It's 2018 and your industry competitors are digital transforming their businesses. What changes do you have planned for this year? 

Are you thinking "outside the box" in 2018?

A Digital Transformation process includes reviews and updates to Goals, Objectives, Strategy, Process, Metrics and Technology.  The basis for all this change is the latest technology that is now affordable and available like never before. The following list of top technologies are being implemented today in other companies to digitally transform the way their employees work and dramatically improve their customer experiences. We included a few comments next to each.  

How many of these leading technologies are in your plans for this year? Use the list to stimulate ideas during your reviews and discussions.

The following infographic highlights the top 10 industries that are being disrupted by Digital Transformation. Today, executives and managers in every industry must stay on top of emerging technologies to keep ahead of the competition that may offer their customers faster and better quality experiences and services at a lower cost.

The following infographic highlights the top seven reasons why Digital Transformation fails. Position your business to take advantage of the latest technology to survive and thrive.

The next 10 years of change is going to happen so fast and we will see amazing advancements in every part of our personal and business world.

Vivek Wadhwa, one of my favorite futurists, talks about what life will be like in 2027 - and all the wonderful changes that will take place by 2027. Watch the video below and see what Vivek has to say about the future. We hope you'll get one or two really good ideas for planning your business digital transformation, your career and your personal life. 

There are now hundreds of CRM solutions to choose from around the world and most sales teams still don't have the increase in sales productivity that executives expect.

After a decade of evaluating, managing, implementing and consulting on CRM and Sales Productivity, I'm still amazed that all CRM systems do not include the following features and add-on products as part of their solution. 

The following infographic highlights the top eight areas that executives and management teams need to review when conducting Digital Transformation business planning. It's a helpful way to evaluate your current technology situation and give you and your team a simple plan to successfully move forward in digitally transforming your business.

Digital transformation is quickly changing the way we work from physical to digital workflows. Every industry and business is being changed by this megatrend and it will rapidly speed up over the next five to ten years.  The following article gives you a good overview, the top ideas on how you can use e-Signature cloud and mobile technology in your business, and a list of some easy, fast benefits.

Don't look now but your neighborhood Bank Branch location may soon be closing.  The Banking industry has woken up to two important facts:

1. Most Customers really don't like (or have time) to come into a Bank Branch (or use ATMs) and more and more of them would rather just use their laptops, tablets or smartphones for most transactions
2. It costs a Bank 90% less for a customer to use a mobile app to complete a transaction vs them coming into a bank to execute a transaction

How many good candidates have you lost by being too slow in getting back to them? 

I'd like to share a short story with you. I recently connected with a Sales Executive who just joined a very successful company that has been in business for over 15 years.  One of his first priorities was to hire three new sales people for his team.  He commented about how he had just lost a good sales candidate that he wanted to hire (after 4 weeks of investing his time in the interviewing process) because his company took too long getting back to her.  He also shared that the company still uses email and spreadsheets as the primary technology for recruiting, communicating and tracking new employee hires.  Sound familiar?

So... do you want to see your future at work and at home? [Video]

Digital Transformation has been talked about for years. Some people see the big picture and can visualize why and what benefits they will receive from all the hard work and change necessary to move to the future.

Are you suffering from Digital Transformation Stress? 

It’s a rapidly changing world and digitization is having a huge impact on every employee, business and industry. The speed and scale of digital disruption as companies move from legacy infrastructure and evolve to innovative and emerging technologies, plus long work hours and less resources are causing many people to feel stressed out, anxious and overwhelmed as they navigate their way through this massive transformation. 

Most people don’t like change and accelerated change is even more stressful

What happens when you digitally transform your business and improve your customer's experience before your competitors? Your customers move their business to you from your competitors.  Your sales go up faster and your competitors sales go lower.