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Microsoft's Teams and similar products facilitate communication between the members of a virtual team. The Perendie platform ® leads, governs and manages the team's work to produce useful outcomes.

Over the last two years I’ve noticed that new versions of Microsoft software such as Windows 10, Edge and LinkedIn reduce my productivity compared with previous versions. The latest software interrupts concentration and requires extra clicks and navigation, wasting...

Microsoft Teams, Slack, Workplace from Facebook and similar communication products facilitate and encourage remote communication but do little to ensure that the communication is productive, leaving employees to their own devices. Most employees mean well and want...

Two consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic are that: Two consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are that: 1. More people are working from home; 2. Less time is being spent in meetings. Working from home is potentially more productive than working in an office because...

Following the collapse of Carillion and Patisserie Valerie last year, it was assumed that their auditors should have warned stakeholders about the probability of the collapse. Sir John Kingman, the Competition & Markets Authority and Sir Donald Brydon were...

How to cut costs sustainably – and how not to do it The traditional approach to cost-cutting sets an arbitrary percentage by which costs are to be cut with no knowledge of its impact on the organisation’s future. The insecurity engendered by such an approach...