For any inventor, having a product that starts in the garden shed and ends up in retailers worldwide would be a dream come true. The icing on the cake would surely be if that happened with one of the UK’s most successful businesswomen on board. And what if that all took…
With over 1,000 companies trying to sell some type of marketing technology in over 40 categories, it’s not surprising that the most common word that marketers use to describe themselves is “overwhelmed.” Get a list of seven technologies that are table stakes for today’s marketer here.
London City Airport has announced plans for a £344 million expansion which it says will add £1.5 billion to the UK economy every year. Find out more here.
The pursuit of success is what drives us to innovate by any means necessary. Lean methodology places a premium on testing, failing (or succeeding) fast, pivoting and finding clever, creative ways to stand out in a crowded marketplace. Startups do this because they’re looking for a business model that works…
Trust is the foundation of success. If you are an athlete, you have to trust your teammates. If you are a musician, you have to trust your counterparts. If you are an entrepreneur, you have to trust the people you work with. And if you’re running a company, you have…
Over the past five years the importance of the high-growth businesses and how this relatively small group of businesses disproportionally impacts our economy has become widely recognised. Find out more here.
What are the traits of a great salesperson today? The top salespeople who close the most deals are nothing like the old stereotype of the sleazy car salesman who aggressively pushes and cons his prospective customers into closing a deal. Technology has reshaped the world of sales in the last…
As a professor and management consultant, Michael Marquardt has spent more than 25 years training and doing research with leaders. He concluded that leaders succeeded because they asked questions–the right questions–frequently. In Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask, Marquardt says, “Good leaders…
Close to two-thirds of leading organisations have no defined tone of voice, and the majority haven’t even considered developing one, according to a new study by Illuma on behalf of The Writer. Among those without a clear tone of voice, 71 per cent had never considered developing one, while over…
Hadoop’s co-creator, Doug Cutting, believes that the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing will form the basis of the next phase of growth for the 10-year-old big data platform, which so far has seen most uptake in the finance, internet and telecoms sectors. Indeed, he pointed out, it’s already…