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Event Report: Retailers Navigate Exponential Tech Amidst New Business Model Shifts #NRF2019

Event Report: Retailers Navigate Exponential Tech Amidst New Business Model Shifts #NRF2019

By R "Ray" Wang on January 19, 2019

Retail Innovation Continues To Improve As Budgets And Margin Grow Over 40,000 attendees gathered at Jacob Javitz convention center in New York City for the annual big show (see Figure 1.) The show kicked off with a keynote from BJ’s Wholesale Club Chairman, President, and CEO Chris Baldwin. Chris conveyed the impact of retail on […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged #NRF2019, 2019, Apps Strategy, best practices, Business Transformation, C-Suite, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Constellation Research, COO, CRM, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, event report, experience management, google, google cloud platform, growth, innovation, jump start growth, Leadership, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, National Retail Federation, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, The Big Show, trends

Research Report: Improving Go-to-Market Results with Constellation’s ACF

Research Report: Improving Go-to-Market Results with Constellation’s ACF

By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2019

Apply the Account Categorization Framework to Succeed in Account-Based Strategies An account-based strategy model needs to focus on re-establishing relationships. With a very-well-defined list of business-to-business contacts, the go-to-market strategy requires a disciplined approach to re-engage with customers. Unfortunately, most field organizations are saddled with tech-laden complexity. Constellation Research suggests that clients put human relationships […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged account based strategy, account categorization framework, Apps Strategy, best practices, Business Transformation, C-Suite, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, CMO, Constellation Research, COO, CRM, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, experience management, growth, innovation, jump start growth, Leadership, R “Ray” Wang;, Research Report, rwang0, sales, sales effectiveness, sales strategies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, trends, vendor strategy

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 4: Setting Up a CVC Organization

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 4: Setting Up a CVC Organization

By Evangelos Simoudis on February 9, 2015

In the previous post I introduced a five-dimensional framework to employ while setting up a corporate venture group and discussed in detail two of its dimensions: strategy and people. The corporation must establish a long-term strategy for its venture group. As part of this strategy it must create a set of objectives, formulate an investment […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, innovation, startup, vc, Venture Capital

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 3: Setting Up a CVC Organization

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation Part 3: Setting Up a CVC Organization

By Evangelos Simoudis on January 6, 2015

In the first part of the series on corporate venture capital I explored how the disruption of institutional VCs (IVCs) and the imperative for corporations to innovate provide an opportunity to corporate VCs (CVCs) to make their mark in the startup ecosystem and be viewed as viable and valuable financing sources to private companies. In […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, innovation, startup, vc, Venture Capital

Trends: 9 Actions to Consider Before 2015 For Digital Transformation

Trends: 9 Actions to Consider Before 2015 For Digital Transformation

By R "Ray" Wang on December 23, 2014

Digital Strategy From The Analysts At Constellation Research Constellation’s year end checklist offers suggestions designed to enable you to take control of your digital strategy in 2015. Consider these actions to ensure you dominate digital disruption in the new year. 1. Matrix Commerce: Scrub your data By Guy Courtin When it comes to Matrix Commerce, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2015, Apps Strategy, Augmented Humanity, Authentic, Authentic Business, best of breed, best practices, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, BigData, bring-your-own-device, Business Analytics, business strategy, Business Transformation, BYOD, CEO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Corporate Strategy, CTO, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer service, Customer Support, CXM, CXO, CXP, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, digital, Digital Business, digital commerce, Digital Disruption, Digital DNA, Digital identity, digital marketing, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, E-Commerce, e-Signature, early adoptions, engagement, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of work, HR, innovation, IT Strategy, journey maps, marketing, Marketing Automation, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, Next generation apps, Privacy, Privacy Rights, Private Cloud, Private Clouds, public cloud, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, safety, safety and privacy, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, strategy, supply chain, trends, User Experience, user strategy, vendor strategy

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Part 2: Will the Big Numbers Result In Big Success this Time?

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Part 2: Will the Big Numbers Result In Big Success this Time?

By Evangelos Simoudis on November 24, 2014

I started writing these posts with the hypothesis that in their effort to innovate, corporations must re-invent the traditional R&D model with one that augments the R&D efforts with venture investments, acquisitions, strategic partnerships and startup incubation. Corporate VCs (CVCs) are expected to play a big role in this innovation quest. With that in mind […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, innovation, startup, Venture Capital

Event Report: The Storify  #CCE2014 TweetStream On #DigitalTransformation #DigitalBiz

Event Report: The Storify #CCE2014 TweetStream On #DigitalTransformation #DigitalBiz

By R "Ray" Wang on November 4, 2014

Constellation’s Connected Enterprise Brings The World Of Digital Transformation To Life At the 4th annual executive innovation summit, Constellation hosted over 200 early adopters, pioneers, and innovators in digital transformation at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay.  Digital transformation and business topics include: Consumerizaiton of IT Data to Decisions Digital Marketing Transformation Future of Work […]

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The Internet inside the enterprise: We don't have it, and we need it

The Internet inside the enterprise: We don’t have it, and we need it

By Dion Hinchcliffe on November 3, 2014

It’s no longer fashionable to criticize enterprise IT as it once was. That’s because the Internet has definitively won the competition and is leading the way in tech innovation. But for proactive organizations, it doesn’t have to be that way.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged apps, Big Data, Cloud, Cloud Priorities, Consumerization, CXO, Data Centers, Data Management, Emerging Tech, enterprise software, innovation, IT Policies, IT Priorities, Leadership, Networking, servers, Technology / Software

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Initiatives

Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Disruptive Innovation Initiatives

By Evangelos Simoudis on October 13, 2014

A large corporation recently requested my advice on how to set up and structure their venture fund, which they wanted to base in Silicon Valley. This corporation had initially set up a venture fund in the late ‘90s to invest in Internet startups. By 2002 they closed down the fund after determining that its portfolio […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged corporate innovation, corporate VC, Corporate Venture Capital, CVCinnov, disruptive innovation, Dot-com bubble, Entrepreneurship, innovation, Silicon Valley, Venture Capital

Change Agents Go to Washington!

Change Agents Go to Washington!

By Susan Scrupski on September 25, 2014

Drowning in paperwork?  Demoralized by endless meetings where you sit and sit and sit, and have no voice?  Tired of performance management reviews that have little to do with your potential or passion?   Frustrated by knowledge that buries itself in graveyards of  email thread coffins? Then, we have a workshop for you.  Come get […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged caww, change, change agents, Change Agents Worldwide, Digital Workplace, future of work, innovation, KMWorld, Leadership, Organizational Change, Working Out Loud, workshop

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