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John Mancini

John Mancini is the President of Content Results, LLC and the Past President of AIIM. He is a well-known author, speaker, and advisor on information management, digital transformation and intelligent automation. John is a frequent keynote speaker and author of more than 30 eBooks on a variety of topics. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as jmancini77. Recent keynote topics include: The Stairway to Digital Transformation Navigating Disruptive Waters — 4 Things You Need to Know to Build Your Digital Transformation Strategy Getting Ahead of the Digital Transformation Curve Viewing Information Management Through a New Lens Digital Disruption: 6 Strategies to Avoid Being “Blockbustered” Specialties: Keynote speaker and writer on AI, RPA, intelligent Information Management, Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation. Consensus-building with Boards to create strategic focus, action, and accountability. Extensive public speaking and public relations work Conversant and experienced in major technology issues and trends. Expert on inbound and content marketing, particularly in an association environment and on the Hubspot platform. John is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, and holds an M.A. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

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Digital Transformation

Digital Disruption and the Structure of Emerging Markets

Brexit, presidential campaign follies, the Olympics and disruption déjà vu. I was in London during the Brexit debates and heard a lot of "interesting" things about trade during those debates. Coming home, I and the rest of the world have obviously witnessed a lot of irrational pontifications in the context of our own presidential election about trade and jobs and disruption.

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Paperless Office

8 Reminders About Why World Paper Free Day Matters

Just a reminder, that World Paper Free Day is November 4th! That means it's just around the corner! Until then, here are eight paper-free nuggets to get the juices flowing from our latest research, Paper-Free Progress: Measuring Outcomes.

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14 Steps to a Successful ECM Implementation

Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.

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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Content Management – Why Can’t We Stop Talking about Technology?

For many years, I’ve watched people in organizations that I KNOW could benefit from content technologies politely listen to sales presentations, nod their heads, and then back away from a decision. I find this “reluctance to commit” mysterious because most of the people that I’ve spoken with who have automated a previously paper-driven process swear by the results and wouldn’t return to life pre-content management for anything.

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Analytics  |  Big Data  |  Capture and Imaging

Big Data, Content Analytics, Information Capture and the Hype Curve

Last year, Gartner created quite a stir by retiring the “Big Data” Hype Cycle from its popular “Hype” curve series. According to Betsy Burton at Gartner, “We’ve retired the big data hype cycle. I know some clients may be really surprised by that because the big data hype cycle was a really important one for many years. But what’s happening is that big data has quickly moved over the Peak of Inflated Expectations and has become prevalent in our lives across many hype cycles. So big data has become a part of many hype cycles.”

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Sharepoint and Office 365

7 Key Data Points about SharePoint 2016

In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens famously wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” As I read through the results of our latest SharePoint research, a kind of Dickensian déjà vu washes over me relative to surveys of past years.

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Machine Learning

Preparing for the Era of Intelligent Machines

As many of you know, I’ve been spending time thinking about the evolution of the “content” space, and its roots in the intersection of the triad of people, processes, and technology. I’m starting to think that there maybe is a 4th player in this intersection – Machines – but I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. More about that later.

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