I spend a considerable time consuming information, in fact I probably spend more time reading, listening and watching work related content than I do any other activity in my day. Consuming for it’s own sake though isn’t very satisfying, I need a purpose in life and that purpose is enabled,...
As I’ve often said on this blog I only work a few hours a day, so what’s all this about ‘working all the time’ well I consider myself to have 3 main jobs in life. In no particular order these jobs are to earn a living, to live well and...
For hundreds of thousands of years humans must have been satisfied with a life with few if any processions, full of movement, unprocessed, simple foods, companionship, love [and war]. In the last few hundred years and especially the last few decades all of a sudden we have transitioned to a...
Apparently this week (9-15 June) is Work Out Loud Week for this one week we are all encouraged to share our work. Conveniently most of the blog posts this week involved some degree of sharing my week, which normally ends today. Unfortunately I had a bit of a body crash...
As I stumble along on journey to understand business development strategy, I’ve been considering the fact that our customers (retained IT service managers) are also on a journey. We are moving from a world where services are hosted for a particular customer to a world where they are hosted for...
Less TV, more reading Less inside, more outside Less clutter, more simplicity Less rush, more slow Less time alone, more family Less consuming, more creating Less processed, more real food Less work, more impact Less multi, more single tasking Less driving, more cycling Less worry, more love and smiles Less...
I’m a big fan of “How I Work” articles and books, they are some of my favourite reads, for example Inc Magazine has a recurring feature and Lifehacker has their This Is How I Work Series, I even have one of my own. Reading these articles regularly enforces the point...
I read this tweet today, quoting outgoing Citrix CEO Mark Templeton : "Citrix started with a fundamental idea that work is not a place" Mark Templeton @Citrix CEO #CitrixMobilityDC — David Smith (@DavidSmith_IT) June 10, 2014 Having worked on collaboration services for decades and promoted virtual team working, mobile working...
I’m working on designing a new organisation at the moment and the one thing that stands out is how hard it is to do the ‘right’ thing. It’s so easy to get stuck into the problems of the moment, rather than confronting the real issues, much easier to make a...
I had a great meeting yesterday with one of our strategic partners, it was a casual affair, just me and their chief architect and account exec. We were working through their development plans and I was doing a product/strategy review. One of the things that was worthy of note in...