Invest in an Inventory Management System for Warehouse Management
Having a track of all the goods and services that a retail business is offering is the key to success. While many find it hard to keep track of goods …
Strategic Digital Transformation in Business
Digital transformation is not just about previously unimaginable technologies. Strategic digital transformation is about realising the value that can be achieved with the unique combination of people and technology that …
The meanings and motives behind digital possessions
The digital age has given rise to new kinds of possessions – digital possessions. How similar or different are they from other possessions that people have is tracked in our …
How to get the most out of your staff while in a positive work environment
As a business, you want to create the perfect work environment where your staff members can thrive. Not only will your staff enjoy their jobs more in a positive work …
Health and safety: a career for all?
Ask health and safety practitioners how they ended up at the top of their profession and many will tell you candidly that it was by accident. Health and safety has …
A Step by Step Approach to Business Analysis
Business analysis plays an important part in many projects, and the role of a business analyst involves understanding systems, processes and organisational structures, identifying future needs, providing solutions, and helping project teams …
Unravelling Entrepreneurial Bangalore and its Startup Ecosystem
Bangalore is the nerve center of Startup revolution in India. The authors unravel three key elements about Bangalore that connect to each other in a way that they feed off each other, creating a unique entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Interview of K. Sivakumar Founder & CEO of Saluto Wellness Pvt. Ltd.
Saluto Wellness is one of the brightest flag bearers of the Startup revolution in India. When two senior corporate executives gave-up their cushy jobs and started the company, little did they know that it will take them on a journey of a lifetime. Read about Saluto’s success and find out how startup revolution in India has something to offer to everyone.
Possibilities of Open Innovation Between Japanese Companies and Indian Startups
Historically, Japan and India always had a strong synergy. This article explores how this synergy is now spilling over to create open innovation and collaboration opportunities between Indian Startups and Japanese businesses. The result is revolutionary.
Sociological Perspectives on the Start-Up Culture in India
The article explores the impact of start-up culture on the society. The article discusses the key dimensions of socio-cultural fabric termed as CORDS (Convergence and connectivity, Openness to ideas, Relationship and Risk, Development and education and Sensitivity) and their implication on this emerging paradigm.
THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS JOURNALISM
Editor-in-Chief’s vision for MARGINALIA There’s a journalist in everyone, whether it’s blogging or commentary on social media. As great as this is it results in too much noise, not enough …
Businesses must embrace AI or face extinction
If companies fail to make artificial intelligence (AI) a core competency within the next five years, they will face either stagnation or elimination, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company.
Less than half of executives believe they have the skills and abilities to lead in the digital economy
Despite a significant uptick in investment in emerging technologies in the past 12 months, UK executives lack confidence in their own digital skills.
Over 1.5 million people to trade in full-time work for ‘the gig economy’
More than 6 million UK adults are already self-employed or working as a contractor, with 6% of full-time professionals looking to make the transition this year.
Same role, big difference
Senior women’s salary expectations lag behind men’s.
Use design thinking as a driver for organisational change
Service design is the activity of utilising resources and people to build and sustain services that not only meet customer needs but can also add that little bit of magic …
Retailers turn to independent consultants over traditional consultancy firms for critical expertise
New research by Odgers Connect, the consulting arm of executive search firm Odgers Berndtson, has revealed that the majority (37%) of retailers are turning to independent consultants over traditional management consultancy firms for the specific expertise they can offer.
New study finds 70 per cent of us skip the office to work elsewhere
More than two-thirds of global employees work remotely every week, and over 50% do so for at least half of the week, heralding a major reassessment of corporate real estate, according to a comprehensive new global study.
The age of activism: Pension funds to drive diversity agenda
Institutional pension fund investors are increasingly determining investment strategy based on the diversity of corporate boards, reveals new research from Green Park. The company’s research found that a large majority of institutional pension fund investors say that both the gender (83 per cent) and ethnic (73 per cent) composition of corporate boards is now a consideration when deciding their investment strategy.
Gen Z say “The CV is dead – long live the CV”
New data has revealed that 80% of 18 to 24 year olds don’t currently have a CV.