22 Sat Jun 2019
Posted in Brexit, Consultation, Democracy, Duties, EU, Europe, European Union, Freedoms, Obligations, Parliament, Politics, Referendum, RIghts, UK
Martyn Richard Jones
Brussels Saturday 22nd June 2019
In 2016 the UK held what was offically known as the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, a non-binding consultation with the people of the UK on the question of the UK leaving or remaining in the EU.
51.9% of those who voted supported the UK’s exit from the European Union.
Continue reading10 Mon Jun 2019
Martyn Richard Jones
Brussels 10th June 2019
Today I want to talk with you about energising the Agile Way of Working brand.
Sadly, the Agile Way of Working movement seems to be temporarily on the wane. The adoption rate of AWOW has not risen in line with expectations. It’s stuck in the doldrums between Scylla and Charybdis. Which makes for frowns all around.
But, me being me, I didn’t leave it at that. That’s a challenge, right there! Let’s go for it! Let’s turn those frowns upside-down
As result, I searched for a way to help the Agile@Scale crowd out, and I eventually came up with ten amazing pieces of incredible advice on how to easily make ‘Agile Way of Working’ truly something worth having around.
So, here we have it:
There you have it. Ten jolly and sensible policies for a happy world of Agile at Scale and Agile WOWO.
Many thanks for reading,
This is Martyn Jones of goodstrat.com – THE GOOD STRATEGY COMPANY
Until next time.
Contact me at martyn dot jones at goodstrat dot com
07 Fri Jun 2019
Brussels 7th June 2019
Martyn Richard Jones
By all accounts Hadoop is heading down the pan and bits of big data are not that far behind.
But should we rejoice?
Continue reading04 Tue Jun 2019
Posted in Inform, educate and entertain.
Martyn Richard Jones
Bruxelles 4th June 2018
The Big Data bullshit well was always going to run dry. They didn’t believe me.
Now it’s very clear.
They were wrong. I was right. I told them so.
Gloat? Me? Why, hell yeah!
I am laughing at the shameless and opportunistic fools, charlatans and chancers of Big Data and the Hadoop ecosphere, because it’s the very least they deserve.
Continue reading03 Mon Jun 2019
This is the first in a series of management talking points. The name Leadership 7s has been influenced by the great game of rugby, which is was the emblematic game of my youth and a passion of the home country of my Mom and Dad, Wales.
In fact, much of what I learned about leadership in my formative years came from fundamentally social influences such as rugby union.
So, today I want to address seven talking points that deal with aspects of leadership, coaching and management.
02 Sun Jun 2019
The original article is here: https://goodstrat.com/2019/05/11/deep-learning-and-shallow-understanding/
28 Tue May 2019
Martyn Richard Jones
Bruxelles 28th May 2019
To paraphrase the great Bob Hoffman. Just when you thought that if evangelists for Agile were to generate one more ounce of bullshit the entire fucking solar system would explode, what do they do? Exceed expectations.
And how did they do that? Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Agile at Scale with all the miscellaneous, spiced-up and vainglorious crap-on-the-side that accompanies it.
27 Mon May 2019
Posted in anthropology, Brexit, Economics, Europe, European Union, leadership, Philosophy, Politics, UK
Martyn Martyn Richard Jones
Bruxelles 27th May 2019
As I commented to Keir Starmer today “Labour are making a fundamental mistake and it ain’t working, Keir”.
Labour’s approach to Brexit is completely the wrong strategy and it’s doing nobody (apart from Nigel Farage) any favours. No Brexit will benefit the immense majority of the country, we know that, and we know that the EU is not going to cut a better deal for anyone, regardless of their political flavour, because that’s just the way it is.
Like it or loath it, but, Theresa May probably struck the best Brexit deal that the UK can aspire to, and it was roundly rejected, for various reasons, by Westminster. No, the best Brexit deal is no Brexit at all.
27 Mon May 2019
Posted in Inform, educate and entertain.
25 Sat May 2019
Posted in Inform, educate and entertain.
Martyn Richard Jones
Brussels 25th May 2019
If the resignation of Theresa May has taught us something it is that we can’t be taught anything. Yes, May has resigned as leader of the Tories, but is she capable of delivering her actual departure from Downing Street on time in the way she seems to be saying she will? And, do the Tory MPs and their supporters actually know what departure from Downing Street really looks like? Does departure mean departure? Should it be a hard or soft departure? A crash out departure or a negotiated departure? Or, should we all have another vote on it? Or perhaps that would be undemocratic and against the “will of the people”?
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