Whilst not unique to technology industries, the “magic weekend” is a phenomenon that’s particularly common in this field. Excellent technical specialists are promoted to positions

Last week an oil and gas HR professional told me that one of their best people had resigned, despite still having a role following their

In the second part of my series on Leadership & Innovation in a downturn I’m delighted to share a guest post by Richard Knox, Managing

It feels that in the last two years we have been bombarded with doom and gloom stories here in Aberdeen, where much of the economy

Depending on where you read it anywhere between 50 and 90% of startups fail within the first 5 years. According to research from venture capital

If you’ve missed my previous posts on this topic you can catch up with them here: intro;part 1; part 2. So, you’ve tested your business

So, having decided that you need to think about how to deliver your business strategy through your people (this post), and test your business strategy

In my last post I asked the question: “are your people ready to deliver your business strategy?” But before you even get that stage, the

Having worked across numerous organisations and industries I’ve noticed that often business strategies that look and sound great on paper fail when it comes to