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5 Mindset Shifts for Becoming a More Innovative Leader
Posted: September 10, 2020Innovation has been a key term and area of interest in management science for well over two decades. The names of many of the world’s most noteworthy, profitable, and respected companies, including Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Tesla, are synonymous with this term. As it pertains to the leadership demands of successfully navigating the disruption of the global pandemic, the role of innovation is perhaps more relevant than ever.
Key Challenges to Building a Resilient Business and How to Overcome Them
Posted: September 3, 2020Entrepreneurs and enterprise-level executives alike have always attempted to build businesses that are robust enough to withstand unexpected storms. For example, contingency planning is hardly a novel concept, and many leadership teams of companies large and small engage in this critical activity. But the unprecedented nature and speed, scope, and scale of COVID-19 has brought new urgency to the quest for resilience.
The Rise of Telehealth: New Market Opportunities for Medtech Companies
Posted: August 26, 2020Before 2020, demand for telehealth services and home-care medical devices was already on the rise. But the global pandemic has driven exponential consumer adoption and skyrocketed market demand for these services and products, and Mckinsey & Company estimates the potential market for them at $250 billion in US healthcare spending.
Pivot’s Aggressive Growth Strategy Skyrockets it to the Top 1% of Fastest-Growing Businesses
Posted: August 10, 2020Our team at Pivot International is proud to announce that Pivot has been named a winner of Ingram’s 35th Annual Corporate Report 100 competition, which ranks Kansas City’s 100 fastest-growing businesses. Pivot’s 11th place ranking represents its status as among the top 1% of the area’s 75,000-plus businesses.
Product Developers, is Your Marketing Strategy Informed by the Right Data?
Posted: August 6, 2020The global pandemic has turned the market landscape into what can seem like a dizzying labyrinth of new demands. In a matter of mere months, marketing teams have had to rethink their most basic assumptions about their capabilities, their customers, and more.
COVID-19 Leadership Lessons for Product Developers and Manufacturers That Benefit Your Business Beyond the Crisis
Posted: July 30, 2020As the dust continues to settle from what amounted to a biological bombing of the global supply chain, manufacturing leaders are taking stock of lessons learned. Strategies that became critical for navigating disruption at its peak are proving to be just as essential in its aftermath. Leaders who carry them forward as a permanent part of their operations have much to gain.
The Changing Trade Climate: 5 Steps for Helping Industrial Manufacturers Move Forward
Posted: July 22, 2020The current conditions of global trade represent a divergence from thirty years of manufacturing trends. The globalization of manufacturing, combined with bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, has transformed what were once linear supply chains into complex trans-national networks. With continually shifting trade regulations related to ongoing US-China tensions and COVID-19, industrial manufacturers need to be aware of the implications of various trade scenarios.
COVID-19 Has Sent Manufacturing Trends Into Hyperdrive: Here are the Ones to Watch
Posted: July 16, 2020The impacts of COVID-19 have added rocket fuel to manufacturing trends that were already rapidly picking up speed. These trends are now in hyperdrive and companies that recognize the significance of this acceleration and act accordingly stand to gain appreciable competitive advantage. How businesses respond to disruption in the next year will largely determine their fate for the next decade.
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is Critical To Your Bottom Line. Is Your Company Leveraging It?
Posted: July 9, 2020Although pandemic-induced supply chain disruption continues to be a significant issue for product developers, they must continue to contend with a host of other challenges that are simply part and parcel of doing business. Among these, product lifecycle management (PLM) remains high on their list of concerns.
Getting People Safely Back to Work: Solutions for the New Normal
Posted: July 1, 2020Savvy businesses regard their human capital as their most valuable asset, and getting their people safely back to work is currently an overriding concern for companies across every industry. Adapting to the new normal to reliably protect employees poses a host of challenges, but solutions exist for making a successful transition.
