Welcome to our IT blog! Here you could find a thing or two about current technological and worldly affairs that could affect business.
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Just two or three years ago, people liked to talk about agile working – but often it was purely talk.
Now, though, it’s genuinely happening and most people who are planning a change in their workplace – whether it’s a new building, a refurbishment or a look at better utilisation of space – are focusing on agile working. So what are some of the themes that underlie true agile working
Mobile devices come in all shapes and sizes, from smartphones, notebooks and tablets, to the new-breed hybrid convertibles and detatchables that made headlines at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015. While mobility boosts enterprise employee efficiency by delivering “anywhere access” to business data and systems, it obliterates what’s left of the increasingly ineffective corporate network perimeter. […]
Whatever your definition of success one thing is true for everyone: Success means getting things done. Highly successful people are able to get a lot more things done, and here are simple ways you can too. 1. They eliminate every “ego” commitment We all do things that have more to do with ego than results. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5 Leadership Skills You Must Have to Succeed You may think of leadership skills as something that belongs to corporate culture, but they’re just as critical to any entrepreneurial business. Starting a business, or leading a team is a concentrated experience. Everything you do is more immediate, more definitive, more tied to your eventual success. […]
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