I was involved in a number of projects which provided me the opportunity to observe a great variety of perspectives that I have never previously considered. I was really surprised to see the effect of one simple decision on various aspects of the business.

I’m Alex Curti, an Italian student who is about to graduate at the university of Bergamo (Italy) in an international course in Management, Leadership and Marketing entirely taught in English. I selected this internship at Camrosh (www.camrosh.com) in order to gain experience abroad, to improve my English level and get exposure to a different culture and work environment. It was a positive learning experience with a lot of transferable skills gained for my future carrier.

My internship at Camrosh has taught me more than I could have imagined. I had a previous internship experience in a multinational company, but during this period I realized that working in a small one is completely different. As I was involved in a good number of projects, I had the chance to observe a great variety of perspectives that I have never considered. I was really surprise to see the effect of one simple decision on various aspects of the business. These effects are not so immediately and easy to understand in big businesses. But in small companies, and at Camrosh in particular, if you are willing to learn and love challenges, there are a lot of possibilities and numerous learning opportunities. Consulting companies can offer you a large variety of business cases that require different approaches and ways of thinking. I would like to say that this experience has also given me a better understanding of my skill set as I didn’t focus my attention only on a specific and narrow subject but I had the possibility to have a broader vision, working on different marketing aspects.

This was my first experience in an English workplace. The environment at Camrosh was the right one: Pantea and Bernhard (the 2 owners of the company) were extremely welcoming and helpful. Even though Camrosh is a consulting company, people are not so formal with the typical aloof or hierarchical approach of many multinational companies. They were absolutely open to different opinions, they always put me at ease and encouraged me to share ideas, comments, and feedback with them and to have open discussions. I like how they treated me, like a colleague rather than “just” an intern, assigning me meaningful tasks which were crucial for the future of the business, involving me in certain decision and allowing me to develop and express as many ideas as I wanted. For these reasons, I’ve adapted to the office life easily and I was able to perform well. They introduced me into their network as well, giving me the possibility to attend some interesting conferences about different topics, which helped me to broaden my point of view, meeting and talking with new people.

They have taught me more about teamwork, and how people can come together to get things done. It feels great to be a part of this team!

Have you considered how the IoT can help your business? Have you adopted any IoT solutions? Have they changed your ability to save costs, increase efficiencies and reinvest in growth?

We would like to invite you to take part in the Internet of Things Survey 2017.

Filling in the questionnaire does not require any technical knowledge. You can find the survey questionnaire directly here: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/gACCDE

We intend to publish the results by mid November 2017 and will be sharing the outcomes on the survey website (https://digitalsurvey.tech) and disseminate the results via various social media and through umbrella organisations.

The survey will be evaluated anonymously and your information will not be shared with any third parties.

We thank you in advance for your participation and are looking forward to receiving your replies to help create the momentum and the community for business growth and success in the UK. [Read more…]

Pantea Lotfian PhD, Camrosh Ltd.

Donald Rumsfeld, when serving as secretary of defence under G.W. Bush , famously said:

“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t know”.

In the documentary by Eroll Morris, 2013, titled the “Unknown Known”, about Donald Rumsfeld and his years in office, there is another part to this famous quote, that Rumsfeld added when interviewed during the making of the documentary. This may be the result of the years of contemplation and hindsight. He adds, when discussing his own quote that there are also:

“…Unknown Knowns, that is to say things that you think you know, that turn out you did not”. [Read more…]

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A lot of ink is spilled on the importance of innovation, and much is said about how to innovate, overcome barriers to innovation, transform the organizational culture for innovation etc. Industry leaders are constantly thinking of what is next in their industry and what can they bring next to the market to stay ahead, remain relevant, or just survive. In this flurry of activity they often forget to ask why they innovate.

The question “why do we innovate?” may come across almost obnoxious or irrelevant at first. As we take it for granted that innovation is the lifeblood of growth and the mantra is “innovate or die”, there should be no doubt for anyone why to Innovate. [Read more…]