TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says workplace development is crucial in the new industrial revolution A Davos morning-after sinking feeling hangs over individuals who were not on the guest list. We’re talking about a company’s workforce urgently needing digital training and guidance to survive an era of downsizing, outsourcing and general workplace instability. Not that your […]
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Build a more agile connection with customers
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says marketers should focus on nurturing existing customer relationships in more personalised and agile ways Three-out-of-five SMEs are slashing their marketing budgets, according to new research. Set to suffer is social media, often hyped as the digital route towards getting closer to the customer. Many organisations, irrespective of their size and this includes […]
Logan must take a wide view on IT skills
TECH TALK Scott McGlinchey of Exception tells BILL MAGEE that the chief entrepreneur must not repeat mistakes of the past Scotland’s annual digital audit indicates that if there is one area in which the period of the global pandemic proved a positive catalyst, it was in accelerating the technological transformation of businesses and other organisations. […]
More monitoring of our lives is on the cards
TECH TALK: The UK government is again looking at introducing identity cards, writes BILL MAGEE Identity cards are like Marmite, donor kebabs and Donald Trump. You either love ’em or hate ’em. But one thing is clear: Brits are just not wired up towards sharing their personal information willy-nilly. As an island we appear strongly resistant to their […]