Effective change management was the subject of a recent webinar led by Cath Convery and Julie Dungate, of the learning and development consultancy, Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS), and organised by the global accreditation and examination institute, APMG International. Moderated by APMG International’s Mark Constable, the webinar – one of a series from APMG International [...]
Notably since the global economic “crash” of 2008, business commentators – among others – have been remarking on a general loss of public “trust” in organisations. According to Robert Phillips, a former PR practitioner, the author of “Trust me, PR is dead” and now the Co-Founder of Jericho Chambers (a strategy consultancy that’s been [...]
Business leaders based in the South West of England have learnt about China’s multi-million-dollar Belt and Road initiative at a business seminar. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and supported by Invest Hong Kong, Bristol West of England China Bureau and Business West, the seminar explained that The Belt and Road initiative [...]
Four key views have emerged from this year’s Corporate Pulse Survey from Financial Times |IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance. The survey, of almost 1,000 executives from Europe, the Middle East, Japan and China, reveals – among other things – that: Senior professionals understand and recognise the long-term benefits of learning and leadership development, [...]
First suggested in 1999 and now a growing technological reality, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people, each of which have unique technological identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. According to [...]
The internet – as we now know it – has been an increasingly key part of our lives since 1995. In those 20 or so years, humanity has changed from being interested in ´mere´ hardware and software in isolation, to wanting to generate meaningful connectivity via this technology for people in the workplace. This has [...]
Being creative, coming up with new ways of doing things, getting attention, and, generally, being successful are crucial – in business and in ‘non-business’ life. Here are ten tips on what you can do to become more successful. Read/ listen to the ‘creative catalogues’ every day. These creative catalogues are newspapers and business/news-related radio [...]
If you want to come up with new ideas for products or services, or train your brain to scan for business opportunities, you need to ask the right questions - and give yourself the space and time to answer them. Here are eight ‘areas’ for you that’ll generate new product and service related ideas. [...]
Management consultant Hilary Briggs has identified seven key mistakes that business owners continue to make - and that often lead to the death of their company: Doing too much yourself You don’t know what you don’t know (ie you don’t appreciate your lack of skills and/or knowledge) Growing too quickly before your model is proven [...]
In these challenging economic times, keeping your existing customers is a sure strategy to ride the waves of instability. That’s easier said than done - but here are eight key principles to follow. Dissatisfaction is the first step to losing business Ensure that any client dissatisfaction is detected and dealt with as soon as [...]
