SMEs stand for small and medium sized enterprises and are said to make up over 99% of the business sector, according to Simply Business. A company employing 250 people or less, SMEs are categorized as small, medium sized or micro businesses depending on the actual number of staff employed and amount of business turnover created. […]
Agility
7 Tips To Keep Your Team Ahead Of “Business As Usual”
Many small businesses are now realizing that “business as usual” might be gone forever. With social media and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Entrepreneurs who are not listening, not engaging, and not changing are destined to be left behind even in the best of times. Business agility is defined as […]
Thoughts on Agility
Agile is one of the “hot” business buzzwords these days, right along with digital, transformation, and disruptive. (You get double buzzword bingo points if you can use, “disruptive, agile, digital business transformation” in a single sentence on a PowerPoint slide.) But much of what I see under the “agile” banner is far from agile. The […]
What Wedding Photography Can Teach You About Business Agility
All businesses share certain qualities, but you might be surprised that wedding photography covers a wide range of similarities to most small businesses. A full calendar, strong social skills, uncertain finances, cutthroat competition and expensive, quickly depreciating equipment are among the many challenges that might sound familiar. And I’m a firm believer that the lessons […]
