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Why you need a CTO
A Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is becoming a staple for all successful companies, of any size, in any industry. Once thought of as a luxury, it is now essential to have this tech and process savvy, business-minded person on your side. In recent conversations with other business owners about CTOs, I realized just how vital…
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Action Steps to Run Your Network at the Speed of Learning
Today’s technology landscape for a school isn’t anything like it was in 2007. When I first began to coach teachers on the use of technology, we had fixed labs with projectors and a teacher laptop was an innovation. With the proliferation of classroom hardware, and the ascendance of cloud-based resources, our brave new world is…
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We are Feeling the Change
For the longest time, the adoption rate for technology within the Construction Industry was cloaked with ambiguity and a certain level of resistance. This industry was not alone in that method of operation. Let’s be honest, adopting technology in any way that will make an impact is difficult. It is expensive, disruptive, and requires buy-in…
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Small Business Cyber Security Tips
With ransomware on the rise, and small businesses being easy targets for hackers, if you don’t have the right security measures in place, it is not a question of if you will suffer a cyber incident, but when. In fact, 44% of small businesses reported being the victim of a cyber attack and the average…
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The Four Corners Approach to Phishing
Phishing is one of the most successful tactics that bad actors use to infiltrate small to mid-sized businesses’ networks. It has been a tried and true tactic for such a long time because it takes advantage of human behavior and emotions, like muscle memory and fear, greed, or trust. By now, nearly all employees get…
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Job Costing
Job costing is something you are surely already doing. It’s a basic requirement for all construction projects. You have to keep track and account for all of the costs associated with a project for invoicing and management purposes. But, are you costing everything you could be? How can you generate deeper insights? How will that…
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How we use Legos to help build High Performance
I recently wrote a Business Intelligence blog about the idea of formalizing a common “language” across an entire organization. As a leader of a growing company with employees across 4 states, I put a lot of focus on keeping our culture alive through making sure each employee feels connected to the bigger picture. Our culture…
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The GadellNet Top 10: Construction Apps and Tools for 2017
2016 was a great year for construction technology. We saw many advances and technologies being applied in time-saving and safety-creating ways. As we move forward into 2017, that trend will continue and an emphasis will be put on efficiency, automation, and data management. Mobile technology will continue to be an area of growth in the…
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Cyber Security in the Legal Field
In this day and age, all industries and companies are subject to cyber security threats. Hackers work hard to breach our securities and obtain sensitive data every single day. Believe it or not, law firms are at a higher risk for cyber security threats than the average business. Four separate times in the last 6…
