Thinkers of Think - July 2022
Here's the news from last month:
Recession Coming? Toss the Old Playbook, Embrace Innovation and Technology
The tidal wave of negative economic news couldn’t be more sobering.?
The stock market’s selloff has been relentless, economic growth is sagging, inflation is rampant, and the Federal Reserve appears poised to embark on an aggressive course of monetary tightening that we haven’t seen in decades.
What’s more alarming, the supply chain remains a mess and China’s aggressive Covid-19 lockdown coupled with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are sending tremors through international markets. And now there are murmurings of the dreaded “R” word. Yes, recession. We haven’t had one in 13 years, which is definitely new territory for some CEOs.
Viewpoint: Don't make Jamie Dimon's mistake on returning to the office
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon put out the word in June 2021 that his employees would return to their offices by July 6 - no ifs, ands or buts. He explained to the Wall Street Journal CEO Council that working from home "doesn't work for people who want to hustle, doesn't work for culture, doesn't work for idea generation."
Less than a year later in his annual shareholder letter, he conceded, "It's clear that working from home will become more permanent in American business."
Dimon is hardly an outlier. As companies look forward to a possible end to the pandemic...
Think Innovate 2022 Final Agenda Announced, and the Lineup is Nothing Short of Impressive
Think Systems, Inc., a privately-owned national management consulting firm that provides both private and public entities with organizational solutions and strategic hiring, has finalized the agenda for?Think Innovate 2022. The firm also announced new sponsors, speakers, and exhibitors.
More than 34 exhibitors, 40+ speakers, and 100+ C-level executives, business owners, and government professionals have already registered in advance for the October 19-21 conference in Baltimore, MD. Ninety-five percent of registrants are from the C-suite.
Think Systems, Inc. Preps for Growth by Adding Frank Leone to Director of Strategic Partnerships
Think Systems, Inc., a national management consulting firm that helps companies with organizational solutions and strategic hiring, announced today that it has hired?Frank Leone as Director of Strategic Partnerships.
Leone joins Think as a director and business strategist. He has more than a decade of experience in education.
Will Companies Ever Return to the Office? Why Remote Work is Here to Stay.
As life slowly, grudgingly returns to normal in the post-pandemic world, workplace changes are happening as well. With most companies forced into a remote work environment two years ago, many discovered that this arrangement actually worked very well, giving employees more flexibility and companies the opportunity to rethink the physical work environment.
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COVID hasn’t exactly gone away, but has morphed into a less serious threat for the most part, and that brings up the questions: Will we fully return to the office? Should we? The answers might depend on whom you ask.
Big Changes are on the Horizon for EdTech Platforms Courtesy of Big Data. The Question? How will the Industry Leverage Data in 2022 and Beyond
If there is one thing you can say about the pandemic it is that it has transformed entire industries. Take EdTech where the sudden move to virtual learning has provided a flood of data to organizations allowing them to create complete pictures of the individual learner.
The data revolution continues and as a result, today’s EdTech organizations must be secure and data-driven to be competitive and effective. Ultimately data is key to unlocking EdTech solutions.
Check out Think Innovate 2022: The Executive Networking event of the year!
Check out our upcoming events:
Wed July 13 |?5:30 PM ET
Web3 is the digital buzzword of the day. Where Web 1.0 was read-only and Web 2.0 was about user generated content, Web3 is more complex and a harder concept to grasp. And in all of these advancements, the fundamentals will still remain important.
In this session, you'll learn about what Web3 is, see examples of it in action and discuss how it may change the future of the web. Ben will lead us through ideas about how some industries will be most impacted.
Tue July 19 | 4:30 PM ET
If you’re a busy professional in a high-stress job, you’re probably noticing its effects, like low energy levels, poor mental clarity and maybe even belly fat.
You intuitively know that it’s not doing your health and performance much good, so in this presentation, you’ll learn what you can do about it.
Wed Aug 31 | 4:30 PM ET
NFTs aren’t just right-click-save JPGs of Bored Apes. In this session we will cover some history, some education, but most importantly how NFTs are becoming essential to our everyday IRL experiences. We will prove to you why NFTs are already here and that they are here to stay.
Derek has near 15+ years of Program Management and M&A delivery experience. He is used to leading the strategy through implementation of large-scale, complex, transformative programs typically touching all front, middle and back-office facets of an organization.