I’m a high-growth CTO, investor and advisor. I write about how digital and technology can transform companies and create amazing places to work.

May 31, 2012

Kodak and the digital revolution — A business model failure

I had my penultimate MBA elective at the weekend on Corporate Strategy so my next few posts will concentrate on value creation, value capture and business model architecture. I make so secret that business models fascinate me…

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Feb 24, 2010

A 4 Hour Work Week Is It Possible?

As an entrepreneur running a business there never seems to be enough time in the day, you start early and finish late. Sometimes it is hard to see the wood for the trees. So is a 4 hour work week possible?

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Mar 21, 2011

Day 1: TOGAF 9 Training

As I have a week off from my MBA I thought that I would push my brain to it limits by taking some professional courses instead of relaxing.
Today was the first day of my TOGAF 9 certification training with Enterprise Architects.

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Sep 27, 2010

Why I Decided To Do An MBA At Cass Business School

I started my MBA recently at Cass Business School and already I have met some really great people and I really feel I have made the right decision choosing Cass.

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Oct 16, 2012

Internet value driver maturity model

Maturity models seem to be all the rage at the moment and as I did not want to be left out I have developed my own maturity model to model the relevance of different value drivers as Internet companies mature.

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Dec 2, 2010

What Is Value Chain Analysis?

The value chain, also known as value chain analysis, is a concept from business management that was first described and popularized by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. It is an approach for breaking…

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Apr 17, 2017

Why large technology programmes fail and what to do instead

This article unpicks the major causes of large IT delivery failure and presents an alternative delivery model to the popular ‘programme’ construct.

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Sep 28, 2017

Why every technologist should do a tour of duty in government

My current tenure working in government digital, data and technology is coming to an end and I wanted to share my experiences and lessons learned.

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Mar 23, 2009

Estimating — The Lost Art

Estimating seems to be a lost art, it is one of the most important skills you can learn as it is one of the key factors in job profitability. If you do not get your estimate right and you have a fixed quote, you can literally end up out of pocket. If there is a big overrun then it…

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Jul 21, 2010

Lessons Learned Surviving The GMAT

Last week after much preparation I took the GMAT exam and I thought I would share the lessons I learned for anyone else who is thinking of taking this beast of an exam.

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