How Leading Organizations are Leveraging Big Data & Analytics

Ronald van Loon·25 September 2017·Data & Analytics

...Jim Bergeson said: “Data will talk to you if you’re willing to listen”. Few can dispute that. However, the challenge comes when data transforms into bundles and stacks of unorganized and unstructured data sets. The challenge comes with listening to big data and making sense of what it says. Read More...

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Why Banks Should Reinvent Banking in the Era of Platform Economy

Deepthi Rajan·20 September 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...Six of the ten most valuable companies in the world are platform companies. None of the six is a bank. Admittedly, banks are late to the platform party. Nonetheless, banks are set on — what would have been considered impossible until a few years ago — transforming themselves from impassable… Read More...

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The Employee vs. the Organisation – The Mechanics of Employee Experience Design: What is Employee Experience all about?

Jeff Wellstead·18 September 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...Jacob Morgan – a best-selling author of three books, the latest of which is titled The Employee Experience Advantage, describes several dimensions of employee experience evolution that have developed over the years such as utility, productivity, engagement and experience at work. Read More...

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Large Firms: What role for the Group CISO?

JC GAILLARD·18 September 2017·Cyber Security

...The role of the CISO and their reporting line seems to be a continuing topic of discussion amongst cyber security professionals. The same title often hides a large diversity of roles, positioned differently across their respective organisations. It often reflects the maturity of each firm towards the appreciation of the threats it faces, the need for business protection, and its appetite for controls. Read More...

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Equestrian Sports – Where Trots Get Digital and Technology Meets Tradition

Ronald van Loon·18 September 2017·Data & Analytics

...Equestrian sports is one of the oldest forms of sports entertainment. Its history can be dated back to the ancient Greek civilization. Since then, the trots have transcended the periodical barriers from time to time, walking stride to stride with the age-specific customs, and entertaining the crowds in the process. And, in this present age, where everything is digitized, the trots have now become digital too. Read More...

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Trying to transform your business? People > product.

Ted Bauer·18 September 2017·People & Change

...Business transformation is a topic that's been top of mind for some execs in the last few years. Part of this comes from concerns around disruption, and part comes from a change management approach showing you can make more money if you're "agile" or "adaptable."    Read More...

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How the Internet is killing Challenge

Roderic Yapp·11 September 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...This article focusses on challenge and alignment, explaining how both are under threat as we digest more information digitally. Colin Powell’s quote on loyalty, shown below, perfectly captures the relationship between challenge, alignment and loyalty. Read More...

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AI: Are We Opening Pandora’s Jar?

Indy Dhami·10 September 2017·Enabling Technologies

...The growth and impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be likened to the opening of Pandora’s pithos (which translates to a jar and not a box as it is incorrectly known). The myth describes Pandora (her name meaning ‘all-giving’) being sent with her jar to Epimetheus (the brother of Prometheus) as a gift from the God Zeus. However, Prometheus had stolen fire and bequeathed its power to humans, which had angered Zeus who was seeking revenge. Read More...

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Your employee handbook is awful, but we can fix it.

Ted Bauer·10 September 2017·People & Change

...We're going to talk a little bit about the employee handbook in this post. You know, the good ol' employee handbook: you get it during on-boarding, you never really look at it, and two years later you find it in some drawer when you're cleaning your desk or house.    Read More...

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Doers vs Talkers

Richard Cronin·10 September 2017·Delivery

...When Balcroft was founded, we knew we were entering a very competitive marketplace, focussing on providing operational consulting to blue-chip companies. How do you differentiate from so many other firms who claim to be able to transform organisations with their 'unique methodologies', with the hope of achieving mouth-watering ROI's to tempt business leaders?   Read More...

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Welcome to Omnichannel Retail Loss Prevention

Tony D'Onofrio·5 September 2017·Customer Engagement

...Zones of Influence and Innovation Chains are the Future of Retail. I have been an advocate for some time of the work being done by Read Hayes and the Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) at the University of Florida. The group's primary mission is on scientific approaches to improve LP strategies and interventions in fighting retail crime.   Read More...

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