UK Unemployment Has Dropped to 4%

Britain’s economy continues to show outstanding robustness in the face of the grave uncertainty surrounding the future of its economy after Brexit. Recent economic data has shown that unemployment in the UK has fallen to 4%, its lowest level for over 40 years, since the winter of 1974-75. This is quite remarkable considering the uncertain...

What’s Different About Agile Project Management?

The following content is taken from the popular whitepaper, “Agile Project Management: What’s the story?” written by Jerry Manas. It’s so good, we wanted to make it free to our readers and give it everlasting life on our blog for your enjoyment. There is no doubt that Agile project management, the adaptive methodology that spread...

To Transform to Have Agility, Don’t Do a Capital A, Capital T Agile Transformation

The concept of “flow” is a common thread in DevOps. Fin Goulding and Hayden Shaughnessy do a great job summarizing the concept of flow and how it relates to digital transformation in their book Flow: A Handbook for Change-Makers, Mavericks, Innovation Activists and Leaders: Digital Transformation Simplified. In a previous article, “Modular Architectures Make You...

Building a Culture of Employee-Led Innovation

In a recent HR Technologist article, Planview IdeaPlace CEO, Scott Raskin, made the case for why companies need to get employees invested in their innovation and improvement processes – and how to do it. At Planview IdeaPlace, our customers have seen a significant difference in how engaged their employees are when they’re able to collaborate...

3 Steps to Dominate Digital Disruption

Digital disruption is everywhere. It has infiltrated not only the ways in which people work, how organizations deliver products, and what is required to remain competitive in today’s market, but it has also vastly altered customer expectations and demands. Gone are the days in which customers merely anticipated the next product release—those days have been...

Faster Broadband Has Benefited UK Businesses

If there had been any doubt as to the potential benefits of large-scale state investment in infrastructure, then the latest indications on the success of the rollout of the UK’s super-fast broadband should allay them. The responsible UK government department, for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has stated that nearly 5 million UK business...

Tips for Helping Your Project Survive the Holiday Season

The holiday season is something nearly everyone looks forward to, some festive joy among the dreariness and shorter days of winter, a chance to see friends and family, overindulge in food and at the very least just relax. One cohort of society, relatively minor though it may be, which does not look forward to the...

Develop Breakthrough Smart Products to Create New Revenue Streams [Webinar]

IoT and smart products are having a dramatic impact on our organizations. Customer expectations are higher, the competition is increasingly fierce, and product portfolio management in this digital age is only becoming more complicated. Leaders must leverage new strategies, processes, tools, and best practices to be successful, tasks that may not always be easy, but...

Tips for Effective 1 on 1 Meetings with Employees

Having 1 on 1 meetings with employees can be one of the best ways to utilize personal engagement to improve work satisfaction and productivity. These interactions can take the form of performance reviews or just more general updates about how things are going for the team member. Though the potential benefits of 1 on 1...

5 Steps to Project Kickoff

Planning for a project is no easy task, especially for large businesses and organizations where teams often collaborate across time zones—and sometimes even across oceans. Because of this, there are a lot of important things to consider when rolling out steps to project kickoff, including: Budget constraints Resources and manpower What’s in the best interest...