Management

The Productivity Paradox (Revisited)

In its annual airing in the media recently Productivity has been described as poor, like the…
Risk Manglement

When COVID hit last year, it popularised the Black Swan theory which describes surprise events that…
The Problem with People

There is an assumption that the behaviour of people involved in a business process is predictable…
You’ve Been Changed

For those of us easily amused, watching videos of sad people falling off bikes, or having…
Get Your Head Out of the Clouds

If you are one of the large number of Senior IT folk that are being roasted…
Make an Eff-ing Difference: A Cheat’s Guide to Effectiveness & Efficiency

The Tempest I was trying to think of good examples to talk about for Efficiency and…
Britain’s Got Talent Management

When I was looking for my first job (just after the Falklands War, but it wasn’t…
Be a Cracking Post-COVID Chief

One of the unexpected but illuminating consequences of spending the last nine months OoO and/or WFH…
Culture Clash

As we soberly reflect on a year lost to the pandemic, it is worth re-examining how…
The Productivity Paradox

One of the main reasons for throwing loadsa money at IT is to get Productivity Improvement Gains (PIGs). Unfortunately, most…