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Managing the talent pool with the help of analytics
Mobilising people to achieve an organisation’s goals is not as straightforward as mobilising any of its other resources because, well, you’re dealing with people. People have skills, experiences, capabilities, feelings, opinions, perceptions, attitudes and values that must be taken into consideration when crafting strategy. For example, when goals are set …
Interview with the New President of the Barbados Economic Society – Shane Lowe
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s interview is with the new President of the Barbados Economic Society. Congrats on becoming the new President of the BES. When was the official start date of your term? Thank you. December 19, 2017. I know that you’ve been in the press a bit and I saw the last …
Release of the Executive Summary of the Employee View of the Employer Brand
Antilles Economics and Blueprint Creative Inc. recently completed a pilot study of more than 440 employees in Barbados to shed light on how employees’ views could be influencing their employers’ brands. The concept of the employer brand encompasses all aspects of an organisation’s reputation as an employer, and embodies the …
The fourth AE Quarterly newsletter for 2017 is now available
Do you already subscribe to our free newsletter AE Quarterly? If so, it should already be in your inbox, ready for you to delve into our new content. If not, what are you waiting for? AE Quarterly features articles written by the AE team on business topics relevant to our …
Are you ready for election year?
How economic forecasts and scenarios can strengthen financial planning It’s already mid-December 2017. Your organisation has already started (or maybe even finalised) your plans for 2018. You have targets and budgets and tactics lined up to take you confidently into the year ahead. But, did you remember that 2018 is …
Being Comfortable With Uncertainty
I once heard a manager proudly tell a new analyst who joined her team that in their business, you have to get comfortable with not having information and making decisions in an environment of great uncertainty. She was not talking about the future and the uncertainty it brings, she was …
Is who you’re targeting who’s really buying?
As part of the development of a good marketing strategy, marketers define their target market, i.e. who they are trying to attract through their branding and advertising efforts. Typically, they take their cue from the corporate strategy, which would assume, inter alia, that the products and services being created by …
Using forecasts and scenarios in strategic planning
One of the biggest travesties to me in strategic planning – yes, I know I’m being dramatic – is that companies do not incorporate economic forecasts and scenarios into their strategic plans. I don’t count mentioning the outlook in the background section when you’re setting the tone for the rest …