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POWER OF COLLABORATIVE DRIVING!

A thought from Sarah about the importance of Teamwork. It emphasises the need for synchronisation, effective communication, and reliance on each team member's skills, highlighting that individual actions can impact the entire team. The key takeaways include relying on others, prioritising communication, embracing shared goals, and leading by example to foster a collaborative and successful work environment. All via motorway driving!

INFLATION IMPACTS

Feeling the pressure of inflation on your business? With the increasing cost of raw materials, rising overhead costs, and higher interest rates, business owners are. At YourBigPic, we can help you understand how inflation affects your business and put strategies in place to prepare for any future inflation. With our expertise and guidance, you can gain Financial Freedom and be in control of your business. Don't wait till it's too late, contact us today and get the upper hand on inflation!

GREASEGUN INNOVATION

In this post, we describe an innovation journey that resulted in an improved and patented greasegun. Also, the key elements we have been able to extract from the story based on an interview with current senior management. Finally, we have looked to see how well their journey aligns with our Six-ITs framework.

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Recent Strategy Stories

GREASEGUN INNOVATION

In this post, we describe an innovation journey that resulted in an improved and patented greasegun. Also, the key elements we have been able to extract from the story based on an interview with current senior management. Finally, we have looked to see how well their journey aligns with our Six-ITs framework.

EXCELLENT ECOSYSTEMS

In order to provide the best possible experience to customers or clients an organisation needs to be clear on which of ten Life Areas it intends to focus its offering on. Then it needs to optimise its business ecosystem to ensure it delivers the best service possible in these areas. Finally, it need to manage it performance and metrics within a framework such as the EFQM Excellence framework.

BEWARE PAPER NAPKINS!

Making acquisitions seems to be a universally challenging process with very low rates of success. In this story I talk about one such disaster acquisition. At the end I relate it back to today. Nothing much seems to have changed where due diligences are concerned.

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Recent Finance Stories

INFLATION IMPACTS

Feeling the pressure of inflation on your business? With the increasing cost of raw materials, rising overhead costs, and higher interest rates, business owners are. At YourBigPic, we can help you understand how inflation affects your business and put strategies in place to prepare for any future inflation. With our expertise and guidance, you can gain Financial Freedom and be in control of your business. Don't wait till it's too late, contact us today and get the upper hand on inflation!

THE 4-DAY WEEK

The four-day workweek is gaining momentum, with the government promoting it for businesses. A recent survey found that 51% of people support the idea. Microsoft Japan adopted the four-day week and saw a 40% increase in sales activity, along with significant savings in electricity and paper consumption. However, challenges remain, particularly in service industries where customer demands must be met, and in public services such as nursing and teaching. Businesses should consider the benefits and

RECESSION PROOFING

Here is the summary of our 5-Step Recession Proof Programme as part of Financial Freedom for Organisations - that is F₃O: Regularly assess the health of your business; Readjust your products and services and the resources required as necessary; Build a lean, efficient team and remind them that you appreciate them; Listen to your employees’ needs, and they will give discretionary effort for you; and Never stop thinking about how you can accomplish numbers 1-4 better and more efficiently.

Recent Learning Stories

FACE-TO-FACE & REMOTE

A trade-off between Face-to-Face and Remote- or can you enjoy the best of both? An interactive discussion and demonstration. Organisations are On/Reboarding new and existing colleagues using a mix of face-to-face and online activities for a ever more remote workforce. Everything is a trade-off and as such has pros and cons. In this interactive discussion we'll explore that with Hywel Griffiths, Chief and Finance Partner @YourBigPic.
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LEARNING BLINDSPOTS

Natalie Houlton, of Yellow Duck Development reflects on a conversation with Founder Mart about the blindspots that can exist for Learning and Development within the business.

Recent Performance Stories

Recent Teamwork Stories

POWER OF COLLABORATIVE DRIVING!

A thought from Sarah about the importance of Teamwork. It emphasises the need for synchronisation, effective communication, and reliance on each team member's skills, highlighting that individual actions can impact the entire team. The key takeaways include relying on others, prioritising communication, embracing shared goals, and leading by example to foster a collaborative and successful work environment. All via motorway driving!

COLLEAGUES PEOPLE STAFF OR EMPLOYEE

We started with the question or hypothesis, “organisations that talk of Colleagues are more successful than those that talk of People, Staff or Employees”. Our consensus is that of the “labels” we listed, “Colleague” is in fact the label of choice or is it? Here we explore the tail end of this journey with you.

WHY?

An effective Why? can unlock major innovations. Particularly if we can find a way to include diverse experience and perceptions and shift our mindset and think outside the conceptual boxes that sometime imprison us. "And the people in the houses. All went to the university. Where they were put in boxes. And they came out all the same". Extract from lyrics of the song Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds
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