E-tail Connect in Miami was just a few weeks after ShopTalk, but it was a very different setting. The organizers of eTail Connect carefully selected 100 executives from some of the most innovative retailers to come together and discuss the future of retail in a variety of formats, from workshops to networking events to highly […]
It’s no secret that change is in the air. The traditional workplace is dissolving before our very eyes, and we’re seeing the rise of a new style of worker—one who is not defined nor confined by the company for which they work for, but instead, by how they work. Thanks to readily accessible tools and […]
Advertising-Industry Legend Ari Merkin Joins Chameleon Collective Fernand Fernandez, Rob Gonda and Ben Way also join the Collective that is designed to disrupt the linear hierarchy of the traditional agency and consulting business models Chameleon Collective, a company founded to drive marketing, business development and innovation across the media, retail and technology sectors, today announced […]
According to Sun Tsu, the ancient Chinese military strategist, “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” These words were just as relevant then as they are now for today’s business leaders. If you’re worrying that your strategic plan is missing part of the picture, or […]
On October 19th, we hosted a Future of Retail Dinner at the fabulous penthouse loft of Laurel Touby and Jon Fine. The main item on the agenda was “where is retail going and how do you get ahead of the game?” The dinner was co-hosted by Charlie Cole (Tumi), Laurel Touby (Flatiron Investors) and Veronika […]
Are you always finding it’s about “who you know?” Whether starting a new business or trying to commercialize an existing product, it’s true that few things are as important as making and keeping the right contacts. Those right contacts (also known as your professional network) ideally help you get in the door faster, act as […]
Back to the Future with Take Me to Your Leader It’s time for a refresh of Take Me to Your Leader. That means a new commitment, a new site design, and a new focus on a bi-monthly newsletter. We’ll also be adding some new contributors and guest writers in 2015 as we move away from […]
This profile piece on Pando touched on some very personal subjects I hadn’t thought about in a long time. If you want some insights on my background I encourage you to read it. It was originally published on Pando.com on February 28th 2014 here. Freddie Laker carries his father with him everywhere he goes. He bears […]
At CES 2012 in Las Vegas, amid a mass force-feeding of smart TVs, Freddie Laker had an epiphany: This smart TV thing is going to happen. Laker says the penetration of smart TVs reminds him of smartphones back in 2007 — and he’s excited about it. Future tech has always been exciting to Laker, and […]
Classified as RANT! Prequel: I noticed that some pages were taking too long to load … I heard good things about WP Super Cache and I had tried it before, but it was messing up when toggling between web view and mobile view … randomly providing web users the mobile view, and mobile users the […]
