Category Archives: Business

Las Vegas Timeshare Industry Adds $2.5 Billion to Local Economy

The Las Vegas timeshare industry contributed an estimated $2.5 billion in consumer and business spending to the local economy in 2015, according to a study conducted by Ernst & Young for the ARDA International Foundation (AIF).  Adding to this total were over 16,000 jobs, $867 million in salaries and wages, and $148 million in local […]

Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Every Industry

Machine learning is being applied in recommendation engines, marketing automation, financial fraud detection, language translation, and text-to-speech applications.  Apple recently announced that the iPhone 7 would use machine learning in its camera to recognize faces, imagery, and even the lighting in a room, making Apple the latest tech company to give primacy to its use […]

What This GE Exec Is Hiring For In 2017 (And Why)

Today’s GE is a different place from the GE you may have known 10 or even five years ago. I’ve just helped open a new site in Cincinnati that houses our Global Operations Center for the U.S. and Canada. More than just another location for a global tech company, it reflects what we’re working hardest […]

How Domino’s Pizza Reinvented Itself

I spent the last 18 months researching and writing a book on how organizations and leaders can do extraordinary things, even if they operate in pretty ordinary fields. You don’t have to be a programmer in Silicon Valley or a gene splicer in biotech to unleash exciting innovations and create huge value. Instead, you can […]

Amazon Go is grocery store with no checkout line

See how Amazon packages ship with less than 60 in human hands Amazon has gone after bookstores, retail chains and electronics shops. Now it’s taking on grocery stores, with a twist.   Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) unveiled in a video a new physical store on Monday that sells a mix of “grocery essentials” and ready-made meals. But […]