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Creativity is a state of mind, wherever you are

Does working from home make us more or less creative? Some say that home provides the ideal environment for creative thinking – a quiet place (in theory!)

Strategic partnership to set new standard in digital transformation

European consultancy and digital services leader Sopra Steria has today announced a long-term strategic partnership with digital transformation specialists Step5 Group (Step5), part of the TXM Group.

Finding the lighter side of WFH: virtual commute anyone?

Working from home has undeniable benefits. As a working mum of two, it gives me more flexibility than I’ve ever had. Because I’m no longer commuting, I’m always back for the kids’ bedtime. However, despite the positives, working from home during a pandemic, in a third national lockdown, poses some unique challenges.

Step5 joins TXM Group following latest merger announcement

The merger follows five years of rapid growth at Step5 as businesses increasingly look for expert resource to scope, manage and implement new digitally enabled solutions, from business management to logistics and data handling.

WFH is hurting productivity. The steering wheel desk has got to go!

So, what is it about remote working that hampers productivity and how can the challenges be overcome?

How can businesses maintain human connections in an increasingly virtual world?

Of the many business challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the mechanics of human interaction is one of the toughest. Businesses have always been built on people, whether in times of peace, war or international pandemic…

Have we reached a technology tipping point in business?

One of the unexpected upsides of the pandemic is that it has made us take a step back and re-examine the way we do things. We are looking with fresh eyes at what we once considered standard practice and, in some cases, necessary evils…

Will post-Covid business be leaner, if not meaner?

Every dark cloud has a silver lining, they say. And in the case of the coronavirus pandemic, that could be true in some respects. Out of sheer necessity, barriers that once held organisations back from introducing remote working have come down.

How to make remote working ‘business as usual’

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered what many are describing as the world’s largest work-from-home experiment. On 23rd March, the UK Government ordered non-essential businesses to close and employers were urged to facilitate employees working from home. Almost overnight we became a nation of remote workers, reliant on digital tools from Asana to Microsoft Teams…

Overcoming Adversity and Capitalising on Opportunity in the New Normal

How we do business, where we do business, is changing. Smart organisations will capitalise on the opportunity to restructure and realign their business to the new normal, whilst those that fail to adapt risk being left behind.