01732 759725
AND FINALLY
Stuart Sykes,
Managing Director,
Sharp Business Systems UK
60 seconds with…
50
What’s currently having the greatest
impact on your business?
The growing desire for businesses to be a part
of the digital transformation trend. Workplace
digitisation has been happening for a number
of years, but it’s starting to have a real visible
impact on the way people want to work, and their
technology preferences. People are now used to
a far more complex ecosystem of digital tools
and digital sources of information. This is making
businesses rethink the technology and tools they
offer, which in turn has led to demand for solutions
that are flexible, intuitive and open to a wide
range of users.
Where do you see the next big
opportunity?
This is also related to digitisation, but more
specifically how it is changing the way we interact
with one another. In a digital working environment,
with phones, tablets and virtual teams, it can be
challenging for people to collaborate and exchange
information in a way that is easy and effective. It’s
increasingly common that people in a meeting are
not in the same room, even the same country, so
developing tools that invite people to connect more
interactively will be very important. Establishing
these collaborative tools for the next generation
of workers has the potential to further grow our
business and that of our dealers.
What would make your day job easier?
Having more time and an improved exchange rate!
What’s the best bit of business advice
you’ve been given?
To look back on your day and ask yourself ‘did I
make a difference today?’
If you had had a crystal ball, would you
have done anything differently?
I wouldn’t have been a lifelong (so, long-suffering)
Barnsley football fan!
Describe your most embarrassing moment.
Admitting that I’ve been a lifelong Barnsley fan.
What was your first job?
I had a summer job as a gardener at IOT.
What would be your dream job?
Park Ranger in an American national park,
or a taster at the Guinness factory.
Fine dining and good wine, or curry
and a pint?
Curry and a pint.
Money’s not an issue, what’s your
perfect car… and where would you
like to drive it?
Aston Martin, along the Amalfi Coast in
Italy.
Favourite holiday destination.
African safari on honeymoon.
How do you like to spend your spare
time?
I can be a bit hyperactive so I enjoy the
gym, running, and walking my spaniel into
the hills – all followed by a bit of liquid
recovery of course.
