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 »

What if I told you that the key to becoming a successful management consultant was to become a Teddy Bear? What if I also told you that it involves fetishes? You might be re-checking the URL to make sure you …

Teddies, Fetishes and the Management Consulting Scam Read more »

  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 …

My new book about Teddies and fetishes is out… Read more »

So today I was inspired to come out of blogging hibernation because I saw possibly the worst dodgy 2*2 management matrix ever. The piece below was something that was originally going to be part of my next book with Kailash …

The ASS Scale. The best 2*2 management model ever! Read more »

Hiya I’ve been meaning to write about the topic of the apps model of SharePoint 2013 for a while now, because it is a topic I am both fascinated and slightly repulsed by. While lots of really excellent material is …

So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 1) Read more »

“If Jeff ever leaves…” I’m sure you have experienced the “Oh crap” feeling where you have a problem and Jeff is on vacation or unavailable. Jeff happens to be one of those people who’s worked at your organisation for years …

Rewriting the knowledge management rulebook… The story of “Glyma” for SharePoint Read more »

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 Welcome to part five of my quest to improve people’s awareness and understanding of what SharePoint maturity is really all about. For those new to this series of articles, we have traversed a bit of territory to get …

Rethinking SharePoint Maturity Part 5: From Conditions to Actionable Lessons Learnt 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 »