Innovation, Strategy and a little fun for your business delivering results
16 Apr, 2014
We attended an dual event for a programme on helping regional SME’s in Ireland to innovate, develop and grow their business http://www.itcarlow.ie/enterprise/inspire/inspire-home.htm The initial meeting was with the other tutors / consultants of the...
14 Apr, 2014
Fail Better, Fail Quicker, Fail Incrementally. That is the theme of a recent event I attended, Flounders in the Science Gallery in Trinity College, Dublin Ireland on 9th April 2014. This was part of...
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...
20 Jun, 2013
Understand where your customer is, hangs out. What problem do you fix for them. What is the language that you need to connect with them. Can you measure your engagement with your customers. Brian...
30 May, 2013
We spend 40 or 50 or more hours at work each week. Many of us spend more time with those we work with than we do our families and to be content and fulfilled...
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...
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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
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
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
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
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