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Revolutionising manufacturing
“We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there” - Charles F. Kettering, American inventor, engineer and businessman.Today, many of us are...
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Transform or be transformed
In April 2011, the Economist indicated that in 1937 if you were a company on the S&P 500 index you remained there for 75 years, which in my world is forever.Today, companies last on the same index...
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From baby boomers to Gen Z
My grandfather ran a chemist’s shop in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland for all his working life. Aside from service in the Second World War, my father was an academic all his working life. It looks...
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2012: when 'real time' business comes of age?
In the 19th century, the introduction of the telegraph across the US provided businesses with the ability to have timely two way communications over vast distances. This allowed some businesses to...
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The changing face of the consumer
While all the focus currently is on the economic difficulties around the world, looking out to 2020 the clear pattern that companies need to be examining over the longer term is the rise of the middle...
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Collaboration is critical
I was recently fortunate enough to travel to New Zealand where I met a variety of people from the government and private sector. A couple of subjects dominated our discussions: agriculture and the role...
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Blurring the digital divide
I took delivery of a shiny new Samsung television last week. The helpful guy who installed it showed me how to turn it on and off and change channels by talking to it! Very impressive, I thought. But...
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How a wedding sparked a data challenge?
June was a pretty special month for me. I had a great holiday in Australia, which ended up with me getting married in a dried-up riverbed in place called Parachilna out in the middle of the outback....
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Living in a box
For me, watching the Olympic Games opening event was one of the most exciting TV experiences of my adult life. As the Queen turned to James Bond to say hello I was clapping and cheering. As Beckham...
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A retail revolution
Growing up in Belfast in the 1960s I remember milkmen, bread vans, fishmongers and a butcher all delivering fresh produce to our home. Over the next 40 years these tradesmen virtually disappeared as...
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Saving lives
Living in London I take quality healthcare as a given. A few weeks ago I was speaking at the TEDxKPMG DELHI conference in Delhi, India. Two of the speakers, Dr Amit Chatterjee & Rohit Bhasin,...
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Does everyone need to own a car?
The only vehicle I own is a lovely 1973 Bristol 411 classic touring car. I live in central London which means I drive it perhaps once every couple of months. I rent someone’s underground parking...
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Cloud enabling new business models
I have just returned from an expedition to Papua New Guinea. One of my goals was to photograph people from some of the many colourful tribes who live on that ancient land. I returned with 13,000...
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Which careers will exist in 30 years?
September 2013 marked my 30th anniversary with KPMG. I started with three happy years training as an auditor and studying to become a chartered accountant. Then I spent 25 years in Forensic,...
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2014: the year wearable computing becomes mainstream
A couple of weeks ago KPMG issued me with a shiny new iPhone 5s. To me what was most different was the fingerprint or should I say thumbprint scanner. For those that have not seen this innovation the...
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Collaborate in a digital age
At the time of writing this piece I have worked for KPMG for 30 years, six months, two weeks and five days (not that I am counting). Over the years I have been lucky enough to build a fantastic network...
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Revolutionising manufacturing
“We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there” - Charles F. Kettering, American inventor, engineer and businessman.Today, many of us are...
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Transform or be transformed
In April 2011, the Economist indicated that in 1937 if you were a company on the S&P 500 index you remained there for 75 years, which in my world is forever.Today, companies last on the same index...
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From baby boomers to Gen Z
My grandfather ran a chemist’s shop in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland for all his working life. Aside from service in the Second World War, my father was an academic all his working life. It looks...
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2012: when 'real time' business comes of age?
In the 19th century, the introduction of the telegraph across the US provided businesses with the ability to have timely two way communications over vast distances. This allowed some businesses to...
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