Business Durham sponsored one of the work streams at Dynamo 16. It was held in three sessions. I led on the first one with help from Dom at Geek Talent and I helped Dom with the next two. It’s confusing but they were from the same company but two different Doms. Sessions two and three … Continue reading A SWOT analysis
Is there really a skills shortage?
Is there really a skills shortage? I’m not so sure. I here this so often in more or less every place I go. It must be true then yet still I’m not so sure. Aren’t all skills in a dynamic? It is a very fine balance between having too few skilled people and too … Continue reading Is there really a skills shortage?
Self-organising meetings
Somehow the meeting room we were waiting outside had been booked out by someone else. Some generous soul said it had been double-booked and others thought it was just an oversight. It turned out that the date for the meeting had been moved but the room booking hadn’t been carried with it. There was a … Continue reading Self-organising meetings
How do we buy things that haven’t been invented?
Procurement is one of those things I struggle with. It puts me in a dilemma. I understand the need to be fair to the market and be transparent with your process, especially when you are spending public money. What I don’t get is that I have the suspicion that it doesn’t work. My feeling is, … Continue reading How do we buy things that haven’t been invented?
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 