A few ways to enable endless employee creativity
What is the limit of an employee's contribution? To set up an enduring business, it’s critical to find a means to realise the endless creativity in your people. So what are the [...]
8 popular ways to reduce employee creativity
Why should you change a culture to affect a business’s value? There is a systemic norm within our workplaces that acts as a roadblock which prevents businesses from moving forwards to becoming [...]
Courage & Truth ensure winners but then there is the Tyranny of Tolerance!
Courage, Truth and The Pitfall of a flawed Culture – the "Tyranny of Tolerance" The factors that set successful enduring businesses apart when they face adversity are real courage and truth. Conversely [...]
Get to Growth the self fulfilling prophecy
Growth Why - A reminder Many may not have heard of James Carville. He was the political strategist who led the 1992 presidential election campaign for Bill Clinton and he is credited [...]
Economic Resarch Council – Relative GDP Recovery
CHART OF THE WEEK Relative GDP Recovery Summary: As the election in the United States approaches, many will be concentrating on the perceived performance of the economy. Compared to most of the [...]
OECD report – The ease of doing business globally
The toughest economies to do business in will be where the breakthrough business models and breakthrough products will be developed and emerge. Like Lenovo and IBM and Tata launching the Nano; these [...]
Why does the stress in the Eurozone economies matter?
Below are some excerpts taken from an excellent report from RSM Tenon Even if your business is not distressed the impact of the macro economic position; e.g. €1.2tr European lending which is [...]
ERC Chart of the week
CHART OF THE WEEK The Cost of Borrowing Summary: In his speech today, Prime Minister David Cameron appeared to equate the cost of borrowing for the government with mortgage rates for the [...]
How realistic / easy is it to add and realise value?
How realistic / easy is it to add and realize value? “You cannot solve the problem with the same type of thinking that created the problem“ - Albert Einstein A view from [...]
Sept 2012 European Distressed Debt Conference some key observations
Interesting factors in the European distressed debt market; or why there is unlikely to be a market for European distressed debt 1. It is estimated of the £6tr European debt £1.2tr is [...]