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Maximising the UK Industrial Strategy: A Guide for Business Leaders, Investors, and Policymakers

Maximising the UK Industrial Strategy: A Guide for Business Leaders, Investors, and Policymakers

Julio Romo
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Today, the UK government published its Industrial Strategy Green Paper, a public consultation that asks businesses to' help shape the industrial strategy.’  Timed to coincide with the International Investment Summit, the Green Paper presents the government’s vision for driving long-term economic growth. Yet, while it is being unveiled at a gathering of international investors, the UK must support the creation of a corporate venture capital ecosystem that can support UK innovation that can deliver growth.

How to fix the misunderstandings of strategy

How to fix the misunderstandings of strategy

Julio Romo
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Every company, government and investor has a strategy. Every organisation will have hundreds of strategies, but many of these guiding documents are not strategies. Many are not even aligned with a vision or destination but are instead a collection of tactical activities that fail to deliver true value. Here are some tips to help unlock strategic rewards.

How to secure Venture Capital in a Volatile Economy: The Critical Role of Reputation Management

How to secure Venture Capital in a Volatile Economy: The Critical Role of Reputation Management

Julio Romo
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American venture capital firms are making fewer deals. They are, as has been said before, keeping their investment powder dry for now. They are risk averse and seek opportunities where trust and reputation are factored into the business plan. But what can start-ups and companies looking for investments do to reassure VCs and other investors? I outline some initial strategic and tactical thinking and activities.

The importance of communications and engagement when developing digital services

Julio Romo
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Building digital services is complicated, it takes time and money, and the journey to delivery is full of risk.

Getting the service or technology adopted though is all about setting and managing expectations. For too many products though, the communications happens just before the go-live, when public relations and marketing is commissioned. But is this right? Can communications and engagement better support in the managing of risk during the design and development stages? After all, experience isn’t just set by the interaction with a product, expectations are met, or not, by what users are told before the go-live, by the narrative that is set and promoted.

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