Our lunchtime pub retreat the Swan and Royal in Clitheroe went up in flames late Saturday night.
See the articles in the local and national press:
Clitheroe Advertiser
BBC News
Our office shares an adjoining wall with the pub. So we were called out to allow Fireman Sam and his pals into our office to check the temperature of the walls !!
You know those contingency plans that are fully thought through but never tested - well as from now we can categorically state OURS WORKS.
Shut down the primary server - move the systems to a different server (in a cooler spot) and up-load all the live data from the mirror array - 15 minutes off-line…
Not bad for a group of guys with serious on-going hangovers - well it was Saturday night !!!
New beer venue required
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
factors360 and reactive360 feedback systems.
We are about to launch an interactive suggestion page on factors360 alongside a new blog.
The plan is that we have an open forum suggestion system that will allow people to view our projected development ideas and vote for which we should implement first.
In addition there will be the opportunity to offer suggestions that we should consider as part of the functionality.
factors360 was designed using feedback - we thought that this would be a natural extension of our philosophy of client driven development.
The blog will be designed to provide ideas / links to articles to help system users navigate their way through the maze of 360 degree feedback and appraisals.
Ian Dixon (Director) reactive360 factors360 icskills.com
The plan is that we have an open forum suggestion system that will allow people to view our projected development ideas and vote for which we should implement first.
In addition there will be the opportunity to offer suggestions that we should consider as part of the functionality.
factors360 was designed using feedback - we thought that this would be a natural extension of our philosophy of client driven development.
The blog will be designed to provide ideas / links to articles to help system users navigate their way through the maze of 360 degree feedback and appraisals.
Ian Dixon (Director) reactive360 factors360 icskills.com
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
360 feedback and appraisal - Cost comparison
We have had quite a few e-mails asking us how we keep our costs below the other providers in the market place.
The simple answer - because we keep our designs simple, our overheads low and everything is done in-house.
A small sample from those that declare a price (most seem to be more secretive).
Just as a reminder here are our charges:
reactive360:
Each Report = £60.00 Administration = Small Charge
Group Summary = From £60.00
factors360:
Subscription = £10.00 per month (on an annual subscription) - Unlimited volume
No other charges
Lumus:
Each Report = £90
Administrative set up charge = £100
Group Summary Report = £150
Talent Innovations:
360 feedback report for 5 people, each with 5-20 reviewers, with full project management support: £900
Appraisal360:
Prices start from just £63 (when you do more than 51 appraisals)
Click360:
£75 per client head
The simple answer - because we keep our designs simple, our overheads low and everything is done in-house.
A small sample from those that declare a price (most seem to be more secretive).
Just as a reminder here are our charges:
reactive360:
Each Report = £60.00 Administration = Small Charge
Group Summary = From £60.00
factors360:
Subscription = £10.00 per month (on an annual subscription) - Unlimited volume
No other charges
Lumus:
Each Report = £90
Administrative set up charge = £100
Group Summary Report = £150
Talent Innovations:
360 feedback report for 5 people, each with 5-20 reviewers, with full project management support: £900
Appraisal360:
Prices start from just £63 (when you do more than 51 appraisals)
Click360:
£75 per client head
Sunday, 17 May 2009
factors360 Feedback Toolkit - Up-date
Up-date on the launch:
17 new accounts - Amazing start.
Having the two versions of the system as a proposition seems to be working well.
reactive360: The Full (Corporate) version for the high volume user who wants to create their own custom questionnaires.
factors360: The latest (Enterprise) version for the companies who want to 'Brand' the process but still keep things fairly simple.
17 new accounts - Amazing start.
Having the two versions of the system as a proposition seems to be working well.
reactive360: The Full (Corporate) version for the high volume user who wants to create their own custom questionnaires.
factors360: The latest (Enterprise) version for the companies who want to 'Brand' the process but still keep things fairly simple.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Launch day ..... www.factors360.com
At some point today - we will be hitting the go button (the one marked 'click here to prevent sleep') on the new system. factors360. As far as we know it will be the first subscription 360 feedback and appraisal site on the web.
It's for certain that it is the lowest cost.
The subscription cost:
- £20.00 per single month.
- £18.00 per month (when 3 months are purchased).
- £15.00 per month (for 6 months).
- 12 months access works out at .... £10.00 per month.
The lowest cost system we have found is £30.00 and that is per report - !!!!!!
For £10.00 per month with no single report cost - just access time - any budding mathematicians out there will be able to calculate that the report cost is now genuinely volume based...
I will post regular updates on how things progress....
Final thought for this entry -
This launch should amuse the competition..... (Or is that bemuse).....
Ian
Crash Test Dummy (CTD)
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Here we go again
For some bizarre reason we seem to get to the merry month of May every year and then forget sleep - why ?
Well we are launching yet another product.. The new one is called factors360 and adds a different approach to our core business.
Reactive360 launched May 2007. Fully Flexible system
Quick360 launched May 2008. Our Technology Test bed
Factors360 launches May 2009. Low cost subscription service
Designed for the lower volume user and incorporating a whole set of features requested by quick and reactive users.
- 7 day free trial period.
- Subscription service from £10.00 a month.
- No limits on volume / usage.
- Brand using organisation logos.
- Easy to use interface.
- Text rich and graphical reports
- Automatic chasing.
The key difference being the cost - at £10.00 per month and if you do 10 appraisals - the cost - well work it out ...... !!!!!
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Latest Press Release:
Click the link to see our latest release:
quick360 Free to Use feedback system from reactive360.
Launched in May 2007, reactive360. is an on-line 360 degree feedback system that mirrors the design philosophy the fully managed process created by icskills.com.
The first challenge for the new venture was to create and launch a process into the on-line market with bespoke capability in a simple framework, without the cost.
Icskills is the preferred supplier of 360 degree feedback to several UK companies including:
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets.
Bradford and Bingley.
BG Group.
Skipton Building Society.
Capturing the learning from working with these key customers where to date icskills has delivered in excess of 22 thousand feedback reports suggested that critical to success would be:
• Branding the process with company logos.
• Custom building questionnaires.
• Multiple choice of scoring scales.
• A professional, text rich report with easy to understand charts.
• Custom editing of the report.
• Simple administration with an easy to use interface.
• Quick chasing of missing questionnaires.
• A price lower than (GBP) £40.00 for each complete report.
• No limit on the number of raters included in each report.
• Live help, telephone support and a 24 hour response to any query.
The new process, reactive360, has generated interest from across the globe, the most southerly user account is held by Coca Cola in New Zealand, the most northerly, Pratt and Whitney in Canada. Since the launch reactive360 has developed a client base of over 600 companies including:
IFS Defence.
UHS Inc.
Interbay.
BP Pensions.
A fundamental part of the system is that each of the new clients has the ability to offer suggestions of additional features and design improvements. As a result of the feedback and thanks largely to the clients reactive360 continues to evolve, the latest features under development include:
• Auto-fill contact information.
• Bulk import .
• Comparison data across groups of people.
Feedback suggested that although the level of custom flexibility suited the larger corporate clients, small volume users are still looking for a process that delivers a simpler to use process.
To meet this demand and as a second major challenge quick360 has been developed and launched.
Designed to run on the reactive360 platform and allow clients to up-grade when more flexibility is required, quick360 and become a test-bed for new technologies quick360 has an additional and unique selling point, it is the only Free to use 360 feedback system.
quick360 Free to Use feedback system from reactive360.
Launched in May 2007, reactive360. is an on-line 360 degree feedback system that mirrors the design philosophy the fully managed process created by icskills.com.
The first challenge for the new venture was to create and launch a process into the on-line market with bespoke capability in a simple framework, without the cost.
Icskills is the preferred supplier of 360 degree feedback to several UK companies including:
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets.
Bradford and Bingley.
BG Group.
Skipton Building Society.
Capturing the learning from working with these key customers where to date icskills has delivered in excess of 22 thousand feedback reports suggested that critical to success would be:
• Branding the process with company logos.
• Custom building questionnaires.
• Multiple choice of scoring scales.
• A professional, text rich report with easy to understand charts.
• Custom editing of the report.
• Simple administration with an easy to use interface.
• Quick chasing of missing questionnaires.
• A price lower than (GBP) £40.00 for each complete report.
• No limit on the number of raters included in each report.
• Live help, telephone support and a 24 hour response to any query.
The new process, reactive360, has generated interest from across the globe, the most southerly user account is held by Coca Cola in New Zealand, the most northerly, Pratt and Whitney in Canada. Since the launch reactive360 has developed a client base of over 600 companies including:
IFS Defence.
UHS Inc.
Interbay.
BP Pensions.
A fundamental part of the system is that each of the new clients has the ability to offer suggestions of additional features and design improvements. As a result of the feedback and thanks largely to the clients reactive360 continues to evolve, the latest features under development include:
• Auto-fill contact information.
• Bulk import .
• Comparison data across groups of people.
Feedback suggested that although the level of custom flexibility suited the larger corporate clients, small volume users are still looking for a process that delivers a simpler to use process.
To meet this demand and as a second major challenge quick360 has been developed and launched.
Designed to run on the reactive360 platform and allow clients to up-grade when more flexibility is required, quick360 and become a test-bed for new technologies quick360 has an additional and unique selling point, it is the only Free to use 360 feedback system.
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