I was driving home from Teesdale the other evening. Although it was dark and cold it was a pleasant drive over the hills as I wasn’t in a hurry. As is usual in such circumstances my mind began to wander and I got round to thinking about this year’s A-Z Blogging Challenge. I wasn’t as … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Asparagus #AtoZchallenge
Project optimism bias
‘I’ve re-profiled this project plan twice already and I’m on the verge of having to do it again a third time.’ ‘I bet you have to do it again as the supplier has never hit a timescale yet.’ How many times have you heard such a conversation? How many times have you been in one? … Continue reading Project optimism bias
Doing or thinking
Sometimes we spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking. We often leap before we look. If I learnt anything from the lean start-up training it is that we should spend as much time as we can shaping our ideas and talking to our customers before investing in the product. As an organisation … Continue reading Doing or thinking
Alone Together
‘Alone Together’ is an interesting read from Sherry Turkle. I’m not sure why I picked it up as there is often a gap between when I buy or borrow a book and when I get around to reading it. I always have such a backlog of things I want to read. I suspect it had … Continue reading Alone Together
Enabling Safe Business #ESB16
Last week I hosted another successful Enabling Safe Business – a Closer look at Cloud conference. This is the third one that I have been involved in. Here are my opening comments. The ICT industry is great at coming up with new phrases and jargon. Apparently the five most confusing terms are somethings as … Continue reading Enabling Safe Business #ESB16
Building a legend
Who would have thought that World of Warcraft would have come up in the presentations to the team? It was Gary’s idea and it turned out to be a work of pure genius. I must confess to not being a gamer. I’m not sure I should have come out with that especially as I work … Continue reading Building a legend
CEIAG Network
The CEIAG network gave us another opportunity to talk about getting young people into the industry We have been trying to make use of all of the avenues open to us that are already exist and this was a group that we had never been to before. Apparently all schools, colleges and other learning providers … Continue reading CEIAG Network
An organ app
For some reason I ended up in church at an organ recital on Saturday night. Don’t ask why as it is too long a story. In the end I did enjoy it yet the king of instruments, as the organ is often referred to, is not my thing. I find it all a bit too … Continue reading An organ app
Volunteer Gary
I always like to have someone else with me when I am doing the presentations to ICT Services. There are two real reasons. The first is that I don’t think it’s great to hear me banging on all the time and having someone else there gives the audience (and me) a break. The second is … Continue reading Volunteer Gary
How lucky
Coming down on the train to London Neil and I sat next to a group of people heading to a conference in Eastbourne. The carriage was full. It was overly hot and felt like a cattle truck. The group were mostly women and worked in adventure playgrounds. Many of them worked for North Tyneside Council, … Continue reading How lucky
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 