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Jo Hands unpacks the lessons learnt from starting the Whiteark Podcast - The Chiefs. We have interviewed a range of leaders; young, older, CEO, Executive, owning and running their own business. Each leaders provided so many great tips and lessons around their leadership journey. It’s very inspiring.
Matthew Webber writes about the challenge has been laid to develop a Supply Chain Strategy that supports Australia’s renewed obsession with lifestyle. The way that we buy, move and sell Is shifting in seismic proportions. We have had all the indicators within our radar for some – the uptake of ecommerce as a legitimate and safe platform for retail shopping, geo political trade wars playing out between large, industrialised nations and emerging nations along with increase consumer insistence on visibility and ethical sourcing practices.
The economic impact of COVID-19 has led to a material decline in M&A activity globally, including Australia. As a result, we have seen fewer transactions and according to Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters), worldwide M&A activity totaled US$1.2 trillion during H1 of 2020, a drop of 41% compared to a year ago and the slowest opening six-month period since 2013. M&A activity abroad appears to have rebounded to some degree since the end of June 2020, presumably as economies have started to reopen.
Technology is changing at a rapid pace and while technology is changing, companies will continue to be forced to change. New technologies can disrupt established businesses, but more importantly they stimulate opportunities for innovation. In today’s environment, business owners are more concerned about missing opportunities to grow, than become obsolete.
Matthew Webber writes about Supply Chain Transformation leadership in action. One of the key attributes for any prosperous supply chain of the modern era is to have the ability to adapt and respond. We can design our supply chains structurally, and technically, to deliver on this outcome, however we do have to move our supply chains from where they are today, to where they need to be in the future. We need to do that through leading our people, our partners and our communities in which we operate.
Matthew Webber writes about how competitive advantage is now shifting to the Supply Chain. We are living in very uncertain times, driven by the various disruptions that are playing out in front of our very eyes. The level of disruption is often overwhelming, and the certainty, safety and security of our supply chains are under threat. It will be those organisations that can bring a level of consistency and reliability in their supply chains that will...
Matthew Webber writes about retail transformation in disruptive times. It is both confronting and somewhat depressing to turn the pages (physically or digitally) of a newspaper to see yet another retailer fall victim to the economic climate. There is nothing nice about an empty shop front, the loss of jobs or the withdrawal of an important community institution.
This in-depth 28+ page report takes a deep dive into 18 different industries, looking at how they have been impacted differently by the Covid-19 global pandemic, and what industries can do as we enter the recovery and regeneration phase. Source: IbisWorld. Note: This is based on Stage 4 Restrictions.
Charlie Nelson, Director at foreseechange, writes about managing uncertainty - unpacking three key strategies. A recent survey by Whiteark found that people in business were more concerned about uncertainty than any other issue. This is understandable given the shocks of the past year, including extensive, tragic bushfires, the COVID-19 pandemic...
B2B buying behaviour has become even more unpredictable with COVID-19 and as a result driving customer retention challenges for many organisations who have traditionally leveraged the sales function to manage high value accounts.
We take a closer look at the changes affecting countries across the world as we emerge from the changes caused by Covid-19. Source: Frost & Sullivan 9 Critical Trends Reshaping all Industries Post-COVID, 2020
The hot topic for 2020 has been Covid and in particular what businesses should be doing to transform to this well-articulated new normal. At Whiteark we’ve been thinking specifically about the impact this unique year has had on B2B selling and specifically what your organisation may want to be considering.
According to Gartner’s research (Strategy Execution Change Model Survey in 2019), only 46% of Executives and Managers felt their efforts were aligned to strategy. There are 4 key building blocks to guide the process of strategy to execution: Market and Industry Trends, Company Strategy, Build the Plan and Manage Performance
