Category Archives: Thought Leadership

Marketing mistake #1: Failing to Lead

Marketers who wait to be given their marching orders and to have all the facts in hand before putting a foot forward, will never achieve greatness. But many business managers are asking for greatness from their marketing investment. Something revolutionary. Category re-defining. Life-changing. Why should we, as marketers, give them anything less? The following are [...]

Brand is as Procurement Does.

Brand experience is shaped in every interaction a customer has with a company, from marketing and sales to product use and support. Therefore, sourcing has a huge impact on the customer experience—and the brand experience. Toyota left American auto companies behind by forming win-win relationships with suppliers, while Detroit followed old-school practices of beating up [...]

Actionable Data: A Redesign Leading to Healthy Behavior

Many of us are avid followers of TED talks and the visionaries who present their innovative perspectives. Now, TED has spun off a subset of topics focused on health care and calls it TEDMED. One notable TEDMED talk features Thomas Goetz, who looks at medical data reporting formats, making a bold case for redesigning them [...]

Health Care IT Update: HIMSS 2011 Conference

For those not directly involved in health care IT, HIMSS 2011 is the national conference, held in the Orlando Orange County Convention Center, February 21-24. By some accounts, the conference grew 20% over last year. That’s not surprising, considering electronic medical records and many other health care technologies are at the epicenter of the Affordable [...]

Molex Models Health Care and Technology Marketing Best Practices

Molex Incorporated, a global manufacturer of interconnect solutions, was one of the 2010 recipients of the BMA Chicago Innovation Award, for developing the Circular MT Expanded Beam Interconnect Solution. The connection device allows dramatic functional improvement in operating room surgical equipment. Several recipients participated in a BMA Chicago luncheon panel event to discuss their ventures in [...]