A CFO's perspective – the finance process you must automate right now

How design can connect brand, culture and workplace for employee-focused businesses

Branding has a real impact on the wider success of a company and can create an emotional connection with your business. There has never been a more important time to build brand engagement and workplace design plays a vital role in this process. Companies such as Them Design can help transform how your business engages with the people it interacts with; internally and externally.

In this episode, we chat to Dan Moscrop, advocate for print & physical experience, CEO & founder of Them Design Ltd and host of the Spacecraft podcast.

• Why a changing culture can create an opportunity but also be a threat to an organisational survival, if it's lost
• How design can support the growing trend of creating ‘better than home’ workplace environment
• Why blending physical with digital is so important for the future of workplace

How Facilities leaders are shaping the hybrid workplace

In conversation at the IWFM (Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management) conference

Whether you attended the IWFM Conference or missed it, hear insights from Facilities leaders on the future workplace. 

In this episode, we're joined by delegates at the IWFM conference for a topical discussion on the most pressing issues within the workplace at this crucial time and what best-practice they are deploying to build back better. 

 You will discover:  

• Key priorities and challenges faced by the FM community 
• Best-practice deployed to date by organisations
• Key take-aways from the IWFM Conference  
• The future is hybrid, but is it the same for everyone?

You may also be interested in: 

1.  Your guide to Reimagining the Workplace

2.  Technology to support your smart & safe workplace

3.  Creating Better Workplaces with IWFM 

A CFO's perspective – the finance process you must automate right now

In this episode, we're joined by Rachel Stokes, Chief Financial Officer at Ricoh UK  and Chris Gubbins, Content Management & Automation Specialist at Ricoh Europe to discuss the top priorities for Finance teams and how the last 18 months have been a steep learning curve on the benefits of automation. You’ll hear how your organisation could be held back by manual accounts payable processes and how you can improve cash flow, visibility and accuracy with straight-forward steps.

You'll discover:

• A CFO’s view on business priorities and market trends
• The benefits of automating your accounts payable processes
• What the move to hybrid working means for Finance teams
• Why automation underpins your business critical operations 

You may also be interested in:

Your guide to automated accounts payable

How much you could save by automating - ROI Calculator

Six reasons why you need an automated accounts payable process

Why are businesses still being taken down by ransomware?

In this episode, we're joined by Morten Gammelgard, Executive Vice President at BullWall to highlight the ways in which organisations can protect themselves against the rapidly increasing threat of ransomware attacks. You'll hear how your organisation can take steps beyond end-point security to give a last line of defence as an increase in remote working has led to more ransomware attacks hitting the headlines.

You'll discover:

• The current trends and types of attacks affecting organisations
• The different types of protection available to your business
• How to implement a last line of defence and why this is important
• How to test your existing security measures

You may also be interested in:
Perimeter vs Containment - why you need to be proactive in the fight against ransomware
How much do ransomware attacks cost - and what's the best defence?
Ransomware Cyber Security Practice Guide

Contact the team for more information at: [email protected]

Push the workplace reset button

In this episode, we're joined by Neil Usher, author of The Elemental Workplace for a fascinating discussion on the hybrid workplace, how to keep your people at the centre of your decision making and redefining what your business needs.

You will discover: 

• The benefits of empowering your people
• The opportunities to optimise your workplace
• If a hybrid-workplace meets everyone’s needs
• The sustainability and agility you can enjoy whatever the future brings

You may also be interested in:

1. Where to get started with enabling a smart and safe workplace: https://discover.ricoh.co.uk/story/workplaceconsultancy/
2. Building a better workplace future:                            https://discover.ricoh.co.uk/story/reimagining-your-workplace
3. New research on the people and the workplace - The Conscious Workplace Report:
   https://discover.ricoh.co.uk/story/conscious-workplace