Bridging between Aspiration and Delivery
this refers to systems for internal use as opposed to products
HR and recruitment seem to be careering towards a slow-motion train wreck, where is the brake pedal? And what happened to the windscreen? Approximately 10% of the global payroll is squandered on recruitment and HR with not the slightest hint of a measurement to suggest that it returns anything at all. That’s enough money … Read more
If you have read my stuff in the past, you will have heard me talk at times abut the importance of analysing and managing the impact of organisational behaviour in order to make changes happen effectively or indeed to make them happen at all. Even the most complex technical systems I ever rolled out in … Read more
Sometimes it is not just what you do but the order in which you do it that matters. You absolutely must develop an ability to see several layers of consequences ahead of the solution as well as several layers of cause and effect behind the problem and then juggle them at once in the way … Read more
The background is a Must-Read. Big data was announced to me in 2011 when I was busy trying to create some insight from more than 100 acquisitions of a global publisher. Back then it meant Hadoop, Nosql and instant processing as opposed to Data Warehouses, Data Marts and BI services. By 2013 the word Data … Read more
Deep learning is first of all a buzzword. That means it may not have a precise and widely accepted meaning. It is a form or use of artificial intelligence as is machine learning from which deep learning evolved. OK we started with out with simple stuff like Data mining this became more sophisticated a section … Read more
Data mining is a buzzword. What it describes is really a form of Machine learning and there is no definitive border between one of these many overlapping disciplines and another, so the takeaway is not to get too worried about it and ignore anyone who does unless they are your boss or paying very well. … Read more
Edward Taaffe has a 10 year record of achievement in project and Programme management in both the private and public sectors ranging from negotiating with local authorities to use centralised shared services to introducing ground breaking technology to government and convincing them of the benefits of early adoption. Previously and interspersed with this, he has … Read more
The basics you need to know about GDPR right now. GDPR effects everyone who holds data about Europeans and everyone in the UK. By Europeans I don’t wean EU citizens, I mean anyone whose address is in Europe. Effectively this means everyone unless you want the extra expense of two businesses one for Europeans and … Read more
NoSQL is a buzzword and does not necessarily have a broadly agreed definition It does not follow a relational model Schema-less The term NoSQL stands for Not Only Sql. Meaning that there may be SQL capabilities, but you are not confined to this. SQL is simply a language shared by all databases as a means … Read more
Lernaean Hydra, your time is up. Good management strategy and practice supported by intelligent modern systems Give big data the heave ho Naturally I can’t publish the whole thing if only for sheer volume, let alone sensitivity of information from some of the underlying cases, but I will pick a few areas just to demonstrate … Read more
Let’s begin with the strategy and management practices before we start talking about systems. In the last instalment, we talked about schizophrenic businesses. Businesses with confused outlooks, confused processes and naturally enough, confused systems, confused workforce, resigned customers, despairing shareholders. The five cardinal sins that create schizophrenic organisations: You have a business made up of … Read more
Knowledge Management describes the function of Knowing what you know and profiting from it. Malhorta Implementing knowledge management thus has several dimensions including: Strategy: Knowledge management strategy must be dependent on corporate strategy. The objective is to manage, share, and create relevant knowledge assets that will help meet tactical and strategic requirements. Organisational Culture: The organisational culture influences the … Read more
BI is the information a business collects about itself. It is normally used to measure and report on the performance of the business in every key area with the aim of helping the business to avoid risks, recognise and grasp opportunities and improve performance. The “Explained series” is planned to build into a trustworthy … Read more
Big data is a term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing application software is inadequate to deal with them. Challenges include capture, storage, analysis, data curation, search, sharing, transfer, visualisation, querying, updating and information privacy. Software vendors, eager to sell you their wars have re-classified it describe ” All the data your business produces” and the claim … Read more
Nobody imagines they can copy a bit of code off the internet and write the next messenger app, or heart monitor, but frequently people, whose position and professional standing suggests they ought to know more, make a hasty edit to an excel sheet in between meetings with extraordinary consequences. * An accountant omitted a single … Read more