The podcast is back! Chuck is joined by two new hosts, Brian and Calvin, to discuss the ten most important needs for employees. The three hosts share and discuss perspectives from their various professional experiences.

Mike, Chuck, and Curtis return after a hiatus and explore lessons from the newsroom environment. They discuss how leaders can effectively adopt the newsroom mentality in a corporate communications strategy.

Mike Tippets interviews Mike Troy, Editorial Director for Retail Leader and Progressive Grocer. Discussing the changes in the retail customer experience.

Experiencing remote work firsthand during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike, Chuck, and Curtis discuss the importance of company culture for teleworkers and work-from-home employees. What role does a company’s culture play for employees working remotely? What are the challenges and benefits of remote work?

Mike, Chuck, and Curtis discuss retail trends to watch in the upcoming year. The trends include changes in online shopping, the evolution of physical stores, and improvements with BOPIS.

Sharyn Nerenberg, Corporate Communications Director at Hughes, joins us to discuss corporate communications, specifically regarding digital transformations. We talk about the best methods of internal communication with employees, and Sharyn gives advice on company communication practices.

Chris Pascal joins us to explain the various features of SD-WAN. We also talk about incorporating this technology in a business’s digital transformation. How can tailored SD-WAN help a forward-thinking, growing company?

Joining us one more time, Tim Tang talks about Amazon Go and the future of autonomous checkouts. What are the benefits and difficulties of autonomous checkouts? What can smaller retailers learn from Amazon Go?

Tim Tang returns to talk with us about the weakest link in retail’s digital transformation: its network. Why does the network pose such a big problem for retail store owners? How can they improve their business’s network?

We welcome Tim Tang back to the show to discuss his article about the EMV liability shift’s effect on convenience stores. What changes should we expect in the upcoming year? What can store owners do in the face of this dilemma?