Author Archives: Terry OSullivan

Meeting minds

Posted on 14/01/2013 by Terry OSullivan

The first Open University Business Network Breakfast Briefing of 2013 gets the New Year off to an excellent start with OU Vice Chancellor Martin Bean in conversation with Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick, Senior Lecturer in Retail Management and Academic Lead for … Continue reading →

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Going for Gold

Posted on 22/11/2012 by Terry OSullivan

We live in an age of unprecedently elaborate projects, indeed most of us make our living by being part of one or more of them – locatable somewhere on a flow chart between key milestones, aiming to squeeze out the … Continue reading →

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The Shock of the New

Posted on 06/09/2012 by Terry OSullivan

On September 5th 2012 NOKIA unveiled the Lumia 920, according to its makers ‘the most innovative smartphone in the world’. The result of this launch? An immediate 18% drop in share price. Admittedly, the launch event itself was bedevilled by … Continue reading →

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What’s your ideal business breakfast?

Posted on 14/05/2012 by Terry OSullivan

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for healthy businesses as it is for healthy bodies. What better opportunity is there in any schedule to make connections and take on board new ideas than when you are at … Continue reading →

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Trend-e, or what?

Posted on 02/05/2012 by Terry OSullivan

Perhaps it’s because I was switched on to the topic at Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick’s recent breakfast briefing on digital marketing, but suddenly ebusiness is big in my in-box. My monthly update from www.trendwatching.com for May 2012 has an etail focus, predicting, … Continue reading →

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Cookies for breakfast?

Posted on 20/04/2012 by Terry OSullivan

Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick’s upcoming OUBS Breakfast Briefing ‘Managing in Digital Markets’ on 25th April follows hot on the heels of a Guardian newspaper report that the average large UK website leaves no fewer than 14 tracking files (known as ‘cookies’) on … Continue reading →

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