Shutterstock Big data. Predictive analytics. Left-brained CMOs. With the sophisticated statistical techniques that now exist, enabling CMOs to generate superior insight out of data, expectations have ratcheted up. It started in the late 1990s and early 2000s with an expectation that CMOs would be…

We used to think that a strong manager was someone with a firm handshake and a commanding tone of voice. We used to think that being a strong manager meant being decisive and having all the answers. Now we know better! Strong managers bend and flex with their environments. They are strong enough to…

Is there a job that will allow you to get frustrated, grab something from your mouth, hurl it recklessly towards patrons, hit a customer in the face, and not get fired—or at least pushed close to termination? Apparently there’s at least one—and the Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry has…

(Photo credit: Bandai Namco) The upcoming Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is looking to be a nice successor to the original game and we finally get to see some new footage of the game in action, with a fight between Turles and Future Gohan . Turles was the primary villain in the film The Tree of Might back…

Dear Liz, I have an ethical dilemma. I work on a team with three teammates. We are all women. We work together really well. None of us are personal friends outside of work. That’s why I was surprised when one of my teammates (we’ll call her Jane) pulled me aside last week. Jane asked me, “Can you…

AMD’s upcoming marketing campaign attached to their Polaris architecture and Radeon RX 480 rollout is designed to target community, not competition. Forbes speaks to Raja Koduri, Chief Architect of the Radeon Technologies Group , and Global PR Director Chris Hook about AMD’s plans to reclaim more…

Just about every startup group has some sort of pitching contest for entrepreneurs to realize their dreams, and now Silicon Dragon has joined in. Starting June 23, as part of the Silicon Dragon NY 2016 annual forum at NASDAQ, young founders will have a chance to pitch their startups and win a trip…

A man passes by the New York Stock Exchange during a rain storm in New York February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid By | NEW YORK NEW YORK With the S&P 500 again coming close to a record this week before falling back, investors will turn next week to a full slate of economic data and a Federal…

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Shutterstock One of the most important things every working person must learn is that not every manager deserves your talents. There are great mentors in the business world and there are other managers who are not qualified to shine your shoes. You have to be able to tell the difference. Sometimes…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 7-4 that the Second Amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights does not protect the individuals right to carry a concealed firearm in public even though the Second Amendment protects the right to “bear arms.” (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) On June…

The concept of working remotely is slowly growing in the U.S. workforce. Here are a number of companies that have been looking for remote employees recently, compiled by FlexJobs. (image credit: Shutterstock) Though they still make up only a small percentage of the overall U.S. workforce ( about…

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I have a big problem and I’m starting to panic. I hope you can help me! I work in a creative agency. I’ve had the job for eight months and I love it. My boss and my co-workers are fantastic people and the company is growing. They are desperate for talent. We talk at every…

If you put together a list of the world’s most brilliant, most famous investment experts… they were all at John Mauldin’s Strategic Investment Conference last month . My head is still spinning with all the information and investment ideas I heard at the conference, but the consensus among the…

(Photo credit: Jamel Toppin with Tim Pannell for FORBES) America’s richest self-made women are 60 ceiling crashers who have built some of the nation’s biggest companies, from Gap GPS +0.18% to Google GOOGL -0.12% , Spanx and Facebook FB -1.61% . But 10% of them got their lucrative start after the…

GM dumped 55 landscaping blocks into the beds of Chevrolet and Ford pickups to see how much abuse they could take. Pickup truck advertising is rife with bravado and bluster: every manufacturer claims to have the toughest, most dependable, most capable trucks on the market. In the end, it usually…

Brock Lesnar will compete at UFC 200 against Mark Hunt in what will be a very risky move for WWE. But what if the promotion’s top draw goes into UFC’s biggest pay-per-view and wins, his stock will rise to levels that were previously unfathomable in sports entertainment. Watch House Money Studios’…

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I have been through quite a roller coaster this year. In March I reached my five-year anniversary with my company. The company gives each employee an annual performance review on their anniversary date, and mine was in mid-March. For five years I’ve had excellent performance…

The eight-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. If you want to be as productive as possible, you need to let go of this relic and find a new approach. The eight-hour workday was created during the industrial revolution as an effort to cut down on the number of hours of manual…

People protest with a giant Venezuelan national flag against new emergency powers decreed by President Nicolas Maduro. (FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images) Take an oil-rich nation. Add a productive people. Mix in socialist economics and authoritarian politicians. You get Venezuela, a country which no…

Shutterstock Old dogs, meet new tricks. Long-established companies walk a fine line. On the one hand, they’re known quantities with powerful brands and products people like and recognize, so there’s generally (some) merit to staying the course and evolving more incrementally. On the other hand,…

In recent years Apple AAPL -1.72% has made one thing very clear: iPhone ‘Plus’ models are top dog . They have better cameras, far superior battery life and better screens. And now with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus that gap looks set to get even bigger… Picked up by the ever reliable 9to5Mac , are…

A British Airways Airbus A380-800 descends for a landing at Washington Dulles International Airport as seen, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Last week saw an astonishing moment of frankness from the A380’s biggest customer. Tim Clark, President of Emirates, told…

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More isn’t always better in customer service and the customer experience. Yet I spend much of my time as a customer experience and customer service consultant reining in clients who don ‘t understand that adding new touchpoints to the customer service experience can diminish the experience rather…

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester takes part in a panel convened to speak about the health of the U.S. economy in New York November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson STOCKHOLM The latest disappointing U.S. jobs number has not changed the overall economic picture and gradual rate hikes remain…

Shutterstock I don’t blame anyone who has become frustrated and disillusioned with the working world. It is a huge disappointment to grow up and realize that most of what we’ve been taught about how to be successful is bad advice. We were taught “Just work hard at whatever job you get, and things…

Ray Kurzweil speaks on ‘Singularity’ in San Francisco, 07 February 2007. AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) When Ray Kurzweil published The Singularity Is Near in 2006, many scoffed at his outlandish predictions. A year before Apple launched its iPhone,…

Shutterstock “I’m struggling to stay on top of my job. There doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done, and I fear it might cost me a promotion. I am not sure I can juggle a family and my career.” This was the lament I heard from a young executive worried about her future. I…

Given the iPhone 7 is shaping up to be a ( controversial ) disappointment , many are questioning how Apple will respond? Now the answer is becoming increasingly clear: in great style … Following on from leaks that Apple will pull out all the stops for its 2017 iPhone with an ‘ all glass ’ design…

Elizabeth Holmes speaking at the Forbes Healthcare Summit last December. Credit: Glen Davis Last year, Elizabeth Holmes topped the FORBES list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women with a net worth of $4.5 billion. Today, FORBES is lowering our estimate of her net worth to nothing. Theranos had no…

Shutterstock In this new-millennium talent market we are all learning how to sell. We are learning that a job search is a sales and marketing process. If you get to the end of a recruiting pipeline and you get a job offer that is too low for you to accept, don’t get mad. Don’t be miffed or…

UnitedHealth Group headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota. (Photographer: Mike Bradley/Bloomberg) Obamacare’s exchanges could soon be out of health insurers. This month, UnitedHealth – the largest U.S. insurer — announced that it would no longer sell exchange plans in New Jersey in 2017. It has now…

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After causing a collapse of the oil market, Saudi Arabia will soon have no choice but to push oil prices higher—to give a boost to Aramco IPO. For the last two years, Saudi Arabia wanted oil prices to stay below $40 in order to halt the American fracking revolution, which has turned America into the…

Photo: Hello Games This week it was confirmed by Hello Games that No Man’s Sky had been delayed from its upcoming June release date, and would now be out in August instead. It’s a pretty standard type of delay, and one made more understandable by the massive scope of a game like No Man’s Sky , where…

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After a longstanding battle to get sanctioned in Thailand, ONE Championship finally opened the door for mixed martial arts in the birthplace of Muay Thai on Friday night, hosting the country’s first event by a major MMA organization. The “Kingdom of Champions” card was a smashing success for Asia ’s…

TransPerfect cofounder Liz Elting. Photo: Jonathan Kozowyk for Forbes. Hair and Makeup: Suzana Hallili for Tart Cosmetics For someone who has made a fortune trading in words, Liz Elting can be remarkably tight-lipped. But the 50-year-old cofounder of TransPerfect, one of the world’s largest…