business users, to create intelligent automation software bots to handle processes. But before you run out and create bots, I’ll say the same thing here that I’ve said to anyone who’s asked me about bot development: Stop and look around. First, do an assessment. Is the process you’re considering a very complex and long one, full of business rules?

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Black farmers in the US: The opportunity for addressing racial disparities in farming

McKinsey and Company

Achieving peer-level economic performance could generate billions in value for the agriculture industry.

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10 Recent Analyst Reports Recognize Perficient’s Capabilities

Perficient Digital Transformation

Throughout this past year, leading industry analyst firms have included Perficient in reports spanning a variety of topics and technologies. We believe these reports showcase how Perficient comes to the table with innovative and strategic thinking around the most timely topics. Following are some of the most recent reports where Perficient healthcare has been recognized: Navigate Your North Star Strategy in Healthcare.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Customer Experience in Banking Industry – Top Trends to Note

Mattsen Kumar

What Is Customer Experience in Banking? As its name suggests, client experience in financial alludes to a client’s aggregate encounter connecting with different touchpoints, including internet banking frameworks, messages, call focuses, web-based promoting, eye-to-eye cooperation, and surprisingly online media. Banking Customer Experience Top Trends to Note.

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A Look Into How Perficient Colleagues Celebrated a Virtual Halloween

Perficient Digital Transformation

Continuing in-office traditions while working remote is an excellent way to reconnect colleagues and build upon your company culture. Although our holiday festivities are virtual for now, that doesn’t mean they are stopping. Over the past few weeks, Perficient employees participated in a variety of Halloween events ranging from sharing spooky stories, pumpkin painting, and yes – costume contests!

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‘Relentless’ drive separates Xander Schauffele from the competition Golf Magazine highlights Hyland brand ambassador’s strong work as a teammate, client, competitor and family man

Hyland

... The post ‘Relentless’ drive separates Xander Schauffele from the competition <span style='display: block;font-size: 55em;line-height: 1.3em;font-weight: 100;;'>Golf Magazine highlights Hyland brand ambassador’s strong work as a teammate, client, competitor and family man</span> appeared first on The Hyland Blog.

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Optimizely CMS 12 –.NET 5.0 – Error ID DXCS006

Perficient Digital Transformation

I recently was able to start using one of the new Linux (.NET5.0/CMS12) DXP instances to do some testing/development in, and I came across an interesting error that threw me for a loop. I, for one, am not very versed in.NET Core, so this is all very new to me, so needless to say, when I FINALLY get to the point of being able to deploy code into DXP, have it successfully upload, and then ultimately fail to publish, it was very frustrating.

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Top 7 Global Employment Challenges

The benefits of expanding internationally are endless, especially if you approach it the right way. However, there are pitfalls along the way that can slow down progress. Global expansion brings many opportunities for companies —business growth, brand-building in new markets, and access to diverse talent pools worldwide. However, international growth can come with challenges.

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Why are legacy systems still in use? (and what exactly are they?)

Balbelforce

Modern contact center software has many benefits. Cloud-based tools let you access data anywhere (enabling virtual contact center ), integrate your systems with other tools, and set up automation. But many businesses still haven’t made the jump to these systems. Instead, they’re using legacy tools. This software typically performs the role it was bought for.

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Five Emerging Customer Experience (CX) Trends 2022

Premier BPO

Contactless CX during pandemic restrictions gave a newfound meaning to the cx journey ; everything today has to be personalized to the customer’s taste. Competitive customer experience design today requires constant adaptability for consumerism and seamless service, all put together with increased engagement. Any organization with the realization of why customer experience matters , will know how to apply it as a strategic differentiator , digitally transforming to not only survive but thrive in

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Purchase Price Allocation (PPA): Definition and Examples

Planergy Software

Purchase Price Allocation (PPA): Definition and Examples. Purchase Price Allocation, or PPA, is used in acquisition accounting. It’s the process of assigning a fair value to all the assets and liabilities associated with an acquired company, also known as the target. It takes place after a deal has closed. If, for instance, if Company A were to purchase Company 1, then PPA would assign a fair value to all of Company 1’s assets and liabilities since in this example, it is the target or acquired

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Trends in Confidential Computing | Webinar

Everest Group

Everest Group’s Abhishek Mundra will join Confidential Computing Consortium’s Jesse Schrater to discuss findings from Everest Group’s recent research revealing the rapid growth of the confidential computing market. Key findings from the research include: How the confidential computing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 90%-95% in the most aggressive scenario and 40%-45% even in the most conservative scenario till 2026.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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What is a Key Performance Indicator?

Balbelforce

A key performance indicator is a measurement that indicates how well a business is reaching important objectives. Incorporating smart KPIs into everyday interactions should increase customer satisfaction and, in a broad sense, a company’s bottom line. For inbound contact centers those KPIs usually relate to how quickly and how effectively customer needs are met.

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Things to consider when hiring overseas

UnaTerra

Video synopsis Recorded on 18th May 2021. (UnaTerra regularly hosts. Read more. The post Things to consider when hiring overseas appeared first on UnaTerra.

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Finance Transformation Magazine (UK), “Hire for Attitude, Train for Success,”

The Hackett Group

According to The Hackett Group’s research, accelerated innovation, including technology, and a shift to digital delivery channels, will be the most common and enduring post-pandemic characteristics of business…. Share. Tweet. Share. The post Finance Transformation Magazine (UK), “Hire for Attitude, Train for Success,” first appeared on The Hackett Group.

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Unlocking the Potential of Device-as-a-Service | Market Insights™

Everest Group

Device-as-a-Service. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PRICING SERVICES.

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Global Hiring Guide: Top Emerging Fintech Hubs

The fintech industry is growing exponentially — in the first quarter of 2022, the sector saw a 182 percent increase in tech job growth. However, experts are warning that local candidates to fill those roles may become scarce in certain areas. In fact, according to a report from Korn Ferry, by 2030, more than 85 million jobs could go unfilled across three major industries: telecommunications, manufacturing, and technology.

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Top European Countries for India-based Companies

Globalization Partners

Global expansion is a significant step in a company’s journey. Many companies around the world look to India as a destination for international growth, but companies in India may also find advantageous business conditions, partnerships, recruitment opportunities, and consumer markets by growing outside of India. India-based companies in Europe are making a notable impact on the global stage.

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Characteristics of the Collections-of-the-Future Model | Market Insights™

Everest Group

Collections-of-the-Future. VIEW THE FULL REPORT.

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The Rising Tide Of Nearshoring In Latin America

Zinnov

by Nikhil Bagde, Principal, Zinnov; Raunak Tripathi, Consultant, Zinnov. COVID-19 has had a profound impact on our collective futures. It forced the world to adapt to a “futuristic way of working” faster than anybody could have anticipated. Today, enterprises are adopting the decentralized way of working by expanding in various geographic locations to leverage the unique talent and cost advantages offered by each country.

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Why Enterprises Outsource Trust & Safety Activities | Market Insights™

Everest Group

Trust & Safety. VIEW THE FULL REPORT.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.