Next Step Blog

Deliver Customer Value to Build Loyalty

NS Admin2019-02-24T10:16:32-08:0002-24-2019|

Increasing global competition, ubiquitous access to a plethora of choices, personalized marketing and new consumer buying habits are making customer loyalty more critical and difficult for all organizations. The key to [...]

Stop Talking Start Innovating

NS Admin2019-02-18T04:20:13-08:0002-18-2019|

Stop talking, start innovating Achieving Success Silicon Valley Style Talk about innovation is everywhere – in board rooms, conferences, employee meetings and university classes. In 2019, it is estimated that billions [...]

Decide, move, innovate Silicon Valley Style

NS Admin2019-02-02T04:28:54-08:0002-02-2019|

Corporate innovation initiatives are top of mind for executives – but often slowed due to long decision processes and planning. Innovation is about trying something and being willing to suffer the [...]

Where are the unicorns?

NS Admin2019-01-23T08:14:10-08:0001-23-2019|

There are 309 private companies around the world valued at $1B+ as of 1/18/2019. Collectively these companies are worth as much as $1,085B and have raised a combined total of nearly $261B. Last year, 111 [...]

Innovation Requires Foresight – Skate to Where Puck is Going

NS Admin2019-01-13T04:38:20-08:0001-13-2019|

Innovation is all about anticipating future needs then designing, piloting and scaling new solutions to address the tomorrow’s challenges. Successful business leaders and entrepreneurs require foresight into the minds, concerns and [...]

Embrace Change for Success in 2109

NS Admin2019-01-09T23:21:37-08:0001-09-2019|

New year is time to embrace change. Todays rapid growth in AI, compute power, ubiquity of IOT combined with changing customer behavior will disrupt all traditional businesses. Now is the time [...]

Innovation Lessons from Cirque du Soliel

NS Admin2019-01-06T14:25:25-08:0001-06-2019|

Successful innovation requires agility to address changing customer needs and competitive threats; Creativity to design new solutions to future problems and empowerment of team members – to adapt, fail and take [...]

Are you ready to be a Super Hero in 2019?

NS Admin2019-01-03T19:03:04-08:0001-02-2019|

Super Hero’s are engaged, empowered and ready to make an impact this year. However, recent studies show that over 70% of people feel - little or no involvement or engagement in [...]

Digitalization: The Path to Employee Engagement

NS Admin2019-01-03T19:17:43-08:0012-31-2018|

The Robots are Here: Good news - for employees? While robots which vacuum the carpet, mow the lawn or deliver lunch are cute time savers, their possible entry into the workplace [...]