The hand dryer said fifteen. The numerals flashed in blue and counted down to zero while the hot blasts of air desiccated my hands. I moved them up and down as instructed to make the drying process more effective. There was a handy pictorial guide. Why was there a counter? Can I not work it … Continue reading Unfolding plans 123 – Solutionsim
Unfolding plans 122 – Writing a cheque
Yesterday I cashed a cheque. It was for a very small amount, less than seven pounds. The day before I happened to write a cheque. This time it was for a larger amount. It had a seven in it. I’m letting you know about this because they are such rare events these days. I can … Continue reading Unfolding plans 122 – Writing a cheque
Unfolding plans 121 – never knowingly undersold
Perhaps I undersell myself. If not me then perhaps I have undersold the effect of some of the changes that we are making. I have never knowingly been undersold, until now. I say this because twice I have had to stop and think about some of the things that we are doing and the good, … Continue reading Unfolding plans 121 – never knowingly undersold
Unfolding plans 120 – The internet of things
We’ve created a new collective noun. A parliament of crows. A bank of things, a bunch of things, an internet of things. The Internet used to be a proper noun and then became an ordinary noun only to mature into a collective noun. Is this the evolutionary cycle of a word? Is it its product … Continue reading Unfolding plans 120 – The internet of things
Unfolding plans 119 – a new era
Have we moved into a new era of ICT provision? At least have we where I work? I ask this because we had a problem the other day that affected a significant part of our business yet no calls were made to the Service Desk. I heard about it from a colleague of mine who … Continue reading Unfolding plans 119 – a new era
Unfolding plans 118 – I have had my cake and eaten it.
I’ve put on weight. A (former) colleague told me when we met in a high street grocery store. Thank you for your weight? I was buying ingredients for a cake (pear and almond as it happens but there may be a clue here). I dared not look in his basket. It was nice of him … Continue reading Unfolding plans 118 – I have had my cake and eaten it.
Unfolding plans 117 – paperless meeting
So there it was, our first Resources Management Team meeting without paper. We’d all been issued with new tablet computers from a leading manufacturer (but not fruit related). Actually we had only borrowed them as Bob was quick to remind me. We’d also been given some training on how to use our new devices along … Continue reading Unfolding plans 117 – paperless meeting
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 114- granularity
We used to play a game, my colleagues and I. It was in a different place from where I am now and we were much younger then. The nature of the game was to take a new piece of jargon and use it over and over again until it became part of the vernacular, until … Continue reading Unfolding plans 114- granularity
Unfolding plans 113 – happy workation
Wow, that was some workation. For the month of July I’ve been trying something different. While I was out and about I stopped and bought a postcard that showed the beautiful or unusual places that I happened to have visited. Every work day I sent one to my youngest daughter as she was in the … Continue reading Unfolding plans 113 – happy workation
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 