Put Your Telecom in the Cloud
The evidence is clear: happy employees are good for business.
“Scientists have found that if you boost someone’s happiness, you boost their productivity 12-25% or more,” said Scott Crabtree, founder Happy Brain Science. And while heightened productivity may be a major motivator for employers to get to the bottom of employee happiness, it’s not the only reason. In the podcast Live Happy Now, Crabtree said: “Our brains work better, we’re healthier, we live longer, etc.,” Read more
It’s beginning to feel as though every time we wake up and turn on the news we expect to see some report about another hack compromising hundreds of millions of consumers’ data, crippling businesses, or creating other types of havoc. Many small to mid-sized businesses don’t take the threat of hackers as seriously as they should, and this could be due, in part, to the fact many of the victims covered by national and international media outlets are large, international corporations. Read more
Perhaps you’re not quite familiar with the term ‘blockchain’, but you’ve no doubt heard of Bitcoin, right? Well, Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency that revolutionized an entire financial industry. Though it’s still early and there are doubts about how much of an impact Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies can have on a global scale, one thing is certain: it’s already altered the landscape of global commerce. Read more
Big data has been that ‘thing’ sitting in the corner of the room for years, ignored and -as some business professionals might admit- hoped it would finally leave on its own. It can be overwhelming trying to make sense of a mountain of information, numbers and stats, dates and figures that, at the end of the day, don’t amount to anything of real value to begin with. Read more
Now that the new year is officially underway, the parties are over and the in-laws have (mercifully) gone home, it’s time to return your focus to your business. Your company may be doing well enough, but it can do so much better. Or perhaps it’s been struggling along for months and you’ve wondered whether you’ll survive one more year.
Most businesses fail because of a few basic reasons. Read more
