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Designing Digital: Beyond the Crisis

Over the past twelve weeks, business leaders pivoted their businesses, enabled remote work, and hosted virtual happy hours. Web conferencing became the norm overnight.  As states re-open, business leaders face ongoing uncertainty about the back-half of the year. This is not the time to slow down or pause your digital acceleration efforts. This is the time to rethink and redesign. 
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Avoid Burnout in Your Small Business

Due to COVID-19, burnout in the workplace is increasingly concerning, especially for small businesses. With long hours in front of a computer and never-ending Zoom meetings, it is easy for employees and leaders to fall into a state of burnout. Burnout in the workplace is defined as a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion brought on by continued, prolonged and repeated stress. Burnout occurs when workplace demands placed on a person overwhelm that person and the resources they have to manage those demands. 
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Facing the Giant: Big Issues for Small Business and How to Stand Strong

The top issue facing small business is, and has always been, cash flow. Cash is king. Given new pandemic concerns, mandated “stay at home” requirements, the uncertainty of when, what and how to re-open, the revenue smack-down over the past 10-12 weeks, and customer uncertainty, the list of top issues facing small business continues to grow. If you are a small business owner, we encourage you to come up with a game plan to face the giant. Here are a few practical questions to determine your next steps and business priorities.
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Hero Highlight: Favor the Kind

Companies and Leaders, Doing Right By Their Customers and Employees

Companies are having to pivot, innovate, and get creative. Some are leading by example. Take note. 

Each week at reachXOD, we highlight companies who are going above and beyond to connect to their employees and customers during a time of uncertainty. With mounting isolation and fear, connection has never been more important. We’re celebrating companies and leaders who are demonstrating sound decision making, creative thinking, empathy, human connection, and resiliency. 

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Digital Acceleration: Lessons Learned: Launching a platform in 4 weeks

In response to enthusiastic feedback on our blog, “Digital Acceleration:  Faster and Further”, we were asked to share a few of our “lessons learned” in hopes of sparking ideas to accelerate your own digital efforts. (For more insight, book a few hours with a reachXOD advisor who was part of this journey and can help you right now.)

With these 10 ingredients (steps to success), regardless of how big, small, complex or simple your business is, you can pivot quickly, level up, and launch strong. 

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