Jun 12, 2013 09:00 BST Like Minds "If Social isn't Natural, Don't Use Social" - Philippa Snare, CMO Microsoft, at Like Minds Salon talk, June 6th 2013. Review of Philippa's talk at the June #LikeMinds "Women in Business" Salon talk. http://www.wearelikeminds.com
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Jun 11, 2013 11:26 BST Like Minds Blog post on Josh Kaufman talk, author of "The First 20 Hours", on "How to Learn Anything...Fast!". Josh spoke at the #LikeMinds Business Breakfast on 4th June 2013, at the stunning rooftop Radio Bar at the ME London Hotel, home to the Like Minds breakfast series. Blog post reproduced from http://wearelikeminds.com/articles/twenty-hours-is-all-it-takes-to-learn-a-new-skill
Jun 04, 2013 15:37 BST Dischromatics Limitd Traditional manufacturing in Wales has been in steady decline over a number of years and its future remains challenging. Fortunately, the Creative Industries in Wales are sufficiently well placed to compete, not only across the UK but on a global level.
May 28, 2013 13:20 BST Dischromatics Limitd Under the current credit crisis we are still seeing many companies, large and small going into receivership. On some occasions this is due to their inability to recover money owed to them by their clients.
May 20, 2013 14:00 BST The BCI BC shares common goals and objectives with other management activities. When implemented correctly and with maturity, BC can provide significant benefit through the sharing of key information and the prioritisation of activities.
May 17, 2013 08:00 BST The BCI Getting people to think about business continuity and include it in their daily lives is one of the most difficult, underestimated aspects of a BC programme, yet it can make or break the perception of how successful the programme is. It doesn’t matter how good your resilience and continuity are, if people do not know about it, or what to do in a crisis or how to maintain it, then you have failed.
May 15, 2013 15:01 BST The BCI “The only thing harder than planning for an incident, is having to explain why you didn't.” Many organisations believe they are different and unlikely to experience or suffer from an incident. More often than not, they are wrong. No organisation wants to be affected by an incident or expects it, but that does not mean that they should not consider and plan a response just in case it does happen.
May 15, 2013 09:04 BST The BCI Often working in isolation and surrounded by your ‘adversaries’, it can be a lonely role for BC professionals as you struggle to embed BCM into your organisation and to win over some of your strongest critics. Just when you feel your energy levels dwindling and see your enthusiasm ebbing into the distance, along comes the BCM World Conference and Exhibition.
May 14, 2013 08:20 BST The BCI It’s very easy for the uninitiated to assume that something that looks a bit like a Business Continuity plan actually is one. But sometimes you have to look past the superficial bits to get to the reality. Sometimes, when you dig a bit, it becomes apparent that what, on the surface, is a convincing looking Business Continuity plan doesn’t actually have any substance to it .
Apr 23, 2013 08:55 BST The BCI Andy compares home DIY to Business Continuity and talks about the additonal costs and time delays that can result when having to rectify other people's badly done home improvements. In his experience, it's like updating someone else's BCP. What should be a straightforward task turns into a monster undertaking because someone without the necessary skills or experience has had a go.