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Shock news: Post-modernist says something interesting
If communication is the key to knowledge work, then why do people communicate like this: We present immaterial labour 2.0 as an ambivalent modality of both biopower and biopolitical production, and as...
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When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail
To what extent do the tools we use shape how we think? If we habitually use a certain set of tools, do they prevent us thinking outside their very own box? For example, if I use PowerPoint or Word in...
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‘Things done’: as important as ‘Things to do’
If you’ve got a lot on your plate, it is all too easy to get to the point where you cannot think of the task in hand because five or ten other things nag away at you saying they need to be done Right...
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Re-validating the wheel
Crop Circle Swirl (from Wikimedia Commons) Here’s a bit of fun for a Friday. Somewhere deep in our genetics there’s obviously a need for answers. I should give that a capital A really. Somewhere deep...
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How to improve your writing – 2
This the second of my occasional posts on writing simply and clearly, and here we consider how to tidy up a piece of text once you’ve got something written down. Examples are drawn from How to improve...
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The Business Analyst: Facilitator or Designer?
Craig challenged me on the role of the BA recently. I said that Web 2.0 is something you can only understand in practice and he posted: Having said that what do you say to the role of the professional...
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When words are not enough
This is a simple plea for mixed teams and visual tools. I once asked a friend if he dreamed in colour or black and white, and he said ‘neither, I dream in concepts’. By contrast with both of us, many...
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Logical advice about wrestling pigs
The maths text book I had when I was 14 had a cartoon and quotation at the beginning of every chapter. The one on the chapter about stats said Politicians use statistics as a drunk uses a lamp-post,...
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How do you know when you’ve done enough?
The other day someone asked me an interesting question: How do you know when you’ve done enough analysis? I’m not really sure how to answer that one. Sometimes you are forced to stop when you run out...
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My new year’s resolution: no more effing flies
How important is presentation? Does it matter what your work looks like so long as the thinking is sound? It’s all in the context. I’ve worked in very large organisations where high standards of...
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