Our Journey through GDPR compliance:

Five years back, a chance conversation with our Chief Growth Officer over a post-match drink in our local cricket club resulted in me being hired to manage the finance function in Monsoon Consulting on a part-time, one-day-a-week basis. A South African Chartered Accountant, my background is in financial management and in particular the development and …

Imagine 2018

Last week, myself, Daniel Alb, our Head of Design and Gabriel de Gama, our Head of Ecommerce Development headed off for the Magento Imagine Conference in Las Vegas. Renowned as one of Digital Commerce industry’s top events, Imagine brings together industry leaders who are paving the way for the future of B2C and B2B Ecommerce. …

‘Spirit of Excellence’ Award at Imagine 2018

Monsoon Consulting Honoured with Magento ‘Spirit of Excellence’ Award at Imagine 2018 Monsoon Consulting Honoured with Magento ‘Spirit of Excellence’ Award at Imagine 2018 LAS VEGAS, NV – [May 3rd, 2018] – Monsoon Consulting received the ‘Spirit of Excellence’ Award at the annual Magento Imagine conference in Las Vegas. Renowned as one of the eCommerce …

Neuroplasticity: hacking a flexible mind

In the past few years, several studies have dismantled the way the human adult brain was seen as fixed and unchangeable. It was previously thought that the brain was fully developed at a young age and would not change after – as they say, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks! Now it is …

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Neuroplasticity: hacking a flexible mind II

For Part 1 we had a chance to understand neuroplasticity concepts and studies, how habits work, how stimulation and practice are important, and how motivation helps to beat procrastination. Let’s jump into the practical side now. Strategies or Brain Hacks We’ll have a look at some strategies to overcome procrastination, techniques for your tasks and …

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A Big Few Months…

As our business has grown and with it our team it’s become harder to find the time to share knowledge, experiences and successes across our teams. Confluence and project reporting can only tell you so much. So Daniel Alb our Head of CX, Performance and Insights instigated an All Hands Show and Tell a few …

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Battling the Perfect Storm

It’s a rarity in Ireland to have snow; let alone blizzards and meters high snow drifts. As we settled in to our working week, talk abounded of the “Beast from the East”; cold Siberian air currents arriving on our shores on Wednesday. Initially, we shrugged it off and dismissed it. We’ve grown accustomed to orange …

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Ecommerce Product Catalogue Structure: Best Practice

Products are at the centre of an ecommerce store structure. Your products are what customers are looking for, and the reason they visit your online store. However, the Information architecture (the way your products are organised) of your ecommerce website is critical to your website making a single online order. Download

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Acquia Front End Specialist Certification Review

Overview The purpose of Acquia Certified Front End Specialist (Drupal 8) exam is to validate the skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer working in the area of front end development, with a particular emphasis on theming. A competent developer means that a project is more likely to be delivered successfully. And while nothing quite beats practical experience, …

The Anatomy of B2B Success

In late 2016 we ran an event in London to share some of our experiences of building large-scale B2B Ecommerce platforms for our clients. This experience has encouraged us to create a series of events, webinars, briefings and digital content dedicated to all aspects of digital commerce in the B2B space under the tag of …