Start with Why, Simon Sinek
This is one of my favourite TED talks, recorded in 2009. Simon Sinek, Start with Why. “People don’t buy What you do, they buy Why you do it” The theme is to help you...
Business / Innovation / Strategy
12 May, 2014
This is one of my favourite TED talks, recorded in 2009. Simon Sinek, Start with Why. “People don’t buy What you do, they buy Why you do it” The theme is to help you...
1 May, 2014
Discussions about innovation are often made difficult because people are unclear about the exact meanings of some key terms. In particular there is confusion about the difference between creativity, innovation and invention. Let us...
13 Apr, 2014
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualise, structure...
6 Feb, 2014
Innovation, creativity and idea generation. We have prepared a series of workshops to assist established organisations to understand the current status of the company, to open their minds and explore new avenues & ideas...
1 May, 2013
My morning can hardly be described as innovative, its a routine. Wake, rise, bathroom, dress and then kitchen. Next stage gets me in the mood for work, our golden retreiver (dog) Finlay. Always a...
12 Oct, 2012
This week, I finally got time to set aside to re-evaluating our USP, that 30 second (or even 10 second) pitch that we all get with those we interact with, that time that can...
1 Jul, 2012
Innovation, creativity and idea generation. We have prepared a series of workshops to assist established organisations to understand the current status of the company, to open their minds and explore new avenues & ideas...
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Brian Andrews & Grainne Cleare, The Business Planners
The Ballymun Business Academy (BBA) provides training to entrepreneurs to enable them to stress test their strategic vision and reassess the company’s strategic direction. Brian and Grainne were contracted by the Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership in November 2012 to deliver a training module within BBA. In many entrepreneurship courses the focus is predominately on administering tools to aid entrepreneurs, however, Brian and Grianne’s … Read more
Brian joined us at Snap as part of his DCU Business Innovation Program. Our project at Snap was to introduce 6 new commercial products to Snap, over 6 months. Brian acted as Project Manager for the exercise. Working with Group Office, he completed the commercial negotiations and planned the rollout of the new products. A clear, precise and practically implementable method for rolloing out the products was developed by Brian and Grainne from DCU, with Snap’s group office team. The methodology inc… Read more
Both Brian and Grainne have been working with eight Famers Markets in County Meath since January 2012, and have provided a focused analysis of the “state of the art” in terms of the markets current situation, potential for development and clear pathways for investment both in terms of capital and skills enhancement requirements.
As dedicated partitioners in the field.. they bring first hand knowledge and a pragmatic approach to this project taliered to their clients needs. It is apparent that th… Read more
I cannot praise Brian enough, he is a brilliant technical resource with excellent customer handling skills and a real pleasure to work with.
Mark Duffy, Service Delivery Manager, Ireland, Esp.co.uk
2012/11/01
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