Think Twice before Accepting a Google Gift: My Story of the The Google Chromecast Anniversary Gift That Never Gave

The Google Chromecast Anniversary Gift That Never Gave Yesterday I read that Google was offering a free movie, or $6 in credit (so I think) to celebrate with owners of Chromecast. So I went over to my Galaxy Tab S 8.4, connected to my Chromecast and went to offers. I was told I could not …
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What If #2 – No Process

What If #2 – No Process What if “process” is one of those concepts from manual work a.k.a. manufacturing that has no place or value in knowledge work? What if “process” is a relatively very poor means (strategy) for getting everyone’s needs met in knowledge work organisations? What Do We Mean By Process? “Process” can mean …Read More

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Jet.com’s Imminent Take-Off

By the time you read this, jet.com will have been open for business to the public for several hours now, and reviews will undoubtedly be pouring in. Hopefully consumers will view the site more favorably than Amazon’s #PrimeDayFail – though this does perhaps explain the timing, if not the execution of Amazon’s promotional day.

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Kanban from the Inside: 23. Roll out

For this 23rd and final installment of excerpts from my book I have chosen a very short extract. I chose it not because it summarises the chapter (it doesn’t) or the book as a whole (it certainly doesn’t do that) but because it helps explain some of what I have been doing since publication.

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A Kanban system for Law Firms and Legal Practices

I’ve had quite a lot of interest in my experiences of introducing Kanban to a law firm several years ago. Although I couldn’t capture any photos of the card wall due to client confidentiality I’ve pulled together the following diagram to illustrate the key features of the Kanban system. It is from memory so may not be entirely accurate, but it should capture the essence of the system.

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Why Me?

Not, not some lament about the unfairness of life. Rather, an explanation of why, these days, I choose to call myself an Organisational Psychotherapist.

I’ve spent the majority of my 30+ year career studying many “systems” of software and product development (the way the work works). And studying the relationships those systems have to the organisations (a.k.a. systems) they serve.

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The First Step

Last week I posted about Rightshifting the HiveMind Network. Since then I’ve been reflecting on where and how to make a start. Not wishing to take anyone or anything for granted, I feel most comfortable starting out low-key, and without any kind of agenda. That meets my need for allowing folks the choice of whether and how to participate, and indeed to shape what it might be they’re choosing participate in.

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technwuk – more info

Manchester is mega-exciting at the moment. Along with everything Doug Ward‘s awesome work getting central government to put some money into Manchester, I also set up technw.

technw is where I decided to get all the tech event organisers in the area together. We have a slack group so we can work together to make things better, we’ve also started adding to a shared calendar and advertising with a shared twitter account so we can be a one-stop shop for events in the area.

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