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Alisdair Menzies
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Feb 4, 2021

Management Consulting

<<Presentation to University of Aberdeen — full text>> — https://spark.adobe.com/page/WQ7WwTXZNr1hN/ I am here today to talk about some of my experiences as a management consultant and hopefully through this help you understand some of the scenarios I have faced, how I managed them and the tools that I have used to manage them. Thanks to Luciana for inviting me here today to talk to you all about my experiences.

Aberdeen

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Aberdeen

17 min read


May 16, 2019

The power and danger of frameworks

As I meandered round the stalls of a technology conference I recently attended, I was struck by how enthusiastically organisations, consultancies and individuals are so willing to advocate frameworks that present themselves as the panacea for others woes. I felt something was amiss with this way of thinking, however was…

Innovation

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The power and danger of frameworks
The power and danger of frameworks
Innovation

3 min read


May 16, 2019

What’s Up, WhatsApp?

First things first, have you updated WhatsApp on your phone? Yes, good, let’s move on. The latest revelations about the security flaw and the seriousness of it should not be underestimated. A call could be placed to your phone via WhatsApp and inject code into your device that in turn…

Privacy

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What’s Up, WhatsApp?
What’s Up, WhatsApp?
Privacy

3 min read


May 16, 2019

Wifi, the ubiquitous way to insecurity!

I’ll add that I am in a cafe writing this using, you’ve guessed it, a wifi hotspot however am using a VPN — so that must be secure (it’s not assured either, so I will just have to hope!) Now that some of the dust has settled following the disclosure…

Wifi

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Wifi, the ubiquitous way to insecurity!
Wifi, the ubiquitous way to insecurity!
Wifi

4 min read


May 4, 2018

How to embrace Lean Start-up at scale

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” — Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox Summary Start-up behaviours are poorly understood in large organisations Lean is misunderstood, leading to organisational resistance To succeed you must know the levers to aim for ; MVP, A/B testing; test…

Lean Startup

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Lean Startup

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May 4, 2018

The 4th Place

Since after the Second World War, there have been 3 generally recognised spaces. Ray Oldenburg’s, “The Great Good Place” characterised these in detail. The first is where you sleep, your home. The second is your workplace and the third, social spaces. Nowhere on the world embraced this third place more…

Blockchain

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The 4th Place
The 4th Place
Blockchain

5 min read


Apr 9, 2018

Agile transformation in the context of Kotter’s change model. Why do the initiatives fail?

Introduction Why is agile so difficult to adopt in large organisations? With data and empirical evidence to demonstrate the benefit to staff and the business what causes such barriers to adopting these practices. In this, I am looking to outline the pitfalls for adopting agile based on experience. This is not…

Leadership

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Agile transformation in the context of Kotter’s change model. Why do the initiatives fail?
Agile transformation in the context of Kotter’s change model. Why do the initiatives fail?
Leadership

12 min read

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