Your path to business agility
The scientific consensus on climate change is undoubtable, with 97% of the world’s climate scientists and every scientific institution supporting the idea that humans are directly and negatively affecting the world that we live in. It’s also not only temperature increases that are occurring, increases in carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere, mass insect...
New technology can be a complete game-changer when it comes to how you run your organization and roll out projects. Unfortunately, especially with tech that’s unproven, even a solid business case can get significant push-back from executives who are resistant to change until they get hefty proof of ROI. The problem with waiting until the...
In marketing operations, a process is a collection of similar tasks which are aligned towards a singular set of objectives. It will have inputs, throughputs and outputs and generally a number of different stages which are followed and information components which are included. For example, a marketing campaign management process might go through these following...
Not every project is destined to be a roaring success, in fact some are doomed before they even get the go-ahead from above. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that we can’t know how things will change or turn out when we set out on a certain path. The best we can ever do is...
While the UK continues to reach record numbers in terms of its employment and overall engagement in the workforce, another issue is being raised which may undercut the excitement about the pure numbers of people taking up jobs. This is the productivity of employees in the UK, which consistently lags behind its international peers, and...
The rivalry and conflict between marketing and operations has been in existence ever since business moved beyond a sole trader model, such as when prehistoric siblings Ubb and Asha decided to take their stone tool making side-hustle full time. Ubb, the marketing whizz, soon got annoyed that their glacial production pace meant they weren’t able...
Your pile of unread messages is teetering on the verge of collapse. Your phone is blowing up. The day is packed. Finding composure in the storm is tough, but as a leader, you have no choice when communicating with your teams. Hitting the right note is a constant challenge. Team coordination has largely shifted from...
You might not know it, but your mom’s favorite singer also happens to be one of the world’s best-selling recording artists of all-time, and the woman that potentially saved Las Vegas. While she is best known for her soaring vocals, powerful ballads, and French-Canadian accent, Celine Dion also holds the record for Las Vegas’ two...
Effective time allocation does not necessarily mean putting more time in, it is about making the best use of the time which has already been given to something and can often be the difference between success and failure in a project. Putting time management skills to use has effects across every aspect of a project,...
Every project manager would love to be able to know exactly what’s happening within their project at any given time. For other stakeholders, further outside of this information loop, such a dream is even more fanciful. Outside of some kind of project visibility superpower, unfortunately, such immediate and actionable insight is impossible. However, that doesn’t...
