Currently, we are helping many clients with their projects by delivering excellent outcomes through workshop facilitation. “External facilitators are unnecessary. We have people who can do that.” Thankfully this view isn’t expressed often, but when it is, how do you respond? Here are our top 15 reasons to use external facilitators. The list isn’t...
In a white paper, to be published later this year by Big River Solutions, we interviewed a number of CPG Category leaders across a wide range of FMCG manufacturers and asked them to describe their view of the Category world. The results have given us a fascinating insight into best practice, operational pinch points and...
At Big River Solutions we help brands grow, we help categories flourish and we help clients reach their potential. We like developing world-class category development. That’s what we do. Our objectivity and integrity is a currency we don’t spend rashly. World-class category development is complex and there are times when the project brief may need to be refined...
There is an emerging behaviour with CPG clients known as WTF. This starts with OMG, having left LOL a long time ago. We often get a call after WTF when the client asks us to help them to fix the work that hasn’t delivered what they expected. Smart companies know that buyers remorse is a...
Problem-solving using a hypothesis-based approach Thinking back to my days of doing puzzles and quizzes, I remembered doing mazes. Just how did I get to the prize in the middle? Well, I always cheated. I started at the end and worked backwards, and it was still much more comfortable. The same can be said of...
A recent McKinsey report states that, ‘In the future, the most successful organisations will develop the skills of their workforce, inextricably linking capability building with business value, and making talent development a CEO-level priority.’ 2020/21 has been an interesting time. The business environment has become more complex, dynamic and challenging. In the last year, we...
A shepherd through today’s digital realities.
Lead by Muhammad Khaliq.