Business agility, it's all in the mind

Agility is one of the great buzzwords of the day so I paused for thought when I saw this tweet from @flowchainsensei (aka Bob Marshall)  ”What is *Business Agility*? It’s ability to respond to changes in your business environment: markets, competitors, regulators, tech, etc.”

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IT will die - eventually

We have been stuck in a redundant IT paradigm for quite a while now and we are long overdue for a shift forward. I have been writing about this for a couple of years now and the message is starting to get traction.

Martin Schofield and Colin Beveridge discuss the future of IT

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IT's got talent!

IT people have a reputation for being boring and introspective but this perception is not universally justified; I believe there are many natural entertainers lurking in the bowels of technology and would like you to help me find them.

Here are a couple of great examples of IT entertainers I know…

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Turing Test corollary?

Much effort has been put into getting machines to pass the so-called Turing Test. But, conversely, how does a machine know it’s talking to a human?

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Turing Test corollary:  a human knowingly talking to a [telephone answering] machine often loses coherence and language skills, ergo machine knows human.

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theme park or naturist reserve

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Cyberspace is a pretty strange environment for building communities but why do some online community builders make it so hard for themselves, and prospective community members, by making such a hash of publicity and access control?

The web makes it very easy for prying eyes to happen upon supposedly private gatherings, while public attractions may be Continue reading article »

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