Thinking, Fast and Slow: The implications for business decisions
6 March, 2013
Speakers: Professor Stephen Diacon, Nottingham University Business School and Margaret Burrell, Contract Clarity “Without a moment’s thought.” You might be surprised to learn that very many of decisions – including important business decisions – are made in exactly this way. Professor Steve Diacon focused on the insights from Daniel Kahneman’s recent bestselling book, Thinking, Fast …
Bringing New Products and Services to Market
23 January, 2013
Speakers: Dr. Deborah Roberts, Nottingham University Business School and Matt Hague, Director of Microlise, transport management specialists“Don’t compromise, and do it as quick as you can” was Matt Hague’s advice as he spoke about his experience of bringing new products and services to market. He had plenty of other insights to share too but, first, …
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Smaller Business
15 November, 2012
Speakers: Dale Buckland of Progression Enrichment and Francine Pickering from Clarity Marketing “Guilt by big business” was one definition of CSR offered by an audience member at this presentation and with recent tax avoidance from some very large businesses very much in the news, it’s not surprising that some might hold this view.But, having established …
The Ingenuity Business Network – what’s in it for the University?
3 October, 2012
The Ingenuity breakfast events have been running for some years now, originally established as part of the funded Ingenuity Programme. When the funding for that programme came to an end, the University decided to continue to support the network which might make you wonder why – just what is in it for the University? Naturally, …
Seven Ways to Fix the World
Speaker: Chris Barnatt, Futurologist and Associate Professor of Computing and Future Studies, Nottingham University Business School “Some scientist, somewhere, will solve the problem.” That’s the message that Chris Barnatt was most definitely not giving at this presentation for the Ingenuity Business Network. Instead he focused on seven ways that individuals, businesses large and small, and …
Building an Innovative Organisation
10 July, 2012
Ingenuity Knowledge Exchange event – 11 July 2012 Speakers: Dr Mat Hughes, Nottingham University Business School and Stuart Ross“You can’t sack yourself so what are you going to do?” As a business owner, says Mat Hughes, you might well have fallen into a couple of natural traps that have killed off your once-entrepreneurial spirit. Whilst …
Working Capital for SMEs
29 May, 2012
Speakers: Professor Bob Berry, Boots Professor of Accounting and Finance, Nottingham University Business School and Linda Brentnall, Santander Post by Francine Pickering, Ingenuity. The “traditional” view in business is that working capital is a good thing. It keeps your business running and acts as a buffer in times of crisis. But big business nowadays takes …
Customer Stickiness: getting customers to come back, buy more and recommend you to others
17 April, 2012
Speakers: Duncan Shaw, Nottingham University Business School and Linda Frier, Coalesco Accountants Post by Francine Pickering, Ingenuity. Give customers a remarkable experience. Be always useful to your customers. Make your customers’ lives easier. These three principles of keeping customers sticking close to you were presented by Duncan Shaw and wholeheartedly backed up by Linda Frier’s …
Castles and Factories
5 April, 2012
Just as castles provided the source of strength for medieval towns, and factories provided prosperity in the industrial age, universities are the source of strength in the knowledge based economy of the twenty‐first century. – Lord Dearing, former University of Nottingham Chancellor. For me that seems like a good way to open my first …
Business Risk for Small and Medium-sized Businesses
30 March, 2012
Ingenuity Knowledge Exchange event – 7 March 2012 Speakers: Professor Stephen Diacon, Nottingham University Business School and Margaret Burrell, Contract Clarity Post by Francine Pickering, Ingenuity Risk. What does it mean to your business? That’s the first question you need to ask, according to Professor Stephen Diacon, because, since there is no standard definition, if …
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