As a consultant, I spend a fair amount of time reading business plans – sometimes to familiarise myself with the firm I am working with and often to help them deal with a tricky strategic problem. I see many excellent plans – but also a number of shockers. So as Read More
The Lawyer magazine has a regular feature where in-house lawyers and general counsel are interviewed. Whilst each interview focuses on a different issue and is valuable in its own right, it’s worth looking at a selection to see what trends are emerging and what can be learned to inform future Read More
PwC recently announced its annual revenues increased 6.5% to a record £2.6bn with overall profits for UK, Channel Islands and Middle East operations rising 10.8% to £727m in the year ending June 2012. PwC audits 40 of the FTSE 100 firms and posted 4.1% revenue growth to £656m for its Read More
I participated in a fascinating webinar today by AMBA (Association of MBAs) where Professor Simon Collinson (Dean of Birmingham Business School) presented the key findings from the book he co-authored with Melvin Jay called “From complexity to simplicity: Unleash your organisation’s potential”. There may be some interesting lessons for larger Read More
I’ve just finished writing an article reporting on the annual Professional Marketing Forum Conference (“We need to talk about clients”) which was held on 27th September at the Congress Centre in Central London (this will appear shortly in http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/current_issue.aspx). Each year, the conference concludes with a panel comprising clients giving their Read More
