(Anti) Social Media: Where can business go if Facebook implodes?
Is Facebook like the really cool friends who come to visit and you have a blast for a weekend, but they overstay and ultimately you find out you really don’t…
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Laura Haight
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5G will be way more than faster streaming and cooler phone
You’re hearing a lot about 5G these days. It’s almost like it’s a thing already. Well, it is a thing, but it’s only an operational thing if you live in…
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The disappearance of privacy
I have been very focused on privacy lately. Or should I say, the risks to privacy, the outright invasions of privacy, the assaults on privacy barely concealed in a blanket…
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Risky business: Ways to mitigate security challenges on the road
Traveling for work is risky business. Road warriors must often use publicly accessible business services from airline kiosks, unsecured Wi-Fi, and hotel business centers. While there are inherent dangers in…
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Digital Maven: Lessons learned from big corporations’ data breaches
Failure is the best determinant of future success. There are a lot of more inspiring quotes on the subject than this, but the point is the same. To help us…
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The future of work in a data-driven world
In the computer-fueled, innovation-driven, artificially intelligent world we live and work in, you would think computer programmers had it made. Just last week, “60 Minutes” aired a segment on the…
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Branding outside the box on a budget: A new Greenville agency fills the void in the experiential design market
Sports fans have enjoyed environmental design for years, as teams bathe their stadiums and coliseums in larger-than-life murals, mascots, and color to pump up the crowd. But what about smaller…
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Taking a mulligan: Crosswinds Golf Course gets a new owner and a major do-over
“Isn’t it beautiful?” Davis Sezna is standing on a small elevation overlooking the carefully manicured swales and swells of the Crosswinds Golf Course. He points to a distant spot: “See…
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DIGITAL MAVEN: Management of today’s worker is fueled by data and wearable tech
Manufacturing is enjoying a resurgence nationally with job growth reaching a 25-year high. At the end of January, the U.S. had 12.5 million manufacturing jobs employing 8.5 percent of the…
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With our eyes on the prize, we may miss opportunities that are right in front of us
Innovation. As a word, it is grossly overused, joining my 2017 “tired of” list that includes “hand-crafted,” “impactful,” and “transformative.” As a function, it is misunderstood. As a business reality,…
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