Today I had legitimate cause to drive into Wellington as I took my wife to her x-ray appointment – thankfully nothing too serious. As we drove through the exceptionally quiet streets, something became very apparent to me. The lockdown is highlighting people’s best and worst practises. Drivers sitting in the wrong lane, braking dramatically for […]
Over 2,000 years ago the great Roman playwright Plautus said “You must spend money to make money” Is this true? Is the only way to make it in this world to have money to start with? Of course it’s not always the case but what you do need are strategies, people and tools that […]
As IT Professionals, we often remind ourselves that “It should be all about the Information, not the Technology”. Which is ironic, given that we’re inevitably ‘IT professionals‘ rather than ‘Information Professionals’. But how do ‘Information Professionals’ cope with the challenges of Information Intangibility? The (in)Tangibility of Technology As an excuse, it’s been really challenging to maintain […]
How’s business transformation going for you? I’ll hazard a guess: not well! Statistically that’s likely a good guess because so few transformation initiatives deliver. Under 20% of organisations have achieved their digital potential. You’ve read this far, so I’m also going to guess that you want to find a better way. Why we Invented LINQ […]
Why Business Transformation is Difficult What does Business Transformation look like? Furthermore, what does the journey to a transformed business look like? How do you measure success; how do you know you ‘got there’? These questions are fundamental yet incredibly challenging to answer in business terms. As a result, the journey to Business Transformation is […]
What’s Information Waste? How much is Information Waste costing your business? It might help to first define Information Waste: Information waste: resources that are being applied to low-value activities These examples will help to illustrate that definition: Information Supply Chains that support no Business Outcome– “we process this information because that’s what we’ve always done” […]