Aug 28, 2026 | Data & Decision Making
One of the projects I am currently working on involves reviewing a full year’s worth of invoices from one of a customer’s key operational suppliers. There are hundreds of PDF invoices, covering multiple operational sites and a large number of individual...
Aug 20, 2026 | Business Intelligence for SMEs, Data & Decision Making
There has been a huge amount written about data, digital transformation and, more recently, AI. UK businesses are continually being encouraged to adopt more technology, automate more processes and make greater use of the information they already collect. But I think...
Aug 3, 2026 | Business Intelligence for SMEs, Data & Decision Making, Growth & Performance
Every business wants its managers to take ownership. We talk about accountability, responsibility and empowering people to make decisions, but over the years I’ve realised there is one question we don’t ask often enough. How can someone truly take...
Jul 28, 2026 | Business Intelligence for SMEs, Data & Decision Making, Growth & Performance
One of the biggest risks in business isn’t making poor decisions. It’s making good decisions based on assumptions that have never been challenged. Every Managing Director develops those assumptions over time. You spend years building a business, working...
Jul 23, 2026 | Business Intelligence for SMEs, Data & Decision Making, Growth & Performance
One of the biggest misconceptions in business is that poor performance is always the result of poor decision making. In reality, I often see the opposite. Businesses make sensible decisions every day. Decisions based on experience, data and good intentions. The...
Jun 24, 2026 | Business Intelligence for SMEs, Data & Decision Making
One of the most common conversations I encounter when working with manufacturing and distribution businesses centres around inventory. Finance wants stock reduced because cash is under pressure. Operations wants stock increased because customer demand is unpredictable...
