The uncertainty expressed at the beginning of 2017 has continued throughout the trading period with some retailers unable to whether the storm. Those that adapted to the new trading climate have seen ...
Monthly Archives: February, 2018
Creating Secure Excel SQL Queries
Sometimes it’s easier (lazier?) to use an Excel query for simple reports. One problem with this is that the query authentication properties are viewable to anyone who has access to the report....
Black Swan – The Impact of the Highly Improbable
I have recently finished listening to Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (a former derivatives trader, is Dean’s Professor in the Sciences Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences). The book is w...
Does Page Load Speed Really Matter?
If your website takes longer than three seconds to load, you could be losing nearly half of your visitors, according to data from Akamai. It’s pretty simple: the faster the speed of your websit...
5 Common Productivity Myths You Need To Stop Believing
“If you keep making that face, it’ll get stuck that way.” “Don’t sit too close to the television or you’ll fall in.” “Eat your carrots and you’ll always have great eyesight.” Sound...
Agile for families?
So hopefully many of you are familiar with the concept of Agile, if not it’s just a method of project management, used especially for software development and how our digital product teams curre...
A pro wrestler’s guide to confidence
You are more than you think you are, says former pro wrestler Mike Kinney — you just have to find what makes you unique and use it to your advantage. For years Kinney “turned up” the...
The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage
Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health and happiness. In this talk, she challenges a culture ...
The Academy Downloadable Books!
So interestingly I only found this the other day but did you know The Academy has a whole online library of downloadable books? You can find the library here but there are some great books for exam...