History Repeating I first read about the Post Office Horizon scandal in my Computer Weekly rag in 2009. Like most of us in IT, I scanned the paper for the funnies and the job ads. It wasn’t known for serious journalism. In fact, outside of computer departments it was completely unknown, and was seen as…
The philosopher George Santayana wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The reason I bring this up, besides showing off my highbrow pretensions, is that I am still coming across people (well con-sultants anyway) whose sales pitch for business recovery from COVID include the phrases ‘blue sky thinking’, ‘best practice’ and…
Who’d be a Chief Information Officer? Well, judging by the huge responses to job ads for CIOs, many of you great unwashed harbour a dream to rise to the top of your profession like cream on the milk. No one tells you that you’re more likely to be treated like a floater, with everyone trying to flush…
Over thirty years ago (in 1986 for future readers) I was sat in a small room in a mining company’s office in Windhoek, Namibia. In front of me was an IBM PC-XT running MS-DOS with a CGA monitor. I was there to develop a Purchasing Contract Control System. In 4 weeks. On my own. I…
In the old days (choose your own reference point depending on age and senility), businesses worked to a rhythm. We would prepare a five or ten year strategic plan that detailed what we were going to do in a slow and deliberate way that would ultimately crescendo in a climax of backslapping and champagne. Or…
Are you looking to recruit someone but are struggling to find the right person to fill a key vacancy in your organisation? Obviously you want the best but have you spent months fruitlessly searching? To paraphrase Bonnie Tyler in these more gender neutral days, “Where have all the good people/individuals/resources gone?” Holding out for a…
Recycled Bullsh-IT 