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How Interactive Technology Can Reduce Congestion

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers analyze a range of interactive technologies, from roadside cameras to Google Maps, and find that effective use of them can help to manage traffic such that road expansion projects aren’t needed. billion per year in lost productivity, 175 million hours in travel time, and 10 billion pounds less CO2 each year.

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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. The company had been rolling out one product after another without any guiding rationale other than they were “innovative.”

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Boost Your Traveling Sales Representatives’ Productivity

Chart Your Course

In 2014, there were 1,800,900 wholesale and manufacturing representatives in the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Here are some strategies employers can implement in order to maximize their traveling sales representatives’ productivity. Technological Equipment.

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Everything You Need to Know About Oilfield Services

Strategy Driven

The oilfield services industry (OFS) encompasses all products and services related to oil exploration and extraction. Cost-Effective Oilfield services are vital to oil and gas exploration and production success. They also offer technological solutions that improve upstream and downstream business processes.

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Leadership Development Carnival: June 2014 Edition

QAspire

Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment where technology is constantly changing how people collaborate and work, the paradigms of leadership are changing. Read more in this post “ Do You Bail Your People Out?

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Time Is Money: Top Tech Tools to Increase Company Productivity

Chart Your Course

For business owners facing a time crunch, the good news is that you can gain extra hours of productivity by using technology to save time managing many common chores. The most essential time management technology for increasing your productivity is calendar scheduling software. Calendar Management. Communications.

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T.O.I.L.E.T. Training™ -- a breakthrough system to improve workplace learning

Great Leadership By Dan

PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2014 -- Rapid Learning Institute (RLI) pulled back the curtain today on its latest innovation in workplace education: the T.O.I.L.E.T. Today’s workers and organizations are under unprecedented pressure to maintain high productivity,” said RLI Research Director Walter P. In 2014, the T.O.I.L.E.T.

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