What you do next matters.

  • On reflection

    Action without reflection soon turns into panic, yet I don’t know anybody who has serious time to reflect each day at work. For example, I know of several teams who run small iterations on IT projects and still haven’t had time to sit down and think through how they plan their releases.  So in addition…

  • Help with implementation of change and projects

    Even when you have an understanding of what the organisation needs, it can be difficult to implement the right solution effectively while so many other things are going on. I specialise in supporting your team in effective implementation of a range of initiatives.  Where projects are large and complex, I also recommend trusted partners who…

  • Investigating issues and opportunities

    Problems and opportunities probably abound in your environment.  What you probably don’t have is the time to really investigate what they mean. By bringing in outside help you gain the benefit of  having someone with both the time and the experience to help you understand the essence of the problem or opportunity rather than just…

  • (re) Launching an online forum

    The innovative among us would love to run online forums in the areas that interest us.  But the old and jaded among us have seen many communities (online forums, communities of practice, centres of excellence) rise up, hover for a moment and then disappear from sight. So I was interested to see the following link…

  • Modelling the choices we make

    It’s a scary concept when you think about it, but advertisers and others are spending a lot of time and money to understand how we make choices. It’s scary for two reasons.  The first is related to the evolution of predators and prey.  Every ecosystem continually evolves as the prey learn to evade the predator…

  • New blog

    This blog is here to act as a focus for communicating information I find interesting around the areas of IT capability development, IT process improvement and new approaches to projects. Feel free to browse through the pages on the services I offer and to give me feedback on both the services and the way I…