The UK and New Zealand, at first glance, are vastly different countries. In location, in landscape, in people, in customs, in business. But there is also much shared by the 2 nations, not least a similar value set.
Yet the UK and New Zealand experiences of the global Covid19 crisis have been starkly different.
Why?
That is what I wanted to find out. So, I set up a conversation across the 11,500 miles with 2 experienced New Zealand business representatives, to uncover why our early experiences of the impact of the Covid19 crisis on businesses has been so different.
A recent Deloitte report found a startling lack of preparation for the impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution:
But the more progressive organisations and forward-thinking leaders are considering it. And they are specifically considering what it means in terms of their organisation’s new ways of working and the corresponding skill sets needed.
“There must be 50 ways to leave your lover” - Simon & Garfunkel.
“There must be 50 ways to leave your meeting participants in the dark”. Anon
Failing to persuade your client with your complex data insights? Losing sales as a result, or project momentum or client attention?
Consider translating your graphs, charts and detailed data tables into a compelling idea instead.
You can do that through data storytelling.
"If you want your company to operate with wisdom, with care, then women are the best"
So said Jack Ma at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. As a man running a company that delivered 61% revenue growth last year, serving 488 million customers, he knows what works and what doesn't.
Diversity of thought is essential to an organisation's economic success.
Listen to his excellent Q&A at Davos here
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