The Drowning Director

By On April 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Future Thinking, Institute of Consulting, IT Project Management

I have been asked to Speak at the BCS Consultancy group event on the 12th of May the event is entitled “The Drowning Director”.

The Main Speaker is Geoff Codd author of the The Drowning Director and a Fellow of the BCS.

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iPad Parody

By On March 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Mobile Technology

This is possible the best one out their at the moment:

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Edinburgh University MBA Panel – Careers in Consultancy

By On March 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Institute of Consulting

I was invited as Aidan Hetherington to take part in the panel for the IBC the other panel members were Alex MacPhie, Jeremy Webster and Scott Mcarthur. It was good to see the enthusiasm and drive of the future of the consulting industry and grow the links between Edinburgh University and the IBC.

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Ze Frank Nerdcore Comedy

By On January 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Future Thinking, Life Hacks

This is so funny just watch.

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RationalPlan Review

By On January 4, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Diary, Project Management, Software Reviews

Some time ago I was asked to try and review RationalPlan by Tiberiu Ghioca. There are two versions of the application Single Project and Multi Project. The version I used was the Multi Project Version which retails for around $98 per user (compare this to MS Project more about that later).

The one obvious advantage [...]

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IB Consulting Awards 2009

By On December 4, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Diary, Institute of Consulting

The Institute of Business Consulting held its Awards at the Langham Hotel in London, the best attended Awards so far with around 190 attendees. The entry standard was extremely high.  A good night was had by all and I am looking forward to the next year.

I was pleased to Sarah Goodwin of

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Lead by Following

By On October 31, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Diary, Taoism

Today I was involved in an interesting conversation on the concept of Leadership ranging from current Management thinking and progressing back towards more esoteric texts that touch on the concept of leadership.

This brought the conversation back to the Tao Te Ching (In English “Way Virtue Classic” or more commonly “the Classic of the [...]

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Scotland in Business

By On October 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Institute of Consulting

Last nights Scotland in Business which was focused on looking at security and securing your business. The event was attended by a mixture of IBC Scotland members and Scotland in Business members. This is potentially the first of many joint events.

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Pocket Informant 9

By On October 13, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Diary, Getting Things Done, Software Reviews

I have just installed the new version of Pocket Informant and why it is early in the day I am realy impressed by the GTD functionality.

Still early days but with less than 1 hour of use, I still need to see about a form of desk top synchronisation but may have found my trusted [...]

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Google Wave Need an Invitation

By On October 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Cloud Computing, Diary, Open Source, Software Development

Still trying to get a invite for Google Wave and reading everything I can on it at the moment. Found this really good video explains Google Wave. As open source products go this may have the most impact on web development so I am following with great interest.

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