Just about all Fortune 1000 company CEOs have Digital Transformation as one of their top 3-5 priorities for this year (and for the next few years.)  Watch the above video from Davos 2016 to discover what six top CEOs learned from digitally transforming their companies.

 

Sales and Marketing teams are always trying to come up with creative ideas for implementing fun marketing and sales events.  This article gives you some great tips for brainstorming, ideas for calendar-event based themes - and when and where to plan the best Sales and Marketing events every year.

A Digital Transformation Megatrend is rippling through every industry, business and job around the world at a breathtaking pace.  If you're working in Sales and Marketing, you should be paying very close attention to this trend.

Please don't shoot the messenger... in the next few years look for an increase in marketing automation investments and a reduction of inside and outside enterprise sales rep jobs.

The Digital Transformation megatrend is dramatically changing the way executives, management and employees collaborate and communicate in the workplace. With technology evolving at such a rapid pace, it's more important now than ever before to keep up your skill sets and adapt to new ways of doing business. More than 50-percent of the jobs of tomorrow aren't even in existence at this time - infact no one has even thought of them yet! Continuous learning, personal development and coaching are a necessity in all aspects of life to survive and thrive the Digital Transformation megatrend that is just beginning.

The Digital Transformation megatrend that we are all experiencing today is causing many Small and Midsized Businesses (SMBs) to evaluate their current business strategies and technologies.  One of the fastest ways to improve your business is to upgrade your website and add a modern eCommerce function.  The following is a list of the top eCommerce platforms and websites for Small and Midsized Businesses (SMBs).

Industries and businesses around the world are being disrupted and transformed. Here's a list of top industries that are being disrupted by Digital Transformation today:

This article highlights the top six 2016 Technology Trends and includes examples for each of them. We also added one catch-all section at the end of the article that includes a few other trends and fun products that we liked.

This is just the beginning of Digital Transformation. And this technology shift is transforming every industry in the world - tech, healthcare, travel, entertainment, retail, auto, media, financial services... think Netflix, Airbnb and Uber. Now more than ever before, every business needs to focus on their digital workplace and transform the way they work to survive and thrive.

Watch our short video (above) and see what seven thought leaders are saying about Digital Transformation. Then check out more expert industry leader quotes below.

The Auto Industry has become one of the poster childs for an old stodgy industry that has existed for over 100 years that will completely digitally transform itself in the next five years. The 2016 CES Show (in Las Vegas) and the 2016 Detroit Auto Show were dominated by the announcements of new automobile technology. Self-driving cars are no longer science fiction. Complete self-driving cars for consumers will be available for purchase within two years, according to Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and within four years according Mark Fields, the CEO of Ford. 

Megatrend

We are currently undergoing a once-in-a-lifetime big, fast, technology shift that will transform every industry and business in the world over the next three to five years. This megatrend is called Digital Transformation.

It’s evolving at warp speed - at a pace that none of us have ever experienced… and this is just the beginning.

Watch this video to take a peak into the future of clothes shopping at a digitally transformed fitting room. Now, imagine shopping like this at your favorite store. 

During his interview with Box CEO Aaron Levie, John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco Systems, got the Keynote audience's attention at the BoxWorks 2015 conference (box.com) when he said that 40% of all Fortune 500 businesses today will die in 10 years. We see this potential risk increasing in every company from startups, small businesses, midsize companies... to Fortune 1000 international enterprises. 

Is your company going to be one of the "survive and thrive" companies by 2025?