Over the past decade, the way we work has utterly transformed and continues to evolve at speed. We are now working remotely and flexibly on a whole host of different devices, and as such technologies have developed and new innovations have been rolled out to enable this. This explosion of connectedness has not come without […]
It’s a tale as old as time in the business world. Project workloads increase, resources strain to breaking point, and CEOs are left with two choices: hire more people or push back deadlines.
The French political economist, Jean Monnet, was my kind of leader. His ability to inspire people to work together towards a clearly defined objective enabled extraordinary progress for multiple decades and numerous countries, all without being elected to public office. Monnet conceived the Treaty of Paris, originally with an objective around Franco-West German coal and […]
The workspace of today has evolved far beyond the conventional office portrayed in popular culture, which are typically comprised of sterile white cubicles and grey carpet tiles.
In the professional services industry, where salary costs usually represent the largest overhead, even a small improvement in employee & partner productivity could enhance business value significantly.
Aron Ain is the CEO of Kronos Incorporated, a leading global provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Kronos was founded in 1977 as the first company to digitise the mechanical time clock, and today they have grown into a $1.4 billion global organisation by developing a variety of workforce applications that […]
If you have a huge to-do list, then we are sure you are looking for the best way you can be productive. Because at times, at the end of a work day we tend to think we could have achieved more, in completing tasks or just doing more work. Thus making us feel a little incomplete like a whole day has just been wasted.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics reveal that the UK’s output per hour has declined in the third quarter of 2018. The news is likely to be unwelcome, if unsurprising for UK CEOs. After Japan, the UK is the worst performing member of the G7 when it comes to productivity. Our output is […]
Maintaining a work/life balance is a challenge for the vast majority of committed workers, but for CEOs, the problem is much more pronounced. It’s driven by numerous factors: a huge workload, a belief that they need to set an example and an inability to relinquish control. This all culminates in them ultimately never being able […]
When it comes to office wear, it’s not as formal as it once was. At one time, a nine-to-five job was synonymous with a three-piece suit and briefcase. But, now, many companies are happy to let their employees dress in business casual attire or what they feel comfortable in. Is it affecting productivity, though? A […]
Yuichi Ishizuka began his Canon career in 1981 with the Camera Division and has since served in a variety of roles, most recently as President & COO of Canon USA. He’s spent 33 years of his career in North America which has given him a unique perspective on the importance of Canon’s international business and […]
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