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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Hitting the G+ spot

life on the wire by wildxplorer on flickr

I’ve not used Google+ yet but from what I have seen so far, it looks like an ideal approach for anyone (like me) interested in a properly joined-up-world of integrated Systems. Unlike some, though, I’m not even thinking about Google+ in relationship to FaceBook because FB is not a serious Systems platform. Continue reading article »

Dynamic discussion, sans frontieres

clowns sans frontieres by jeff-bauche on flickr

Geopolitical events of 2011 have demonstrated the power of so-called Social Media, leading to terms being coined such as “Facebook revolution.” However, I believe that it is Twitter that has now matured into the de facto interactive, multi-channel broadcasting media that facilitates effective, dynamic discussion at every level: parochial, regional, national and global.

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New Government IT Strategy - fundamentally flawed?

Shotgun Wedding strategy for Government IT

jayne by lamont_cranston on flickr

According to Tony Collins, the UK Government CIO Council will be asked, by the Cabinet Office, to approve an interim ICT strategy that looks fundamentally flawed before the ink is dry: a shotgun wedding strategy.

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getting past the gatekeepers

Lion Gatekeeper by Daniel Y on flickr

We live in an increasingly connected, some would say open, world. And yet there still seems to be no shortage of gatekeepers, whose primary function is to guard against unfettered access to people, places and ideas. Have you worked out how to get past the gatekeepers?

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