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2021-01-11 13:51
Is remote working the new normal? Like many of you during these Covid-19/new normal times your working life has changed quite significantly. Whether, like me, you were made redundant a… Read More
2020-06-09 21:45
People first, always…… In my article, Digital transformation isn’t just about employing a CDO I discussed digital transformation and touched briefly on how… Read More
2020-05-26 23:48
Modernising IT does not happen by accident. It needs to be planned, well executed and ultimately driven by the CIO through the IT team. Bringing in new “digital” capability… Read More
2019-11-21 22:30
Social media, being always online and your children Parents, don’t know your Whatsapp from your Fortnite or your “Ride the pony” from “taking the L” then read o… Read More
2019-11-19 01:45
Children’s personal brand doomed before it starts? So are we as parents dooming our children’s personal brand before they have even had a chance to create one them… Read More
2019-04-22 10:35
I wanted to share an article I was recently asked to write on the topic of ITSM and how taking a customer-centric or CX approach can help design an IT engagement model...
The post A CX appro… Read More
2018-10-09 00:11
Job Hunting – 6 must do activities Job hunting is not easy at the best of times, it can be stressful, hard work and demoralising, but throw in all of life’s other...
The post Job… Read More
2018-08-30 05:00
ITSM and Agile a match made in heaven – yes really? So, I am assuming we have all heard about IT Service Management (ITSM) and Agile and what they mean to you...
The post ITSM and Agil… Read More
2018-05-21 22:30
Social media, being always online and your children Parents, don’t know your Whatsapp from your Fortnite or your “Ride the pony” from “taking the L” then read o… Read More
2018-05-16 23:48
This is an article I originally wrote for cio.co.nz and has been adapted for this post. Modernising IT – We all have skeletons in the closet By now you would have...
The p… Read More
2018-05-09 02:41
Moving to New Zealand It’s not always easy finding a new job, let alone settling in to a new country and trying to find that elusive new position at the same time. In...
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2018-05-09 02:41
Moving to New Zealand It’s not always easy finding a new job, let alone settling in to a new country and trying to find that elusive new position at the same time. In...
The post… Read More
2018-04-18 00:32
This is an article I wrote as a guest author for BTOES Insights, the content portal for Business Transformation & Operational Excellence opinions, reports & news. Who leads your… Read More
2018-04-18 00:32
This is an article I wrote as a guest author for BTOES Insights, the content portal for Business Transformation & Operational Excellence opinions, reports & news. Who leads your… Read More
2018-02-09 01:12
Runaway – on a mission to take on Diversity within the Gaming Industry A #GirlsBehindTheGames campaign has been launched by a games studio in New Zealand, called ‘Runaway Play&rs&hell…Read More
2018-02-09 01:12
Runaway – on a mission to take on Diversity within the Games Industry A #GirlsBehindTheGames campaign has been launched by a games studio in New Zealand, called ‘Runaway Pl… Read More
2017-12-18 01:09
Life and devices It’s almost time to hang up your Christmas stockings for Santa or to just take some time off during this holiday period to redress the balance between life...
The… Read More
2017-12-06 00:15
Careers in the digital age – Am I the solution to an organisation’s “problem”?? For those of you who have decided that your current job/company offers poor job satisf… Read More
2017-11-16 00:50
Guest article/blog post I was pleased to have been asked to contribute, along with 14 Top Thinkers to this Guide to Digital Transformation, from a service management perspective. … Read More
2017-08-23 00:55
Organisations and Self-Reflection “ Self-reflection is a natural and familiar process…so what keeps organizations from embracing formal reflective practices as a way to encourag… Read More
2017-08-23 00:55
Organisations and Self-Reflection “ Self-reflection is a natural and familiar process…so what keeps organizations from embracing formal reflective practices as a way to encourag… Read More
2017-08-11 16:22
Anyone can now be a graphic designer I am pretty much a novice when it comes to photo editing or creating cool designs, I have tried using Adobe Creative Cloud...
The post Fotojet: a beautif… Read More
2017-08-11 16:22
Anyone can now be a graphic designer with Fotojet I am pretty much a novice when it comes to photo editing or creating cool designs, I have tried using Adobe Creative Cloud...
The post Fotoj… Read More
2017-08-07 23:26
So What happened Hopefully when you started your blog you decided to implement a backup solution? I thought I would share my learnings from seeing my blog (livingthetech.com) go off li… Read More
2017-08-04 01:28
What is Personal Brand? For those of you just starting out on your first job you may not be aware of what everyone is talking about when they mention “personal bran… Read More
2017-06-28 23:04
Darlite launches on Kickstarter Amsterdam, The Netherlands – June 7, 2017 – Today Darlite launches on Kickstarter. Starting from €119 for the early bird special, Darlite is… Read More
2017-06-21 00:55
Personal Brand is critical Now, more than ever, your personal brand (don’t understand what Personal Branding is check out another one of my posts) is critical to how you view your… Read More
2017-06-13 00:39
Has the way we communicate changed? In this social media, digital culture driven world we live in there are 1.35 billion active users of Facebook, 284 million on twitter and our da… Read More
2017-06-08 01:23
Why blogging? Well, I thought I would give blogging a go by actually creating my own site, instead of producing content for others I wanted to continue to develop my own personal b… Read More
2017-06-07 01:42
Kanban & Digital Operations Before I joined Spark Ventures I had always been frustrated with the planning (or lack thereof) of non BAU work. Basically anything that fell outside of… Read More
2017-04-13 09:58
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – KANOA – beautiful wireless earbuds Within the pre-order community, being completely transparent to customers is not an easy feat to accomplish… Read More
2017-03-30 00:40
Diversity or Clone Army? In recent times, there has been a lot of talk about diversity (gender, race, cultural) and the many benefits for an organisation in embracing that diversity. T… Read More
2017-03-23 01:59
I really enjoyed this article as it was full of actionable ways of stopping your job search get the better of you, such as using your professional network and getting regular exercise… Read More
2017-03-14 01:02
CIO 3.0: breaking the Status Quo In this digital era, it is critical, not only for IT but for an organisation, that their CIO is at the forefront of digital innovation and...
The post The ol… Read More
2017-03-03 00:05
Adopt and Adapt Agile I aim to use 2 examples that demonstrate how you can deliver “projects” (both Software related and more complex work) for customers (in this case Product Ma… Read More
2017-02-08 01:04
What is Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)? AMP is a Google backed project designed as an open standard for any publisher to have pages load quickly on mobile devices. On Feb. 24, 2016, Goo… Read More
2017-02-02 00:43
Caching overhaul Over the last few months I have been looking at ways to speed up my site and to improve the general User Experience. Since I started my blog last year I...
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2017-01-19 00:15
Careers in the digital age – Am I the solution to an organisation’s “problem”?? It’s a new year and this can be the time after the holiday season when people lo… Read More
2016-12-21 00:55
Digital detox this holiday time? It’s almost time to hang up your Christmas stockings for Santa or to just take some time off during this holiday period to redress the balance bet… Read More
2016-12-15 22:45
livingthetech blog: November 2016 – Finding your blogging rhythm and SEO improvements to old blog posts (month 5) A big part of my work this month has been to go back and loo… Read More
2016-12-01 01:47
Ranked on the first page of Google I was really struggling with getting my article’s to be ranked on the first page of Google, which I hoped would ultimately lead to an improvement in… Read More
2016-11-29 01:45
Children’s personal brand doomed before it starts? So are we as parents dooming our children’s personal brand before they have even had a chance to create one them… Read More
2016-11-10 22:22
Organisational strategy does not always equal success Organisational strategy does not always guarantee success without effective leadership, implementation and evolution (to deal with… Read More
2016-11-08 01:08
The post Digital culture is killing us and why we need a digital detox appeared first on Read More
2016-11-02 03:39
livingthetech blog: October 2016 – How to further optimise blog performance and SEO improvements (month 4) I have slacked off a bit this month, producing no where near the amount… Read More
2016-10-18 02:57
High performing teams = effective organisations? High performing teams are an integral part of an effective organisation. It is essential an organisation knows when and how to utilise a team… Read More
2016-10-13 01:25
Cell phone addiction If you are like me, you check your cell phone pretty much every 5 minutes with the vague fear that you have missed something (FOMO or “fear of missing out”)… Read More
2016-10-06 00:51
IT Service Management: Top 100 Influencers Super please to be recognised in the ITSM: Top 100 Influencers and Brands “IT service management describes a strategic approach for… Read More
2016-10-04 01:53
livingthetech blog: September 2016 – How to increase blog traffic, content and readability (month 3) This month there was a huge effort to increase blog traffic and content… Read More
2016-10-04 01:53
livingthetech blog: September 2016, A novice bloggers journey (month 3) This month there was a focus on increasing blog content and it was my best so far in terms of new blog conte… Read More
2016-09-29 01:37
A presentation I gave at an EnterpriseIT and Amazon Web Services Event in Wellington, New Zeeland Feel free to leave any comments below…
The post Why we are using Amazon Web Se… Read More
2016-09-28 03:47
Transformation and perception One of the biggest lessons for me as a leader was seeing how much credence both individuals and teams placed on their perceptions during periods of business tra… Read More
2016-09-27 01:11
What the heck is Strategy? We need to start at the beginning and truly understand; what is Strategy? I have asked myself this many times and historically it has been a yearly… Read More
2016-09-27 01:11
What the heck is Strategy? We need to start at the beginning and truly understand; what is Strategy? I have asked myself this many times and historically it has been a yearly… Read More
2016-09-22 03:47
Starting out on Twitter This tips may seem obvious to some but to a novice tweeter like myself who in hindsight lacked a plan or purpose for how he was going to use Twitt… Read More
2016-09-22 03:47
Starting out on Twitter This tips may seem obvious to some but to a novice tweeter like myself who in hindsight lacked a plan or purpose for how he was going to use Twitt… Read More
2016-09-22 01:49
Organisational Self-Reflection “Self-reflection is a natural and familiar process…so what keeps organizations from embracing formal reflective practices as a way to encourage le… Read More
2016-09-20 21:39
Sharing Industry & Careers Insights As part of an ARMS (Auckland Regional Migrant Services) initiative to give new migrants a variety of view points (from recruiters, hiring managers, te… Read More
2016-09-20 01:39
Paying it forward I am looking to collect a series of leadership insights, either from a personal perspective or insights that were shared with you, maybe a leadership story, helpful books t… Read More
2016-09-16 01:21
CEOs: 5 ways your IT team & CIO can remain an organisational asset from Pete Yates
The post CEOs: 5 ways your IT team & CIO can remain an organisational asset appeared first on livin… Read More
2016-09-13 01:53
Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) DR and BCP is not just about IT/Technology, it is however an organizational responsibility and ultimate accountabilit… Read More
2016-09-09 00:43
Going Digital “Going Digital” is really the only option for many organisations, especially if they want to be loved by their people and customers … Read More
2016-09-08 02:37
Social Sharing Buttons Problem: Poor site load time, affecting user experience, due to social sharing buttons How did I measure performance: Used an awesome tool to measure my bl… Read More
2016-09-05 00:58
Its all about sharing: Whilst carrying out research on SEO and blog optimization for my site livingthetech.com, I found some really useful resources along the way, most are detailed bel… Read More
2016-09-01 01:29
Service Management and ITIL should not just be for large organisations – where start-ups need to take the “less is more” approach to Service Management (e.g. Incident, Serv… Read More
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