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Why We All Need To Be Disruptive Leaders

3rd April 2019 By Stephen A Kirk

We live in a world of unparalleled change, much of it good (think of the benefits of mobile communications, the internet and advances in food production that have led to a steady reduction in global poverty), but alongside these benefits come real problems (from the changes needed to address climate change through to the more immediate struggle with cyber-security).  As leaders, we all know the dangers of ignoring the changes […]

Filed Under: 21st Century, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: Bureaucracy, disruptive, high growth business, innovation, leader, Leadership, Strategy, technology

Leading change – not as easy as it sounds

10th May 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

Leading Change

Working with businesses on strategy, it is very apparent that the increasing rate of technological change is forcing companies to change themselves more frequently. Yet the existing strategy and planning processes often fail to evolve fast enough. It is also interesting to see how often well organised and successful businesses struggle to implement change. This […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: change, Leadership, Management, Strategy

Strategy development: How technology is changing the process

26th April 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

BI Dashboard

I have recently been working with a number of companies to help them develop their strategies. I have been impressed by the ways in which these entrepreneurial organisations are using technology, not only as part of their businesses, but also as part of the strategy development process. In particular, it is pleasing to see the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: analytics, business information, business intelligence, M&A, Strategy

Mind The Gap – Time To Look At Productivity

24th February 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

Productivity Increase

Much has been written about need to improve productivity in advanced economies; and whilst the productivity gap has been highlighted as a particular concern in Britain (especially since the last recession) there are few counties where it does not feature on the political agenda somewhere. Companies are rightly being encouraged to invest more to raise […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: change, Cloud, investment, productivity, risk, software

Mastering The ‘Dark Arts’ Of Strategy Development

8th February 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

Many businesses, especially, SMEs, see strategy development as something of a “dark art” however, in my experience, it needn’t be….  Whilst it is generally helpful to have plenty of information at the start of the process (market analysis, competitive positioning etc.) the best outputs are generally those that follow a mantra of simplicity and definitely […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: execution, Goals, Mission, objectives, Strategy, Vision

What Makes A Successful Business?

25th January 2017 By Stephen A Kirk

Business People and Success

“ What Makes A Successful Business?”   This is a question that is often discussed when we are working with companies to help develop their strategy. After all, most of us want to know what is the ‘secret sauce’ behind other people’s success! If you search online, you will find a vast amount of (often contradictory) […]

Filed Under: Articles, Home Page, Insight Articles, Leadership Tagged With: Good to Great, Leadership, Management, Strategy, Success

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