Tag: small business

An Ocean of GDPR Data Streams

In a previous post, I wrote about ‘GDPR or Bust!’, in this post I would like to venture deeper into the Ocean of GDPR Data Streams that I perceive which may need to be crossed on route to GDPR Compliance. Example GDPR Project Activities Understanding the scope of theRead More

Brendon May 13, 2018 Approaches, Compliance, GDPR, Lean, Personal Data, quality management, small business, Tool Approaches, GDPR, Lean, Personal Data, Quality Management, Small Business Comments Off

Breaking Brexit

Stop Talking … Start Doing … and lets get ‘Breaking Brexit’! Say we are a small rural business in a sleepy town or village just keeping pace with rural living … chances are Brexit (Britain Exiting the EU) are not top of our day to day business priorities let aloneRead More

Brendon September 21, 2017 Brexit, business development, business strategy, finance, Implementation, Innovation, kanban, Objectives, operations, people management, Problem Statement, professional timeline, Project Charter, Project Management, sales and marketing, self assessment, small business, Strategy Approaches, Bits Bobs and General Rants, Brexit, Business Development, Implementation, Innovation, Lean, Project Management, Small Business, Strategy Comments Off

I Got Five Years For Agile In Manufacturing

I got 5 years for Agile in Manufacturing

I was reading a LinkedIn post by C Keith Horner in which he ponders the application of the Agile framework in Agile Manufacturing. This post is inspired by pretty much the same inspiration and question that has haunted me for at least the last 5 years as I serve myRead More

Brendon February 19, 2017 Agile, Innovation, Lean, Lean Manufacturing, six sigma, small business, Voice of the Customer Agile, Bobs & General Rants, Innovation, Lean, Manufacturing, Software Development, Uncategorized Comments Off

Rural Ireland Must … “Innovate Or Die!”

Rural Ireland must … Innovate Or Die!. This may sound a little over dramatic until you make a connection as I did recently. I was conducting research for a thought experiment which forms the basis for my masters. My thesis is framed as a question, “How can lean innovation createRead More

Brendon July 21, 2016 Agile, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, change, Clonmel, collaborate, Collaboration, commerical, Commerical Value, Community, consume, consumer, consumption, Employment, footfall, Frugal Innovation, fukushima, Futaba, globalisation, Hirono, innvate, Ireland, Irish, Japan, Japanese, job seekers, Katsurao, Kawamata, Kawauchi, Litate, local business, Minamisoma, Namie, Naraha, Nenagh, Okuma, partnership, problems, refugees, Research, Retail, Roscrea, rural econ, rural ireland, shared value, shopping, small business, Small Town, Social, Social Gain, sustainable solutions, Tamura, Templemore, Thurles, Tipperary, Tomioka, town centre, transformation, unemployed, Unemployment, villages Bits Bobs and General Rants, Business Development, Innovation, Local Economic Development, Social Commerical Partnership 5 Comments »

Defining a ‘High-Potential SME’

I am not usually one for reading notices or advertisements but the following Article grabbed my attention because I perceive myself as a Lean/Frugal Collaborative Innovation evangelist with more than a passing interest in its role in small and micro enterprises (social or commercial). The article promotes a workshopRead More

Brendon March 18, 2016 EU, Frugal Innovation, Horizon 2020, Lean, Lean Innovation, micro enterprise, micro firms, small business, SMEs Business Development, Innovation Comments Off

Be small, think big and go places

It can take all hands on deck in a small organisation to keep the ship a float and on course when battling the many day to day operations. If the organisation employs a very small number, making time and course corrections needed to discover new ideas or explore new islandsRead More

Brendon January 4, 2015 business development, Innovation Management, micro enterprise, small business, SMEs Business Development, Innovation, Lean Comments Off

The Battle Cry Goes Out To Small Business To Innovate

Battle cry goes out to small businesses – it’s time to innovate

There are 230,000 small to medium enterprises (SMEs), employing over 900,000 employees in Ireland, returning over 10 billion euros each year to the Irish exchequer (McHugh, 2010). In 2013, the European Commission stated in Europe, over 92% of all enterprises are micro-SMEs and employ fewer than 10 people. Both theRead More

Brendon August 16, 2014 business development, innovation research, micro enterprise, micro firms, small business, sme Business Development Comments Off

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