Author: Peter

Digitalisation, Strategy, Trend Spotting

Where are Data Protection and Safe Harbor laws now?

So, we had been on track for the EU wide overhaul and harmonisation of data protection laws, and work had begun to sort out the stand off between the EU and US authorities over safe harbor provisions. Where’s all that now? Presumably, the UK will exit – it must do, I guess – and do…
Digitalisation, Strategy, Trend Spotting

Technology does it again

I’ve heard it said that photography released painters from the workload of capturing reality, freeing them up to do what cameras can’t do. I daresay that many painters might point out that they are capturing what they see as aspects of reality, but you get the point. Camera technology took over the great mass of…
Digitalisation, Strategy, Trend Spotting

The Classroom and School Administration are Going in Different Directions

The direction of travel towards the use of tablets and other personal devices in the classroom seems clear, even if the speed of transition varies between different schools and colleges. Tablets are steadily establishing themselves in the classroom, sometimes ad hoc by Bring Your Own Device, sometimes in one go through personal issue to each…
Management, Organisation

A rear view mirror is not enough

Decision makers in businesses on the move must look forward, and financial accounts and other traditional information tools tend to look at history. Useful, perhaps, but not sufficient. It was said that if you were in the same race as Ayrton Senna, your mirrors were vital, because if he was behind you, he was lapping…
Entrepreneurs, Management, Organisation, Strategy

Change before you have to

Management is all about being proactive and avoiding problems, not being good at coping. At the inquest into the London bombings, a security officer said that their workload with terrorists was so big that “…we only had time to deal with the crocodiles nearest the boat”. In fast growth companies, the CEO’s obsession must be…
Management, Organisation

Sales people are pushy and optimistic

It seems to be a common perception in Britain that sales people are pushy and over optimistic. Mind you, it’s also depressingly common in Britain to hear “Sales always march to the right”. These things just might be connected. So what characteristics are important for success in sales? I was sent a link this week…