The cigarette packet school of project management

The Capstans of Industry

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Anybody got a spare fag packet? I’m collecting them for a friend who is running a government project planning seminar next week and we need at least one packet between two so that each delegate can get the full, hands-on, scribbling experience.

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Quality of internal collaboration is key to external partnerships

An interesting piece on enterprise transformation by Dion Hinchcliffe set me thinking how often do we seek to build external partnerships without necessarily having strong internal bonds within our own organisation?

Of course, it is rare for any enterprise to be entirely self-sufficient so our value chains are usually forged from an intricate mesh of internal and external contributions.

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Even the Cloud won't solve Government IT issues

Chris Chant is to be applauded for setting out some of the issues in Government IT and for seeking improvements through better systems integration skills.

However there is a whole herd of elephants sitting in the middle of the room, including: the political policy/ service fulfilment lag; fanatically policed organisational boundaries; privacy/ security/ legacy data issues; national and supra-national procurement Continue reading article »

learn how to build your own capability and presence as a Digital CIO

Digital CIO Masterclass

CIO Master Class led by Colin Beveridge London 20th September 2011

In this interactive workshop you will learn how to build your own capability and presence as a Digital CIO, by following a well-proven, strategic and systematic approach to digital engagement.

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Every CIO’s Guide to Demonstrably Outstanding Performance

I am chairing/ facilitating two CIO sessions in London free to attend for CIO’s and senior IT Leaders.

These seminars will show you how some truly outstanding CIOs took a radical new approach to measuring and managing IT performance. Top performing CIO’s are able to improve quality, reliability and also to better predict how long work will take. They Continue reading article »

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