We’re increasingly used to seeing articles in the press about the importance of cyber security. Thanks in part to some high profile cases, company boards are slowly waking up to the issue as a topic that they have to be involved in. However, a recent FT survey showed that only 3 in 20 said the…
In so many areas of life, being successful is about continually improving versus your previous best. The baseline is key. Outsourcing is no different, without a robust baseline it’s difficult to measure performance and apportion risk and reward in a sustainable and balanced way. The competition to take over the procurement of defence equipment for…
One of the great examples of recent time that is used when people talk about innovation is the iPhone, however, in recent times the iPhone has been under stiff competition from other handset manufacturers and platform providers. It is widely acknowledged that the last iPhone didn’t really wow the world in the way that previous…
SearchCIO.com’s recently published an article on ‘Six ways the CIO job description is changing‘ which focused on the top 6 new skills that CIO’s are expected. A number were unsurprising in the context of today, however, there were some which showed a change and maturing of this increasingly important role as part of an organisational…
With many countries struggling with tough economic times there has been much focus on the issue of taxes, who should be paying, and what is the right balance. In the UK last week it was the turn of three global companies to come under the interrogation of the UK’s Parliamentary Accounts Committee which I briefly…
As Apple fans the world over waited for the release of the iPhone 5 last month the focus was really on the hardware as most of the new features of the next release of the iOS6 operating system had been publicized already. In general there have been no real issues with the new hardware this time round,…
Earlier this year the IACCM published ‘The Future of Contracting’ which was the culmination of inputs from 2,000+ practitioners as to what contract management would look like in 2020. There were many themes that came out, however, two of them were: the role of automation and tools; and the area of skills, organisation, and proceses.…
Through the ages children the world over have used storytelling and game playing to learn and develop knowledge and judgement. Yet in everyday business we see so little focus on its use to help make sense of the increasingly complex and interlinked world that we live in. Latitude Research, who help clients create engaging content,…
Do you remember careers guidance when you were at school? If you were lucky enough to get any then it was likely bite-size in nature. You either knew what you wanted to become, or you had no idea. In which case the 10 minute chat didn’t add any depth to your decision making and the…
