03 Mon Nov 2014
Posted in Ask Martyn, Best principles, Data governance
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Big Data, Business, business intelligence, data governance, data management, Data protection, Data Warehouse, privacy, Strategy
There was a time, Martyn Richard Jones
When absolute discretion was an essential maxim in the relationship between a liberal professional (doctor, banker, solicitor, architect, etc.) and their clients, but times have changed. They are continuing to transform at an ever-increasing pace.
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24 Fri Oct 2014
Posted in Ask Martyn, information
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Behavioural Economics, Business, business strategy, corporate assets, Corporate IT, Information Technology, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Strategy
Written by Martyn Richard Jones
“It’s not enough to give signals.” – Enzo Cucchi
I wanted to call this piece ‘A random drive down Camino Real’.
But that is an ‘in joke’ and no one would get it.
So instead I called in ‘Developing and Aligning IT Strategy’. Continue reading
14 Tue Oct 2014
Posted in Architecture, Assets, business, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Management, Value
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Big Data, Business, business intelligence, Data Marts, enterprise data warehousing, hadoop, information management, knowledge, knowledge management, Risk Management
In the dim and distant past most organisations struggled along with what they euphemistically referred to as Information Systems.
They were Information Systems with no overall design, no elements of management and no architecture.
Information Systems were built to show how the company had been performing in the immediate past, and that was it. Continue reading
10 Fri Oct 2014
Posted in Data Warehouse, market forces, nine competitive forces, Strategy
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Behavioural Economics, BI, Business, business analysis, Business Management, business strategy, Challenges, corporate assets, Creativity, Crisis, Data Warehouse, Dogma, Goal Setting, Information Technology, marketforces, operationalwareness, Strategy
Strategy and Market forces – Get your ducks lined upLet’s now take a brief look at my ‘nine competitive dimensions’ model.
This model will be familiar to some who will readily connect with the inclusion of government as an environmental dimension.
08 Wed Oct 2014
Posted in awareness, Big Data, business, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, operational, pig data, Strategy
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I frequently include the term Operational Awareness in talks.
I think it’s important for strategy.
So I wrote a piece that tried to convey what I mean by the term. Continue reading
05 Sun Oct 2014
Posted in Best principles, Creativity, Dogma, Knowledge, Management
Martyn Richard Jones
Remastered for 2026
Here are three stories that illustrate the connection between creativity and what we do in business. Jack’s Retail Story talks about the expansion of retail business; Jill’s Colour Book Story highlights a hugely pervasive tendency, even in these times; and Martyn’s Summer Story argues that there is a strategic time and place for some things.
03 Fri Oct 2014
Posted in Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Process
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Behavioural Economics, BI, Big Data, Business, Business Enablement, Business Management, Demagogism, Dogma, enterprise data warehousing, Information Technology, IT Strategy, MDM, Offshoring, Organisational Autism, Outsourcing
Continued from Part 2 which can be found here -> Part 2
I look over at Crème, who is now staring out the window watching the rain. I cough, theatrically, for effect. “So, Crème, would you like a rest, or do you want to tell us about what happened next?”
“Oh, yes” Crème says, “Sorry, I was wandering there for a while”. She continues.
02 Thu Oct 2014
Posted in Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Knowledge, Polemic
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Business, Business Management, Demagogism, Dogma, Information Technology, IT Strategy, MDM, Offshoring, Organisational Autism, Outsourcing, Requirements management
Martyn ‘Rhysiart’ Jones
Spain
It’s Friday morning in Canary Wharf, and I have been asked to facilitate a meeting of a chapel of IT Dogma Suckers and Digital Snake-oil Victims, the self-help recovery chain for people who have fallen victim to the pernicious and debilitating effects of IT dogma and professional rip-offs. Continue reading
30 Tue Sep 2014
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Behavioural Economics, Business, Business Management, business strategy, Organisational Autism, Strategy
You’ve heard the stories. Little Johnny did this, little Johnny did that, little Johnny did god knows what.
14 Sun Sep 2014
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Behavioural Economics, Business, Business Enablement, corporate assets, Goal Setting, Information and Technology, Information Technology, IT Strategy, Organisational Autism, Strategy, traditional assets
Far too few CEOs regularly think about IT on a habitual basis, and especially as something that is potentially integrated into everything their companies do and could do. This, however, is not at all surprising; there is a general lack of time for any CEO to be actively involved in what IT does, and they will generally have some degree of misunderstanding of both the historic roles and the relative successes and failures of IT.
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