News & Blog

30 Sep 2025

Trust and cohesion: managing change fatigue

Financier Worldwide

Organisations are undergoing more transformation than ever — yet most change initiatives fail due to fatigue, poor communication and lack of support. Ben Collins explains why managing the human impact of change is now a strategic necessity.

08 Oct 2025

When your Excel 'masterpiece' meets reality – and loses

How individual expertise can blind us to better solutions, and why the tools you need might already be sitting right in front of you.

07 Oct 2025

How to make the most of your Integrated Business Planning process during and after business reorganisation

Business leaders are racing to harness AI's potential while navigating reorganisation, but without unified data access across functions, even sophisticated investments deliver disappointing returns.

30 Sep 2025

Protecting your margins: How to avoid the year-end cost-cutting trap

With rising costs squeezing businesses from all directions, many companies resort to last-minute expense freezes. This reactive approach damages long-term performance. Here's how to tackle the real causes of margin leakage.

25 Sep 2025

Innovation tunnel vision – why most projects should never launch

Most innovation becomes gap-filling rather than growth-driving. Funnel thinking beats tunnel vision when an innovation strategy integrates with business planning.

24 Sep 2025

When supply chain pressure becomes supply chain progress: A manufacturing transformation story

How one company turned relentless business pressures into a competitive advantage, and what anybody working in or around supply chain can learn from its journey.

11 Sep 2025

Why waste your time second guessing when one plan delivers more?

Traditional finance models focused on oversight are no longer enough - today’s businesses need finance to enable agility and drive performance.

27 Aug 2025

From Fragmented To First Place

Discover how we helped a leading confectionary group unlock immediate performance gains and rise to the top of its retail channels.

27 Aug 2025

Leadership Coaching And Courses: What Business Leaders Need To Know

See how leadership coaching and courses enable successful transformation by equipping leaders to drive change, build alignment, and deliver results.

26 Aug 2025

Meet The Team – Ruan Van Vuuren

Partner

Meet the latest Partner to join Oliver Wight - Ruan Van Vuuren. Discover what drives Ruan's passion for performance and why he believes transformation only matters if it changes everyday decisions.

22 Aug 2025

Marketing teams: Beware the silent profit drain hiding in plain sight

Complex portfolios confuse customers, consumers and buyers while eroding margins. Good, well-thought-through analysis reveals which products to back and which to kill.

21 Aug 2025

Why are we missing our financial forecast? Breaking the inaccuracy cycle

Forecast misses are more than just numbers - they’re symptoms of deeper dysfunction. This blog explores the destructive spiral finance teams fall into when accuracy fails, and how Integrated Business Planning offers a way out.