Big Business

New isn’t always better. In the case of business growth, new accounts are good, but they’re not the easiest or most economical way to expand your enterprise technology company’s client roster. In fact, according to long-accepted marketing wisdom, acquiring one new customer is five times more costly than retaining an...

While the reduction in our carbon footprint has long been the eco-friendly battle cry of those campaigning to re-route supply chains to local producers, the aftermath of the COVID-19 lockdowns is laying bare the real costs of a global supply chain that continues fail at the feet of demand. No...

Inefficient business processes cost over $3 trillion annually, according to a Harvard Business Review estimate. And that’s before the onset of a pandemic that dragged many employees home, without laptops optimized for secure access to corporate systems, among other headaches. Even in the best of times, the list of habits...

Culture can be such a difficult concept to define. It relates to people, purpose, and the organisation itself, and how they are all intertwined. However, I think one of the most useful ways to describe culture is this: it is what people do when no-one is watching! When I talk...

Risk can be an uncomfortable topic, as there are responsibilities associated and often significant consequences. As we’ve seen with COVID-19, many organisations were ill-prepared and this lack of foresight affected their response.  It is interesting, most people I have spoken with since the Pandemic began, shared they knew the potential,...

When I was starting my business, I was full of fire. Ideas ran through me like a river and I had all the energy in the world to get things done. I was eating well, exercising, getting a decent amount of sleep, and — although I knew better — I...

Recent studies have demonstrated a lack of trust between employers and employees in the workplace. With this in mind, what can companies do to build a more confident work environment? Rhett Power discusses why money factors into this equation and how business leaders can shore up financial trust among their...

Hiring great talent is the most important need of all businesses. Gone are the days when people had to choose the career paths of their forefathers, and since professions are not that closer to people than they used to in the past, you have to be careful about hiring people....

Thanks to digital burnout and continuous partial attention, remote meetings can feel unproductive. Here’s how to get your remote or hybrid team back on track. The ever-present opportunity to do other things during online meetings is one of the biggest leadership challenges with remote teams. We all experience this temptation...

As the Starks of Winterfell always say: “Winter is coming.” And after almost two years of social distancing and more work going remote, finding motivation is more challenging than ever. Get ahead of the foreboding colder months and threat of seasonal affective disorder. Consider implementing some or all of these...