Hi all I just recorded the third video on the topic of powerful questions. The purpose of this series of videos is to help facilitators, project managers, business analysts and SharePoint peeps ask better questions of their stakeholders. The first …

Powerful questions part 3: The “I told you so” question 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 »

Hiya I just recorded the second video on the topic of powerful questions. These powerful questions are the result of the years I’ve spent dialogue mapping many different groups of people on many different problems. As time has gone on, …

Powerful questions part 2: The key focus area question Read more »

Hi all One of the conversation areas in SharePoint life that is inevitably complex is that of records management since there are just as many differing opinions on records management as there are legal jurisdictions and different standards to choose …

Making Sense of SharePoint and Digital Records Management… Read more »

Hi all I have spent a bit of time in New Zealand over the last few years, met a lot of really interesting people and frequently get asked about conducting a Dialogue Mapping training workshop over there. I’m really happy …

Interested in learning the craft of Dialogue Mapping in Auckland? Read more »

Hi all *sigh* This post comes to you during my reality check of returning to work after the bliss of 1 month of vacation in New Zealand. After walking on a glacier, racing around in jetboats and relaxing in volcanic …

Confession of a (post) SharePoint architect… “Thou shalt NOT” Read more »

Hi and welcome to the latest exciting instalment in my epic series of posts on my confessions of a post SharePoint architect. I was motivated to write this series because the mild mannered shrinking violet known as Bjorn Furuknap wrote …

Confession of a (post) SharePoint architect… What are you polishing? Read more »

Hello kung-fu students and thanks for dropping by to complete your platitude training. If you have been dutifully following the prior 5 articles so far in this series, you will have now earned your yellow belt in platitude kung-fu and …

Confessions of a (post) SharePoint architect: Black belt platitude kung-fu Read more »