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I had a conversation yesterday which builds upon a previous blog. The conversation resulted in an insight which seems pretty obvious, but may be rarely stated. Operations people understand the business, technology people don’t. Read more …

I had a conversation yesterday which builds upon a previous blog. The conversation resulted in an insight which seems pretty obvious, but may be rarely stated. Operations people understand the business, technology people don’t. Read more …

Over the weekend were the frightening reports of  the American mortgage industry facing collapse, as IndyMac moved into administration, followed by the departure of shareholders from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae faster than rats from a sinking ship.  Freddie and Fannie’s share price was down 20% on the week, raising the spectre of the Fed…

I was amused to hear the comment this week that bankers aren’t paranoid enough. The comment was made in the context that bankers do not believe things change very fast, so why should they be concerned about change? The markets move in their own time, infrastructure is hard to change, long-term investments are just that:…

I’ve blogged regularly about how much I hate Vista, Office 2007, Outlook 2007 … you name it.   I thought my friends might appreciate the latest moan.   As many of you know, I make presentations for my living, or at least as a large part of it. So I depend upon PowerPoint.   This…

I’ve blogged regularly about how much I hate Vista, Office 2007, Outlook 2007 … you name it.   I thought my friends might appreciate the latest moan.   As many of you know, I make presentations for my living, or at least as a large part of it. So I depend upon PowerPoint.   This…

I’ve blogged regularly about how much I hate Vista, Office 2007, Outlook 2007 … you name it.   I thought my friends might appreciate the latest moan.   As many of you know, I make presentations for my living, or at least as a large part of it. So I depend upon PowerPoint.   This…