February, 2009 | TroubleShooter

Bonfire reflections

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Listening to a radio discussion this morning, the presenter observed that the Trillion is the new Billion. This prompted me to look back at my own records.

I first started writing about the Billion Dollar Bonfire on 27th December 2001 and decided to upgrade my focus to the Trillion Dollar Bonfire, on 6th July 2006.

A new can of beans

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Here are two new straightforward questions to open the agenda of every organisational meeting (from the board of directors through team get-togethers):

Are we communicating effectively?

Where are our relationships struggling?

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Plugging the brain drains

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We urgently need to plug the brain drains. How many potentially great ideas are never shared and are lost to the world?

Even the largest thing in human endeavour begins with the smallest spark of an idea in a single mind. But not every small idea grows up. Most of our thoughts remain just that – READ MORE

Box ticking or ticking time-bomb?

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We need a holistic approach to information security that properly encompasses the social/ cultural aspects, rather than the prevailing exclusive emphasis on security technology.

Of course, the cynical part of me realises that “security technology” is such a big business and that might not be helped by promoting the READ MORE

This isn't business, this is personal

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All too frequently we hear of large losses of personal data. But who owns your “personal” data?

Do you always own your data, or does your data belong to someone else once you have entrusted it to them?

And, of course, the fundamental question is: do you care about who owns your personal data? Tweet READ MORE