6 Tips for productive team meetings
‘There’s always one!’ ... is a common exclamation in the United Kingdom, used in a variety of circumstances, from someone spilling a glass of red wine at the Christmas party to someone at odds with fellow team members. Typically, that person won’t be popular because we are programmed to want everyone to agree with us [...]
Forming strategic alliances for company growth and reduced risk
Forming strategic alliances can result in many positive outcomes for a start-up, growing or mature company. Here's a case-study to illustrate how the formation of several strategic alliances created significant value for one of our clients. The challenges Several years ago, an overseas FinTech client of mine had an idea for a novel payment platform [...]
How to Define Your Unique Selling Points (USPs)
If you came to me and asked me to help you to grow your business, the first thing I would ask is 'Can you define unique selling points for your business?', or to put it another way, 'Why, in your opinion, do your clients purchase your product/service from yourself and not from your nearest competitor'? Jot [...]
Chatbots and business transformation
Mark my words, in a relatively short time-span, chatbots and business transformation will become synonymous. It has to! The technology is too disruptive for it to be ignored. Recently, we’ve been seeing in the media how robots/chatbots/AI (artificial intelligence) are transforming how we do things and how robots might one day take over the world [...]