Digital Transformation Industry Focus: Retail

When it comes to digital transformation, businesses shouldn’t narrow their focus to the “back end”. There is a new seat at the boardroom table – the Digital Transformation Director; an executive or non executive post but most importantly it’s a statement of intent by a company that they consider transformation as one of the key […]

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Public Sector Services

Encompass Innovate is a full-service digital transformation consultancy delivering innovative solutions to improve and develop operational, cultural and technological practices. Encompass Innovate is owned and operated by a Local Trading Authority Company meaning the public sector is at our heart, we understand the pain points, allowing us to deliver the most value. Our philosophy is […]

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The Paperless Office Agenda

The paperless office is back on the agenda – virtually of course! For many years, business owners and managers have been striving to achieve using less paper in their workplace. The new work from home norm has demonstrated that this can easily be achieved. There was a fear that efficiency would suffer or that the […]

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Digital Transformation Industry Focus: Medical

Health service providers had always identified the opportunities for technology to support the health and social care sector but it appears to have taken the pandemic to provide the catalyst. It’s likely that the first questions from your doctor’s surgery or medical centre have now changed when an appointment is required. No longer will medical […]

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Government Pledges £7.5m to support E-Rostering in NHS trusts

Minister for Care, Helen Whately announces £7.5 million to support digital shift scheduling across 38 NHS trusts, allowing staff to spend more time with patients The investment is part of a £26 million national fund to have all NHS doctors, nurses and other clinical staff on e-rostering systems by 2021, shown to be particularly invaluable […]

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Digital Transformation Industry Focus: Sales & Recruitment

There is a new term in the HR industry; hybrid recruitment. As much as face to face recruitment continues to take place, it has dwindled considerably by the onset of the pandemic. Companies and recruiters alike are increasingly using digital strategies to recruit into vacant positions in order to keep open vacancies low. The main […]

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Digital Transformation Industry Focus: Charities

With charities of all shapes and sizes struggling to cope during the pandemic, more and more have been forced to turn to technology to survive. But charities shouldn’t turn to technology just to maintain a charity; it can also help to rebuild its funds. Recent research has shown that more than three quarters of charities […]

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Hold Your Nerve

Holding your nerve while going through digital transformation projects appears to be crucial. Anyone involved in even the most simple of IT projects will know that things don’t always go as smoothly as planned. So, when a large-scale business transformation project in both the public and private sector has been decided upon, there are many […]

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Digital Transformation and Innovation – Explained

The pandemic has demonstrated the breadth and depth of the possibilities that operational resilience programs must cover while allowing for an opening of minds when it comes to making changes. A common aim of digital innovation is to make changes to processes, people or systems (technology) to better align the company with its business strategy […]

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