We, along with many other technology companies, are talking at great length about the impact that increasingly easy-to-use consumer devices are having on the world of corporate IT. At one end of the spectrum is the popularity of smart, touch screen (and often Apple-produced, if truth be told) devices that, according to one report that … Continue reading The battlelines of consumerisation
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Achievements this week included: - a good day's workshop with the whole team - working out ways of working with a couple of key clients in the business - the beginning of the monthly work review meetings - and the latest in staff annual reviews Next week: setting commitments.
Achievements this week included: - almost submitted my first expenses claim (long story) - good catch ups with Mike Thompson at Headshift and @bolarotibi - planning for a team workshop next week - booking review meetings for the whole team Next week: the aforementioned workshop, plus a number of client meetings
According to press reports in recent days, it seems that there it's trouble at t'mill at my former employer Thomson Reuters. Three years after the takeover, the Thomson family are apparently frustrated by the slow return that they are seeing as a result of bringing together the two information companies. I'm no economist, and that … Continue reading The mystery of M&A
Achievements this week included:- surviving MGXNext week: back to normality.
Achievements this week included: - good progress on editorial approach for the coming 12 months - slow but steady progress on the recruitment front - a great catch up with @tobywright at The Telegraph - thoughts and conversations about Application Lifecycle Management, and who the heck would "buy" it - a few runs at articulating … Continue reading Weeknote 57: defining visions
Starting a new role in a new organisation takes some getting used to. The past three months have flown past for me, but a combination of new role, a new specialisation (I can't escape the fact that I now work in marketing), moving to the supplier-side of the IT industry, the sheer scale of Microsoft, … Continue reading Acclimatisation
Achievements this week included: - catch ups with a number of the team... - ... and a meeting with the audience marketing team to start to reform the bigger team - planning for the customer data strategy... - .. and some interesting thoughts about contact strategies in a social media world - continuing discussions about … Continue reading Weeknote 56: a strange calm descends
Hidden in the News International phone-hacking chat that was going on on Twitter last night, it emerged that the Twitter account for PayPal UK had itself been hacked and defaced. With Twitter in particular, and mobile phone voicemail in general, it's amazing that we now have such sensitive information services and communication channels protected by … Continue reading Single factor…
Achievements this week included: - continuing progress on resourcing the Audience Marketing team - catch ups with @tallnohair, @andrewtuson, @davecoplin and @andrewdotcom - ritual humiliation for the leadership team at the end of year team get together... - ...but "Kevin Warwick's Implants" came 4th in the pub quiz - planning starts for Build - and … Continue reading Weeknote 55: in which a (financial) year ended
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