Marianne Whitfield
The Power of Human Connection, with Di Gates
Di Gates is all about connecting better with humans, and the Sphere Network is all about connecting humans with ideas and initiatives that are making a real difference. Di’s latest project, the Human Connection Story, has been designed from the outset to be highly collaborative, which is just the type… Read More »
Manufacturing Without Borders
Written by Dinara Davlembayeva Prior to the Covid 19 pandemic, digital transformation in Manufacturing had been slower than some sectors to realise full potential due to the high investment required, the lack of expertise and skills, as well as the challenges that it posed for existing technological and organisational structures.… Read More »
Digital Disruption of the Professions
Blog post written by Dinara Davlembayeva Alex Craig is a Partner at Muckle LLP, a commercial law firm based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, working with regional, national and international clients. The company is increasingly dealing with technology challenges, in terms of contracts, disputes, acquisitions, sales and other legal aspects of… Read More »
Customer Experience is the New Currency
Written by Sphere Guest Blogger: Dinara Davlembayeva During the pandemic, companies have seen huge changes in customer behaviour in the way in which they see brands, interact with them and engage in transactions. To dive deeper into the role of customer experience in the new era, the July Sphere Network… Read More »
Why Digitally-Savvy NEDs are Crucial to Successful Business Transformation
Written by Sphere Guest Blogger: Dinara Davlembayeva Mis-aligned understanding about how to realise benefits from investment in IT is akin to setting a pile of cash on fire. This blog summarises the wisdom and insights of an experienced, digitally-savvy non executive director – Stuart Lynn. Written by Dinara Davlembayeva. The… Read More »
How Covid is re-Shaping the Psychology of Work
Written by Sphere Guest Blogger: Dinara Davlembayeva After more than a year of an enforced lockdown, the business leaders in the UK are now preparing to (or have started to) bring their employees back to offices (BTO). Against the backdrop of the transition from working from home (WFH) to working… Read More »
Digital Poverty
Written by Sphere Guest Blogger: Dinara Davlembayeva The reliance on digital technology has been intense since the beginning of the pandemic, with an acceleration in capability of technologies to ensure the continuity of public and social practices by bridging physical distance. Digital transformation has created opportunities and benefits which had… Read More »
Creating the Future Digital Workplace
Over seven months following the COVID-19 outbreak, when looking at the business landscape, organisations have certainly reacted fast to support workers’ health and safety and continue delivering services. Still uncertain, though, is the impact of COVID-19 on the long-term future digital and what measures will help businesses stay relevant to… Read More »
Lockdown and Digital Health: Leadership Insights and Innovation from the Frontline
The Coronavirus pandemic has shaken countries across the globe and has become the trigger to mobilise resources to cope with the virus. Digital technology is one of the resources that have been leveraged upon to transform healthcare. Whilst first reported in December 2019, COVID-19 hit the UK in March 2020.… Read More »
Peaks and Perils of Long Term Virtual Working: Leadership lessons from the front line.
Digital technologies introduced the concept of virtual working to the business world decades ago. Equipped with laptops, smartphones and wi-fi, organisations started slowly adopting virtual teams in business practices to connect geographically dispersed organisational stakeholders in virtual space. Although the shift to virtual teams was driven by the need to… Read More »