Have you noticed how we have so many more projects, change programs, new initiatives and strategies in our organisations today? Have you noticed that so many more people are Project Managers...
I have held back from commenting for a little while now, but it has been over three months and the story continues with recriminations and reports. Of course, I am referring to the Queensland Health payroll situation. I will focus...
Seth Godin is one of my favourite marketing and business writers. I love this recent blog which some may feel has nothing to do with marketing, but really has everything to do with it and with business. Seth writes: The difference...
It was pleasing to see the recent announcement at CeBIT by Harvey Norman's Chief Operating Officer, Mr John Slack-Smith, that Harvey Norman would be pushing ahead with a new enterprise solution. It was also somewhat predictable that they would receive some questions...
OK, to start with let me declare that I love Change Managers. I work with many of them, I consider some to be good friends, and I see them as having a crucial role to play in all businesses and...
To boost profitability, we can cut IT costs, as it’s easy to lop off a little fat there. Apparently IT also generates 2% or more of the carbon footprint so if we cut their costs we save carbon too. But...
It seems that many companies would be well advised to install revolving doors on the offices of Chief Information Officers (CIO’s). The March 2009 survey by CIO Magazine found that 24% of the 265 companies surveyed asked their previous CIO...
Many Australian managers are very downbeat about the long term survival prospects of their businesses and are concerned about the impact of short term thinking on organisational health. This is the central conclusion of a wide ranging survey conducted by...
One of the technology forecasters' latest claimed “winners” is Unified Communications (UC). A recent report published by Research and Markets predicts that the UC market in Australia will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 16.1% between 2007 and...