Technology is always the easiest part

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Do IT professionals have adequate people skills to do their job properly?

The typical IT department is a tremendous vantage point from which to observe the big beasts of the corporate savannahs, constantly locked in ritual combat with each other.

But, of course, we are not simply innocent bystanders on a safari. We are the people Continue reading article »

Book review: Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction by Sramana Mitra

a handful of golden acorns

Some say that small businesses will lead the way out of the global economic downturn, presumably because hard times create  necessity – the mother of invention.

I am not so sure, although I would be pleased to be proven wrong.

I suspect that the credit crunch will give us a handful of golden acorns – but not a forestful. Continue reading article »

40 seconds: describe what you do in just three words

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Can you describe what you do in just three words? Is it possible, or fair, to summarise ourselves so sharply?

These questions sprang to mind when I recalled the various job interviews I have observed, where candidates have been asked to suggest three words that their colleagues would use to describe them.

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French lessons

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The productivity of workers in France continues to lead the Western world, despite a well-deserved reputation for leisurely lunch-breaks and incredibly frequent holidays.

So should we all be taking lessons from the French? I think so.

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Getting naked in the office

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Would you ever go to work completely naked? Would you be comfortable if your colleagues stripped off too and you all went about the daily routine in your business birthday suits? And, if the proceedings were filmed for TV broadcast?

Well that’s exactly what David Taylor (aka the Naked Leader) expected some unsuspecting brave workers to Continue reading article »

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