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Category Archives: Strategy
CPD – Business Analyst Certification
Shifting boxes in the loft is great fun isn’t it? –banging your head on the beams and scratching with the loft insulation, but sometimes it is enjoyable as you unpack, long forgotten boxes, wondering why you put them there in … Continue reading
Posted in Business Analyst, CPD, Organisation, Strategy, Systems
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Procrastination and The Cartesian Questions
Yesterday I was following up the progress of a project with a Client. The project has been initiated by them some eight months ago but as of yesterday it still hadn’t got off the starting blocks. The initial flurry of activity, … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy, Uncategorized
Tagged Cartesian Questions, Decision Making, Descartes, Projects
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Lola Sports Cars in Administration- A Directors Perspective.
As a motor sport fan, I was saddened to see the announcement this week that Lola Cars were to be placed into administration. For those of you who are unaware of whom Lola are, they are a specialist sport car racing … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Organisation, Strategy
Tagged Administration, business planning, economic position, Lola Cars, Risk Management
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Sage Software Survey
Business organisations are emerging from the recession with business processes and work flow cycles that are hindering their ability to make the most of the tentative economic recovery” so says a computing survey of over 150 IT decision makers in … Continue reading
Business Model Generation
I have often written about how the world is slowly being turned on its head and how Directors need to think long and hard about how robust their own organisations value proposition is within the market place. Last week Kodak … Continue reading
Costa Concordia Disaster Recovery
You’re just finishing off your evening meal, swirling the remains of wine in your glass and reflecting on today. “It was a good meeting, we got a lot done; this will be a good year” and then the phone rings… … Continue reading
Posted in Organisation, Strategy, Systems
Tagged costa concordia, disaster plan, financial losses, focus diy, jaguar cars ltd, Micky Arison
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Pause For Thought
This Blog is written with a clear intent in mind. It is written to cajole, nudge, prompt and make you, the Director and Senior Manager, stop and think about what is happening within your organisation. If you survived last year … Continue reading
Autumn Statement 2011
George Osborne presented a not unsurprising statement given the debt laden economy, but within the statement there were some opportunities to be looked at and considered. The following key points are taken from business zone, posted by John Stokdyk. Kicking … Continue reading
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