When to trust your gut…. and when not
IT is thought to be a rational world. A world of facts and logic, of analysis and methods. Yet in my experience IT is far from rational. We all believe we are rational people where in fact, in my opinion, we often are rationalizing our beliefs: ‘a process of constructing a logical justification for a belief, [...]
Business & IT anti-patterns
I’ve seen it again and again, the same business & IT anti-patterns in organisations with an internal IT department. According to Wiki, an anti-pattern ‘is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem, but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice‘. Wiki contains a nice list of anti-patterns but IMHO there should be a ‘Business [...]
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Booklist
Planned books:
- Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizat by Esther Cameron, Mike Green
- Freedom from Command by John Seddon
- Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits by James F. Parker
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Current books:
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Managing portfolios of change with MSP for programmes and PRINCE2 for projects: Integrating MSP and by Chris Venning
Recent books:
- Het Groot Werkvormenboek / druk 1: dé inspiratiebron voor resultaatgerichte prestaties, vergaderinge by S. Dirkse-Hulscher, A. Talen
- Managing successful programmes: Office of Government Commerce by Rod Sowden … [et al.]
- Performance Leadership: The Next Practices to Motivate Your People, Align Stakeholders, and Lead You by Frank Buytendijk
- Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
- Knowing-Doing Gap, The: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I Sutton
