According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 3.9 million people quit their jobs in April 2021. These numbers reflect typical high turnover in retail, warehousing and food service industries but also show a surge in workers leaving office jobs.  The number of job...

Since March of 2020, business travel has seen a significant and rapid decline. Business executives in a recent CNBC survey estimate it will take up to three years for company travel to return to previous levels. Other experts like Bill Gates predict fifty percent of...

Information Technology (IT) is a critical component of all business today. A business alignment model refers to the idea that IT enables business and business drives IT initiatives. Leadership must understand how technology plays a role in their business’ effectiveness and promote mutual leadership and...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. These vaccines are not likely to gain full FDA approval until later this spring and then distribution will be done in a phased approach. On December 16th, the...

The Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized the pivotal role that technology has on overall business success. Organizations have gone through extensive operational restructuring to support remote workers, service customers and adapt to an ever-changing environment. Experts predict this work will continue well into 2021. Once the...

An employer-driven market is one where there are more qualified candidates than job openings available. Employers are at an advantage in this type of market because there is a strong talent pipeline and negotiations for salary, benefits and perks are essentially eliminated.   In a recent survey,...

The Covid-19 pandemic created a shift in care to telemedicine for many healthcare organizations. Primary care clinics that were previously scheduling in-office visits had to pivot quickly to seeing 80% of their patients virtually. Information technology’s role was significant in supporting the workflow changes, implementation...

In this month’s blog, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gary Sherrell, the Founder of Dynamic Computing Services (DCS). DCS is celebrating their thirty-year anniversary this year.  So, I wanted to ask Gary to provide insight into the early factors that helped shape the success...