Life is complicated. The more I think about it the more complicated it becomes. It seems as if complexity is an inherent part of the way the world works. It’s that second law of thermodynamics again. It states that (forgive me for I paraphrase) ‘In any closed system the amount of usable energy is always … Continue reading Unfolding plans 146 – Simplicity
Unfolding plans 144 – Scrum
Somebody has sent me a copy of ‘Scrum, The art of doing twice the work in half the time’ by Jeff Sutherland. I don’t know who it was. I had my suspects but one by one they are being crossed off my list. It just turned up at work in a manila envelope (C5 in … Continue reading Unfolding plans 144 – Scrum
Unfolding plans 138 – we need more entrepreneurs
I’ve heard it said many times that entrepreneurs are a special breed. They are vital to the health of the economy. They create the wealth that this nation relies upon to pay for its hospitals, its roads and all the other good things we’ve come to expect in a modern economy. I agree. Those people … Continue reading Unfolding plans 138 – we need more entrepreneurs
Unfolding plans 137 – ten thousand steps
Even the longest journey starts with a single step. The journey to health though starts with then thousand, apparently. I found out the other day that the phone that I have been carrying around with me has a step counter included. It is a Windows phone and the application is called MSN Health and Fitness. … Continue reading Unfolding plans 137 – ten thousand steps
Unfolding plans 136 – change as a constant
At this round of presentations (I do go on about them a bit yet they take up a lot of my thinking time and so that is my excuse) we decided to split the Spectrum event into two. Prior to this we had delivered the presentation in the main office, on the shop floor as … Continue reading Unfolding plans 136 – change as a constant
Unfolding plans 132 – more jobs or fewer jobs
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. That’s what I have often been told. We’ve been telling a story about the North East and the technical industry. It is about the number of jobs that the sector carries. We’ve been saying that there are thirty thousand jobs and two thousand … Continue reading Unfolding plans 132 – more jobs or fewer jobs
Unfolding plans 130 – Lean start up
Lean start up sounded an interesting concept. Justin, one of my colleagues at Dynamo was telling me about it. In essence I took it to be a way of shaping your business ideas before you get too bogged down in business plans and financing. It is a way of making sure that your idea has … Continue reading Unfolding plans 130 – Lean start up
Unfolding plans 116 – A break through in bureaucracy
Having said that I’d made very little progress with reducing bureaucracy using digital technologies (see me mid-year scorecard Unfolding Plans 100) there has been a flurry of activity. Thanks to Mark, we’ve finally made some sort of breakthrough. I said that I’d been banging on about a couple of paper based processes that have really … Continue reading Unfolding plans 116 – A break through in bureaucracy
Unfolding plans 115 – One in five beggars aren’t homeless
I haven’t had a good rant about statistics for a while but here we go again. Someone has taken some numbers and extrapolated them to create a wildly imaginative story. It’s like Jurassic Park, creating a dinosaur from a tiny piece of DNA. According to the BBC ‘Fewer than twenty per cent of people arrested … Continue reading Unfolding plans 115 – One in five beggars aren’t homeless
Unfolding plans 97 – chugging tugboats
This Guerrilla Working thing is catching on, at least in part. I find I can work more or less anywhere, with or without a wireless network. If I’m offline then I can catch up with all of the things that have been synchronised with my laptop, such as mail. I can do reports and presentations … Continue reading Unfolding plans 97 – chugging tugboats
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 