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Category Archives: Outsourcing

CEO BRIEFING: More Blame-shifting BS About IT Security

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Data Supply Framework, fraud, India, Inform, educate and entertain., Information Supply Frameowrk, IT fraud, offshore, Offshoring, Outsourcing, supply chain management

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Only Fools and Horses

British Actors Lennard Pearce; David Jason And Nicholas Lyndhurst Stars of the BBC TV comedy series ‘Only Fools and Horses’. (Photo by Photoshot/Getty Images)

In reply to ‘Politicians need to get digitally literate – and fast’ Martha Lane Fox

Martha Lane Fox, a UK House of Lords’ cross-bencher and founder of doteveryone (a think-tank of sorts), wrote an article published in The Guardian, which basically argued that UK politicians need to “get digitally literate – and fast”.

But, what does that actually mean?

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STRAIGHT TALK: Main cause of IT project failure? – Big Data Informs… 2026 Revamp

09 Thursday Oct 2014

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Business Intelligence, Executive, Extract, Knowledge, Offshoring, Outsourcing

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Behavioural Economics, Best principles, Big Data, Business Enablement, business intelligence, Business Management, business strategy, Challenges, Creativity, Data Warehouse, Organisational Autism

We analysed all the big data and discovered that the biggest reason for IT project failure is people – Big Data Informs…

We had failed at Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Core Competence, and quite a few other things, so some bright spark decided to give Big Data a shot.

The first task was to identify the reasons for IT project failure globally.

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Mugged in Data Hell – Summary – На Бо́га наде́йся, а сам не плоша́й

07 Tuesday Oct 2014

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Architecture, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Dogma, Knowledge, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Peeves, Risk, Strategy

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Behavioural Economics, Best principles, Business Enablement, business intelligence, Business Management, business strategy, Challenges, Data Warehouse, Demagogism, Dogma, Financial, IT Strategy, Offshoring, Organisational Autism, Outsourcing, Requirements management, Risk

Martyn Richard Jones

I wrote a piece titled “Mugged in Data Hell.”

INTRO

It told the story of a CIO who was hoodwinked, cajoled, bullied, bribed and patronised into doing the wrong things, continuously.

As my mate Bill said, “It packs big punches, and doesn’t hold back with the shit-kicking truth”.

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Creativity and Corporate IT: Plumbers not Artists – Remaster 2026

06 Monday Oct 2014

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in Architecture, Data Warehouse, Dogma, Excellence, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Strategy

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Behavioural Economics, Best principles, business strategy, Creativity, IT Strategy, Management, Organisational Autism, Strategy

Martyn Richard Jones

Remastered for 2026

Like many people around the world, I have certain expectations.

When I want some artwork done for a sales campaign, yes, I expect the people that I commission to show a lot of creativity.

When I want to read a novel, go to the theatre or simply chill out watching a movie, yes, I do expect some degree of creativity.

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