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Everyone in software has had that awkward conversation with the potential client… We have focused on feature Y to make it unique, its taken us years to perfect so that it makes a real difference in your business. The answer until you get to know them and show what you...

Having been an early adopter of Indiegogo and Kickstarter and probably being a gadget geek at heart myself, at least back since I personally started to contribute, I have now gone through a number of cycles of what can go right or wrong on both sites. On the good side...

Disruption is happening all around us, but despite “shake ups,” “Big data,” “Small data,” “IOT,” and “Blockchain,” often those in traditionally influential positions find it hard to facilitate and implement appropriate change. Models that have worked in some cases for...

When we are unwell, or when we see a relative being unwell, we get the chance to explore the care system. When in the hospital as an end user we see the nuts and bolts of the care pathway. We see the influence of the consultant, the doctor, the sister, the nurse, the...

The spread of big data and its limitations evolves our thinking on the specifics of the “big data,” revolution. I am not the first to say it but "small data," whatever definition we give it is the next major milestone in the evolution of our understanding of abstract...

No matter what the situation or job position an individual will at times be faced with insurmountable problems. Based on how we think we will let these problems bother us to a greater or lesser degree. For the doing person, who manipulates the outcome directly it is...

Let's take the opposing view to anthropomorphism and through metaphor and other constructs describe business as it could be understood within an ecological sense. To do this takes a real separation from reality, to derive useful value from the sentiment probably takes...

No person can claim to have a global view we can have depth and width to our perspectives but if we hold wisdom we can’t claim to have a complete world view. As Socrates famously remarked. We all see the world from different perspectives. One of those perspectives is...

Inspiration comes from a myriad of sources and those sources always change for me. Recent conversations caused me to reflect on what is the correct approach to making an idea a reality. I would have been pretty one dimensional in the past, for me there where a series...

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When I wrote my chapter "Big Data, Big Business," Insight, Influence and the IT Revolution. for Doug Strycharczyk of & Charles Elvin's book on Developing Resilient Organizations.I didn't expect it to be seen as valuable. I largely felt that as I had de-techified...