Professional Knowledge Bank: articles and expertise

Recruitment 101 - Everything a Graduate of The Open University needs to know about it!: Josh Smith

The pitfalls of using AI or a ‘resume factory’ to create your CV: Keith Grinsted

Why Bother with Mentors?: Sylvia Pavlova

Why would anyone outside professional sport need a coach?: Richard Gadd

Why would I need a mentor?: Richard Gadd

An Organisation’s change capability: Paul Taylor

Business Modelling: What is it? or What is it for?: Sylvia Pavlova

Designing neighbourhood health centres that last: sustainability through the lenses of 4 theories and frameworks: Dr Terry Hudsen

How to drive innovation in mature organisations: Craig Smith

Purchasing Strategy: A New Approach: Keith Jones

Simplifying Project Management – a Couple of Methods: Keith Grinsted

Systems Thinking - A Novice View Point: Paul Taylor

Top tips for decision-making in business: Keith Grinsted

What can a good Business Management Consultant do for my business?: Richard Gadd

What’s the problem we’re trying to solve in integrated care? Problem typology and frameworks: Dr Terry Hudsen

Are contracts the enemy of good relationships in outsourcing?: Dr Andrew Humphries and Linda McComie

Collaboration: Turning Aspirations into Reality: Dr Andrew Humphries & Linda McComie

Is Collaboration Value a Mirage: Dr Andrew Humphries and Linda McComie

Neighbourhood Health Services: Governing through relationships and boundary-spanning: Dr Terry Hudsen

Reflections on team development theory in a crisis situation: Dr Terry Hudsen

Triage in the Mountains An experiential: Dave Stewart

When words get in the way: Why common language matters in collaboration: Dr Terry Hudsen

Barcelona Principles 3.0 – what they are and why Public Relations buyers should ask if they’re being used: Alan S. Morrison

Barcelona Principles 4.0 – what they are, what’s new and why you need to know: Alan S. Morrison

Effective Communications in a Virtual Team: Carlo E. Stasi, MBA

Helping employees to see the bigger picture: Craig Smith

How to come up with ideas for a blog post: Keith Grinsted

Internal communications and employee engagement in a hybrid working world: Craig Smith

Media coverage is a Means, not the End of Media Relations or Public Relations: Alan S. Morrison

What is Public Relations?: Alan S. Morrison

What’s the process for using Public Relations?: Alan S. Morrison

Who Gives a blog: David Scott

Why AVEs are the wrong answer to the wrong question if you want to know how PR has helped you achieve your business goals: Alan S. Morrison

Neurodivergence in Work: Developing a Culture of Disclosure: Tracy Smith

Neurodiversity at Work: Organisational Change in the ‘New Normal’: Tracy Smith

The Pitfalls of Setting Up a New Business Without Sufficient Planning: Keith Grinsted

Trust me I'm an estate agent: Andrew Ramsay

Building neighbourhood health centres without redrawing the organisational chart: Dr Terry Hudsen

Find it tricky to resolve conflict as a leader? Might you be asking the wrong questions?: John Brooker

Managing Globally: Nick Wilkinson

Motivating Staff: Adapting the Corporate Approach to the Public Sector: Carlo Stasi

Networking for Managers: Jacqui Hogan

The Leadership Factor: A study of leadership-styles in transformation: Christian Kastner

The Management Waterfall: James Boyce

Tips on Managing Remote and Hybrid Teams: Keith Grinsted

AI: Job Destroyer or Job Transformer?: Keith Grinsted

AI Overdrive Syndrome: a reflection on burnout, balance, and boundless potential: James Boyce

Delegation vs. automation in the AI era: finding the balance: James Boyce

Flight Deck to Desktop: Managing AI’s Last-Mile Value: James Boyce

From tools to thinking partners: How solopreneurs can build strategic advantage with AI: Keith Grinsted

How behavioural science is redefining cyber security in the modern workplace: Tim Ward

Harnessing AI for Solopreneur Productivity: Why ChatGPT Is My Always-On Business Partner: Keith Grinsted

How Is Data Failing Us? Uncovering the Flaws and Charting a Path to Responsible Data Use: Keith Grinsted

The Teaching Machine - How to automate learning: Mark Burgin

Why The Open University will win in the post gen-AI world of education: Mark Burgin

Ikigai: A Powerful Framework for Senior Business Owners: Keith Grinsted

Wellbeing at work: Avoiding work/life burnout: Keith Grinsted

Working Under Pressure: Emotional Intelligence in the Work Place: Gwyneth Letherbarrow

Airport Travel - Your 1st priority: Tony Willis

All about CRM for your business: Keith Grinsted

Careers in Independent Consultancy: David Scott

Service Management Approach in a Service Centre Organisation: Zuzana Gavornikova