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Webinar reveals ELS expertise on change, risk and benefits

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 [...]

By | August 22nd, 2017|Categories: Business|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Issues of Trust and Trustworthiness

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 [...]

China’s Belt and Road Initiative comes to Bristol

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 [...]

The Internet of Things – and eLearning

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 [...]

By | June 9th, 2017|Categories: Business, Learning Technologies|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Issues with the Internet of Things

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 [...]

By | June 9th, 2017|Categories: Business, Learning Technologies|Tags: , |0 Comments

Ten Steps to Business Development Success

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 [...]

By | May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Business|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Ten Steps to Business Happiness

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. [...]

By | May 18th, 2017|Categories: Business|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Seven Mistakes and Eight Ways to Impress

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 [...]

By | May 8th, 2017|Categories: Business|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Keeping – and Gaining – Customers

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 [...]

By | May 4th, 2017|Categories: Business, Public Relations, Marketing and Sales|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Financial Times Business School enlists Bob Little’s help

Bob Little has been asked to help promote the findings of the latest ‘Corporate Learning Pulse’ survey of senior leaders around the world. This year’s survey is about to take place and its findings are due to be published in the summer.   The survey is being carried out by the Financial Times | IE [...]