So you have crafted a new business strategy. This is going to be the good one, the one that will double revenues within three years. […]
Continue readingTaking innovation to the edge
Deloitte were kind enough to invite me to present last week at the Melbourne leg of their regular CIO forum. The topic was innovation in […]
Continue readingHolly: 1992 – 2012
A companion since we finished Uni. She’ll be sadly missed.
Continue readingWhat recession?
The global financial crisis hit nearly four years ago in 2008 but America and Europe appear to still be stuck in the mud. Even the Asian market has softened. But is this a recession? Or are we seeing a reconfiguration of the economy as the technological seeds laid over the last few generations finally germinated and bear fruit?
Continue readingWe saw the future, and there wasn’t an e-wallet to be found
Do NFC payments – with their tap-and-go simplicity – herald a revolution of the shopping experience? Or is NFC just an attempt to force more […]
Continue readingYou can’t buy innovation
Why is it so hard to incent our companies or teams to do anything innovative? Something tangible that makes a difference to the top or […]
Continue readingThe top posts for 2011 were …
And the top ten posts from the last year — as recorded by Popularity Contest — are: Knowledge Workers in the British Raj Problems and […]
Continue readingOutsourcing in an increasingly complex world
Pressure on margins is driving organizations to increasingly rationalize and externalize supporting functions as they search for more efficient and flexible delivery approaches.
Continue readingIs Salesforce.com already legacy IT?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that we need to rethink what “application” means. The IT industry – and therefore “application” […]
Continue readingDeath of the shopping mission
When did you last go on a mission to buy something? Something specific that you had decided you needed. Were you looking for a book […]
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