Getting Started With Kanban
Neil Picture the scene. It’s a Friday afternoon and I’m sat at my desk with a permanent frown. My week of planned work has been derailed due to one big urgent…
Weekly Braindump #22
Kanban, SPAM, Thankyou Mam? I’ve been working on.. Determined not to reapeat another week of being stuck in the mire, I purchased a stack of post-it notes on Monday morning…
My Beef With ‘Self-Service’
A quick micro-rant on 90’s IT terminology In my humble opinion, this word needs to be consigned to the same bin as ‘portal’. Both seem to be a regular feature…
Weekly Braindump #21
Putting out fires, Open Data and our new robotic overlords. I’ve been working on… This week started with a bit of a bump. Monday morning I experienced one of those…
Weekly Braindump #20
Repeating the message & wrangling data. I’ve been working on… This week I’ve been reminded of the importance of consistently repeating the same message, over and over. It’s useful to…
Don’t buy that IT system if…
Some warning signs to avoid technological mediocrity. You don’t know who it’s for. You dont know what problem it’s solving. You know what problem it’s supposed to be solving, but…
Weekly Braindump #19
Asking for Feedback, Twitter as a Super Power and Workspaces I’ve been working on… We’ve been speaking to those lovely people at DooPoll again. The concept of easy anonymous feedback…
Weekly Braindump #18
Transformation, Transformation, Transformation I’ve been working on… More finessing of those Digital Transformation Principles I wrote up last week. Should be doing the rounds amongst colleagues this coming week as…
Weekly Braindump #17
Collaboration != Innovation, Fleas In A Jar & Introverts Are Not Shy. I’ve been working on… Concerted effort on trying to wrap the test phase of our digital board papers…
Turn The Ship Around!
Lessons in leadership from a nuclear submarine. I’ve recently finished reading Turn The Ship Around, David Marquet’s book about turning followers into leaders. I wanted to jot down some thoughts…