Projects need owners not sponsors

Get the right names on IT Project Title Deeds

IT people can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of project management.

For example we still persist with the inconvenient conspiracy that allows IT projects to have highly visible ‘Sponsors’ but invisible or READ MORE

Take me to your thought-leader

take me to your leader by kimb0lene on flickr

Where do you look for thought-leadership? Books, magazines, blogs or social media?

Who do you follow, or endorse? And how do you value and measure management gurus and practitioners, by their reputation, experience or vision?

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perils of online anonymity and accountability

Jekyll and Hyde had it easy

strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Profound Whatever on flickr

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde had it easy – they only had each other to worry about. I have so many alter egos now that I need a database to keep track of them all.

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This isn't business, this is personal

Picture credit: selva

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