Big financial institutions do not realise that their credibility is shredded – they, with the government, have condemned us to years of frugality by their mis-management of the financial system.
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What is it that enables Google to be so innovative? From an interview on mycustomer.com with people operations director Liane Hornsey who shares some of Google’s secrets. Google has a European HQ in Dublin, and is one of a cluster …
Read more →Today we present an interview with the Harvard professor John Kotter on good and bad urgency. John Kotter’s recent book A Sense of Urgency is a popular business book. Managers identify with his message that complacency can most effectively be overcome …
Read more →“Business opportunities in 2009” Incite no. 67 From the excellent Inc.com website I present a list of the best industries for starting a business in 2009 (in the US). This article is aimed at • those in business who wish …
Read more →There is no real choice . . . . . . vote YES to show our commitment to a shared ambition for the citizens of Europe Yes, I am strongly in favour of voting YES in the Irish referendum on …
Read more →How can businesses use creativity to boost the bottom line? In Incite 66 we look at how innovation from within can contribute to business growth. Too many Irish businesses are focused on cutting costs, as opposed to …
Read more →PwC innovation study This article is a companion piece to the ezine Incite no.66 “Increase margins through the application of creativity and innovation.” Comments are welcome! In 2000, PricewaterhouseCoopers carried out a major study of innovation. They found …
Read more →The right way to implement a CRM system Wouldn’t it would be great if we could just buy a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system, switch it on and find that it does everything that we wanted it to without changing …
Read more →What! Writing about sales letters in this era of digital marketing? Advice for Irish SMEs Yep, the art of writing sales letters still has value – a targeted well thought out and customer specific letter stands out from instantly disposable …
Read more →Celtar Update – Enterprise Ireland’s Current Support It’s not the best of times for Enterprise Ireland, the Irish state’s lead body for supporting businesses from SMEs to prospective Irish MNCs. Rightly there is a focus on support for exporting companies, …
Read more →I find blogging is useful for promoting vacancies in client companies of Celtar business consultants. This position in a leading online travel company, www.Directski.com , is strongly focused on utilising Perl. Apply direct with CV and “covering” letter to [email protected] Ref: JOBTE12 …
Read more →Three opportunities below in international development consultancy from leading UK recruitment firm BLT. This firm, BLT, specialises in management consultant recruitment, I met the owners when I was based in London. For further information contact Don Leslie, [email protected], www.blt.co.uk Vacancies Client: well-known independent …
Read more →Dealing with economic turmoil The idea behind this article is that leaders make change happen – and to do so requires a multifaceted approach identifying and addressing the obstacles to change that are ingrained in every organisation. The Centre for …
Read more →I am not sure how though, will the curve of the economic cycle be U, V or L shaped? What will happen is that some sectors will pick up whilst most economic indicators will continue to deteriorate, for example …
Read more →Billy Linehan of Celtar the leading firm of business advisers comments “we welcome measures from Enterprise Ireland that will stimulate economic growth. This measure will be judged on it’s accessability to companies AND how well it is designed to meet …
Read more →There is so much huff and puff, and noise about the social media uses of the web. . . Have we lost contact with ourselves……..
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Follow the Rules of Romance to Market Effectively Ask yourself: What would you do to have a one-night stand with someone?Now ask yourself: What would you do to have a long term relationship? This is an excerpt from a presentation …
Read more →Social networking and health A article based on research into personal happness was published a couple of months ago in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).Most peope are searching for personal happiness in their lives and this piece might give us a …
Read more →A year of challenge This year will be a challenging one for many of us; in fact survival will be the objective of many small businesses. Here I have gathered ideas and approaches – which are being implemented by …
Read more →It seems to be obligatory to have a “humour” section on a blog and I am happy to poke fun at the management consultancy profession. Let’s get the retaliation in first, consultants can be smug, intolerant and some even display …
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