Scenario Planning Toolkit
This video outlines the main steps of a popular CGMA toolkit for effective scenario planning, something which all businesses will need to be able to do in 2021/2022.
8 Common Pitfalls of Decision Making
Making good decisions has never been more important or more difficult for businesses. This video briefly talks about the eight traps decision makers fall into without realising it! Although we cannot eliminate these pitfalls, being aware of them can help you manage them and mitigate the negative effects.
Green & Lean – What’s stopping SMEs?
I was inspired to write this article by three visionary and innovative entrepreneurs I had the pleasure of meeting in August, whose products and services not only help make Irish society more environmentally responsible and sustainable, but will save businesses a lot of money by eliminating unnecessary waste! Did you know…… There are more than…
Is ISO:9001 worth it?
With an initial outlay of anywhere between €5.5k to €15k and annual costs of €1-€2.5k many businesses rightly question the value of ISO:9001 and whether or not they will see a positive return on their investment. If the decision to implement an ISO:9001 Quality Management System is internally motivated and implemented correctly then the answer…
Remote Working – I’m just not convinced!
The unprecedented working from home experiment that has been forced upon businesses of all shapes and sizes appears to be somewhat of a surprising success. A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review (Bernstein et al, 2020) indicates positive feedback from employees with regards to their ability to adapt and increased productivity. For their…
Brendan O’ Connor panel discuss my article
I really enjoyed being on the Brendan O’ Connor show yesterday. It was an interesting experience having my article critiqued by the panel!I was very pleased to get the support of Dr Conor Skehan and completely agree with his point that this initiative could easily be led by the government. The state employs over 300,000…
Time to say au revoir to weekends!!?? – Opinion piece
Let’s plough on with turning things upside-down and considering or even normalising things we never thought we would; like longing for actual physical skin on skin contact as opposed to screens…..and….yes its happened, we are contemplating life in Ireland without pubs for the foreseeable future!! I am proposing we go mad and get rid of…
Ireland’s Exposure to the Underbelly of the US Economy!
At this point it’s impossible to predict the economic impact of the current public health crisis, however all the indications are that the underbelly of the US Economy is fragile and the Federal Reserve’s strategy of essentially printing money may not be enough to avoid a deep and prolonged recession.Unprecedented levels of private debt have…
Do your bit….support Irish Business
Did you know…. SMEs accounted for 99.8% of total number of enterprises in 2017 and over 68% of all persons engaged SMEs generated 50.2% of total Turnover in the business economy and almost 39% of Gross Value Added was attributed to these enterprises. This is worth protecting. Lets do our bit to minimise the economic…