As organisations become large and mature drift can set in… What do I mean by drift? The culture that you initially created when the organisation was small and manageable, becomes muddy and blurred, and the things that made your organisation great (in other people’s eyes) no longer happen in the way they once did. Steven

Trying to find and hire star talent is a challenge for every organisation… And it’s no different in our two completely different companies. An office technology & supplies business and an electric vehicle charge point installation company. They couldn’t be more different. But like every other organisation. It’s about building a team full of people

You’d think PC sales dropped worldwide last year amid chip shortages… But you’d be wrong, as the leading global technology analyst firm Canalys reports that PC shipments grew 15% in 2021 against the previous year, with a whopping 341 million units sold. According to Canalys 2021 was the best year for PC sales since 2012.

Don’t know about you? Predictable costs are important in our business… Granted, the predictable costs must be value for money. But knowing the outgoings of the business allows us to plan the activities and investment required to grow the business and be profitable. Although we have a long-term strategic plan, at the start of each

Our first business book of the year has a sporting twist… Although ‘The Real Madrid Way’ (written by Steven Mandis) is a book about a football team, it’s not really about football. Mandis is a professor and sports research specialist, and what he set out to do, was to understand what made Real Madrid such

Don’t know about you, but business for us slows down coming towards Christmas… Which makes it more spectacular that our customers helped us plant 13 more trees, and we couldn’t of asked for a better Christmas present. How does it work? Any customer who signs up to a home or office technology package get a

Well, that’s a rap, and here’s my final business book review of 2021… Maybe Turkey-fil-A is more apt than Covert Cows & Chick-fil-A at this time of year? ‘Covert Cows & Chick-fil-A’ is primarily a book about the famous American chicken based fast food company, and what has driven its success. Interestingly though, its written

My daughter said she’d had waffle fries for the first time at school, and they were fantastic… I’d never heard of waffle fries before and thought they must be a new food craze. But after doing research I’ve found that a waffle fry is where a special blade creates small holes or windows in a

Did you know the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) will be switched off in December 2025? This means there will no longer be a requirement for traditional fixed line telephony and analogue services, as traditional fixed lines and calls will cease to exist. So, if your business is still operating on traditional telephone lines (where

Did you know that Ghana is ranked second in the world for cocoa bean production? An even more interesting stat is Ghana never produced its own gourmet chocolate bar until Steve Wallace (from Wisconsin USA) created a chocolate factory there is the mid 90’s. If fact, Wallace (founder of the Omenhene Cocoa Bean Company) is