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9/11 Reflections

9/11 Reflections

I was born and live on Long Island, but anyone who hears me speak knows I am a lifelong New Yawker. NYC has had an oversized effect on my career. As a buyer, merchant and 1990’s retail systems executive, being in NYC meant having access to everything the world had to offer

Optimizing Your Remote Workforce

Optimizing Your Remote Workforce

Today’s workplace is evolving at record speed. The workspace – always a hybrid – includes more people working in “non-traditional” spaces – more of the time. These changes were well under way before COVID-19, but the Global Pandemic simply supercharged the transition. While the goal of business is to meet the needs of the customer, the goal of management is to implement the most effective tools and processes to increase productivity, reduce cost, increase employee retention, and provide sha