584: How Authority and Decision-Making Differ Across Cultures Erin Meyer, professor at INSEAD, discusses management hierarchy and decision-making across cultures. Turns out, these two things don’t always track together. Sometimes top-down cultures still have strong consensus-driven decision-making styles — and the other way around. Meyer helps break down and map these factors so that managers Read more about 584: How Authority and Decision-Making Differ Across Cultures[…]

China’s electric-vehicle market plugs in China has emerged as a leader in both the supply of—and demand for—electric vehicles. China has emerged as a leader in both the supply of—and demand for—electric vehicles. Source: McKinsey China’s electric-vehicle market plugs in

Dynamics in the global electric-vehicle market New research on electric mobility reveals Chinese OEMs produced 43 percent of EVs worldwide in 2016 and highlights other trends in supply and demand. New research on electric mobility reveals Chinese OEMs produced 43 percent of EVs worldwide in 2016 and highlights other trends in supply and demand. Source: Read more about Dynamics in the global electric-vehicle market[…]

Dark Brett Saison: Date and Pomegranate What started as an annual tradition in 2007 is coming up on its tenth anniversary. That’s right, Alex and I have been brewing dark saisons together since the year the first iPhone was released! We’ve managed to fall a year behind though. We’re just now planning Dark Funky Saison #9, Read more about Dark Brett Saison: Date and Pomegranate[…]

What I Learned from Checking BuzzSumo Every Day for a Month I use a lot of different tools and various software for marketing. But one of my absolute favorites is BuzzSumo. I love it! At this point, I consider it a linchpin useful for several different aspects of marketing. And apparently I’m not alone. Big Read more about What I Learned from Checking BuzzSumo Every Day for a Month[…]

Advanced analytics: Nine insights from the C-suite Conversations with hundreds of business leaders reveal nine ways that they are—and are not—adapting to the analytics revolution. Conversations with hundreds of business leaders reveal nine ways that they are—and are not—adapting to the analytics revolution. Source: McKinsey Advanced analytics: Nine insights from the C-suite

How to Create a Link-Building Strategy from Scratch Google examines roughly 200 different factors to determine page rank. That’s a lot! But what’s arguably the most important is backlinks. Here’s a chart from Moz that shows how important links are: Backlinks have been, and continue to remain, one of the top ranking factors, making them Google’s primary Read more about How to Create a Link-Building Strategy from Scratch[…]

Making sense of Chinese outbound M&A Misperceptions of Chinese deal making can undermine otherwise good deals. Here’s a closer look behind persistent myths. Misperceptions of Chinese deal making can undermine otherwise good deals. Here’s a closer look behind persistent myths. Source: McKinsey Making sense of Chinese outbound M&A