building the body of knowledge

let others learn from our mistakes

ok to make mistakes

Why does a body of highly intelligent people, IT professionals allegedly renowned for their logical and systematic approach to problems, find it impossible to establish a genuinely sustainable and cumulative corpus of best practice, professional knowledge and lessons learned?
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an effective personal productivity toolkit

BadCo toolbox

How do we pick the right mix of so-called personal productivity tools, when every day brings a fresh new flood of ‘apps’ to an already crowded market?
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Online wiseguys sit down

The Yorkshire Mafia

Enthusiastic individuals and corporate marketing professionals alike are desperate to learn the secret of what makes an online group grow into an effective and viable community. This is the challenge for everyone in the “connected” world.

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language of incoming management

a new broom speaks clean

Banksy Rate

Presidents do it, Prime Ministers do it, even the guy who takes over the local pub does it: the new broom always speaks clean. The message is that things are going to be different, from now on. Continue reading article »

Leading from behind

paper crane drop

Here is some advice for budding Thought Leaders: you will probably get more response to your pearls of wisdom if you are two steps behind your audience, rather than two steps ahead of them. Continue reading article »

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