Jairo H Venegas

Advisor/Consultant. I help Boards, C-levels and Individuals to Innovate/Transform Institutions. Connecting Innovation and Strategy to Value

Flips

Extending innovations value- appreciating the whole system.
paul4innovating.com - by @paul4innovating
There is always a time to reflect. It is when you have those spaces within your daily work you must take a view, a break, consider something that …
World News
Disciplining Kids Without Yelling: Readers Tell Us Their Tricks
NPR - Michaeleen Doucleff
Is it possible to raise children without shouting, scolding — or even talking to kids with an angry tone? Last month, we wrote about supermoms up in the Arctic who pulled off this daunting task with ease.
Online Life
Most SMBs Say They Need A Digital Presence, Study Shows
mediapost.com - Ray Schultz
Small businesses may not be there yet, but 88% of them believe they need an online presence to be successful, according to a new study by …
CIO
CIOs, talk about the business, not the operating model
cio.co.nz - Divina Paredes
Dr Marcus Blosch of Gartner on why CIOs need to rethink their role as organisations push through with digitalisation programmes
Opinion (Canada)
Is ancient philosophy the future?
The Globe and Mail - Donald Robertson
Donald Robertson’s latest book is How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. Recently, a bartender in Nova Scotia showed me a quote from the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius
Technology
Do We Really Need It? On The Excess Of Technology
Forbes - Julian Vigo
One of the banes of listicle journalism is the outright promotion of goods that we are told that we “must have.” Are you sick of being told about the ten or twenty “must-have gadgets” that you just “can’t
Industry 4.0
Digital Champions
strategy-business.com - by Norbert Schwieters
Illustration by Patrick Hruby Most manufacturers, energy companies, and raw materials providers know they face a strategic challenge. Industry 4.0 is …
Employment
3 painless ways to pump up productivity
prdaily.com - Brendan Gannon
The key goal for a manager is getting optimum team productivity for an extended period. Productivity is the ultimate measure of supervisors’ …
Why is it that governments (or large organizations) rarely do anything intelligent?
strategicscience.org - Ted Galpin
This is a strategic exercise in understanding how large groups of people operate. TLDR: You try getting a large group of people to agree on anything …
The Skeptic’s Guide To Low-Fidelity Prototyping
smashingmagazine.com - Laura (@laurabusche) earned a summa cum laude degree in Business Administration from American University in Washington DC, a Master of Arts in Design Management … More about Laura…
18 min read Share on Twitter or LinkedIn Smashing Newsletter Upgrade your inbox and get our editors’ picks twice a month. With useful tips for web devs. …
Marketing
Three Ways To Leverage AI And Keep Pace With The Future Of Digital Marketing
Forbes - Indre Deksnyte
From personal assistants to legal counsel on parking fines, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have established their potential as disruptive technology that will alter industries.
Startups
SaaS Products: How To Get Your First Users
Forbes - James Parsons
Products, platforms and apps: Moving to the cloud and providing a centralized service for your company is increasingly the way to go for many entrepreneurs. Clients and customers don’t need to worry about
Apple Watch
macOS 10.15 will let Apple Watch do more than just unlock Macs
slashgear.com - Liaw Kim Poh
Biometrics-based security systems, be it fingerprints or faces, is the trend in computing these days but not all devices are equipped with such …
How-To's
The Ultimate Guide For Scaling, Sales and Raising Capital in SaaS
saastr.com - Amelia Ibarra
If you’ve been wondering … How do I choose who should be the CEO when I have a co-founder? What are some rookie mistakes founders make during VC …
IPad Pro
Apple iPads and iPad Pros get price cuts up to $150 on Amazon
Digital Trends
In the market for an iPad? Now is probably the time to buy. Why? Well, there are plenty of iPad models available now, meaning there’s likely one out …
Entrepreneurship
Why Your Stomach May Hold the Key to Your Mental Performance
Entrepreneur - Ben Angel
Don't just blame your apathy or lack of productivity on a weak mental attitude. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Feeling flat or depressed? Don't just blame it on a weak attitude.
Business Administration
Transforming Operations: How IIoT Creates Real-Time Visibility for Manufacturing
iiot-world.com
Transforming Operations: How IIoT Creates Real-Time Visibility for Manufacturing Virtual Conference Sponsored by PTC April 23, 2019 11:00 AM until 12:30 PM …
Viral Marketing
Capturing the Offline Impact of Online Marketing in B2B
bcg.com
Article | B2B marketers win when they use offline and online as mutually reinforcing channels. But they’ll need new techniques and a new way of …
Soil
To fix the climate, we have to fix our soil
Fast Company - Eillie Anzilotti
Decades of intensive agriculture and deforestation have degraded around half of the world’s soil, which is one of the most effective natural systems for sequestering carbon. Soil scientist Asmeret Asefaw
Digital sustainability: the leadership challenge
The Telegraph
Forward-thinking companies will invest in their current workforce, acquire talent to get to the next level and engage outsiders with expertise and insight to achieve excellence The acceleration of disruptive
Mediterranean Diet
Want to Live Longer? Science Says to Do These 5 Things
TIME - Jamie Ducharme
When it comes to staying healthy, most people have the same motivation: living as long and fulfilling a life as possible. And while science has yet to find a true fountain of youth, researchers have identified
Sustainability
How Board Members Really Feel About ESG, from Deniers to True Believers
Harvard Business Review - N. Craig Smith and Ron Soonieus
“Get the board of directors on board” is increasingly recognized as key to driving sustainable business practices in companies. But there is a substantial gap between aspirations and the capacity of their
Digital Transformation
Digitisation is only the beginning - true transformation runs deeper
itproportal.com - Colin Wales
Digital transformation. It’s a phrase uttered frequently and with much fervour among senior government figures, heads of public sector and tech …
Potatoes
The 9 Commandments for Cooking Perfectly Crispy Oven-Roasted Potatoes
Real Simple - Betty Gold
Finally, all the *golden* rules to roasting the most delicious sheet pan spuds. Roasted potatoes are an unfailingly simple side dish to cook. They’re …
Singularity
AI Is Destroying Traditional Business Thinking
Forbes - Tom Davenport
Artificial intelligence (AI) is undermining many of our industrial age ideas – including the best ways to develop business models, investment strategies, and critical assets. The result is that many companies
Amazon Echo
Alexa Is Listening All The Time: Here's How To Stop It
Forbes - TJ McCue
Recent news reports in the last week revealed that Amazon has thousands of workers listening to Amazon Echo aka Alexa voice assistant recordings. That is a bit unnerving, however, this post will share
Managing Change? Manage Your Environment.
Forbes - Tricia Emerson
What if I told you your community justice system could lower adult recidivism by 10%, juvenile recidivism by 20%, and would need to send only 1% of defendants to jail? It might be as simple as changing
Business
5 Myths About Strategy
Harvard Business Review - Stephen Bungay
In common with many professions and disciplines, strategy has its myths – half truths and half understood assumptions that eventually lead to mistakes and even disasters. In this article, strategy expert
Don't let disruption leave you behind
leadent.digital
Disruption continues at pace You won't need me to tell you that most sectors are experiencing unprecedented change due to digitisation and the …
Profit
The Bottom Line on Trust
accenture.com - Jessica Long
From reports of tainted food to consumer data theft and other cyber breaches, trust incidents are becoming increasingly visible to the general …