I was delighted to be asked to join a group of leading consultants and academics by Laurie Young, Dr Wendy Schultz and Gill Ringland of SAMI Consulting last week to explore techniques for scenario planning both to help develop more robust strategies and to increase engagement in the strategic process. Read More
Some recent statistics released from official sources: LEGAL Repeat offenders: Ministry of Justice show that 102,310 people convicted in 2011 – nearly a third of the overall total of offenders – had committed 15 or more crimes. 70,000 men had committed between seven and 14 crimes. Average jail sentences: Average jail Read More
Targeting is one of those interesting areas that sometimes falls between the marketing plan (where market sectors and ideal clients are described) and selling (where attention is concentrated on converting leads generated by marketing). At the other end of the scale, some firms simply have lists of named institutions and Read More
One of the most thought provoking questions I think I was ever asked was “Do you fear the future?”. And it must have been running through the minds of the 530 or so delegates at the LawTech Futures conference in Victoria yesterday as we listened to two leading futurologists. Charles Read More
A round up of some of the recent data for your PEST and scenario analyses: Economy and recession Two reports warned that the economy would not return to pre-recession levels for several years and the world would take the same time to see a job market recovery. IPPR says it Read More