February, 2022

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Take These Steps To Prepare For And Handle The Cybersecurity Effects Of The War In Ukraine

Forrester Digital Transformation

CISOs and their teams in Europe and worldwide are either already experiencing cybersecurity impacts from the war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russian and Belarusian actors – or they soon will. If you haven’t already, here are the cybersecurity-related steps to take right now, plus some pitfalls to avoid: At the risk of […].

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Who Will Be the First Recipient of the Prestigious Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership™?

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global. All rights reserved. Join us on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 4PM CT as Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® announces the first recipient of the Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership™2022. What is the Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership™? The annual award, given by Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® , honors a wegg® stakeholder who has gone out of her way to connect, create, contribute, and collaborate with wegg, and for

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Toward smart production: Machine intelligence in business operations

McKinsey and Company

A detailed study of machine intelligence in industrial and manufacturing operations reveals the surprisingly different paths companies can take. But a group of leaders shares similar characteristics.

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Business Performance Metrics Every Entrepreneur Needs

Intelligent Management Inc.

“Without this information I would have gone out of business long ago.” Those are the words of a CEO in a recent conversation and he was not talking about Cost Accounting. Cost Accounting is not giving companies all the information they really need. That may seem astonishing but it is a fact. There is a much simpler and more straightforward way to get real information from the numbers a company is producing to understand business performance.

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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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Integrating LinkedIn and Marketo

Perficient Digital Transformation

Integrating LinkedIn and Marketo can help seamlessly capture leads from LinkedIn and sync them automatically to Marketo to trigger marketing automations, add to a nurture campaign, or alert a sales rep. Utilizing the integration between LinkedIn and Marketo can help you reach the professional audience you’re looking for. There are two different native Marketo LaunchPoint Services that integrate with LinkedIn: LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms and LinkedIn Matched Audiences.

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The Power of One: The Potential of a Single Global Payroll Solution

Immedus

The Power of One: Realizing the Potential of a Single Global Payroll Solution. If you are running international payroll for an organization with employees spread across the globe, how are you managing these multiple payrolls? In one recent survey of payroll professionals, the answer paints a picture of a very disjointed operation where many work with several local payroll providers with little or no connection.

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Climate Denial

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/wildpixel A new report released Wednesday from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) finds that Facebook's – rebranded as Meta – platform only labeled about half of the posts promoting articles from the world's leading publishers of climate denial. Facebook is falling short on its pledge to crack down on climate misinformation, according to a new analysis from a watchdog group.

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The rebirth of workspace design: An interview with Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins

McKinsey and Company

As offices consider how to reopen after two years of disruption from COVID-19, Hoskins sees an opportunity to create better, more human-centric workspaces.

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The Chinese Social Credit System: What To Know as a Business Owner

Velocity Global

China is a great choice for any business looking to expand its influence. The country’s rapidly growing economy and large number of opportunities make it so that many different businesses can thrive there. Before expanding, though, businesses need to learn the ins and outs of China’s social credit system (SCS). The social credit system was designed to make sure individuals and businesses in China comply with the country’s laws and regulations.

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Grant Moe Gets Technical To Deliver Positive Client Outcomes

Perficient Digital Transformation

At Perficient, we encourage you to be your true self. We’re in the business of creating genuine connections that truly matter, with experiences that count for both colleagues and clients, and being your true self is the first step to establishing these relationships. Grant Moe , a technical consultant on our Salesforce team based in Fargo, ND, shares what his day-to-day looks like, and what he loves about working at Perficient.

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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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10 Most Regulated Industries in the U.S.

Perillion

What are the most regulated industries in the U.S.? It seems like a simple enough question, but coming up with an answer is less straightforward than you might expect.

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400 Million Reasons To Pay Attention To Contact Center AI

Forrester Digital Transformation

Uniphore has just announced a whopping $400 million Series E round led by NEA, giving them a valuation of $2.5 billion. And they have been busy. This funding round is right on the heels of some major moves in 2021: a $140 million Series D round and the acquisitions of Emotion Research Lab (video and […].

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Russia Unleashes on Ukraine. Now What?

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/GOCMEN Global supply chains and growth had been broadly recovering from the pandemic, but now all that’s in doubt, given the stricter sanctions and other punitive measures against Russia that are in the offing. Now what? The World Bank and International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, 2/24/22, they were working to keep their remaining employees in Ukraine safe amid a Russian invasion while the institutions' leaders said the conflict was greatly raising economic risk in the region.

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From facility to home: How healthcare could shift by 2025

McKinsey and Company

Up to $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries could shift to the home by 2025.

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The 2023 Supply Chain Crystal Ball: Challenges and Solutions

Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst

Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? The supply chain management techniques that dominated the last 30 years are no longer supporting consumer behavior or logistics and manufacturing capabilities. So what’s working now? What should your plans for 2023 include? By researching the supply chain challenges and solutions that businesses – especially small and midsize businesses – are currently experiencing, we’ve learned what’s working and what’s not.

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The Time Benefits Of Using A Procurement Software

Obobo

The Time Benefits Of Using A Procurement Software. In every area of their businesses, companies are increasingly implementing digital solutions to drive efficiencies. These solutions often provide significant financial savings in procurement – often by delivering both cost reductions and cost avoidance against actual baseline spend. In addition to saving money, these digital procurement solutions also deliver substantial time-savings across every phase of the procurement process.

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3 Ways Perficient’s Minotaur Brings Our Colleagues Together

Perficient Digital Transformation

What’s it like to work at Perficient? Rewarding, inspiring, collaborative, and oftentimes just flat-out FUN. There are always countless ways to connect with colleagues. One of the things that’s brought us all together lately: our favorite fighting robot, Perficient’s Minotaur. We’ve proudly partnered with the Brazilian-based fighting robot builder team, RioBotz, and their BattleBots competitor Minotaur for the 2021-2022 season on the Discovery Channel.

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The Upstream Series: Customer Experience Redefined

Simplr

The technologies and processes behind customer service have changed dramatically over the years, yet the messaging and mindset around customer experience roles remains disproportionately unaffected. The Upstream Series , which strives to elevate underrepresented voices in the Customer Experience space is back with a new focus for the March event: Redefining CX !

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Who Are The B2B “Early Deciders”?

Forrester Digital Transformation

Politicians of all persuasions will agree that people make decisions in strange ways. The motivations of voters are complex. Political campaign managers must understand this complexity in order to target the right likely voters with the right message at the right time. To do this, they often break the electorate into three broad groups based […].

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Building A Superstar Global Workforce: What We Aren’t Talking About Enough

Companies are turning inclusive by breaking conventional hiring practices and expanding their talent pools. But there are important questions that still are not being addressed. Read this eBook to understand how taking the following seriously can help you build a superstar global workforce: The importance of the new-age manager. Maintaining social capital.

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Tips for Global Small Businesses in a Post-Pandemic World

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/invincible_bulldog Between supply chain issues, inflation and the Great Resignation, global small business owners must starting adapting now to thrive in the near-future. Surviving and thriving in the coming years will require entrepreneurs to demonstrate grit and an ability to adapt quickly and implement the right strategies. While you pull on enormous amount of grit, you will also need time to rehabilitate from the trauma of the pandemic.

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Talent at a turning point: How people analytics can help

McKinsey and Company

Rising resignations. Hybrid work. The diversity imperative. Leaders are navigating a talent market in flux. Here’s how people analytics can help.

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How to Use a Recruitment Automation Platform to Improve Global Hiring

Globalization Partners

Companies can significantly benefit from hiring and managing global talent for both long- and short-term roles; insight into international markets and talent diversity are two such benefits. Recruiting in different geographic regions can, however, be an intimidating undertaking for hiring managers — especially if they are navigating the international talent search themselves for the first time.

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How to Monitor Performance Using Application Insights

Perficient Digital Transformation

Monitoring your website performance is a key factor to ensure your application performs as expected. There are a lot of application performance monitoring (APM) tools available in the market that can be used to monitor the performance of the application, such as NewRelic, Azure Monitor, AppDynamics, and others. In this post, I’ll talk more about Application Insights , which is a performance monitoring tool provided by Microsoft.

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Reshoring – The Future of Supply Chains

Speaker: Rosemary Coates - Board Member & Founder at Reshoring Institute, Best-selling Author, Host of the Frictionless Supply Chain podcast

Supply chain disruptions create uncertainty and unpredictability for both businesses and consumers. These disruptions bring to light an organization's supply chain dependencies, which they were often unaware of when everything was running smoothly. Re-shoring is one solution that is gaining popularity as a result of pandemic-related issues. Companies can lower the risk of disruptions by shortening the supply chain and moving manufacturing close to the points of sale to reduce the need for expens

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Should You Hire a Contractor or a Full-Time Employee?

Velocity Global

Companies that expand abroad have a decision to make about which type of remote professional they need. If you are unsure about whether to hire a contractor or a full-time employee, this guide will point you in the right direction. One thing to keep in mind is that every country has different rules and definitions about employment relationships, and it is the company’s responsibility to follow the laws of the country where the work is being performed.

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Increase Sales Productivity With Effective New Hire Onboarding

Forrester Digital Transformation

Onboard New Reps Fast To Avoid Missing Out On Revenue Onboarding new reps quickly is key to achieving annual revenue and quota goals. To do this, sales executives should develop a best-in-class onboarding program by utilizing three core principles: Establish what the sales organization will do to help reps gain competencies. Outline what the new […].

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Today in Global Small Business: The Origins of Valentine's Day

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: History of Valentine's Day. While Valentine's Day might be associated with romantic love, the real story behind its namesake, St. Valentine, is full of bloodshed and heartbreak. The dark origins of Valentine's Day. Quote of the week: "To love at all is to be vulnerable." – C.S.

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The dawn of the FemTech revolution

McKinsey and Company

As opportunities in women’s health accelerate, FemTech is helping to match capital and talent to unmet needs—with promising early results.

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Addressing the Global Talent War

Speaker: Jason Ciment - Get Visible | Mark Wald - SPRCHRGR | Leo Gestetner - Thankz | Michael S. Kraus - Expak Logistics

Remote work has helped future-proof organizations and increased their flexibility. However, sourcing candidates nationally poses new challenges and is proving difficult. The global sourcing industry seems to be in a state of war. DEI, attracting qualified candidates, and physical demographics are just a few of the issues that organizations face. Many companies are failing to win in this new landscape due to the intersectionality of problems in global sourcing.

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IBM’s Acquisition Of Neudesic – A Match Made In Hybrid Cloud Heaven

Zinnov

by Praveen Bhadada, Managing Partner, Zinnov; Sean Bouani, Partner, Zinnov; Peter Kirkwood, Principal, Zinnov. IBM is continuing its string of acquisitions, with 20 completed over the past two years alone, to expand its capabilities and ecosystem for Hybrid Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Neudesic, a Cloud ecosystem consulting firm focused on Microsoft Azure, AI, and multi-Cloud was the latest addition.

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Perficient’s Key Takeaways: The Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Software, Q4 2021

Perficient Digital Transformation

Digital process automation (DPA), also called process orchestration, leverages digital technology to perform a task in order to accomplish a workflow or function, such as the loan process at a bank. With DPA, you can define event-driven business rules that provide a streamlined next step for all processes within your enterprise. As enterprises continue to invest in automation, selecting the vendor with the right platform to meet your business’ demands is paramount.

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Can Africa Help Address the Talent Shortage? | LinkedIn Live

Everest Group

LINKEDIN LIVE. Can Africa Help Address the Talent Shortage? February 24, 2022 |. 16:00 SAST | 15:00 CET | 14:00 GMT | 9 AM EST. Africa’s population is now approaching four times that of North America and Europe and will soon have more workers entering the workforce than India. So, what does that mean for the global talent pool, and how can organizations in the EMEA region plan for the talent of tomorrow?

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Build Your Insights Capabilities To Leapfrog Competition

Forrester Digital Transformation

Customers are more empowered, and finicky, than ever before. If you don’t create compelling experiences, the competition will grab them. Operating in this age of the customer has been a key challenge and will be for technology and data executives in particular for at least a decade. Accordingly, customer obsession — placing the customer at […].

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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.