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 | Announcements, 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...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jun 18, 2015 | Surveys
Non-response is a big topic in survey design and management, and also quite a convoluted and complex one. The following is our learning over the last half-decade or so, and provides some background that helps in understanding “no answer” and...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 1, 2015 | Milestone Planner
The weekend before last I headed into a (very sunny) London to UI Centric’s offices, where I spent the day with a group of fellow app developers. Thanks to the superb support of Windows Apps London, we are now very pleased to announce the Milestone Planner is...
by Benjamin Ellis | Oct 9, 2014 | Big Data
This week Bucharest played host to Internet & Mobile World, where, as well as speaking about Social Media and Big Data, I joined a panel on the business impact of Predictive Analytics. The session was chaired by journalist and owner of lastiri.ro, Lucian Mindruta,...
by Benjamin Ellis | May 30, 2014 | Announcements, Leadership, On the road
I had the opportunity to along to the Responsive Organisation Unconference in London, where I lead a session and attended many others – more about those in a later post. The discussions during the day started a chain of thoughts about organisation structure,...
by Benjamin Ellis | Apr 14, 2014 | Announcements
By now you will almost certainly have read about the recent “Heartbleed” bug that affected many services across the Internet. Like many others, we were notified of the vulnerability early last week and patched our servers within the hour. As a precaution,...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jan 21, 2014 | Announcements, Milestone Planner, planning
Congratulations, you survived! Ok, that may be a bit overly dramatic, but yesterday (20th of January) was apparently the saddest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and we are through it! Achievement unlocked, as my kids would say. The new year is a good...
by Benjamin Ellis | Sep 24, 2013 | Knowledge Work
OK, it’s a fairly provocative title, but it is a provocative topic! Join us on Thursday 26th September at 1pm, at Bloomberg’s offices for a lively discussion, where I will be joined by: Euan Semple is the author of “Organizations...
