A diverse range of trends are driving change in the B2B world, and many of these influences are technological in nature. Technologies evolve continually, and occasionally explode forward in great …
A Short Review Of The IRM Business Change And Transformation Conference
Our relationship with IRM first started with sponsoring the Enterprise Architecture Conference in London each autumn. But last week it was our pleasure to again join the annual Business Change …
Innovation Triggers
This article discusses a checklist of triggers we have developed for Business Analysts to help to inspire innovation. James Robertson & Suzanne Robertson, Atlantic Systems Guild, http://www.systemsguild.com/ James and Suzanne …
Process Improvement and Process Innovation: What’s the Difference?
Often used interchangeably, process improvement and process innovation are actually two different concepts that can affect your business in separate ways. Implementing each requires a different skill set and a …
Here’s How To Think Strategically As A Team
Great teams are those where each team member has the ability, and the opportunity, to think strategically. Everyone has insights from their day-to-day work that can provide useful information to …
Re-Framing Teamwork
As the shape of teamwork shifts and changes, so is the way we’re thinking about it. More of us are working in and across teams and remote working is on …
The Role Of Mobile BPM In An Effective Digital Transformation
A growing number of organizations are striving to achieve optimal business performance through digital transformation initiatives. The term “digital transformation” refers to the adoption of digital technologies and the resulting …
When Is A Failure Not A Failure? Why We Need To Stop Using The F-word
I’ve just come back from the IRM UK Innovation, Business Change and Transformation Conference, where Solverboard was exhibiting, and I am a broken woman. Three days of workshops, presentations, conversations, and …
The Low-Code Recipe for Digital Transformation
There are many facets to digital transformation, but according to a recent study, a low-code development platform can help you accelerate your efforts. Digital transformation is a complex topic. It is …
Teamwork: The Whole Is Less Than The Sum Of Its Parts
A murder mystery in a laboratory in Miami. CSI Miami. Horatio Cain, the Venetian blond man with sunglasses and a Hummer, leads a particularly successful team that solves murders in …
The Second Revolution You Have Lived Through Is Just Starting – But This One Is Going To Hurt
In 2007 the world changed. It took me ages to realise it and often I wish I had noticed right away. Never-the-less I am surprised to find that some people …
Developing Your Talents Is A Human Right
To create a sustainable world, we need sustainable learning and working. Software engineering was my passion … until I lost it. Losing your passion for your job challenges you. Do …
Interview with Simon Jones, Head of Innovation, Team Sky
If there’s one organisation whose name is a byword for innovation right now, it’s probably Team Sky. In just six years, this professional cycling team has achieved what many initially …
How Workshops Helped To Accelerate A Culture Of Innovation At Emerald Publishing
As the first head of innovation at Emerald Publishing, Bec Evans had the opportunity to shape the role to suit her and the business. What she thought would be a …
Defining Innovation
At a software company where I worked years ago our CEO called his product leads to a meeting. We sat at a long conference table, with hot drinks and ample …
How to Innovate Like Amazon
Gather together a group of publishers and booksellers and the conversation will inevitably turn to Amazon. The online giant has disrupted our sector on a regular basis with its relentless …
The Golden Age of Innovation and the Dark Age of Information Privacy
At election time, surveillance and anti-terrorism are quite rightly high on the political agenda. The EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is not. However, for readers of this IRM blog, the …
Business Analysts Can Enable Innovation
“If I had asked my clients what they wanted, they probably would have said a faster horse.” Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company This infamous Henry Ford quote …
You Must Become a Disruptor
We have seen more change in the last 18 months than in the previous ten years. It feels as if the time to implement change has dropped to almost nothing …
The Potential for Digital Britain
I recently hosted guests visiting my team and I from HM Treasury, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. It was a short visit and one that reminded me of the importance of …