How do you manage your time effectively?
There are a good number of online resources on this subject already; Williams makes a good start with a list of the “top 20 time wasters” including meetings, excessive paperwork and procrastination (my...
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Managing outsourcing risk
Risk management of any outsourcing model (whether it be out-source, in-source or even right-sourcing) covers a wide array of elements, including potential loss of visibility, loss of internal subject...
View ArticleWhy do ERP implementations fail?
Buonanno, Faverio, Pigni and Ravarini et al (2005) found that “The analysis of the empirical data shows that business complexity, as a composed factor, is a weak predictor of ERP adoption, whereas just...
View ArticleThe age old battle; Agile or Waterfall?
Summary Lot’s of discussion the past few weeks over what development methodology is “best”, or which we as a business should adopt. The two practices at polar opposites (at least as far as industry is...
View ArticleSoftware methodology; what’s the point?
Outside of specific SDLC approaches (Agile, RAD, structured and so on), there is often the need to have a process in place to ensure everyone is being measured against the same metrics; this also...
View ArticleCulture shaping..
This: http://lnkd.in/bgeVsY8 , may seem obvious, but how many of us can truly say we work in a wholly positive, inspiring professional culture? Frameworks help us to apply what we already know… The...
View ArticleBMA: Behavioural Moving Average
People, specifically their attitude and personality, are generally believed to be a mashup of genetic inheritance (adaptive individual differences) and environmental influences such as social &...
View ArticleHappivators
I have often maintained that, when considering the concept of innovation (and I’m probably going to be shot down for this…), one cannot artificially ‘build’ an innovative culture from scratch; it’s...
View ArticleBig Data Strategy 2015 – from lab to market
What I’m really looking forward to in 2015 is the emergence of a ‘winning’ big data vendor architecture and associated set of standards. There are still a plethora of start-ups and corporates alike who...
View ArticleSuperchickens
This past weekend, I spent a lot of time in the car – about 14 hours – driving from Uerzlikon (Switzerland) to Orleans in France (picking up my wife and son after a weeks holiday). As a result, I...
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