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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…