As I write this I am somewhere over the middle of Australia, flying back to Perth after participating in a 3 day event that was fun, challenging and highly insightful. The conference was Creative Melbourne, and I am proud to …
Rediscovering my curiosity at Creative Melbourne Read more »
The power of video as a means to convey a message and engage an audience cannot be under-estimated. For my new book, The Heretics Guide to Management, we decided to record a video after Kailash had played around with VideoScribe …
Hi all I am pleased to announce that my new business book, The Heretic’s Guide to Management: The Art of Harnessing Ambiguity is now available in ebook format (The print edition is still a couple of weeks away). Once …
What does project management mean to me? Well if you want me to give you the ‘glass half empty’ perspective, it’s easy. What project management means to me is a confused discipline where practitioners routinely do really dumb shit in …
What does project management mean to me – a Project Manager’s sermon Read more »
Hi all This is part four of a series I am writing on my ideas about how the SharePoint community can revitalise how SharePoint maturity is understood and communicated. If this is your first time reading this series, then I …
Rethinking SharePoint Maturity Part 4: The number of the beast… Read more »
Hi all Welcome to part 3 in this series about rethinking what SharePoint “maturity” looks like. In the first post, I introduced the work of JR Hackman and his notion of trying to create enabling conditions, rather than attribute cause …
Rethinking SharePoint Maturity Part 3: Who moved my cheese? Read more »
Hi all Welcome to part 2 about my research efforts that has led me to thinking a little differently in how we understand and measure SharePoint and organisational “maturity”. In the first post, I gave a glimpse into the work …
Rethinking SharePoint Maturity Part 2: What Makes Collaboration Work Read more »
Hi all Once in a while, you can come across a case study that not only showcases innovative and brilliant solutions, but tells a much deeper story that both inspires and teaches. I am writing this post to tell you …
High school students showing us SharePoint consultants how it’s done Read more »
Hi all We have all felt the pain of a meeting or workshop where no-one is engaged, the conversation is being dominated by the loudest or everyone is mired in a tangle of complexity and there is no sense of …
Introduction to Dialogue Mapping class in Melbourne June 13-14 Read more »
Yup you heard right. I am particularly excited for the Melbourne SharePoint conference in June because I get to unleash “Dr Neil” onto the SharePoint world. Neil (who’s full name is Neil Preston) is an Organisational Psychologist who I have …
An Organisational Psychologist is keynoting a SharePoint conference? What the… Read more »