I'm not generally a big fan of sporting metaphors in business, as they tend to be overly reductive, but the one that has been adapted from a quote Canadian ice hockey-player Wayne Gretzky is interesting and something that I'm hearing quite a bit these days: I skate to where the puck is going to be, … Continue reading Run to where the ball will be passed…
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The world of software productivity and collaboration has, over the past five years, been heading distinctly cloud-wards. Over the past six years quite a bit of my time has been involved in projects involving both Google Apps and Office 365, and here are a few reflections on that experience and the current state of play … Continue reading Seven things I’ve learned from using Office 365 and Google Apps
From a parallel universe somewhere in the future... The trouble started back in 2017 with the launch of the #noProjects Manifesto. Agile and DevOps had become the norm, and so a group of bright engineers put two and two together and declared that the age of software projects was dead. Sometimes the logic of engineers … Continue reading Waterfall 2.0
This week I have learned: the summer can come to an end quite spectacularly quickly my children are absolutely obsessed with dinosaurs a two-day working week really doesn't do itself justice Next week: first work proper with Leading Edge Forum.
In all of the recent hubbub of coverage amounting from the New York Times' expose of how Amazon works, one aspect I haven't seen much comment on is how all of this comment might actually be in Amazon's interest. The "revelations" shouldn't come as any great surprise to anyone - especially anyone who has read … Continue reading Kate Moss syndrome
There was a great article by Horace Dediu on his Asymco blog on Monday looking at some of the causes of how big organisations went from being early adopters of information technology to be late, or even laggards, in the past 10 years. My paraphrased take is that whilst the tech world has shifted from … Continue reading Insourcing
My wife’s smartphone went into overdrive last night. Some poor schmuck had managed to send a trivial service request to mailing lists that meant that everyone in the 30,000+ company received a copy. Madness ensued of the thousands of “PLEASE DON’T REPLY TO ALL” replied to all type, interspersed with wry, witty or just downright … Continue reading Chain mail
A few years ago I found myself teaching some of the skills of project management to a group of people who worked at a shipping insurance company. There was a module about risk management, and I was somewhat daunted by presenting it to a group of people whose professional life revolved around the assessment of … Continue reading Risk, hacking, internet fridges and bad journalism
I've been blogging in one form or another for about eight years now, and in earnest for about six. Still a newbie in comparison to some, an old hand to others. I've undoubtedly gained work through my writing, both directly and indirectly. But that's not why I do it - it's a side outcome, not … Continue reading Emotional connections
A few weeks back I did a little experiment. Bored with the usual annual challenge of being bamboozled by the complexities of telecoms company charging models, and the feeling of exploitation that was aroused by the end of "12 month introductory" deals, I issued a challenge to five of the main broadband providers (BT, Virgin, Sky, PlusNet … Continue reading The social consumer – a curious coda
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