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MUSGRAVE: A BREAKTHROUGH TRANSFORMATION CASE STORY
In July 2014, Breakthrough Global was contacted by Musgrave Group’s CEO, Chris Martin. Chris was passionate about transforming and turning the business and Musgrave leadership team around following the recession and declining market share as a result of competitor pressure. He wanted rapid, sustainable growth that would secure the future of the heritage family business. Many areas were not delivering, [...]
JDE BUSINESS CULTURE: FROM MERGER TO FULLY-INTERGRATED CHAMPIONS OF COFFEE DEMOCRACY
Breakthrough transformed the JDE business culture by reaching 3,000 of JDE’s 12,000 employees worldwide, providing them with the capabilities that would be the bedrock of the newly-formed company’s culture of ‘Pride and Performance’. BUSINESS CASE FOR JDE BUSINESS CULTURE TRANSFORMATION In 2015, Mondelez International Coffee and D.E. Master Blenders, merged to create the second largest coffee company in the world, [...]
BREAKTHROUGH POWER TIME PRINCIPLES
Time is one of our most valuable resources. In business today time is a critical factor. There never seems to be enough of it to accomplish what we want. Deadlines get tighter. There is more to do on a daily basis in less time. We measure time in smaller and smaller degrees. Yet it isn’t the quantity of time that [...]
A DIGITAL MINDSET IS A BREAKTHROUGH MINDSET
Consultants over-complicate Digital and the Digital Mindset to try to trick corporates into spending millions. In this article Breakthrough's Director of Digital Transformation de-bunks the complexity and explains why Digital Transformation is about putting your people first. What do we mean by Digital? We work with global clients and what we’ve found is that when I talk about ‘Digital Disruption’ [...]
SXSW 2018 : Westworld, TechArt and play
WHAT CAN BUSINESSES LEARN FROM THE WORLD OF TECHART AND PLAY? What do TechArt and cowboys have in common? With all the latest tech and a VR cinema full of 4000 films, why was the most talked about experiences at SXSW 2018 essentially just a big theme park for adults? This year, in a real-life ghost town on the [...]
SXSW 2018 : What businesses can learn from Machine Learning and Gaming
There were many talks at SXSW this year about the future of machine learning and AI, and the impact they will have on the workplace and our everyday lives. One thing that kept coming up in talks and panel discussions was the computer programme; AlphaGo. What is AlphaGo? Go was invented in ancient China over 2,500 years ago. It is [...]