Archive of: 2015

• Changing your style

  03 March 2015

  I was presenting at a networking group the other day on how communication affects motivation and what can be done to improve it. My talk is based in DISC personality profiling or more accurately their traits, styles and preferences for communication and motivation.

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• We don't all see the world the same way

  27 February 2015

  I find it fascinating that wherever I go or have been I see the concept that 'one size fits all' across virtually any scenario. Unfortunately one size never fits all and to round it off it's never alright on the night! What is it then that makes people in organisations use an approach that cannot possibly fit everyone?

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• I learned a valuable lesson

  24 February 2015

  Recently I undertook to do some moderating work at the FIMA Market Data conference, which I was thoroughly looking forward to; after all I enjoy the speaking to people about people and the effects that they have on businesses in any number of ways. More importantly I have a passion for recognising these things and facilitating some action to help resolve the issues. So my work involved moderating a round table discussion an in-depth interview with three panel members as well as being the chairman for a short segment of the conference.

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• Managing our knowledge

  20 February 2015

  I was asked the other day for some information that is not a secret nor am I the owner of it. I do however have the knowledge that was being requested from someone I thought would have known it already. I am personally someone who has no issue sharing my knowledge for the greater good and gladly gave the information, however I did find it interesting to think about why people might not.

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• Whats in a title

  15 February 2015

  This question could be asked about any number of things such as Executive, Director, Accountant or Manager; we naturally associate titles with roles, however titles can also be attached to functions such as Information Technology, Business Management or Governance and Compliance; these titles can bring their connotations with them and if you consider governance and compliance then this imbues a sense of control, checking and additional burden. It is not therefore surprising that when a new discipline comes along which is called Data Governance that it is not well received;

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• Data the life blood.......

  09 February 2015

  Often referred to as the lifeblood of an organisation, the data is incredibly important to an organisations bottom line and reputation. Lose one and you may lose the other. While this is true for many organisations, many of them continue to treat data as something that is always there, or is always right, after all it's in a system so how can it possibly be wrong!

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• How to connect with audiences

  04 February 2015

  I recently read an article in the ILM online ezine, which I particularly liked, by Hannah Moffat, about connecting with your audience at a conference when presenting. The article is full of useful hints and tips about what to do to keep it interesting. I have found in my experience that while all these useful hints and tips are excellent and all valid there is an underlying unspoken message that needs to be transmitted to make sure the audience are fully engaged and are given the best chance to understand what is being told to them.

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• Driving change for data governance

  30 January 2015

  There are many things about change which could be considered or discussed, whatever we think about change it is people that develop it, communicate it and are charged with making it work. Data Governance as a discipline is no different to this, except that like all intangible change it is difficult to ‘sell’ the benefits of it in its own right.

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• Opportunity is always knocking

  26 January 2015

  There is a view in life that we don't all get the same opportunities, or perhaps someone is much luckier than we are, I certainly had or perhaps still have that outlook. Yet just recently my view or opinion of that thinking has changed quite significantly.

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• Communicating change

  26 January 2015

  Business change and evolve continuously, whether that is in response to new regulations, external factors such as material shortages, new management teams or simply the normal churn of staff. Every time a business changes there is a need to communicate that change, quickly, effectively and simply; if that’s the case then what is it that makes communication so difficult or misunderstood.

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