Sometimes we spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking. We often leap before we look. If I learnt anything from the lean start-up training it is that we should spend as much time as we can shaping our ideas and talking to our customers before investing in the product. As an organisation … Continue reading Doing or thinking
Alone Together
‘Alone Together’ is an interesting read from Sherry Turkle. I’m not sure why I picked it up as there is often a gap between when I buy or borrow a book and when I get around to reading it. I always have such a backlog of things I want to read. I suspect it had … Continue reading Alone Together
Enabling Safe Business #ESB16
Last week I hosted another successful Enabling Safe Business – a Closer look at Cloud conference. This is the third one that I have been involved in. Here are my opening comments. The ICT industry is great at coming up with new phrases and jargon. Apparently the five most confusing terms are somethings as … Continue reading Enabling Safe Business #ESB16
Building a legend
Who would have thought that World of Warcraft would have come up in the presentations to the team? It was Gary’s idea and it turned out to be a work of pure genius. I must confess to not being a gamer. I’m not sure I should have come out with that especially as I work … Continue reading Building a legend
CEIAG Network
The CEIAG network gave us another opportunity to talk about getting young people into the industry We have been trying to make use of all of the avenues open to us that are already exist and this was a group that we had never been to before. Apparently all schools, colleges and other learning providers … Continue reading CEIAG Network
An organ app
For some reason I ended up in church at an organ recital on Saturday night. Don’t ask why as it is too long a story. In the end I did enjoy it yet the king of instruments, as the organ is often referred to, is not my thing. I find it all a bit too … Continue reading An organ app
Volunteer Gary
I always like to have someone else with me when I am doing the presentations to ICT Services. There are two real reasons. The first is that I don’t think it’s great to hear me banging on all the time and having someone else there gives the audience (and me) a break. The second is … Continue reading Volunteer Gary
How lucky
Coming down on the train to London Neil and I sat next to a group of people heading to a conference in Eastbourne. The carriage was full. It was overly hot and felt like a cattle truck. The group were mostly women and worked in adventure playgrounds. Many of them worked for North Tyneside Council, … Continue reading How lucky
E-safe hands
E-safety, security and safeguarding are very important issues. They are subjects that we can never take our eyes off. There is an arms race going on between those who wish to preserve our online security and those who wish to take advantage of it. It is like the physical life we lead. There are good … Continue reading E-safe hands
Teesdale broadband
A drive into Teesdale can be a pleasant affair. I love the small towns that are dotted across the dale. Staindrop is a peach with Raby castle and its deer parks. The prospect of a drive to a small industrial unit just outside Barnard Castle was a little more daunting, however, especially in the dark … Continue reading Teesdale broadband
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 