9/30/2019 8:34:05 AM What Makes People Charismatic, and How You Can Be, Too By Tim Hughes I lived in Harrow, in London until I was 8 years old. I would play football with my older brother and a gang of boys (sorry forgotten...
9/28/2019 7:55:43 AM The Results Are In, And Current Employee Engagement Strategies Aren’t Working: Here’s What Does By Tim Hughes It's not rocket science to think that happy employees makes happy customers. If you look at the recent demise of Thomas Cook, there are...
9/27/2019 11:45:58 AM Facebook metrics boost your ego, not engagement! By Stephen Sumner If you aren’t an exceptional brand, a top influencer, or the current occupant of the White House, then I hate to be the bearer of bad...
9/27/2019 11:11:24 AM Why Social evidence for retailers equates to real time reputation. By Stephen Sumner In the not too distant past if a rumour started about a retail company it probably took an industry magazine or a national newspaper to...
9/27/2019 10:15:50 AM Consumers prefer private label brands, because they innovate. By Stephen Sumner “A majority of U.S. OTC pharmaceutical brands are being overshadowed as more consumers are choosing to buy OTC medicine from...
9/27/2019 9:59:04 AM Tech alone won't help Sainsbury’s deliver a turnaround. By Stephen Sumner I picked up what I hope will turn out to be a welcome and positive news story for the retail sector from Sainsbury's this week, they say...
9/27/2019 8:43:54 AM Our Job Titles are Getting in the Way of Sales and Marketing Transformation By Tim Hughes Last week we ran out first #DLAIgnite global conference, we did the usual things. Flew in our Associates and resellers from around the...
9/27/2019 12:00:00 AM If 95% of LinkedIn profiles suck, what are you doing about yours? By Stephen Sumner If you talked to someone who went to 'Harvard' and they suggested you take a good long look at your LinkedIn profile would you? I came...
9/25/2019 5:56:27 PM The Benefits of Bringing Your Whole Identity to Work By Tim Hughes I've just spent the day with 50 Learning and development Leaders, where we defined a training strategy that built in change. One of the...
9/24/2019 12:00:00 AM Are you Ready to Become a Digital Leader? By Tim Hughes In the last two weeks Apple announced it's new Apple watch, like it's phones it has to innovate to stay level or stay ahead of its...
9/24/2019 12:00:00 AM Bruce Springsteen and the Quest for Authenticity By Peter Springett Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen. 70 years old this week. I hate Bruce Springsteen. Actually that's not true. I used to hate The Boss....
9/23/2019 1:32:45 PM Why only 1% of communities create new content. By Stephen Sumner In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that only 1% of the...
9/23/2019 1:29:45 PM Thomas Cook It Could Have Been So Different By Tim Hughes So after all these years, Thomas Cook has collapsed. This is what disruption looks like! When I was growing up package holidays were a...
9/23/2019 12:54:44 PM Is TV advertising to blame for how we use social media?. By Stephen Sumner When you think about watching stuff on the TV what comes to mind, do you think about the biggest screen in the house, or do you think...
9/23/2019 12:09:16 PM HR can't change company culture alone. By Stephen Sumner My day job is working with companies who are needing to 'change'. This focus comes with lots of reasons, most of them are unfortunate...
9/23/2019 11:40:10 AM Up-skilling your people means putting your customers first. By Stephen Sumner A 2016 report from the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity estimates that 30 percent of young adults will...