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Then the first question is WHY? Why? Because people do not buy what you say – but why you say it. Simon Sinek proves this beyond doubt in his book Start with Why. You can get a good taste of this alr...
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Imagine you are doing the last of your Christmas shopping – all that’s left to get is a large chunk of your favourite stock. Because you generally buy in bulk, you know to avoid the brightly lit but e...
Myth: Financial services firms introducing cloud technology can follow the exact same model as other firms and even deploy a pre-set “product” used by others in the industry. Fact: One of the first qu...
A phishing attack is a trick e-mail sent randomly to perhaps a million recipients, and the thief counts on the numbers game aspect: Out of any given huge number of people, a significant percentage wil...
I was reading an article authored by Marc Rapport, senior writer at Callahan & Associates, called “All For One or One For All?” comparing the different technology strategies of two credit union...
The guy who invented the first wheel was a great inventor - The guy who saw the need for the other three was an innovator. There is a lot of smart technology invented, but unless it finds the right ap...
My children, four and six, are lucky to have a full set of grandpas and grannies, who spoil them with presents and some "monetary contributions". In fact, over the last few years the little ...
Recent research carried out by Bacs found that the national late payment debt currently stands at a staggering £46.1 billion. The Bacs survey of 350 UK companies found the rate of late payment to firm...
MiFID II imposes simple categories on a complex trading landscape, such as on- and off-exchange, or multi-lateral vs. bi-lateral. Obviously having some rules helps unravel complexity, but too many kil...
How many organisations do you know that look beyond the confines of their workplaces to understand the behaviour, values and even buying patterns of the future consumer? For any organisation to thrive...