Consultancy Blogs

With Christmas fast approaching we will all be looking forward to a break and the New Year. Recent months have seen an acceleration in business activity which has led to a further drop in unemployment as well as sudden shortages as the growth has in some cases outpaced the ability of supply chains to boost capacity. The IMF and OECD both have very similar GDP growth forecasts for 2021 as published recently in a briefing for UK Parliament. Read More

Every winter is the same… the clocks go back resulting in shorter daylight hours, affecting everyone’s mood and dampening the urge to do different things after work.

This year is no different, but with the added challenge that we’re facing a second winter with some sort of restrictions and further limitations. It means that this winter, the likelihood is the impact on our workforce is likely to be greater.

Doing nothing is an option, but a workforce that has lower energy will inevitably result in a less happy work environment and in lower productivity.

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We have all been impacted by the changing of our working environments during the pandemic. A survey carried out by RSPH reveals the mental and physical health impacts of full-time home working during Covid-19. Key results show:

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Projects and programmes are the vehicles to achieve Business Objectives and Business Outcomes which in turn deliver Business Benefits. A Business Case describes and justifies the reasons for the project or programme, along with the expected business benefits across the organisation. So, when we talk of ‘proposed business benefits’, we can’t do this without considering the wider trade-off between risk and reward. In our latest blog, Dean Isbitt, covers the impact of not realising benefits and how to turn theoretical benefits on paper to real benefits, the outcomes, and why this is so important. Read More

Many of us have had to adjust to 100% remote working due to the impact of Covid-19. But what does its future of remote working hold post-pandemic world? Will companies go back to ‘business as usual’ and require employees to return to the workplace full-time? Or has the pandemic instilled trust in their employees and so flexible working is the way forward?

John Potamianos, Director of Acceler8 Consultancy, takes us through his pros and cons of remote working and where he believes the future lies. Read More

We hear a lot about effective stakeholder management and the need to network in order to achieve desired business outcomes. With so much information on the subject, just doing another blog on the same is unlikely to provide new insight. However, we also know that a common cause of failure in organisations is down to relationships and the breakdown of communication that emanates from that. With that in mind, John shares his insight into the value of building relationships in business…

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Migration in business should be planned at a detailed level. This allows it to be tailored to deliver the required outcomes for the organisation at the appropriate times.

Louis Piscane highlights some of the different ways migration in business can be considered…

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Project management failure… The words project managers dread to hear. Let’s be honest we’ve all been there haven’t we? Excited about starting a new project. The research is done, the plan is set, you have the right team in place – what could go wrong? Suddenly, deadlines are being missed. Outputs not living up to the expectations? Stakeholders dissatisfied.  Two words – ‘project failure’. But why do the best-planned projects fail, and how can you overcome project management failure?

John shares his insights on the subject.

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Project Management Office – what makes it successful? Dean Isbitt, Associate Senior PMO Manager shares his thoughts on what makes a good PMO. Read More