“Hey, Procurement…” The Rise of Chatbots in Supply Management

Bertrand Maltaverne·19 July 2018·Enabling Technologies

...Digital assistants are ubiquitous. We talk to them (Siri, Alexa, Cortana, etc.). We chat with them (Twitter, Facebook Messenger, Skype, WeChat, etc.). They are in our phones, in our computers, and even in our homes. Now they are also making their way into our offices!… Read More...

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Time to follow the new corporate culture code

Richard Chiumento·19 July 2018·People & Change

...The release of the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code by the Financial Reporting Council further elevates the image and standing of corporate culture. After extensive consultation, the new code places emphasis on businesses building trust by forging strong relationships with key stakeholders. It calls for companies to establish “a corporate culture… Read More...

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Identity Resolution and How It Can Help You Better Utilize Your Data

Nathan Sykes·19 July 2018·Data & Analytics

...Raw data can be a pain to sift through. Once you’re able to find anything useful and quantifiable, you have to start narrowing down your audience to the individual. While data can tell us everything we want to know about someone’s online habits, reading and understanding the data… Read More...

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5 Ways to Improve Healthcare’s Cybersecurity

Nathan Sykes·19 July 2018·Cyber Security

...Of all the ways digital technologies have touched and improved our lives over the years, applications in healthcare could be some of the most consequential. From greater mobility among providers thanks to digital health records to teleconferencing with doctors when travel isn’t possible, healthcare technology isn’t just here to stay… Read More...

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The Office of the Future: How Emerging Technologies Will Shape the Workplace

Nathan Sykes·19 July 2018·People & Change

...Disruption is the name of the game in business today. From virtual currency to new digital marketing stats, finding a new angle of attack means finding a competitive edge over the rest of the field to sell more products and services. Of course, it helps that we’re in the most… Read More...

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Stop your people being the biggest barriers to cloud adoption

Romy Hughes·19 July 2018·People & Change

...Public sector organisations are under constant pressure to save money. For many, this means outsourcing business services to the cloud, or moving to a shared service model. Such models not only reduce costs, but they also improve agility, resiliency and increase flexibility too. But managing the implementation of a new… Read More...

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The Four Misperceptions of the Cloud

Romy Hughes·19 July 2018·Enabling Technologies

...For the last seven years, the government’s policy of austerity has required those delivering IT services to the public sector to continually find efficiencies wherever they can. At the same time, they have sought to digitise public sector services wherever possible to meet the expectations of an increasingly digitally-savvy public. Read More...

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Why are SMEs still locked out of public sector contracts while the big boys keep failing?

Romy Hughes·19 July 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...Despite numerous initiatives to improve value-for-money and support growing businesses by bringing more SMEs into the supply chain, many vital public services are still being awarded to the same handful of major contractors who are either failing to meet their obligations again and again, or are being driven out of… Read More...

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How do you create a GDPR culture?

Romy Hughes·19 July 2018·Cyber Security

...So, you’ve read all the “Top 10 tips for GDPR” articles you can get your hands on, and you’ve invested in the latest GDPR-compliant tech, but how do you ensure your people don’t simply work around it and risk landing your organisation with… Read More...

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Digital’s BIG Short

Kevin Adema·18 July 2018·Customer Engagement

...Thanks to the digital transformation, Marketing’s bubble is about to pop and, just like the housing and financial crash of 2008, nobody’s paying attention. In 2008, the U.S. financial and housing markets experienced unprecedented crises fueled by an asset bubble of sub-prime mortgages, collateralized debt obligations, credit-default swaps and mortgage-backed… Read More...

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Statistics for Funky Data

Kevin Gray·18 July 2018·Data & Analytics

...The Generalized Linear Model is a huge family of methods widely-used by statisticians. It is typically abbreviated as GLM but is much more than the standard linear regression and ANOVA covered in basic stats courses. That GLM – the General Linear Model – is a subset of this larger family… Read More...

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When you get back from holiday, will your business be where you left it?

Phil Darby·17 July 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...Any day now, most business leaders along with the majority of their employees will be heading off on holiday. If that includes you, have you given a thought to whether your business will still be there when you get back? You may think this is a bit extreme, but if… Read More...

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