Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
With age and experience comes wisdom, but all too often in the business world, hubris can come along for the ride too. Subconsciously survivorship and confirmation biases are at work; good decisions are reinforced, and poor ones fall out of the memory – which distorts their real importance.
I bet that you own a smart phone and a tablet, have a Facebook or Linkedin account and probably regularly use apps like Uber, Drop Box or Skype. And so do all your colleagues and customers and most of your friends.
Chairman of the UK & Mauritius-based Planet Earth Institute Dr Alvaro Sobrinho is behind Africa’s push for scientific independence. Their mandate has recently led to them guaranteeing grants for 10,000 PhD scholarships in Africa over ten years, as part of the World Bank ‘Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET)’ programme.
Our columnist and digital expert Johnny McGinley offers us his digital leadership thought for the month on why content is not always king.
In any challenging and fast-paced organisation, it is important to remember that creativity has underpinned some of our greatest achievements. It has helped us treat diseases, find new energy sources and put a human on the moon.
As introduced earlier in this series of articles, the sale of a business is a process with a timeline.
Cashflow is consistently cited as one of the biggest challenges facing SMEs and advice about what to do about it abounds. But, have you ever stopped to consider how to be about it?
In the UK crowd funding is really turning the screw on traditional banking as a viable alternative for businesses to raise capital.
What are the key ingredients when building a successful team?
With change now a constant and ever present part of working life, personal resilience is fast becoming an essential attribute of effective leadership.
We spoke to Dr Ruth Sacks, DBA, Business Development Director and Principal Lecturer, Leadership & Professional Development at Westminster Business School about the government-commissioned review of women in finance led by the chief executive of Virgin Money, Jayne-Anne Gadhia.
This month our columnist Johnny McGinley discusses his thoughts on crisis management and a blueprint for protecting corporate and brand reputation in today’s volatile world.
The end game for many SME owner managers is to retire in the confidence that they are leaving the business – their ‘baby’ that they have worked tirelessly to develop and grow – in the capable hands of a new team.
James Hardy, Director of leading IT solution provider CCS Media, looks at how organisations are making technology purchasing decisions and argues that the biggest challenge businesses now face is bridging the gap between technology and users.
When changes occur that impact a business such as market developments, a shift in customer demand or technological advancements, a business must behave innovatively in order to adapt.
