I must confess that I have a soft spot when it comes to helping Family Businesses. When I see the effort and time family members put into their businesses and how much their businesses could operate better if it had to be better structured I feel compelled to give a lending hand. In such times …
Having effective online virtual meetings
I am sure you are by now surely spending a lot of time on online meetings through Zoom, Teams or other platforms. However are all these online meetings being effective? You join a video conference call. You’re one of nine faces on the screen. About 10 minutes into the call, your mind starts to wander …
Re-Starting with Various Challenges
As we are now in the inital phase to re-open and re-start the Maltese economy I feel that this is a time for hope but also for caution. As I have been saying in my various Blogs, this does not mean a return to the old “normal”. At the end of the day the virus …
Global Consumer Sentiment – A Further Update
In the past Blogs I have been updating you on the Global Consumer Sentiment as affected by the COVID-19 based on the research done by McKinsey & Co. I will focus on how this consumer sentiment is evolving in France, Germany, Italy and UK. As can be seen below UK seems to be the only …
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Maltese Perspectives on COVID-19 – A Further Update
It is with a sense of pride that I bring to you once again the results of an updated research done by EMCS (www.emcs.com.mt) on the Maltese Perspectives on COVID-19. The research study was carried out between Tuesday 27th April and Thursday 30th April 2020 whereby a total of 524 surveys were collected representing a …
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Retail Shops – A Re-opening to a New Reality
Malta has today taken its first steps towards the re-opening of certain retail shops. The retail shops that can open from Monday 4th May are shown in the below list. These shops will be the first to face the so called "new normal" (Read about the new normal here: https://silvansbusinessinsights.business.blog/2020/04/29/what-will-the-so-called-new-normal-be-like/) Retail Shops and other activities …
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What will the so called “new normal” be like?
As I speak to various businesses and help them survive the immediate effects of the crisis, I insist with them that this is also time to look at the medium term and plan for the "new normal". So it is expected that many ask me "but what will the new normal be like?" It is …
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Ask for Help – No Space for Mistakes
The more I speak to business leaders the more I realise that the scale of Covid-19 pandemic’s impact has not fully sunk in. Many business organisations are feeling the pressure I spoke about various times in my Blog, of simultaneously juggling with surviving the immediate crisis and planning for a radically changed future. Many organisations …
Digital Strategy in a Crisis Period
The COVID-19 crisis seemingly provides a sudden glimpse into a future world, one in which digital has become central to every interaction, forcing both organisations and individuals further up the adoption curve almost overnight.....and might I add that many business organisations have been caught with their pants down from a digital strategy and adoption perspective. …
Communicating in Uncertain times
I talk to many business leaders and managers who feel trapped between a stone and a hard place, as they deal with all the uncertainty that the pandemic brought about abruptly, not knowing when their employees will be able to return to the office or how things will be when they do. However in the …
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