THIS MONTH, WE’RE ASKING … Are you still learning?

Absolutely – that’s what life is all about, right?

Steve Reid (Simba Sleep)

Every day is a school day. I find learning is split between soft skills and hard skills. In particular, for bigger-picture learning I find attending conference likes London Tech Week and Cog X to be highly valuable, with helping you take a step back from the day to day and learn about the wider trends in the industry

Deirdre Mc Gettrick (ufurnish.com)

I am learning every day. I learn so much from my team. What’s the point in being the smartest person in the room? You won’t learn much!

George Sinclair (Nimbus Beds)

Of course! Every day I learn something new

Jade Farthing (Haskins Furniture)

Always learning. My co-founder likes to remind me that every day is an interview!

Keiran Hewkin (Swyft Home)

Yes, of course! The day you stop learning or wanting to learn, you stand still, both personally and in business. These days there is so much information at our fingertips that it is hard to avoid discovering something new every day

Wendy Martin Green (Peter Green Furnishers)

No direct training, but always learning and developing on the job. Sales is constantly evolving, and you need to stay up to date. YouTube is a good source of information, and to pick up new ideas and techniques

John Northwood (agent)

We never stop learning!

Shaun

Peel

(MattressTek)

Always. Times change, businesses and the industry change, and it’s important to constantly learn, adapt and stay open minded to new ways of doing things

Tom Bayliss (Kettle Interiors)

I still learn something new most days

Shane Harding (Highgrove Beds)

Not so much formal training, but in ecommerce there’s a constant stream of new technologies and marketing channels that need to be got to grips with. A lot of it comes to naught, but you have to remain open to the thing that might change your fortunes

David Kohn (The Multichannel Expert)

You are always learning new things. I think you only stop learning on the day you die

Huw Williams (Toons Furnishers)

Still learning about life, furniture and coding

Neil Barker (Barkers Furniture)

You must look for continual improvement every day, otherwise your competition can walk past you

Rob

King

(Julian Bowen)

Most definitely. Where our industry has become more techdriven, we’ve had to step up (but underneath that, we’re still a mattress company first and foremost – product, product, product!)

Martin Seeley (MattressNextDay)

Yes, continuous improvement is very important when developing leadership skills and strategic thinking

Mark Gannon (Sofa Source)