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Developing a Winning Thought Leadership Strategy
Developing a Winning Thought Leadership Strategy What Is a Thought Leadership Strategy? How do you think about the future of your market? Does your organization include people who help shape your industry? What unique insights does your organization have about …
What is the difference between Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom?
What is the difference between Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom? Need help with your KM Strategy? Click here for the Serious Insights KM Services The debate over the relationship between data, information, knowledge and wisdom continues to evolve as new …
Review: Noteshelf—A Crossplatform Note-Taking Solution for All Situations
Noteshelf is also available on Apple’s Mac App Store ($7.99) and Android’s Google Play ($4.99) What I like Noteshelf’s clean user interface revolves around notebooks. The flexible product offers a confusion-free note-taking environment. Instruments at the top make functions clear. …
What are the six steps to becoming a thought leader?
Many visitors to Serious Insights ask the following question: What are the six steps to becoming a thought leader? There are more than six steps, but for the sake of brevity and to answer the question directly, here are the …
Review: JBL Flip 5. Waterproof with a Punch.
Review: JBL Flip 5 What we like With the $119 list Flip 5 JBL delivers a hardy little speaker. The camo covering on our review unit reinforced the overall rugged design, as well as the fun side of the Flip …
Review: Jabra Speak 510, The Perfect Personal Speakerphone
Review: Jabra Speak 510 The Jabra Speak 510 has transformed a weekly ritual. Since the beginning of the pandemic lock-in, my family has connected every Saturday night with my sister-in-law and her family in Southern California for dinner. I use …
How Do I Become a Knowledge Worker?
The idea of the knowledge worker stems from Peter Drucker’s 1950 and 60s work. The term was first used in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow where Drucker explored the characteristics of workers who apply theory and analytics to their …
The Tens: Getting Work From Home Right #WFH
The Tens: Getting Work From Home Right The latest entry in the Serious Insights series “The Tens.” This issue focuses on Getting Work From Home Right. Download the PDF Understand the work that needs to be done. With digitization and …
Wireless Broadband Alliance OpenRoaming Initiative Needs to Focus On Adoption
OpenRoaming, a Wireless Broadband Alliance, brings together broadband suppliers and manufacturers to create a more seamless end-user experience. To succeed, the organization needs to focus on small and mid-tier adopters to ensure their vision achieves timely implementation. Traditional roaming on …
Naivete and the Fight Against Facial Recognition
The fight against facial recognition and its reflection of systemic racism in algorithms and the training data sets fails to see the context for why the technology will likely continue to be developed. The bigger issue isn’t facial recognition but …
A Few Annoyances Apple Needs to Fix in the Apple Ecosystem
A Few Annoyances Apple Needs to Fix in the Apple Ecosystem: in-app Purchases, News, Apple Cash, and Password Management with Keychain. I pay for my Apple hardware and I pay to be a member of the Apple ecosystem. So unlike …
The Ultimate Guide to Video Conferencing Mastery
Introduction Zoom. Teams. Facebook Messaging. GoToMeeting. We have all been spending time talking to other people through monitors, headsets, USB microphones, and shared screens. And everyone has learned what works and what doesn’t. This list assumes you should be on …