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Becoming a successful consultant

William Buist, consultant and founder of the xTEN Club

It’s important to constantly enhance your service quality, but that might get in the way of maintaining deep, flexible client relationships.


It doesn't have to be expensive but leaders must make the effort to recognize and celebrate innovative thinking, and give staff the time to develop new and useful ideas.


Either way, whether you love it or loathe it, social media has proven to be a very popular communication tool and is here to stay.


Immigration stories are full of hope and inspiration, but also pain and adversity.


Robots in the workforce: more valuable than you may think.


Sometimes you need time away to really see how much has changed.


Unless Aunt Brenda is a professional career coach, you should take her advice with a grain of salt.


More cloud deployments and enhanced digital dexterity within the workforce will generate a significant competitive advantage for the organizations using them most effectively.


In our last blog post, we explored the fundamentals of design thinking.


What is design thinking?

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Design thinking was developed by Ideo president and CEO, Tim Brown.


The survey of consultants by people management software company, BrightHR, reveals that being considered as part of the team was of most value to them, yet over a third only meet their clients face to face once a quarter.


Data scientists—people who can manage and analyze big, unstructured data—were once as scarce as vegetarian dogs.


The 6 elements that make a winning team

Shweta Jhajharia of The London Coaching Group

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Who’s in control? You or the Targets?

Jean Gamester founder of Semaphora

However, during her many years of advising competitive, target-driven organisations, Jean Gamester of Semaphora has observed that targets have the potential to adversely distort behaviour and damage potential - just as much as they can inspire. Gamester believes we need to take control of the targets, otherwise they take control of us.


The best type of innovation is driven by Collaboration, says Gartner VP, Marcus Blosch.


Consultants set to embrace ‘on the go’ services

By Paul Tooth, co-founder and CEO, BrightHR

At BrightHR, we wanted to find out exactly why and how consultants are increasing their service offerings for clients, so we conducted an independent survey of 100 consultants who told us they were under pressure to do exactly this.


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6 myths about big data

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Is your organization thinking about the best way to organize and analyze data? Here are 6 myths about big data to watch out for before you dive in.


12 tips to help you overcome your fears and be a better business speaker

Frances Cahill is from Toastmasters International

1) Speak in public whenever you get a chance It doesn't matter if it's for 30 seconds or 30 minutes.


DATA IN THE DIGITAL AGE

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By 2020, the size of the European internet economy is expected to triple to 11% of GDP.


The Internet of Things (IoT) is shepherding in the next communication revolution – machines communicating with other machines – at a scale and volume unfathomable until only very recently.


There is no precedent to guide capital allocation post Brexit, so don’t rely on the standard macro response, look beneath the surface for the long-term opportunity.


All the figures indicate there is a stark gender divide across the global cybersecurity profession.


Technology is central to Digital Transformation and in some respects is both a driving factor as well as being driven by the process of engineering the Digital Transformation.


Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) is booming.


What does it mean to be human in a digital age? Some people researching education technology might not spend their days wondering how their work fits into this existential question—but George Siemens isn’t "some people".


Given the situation, what can supply chain professionals do in the face of this uncertainty? Keep calm and do some objective analysis.


It doesn't have to be expensive but leaders must make the effort to recognize and celebrate innovative thinking, and give staff the time to develop new and useful ideas.


Companies turning to wellness initiatives post Brexit

Sally Blake, Managing Director, RTG Corporate sally@returntoglory.co.uk

With a 30% increase in new business enquiries at one of London’s largest corporate wellness providers there is reason to believe HR teams are learning from their American counterparts – investing in corporate wellness projects to deliver wellness solutions to their employees for a range of practical reasons.


Some companies in the US and Australia offer ‘duvet days’ as part of employment contracts, whereby employees are allowed up to four days a year on top of their holiday entitlement to take time to recover and rest as and when they need them.


Publicly owned assets have become important tools for local authorities who need to generate revenue and boost local economies following the global downturn and government austerity measures.


The age-old practice of executive teams convening at off-site retreats for “strategic planning” hasn’t changed much in the last three decades.


More than $1trn in IT spending will be directly or indirectly affected by the shift to cloud during the next five years, research analyst Gartner has predicted.


The factory of the future will be digital.


As indicated by the “2016 State-of-DevOps Report,” multiple compelling enterprise business performance improvements provided by well-built DevOps solutions are driving IT transformations for development and operations across many industries.


Prepare for digital now

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Earlier this year, former cabinet office minister Matt Hancock urged councils to consider how they could raise their standards in digital services and create a better online experience for their residents.


Breakthrough innovation comes in two forms: new technology that relies on an existing business model or a new business model that utilises existing technology.


Learning... Employees take charge

Parsifal Publishing

Corporate learning departments are changing from education providers to content curators and experience facilitators, developing innovative platforms that turn employee learning and development into a self-driven pursuit.


Making sense of the mountain-loads of data being captured about individuals could see a shift in the way companies connect to consumers and give rise to a new industry of what Deloitte's Centre for the Edge managing director and co-chairman John Hagel calls the "trusted adviser".


We have seen a burst of new technologies in supply chain area.


?As a marketing leader, you’ve embraced social media as a brand-building tool for your company.


At a time when we are all swimming in great content, how can busy, time poor, intelligent professionals provide more value to their clients? .


With the millennials population ever increasing within the workplace, hear what attracts and retains these millennials in their workplace.


Executives responsible for leading digital transformation face daunting challenges.


Transformational, servant, authentic or transactional leadership? Are these just different courses on a menu you need to eat your way through…or more of a smorgasbord of choices reflecting personal taste? .


Although many large organizations embrace risk management in their leadership offices, very little enterprise risk information is communicated to middle and front-line staff.


Digital transformation can be the difference between success and obsolescence for a 21st century organisation.


Transformational, servant, authentic or transactional leadership? .


Explore these four ways to kickstart innovation in your organization.


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