Executive Credibility with the Board of Directors
Since I don’t have as much interaction with the board of directors as the CEO, how do I build my credibility with board members? If you have recently assumed the role of a corporate executive that is on the radar of the board (e.g., CISO, CFO or CIO), you have probably asked yourself this question [...]
Science Conferences for 2015
If you want to enhance your expertise and broaden your professional network in the medical device, medical diagnostic, healthcare or biotech industries, consider these 2015 science conferences. Click on a link for more details. AAMA 2015 National Summit in January 2015 Congress on Healthcare Leadership in March AAPL 2015 Spring Institute in April AMDM 2015 [...]
Decrease Emotional Hijacks with Thresholds
As Steve stomped down the hall toward the office of the senior vice president (who also happened to be his boss), he was fuming due to a potential change in his responsibilities he had heard about through the grapevine. Once in his boss’s office, he went off on her about how things had changed since [...]
Online Fraud Follows EMV-Chip Credit Cards
The U.S. is the last G20 country to transition to credit cards secured with EMV chip technology. While initiating the transition has taken awhile, industry experts shared in Forbes that they believe that 70% of U.S. cards will have EMV chips by October 2015, because this is when the responsibility for card losses on magnetic-stripe [...]
Volkswagen’s $900M Tennessee Plant Expansion Beginning
The construction for Volkswagen’s (VW) $900 million Chattanooga plant expansion is about to break ground. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, VW is expected to award the first of a number of large contracts in the next few weeks. Gray Construction (Lexington, KY) is believed to be the front runner whose contract (if accepted) [...]
Microsoft Office 365 Apps for Free
If you have tried using word processing, spreadsheet or presentation apps on your mobile devices that are supposed to be compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you have probably been underwhelmed at best. For those of you who became frustrated like I did with the pseudo-Microsoft Office apps, you either stopped trying to edit [...]
7 Human Capital Meta-Trends
What human capital trends deserve your attention? If you have a vested interest in the human capital field, you have undoubtedly seen numerous studies conducted by reputable business organizations (e.g., consulting firms, professional associations, etc.) that discuss the latest trends regarding critical company needs. Being someone who shares this interest because my work is in the [...]
Cleveland Clinic Gives Functional Medicine Credibility
Since medical schools have taken a more active interest in teaching complementary and alternative medicine in the last few years according to U.S. News and World Report, the recent opening of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine should not seem like an unusual event. Nonetheless, this opening makes the Clinic the first academic medical center in the United [...]
Banking Stress Tests Show More Work is Needed
How well are banks doing at preventing another major financial calamity? According to Forbes, financial regulators have been establishing tighter rules based on Basel III standards to ensure the sustainability of global banks in the event that another economic disaster occurs in the future. Basel III standards came about as a result of the inadequate [...]
Robots, Automation and Workforce Reduction
How likely is it that robots and automation will eliminate the need for members of the workforce? As companies think more about how to increase productivity, robots and automation come to mind which have the potential to impact workers. The application of this technology ranges from industrial robots that generate high ROI in automotive and [...]
