by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 12, 2021 | Digital Transformation, Employee Engagement, mindSHIFT, New Ways of Working, Social Impact
Anyone who has been locked down, or unable to see family and friends as a result of the pandemic, is looking forward to connecting with people again. While the anticipation of connecting is almost overwhelming, it’s perfectly natural that a small part of our psyche is...
by Gavin Heaton | Oct 25, 2021 | Digital Transformation, Innovation
The pandemic has been a time of unexpected innovation for many organisations. Without warning, the digital transformations that many of us have been championing found new pathways and momentum. Everything from enabling remote work to reimagining customer service was...
by Joanne Jacobs | Oct 4, 2021 | Innovation, Trends
Last week I presented at the Peter Vickers Business group event, on the invitation of Denise Archie from Coaching College. I was charged with preparing an overview of innovation trends and coming up with some tools to help build business resilience. Attending were...
by Gavin Heaton | May 24, 2021 | Blog Posts, Future of Work, Strategy
Over the last three months, we have been having conversations with friends, clients, industry partners and business connections across the board. Since Covid, some people have lost and found jobs, changed industry or moved out of the city to adopt a “tree...
by Joanne Jacobs | May 9, 2021 | Best Practices, Events, Facilitation
When you’re engaged with a problem space, it can become difficult to separate the core problem from its symptoms, which typically manifest themselves into the problems that you deal with day to day. As a result, you can end up spending precious time and resources on...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 13, 2021 | Communications, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, Strategy
Let’s face it. You’re not going to be reading this post if you’re not already at least partly digital in your approach to doing business. But perhaps you’re not quite as confident or experienced in the scope and impact of digital technologies as you’d like...
by Joanne Jacobs | Apr 8, 2021 | Social Media, Strategy
As the world gradually returns to work after an extraordinary year of COVID-19, the question of how to reboot sales and engage audiences begins to creep into the minds of business owners, large and small. But while Donald Trump is no longer tweeting (or indeed in...
by Gavin Heaton | Apr 6, 2021 | New Ways of Working, Strategy
It’s easy to think of disruption as a singular event – like a major change in business, a takeover, an unexpected technology transformation or a new competitor that enters the market. But if we have learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic it’s that...
by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 16, 2020 | Digital Strategy, Social Media
In the last decade, we have seen the consistent, rapid growth of social media – from platforms and data to use cases and engagement. However, since the pandemic in 2020, social media users are now spending at least 2 hours per day on an average of 8 different...
by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 13, 2020 | Branding, Strategy
Many businesses are unsure where to take their businesses, and ensure business growth and opportunities. Regardless of whether you are a B2B or B2C enterprise, one way that you can reignite your customer base is by redefining your brand, particularly around your...