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Read the latest business news, insights from us and thought-leadership articles to reveal views from a different perspective.
Read the latest business news, insights from us and thought-leadership articles to reveal views from a different perspective.
First of all, thank you for visiting our news section. Here, we share the latest business news, our own insights into business challenges and thought-leadership articles to stimulate different points of view and perspectives. We offer this across categories related to our research, plan, change and enable service pillars.
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A lot of business challenges went unsolved as senior leaders wrapped up for the holidays. Returning to work in the new year means renewed impetus, renewed focus and renewed energy. However, the same old challenges persist, typically across people, processes, systems and even partners.
Recent research suggests that only 18% of transformations are successful. Add to that the fact that around 5% of AI projects generate a return and we have a challenge. Somehow, substantial amounts of organisational capital is wasted during transformation programmes. Despite setting out with
Oxbridge? Doctor? Barrister? MBA? Chairman/woman? The chances are that you have formed some image of this person in your head before you read this far. This is known as the ‘halo effect’, where we associate positive traits with a person or object. We give
According to a study paper by MIT, 95% of organisations implementing Generative AI have seen zero return on investment (ROI). Furthermore, they suggest that about 85% of projects will fall flat on their face for a variety of reasons. Since ChatGPT was unleashed on
Every business should have some form of business plan. Given the rapidly evolving and pressured business environment, it helps to provide some focus. According to Gemini AI, planning priorities include AI, sustainability and ESG goals, hyper-personalisation, flexible/hybrid working and data-driven analytics. So, why are
Sometimes, we ask ourselves if clients are better off with a business coach rather than a management consultant. But what is the difference? Do you need a business coach? Do you need a management consultant? In what scenarios might both of them be needed?
Marketers are not always flavour of the month at board meetings. Sometimes there are no marketers present. Sometimes they struggle to influence the strategic direction. Crucially, career metrics for senior marketers at the top are worsening. Yes, that’s right. Marketers need help, especially in
We have all been guilty of it at some point. Everything is going well, running smoothly and ticking along nicely and we get complacent. In fact, we have spoken to a handful of businesses in recent months who won’t spend the time planning. The
What is a freelancer? Broadly speaking, they work for themselves and for multiple clients. Self-employed people often work for just a single client or ‘employer’. The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed estimates that there are just over 2m freelancers in the UK.
Why bother putting people together in offices? Because face-to-face collaboration is directly linked to greater innovation, performance and employee experience. This isn’t necessarily to say that 5 days per week yields proportionately greater benefit than 3 days per week. In fact, research suggests that
When things are straightforward, it is easier to make a decision. When things are stable, they tend to become more predictable. Alas, when things are predictable, confidence to invest rises. Now, we know that there is no such thing as certainty in business. Most
Next week, Think Beyond is packing up and moving to Alderley Park, a world-leading innovation campus. It is more than just a change of scenery for us, it is a chance to be part of a bustling business community that inspires creativity and collaboration.