I must admit that I quite like working at this time of year. The roads are quiet and so the journey in and out is a little less stressful. Everyone is so much nicer to each other. Peace on earth and good will to all men. Why things can’t be this way all the time … Continue reading Unfolding plans 204 – Trustworthy
Unfolding plans 200 – Hoary chestnuts roasting
Once again that perennial problem of system specification has raised its head. It is a hoary chestnut yet one I thinking we are making good inroads into cracking. Traditionally when we have decided we have a need for something, a new process, a new system or a new tool we would get a group together … Continue reading Unfolding plans 200 – Hoary chestnuts roasting
Unfolding plans 197 – Visible spectrum of change
There is nothing more magical than a rainbow. (There is nothing faster than a Post Office van but that is another story.) There is something about seeing the ephemeral band of colours splashed across the sky that brings out the spiritual in me. If there was one thing that would make me believe in a … Continue reading Unfolding plans 197 – Visible spectrum of change
Unfolding plans 196 – App hype
There is such hype about apps. Everyone uses them. Everyone has to have them. You’re just not out there if your firm doesn’t have an app. A lot of people agree. There are at least three million of the things to download onto your smartphone or tablet. Beware however as only around five per cent … Continue reading Unfolding plans 196 – App hype
Unfolding plans 195 – let them get on with their jobs.
I finished ‘Maverick’ by Ricardo Semler a week or so back. Mike had lent me the book some time ago and it had been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. There was something about the cover that made me leave it. Perhaps it was waiting for the right time. Any book though that … Continue reading Unfolding plans 195 – let them get on with their jobs.
Unfolding plans 192 – Google has got it wrong @sharemindfully @lldzne #GuerrillaWorking
Google has got it wrong apparently. According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the open office trend is destroying the work place and what is needed are more walls rather than less. It was a good piece yet short on supporting evidence and seems to have been based entirely upon the experiences of the … Continue reading Unfolding plans 192 – Google has got it wrong @sharemindfully @lldzne #GuerrillaWorking
Unfolding plans 191 – Great staff
Another day, another award ceremony. This time it was our very own Great Staff Great stuff awards. It is an opportunity for us to celebrate all of the great work that goes on in the Council. It is very easy to knock what we do and just as easy to highlight the mistakes, the failures … Continue reading Unfolding plans 191 – Great staff
Unfolding plans 190 – The world is my office
For nearly two years now I haven’t had an office or a desk. I have been a nomad, wandering from place to place. I go where the work is or where the opportunity lies. I try to be where I add most value. I get in and back out again before I get too bogged … Continue reading Unfolding plans 190 – The world is my office
Unfolding plans 189 – Scrum down
It looks like I’m going to get to use scrum. We’re going agile with our project methodology. Goodbye PRINCE2, farewell Managing Successful Programmes and hello modernity. Well, not quite but at least it’s a start. Project management is a bit like Enterprise Resource Planning systems. They work very well in certain environments but don’t necessarily … Continue reading Unfolding plans 189 – Scrum down
Unfolding plans 188 – Open Data
Is open data the same as big data? Well no, not really. Open data is stuff that is out there which can be freely used, shared and messed about with by anyone, anywhere, at any time and for whatever purpose they choose. It is the wildebeest of the data world, able to roam free across … Continue reading Unfolding plans 188 – Open Data
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 