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The July episode of Chief Wellbeing Officer asks who owns wellbeing with Heineken. Different functions within the organisation may have a different angle on...
Going Paperless: All You Need to Know
If you’re a bit of a traditionalist and love making notes in a notepad or printing everything out so you have a hard copy,...
innovation strategy
By Claudio Cisullo A common mistake in industries faced by severe performance pressure is to turn to well-known innovation tools and strategies. Especially in sectors where...
Enter the Industry 4.0 Era Today by Using “Dark Data” You Already Have
By Gregory Gimpel and Allan Alter The Industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT), also known as Industry 4.0, provides new opportunities to harness data-driven insights to improve business...
Knowledge Management: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practise
By Mostafa Sayyadi There are some executives that like to look at academic journals but unfortunately, the crossover literature has not reached them enough. In...
Financial Literacy
When you start a business, you can often get caught up in the day-to-day running and forget about all the important back-office tasks. These...
Online Casino
One of the biggest benefits which online businesses have versus brick and mortar businesses is that they have significantly less overheads which impact their...
By Yazeed Alhezzani It is well known that everything in life changes and the only constant thing is change per se. So, in order for...
podcast
If you’ve been following current business and marketing trends, you’ll be no stranger to the recent buzz around podcasts. According to recent studies by...
Employee Retention Rates in the Job-Hopping Age
By Stefan Klumpp and Gareth Platt In a world where 1 in 4 employees quits within 90 days, how do you hang on to your...
Amazingly Good Sales Pitch
Let’s face it — selling is hard work. Convincing a prospective buyer to trust you and consider your offer can be extremely difficult. It’s...
Wireless Technology
Wireless technology was revolutionary when it was first introduced. It’s had a significant impact on our lives, helping us to stay connected on the...
How to Ensure You Keep Up with Demands in Business
Running a business can be extremely challenging. There are so many tasks and things you need to take care of on a daily basis....
Vlogging Became the New Advertising
It wasn’t long ago that advertising was a game of hardball, played by big-name corporate executives around imposing boardroom tables. The game was exclusive,...
Ways to Plan a Right Influencer Marketing Campaign
Are you annoyed because your influencer marketing campaigns seem to be failing? Despite all of your input, the results you seek do not seem to...
international business expansion
When it comes to running a business, there are many ways to be successful and measure success. However, for some of us, it’s a...
Thank-You Cards
One of the most influential resources for a business owner is repeat business. Repeat business is established through two main approaches: providing a product...
E-commerce Business
Making your e-commerce business stand out involves a complex interaction of many things. First off, it is never an easy process as the market...
Understanding Consumer Touchpoints to Improve Your Business
Running a business can be difficult at times, which is why striving for better should always be at the forefront of everyone’s mind. This is...
  Course: Global Advanced Management Programme BE THE DISRUPTER, NOT THE DISRUPTED. Every aspect of the business world has been disrupted. With new technologies, new demands, new...
Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware is computer software which effectively blocks access to files until money is paid to restore access. It can be delivered by an infected...
Tech Trends Shaping the Future of HR in 2019
As the old saying goes, “you’re only as good as your weakest link”. It’s a phrase which is extremely pertinent to the world of...
most innovative companies in Europe
There is simply no denying that business is booming in Europe. This is certainly an up sight for the country as over the past...
Challenges Facing E-Commerce Today and their Solutions
Over the past 10-15 years, electronic trading platforms have emerged in the depths of large enterprises as a system of resource allocation between departments....
millennials and sustainable homes
Millennials are responsible for driving a lot of new trends and services. As they make up a large proportion of consumers, businesses are constantly...
Be Your Own Boss
Ah, to be your own boss. It’s a dream shared by many of us – one that a number of Brits have turned into...
HR manager skills
The world of human resources is constantly changing, in line with wider trends in the labour market. So, whilst more Brits are in employment...
Customer and Business
Many people think customer and business interactions have taken something off a backseat in some sectors due to the rise of online shopping and...
Corporate Social Responsibility – Does Sustainability Come into it?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) means businesses operate in a way that benefits both society and the environment at large. Some debate that business sustainability,...
Maturity in Trading Comes with Learning
It is necessary for all of the traders to get some good kind of learning in the system. From there, all of the best...
Expanding Your Business Into America
Thinking of Expanding Your Business Into America? Foothold America has created a free guide about expanding a business into America and the process required...
Designing Culture for 202,000 Employees at Santander
By Steven P. MacGregor Dan Strode couldn’t believe Monday had rolled around again so fast. Sleep had been at a premium during a busy ‘working’ weekend...
best slot games 2019
More than 200 new slot games have launched in 2019 thus far, with the promise of many more to come. You can find new...
Here we talk with Santander's Global Head of Strategy and Culture, Dan Strode about The Santander Way; eight behaviours, three values and four leadership...
The June episode of Chief Wellbeing Officer looks at culture with Santander. The Santander Way includes eight behaviours, three values and four leadership commitments...
creative operations
Creative departments in all parts of business have seen a rapid increase of work and importance, with creative operations being more important now than...
Top Security Options for Business Online and Offline
Businesses of all sizes face threats from offline and online sources. Cyber criminals creep around the perimeter of many networks, just waiting for their...
How Technology is Transforming Education
Technology has long been changing the world and today’s society is shifting to become a Cyber Reality. The good news is that this shift...
become a better boss
Being a boss isn't as easy as other people think. You have a lot of responsibilities, and you are the one who keeps it...
Why Leaders Should Encourage Employees to Rebel
By Francesca Gino Organisations see lacklustre results when workers feel bored and constrained. By encouraging employees to rebel against convention and bring their best selves...
Organisation’s Core: Millennials
By Guido Stein and Miguel Martín How do organisations strategise to create a sound and functional workforce? In this article, the authors present how...
By Gregory DeYong, Hubert Pun and Carol Lucy Copycats are every industry’s nightmare. Consumers are becoming more budget-conscious and many start to favour generic products...
leadership development coaching
Interview with Professor Brecht Cardoen, Academic Director of the DBA programme, Vlerick Business School Founded in 1953 in one of Europe’s premier education spots, Vlerick...
operations and supply chain management
By Samuel Dinnar and Lawrence Susskind We all know the statistics. Most start-up businesses fail. While many experts attribute the high failure rate to the...
Sometimes Being Yourself is the Best Globalisation Strategy: Lessons from a K-Pop Group, BTS
By Won-Yong Oh and Mooweon Rhee Multinational corporations face the paradox of globalisation and localisation in expanding foreign markets. As the BTS’s success shows, the...
importance of business education
Are you among the very many, that wishes to be an entrepreneur? Or maybe you have a dream and want to venture out on...
innovation culture framework
By Kristine Marin Kawamura and Simon L. Dolan Innovation has been consistently found to be the most important characteristic associated with organisational and market success....
Good news anyone can write, but the bad news is not everyone is a good writer and not every good writer can have a...
wellbeing ROI
By Steven MacGregor Toby and Daniel were corporate rebels. Meeting at SAP in 2005 their approach to work – challenging the current way of doing...
  In part 2 of the SAP case recorded 6 months on from episode 15 we discuss the changes in the Happiness at Work initiative...