Many of the meetings I’ve been having lately have included a discussion on procurement. What is surprising is that the views expressed are extremely consistent. What is unsurprising is that this conversation tends to occur when procurement people are not in the room. With an angst…
How do we humans make decisions? How long have you got? It’s a question well served by academic brainpower and literature. In recent years, neuroscientists have even begun to publish best-sellers on how and why we choose what we choose, expanding our minds with a…
The UK has a problem with productivity. Data from the Office of National Statistics indicate that last year output per hour employed was 21% below the average for the other G7 countries and more than 30% less than France, Germany and the USA. While high productivity…
Very few people now argue with the good sense of establishing and nurturing longer-term, fully functioning business relationships. While the theory is accepted, however, the practice of pursuing optimal collaborations can often lag behind the received wisdom. Of course, it is rare for businesses immediately to…
Face-to-face communication in business remains important. While we increasingly rely on the convenience of emails, text messages, web casting and social media, we need to balance these online interactions with physical engagement. However digitally enabled we become, we still want to do business with people we know and…
We are now in the pre-election period, so called purdah, as the UK prepares to decide who will lead and populate its 56th parliament. All the familiar signs are there – daily policy announcements, breathless political reporting and a British public already worn down by…
Bigfoot is owned and run by Paul Tredwell. Since 2004 I have been an independent communications consultant, delivering a wide range of projects but with a focus on and passion for relationship optimisation.
