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• My team used to suck at meetings, but now people are begging us to share our secret sauce

  Think you hate meetings? My colleagues and I were so sick of them that we teamed up with Chelsea Handler to build an excuse generator. Can you guess what one of the main use cases was? Getting out of meetings. For years, our team's meetings didn't move us forward; they were "party ...

  • Tony Scherba

• You can’t achieve long term profits without knowing how your employees feel

  Does your company get a good return on all the time and money it invests in leadership development? Despite the millions spent on developing leaders, many employees -- perhaps even most -- are disengaged from their work and not giving it their best shot. That’s often the result ...

  • Juha Huttunen

• How cryptography enables online shopping, cloud tech, and the blockchain

  What do the Gallic Wars and online shopping have in common? The answer, believe it or not, is cryptography. Cryptography is the cement of the digital world, but it also has a long history that predates the digital era. Most people do not realize that cryptography is a foundational ...

  • Nigel Smart

• The car industry needs to embrace open source

  The race to develop software for the connected car market is heating up as consumers expect their vehicles to give them the same experience and ease of use that they have come to know with their smartphones. The 2017 Autotrader Car Impact Study found that 53 percent of consumers ...

  • Rami Sass

• Data shows people want serious long-form content — and brands need to take note

  You probably noticed the recent video that asked people whether they heard “Yanny” or “Laurel.” It would have been hard not to. That tiny piece of audio drove more than 10 million views, inspired countless memes, created conflict between friends, and even re-surfaced the Greek ...

  • Brandon Geary

• Listen to Google — UX and SEO are a match made in heaven

  To the layman UX and SEO (if they even understand what they mean) sound like two entirely unrelated things. The one is about some plumber jabbing away at their phone, while the other is about satisfying the algorithms of a company in Silicon Valley. But we know better. At its core ...

  • Leona Henryson

• 3 things your startup should consider outsourcing

  In the competitive world of startups, founders should focus on core business operations without distractions. But at the initial stages of business expansion, funds, and staff are limited. It’s the problem that drives most startup owners to wear too many hats and try to do it all ...

  • Nacho De Marco

• Techies leave the likes of Apple and Amazon for greener pastures in the cannabis industry

  The cannabis industry is tapping Silicon Valley's elite for top-tier talent as the sector continues to grow explosively.

  • Tristan Greene

• Startups! Here's what you need to know before taking on Asia

  Once your startup has taken off in your local market, expanding geographically is a natural next step. Asia is likely to ...

  • Seha Yatim

• How to engage with influencers on Twitter for your brand

  I’m sure you’re no stranger to the growing popularity of influencer marketing among brands and marketers today. The significant ...

  • Shane Barker

• 7 surprising companies where you can work on cutting-edge AI technology

  While automation slowly eats away at human jobs, the demand for AI talent continues to grow at an accelerating pace. Here ...

  • Ben Dickson

• Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and IBM are testing blockchain-powered bank transfers

  Blockchain-powered commercial trades between ten businesses in five different countries were successful. The list of participants ...

  • David Canellis