A recent Open University Business School (OUBS) webinar provided a summary of a January strategy summit. The panel included Peter Wainwright, Professor Thomas Lawton, Jo Salter and Antoine Boatwright (Dell) and included numerous case study video clips. This article summarises the webinar - Competitive strategy for business growth: Process, practice Read More
I continue to be one of the judges at these important annual awards (which were this year in association with the Financial Times and Harvard Business Review) and last night I attended the best-ever-attended gala dinner at The Marriott Grosvenor Square to see the winners announced. Sir Nigel Knowles, Joint Read More
At a recent workshop for “Practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants” I asked the participants for their views on the most important practical tips that they were taking away. They picked two – one might argue obvious - techniques to help them improve their communications with partners Read More
Imagine the situation. You have committed to meet someone to discuss a potentially valuable initiative. It is likely that the person you are meeting has arranged their diary to fit your meeting into their busy schedule. You are very busy with a variety of client and internal projects. Do you Read More
I have studied creativity and innovation extensively in the past and admire the work of people such as Bird, Buzan, Cabral, De Bono, Doblin, Grundy, Hayes, Henry, Kirton, Kline, Perkins, Snowden, Sternberg, Thomke and Wallace to name a few. Big C Creativity The psychology of creativity applies empirical, scientific rigour Read More
