UK Gov Camp 2012 – A Graphic Recording

Ant Sketchnoting at UK Gov Camp 2012

Gov Camp 2012 kindly hosted by Microsoft UK was as awesome as ever. I had a great time, met with inspiring people, learnt lots and added a new dimension to my experience this time by creating sketchnotes (graphic recordings) of every … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Estimates

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This cartoon was from Paul Culmsee and supports his blog series on estimating and this one on Charlie Sheen (trust me you will enjoy).  

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Speaking at Channel Islands 1st SharePoint User Group

Very pleased to say that we have been asked to support the 1st Channel Islands SharePoint User Group meeting on Feb 9th. Gus Fraser (@gusfraser) recently made the move to Jersey and being active in the SharePoint community has worked … Continue reading

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Graphic Recording of The Lean Startup Event with Eric Ries

Andrew Woodwards - The Lean Start-up with Eric Ries Live Doodle

Monday evening myself and Andrew were lucky enough to have tickets to go see the man himself, Eric Ries talk about his book, The Lean Startup. The book is awesome in itself and some of the principles form a key … Continue reading

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nGage to support 21apps “inspiring people to change the way they work” through SharePoint

We are pleased to announce that 21apps has become one of a new breed of partners for OI Software – reflecting nGage’s positioning as the ‘Change Management toolset for SharePoint’. In the press release I stated: “We see the nGage toolset … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Dawning Realisation

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This was inspired by the times when I’ve been with business users working through their requirements. Its seems inevitable that a requirement crops up that is part of Enterprise Edition – which IT decided wasn’t affordable.

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Change only happens when you avoid being pickled!

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Prescott’s Pickle Principle: “Cucumbers get more pickled than brine gets cucumbered.” The principle describes the effect of people who join an organisation (as a cucumber in the analogy) full of enthusiasm, only to find over time they become just another … Continue reading

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Dogfooding for 2012

Microsoft use the term dogfooding, as in to eat your own dog food, when they refer to people inside the company using the latest version of windows or office long before its shipped to customers.  This way they get really … Continue reading

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The Wheel

The Wheel

 

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SharePoint Serious Games in the Wild

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I’m sure that many of our followers have heard us blog and talk about how we are using Innovation Games® in our SharePoint projects. So I thought it was time to pull together some thoughts and experiences so that you … Continue reading

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