The Morning After: A Lesson in Leadership and Organizational Discipline
Imagine winning a national championship. You’ve spent months preparing, recruiting, practicing, and competing. Every decision, every early morning, and every bit of hard work has finally paid off. You’ve reached […]
Your Smart Devices May Be Smarter Than You Think. And That Could Be a Problem.
Most business owners have enough to worry about without wondering whether the thermostat in the conference room is a cybersecurity risk. You’ve got computers to maintain, employees to manage, customers […]
The FBI Breach, Business Risk, and Business Resilience
Last week, the FBI got breached. That’s ridiculous, you say. But what does that have to do with my business? I’m not the FBI, and nobody is going to spend […]
The Business Lessons of a Weird AI Actress
It’s pretty weird, if you haven’t seen it yet. AI-generated “actress” Tilly Norwood is now featured in a film, has been given a persona and personal history, and is out […]
Don’t Confuse the Thing You Did With the Reason It Worked
One of the hardest things a business owner has to do is build on success. That sounds ridiculous, of course. Success gives you customers, revenue, employees and the opportunity to grow. But success also has a funny […]
When Is It Time to Stop Doing It Yourself?
There is a sentence that gets a lot of business owners into trouble: “It’s just easier if I do it myself.” And, to be fair, sometimes it is. When you’re just starting a business, […]
What TechNet Augusta 2026 Tells Us About the Future of Business Technology
TechNet Augusta wrapped up last week, and we present here some takeaways for SMBs in the CSRA. TechNet brings together the military, government, technology companies, academia and industry to discuss some of the challenges surrounding […]
The Government Delayed CMMC. Should You?
If you’re a federal contractor (or you’re thinking about becoming one), you may have seen the recent news about CMMC. The short version is that the Department of Defense has suspended the planned rollout of Phase 2 of the […]
What Water System Hacks Have to Do with Your Business
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard the reports of cyberattacks targeting various water systems across the country. Note the paragraph from the above linked story (emphasis ours): “For instance, in 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector […]
Digital Clutter Is Still Clutter
Take a look around your office. Chances are, it’s reasonably clean. Maybe there’s some paperwork sitting on a desk. Maybe somebody has a stack of folders that hasn’t moved in six months. But for the most part, businesses are pretty good at recognizing physical […]
5 Lessons From an AI Hacking Incident
AI won’t become Skynet, achieving sentience and plotting to overthrow humankind. The danger of AI is that it will function exactly like human beings CAN function, EXCEPT at super-charged speed and scale. It is restricted only by its users’ intent […]
The Business Cost of Delayed Decisions…and 6 Solutions
The average business owner makes hundreds of decisions every week. These range from trivial to business-altering. But every business owner also knows those decisions floating around out there that need to be […]