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“Waltzing with the Elephant” by Mark Toomey
Posted by webmaster 4 September 2009
Waltzing with the Elephant! This evocative phrase is the title of the first book that I have seen that explains what IT governance is, why it matters, who is responsible and how you can pragmatically implement appropriate Technology for Information Technology governance. The book, by Mark Toomey of Infonomics is refreshingly free from jargon and [...]
“Working with Monsters” by Dr John Clarke
Posted by webmaster 1 September 2009
Working with Monsters is an interesting read from Dr John Clarke, a consultant psychological profiler for the NSW police in criminal matters, and with corporations who are experiencing difficulties with an employee. The book provides many examples of “organisational psychopaths”(OP), who in holding positions of influence have betrayed trust, lost their organisation reputation and dollars [...]
“Seamless Teamwork” by Michael Sampson
Posted by webmaster 26 August 2009Want to move beyond using MS SharePoint as a document repository to taking full advantage of the range of collaborative tool it offers? Then Seamless Teamwork by Michael Sampson is the book for you.
It tells the tale of a fictional project that uses SharePoint to support project activities from start to finish. The mechanics of [...]
A Roadmap for Collaboration
Posted by webmaster 31 July 2009
Online collaboration expert, Michael Sampson from New Zealand — who spoke at a VPSCIN seminar last July, and is the author of Seamless Teamwork (Microsoft Press) — has just self-published a new book. It’s called “SharePoint Roadmap for Collaboration”, and it focuses on the business and human side of using SharePoint for collaboration. Practically speaking, [...]
“Cats: The Nine Lives of Innovation” by Stephen C Lundin
Posted by webmaster 26 July 2009At its core, all innovation is personal says Stephen C Lundin.
Are you at CAT? Or maybe a CAT Wrangler? Or would you like to be known as Whiskers … a high achieving innovationalist who has mastered their challenges and has achieved their fifth degree CAT Belt? In this book by Stephen C Lundin, bestselling author [...]
“Outliers – Why some people succeed and some people don’t” by Malcolm Gladwell
Posted by webmaster 30 January 2009Malcolm Gladwell , the author of The Tipping Point & Blink has now released a new book “Outliers: Why some people succeed and some people don’t” which is another foray into how people and social phenomena work.
Rather than re-invent the wheel, we have attached a link to a comprehensive review of the book already conducted [...]
“The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps” by Tony Buzan
Posted by webmaster 6 May 2008This is a brief review of the book “The ultimate book of mind maps” by Tony Buzan. Tony was a recent guest speaker at the VPSCIN luncheon on Feb 20 which I attended and enjoyed thoroughly. I’m a great fan of mind mapping. I’ve been using the technique – including some very good mind mapping [...]
“H+ A New Religion ?” by Edward de Bono
Posted by webmaster 31 March 2008This 2006 title “H+ A New Religion?” is a simple guide to living life positively through Happiness, Humour, Help, Hope and Health and complements much of the work conducted for the CIN over the past 18 months by presenters such as Troy & Zara, Alan Peck, Wayne Jencke and Cris Popp.
In this book de Bono [...]
“Strategy & the Fat Smoker” by David Maister
Posted by webmaster 22 January 2008
I’ll remember “Strategy and the Fat Smoker” (SATFS) by David Maister for two things: helping me realise that creating a single resolve in a group to take action is more important than merely creating insights into what should be done; and putting me on the weight loss analogy as a way about talking about facilitating [...]
“Blink” by Malcom Gladwell
Posted by webmaster 15 January 2008
This is a book that like Freakonomics, explores the hidden side of things, or if you like, the world beneath the world we routinely occupy. In the case of Blink it is about rapid cognition and about those decisions and judgements we make in the first seconds of our exposure to something.
According to the author, Malcolm [...]
Command & Control to Knowledge Sharing – Part 2
Posted by webmaster 15 January 2008
Last week Mark Koskiniemi from Buckman Laboratories outlined five key dot points that needed to be seriously considered in moving from a command control culture to a knowledge sharing one.
We asked Mark to also outline what he considered to be one of the biggest barriers to achieving this movement of culture. According to Mark, a key point [...]
“The No Asshole Rule” by Robert Sutton
Posted by webmaster 10 January 2008
Bullying is not a word that translates well beyond the school yard or local haunt where the ”bullies” frequent. As serious as the subject matter is, it’s hard to take an organisational/corporate “Anti-Bullying” strategy seriously. We need a better word to describe these people that is commensurate with the unacceptable nature of their behaviours – this is [...]
Command & Control to Knowledge Sharing – Part 1
Posted by webmaster 7 January 2008I recently attended a Knowledge Management Round Table session featuring Mark Koskiniemi of Buckman Laboratories who provided an insightful presentation on the requirements for moving from a “command and control” to a “knowledge sharing” culture.
Buckman is a global specialty chemical manufacturer founded in 1945 that operates in 90 countries around the world. The organisation is acknowledged worldwide [...]
“Eat Chocolate, Drink Alcohol & Be Lean and Healthy” by Andrew Jobling
Posted by webmaster 30 November 2007This is not a book about dieting and weight loss. It is a clear and very easy read that explains that there is nothing wrong with drinking of alcohol and eating of chocolate (in moderation) as a long as it is a part of a long term strategy for our bodies (& lives.)
Getting energised and in [...]