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Experts together risk bad decisions

Posted on May 10, 2013 · Add Comment
When experts form a group, there can be a reluctance for individuals to openly voice concerns about decisions. Sometimes with tragic consequences.
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Competing on analytics

Posted on May 9, 2013 · Add Comment
Within sport, the use of data is highly contextual to the individual scenario to maximise potential within that moment. In business, it tends to be more generalised
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Creating a problem by solving a problem

Posted on May 3, 2013
Solving one problem so often creates another that often then disrupts the underlying system and requires the need to think differently to fix...
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Aligning investment with reality

Posted on May 1, 2013
There are two reasons why the costs to deliver an IT project should drop significantly. 1. At the tail-end of a previous disruptive innovation, 2. At the beginning of a new one.
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Platform or Application?

Posted on April 29, 2013
When introducing new or replacement IT solutions, one of the first questions when deciding on a suitable technology should be: Platform or Application? The natural response is 'it depends'...
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Creating successful intranets

Posted on April 24, 2013
A three-part presentation exploring the decision criteria behind successful intranet projects: the organisation perspective, design and content strategies
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The impact of real-time rumours

Posted on April 24, 2013
Yesterday, hackers broke into the Associated Press (AP) Twitter account and posted a false message about explosions at the White House. The image shows the Wall Street reaction...
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The shift in technology design

Posted on April 9, 2013
"If you want simplicity, if you want to be seen as an innovator, then it's the mainstream customers you should be aiming at" is a fundamental shift in technology design
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The value in gossip at work

Posted on March 2, 2013
I watched a fascinating TEDx talk this weekend and have embedded it below to share. If you’re not enthralled at the start, I encourage you to stick with it. It leads to the conclusion: Celebrity gossip is the conversation that [...]
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Process matters more than data

Posted on February 19, 2013
Big data is a key digital trend right now. Along with social media, mobile devices and cloud computing, it is seen as a potential disruptor of businesses, if not entire industries. But data, big or small, is useless if it [...]
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Collaboration is not the same as Social

Posted on February 6, 2013
A collaborative team is working towards a specific outcome, usually involving some form of content. A social network is not working towards any goal. It is a pot of profiles (look at me!) and conversations ('like' you!)
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Watch out for biased data

Posted on February 5, 2013
67% chose the blue pill* We so often see summarised data encouraging us to buy or do something, that it is easy to forget to be critical. Critical thinking is essential to help avoid making poor decisions due to misleading [...]
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