Business Engagement and Transformation

Tribal Instincts

May 20, 2009
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The tribal instinct runs deep in us all. Anthropologically speaking, it is a core part of our very being designed as a key survival mechanism within the human psyche. It makes us do and say all kinds of strange things that we take for granted on a daily basis. But just what is the point? What is the impact? And why do we care?

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The Imperfection of Self Confidence

May 5, 2009
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What is it to know something? What does it mean to be genuinely convinced that we have the answer? How did we get the answer? (more…)


Greenfield ICT Strategy

April 17, 2009
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ICT strategy is a strange beast. Often driven from both ends and squeezed in the middle. Still the servant of the greater Business strategy, it is often expected to deliver on technology goals from the ICT side of the business. Often as an external consultant, the idea of coming in to deliver an ICT strategy,  can be viewed as part of the greater ‘Woods for the Trees‘ role of external consultants, and the consultant can find themselves as a pawn of a particular side of the organisation, often used to deliver a political backhander to one of the opposing sides. This is often not a problem, unless you don’t expect it. (more…)


A 100% guaranteed way to win at poker

April 15, 2009
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Whilst the title of this post may appear to be a shameless grab for google traffic, it is in fact not the case at all. Promise. Many people in life spend their time looking for the 100% guaranteed solution to particular problems, this manifests itself in many ways with many different types of behaviour. In this post, we will look at one of them. (more…)


The woods and the trees

April 13, 2009
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Organisations are all about people, process and culture. That is a recurring theme that you will read here many times. The problem with these three traits, is that they are all imperfect. The longer that any of these three facets of an organisation remain in place, the more entrenched, immovable, and invisible they become. (more…)


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I am an ICT veteran of more than 20 years. I have started businesses, seeded businesses, contracted, consulted and even once had a 'real' job as a permanent employee of a company for 9 months.

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