Delivery Frameworks: Where do you start? How do you select and implement a delivery framework that works for you?Whitepaper When it comes to delivering a successful transformation or change project and maintaining a timeframe and budget, choosing the right delivery framework is vital. But when there are so many to choose from, how can you…
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Just Because it Functions, Doesn’t Mean It Is Good… Lessons to Be Learnt from Design and DevelopmentWhitepaper As part of our series ‘Just Because it Functions, Doesn’t Mean It Is Good…’, we have looked at all areas of a business, and this phrase can be applied in a range of different contexts. Whether it is…
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Just Because it Functions, Doesn’t Mean It Is Good… How Can Leaders Identify Gaps and Upskill Their Teams?Whitepaper As restrictions finally lift and we begin to return to ‘normality’, many of us are finding that normal life does not quite look like it used to. Leaders are having to find solutions to issues that either…
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Is Data the Key to Sustainability in Agriculture?Whitepaper The agricultural sector is no stranger to challenges, and in recent years this is truer than ever. The pandemic has brought with it a raft of obstacles, not to mention the ongoing climate reckoning and the implications of Brexit and ending of EU (European Union) subsidies. Costs…
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Why Self-Diagnosis of the Problem Never Finds the SolutionWhitepaper We have all done it. When we are feeling unwell or something hurts, it is tempting to jump online to look up the symptoms. And what inevitably happens? Whether or not you self-identify as a hypochondriac, you jump to the worst possible conclusion, and almost always…
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Technologies Change, but Transformation Challenges Stay the Same: People, Process, Technology & PoliticsWhitepaper It can sometimes seem like the concept of ‘transformation’ is a never-ending task, like painting the Forth Road Bridge, as new technologies emerge all the time. How are you supposed to know that your transformation is complete, and you won’t need to…
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Is Risk Always Something to be Avoided?Whitepaper As a business leader it is natural that we should want to protect our business: to avoid risk and keep it from harm. Generally, risk is seen as a ‘bad thing’, and most material published tends to be about how we can avoid or mitigate risk. But what…
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Why is it Important to make Resilience the Core of your Business Strategy?Whitepaper Building a culture of change, that is to say developing an organisation that is relatively comfortable with the new and unknown, can be a challenge. However, this culture of change and innovation is precisely what will help position organisations to evolve and…
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Can Your Organisation Become Resilient in the Face of Adversity?Whitepaper Understanding the resilience of a business and developing a plan for business continuity have long been ideas relegated to the ‘not immediately urgent’ pile for many organisations. The pandemic, however, has had other ideas, and this totally unpredicted spanner in the works has put the…
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How can understanding methodologies from other disciplines benefit business leaders?Whitepaper During the day to day running of a business it can be hard to see how and where to effect change to see the best results. A lot of the latest ‘hot’ ideas are actually just new takes on existing methodologies that have been repackaged, and it…
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