Starting out on the right foot

Peter Goral·7 May 2017·People & Change

...There’s an old British saying by Dr. Charles H. Spurgeon that goes, “begin as you mean to go on” and nowhere is that more meaningful than in the process of developing a Strategic Plan to manage a change initiative, created by either a merger of companies, the implementation of a… Read More...

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Scaling-Up – Crossing the internal chasm in corporate innovation

Frank Mattes·2 May 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...Scaling-up – the race is on for companies to find big, explorative or even “disruptive” innovation ideas. ‘Disrupt yourself or someone else will’, it has been said. Almost every company shifts into overdrive to create ‘smart’ products, to turn a product business into a service business, to create new business… Read More...

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Why Supplier Audits Fail their Purpose

Bertrand Maltaverne·2 May 2017·Uncategorized

...In a post at the end of last year, I addressed the question of sustainable Procurement being a myth. Although Procurement can have a critical role in ensuring that companies walk the talk with regards to sustainability, the reality of it can be a bit different. As I mentioned in that post, more and more companies care about sustainability. It is because they understood their customers’ expectations and/or because they realized that they have a responsibility in creating a better future for humanity and want to reduce/offset the potential negative impacts of their activities. Read More...

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The Innovation Management Theory Evolution Map

Louis Bouwer·2 May 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...The Innovation Management Theory Evolution Map was developed to guide corporate innovation managers to take note of existing fundamental innovation management theories, how it evolved through the past few decades and which theories are best suited to solve specific corporate innovation management challenges. Read More...

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The Asia Digital Retail Technology Revolution

Tony D'Onofrio·2 May 2017·Customer Engagement

...This past week had to pleasure of speaking at the Retail Risk Conference in Singapore. The audience mostly consisted of loss prevention professionals responsible for major retail brands across Asia. The customized presentation was an opportunity to reassess the state of Asia in the global retail economy.  Read More...

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Mental Models: Choosing your reaction

Roderic Yapp·2 May 2017·People & Change

...On the weekend, I was witness to an argument in a park in South London. A group of teenagers somehow got into an argument with a woman who was sat adjacent to them at a picnic table. I don’t know what was said initially and only realised that an argument was starting as people’s voices started to get louder. After a few minutes a woman came over and spoke to the teenagers: Read More...

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How a customer centric approach leads to Big Data success

Philip Dwyer·2 May 2017·Customer Engagement

...In the age of the digitally empowered consumer, data is the lifeblood of industry. Fuelled by ubiquitous smartphone/connected device availability and consumer preferences, global markets are being disrupted by the accelerated rise and convergence of Social, Mobile, Analytical/Data, Cloud and Internet of Things technologies (SMACIT). Read More...

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When life gives you lemons, talk to your acquirer!

Francesco Scarnera·2 May 2017·Strategy & Innovation

...For just over ten years, HSBC adverts ran with the strapline ‘The World’s Local Bank’ – and despite retracting the slogan around 2011, it has continued to put itself forward as a globally-fluent banking organisation in the media. I rather liked the advert a few years ago showing the girl selling lemonade in multiple currencies, speaking different languages, because it expresses a very common problem in a very simple fashion. Read More...

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Managing Risk or managing risks?

JC GAILLARD·1 May 2017·Delivery

...There are many risk management methodologies in existence but it's not uncommon to come across large firms still following today simplistic, dysfunctional or flawed practices, in particular around operational risk management. Read More...

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Are you ready for the fourth industrial revolution?

Richard Chiumento·1 May 2017·The Case For Digital Transformation

...This week has seen the world’s leading industrial show and one of the biggest trade fairs take place at the Hannover Messe in Germany. While digital technology that transforms and disrupts was omnipresent, professional services firm Accenture used the show to launch a good old-fashioned book, Industry X.O – Realizing Digital Value in Industrial Sectors, written by Eric Schaeffer. Read More...

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Machine & Deep Learning: Learning To Learn

Joseph Dolphin·26 April 2017·Enabling Technologies

...What is Machine Learning? It is akin to feeding data into a system or plotting data onto a graph, and drawing the line of best fit. Keep adding more data and the line of best fit only gets better and better and we learn how to perfect it. The learning is not just to get the line of best fit, but to also understand what features or tasks are being plotted. Read More...

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The Theory of Winning – Part III

Roderic Yapp·23 April 2017·People & Change

...Last week, I expanded on mental models and explained how you implement decentralised decision-making. This week, I want to concentrate on focus so that your resources have the greatest possible impact. I also want to explain some simple tools that you can implement immediately to help you get more bang for your buck. Read More...

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