Sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t. The trouble is you do not know whether they are going to or not. I was back out on the superfast broadband trail. We’ve been holding some launch events to improve take up, or at least to raise awareness. The projections are looking great and we are well … Continue reading Unfolding plans 125 – Frosterley was slow
Unfolding plans 124 – Head space
I’m racking my brains. I’m trying to do some work on our ICT Strategy and I just can’t get my head around what needs to be done. It’s not even one year old. It’s the third ICT strategy that I have written since I came to Durham but we made a commitment to review it … Continue reading Unfolding plans 124 – Head space
Unfolding plans 123 – Solutionsim
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 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 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 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 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 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
Unfolding plans 112 – a strange feeling
What a strange feeling. I’d needed some time to get my head round some things and found a quiet space in which to do it. Paul’s office was free and so I made my camp there for the day. I’m one for open plan working as you know. I am a Guerrilla Worker but there … Continue reading Unfolding plans 112 – a strange feeling
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 