Linguistic Profiling for Business Leaders
14 November, 2013
Speakers: Dr. Louise Mullany, Professor in Sociolinguistics, The University of Nottingham and Di Tunney, Owner at The Best Organisation, Director at Liveinsights, CEO at CEO4sight. Leadership Communication: a look at where communication fails and improvements to avoid it The aim of this seminar was to give the Ingenuity audience an idea on how they can …
Funding fast and slow…
26 July, 2013
A couple of people in the office have been reading/talking about Thinking Fast and Slow, a book by Nobel laureate psychologist Daniel Kahneman. There is a good deal in the book that has direct relevance to writing successful funding applications (something I spend a good deal of my time doing here at the University) Kahneman …
A Fresh Approach to Strategy
9 July, 2013
A Fresh Approach to Strategy: a look at where strategy goes wrong and fixes for when it does Speaker: Jim Cowan from Cowan Global 0% of executives who use a SWOT analysis use the results of that analysis when developing their strategy. That was just one of a number of (possibly) surprising statistics shared by …
Martial Arts for Debt Collecting
4 June, 2013
Speaker: Professor Bob Berry, Boots Professor of Accounting and Finance, Nottingham University Business School As with any martial art, the art of managing receivables is as much one of staying out of trouble as dealing with, said Professor Bob Berry, and this process starts right from the point when new business is accepted. Turning a …
Managing Your Intellectual Property Assets
16 April, 2013
Speakers: Gary Townley, Intellectual Property Office and Simon Curtis, Potter Clarkson “95% of UK businesses do not know the value of their intellectual property rights.” That was the startling statistic that kicked off Gary Townley’s presentation, one that is made all the more concerning given the growing trend for intellectual property assets to outstrip fixed …
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, …
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