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Insights

Gig economy requires flexibility, calls for balance

Drawbacks include reduced loyalty, lack of workforce benefits
August 31, 2023
Noah Schwab
Over the past few years, the gig economy has experienced an immense expansion, altering the conventional workforce worldwide. Gig workers are independent contractors, online platform workers, contract firm workers, on-call workers, and temporary worker
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Minimize operating cycle, free up cash for growth

Strategy should include maximizing efficiency
August 17, 2023
Joseph Lanham
Imagine this: Your business is thriving in Spokane. Demand is growing. Orders are pouring in, you're spending aggressively to fill them. Sounds great, right? Then why do so many Spokane businesses in this position suddenly find that, though they look
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Trust is earned in purpose-driven culture

CEOs advised to foster culture in which workers feel they're represented
August 3, 2023
Heather Snavely
For 23 years, the Edelman Trust Barometer has measured society's trust in business, media, government, and nongovernmental organizations globally. Over the past three years, as we've emerged from the global pandemic, only one of those institutions has
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Hiring values-aligned talent can be key to success

Law firm here shares its team-interview process for evaluating candidates
July 20, 2023
Emily Hutchison Geddes
A business's success relies on the quality and dedication of its employees. To build a talented team, leadership needs to clearly identify the firm's core values and use them to help inform the hiring process. Though just 8 years old, Smith + Malek
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Digital transformation strategies should be holistic

Improving upon customer experience is best place to start in adopting tech
July 6, 2023
Kurt Walsdorf
It has become abundantly clear that digital demands on companies have skyrocketed in the past three years following the onset of the pandemic as workers went remote and consumers spent more time online, and those demands are here to stay.
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