IBM HR Summit 2016: Key takeaways

Elise Elan·19 October 2016·People & Change

...The IBM HR Summit 2016 back in June this year took a firm stand on open HR and the cognitive era – the latter being IBM vision across all sectors and products. The main objective of the day was to prove that HR can be a profit centre and that there is no excuse to delay, as any start on the journey, however small, is worth it. While the past decades have been focused on standardisation, aligning processes, gaining in efficiency and effectiveness, we have now entered the cognitive era. Read More...

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How marketing teams can benefit from marketing technology

Elise Elan·19 October 2016·Customer Engagement

...As consumers, we are increasingly connected, informed and in search of personalised experiences. Just consider some of the key trends identified by Ofcom’s 2015 Communications Market Report: Read More...

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Making the HR department relevant to the CEO with analytics

Jeff Wellstead·19 October 2016·People & Change

...The HR department is poised to be a force of change. A real transformational management consultancy, and a winning centre of excellence to support organisational revolution from the 20th to the 21st century way of working and producing. Read More...

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7 Digital Imperatives That Should be Driving HR Now

Jeff Wellstead·19 October 2016·People & Change

...The world is rapidly changing in the wake of digital disruption. Accelerated adoption of new technologies combined with an increasing digitally enabled and connected society will have huge impact on organisations and the people who shape them, and ultimately make them a success. If you look at the top 7 digital imperatives that are driving many transformational efforts in business today, it is clear to me that HR has a terrific opportunity and sits in a pivotal position to support rapid migration in skills, capability, productivity and collaboration – whilst also supporting critical organisational and cultural shifts to address company adaptation during the Industry 4.0 revolution. Read More...

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The Human Challenge of Two Speed I.T

Simon Ratcliffe·12 October 2016·Strategy & Innovation

...One of the biggest issues facing many IT departments in 2016 is the need to make radical change to meet the increasingly dynamic digital agenda but to continue to deliver the basic utility IT that every organisation need to function. There is an inherent tension between these two needs as one requires traditional, sequential, risk averse activities and the other demands an exploratory, non-linear and agile approach. It would seem that the challenge is integrating these two approaches within a single unified IT department. Read More...

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What Advice Would You Give To This “Would Be” Change Agent?

Derek Miers·10 October 2016·People & Change

...Scott wants to transform Systems Integrators International. He’s a convert. He’s seen the light and can’t understand why his colleagues are not quite as enthusiastic (as he is). The idea of re-orienting the organization around a coherent set of services and products supported by well-honed business processes and practices seems … well, right! With a product/repeatable service focus, SII could then develop a broad range of products and manage them as a portfolio, improving them over time, while making best use of the resources it has available. It just makes sense (to him). Read More...

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How Co-Creation Leads To Successful Innovation

Derek Miers·10 October 2016·Strategy & Innovation

...This post builds on our previous Broad Framework For Transformation and the subsequent piece that focused on the vertical dimension From Understanding Customers To Business Model Reinvention. This piece talks to the core of the horizontal dimension of the framework. Read More...

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The data-backed necessity of failing to succeed

Ted Bauer·10 October 2016·Strategy & Innovation

...Business failure: everyone runs from it and no one wants to be associated with it. But maybe that's the wrong attitude. Here's a recent article from Wall Street Journal on the most successful stocks of the past 30 years; Harvard Business Review then invited one of the founding editors of Fast Company to reflect and analyze on the list. Read More...

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Could Artificial Intelligence Replace Consultants?

Braden Kelley·10 October 2016·Enabling Technologies

...Previously I explored the value of eminence and thought leadership to consulting firms, and how unfortunately the power of inbound content marketing has a dark side that forms part of a three-pronged attack on the consulting industry. Read More...

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Five Factors Driving the Evolution of the CIO

Peter Goral·10 October 2016·People & Change

...The role of the modern CIO is rapidly changing. It’s no longer a position for those with limited tech knowledge who manage IT staff and budget. It’s a much more expansive role, one that must appreciate how IT’s solutions and processes ultimately affect the business as well as the end consumer experience. Read More...

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Hard Hat Stats: Some bad habits we’ve gotten ourselves into (Part 2)

Kevin Gray·10 October 2016·Data & Analytics

...Random thoughts on questionable thinking, habits and practice in marketing research. I'm tongue-in-cheek in places but this is meant to be serious. Read More...

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Segmentation: What it is and What it does

Kevin Gray·10 October 2016·Data & Analytics

...“Segmentation” will ring a bell with most Marketing Researchers but it can mean different things to different people. What is Segmentation? Segmentation is a household word in Marketing Research but the term actually refers to several kinds of research, including qualitative. In my experience, there are at least four types… Read More...

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