Is it time to envision a new operating model for FP&A—one that dramatically elevates its contribution to the organisation? .

After the 2008 global financial crisis, global leaders pledged to avoid protectionist measures in order to speed up economic recovery and boost growth.

One factor is the rising demand for digital transformation consultancy. As digital service, operational and sales & marketing models become the norm for ambitious and growing businesses across most sectors, there’s a strong appetite for consulting expertise in digital planning and delivering technology-based change at pace. In this context, it’s likely that the credibility and technology investment of the Big Four are supporting their outperformance.

Intelligent deployment leads to improved productivity and efficiency for your business and enables you to act swiftly on your transformation, measure performance, and analyze results.

Three significant business technology trends will enable business leaders to thrive over the next five to 10 years.

Our innovation leadership assessment reveals how your organisation’s attitude and approach to innovation could be affecting your performance.

The key to writing a good CV is to understand how candidates are selected for interview either by an executive search consultant or an employer.

IT departments are on the verge of being irrelevant to businesses.

High performing is a team property, a temporary state which needs attention if teams want to keep on performing well.

This article on pitching your idea is adapted from the Strategy Workout book by Clare Segal and Bernard Ross (Pearson 2016).

Since 2012, Moorhouse has conducted an annual survey of senior leaders on the challenges they face in implementing change.

We know organisations today have much less influence over their customers' buying behaviours.

70% of manufacturing companies that were on the Fortune 1000 list ten years ago have vanished.

At Oracle’s recent Modern Business Experience (MBX) event in London, virtually every business in attendance agreed on one thing: it’s never been more important to ensure both your corporate culture and approach to technology lend themselves to a constantly evolving customer experience.

-PwC surveyed 10,000 people across the UK, Germany, China, India and the US -It examines four visions for the future world of work shaped by competing forces -In a world where business is put first workers will have to strive to stay ahead -Physical enhancement techniques and equipment could become the norm -Surprisingly 70 per cent of respondents said they would consider using them .

We are living in challenging times, fraught with anxiety and stress.

Steve says, “These are some of the best books I’ve read this year on business, social and technological change.

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Unfortunately, most of us fall into habits of speaking that make our voice sound a bit dull, even monotonous.

PA’s Freneka Mumford, people and talent expert, is quoted in an article in Ignites Europe which looks at how the fund industry can engage better with millennials.

Digital technology, once viewed by many as distinct and insignificant, now permeates every industrial sector.

Innovative technology and the digitalization that it underpins is upending companies large and small; HR teams' roles are changing as a result, and technology is also helping them respond .

It’s tough to hold on to good employees, but it shouldn’t be.

Highly touted methodologies, such as Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking, leave many organizations bamboozled by an unprecedented array of processes, tools and methods for product development.

The potential impact of automation on the UK and other major economies .

70% of manufacturing companies that were on the Fortune 1000 list ten years ago have vanished.

Fluxx is a London-based business experiment consultancy, and has delivered the antidote to complex business theory.

Whether you are a serious job seeker or just receptive to the right opportunity, your LinkedIn profile must be second to none.

But according to André Roque of Homeit this new economy has a lot of challenges ahead: If we look at some of the biggest names in the asset-swapping game, Uber and Airbnb, it doesn’t take very long to dig up plenty of information on both platforms’ ongoing struggles with regulatory hurdles.

Think about how you feel when you tick something off your to-do list or – if you work in an Agile environment – when you move a task post-it to ‘done’? You feel good right? This natural ‘high’ is due to a hit of dopamine: a chemical reward from your brain designed to keep you focused on the end goal.

Very often a candidate will focus on interview technique and performance in the interview itself.

Paul Carroll from Toastmasters International has tips for getting the level of information right and creating a successful presentation: Understand your audience When addressing new people (e.g.

Everyone talks about ‘going digital’, but what does this mean to the leadership team of a large company in structuring the IT function? In short, we think it is all about customer centricity.

The vast array of channels that companies manage, which involves interactions with customers, generates an abundance of data.

What do you do now? Although this scenario is all too familiar, no two sets of circumstances are identical.

The consulting industry is experiencing unprecedented shifts, with increased competition, tighter margins and the continued war on talent.

Artificial intelligence can transform the productivity and GDP potential of the UK landscape.

Mindset isn’t just mindset; Potential isn’t just potential.There is a link between mindset and potential.

According to a World Economic Forum report, just 20% of the global workforce delivering professional services to government is female.

The five global shifts reshaping the world we live in.

Ensuring that your brand is defined and recognisable is not only crucial for winning clients but also attracting the best talent, writes Chris Sale of Prism. He discusses the relevance of brand in management consultancy and highlights the following points. Defining your brand is an ongoing process Branding a management consulting practice is significantly different from branding many other types of professional services.

“Artificial intelligence is arguably the big game changer and becoming more commonplace.

PwC is on the cusp of launching a robo-economist that could make the company the "most accurate" economic forecaster on the market.

Shweta Jhajharia of The London Coaching Group defines a business’s brand equity as comprising all the associations, emotions, and experiences that come to mind when a consumer is exposed to the brand: basically, what kind of bond is there between you and your customers? The stronger that bond is, the higher your brand equity.

Endless potential for creativity and innovation, our recent Deloitte Hackathon brought together a hub of inspiration and activity through colleague collaboration and teamwork.

Technological intrusion in the logistics space has resulted in minimizing the current complexity.

The myth: A great leader in an organisation is a born leader.

Palma Michel, author of The Authority Guide to Mindful Leadership, suggests five practical ways to use mindfulness to create a culture for creativity to flourish: 1. Ask Questions Asking questions is an easy way to bring curiosity to any situation.

If you told me a few years ago that in next 10 years we would have flying cars, I would have dismissed it as pure fiction.

Gender equality in the workplace is a good thing – we know diversity makes businesses better.