Tags:
Strategy,
Collaboration,
Communication
No business is an island
Knowledge may be power, but for many organisations, this means hiding the secrets of its innermost workings from colleagues as well as competitors. This is not to say that we should all be throwing open our doors – that’s just transparency gone mad....
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Collaboration,
Growth
When collaboration means business
How often have you heard a company claim it’s all about “relationships”? How many do you know that look for “partners” rather than “customers”? A wild guess would suggest quite a few – after all, when it costs more to acquire a new customer than reta...
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Tags:
Data management,
Risk Compliance Governance (GRC),
Bottom Line,
Collaboration
Pieces of a puzzle
Imagine trying to solve a puzzle without being certain what the end result should look like, much less how the pieces fit together. Now imagine trying to build the puzzle pieces themselves. Bit of a challenge? To say the least.But this is the...
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Tags:
Growth,
Collaboration,
Know-how,
Data management
Something to watch over you
Quick question for anyone whose organisation is growing: how many times have you, your customers or stakeholders heard the following: “Sorry about this, the system’s been slow all day”; “There’s a problem with the system – I think the IT people are...
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Change,
Collaboration,
Data management
Inspiring change
The word interoperability crops up a lot these days. Inspired by the need to navigate across different IT architectures, getting your multiple systems to exchange and use information offers real benefits to your business.Making your systems talk to...
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Tags:
Know-how,
Strategy,
Entrepreneur,
Change,
Collaboration,
Growth
Paint by numbers
When Firwood Paints, based in Bolton, won a DTI-backed e-Commerce Award in September 2005, it was as the region’s best end-to-end integrated business. The company’s new website (www.firwood.co.uk) forged a dynamic link not only between a...
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Tags:
Strategy,
Data management,
Know-how,
Collaboration
Share and share again
What does your organisation actually know? Answer: rather more than you think it does. And there’s the rub, because that knowledge isn’t being put to the most effective use. Sure, you know what’s happening. Your business has grown. It now employs sco...
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Tags:
Strategy,
Growth,
Collaboration
Building blocks
Professional, determined and competitive – these are the values that led Travelex, the world’s largest foreign exchange specialist, to choose England rugby international player and world champion, Jonny Wilkinson, as its latest brand...
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