Following our appointment as partner for exit preparation and planning to the HR Dept, we were delighted to be invited by Albert Keeshan, licensee for Reading, Thames Valley and South Oxfordshire, to co-host a round table on exit planning for several of Albert’s clients.
At the 4th of our round table series co-hosted with Emerge Digital, it was notable how the conversation had evolved over the last year. Business owners are starting to ask questions like: what have other businesses done with AI? what sort of ROI have they had? what has been the impact of AI on people, really? and how can I use AI to develop and improve my business. All too often, though, they are still asking where do I start? We still believe that the adoption of AI is not just about the technology. It is about your business, and where there is opportunity to transform performance and disrupt your industry sector. And that means starting with clear business needs and goals, focusing on leadership and culture, and aligning technology implementation with these objectives. People are the key.
As advisors we invest in our own learning so that we address current themes and trends and ensure we support our clients when they are taking steps to adapt and change in their organisations. Bridging the Gap Conference was an opportunity for me to find out more from an academic, expert and practitioner community working in the areas of equality, diversity and inclusion, explore current thinking, challenges and the innovative practices, policies and tools being developed towards creating a fairer society.
On the 19th of September, hgkc and Emerge Digital held their third roundtable on the challenges of AI and Automation for Business Transformation. The event took place at Yeovil’s Northover Manor Hotel, and Peter Quintana (hgkc Director) and Tom Henson (Emerge Digital MD) discussed the growth of AI and some of the opportunities and the barriers businesses face when adopting AI.
On the 11th of April at Square Works in Bristol, hgkc held a roundtable focusing on the importance of market analysis, the process of gathering information about a particular market to understand the industry, competition, customers, and business environment. The event was facilitated by hgkc Associate Joe Constant, who pointed out that when considering market analysis, it was also important to consider AI as not only does it have a huge impact on businesses, but people are relying more on automation and not what was used before.
On the 25th of January, hgkc hosted the first Book Club of 2023. Returning to the Kensington Arms and tea and cakes were enjoyed whilst we looked at The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni. Not only did everyone read the book but all those who attended completed the Working Genius profile to help them understand not only what their Genius’ are, but their Frustrations, and their Competencies.
On the 29th November, hgkc held their first roundtable in person since the pandemic. Located at Square Works Bristol the discussion focused on the upcoming recession and how the attendees could overcome the challenges they faced due to the crisis in Ukraine, Brexit and COVID-19.
hgkc Director and co-founder Peter Quintana facilitated the event and was joined by guest speakers Paul Netto, founder of visionary accountancy practice Equifino, Sam Talby, insolvency practitioner from Undebt, and Kim Jones, hgkc Director, co-founder, and innovation expert.
On the 16th November, hgkc and friends gathered at the Kensington Arms to discuss their latest read.
The Conscious Effect by Natasha Wallace offers ’50 Lessons for Better Organizational Wellbeing’ helping leaders to ‘Transform yourself and your workplace through greater consciousness’.
How do you keep your business going in a year like no other? This has obviously been a huge question for business owners in 2020, and in our latest roundtable we addressed some of the issues of business resilience along with co-hosts, Metro Bank.
Our first virtual book club proved a great success despite not having the benefit of the Kensington Arm’s fabulous cake to help get the conversation underway!
The Book Club – specially for the ambitious, the curious and the fast-growing, where leaders come to learn from each other.
"Innovation is an essential component of leaders embracing scale-up principles." This was one of the main conclusions arrived at when hgkc brought a dozen businesses together on the 23rd May to share their challenges with scaling.
The Book Club is specially for the ambitious, the curious and the fast-growing.
The Book Club – for the ambitious, the curious and the fast-growing, where leaders come to learn from each other – returned to The Kensington Arms on the 16th January with a book that filled a long-overdue need.
When we told Tim Johnson we had chosen his book Meaningful Success for The Book Club, we were delighted that he agreed to come along and provide unique insights into the experiences that had led him to write it.
The latest in a series of engaging and thought-provoking hgkc Book Clubs was led by author, inspirational psychologist and coach Sam Kotadia.
Problems with recruitment in STEM-based careers and the resulting conversations to try and address them are not new. As the world’s industry develops at an ever-quickening pace, demand for talent intensifies and businesses that find the right people receive a competitive advantage.
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