From time to time, companies ask me to interview their corporate thought leaders and additional experts to construct a story on a topic their clients will find useful. I love these projects, as I learn so much in the process.
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We learn from three companies that are putting a focus on the environmental factor of ESG to boost employee and consumer satisfaction, create opportunities and change the world for the better.
Read moreLittle can be done to help small business owners get their finances straight in time for tax filings this April. However, if they haven’t filed taxes yet, they can still try to maximize benefits from the current tax rate. “Given the results of the election, it is likely tax reform will be enacted,” said David Rehrauer, managing director of Tax
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The advent of electronic books, surge in Amazon sales and closure of big-box bookstores have had many assuming independent bookshops will crash and burn, never to rise again. Yet, in Detroit…
Read moreAutomakers and suppliers are consolidating their technologies and outnumbering life science companies on this year’s Eureka Index, Crain’s annual look at the top 25 most innovative companies. Crain’s worked with Ocean Tomo, a Chicago-based intellectual property valuation firm, to rank 2015 patent portfolios for companies in Southeast Michigan
Read moreWhile I primarily work remotely, sometimes clients need another body in the office helping to make sense of large projects. Crain’s Most Influential Women project had numerous moving pieces and required staff and contractors to help make it happen. Gratefully, they asked me to join the team.
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Innovative Ford leadership course connects younger employees with non-profits to build future generations of community-minded workers
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From desktop telephones to handheld smartphones to heart signatures that unlock smartphones, IoT is not new. But the rapidly evolving uses for smart sensor technology and the abundance of data being generated is making the Internet of Things increasingly part of the worldwide lexicon.
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Online retailers, social media and the Internet of Things — manufactured things that are connected to the Internet (like the Nest thermostat) — are generating extraordinary amounts of data. Plus, with computers and cloud computing cheaper and faster, companies can perform high-powered number crunching on data to personalize products or predict future trends.
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