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For how long has your company existed? 10 years? 50 years? 200 years? It is tempting to think that there is nothing to learn from the past, with most senior leaders preferring to look forward. They prefer to rewrite the company according to their

Customer experience management (CXM or CEM) is a strategic approach to enhancing customer satisfaction, experience and engagement using people, processes, systems and partners. In short, it is what an organisation does to understand, measure and enhance the customer experience. Given the vast data lakes

At one point or another, we are fairly sure that you were rejected for a job because of ‘cultural fit’. Other times, it was because another candidate was a closer ‘fit’ to the job specification. Don’t worry, it wasn’t just you. Sometimes, you don’t

It is fair to say that not everyone looks at their finance department as the fuel in the engine (or volts in the battery). Some purely view the function as an overhead to be minimised. Others are led by finance to the extent that

The outside view is a methodology for thinking, problem-solving and prediction based on outside situations, examples and analogies. This differs from traditional thinking and approaches to problem-solving, also known as the inside view. The inside view takes a current situation or problem and seeks

Sustainability was seemingly all the rage just over a year ago. COP26 was the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow from 31st October 2021 to 13th November 2021. In the race to net zero, many countries made climate pledges and published high-level plans for

We all recognise the importance of change and maintaining a competitive advantage. Innovation leads to new ideas. Change leads to doing things better. Transformation leads to doing different things. So, with so much uncertainty in the UK and global economy, are we changing fast

It goes without saying that people who run businesses should be financially savvy. That is that they know how to make money, read an income statement and deal with investment decisions. According to the accountancy body, ICAEW, 51% of the CEOs in the FTSE

It goes without saying that some customer experiences leave a sour taste. Yes, something went wrong that means you voted with your feet and went elsewhere. In some cases, particularly where there are lots of products and brands (e.g. CPG and FMCG), the impact

The human brain has a tremendous ability to conserve energy. New experiences and tasks increase our cognitive load and this can make us tired. If we experience lots of change in a short period of time, it requires more energy for system 2 thinking

As we come to the end of 2022, it seems as though everyone wants a pay rise. With inflation running at 11.1% in October, pay awards ran at 5.7% in September. Given the scale of public sector discontent and strike action, it seems that

Supply chains have come under relentless pressure over the last 3 years. From Brexit transition to COVID emergency, from lorry driver, commodity and production capacity shortages to war in Ukraine and a revolving door at 10 Downing Street, supply chains are creaking. The relative