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Welcome to our IT blog! Here you could find a thing or two about current technological and worldly affairs that could affect business.

Here are a few of our observations. Let us know what you think!

Networking is Dead says Best Connected Man or is it ?

I read this article on The Times website around the time of the Davos summit at the end of January. According to Rich Stromback, a man sometimes referred to as “Mr Davos” because of the large number of princes and Silicon Valley titans who attend his birthday parties, 99 per cent of all social networking events […]

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The journey to Business Leader for today’s CIO

I often hear how the emergence and rapid proliferation of new technologies makes a CIO’s list of priorities longer every year. In 2015 the biggest trend is the continuing digitization of the enterprise – the transformation of physical processes and business models into digital. This trend is driven by the rapid digitization of consumer habits […]

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Find clients who value your expertise

Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the Wizard of Schenectady Born in 1865 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), Carl August Rudolph Steinmetz became a brilliant student of mathematics and chemistry at the University of Breslau, but he was forced to flee the country after the authorities became interested in his involvement with the Socialist Party.  He arrived […]

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Do you really want to double your support team ?

The great news is that it seems that the chronic under investment of the past years in technology as companies battled to stay afloat and trade through the recession is now over. Whilst naturally cautious our clients are now examining how they can at optimal cost upgrade and enhance their digital infrastructure. A by product […]

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The Science behind change

Ellen Hake works with large corporates in analysing, planning and executing successful change based on how the human brain deals with change. With her customary ‘light touch’ Hake was quickly able to help the audience understand WHY some of the things we already know about communication work from a brain-based point of view. For example: […]

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5 weeks till that day

There are now 5 weeks until Christmas day in fact the afternoon of Christmas day when if past times are anything to go by, family discussions and not a few heated debates around a Monopoly or Scrabble board. fast forward to the 25th December and pause for thought? Will you have completed a plan for […]

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The Twin Christmas Shell Lego Appeal

Traditionally at Twin we make a donation to Charity instead of producing Christmas Seasonal Greeting cards. This Year we are collecting the special edition Lego Toys. We are asking all our own colleagues to collect the toys by using a Shell Filling station. We will collect as many as we can and assemble them into […]

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Social Media in the workplace are you keeping up ?

It goes without saying that social media is now ubiquitous and ever-changing, but with the law ruling that employers can be held vicariously liable for the actions of employees, what can businesses do to protect themselves from legal threat? Initially set-up for friends to stay connected, old flames to re-kindle romances, and families to share […]

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Is leadership from the front over rated?

I was for many years a forthright exponent of there is only one form of leadership model…You know the one the only way to lead is from the front.. Over the top chaps and all that. Then I saw a talk by Derek Sivers on Ted What a great Idea Ted is ! www.ted.com Essentially whilst […]

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