Let’s face it, we have all received countless emails copied to managers in the cc field. These are often sent under the guise of inclusion, to keep the relevant managers informed. They are however rarely sent for this reason. …

I have worked in the realm of IT for some time. Enough to warrant a mid-life crisis. I have been alive long enough to feel very old when I speak (or try to) with millenials. I started working in the very early days of Internet, in that strange bubble when…

Let’s first define mediocrity. There is some Latin here (yes, sorry, the English vocabulary is full of European migrants, get over it). It concerns moderation, being in the middle, average, between states. By opposition, it also implies not being at the top, the best. …

It is normal for any business, any organisation to be cautious about the money that goes out. After all, if you have Profit and Loss (P&L) responsibilities, aren’t you all about maximising P while minimising L? It certainly makes sense. That easily leads managers to pick economical options. Why would…

Ah, the power of hindsight… so many disasters could be averted, so many losses would simply not happen if only we could travel back in time and use what we observe and learn to change events for the better. Sadly, this is the realm of science fiction, not reality. How…

IT is one of these units that tend to be strongly associated with specific locations in any organisation. As the TV series The IT crowd has shown us, they normally end up in the basement. In my own career I have been placed twice in a basement of some description…

It is true, I have written a lot about leadership. It’s quite an interesting topic, close to my heart and on which a lot can be said. But can any organisation truly exist — let alone thrive — solely with leaders on-board? Of course not. There are some leaders, ideally…

This is not a mistake. The empty space above this line is to symbolise that if you really want to avoid bad press, your best chance is to do absolutely nothing. Although, you will likely be blamed for that too. There is a variety of reasons why you could get…

This week I have decided to come back to one of my favourite topic: leadership in action. As I have once again been exposed to what one may wish to call the anti-leadership, I want to come back on a crucial quality of all leaders: courage. Being a leader is…