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SAMUELE ARMONDI Thought Quarter
The big question If your future business-self from 2030 visited you today, what would be the key skills and knowledge they would tell you to develop within yourself and your workforce to help your business thrive? Join the conversation @biz_cornwall
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I would tell my future self to focus on understanding the fundamentals of how a successful business operates – steady stream of new business, sustainable operations, engaged people, and clients who advocate for you. The world around has changed a lot in the past 18 months, and will change a lot more in the next few years. Relentless focus on the basics will help leaders and teams thrive in a changing world.
JEN KEYWOOD ATI2
I always ask the businesses we work with what advice they would give to anyone thinking about pursuing a new business idea. They always say something along the lines of “just go for it” and “don’t stand still”. I think when we look back, we regret the things we don’t do. We regret not trying. Failure is fine as long as we learn from it. So being brave in business, less risk adverse, continuing to pursue your ideas and constantly adapting are all skills needed for 2030.
NIKKI FORWARD Ocean Group
Skills of resilience, flexibility and adaptability, which we learnt in 2020 as a result of a global pandemic, will continue to be important throughout the next decade. We will see a continued speed of change and increase in automation of manual tasks, which will shift the focus to skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and analysis. The importance of IT skills, in both technology and data, including how we use that data, will all be key to business success.
TOP 5 BENEFITS FOR BUSINESSES OF FAST RELIABLE INTERNET
By Paddy Paddison, chief technology officer at Wildanet In many parts of the UK, it’s taken as a given that fast, reliable broadband will be available for businesses but that’s still not the case in Cornwall. Every day we’re talking to firms who have been putting-up with poor internet connections for too long and are now looking for a solution. The pandemic caused an instant rethink for many as the capability of their service was quickly
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found out. But there are many reasons why businesses might take the leap and upgrade; new IT system, software or data-hungry apps; different working practices; customer demands. So, as we all like lists, here’s my Top 5 business benefits of having the sort of fast, reliable internet Wildanet is already rolling out to businesses across the county.
