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The new type of management/business consultancy and venture builder needed in the age of emerging tech – bringing together digital strategies, people and technological expertise.

At Upside, we know how to deliver change in complex environments and how to best use technology that fits into your business structures and dynamics.

We help you identify, understand and adapt to digital trends and emerging technologies that may disrupt your business or way of working.

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We develop digital solutions to support the changes you need to make, in order to adapt to the new digital trends and emerging technologies.

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We build startups and develop the co-founders behind them so that we're supporting their journey and develop the skills necessary to understand how tech influences companies of all sizes.

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We do all of this in-house, with our own tech specialists.

Bridging these three areas, our team knows:

01 How to deliver change in complex environments

02 How to use technology to solve problems you face

03 How to deliver change and use technology to solve problems in a way that works within your company

We focus on Talent Building.

The Upside business model is all about our talent since they make us who we are.

Every individual that joins the Upside team spends a minimum of 5 years moving through the different areas that make up our business, to develop the skills needed to service our clients and bring new ideas into the work we do.

With Upside Projects, they consult with our clients, learning how businesses work.
With Upside Tech, they build digital solutions for our clients, learning to adapt their thinking to a client’s problem.
With Upside Ventures, they support the growth of our ventures and maybe even build their own, learning first-hand what it takes to start and grow a business.

We’re proud to have built a team culture, where each individual brings their own unique knowledge and skills, and where we continuously learn from one another.

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Technology adoption supporting charities in the pandemic

As we are all aware, the COVID-19 pandemic has had severe consequences across the world and these would have been even worse had it not been for the charities and brave volunteers that have stepped up to help in our time of need as well as the technology that has allowed them to provide this much-needed aid.

By Sam Brett

Opting Out of Triggering Communications

We are all used to the mass of promotional emails around holidays but this can be very triggering for some people, as I work in the world of digital and data it does make me question if there aren’t better ways of handling these types of occasions.

By Amelia Wrighton

Governments New Innovation Buyer

It could be argued, that in the UK currently, there could not be a more exciting time for innovation despite the backdrop of hardship that many are feeling on the back of BREXIT, COVID-19 and the economic recession underway. For this thought piece, we are focussing on the upside around these macro trends in that they are creating a kaleidoscope of innovation from regulation through to social community value creation.

By Cimple

Centralised vs. Decentralised: Was Gamestop just the beginning?

A lot has been written already about the meteoric rise in a US stock Gamestop (GME). However, what is not being widely discussed is the implications of the battle that has occured and whether this is a sign of things to come.

By Wyndham Plumptre

Growing With Our Experiences

At numerous stages of life, experiences outside of our sphere of comfort often offer the most accelerated learning and development. With input and insight from Amanda Dickens, I have taken some time here to think about how 'heat experiences' thread through our growth and how that takes shape at Upside.

By Dave McGahey

A clicks and bricks strategy can create an office renaissance. It will need to tap into our two human drivers - community and purpose.

Offices serve a great purpose, but their current design and use case will not trump the benefits of homeworking for many of us. Nor will any media or governmental nudges motivate us to head there.

By Tom Penford

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