I went to a very informative presentation last night by Professor Mark Ryan of Birmingham University. He is a specialist in computer security and the pitfalls of different approaches to computer architecture. It was a thought provoking presentation, particularly Mark’s
Brainstorming – effective tool, or comfort blanket?
I found this article about the reasons why brainstorms fail the other day and it got me thinking. Parker Smith raises some very vaild points about this tool. When I trained to be a facilitator, brainstorming is about the first
Sometimes it’s the small things that make the difference…..
Yesterday I was delivering a training course as a refresher to people who regularly organise meetings at a government organisation. As often happens in these situations there were complaints about the poor chairing of meetings, normally by those higher up
There is no such thing as a data quality problem…
Over the last couple of days I have presented at a couple of conferences on the subject of Asset Information Management. When discussing with a delegate on Tuesday the nature of data quality problems, they asked: Are data quality problems
Are you a data quality ostrich?
I am frequently surprised when I encounter data quality ostriches i.e. organisations that put their heads in the sands of data and hope that all will be well. If you have spent any time looking at the different facets of