What Twenty-Five Years Behind a Chair Taught Me About Building a Company That Lasts

One of the biggest fears people have when going from a successful career to entrepreneurship is that they are starting over from scratch, which is also one of the biggest illusions in that shift. That’s what it was like for me. I went from being a hairstylist, salon owner, educator, and stage artist to starting my own business with my co-founder, Kelly, and found that many of the skills I thought were specific to my previous occupation had applications I hadn’t even considered at first.

The Conformity Tax We Start Charging in Childhood

Spend enough time around children who do not fit the shape a classroom expects, and you learn to worry most about the ones who look fine. The child melting down in the hallway will get the help they need, but the quiet one, who sits still, hands work in early and never drew a second glance, is often the one paying the highest price because they’re learning to survive in an environment that wasn’t made for them. I have watched that lesson take hold in a lot of young people, and I have come to see it as the first installment on a bill that organizations pay years later.
TechFinitive •

Where assistive technology ends and dependency begins

Technology shapes almost every aspect of modern life, but some of its most important stories are found beyond the commercial world. With TechFinitive Impact, we hope to offer a platform to leaders from charities, educational institutions, non-profit organisations, research bodies, social enterprises and other mission-driven organisations to share their expertise on how technology can address society’s biggest challenges. These articles are intended to inform, inspire and encourage meaningful dis...
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How to Argue With Your Body Clock (and Win)

Arriving in a new country is an adventure, or would be if you could stay awake for it. It's hard to take in the sights and sounds of a brand-new slice of the world when your watch, your body, and the sky are having an argument about what time it is.The good news: the clock can be reset. You don't have to spend the first three days of a vacation drifting around like a ghost.Jet lag is a circadian problem. Your body runs on an internal clock that governs sleep, alertness, hunger, and a dozen other...
The convergence of tech and brands •

Why the traditional agency model is struggling to keep up with AI

By Benjamin Wiener, Global Head of Cognizant Moment Every few years, someone declares the agency model dead. Digital marketing, social media, the rise of in-house teams, and procurement have all, at different points, been presented as reasons why agencies would lose their place in the market. Yet those predictions have rarely played out as expected. Agencies remain an important part of how brands build customer relationships because they bring expertise, perspective and creative thinking t...