by Benjamin Ellis | Feb 20, 2019 | Leadership
Earlier this month I caught up with Bruce Daisley, VP EMEA, Twitter, ahead of the launch of his new book “The Joy of Work”, which is already a No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller. Bruce is well known, not only for his role at Twitter, but also for the...
by Caalie | Jul 5, 2018 | Milestone Planner
SocialOptic are pleased to announce that we have again been approved as a government supplier on the G-Cloud platform. Our solutions have been approved on the framework throughout the last four iterations and have grown our customer base with each new wave. For us,...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 1, 2018 | Privacy
It is the final count down to GDPR (our GDPR countdown clock feels like it moves faster each day). As the ICO’s Elizabeth Denham, pointed out at the ICO Data Protection Practitioners Conference last month, there are just a few weeks until the GDPR comes into...
by Benjamin Ellis | Mar 6, 2018 | Privacy, Project Management
It isn’t here yet, but the UK’s Data Protection Bill moved a step closed to becoming the Data Protection Act 2018, as it received a second reading in The House of Commons yesterday. The Bill introduces the UK’s derogations (or variations) for GDPR,...
by Benjamin Ellis | Oct 30, 2017 | Privacy
First the good news, if you are a small business in the UK. The ICO have set up a new GDPR hotline, which is a telephone advice service for businesses with less than 250 people to help them with the new data protection laws. It goes live on the 1st November and will...
by Benjamin Ellis | Oct 16, 2017 | Privacy
There has been significant activity around on GDPR in the UK this month: The Data Protection Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords, and is now heading to the committee stage. The bill provides for the UK’s implementation of GDPR, with some special...
by Benjamin Ellis | Sep 25, 2017 | Announcements, SurveyOptic
Get right to the bottom of measuring employee engagement. There are whole books devoted to it, but the basics are quick to grasp. The October edition of Voice Magazine, from the IoIC, has an extensive article titled “All in good measure” on the topic. It...
by Benjamin Ellis | Sep 15, 2017 | Leadership, On the road
September saw The Telegraph hosting a panel discussion at their London offices on using technology to transform smaller businesses. The panel included Raja Saggi (head of SMB marketing, UK and Ireland, Google), Luke Hughes (co-founder, Origym), Shashi Verma (Chief...
by Benjamin Ellis | Mar 31, 2017 | Leadership, Management
What if you could have a machine that could create an infinite (or at least unlimited) improvement in your business? Let’s call it “The Infinite Improvement Machine”. Sounds interesting perhaps? Intriguing even? But perhaps you are feeling a little...
by Benjamin Ellis | Nov 28, 2016 | SurveyOptic
We are pleased to announce that earlier this year SocialOptic completed our Cyber Essentials certification, and that we are also IASME certified. We chose the Cyber Essentials certification to support our G-Cloud approved supplier status, and IASME to provide a...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jan 29, 2016 | Management
Every month folks from the Institute of Directors meet in Guildford to tackle a business topic in some very active discussion groups over coffee, and a hearty breakfast. This month’s topic was “selling matters” – and if you run a business you know that it...
by Benjamin Ellis | Nov 30, 2015 | On the road
Last week I made it to one of David Gurteen’s Knowledge Cafe’s, hosted by Fluor in Farnborough. The format is an opening speaker, followed by small group discussions, focused on a specific question. Chris Collison, author of Learning to Fly and No More...
by Benjamin Ellis | Nov 26, 2015 | Milestone Planner
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Truphone offices, kicking off a discussion on the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work. This is a summary of the notes I made ahead of the talk, including some additional points that I left...
by Benjamin Ellis | Oct 2, 2015 | On the road
September’s Reading Start Up Grind at Grow@GreenPark featured Sarah Giblin of Riut. Although now living in Berlin, Sarah started off in Reading, and that is Riut’s base. I have to say that it is rare to meet some one who is as engaging, passionate, and...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jul 29, 2015 | Event
I caught up with the StartUp Britain Bus as it reached Reading today, during the final leg of its tour. It looked in fine form on Broad Street in the centre of Reading, and there are still a few more towns to visit, so check out the tour dates to see if it is coming...
