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Productivity Podcast 2.009 Nov 202500:01:39

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🚨 Podcast Reboot Alert! The ReThink Productivity Podcast is Back—and Smarter Than Ever! 🚀

We're thrilled to announce the official reboot of the ReThink Productivity Podcast with a brand-new format and a commitment to delivering high-impact, actionable insights twice a month

Our new focus is simple: Less Noise, More Intelligence

We’ll now be releasing two essential episodes per month—a mix of deep-dive interviews and actionable, data-driven insights—perfect for busy leaders who need to stay ahead of the curve

The Relaunch Lineup (Your First Two Episodes):

🎙️ Episode 1. The Productivity Pulse (Early Month)

  • Data-Driven Action: Hear directly from our experts—Sue, Simon, & James—who share real-world trends, new data findings, and actionable productivity insights emerging from live projects
  • Learn from Real-World Wins: Get tactical advice and success stories from organisations that have achieved transformative productivity across the board

💡Episode 2. Basket & Barometer (Late Month)

  • Elevated Insights: In conversation with industry expert Diane Wehrle to move beyond surface-level metrics and tackle complex, data-driven metrics around customer shopping behaviour

For leaders in Operations, Strategy, and HR, this podcast provides the modern tools to build a smarter, more efficient, and ultimately more profitable business

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AI Value Track Podcast - Episode 302 Nov 202500:27:32

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We weigh the real trade‑offs of building AI in‑house versus buying and configuring proven tools, and map a practical route from pilot to production without blowing the budget. Clear steps on data, governance, ethics, and IP help you create value you can measure.

  • Build vs buy decisions tied to strategy and IP 
  • When generic problems justify off‑the‑shelf tools 
  • Niche bottlenecks and owning differentiated capability 
  • Real costs of talent, data architecture and compute 
  • Governance, scope control and reliability expectations 
  • Data quality, sourcing and security by design 
  • Measurable pilots, baselines and explainability 
  • EBITDA impact, inference costs and ROI discipline 
  • Ethics beyond bias, oversight and customer impact 
  • Partner contracts, IP protection and reuse limits 
  • Scaling blockers across finance, compliance, HR and IT 
  • Regulations to watch including EU AI Act and GDPR

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Footfall Insights August 202524 Aug 202500:10:43

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Diane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends. July retail data shows positive signs with spending down only 1.4% compared to 8.5% in June, though footfall decreased by 1.7% as consumers remain cautious with their spending. The warm weather has encouraged more UK residents to holiday at home, redirecting spending into local economies rather than abroad.

• Five key retail sectors (fashion, food and drink, general retail, grocery, health and beauty) all showed improvement in July
• Fashion rebounded from being 10.8% down in June to just 3.2% down in July
• Employment is up 0.7% year-on-year to 4.7%, with youth unemployment rising 14.1%
• Interest rate reductions benefit mortgage holders but impact savers
• The approaching "Golden Quarter" (Halloween through Christmas) will be challenging but crucial
• Early and extended discounting is likely as retailers may over-order based on July's improved performance
• Weather continues to be a significant factor in retail performance

Looking ahead to August, if the good weather continues and staycations remain popular, we might see further improvements in retail spending figures




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Productivity Insights - It's not just Retail07 Aug 202300:18:02

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 Sue & Simon talk about the latest productivity trends. They discuss: 

  • Consistent productivity lessons across other industries
  • The Rethink Forum on 14th September 2023

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Is the tail wagging the dog?30 Jul 202300:18:12

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Doug Field CEO of East of England Co-op talks to Simon about how you manage and modernise a convenience supermarket chain 

They Cover:

  • Alignment of People/Processes and Technology
  • Challenges
  • Opportunities
  • Change
  • Future plans

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Productivity Insights - New News23 Jul 202300:09:56

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Sue & Simon talk about the latest productivity trends. They discuss: 

  • Cost cutting
  • The Rethink Forum on 14th September 2023
  • New news part 1
  • New news part 2

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MRI Springboard Footfall Insights July 202316 Jul 202300:13:26

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Diane Wehrle Marketing & Insights Director at MRI-Springboard joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. 
They cover: 

  • Footfall trends from May to June 2023
  • The growing importance of Weekends and Saturdays in particular
  • What we can expect in the summer months

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Harness the Power of Retail Operations Metrics09 Jul 202300:23:08

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Amy Bastow Managing Director of Cegid (formerly Store IQ) Retail Store Excellence talks to Simon about how they are helping Retailers to drive productivity 

They cover:

  • The challenges of compliance in retail
  • Retail Activity Planner
  • How Task Management is making teams more productive
  • The longest job title & product name we have seen to date !!

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Digital Twin02 Jul 202300:16:34

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Michal Ukropec CEO of Twinzo joins Simon on the Podcast to discuss Digital Twin. An exact 3D Live Digital Twin of your facility, house, office, factory, coffee shop, retail store or even a whole city (perhaps a space station?) 

They cover:

  • What is a digital Twin?
  • What are the benefits?
  • What things can you track?
  • How do you create a 3D image easily?



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Top Right Thinking Episode 325 Jun 202300:34:31

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Dr Iain Price Neuroscientist, writer, coach, trainer, author, speaker and Founder of Think It Out joins Simon for the last episode in our series looking at the science of trust and challenge (Top Right Thinking) 

They Cover:

  • Wicked Problems that leaders dealing with complexity face
  • How do we stay in high challenge, high support (top right) for more of the time
  • Neuro Pruning
  • The impact of remote working and back-to-back meetings
  • Top tips 
  • Link to Dose as referenced in the conversation


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MRI Springboard Footfall Insights June 202318 Jun 202300:11:56

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Diane Wehrle Marketing & Insights Director at MRI-Springboard joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. 
They cover: 

  • Footfall trends from April to May 2023
  • The growing importance of Weekends and Saturdays in particular
  • What we can expect in the summer months

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Top Right Thinking Episode 211 Jun 202300:21:57

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Dulcie Swanston writer and owner of Top Right Thinking & Sue Hedaux join Simon in the second of a series of 3 episodes looking at the science of trust and challenge (Top Right Thinking)

They cover:

  • Linking Top Right Thinking to physical productivity
  • Outputs and insight from ReThink studies using Top Right Thinking



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Top Right Thinking Episode 104 Jun 202300:24:37

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Dulcie Swanston writer and owner of Top Right Thinking joins Simon in the first of a series of 3 episodes looking at the science of trust and challenge (Top Right Thinking) 

They cover:

  • Top Right Thinking and the link to Neuroscience
  • Why and when to use Top Right Thinking
  • The benefits you can deliver as a leader personally and for your teams

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ReThink Revealed - Ep.5. The Data Deep Dive: Productivity Lessons from the Numbers - James17 Aug 202500:23:24

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James Bolle, Rethink Productivity's Head of Insight Development, reveals how businesses can transform raw productivity data into meaningful insights that drive tangible improvements. His career-spanning mission has focused on helping organisations make better decisions through data analysis, quality processes, and contextualisation.

  • Rethink's rigorous three-layer quality control ensures trustworthy data analysis
  • Standardised templates and visualisations make analysis more efficient and consistent
  • Productivity data provides valuable benchmarking across industries
  • Partnerships bring new methodologies, including video analysis
  • AI offers significant potential but requires focus on specific, high-value applications
  • Real examples show how small data insights created major productivity improvements
  • Three key tips: know what you need to know, identify data gaps, structure data properly
  • Even small businesses have valuable data that needs proper organisation

If you've enjoyed this episode, visit the Rethink Productivity website for more podcasts and resources to help your organisation improve efficiency and productivity.


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Carbon Free Dining29 May 202300:24:29

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Greg Gormley Founder and CEO of SKOOT joins Simon on the Podcast to discuss how a life-changing moment led to a mission to help us all reduce our carbon footprint

They cover:

  • Educating about climate change & carbon footprint 
  • The carbon footprint of eating out
  • How small regular actions by us all can make a significant positive impact
  • The mechanics of SKOOT
  • The scale and speed of deforestation
  • SKOOT roadmap

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Productivity Insights - Parkinson's Law21 May 202300:12:28

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 Sue & Simon talk about Parkinson's Law. They discuss: 

  • What is Parkinson's Law?
  • Practical examples
  • Pace of work
  • How it links to leadership
  • Read our latest blog on Parkinson's Law

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MRI Springboard Footfall Insights May 202314 May 202300:14:02

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Diane Wehrle Marketing & Insights Director at MRI-Springboard joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. 
They cover: 

  • Footfall trends from March to April 2023
  • How the multiple Bank holidays in April impacted footfall
  • The Coronation

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Fixed On The Vision, Flexible On The Journey08 May 202300:26:02

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Stuart Cross Owner of Morgan Cross Consulting returns to the Podcast with Simon to discuss how business strategy has changed post lockdown

They cover:

  • The impact of lockdown, Brexit, global recession, supply chain, war 
  • Importance of winning today & winning tomorrow
  • Adaptability beats forecasting
  • Nothing fails like success - especially if you enter the cultural danger zone


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Retail Technology Show 2023 Reflections30 Apr 202300:04:40

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Simon reflects on the key themes after returning from the Retail Technology Show 

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Productivity Insights - MTM24 Apr 202300:12:02

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 Sue & Simon talk about MTM (Methods-Time Measurement). They discuss: 

  • What is MTM?
  • What does it cover?
  • Why should you use it?
  • What are the key trends ReThink are seeing
  • Retail Technology Show (ReThink are on stand 6B37)

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MRI Springboard Footfall Insights April 202316 Apr 202300:11:54

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 Diane Wehrle Marketing & Insights at MRI-Springboard joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover: 

  • Footfall trends from February to March 2023
  • How the multiple Bank holidays in April may impact footfall
  • The Retail Technology Show in Olympia on 26th & 27th April 2023


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Is Your Marketing Productive?09 Apr 202300:20:28

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James Bradbury-Willis Senior Account Manager at Source Design joins Simon to talk about getting the most out of your marketing

They cover:

  • Who is your audience?
  • What is the correct channel?
  • Communication strategy
  • KPIs
  • Why work with a full marketing agency?

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The Future Of Customer Experience02 Apr 202300:32:09

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Simon Fraser Vice President of CX Strategy at InMoment returns to the Podcast to talk about the future of customer experience (CX)

He discusses with Simon:

  • Why are you asking for customer feedback?
  • Chat GPT
  • Supervised Machine Learning & AI
  • Tailored feedback modelling

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Why is change so hard ?26 Mar 202300:23:38

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Simon Costigan Change Specialist joins Simon to discuss why delivering and sustaining change in a business is so hard. They cover: 

  • Senior alignment top to bottom
  • Navigating the change
  • Reverting to type/familiarity 
  • The importance of communication
  •  Consequences (or not) of stopping doing stuff 

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Rethinking Retail: What If We Challenged Everything?10 Aug 202500:12:40

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Simon Hedaux from Rethink Productivity provided NotebookLM with his thoughts on the dynamic world of retail productivity, challenging traditional assumptions to uncover hidden costs and untapped opportunities in modern retail operations.

Retail businesses face a productivity paradox where despite working harder and implementing efficiency measures, many find themselves "sprinting to stand still" as costs rise and operations grow more complex. Simon Hedaux from Rethink Productivity provided NotebookLM with crucial insights into navigating this challenging landscape through systemic changes rather than incremental tweaks. 

• Understanding true operational costs requires forensic analysis of processes like stock replenishment
• Modern technology enables unprecedented insights - computer vision, ESL systems, and digital tracking reveal inefficiencies
• Retail front ends must evolve beyond traditional tills to handle self-checkout, click-and-collect, and third-party parcels
• Radical "what if" scenarios challenge sacred cows: stores without managers, remote field visits, and elimination of stock counting
• Digital twins of stores, AI-powered inductions, and open banking represent the cutting edge of retail innovation
• The productivity principle: get the right work done by the right role at the right cost
• Critical approach: identify and eliminate non-value-added processes before attempting to digitize or automate them

Link to the original article can be found here...

ReThinking Retail

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2023 Digital Shopper Trends19 Mar 202300:25:10

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Michelle Evans
Global Lead, Retail & Digital Consumer Insights at Euromonitor International joins Simon to discuss Digital Shopper Trends. They cover:

5 key trends:

  • Online savers
  • Crowdsourced Creation
  • E-Customisation
  • Game Changers
  • Sensory Shopping – Link to L’Oreal Spice Bomb

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MRI Springboard Footfall Insights March 202312 Mar 202300:24:14

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Diane Wehrle Marketing & Insights at MRI-Springboard joins Simon in the first of more regular chats about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover: 

  • Footfall trends from January to February 2023
  • The impact of hybrid working
  • The rise of Saturdays
  • Retail park evolution
  • Online shopping trends

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Euroshop Reflections06 Mar 202300:07:21

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Simon talks about his recent trip to Euroshop. He covers:

  • What has happened in retail this week
  • What were the key themes at Euroshop with honourable mentions for Itab and Workjam

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Productivity Insights - Activity Study26 Feb 202300:20:03

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Sue & Simon talk about Activity Study. They discuss:

  • What is an Activity Study?
  • What does it cover?
  • Why should you do it?
  • What are the key trends ReThink are seeing

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User Generated Content19 Feb 202300:21:51

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Ed Hill General Manager at Bazaarvoice joins Simon to discuss User Generated Content. They cover:

  • What is User Generated Content
  • The productivity benefits:
    • Consumer
    • Retailer
    • Brand
  • Content supply chain
  • Positive environmental impact

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Productivity Insights - Efficiency Study13 Feb 202300:18:12

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Sue & Simon talk about Efficiency Study. They discuss:

  • What is an Efficiency Study?
  • What does it cover?
  • Why should you do it?
  • What are the key trends ReThink are seeing

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What's contributing to the massive loss of productivity in the workforce?06 Feb 202300:35:19

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Prasant Nair CEO & Product Architect joins Simon to discuss Double Gemini and its specialized ability to design productivity processes and deliver them as transformative training solutions and labs across five core productivity categories. They cover:

  • Loss of Productivity in the workforce
  • Email Productivity (Stack)
  • File Management (Vision)
  • Meeting Management (Unite)

Useful resources...

Stack Method

Vision Method

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Productivity Insights - Role Study29 Jan 202300:24:59

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Sue & Simon start this new monthly series by talking about Role Study. They discuss:

  • What is a Role Study?
  • What roles does it cover?
  • Why should you do it?
  • What are the key trends ReThink are seeing

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NRF 2023 Reflections22 Jan 202300:17:52

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Sue & Simon reflect on their trip to NRF in New York. They discuss:

  • What were the key trends and takeaways?
  • Observations on retail in New York
  • The car showroom that you can't buy a car from!!

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Why is customer feedback great for colleagues?15 Jan 202300:23:29

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Claire Sporton Global Head of Customer Experience at Ardoq discusses why customer feedback is great for colleagues. The chat covers:

  • Focusing on what can make a difference rather than the results
  • How do you get information and feedback into the hands of teams and team leaders to drive the change?
  • How do you turn your CX programme into actionable insight that drives colleague and customer engagement?
  • Not incentivising things that people can't influence

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Schedule Smarter, Not Harder: How to Transform Your Workforce Management03 Aug 202500:23:00

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Matthew Haywood, Owner of WFM Consulting, a seasoned retail expert with over 25 years of experience, shares his framework for effective workforce management through seven essential pillars. He dispels common myths about auto-scheduling while providing practical insights into achieving the elusive "right people, right place, right time" goal that transforms both customer and colleague experiences.

• Understanding the five key challenges: mindset, capability, confidence, simplicity, and adoption
• Exploring the seven pillars framework: operating hours, forecasting, labour deployment, contracted hours, availability, work assignments, and skill sets
• Debunking the myth that auto-scheduling is a "magic button" solution – expect to achieve 80-85% automation at best
• Recognising that small increases in flexibility across staff can make significant scheduling improvements
• Challenging the assumption that part-time workers provide more scheduling flexibility than full-time staff
• Publishing schedules at least three weeks in advance to improve colleague work-life balance
• Viewing effective workforce management as an opportunity to reinvest hours strategically rather than simply cutting costs




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Retail Technology Trends08 Jan 202300:33:17

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Ricardo Belmar Director of Partner Marketing for Retail at Microsoft,  Retail Tech Advisor & host of The Retail Razor Show joins Simon to discuss Retail Technology trends.

They cover:

  • Emerging technology
  • Being more than a retailer
  • Will the focus be on colleagues or the customer?
  • What is the role of the store colleague in the future?

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2022 Reflections. A year of two halves18 Dec 202200:27:49

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Sue Hedaux Co-Founder at ReThink Productivity returns to the Podcast to reflect on 2022

A year of 2 halves for most companies growth being top of the agenda in the first half of 2022, followed by uncertainty and spiralling cost challenges in the second half of 2022 fuelled by the war and hyperinflation

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Best Bits Of Business Advice Part 312 Dec 202200:11:56

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We have taken the best bits of business advice from The Rethink Productivity Podcast guests over the last 2 years and pulled them all together in special episodes for you. Enjoy the third and final part 

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Best Bits Of Business Advice Part 212 Dec 202200:12:16

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We have taken the best bits of business advice from The Rethink Productivity Podcast guests over the last 2 years and pulled them all together in special episodes for you. Enjoy part 2

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Best Bits Of Business Advice Part 112 Dec 202200:14:25

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We have taken the best bits of business advice from The Rethink Productivity Podcast guests over the last 2 years and pulled them all together in special episodes for you. Enjoy part 1

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Using AI to manage retention04 Dec 202200:22:46

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Ian Hogg Chairman of  WorkTech Group returns to the podcast to discuss how AI is being used to manage retention

Some key statistics from the conversation and 'Meeting your staffing requirements in difficult times' WorkTech whitepaper as discussed in the podcast

  • 60% of companies have a shortfall of staff of over 10%
  • 56% are reducing opening hours because they don’t have enough staff
  • 55% have looked at their working patterns to better deploy their staff

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Pimloc - Video privacy and analytics27 Nov 202200:24:41

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Simon Randall Co-Founder and Ceo and Guy Williams Enterprise Sales Director of Pimloc join Simon to discuss video data capture and analysis

They cover:

  • Pimloc's deep learning platform, Secure Redact, enables public and private organisations to protect personal data in video at scale
  • Automating data privacy compliance whilst responsibly unlocking the operational value of video data with analytics
  • The future of video data capture

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Retail Trajectories20 Nov 202200:28:55

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Carol Spieckerman President of Spieckerman Retail joins Simon to  discuss her Retail Trajectories

They cover:

  • Buy, build or bridge?
  • Diversify or die
  • Mad for ads
  • Frenemy

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The Price Is Right13 Nov 202200:29:16

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Claire Herbert Managing Director at Herbert RetailAllan Robertson Programme Manager at Scot Mid Co-Operative and Mark Barnett Business Transformation Project Lead at Southern Co-op join Simon to discuss Electronic Shelf Edge Labels (ESELs) and why now is the right time to invest in this exciting technology that we have discussed in retail for many years

They also cover:

  • Price changes (what is it, how is it done) prior
  • Why are ESELs on the ScotMid and Southern agenda
  • Efficiency opportunities and benefits to Colleagues and Customers
  • Future benefits ESELs unlock

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Cerdian 3 - The Future of Talent10 Nov 202200:26:19

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The third and final episode in our series of 3 podcasts with Ceridian. Somen Mondal GM of Talent & Intelligence joins Simon to discuss talent. They also cover the following:

  • The future of talent
  • Current trends
  • The metrics potential employees look for

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Future of Talent – 2022 Pulse of Talent: Competing for talent takes more than pay

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Footfall Insights July 202525 Jul 202500:11:31

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Diane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends.  The UK's summer heatwave has driven an 8.5% decline in high street retail sales compared to last year. This retail slump reflects a combination of weather impacts, calendar effects, and persistent economic headwinds affecting consumer spending patterns.

• UK high street footfall down 3% during June's heatwave periods
• Food spending up 4.1% while non-food spending increased only 2.2%
• Average Transaction Value remained relatively stable (down just 1.1%)
• Online spending holds steady at 26% of total retail sales since January
• Rising inflation (now 3.6%) and increasing unemployment creating consumer caution
• Post-COVID consumer priorities shifting toward holidays over retail purchases
• UK domestic tourism seeing growth during hot weather, but spending benefits bars and restaurants more than retail

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Ceridian 2 - The Future of WFM30 Oct 202200:22:54

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The second in our series of 3 podcasts with Ceridian. Paul Karnowski Director, Solution Advisory EMEA  joins Simon to discuss:

  • The benefits of having all your HR data in 1 place
  • Current WFM trends
  • Where the WFM market is heading

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WFM – 3Sixty Insights analysis: Ceridian modernizes Allianz Global Investors’ workforce system

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🚨🚨Productivity Forum 2023🚨🚨28 Oct 202200:01:18

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🚨🚨SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨

Productivity Forum 2023 registration is open. Taking place on 14th September 2023 at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham

Lots of amazing speakers and panels are to be announced over the coming weeks

Spaces are limited so register now using the link below...

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Ceridian 1 - The Future of Pay23 Oct 202200:23:50

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The first in our series of 3 podcasts with Ceridian. Seth Ross General Manager of Dayforce Wallet & Consumer Services joins Simon to discuss:

  • Ceridian/Dayforce
  • Dayforce Wallet - What is it, and how does it work?
  • How do on-demand pay requests work?
  • Is cash dead?
  • The future of pay including streaming & autonomous pay

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The future of payroll: Unlock the power of pay in a changing world

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