5 Best Practices for Managing Company Data Across Devices

Nathan Sykes·23 September 2018·Cyber Security

...Technology is mobile and constantly within reach. Because the business world is ever-changing, using mobile devices in an office setting has never been more essential. However, for a small or even medium-sized business, buying everyone on staff a new device for work can get expensive fast. Luckily, everyone already has… Read More...

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How Modern Technologies Can Help With Procurement’s Biggest Challenges

Nathan Sykes·23 September 2018·Enabling Technologies

...Failure to use modern technology in procurement can ruin a business. While companies of the past managed to do just fine, for the most part, procurement systems are often rigid and complicated, only able to solve a fraction of requirements. Modern technology can streamline processes and automate more tedious and… Read More...

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AI and the Future of the Oil and Gas Industry

Nathan Sykes·23 September 2018·Enabling Technologies

...Although innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are transformative across many industries, there is a handful that seems, at least initially, like they wouldn’t be able to benefit from them. One would be the oil and gas industry, known in many ways for its negative environmental impact. Read More...

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Spot the difference — The original Kanban, The Lean Kanban method, Professional Scrum with Kanban

John Coleman·23 September 2018·Delivery

...Professional Scrum with Kanban came out in February 2018, and it can be found here.  The Lean Kanban method is described in the Essential Kanban Condensed Guide, here.  The original Toyota Kanban has been around for a little longer, not to be confused… Read More...

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Mirror mirror on the wall…

John Coleman·23 September 2018·Delivery

...Consider this blog post as background for future posts. It has a lot of detail, and you might need to carve out some time, grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable before reading this. I can’t say I’m any better than anyone else in terms of… Read More...

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Retrospectives with system modelling

John Coleman·23 September 2018·Delivery

...In the Certified LeSS Practitioner classes by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, system modelling is introduced. I refer to system modelling in the sense of causal loop diagrams and stock & flow diagrams. I am a fan of both Dan Woodlock and Gene Bellinger. See sample videos… Read More...

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What is Innovation?

Kevin Gray·23 September 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...There are many ways to be innovative. Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane knew how to be radically different yet still relevant and inspirational to other musicians of many genres, not only jazz – The Doors, an innovative band in their own right, are one example. Miles Davis sensed new trends in jazz before… Read More...

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Smart Store Can You SEE Me Now?

Tony D'Onofrio·20 September 2018·Customer Engagement

...Frictionless secure commerce coupled with immersive customer experiences have been on my mind for some time. Engaging with an in-store geolocation security company and new updated data on internet connectivity, growth of smartphones, and the Internet of Things (IoT) inspired this post. Future consumer in-store interactions will include autonomous digital… Read More...

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Empowering workforces of the future

Richard Chiumento·18 September 2018·People & Change

...Any leader that ignores or underestimates the reskilling challenge brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution does so at their peril. We have had enough warnings from the wave of surveys and studies published over the past year but perhaps none more emphatic than research released by the World Economic… Read More...

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What Insurance Execs Could Learn From Playing Fortnite

Samuel Church·17 September 2018·Customer Engagement

...It is one of the most popular video games in recent history, boasting 125 million worldwide users. Fortnite is a game that sees players fight as animated characters to be the last one standing. Players can play for free but upgrades such as character ‘skins’ (outfits) are bought or earned… Read More...

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Scaling-Up: The foundation

Frank Mattes·17 September 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...This is the first part of a two-part lead article, co-written with Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr. The – in the truest sense of words – ‘billion-dollar-question’ we are addressing is: How can companies generate more business impact from non-incremental innovation? The solution to this question lies in the middle… Read More...

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It’s time to talk about U.S Data Laws

Nathan Sykes·13 September 2018·Cyber Security

...A survey conducted by Pew Research, as if we really needed one, indicates at least half of all Americans perceive their online data to be less secure today than it was a few years ago. America, despite relentless progress on other fronts, and despite being one of the most… Read More...

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