As a BSc Engineering student, digital marketing has always been something I’ve been interested in, but is not something I have covered in my lectures! I walked to the seminar room with a sense of the unknown but excited to learn about a little bit of the world of advertising. Neil Sharman, the speaker for…
Digital Leadership or Leading Digitally?
Does your organisation’s digital leadership (DL) mean you are leading digitally? DL as a concept is used when we want to establish how organisations leverage technology in order to have competitive advantage. It also describes how people in organisations deploy technology to support or optimise processes, transform organisational culture, or innovate new ways of…
Sam Meets… Simon Grosse
Whiteknights at the University of Reading is a home for many; students, academics; small businesses, even ducks and swans. One organisation that truly considers Whiteknights as home is a business called Foundation SP, a business based at the enterprise centre in Early gate. Foundation SP is an award-winning Technology Company that provides dynamic technology solutions….
Trump one year on: Senior Management involvement
If you look back at news reporting between November 2016 and today, it is astonishing. Every move, idea, comment and breath by Donald Trump has been commented on and responded to, and for good reason. However, it also tells us about ourselves as an audience. You will remember, in my blogs I mentioned these dynamics…
The Henley Centre for Leadership Voices: one initiative
What an interesting year 2017 has been for leadership, and 2018 is already looking promising. People say New York is the city that never sleeps; to me leadership is the topic that never sleeps. At the Henley Centre for Leadership (HCL) we are raising our engagement with our audience to the next level. Our new…
How Jacinda Ardern is paving the way for Women In Leadership
Last week, Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s youngest ever Prime Minister, announced that her first child is due in June. This will be only the second ever baby to be born to a serving female Prime Minister, the first being to Benazir Bhutto, some 30 years ago. Furthermore, Ms Ardern told the press on Friday that…
The humble lettuce – and what it can teach us about supply chains and business strategy!
Ahead of the Henley Business School Preview Day on Saturday 17th February, I thought I’d give you a taste of the dynamic, interactive and thought-provoking taster lecture. And yes, it involves lettuce! As Professor of Strategy and Operations Management, I lead the teaching of strategy on Henley’s MBA programmes. The lettuce illustrates a key product…
My first term at Henley Business School
The end of the first term at Henley Business School came quicker than I thought. Looking back, the past few months were certainly eventful, from socials to field trips and of course, the end of term deadlines that will definitely not be missed! The transition from being a Geography Undergraduate student at Royal Holloway, University…
6 Festive Ways To Have Fun this Holiday Season
Staying in Reading over the holidays? Fear not, you aren’t alone. Plenty of people will still be kicking around campus, and just because school is out of session doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of Christmas activities for you to take part in. We’ve rounded up six activities for you to enjoy in the next…
How to support students with their recruitment and early career anxieties
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a breakfast in central London kindly hosted by GTI. The discussion mainly centred around supporting students with their mental health. We talked about the latest piece of research by Trendence UK which looked at supporting students whilst in the application process and with their transition to the world…
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