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

09 Thu Oct 2014

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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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Nothing achievable is impossible: Challenges, Self-worth and Strategies – 2026 Replay

09 Thu Oct 2014

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remastered for 2026

I came into IT at the tail end of the seventies, joining one of the original computing pioneers.

It was a conservative company led by veterans, engineers, accountants, and sales professionals, with many ties to the US administration, the Department of Defence, and intelligence agencies.

My interests at the time were in philosophy, politics and economics. I liked meeting people and talking, and I also enjoyed helping people solve real-life business problems, so I was always engaged with corporate staff and executive management rather than with the real hard-core technicians and engineers.

The thing is, I had no idea what constrained IT, so I never had that baggage when thinking about solutions.

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Understanding Operational Awareness for Strategic Success – For 2026

08 Wed Oct 2014

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remastered for 2026 – Buy my books! Get my advice! Benefit from me!

I frequently include the term Operational Awareness in talks.

I think it’s important for strategy.

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What triggers a review of organisational strategy? An example – Remastered for 2026

08 Wed Oct 2014

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The way it is, and all that jazz

What triggers a review of organisational strategy?

Well, typically organisations usually shy away from major strategy reviews when things are just ticking over quite nicely. The old axiom of “if it isn’t broke don’t fix it”, has a lot of power of persuasion, even in cases where the logical and coherent thing to do would be to continually review strategy.

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Understanding Data Warehousing Misconceptions – Remaster 2026

08 Wed Oct 2014

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2026 Remaster

The problem with Data Warehousing is that at a superficially high level, it is very easy to explain, and it’s quite impressive that this superficially high level is all that a lot of people need in order to do data warehousing their own way.

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Don’t fight the Bull, Isolate it – Deliberately avoiding the evident – Remastered for 2026

07 Tue Oct 2014

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remastered for 2026

Much of my consulting work is done in the Financial Industry.

I was there when the crisis was prepared, when it was baked and when it was brought out of the oven.

There are many theories about what went wrong.

Most of them are misleading, misinformed or simply crap.

Mainly to protect the guilty.

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

07 Tue Oct 2014

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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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Big Data and the 7 Habits of a Highly Successful Catalan Sheepdog – Remastering for 2026

06 Mon Oct 2014

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remaster 2026

Hi, I’m Ricky Jonesy-Innit, boss of Becci Boo Investments.

Last week, we said goodbye to our best commodity trader.

He’d been with us for years.

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Creativity and Corporate IT: Plumbers not Artists – Remaster 2026

06 Mon Oct 2014

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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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Creativity – Three Stories – Remastered for 2026

05 Sun Oct 2014

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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.

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