Cyber security innovators are taking on the criminals on their own turf October 21, 2016 In an increasingly digital world where we entrust our most valuable data to the information superhighway, it was almost inevitable that criminals and other bad actors would eventually catch up and move their business online too. Their methods are becoming ever more sophisticated as they take advantage of the labyrinth that is the "dark web", which enables [...]
It’s time to take notice of the coming healthtech revolution October 21, 2016 A tech-enabled healthtech revolution is well and truly in play judging by the superb businesses on the Digital Innovators list blazing a trail in this area, and lives are being transformed for the better as a result. While lifestyle fitness apps have been the popular entry point to consumers managing their own health digitally, uMotif [...]
The 10 skills employers desperately want to hire in 2016 (Spoiler: “teamwork” isn’t one of them) October 21, 2016 Think "teamwork" and "perfectionism" are enough to get you hired in 2016? Think again. LinkedIn has just released its list of this year's most in-demand skills, and there isn't a CV cliche among them. The list, which is taken from all the recruitment activity that's taken place on LinkedIn this year, ranks both technical and soft [...]
Weathering the Twitter storm at work October 21, 2016 In the time it takes to read this sentence, over 25,000 tweets will have been posted worldwide. Some of these will be interesting, some amusing and many forgettable, but it’s inevitable that some will be completely misjudged. In a personal context this may lead to social embarrassment, but in a work context the consequences can [...]
Feeding Britain’s largest manufacturing sector October 20, 2016 The food and drink industry is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, contributing about £95.4bn to the economy every year. It is also one of Britain’s biggest exporters. Out of a total of £12.3bn food and non-alcoholic drinks exports in 2015, British businesses sold an impressive £580m of chocolate overseas, while cheese and salmon exports were worth [...]
How emotional intelligence can transform your business October 20, 2016 You don't have to be an HR director to know that stress is an expensive business. And it’s on the increase. In 2014-15 stress accounted for 35 per cent of all work-related ill-health cases, and 43 per cent of all working days lost due to ill health in UK. Traditionally, organisations have simply given stress [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Smoothie operator – meet the man behind the Nutribullet October 19, 2016 Gordon Black is the man behind best-selling clean eating craze the Nutribullet – and the richest retail tycoon you've never heard of. He joins the team from Yorkshire to tell the story of his family's business, Peter Black, and explain how it became one of Marks & Spencer's largest suppliers – as well as when to keep a business in the family, and [...]
Why is good behaviour in business such a radical idea? October 19, 2016 One of the most significant passages of Theresa May’s wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Party conference earlier this month criticised selfish bosses, rigged markets and dysfunctional businesses. Calling for a new spirit of citizenship, the Prime Minister highlighted a rogues’ gallery of those companies who refused to play by the rules, infuriated their customers and [...]
Don’t get left behind: Staying ahead of the future of leadership October 18, 2016 For centuries, predicting what leaders would look like in the future was simple. Just look at the past and repeat: a succession of commanders and controllers, almost exclusively male, fighting to reach the top. Why might leadership in the rest of the 21st century look different? Two reasons: new science and new people. First, science. As [...]
Wage against the machine: The robots are coming October 18, 2016 Depositing money at the bank, booking a doctor’s appointment, or ordering a pint of beer may have little in common today, but it’s highly likely that, in the near future, basic jobs such as these will be carried out by robots. Existing robotic and artificial intelligence technologies are quickly eliminating a vast number of low-level [...]