Paco and his family have run the cafe just off the beach here in Southern Spain for 35yrs, and it’s well known and frequented by locals, ex-pats and knowledgeable tourists alike. The Mollette Catalan are as popular as beans, bacon and eggs. Yet Paco is cutting his opening hours and telling us that he’s thinking […]
How should organisations align change, innovation and customer needs? There are many reasons for organisations to change and innovate, but probably the most compelling is in response to their customers’ needs and actions of their competitors. Aligning innovation with customer needs, including both internal and external customers, helps ensure relevance, builds competitive advantage and boosts […]
As we approach the end of March, Q1 2021, it’s reasonable to have a look back at the first three months of the year, given the extreme circumstances we’re all still experiencing, and, perhaps, allow ourselves a peak into the future; what does the remainder of 2021 have in store for us? Unsurprisingly, we started […]
Do start-ups have the edge on success? Language does lose its way from time to time. We all knew that Uber wasn’t a start-up; well, it was a start-up but it isn’t one now, even if the tag has stuck. Sifted, the well respected group of journalists backed by the Financial Times to report on […]
As 2020 slips behind us and we all allow ourselves a look forward to a world with a little more certainty, many ambitious, tech-enabled businesses will want to find new ways of building competitive advantage, growing and succeeding, and how they can benefit from the opportunities that will arise as a result of Covid. One […]
Covid has its good side – it’s been forcing the pace and accelerating change over things that were happening, anyway, and driving urgent imperatives for those of us leading today’s tech businesses. Three big, long term trends must be baked into the way we think and how we run our firms: Uncertainty is all around […]
During the pandemic, has the importance of a good relationship increased? From a personal perspective, I hope we can all agree that a good relationship is imperative during any lockdown. But what about from a business point of view? In a Zoom-centric world, is it now more important to be able to easily talk to […]
Homeworking is now common, but how is this new way of working impacting the property business? How are residential and commercial property companies responding, and how are they looking to tech. to address the needs of their customers? In this video two experienced property professionals discuss how the pandemic and the resulting growth in homeworking […]
In this conversation, Peter Osborn, Founder and Chairman of Flexiion MSP and Alasdair Field, CEO at Reveal Media, talk about the management challenges posed by lock down and how companies are getting through it and planning for the ‘new norm.’ How are hi-tech companies changing the way they operate now and how is this going […]
The jury’s in, and it’s good news for tech: Coronavirus gave everyone a great big shove and now everyone’s online for almost everything. It was always going to happen eventually, but Covid-19 made the transition of the next five years happen In five weeks. Consumers and business, Enterprise and SMEs, commercial and public sector. It […]
