Leadership in Times of Crisis
By Lucy Franklin
What a difference a few weeks makes. When planning for the new financial year, I doubt anyone in Europe saw this coming...
How the South African Economy Reacts to Global Crisis
This year, the novel coronavirus has shattered economies around the globe. No country was left untouched, with almost a million deaths by mid-September. South...
Lack of Safety or Sheer Complacency? Are We Overlooking the Obvious?
With our feet now firmly entrenched in the 21st century, we find ourselves living in a world of incredible technological accomplishments, ever-advancing medical discoveries,...
Crisis Leadership in Action: A Balancing Act between the Past and the Future
By David De Cremer
The year 2020 will remain in our collective memory as a “crisis” year. It is the year where COVID-19 hit the...
Why are some firms becoming more successful during the COVID-19 pandemic?
By Peter Lorange
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide recession of immense proportions. Many companies are closing down, either for good or temporarily. ...
Jack Mason Explains What the Future Holds for British High Streets
As more British chains collapse at the hands of coronavirus, many people worry for the future of our high streets – especially the tens...
Will Vaccine Passports Be Required to Travel to Europe?
After news of two approved coronavirus vaccines broke in late 2020, many were hopeful that the pandemic would soon be over.
While countries around the...
How Can Leaders Build Reputation in Chinese SMEs
By William S. Harvey, Hongqin Li, Oswald Jones and Jie Yang
How can leaders transform their SMEs from being unknown to being known and more...
Strategic Drivers for the Post-Pandemic Era
By Dr. Alessandro Lanteri
Every day business news cover dozens of new products, technologies, consumer behaviours, and business models that could be critical to the...
A year on from lockdown: businesses and their leaders need the metropolis
By Beth Hampson
March 2021 marked the one-year anniversary of lockdown in the UK, which, for many of us, also marks a year of working...
How to Protect Yourself Against Cloned Firms
Cloned firms have been plaguing financial companies across the UK for years and they can be a real nuisance.
A cloned firm essentially ‘clones’ your...
How The Pandemic Differs From A Typical Economic Recession
By Karlton Jahmal
Essential businesses made out pretty well during the pandemic. Nobody was buying out grocery stores during the 2001 or 2007 economic downturns....
How to Overcome Challenges from Unpredicted Events
There are those moments in every business where events just come from out of the blue and seem to be random and possibly catastrophic.
When...
What Is a Business Consultant?
Hiring a consultant may assist companies in improving their performance and making the required adjustments to attain success.
Business consultants aid organizations in overcoming...
Four Ways to Fortify Office Security
As a proponent of vehicle safety in the earlier half of the twentieth century, Eleanor Everet once proclaimed: “safety is not a gadget but...
Preparing for the Next Virus – Pandemic Lessons for IT Infrastructure
By Simon Michie
How do businesses prepare for the next virus or major upheaval that disrupts supply chains and operations like the pandemic?
We saw how...
The Financial Exclusion Problem Facing Ukrainian Refugees and What Can Be Done
By Mikkel Velin, co-CEO, YouLend
With the tools and resources available today, it should be a given that refugee entrepreneurs should be able to flourish...
Tips On Crisis Management For Your Business
It is important to prepare for any eventuality that could lead to a crisis for your business. This could come about due to internal...
The Most Common Forms of Online Payment Fraud and How Merchants Can Combat Them
By Pavels Smirnovs
Online shopping has grown dramatically in popularity and scope over the last decade, with the events of 2020 forcing ever-greater numbers of...
Closing Your Business – The Myths Debunked
The myths and "paper talk" surrounding business closures can sometimes conceal the truth of what actually occurs when one shuts down. You're likely to get a different response...
Transforming Humanitarian Aid Operations with Intelligent Automation
By Dalia Alic
Disasters in numbers: approximately 274 million people needed humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022, with additional 17.7 million people in need due...
First Aid Training – Imperative at Work
First aid training is important at work, especially if you work in a high-risk environment. It's also important to take care of yourself during...
How Business Owners Can Prevent Personal Injuries
Workplace injuries can have huge impacts on a business. The cost is high the lost productivity, medical bills, compensation paperwork, and reduced morale. The...
Why Fire Watch Guards Services Should Be Taken in Commercial Businesses?
One of the most important things a business owner can do to prevent a fire is to keep fire alarm systems and sprinklers functioning...
Balancing Productivity and Remote Work to Avoid The Great Resignation
By Elise Carmichael
The business world is facing an ever-growing challenge: striking the balance between optimising employee productivity levels and providing job satisfaction. Here we...
Common Challenges Faced by Associations
Running an association can be rewarding work, but you will find that there are numerous challenges that most face, and these are often ongoing....
Digital Communication and Public Concern During Natural Disasters.
By Federico Platania, Celina Toscano, and Fernanda Arreola
While it makes sense that governments should use social media for effective communication with the public in...
Infrastructure Department Struggles With 14% Spending Cut
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) in Northern Ireland is facing a significant budgetary challenge in the coming year. Compared to the previous year, there...
Crisis Management During March Madness and How Companies Handle It
March Madness is one of the most highly anticipated sporting events of the year in the United States, with millions of fans tuning in...
How to Thrive in Radical Uncertainty
By Nando Malmelin and Sofi Kurki
The term “VUCA” is familiar to most of us as a convenient label to characterise our constantly changing world....
Best Practices for Dealing with Sudden Business Disasters
Businesses must be ready to deal with unforeseen difficulties that might interrupt their operations in today's quickly evolving business environment. These business disasters, which...
Diagnosis: We have PII and IP… now what?
By Dr. Nina Mohadjer, LL.M.
Many corporations are facing the impossible. They have PII and IP, but once exposed, they face the risk of either...
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Explained
A Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) management system is key to following food hygiene and safety measures. As a food production company,...
The Eutopia of Engaging in Unconditional Kindness to Self and Others
By Salvador García Sánchez and Simon L. Dolan
Introduction
“Resilience” seems to be a common term used by professionals in many disciplines. Psychologists and medical experts...
How To Handle Winter Supply Chain Delays Without Losing Customers
When you own a business, you know that there will be situations along your journey that create problems. Some of these are preventable, and...
The Myth of Fixability: Why Do We Think there is a Silver Bullet to...
By Steve Hearsum
Complex and messy problems are everywhere, not just in business, but in life more generally. Yet the way in which we face...
How to Protect Your Senior Leaders from Burnout: Simple, Company-Wide Leadership Behaviour Changes to...
By Andy Brown
Protecting senior leaders from burnout is essential for sustainable business success. This article from award-winning leadership coach and Amazon best-selling author, Andy...
How to Build Personal Resilience to Navigate a Business Disaster
By David Ross
It doesn’t take long to recall prominent business disasters. Volkswagen’s “emissions-gate” is still before the courts and there are regulatory and legal...
The Great Resignation
By Adrian Furnham
Many believe that the young generation is not interested in working, with some calling them the Lazy Generation. The concept of the...
How to Lead if You Inherit a Bad Situation
By Michael Watkins
As businesses navigate market disruptions, technological innovations and an increasingly turbulent world, leaders will frequently find themselves taking control of a team...
Supporting Crisis Teams and Countering Burnout: A Strategic Essential
By Dr Anthony Renshaw
The ongoing permacrisis has amplified burnout risks, especially for crisis management teams under immense pressure. This article highlights their challenges and...
Intel Corporation: Gordon Moore’s Unique Leadership Strategic Laws and a Mysterious Strategic Turning Point
By Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael J. Provitera
This is a peek at Gordon Moore, the co-founder and emeritus CEO of Intel, who has been noted...
On Ultraintelligence and Ultra Risks
By Dr. Claudio Antonini and Dr. sc. ETH Zurich Kamil Mizgier
What is your pet goldfish's take on the “Offside” rule? Chances are, it’s a little...
Digital Risk Management and Intelligence
By Dr. Nina Mohadjer, LL.M
Even today, more than five years on from the pandemic-induced exodus from the office, companies are still grappling to comprehend...
Managing Crises in the Digital Age
By Edward Segal
In today’s hyperconnected world, crises spread rapidly through social media, amplifying misinformation and shaping public perception. This article outlines how leaders can...
