by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Jan 14, 2018 | Corporate Culture, Growth Strategy, Strategy, Sustainability
I saw a statistic recently that my home state of Colorado registered 117,648 new businesses in 2017 – a 7% YOY increase. And that is in a state with just over 5 million residents. Those numbers reinforced our mission and vision at Escalate Solutions, as we...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Mar 3, 2017 | Leadership, Operations, Sustainability
We are living in an age of rapid disruption, being defined increasingly by machines that can learn to act and predict solutions without being explicitly programmed to do so. Entrepreneurs and c-suite leaders hoping to remain relevant in the digital age need to...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Feb 8, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, CTO, Disruption, IoT, Leadership, Machine Learning, Strategy, Technology
I would assert that every entity in today’s dynamic marketplace can be categorized in one of two ways: Those that are proactively developing disruptive products and solutions, and those that will be forced to react to them. Technology is evolving at such a rapid pace...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Jan 29, 2017 | Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy, Strategy, Women in Business
Approximately 1/3 of the US can be described as freelance workers or independent contractors. These individuals, who have derived their nickname from the IRS form used to track their compensation, are typically engaged on a temporary assignment or contracting...
by Kimberly Arnold - CEO, Escalate Solutions | Jan 28, 2017 | Pivoting
There is, perhaps, no greater test for an organization and its leadership than to engage in the process of strategic growth, and be forced to choose between “staying the course” and “changing direction”. The complexities are evident whether...