Job Hunting – 6 must do activities
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...
ITSM and Agile a match made in heaven – yes really?
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...
Your Children’s online awareness and 10 top tips for Parents
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 on….If your children are anything...
Modernising IT – CIO’s we need to address the skeletons in the closet
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...
5 areas to focus on if you are new to the New Zealand IT Industry
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...
Who’s Leading your Digital Transformation? Job Title v Characteristics
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 Digital Transformation effort is...
Runaway – Takes on Diversity within the Gaming Industry
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’. The campaign calls...
Your life will improve by ditching technology this holiday period
Redress the balance between 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...
Why should I hire you? 3 ways to tailor your application
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 satisfaction or little in...
Are you Prepared to Accelerate Your Digital Transformation?
Digital Transformation – 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. Let’s just...
Why Self-reflection needs to be part of everyday daily life
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 encourage learning? ” (Daudelin, M. W. 1996, Learning from...
Fotojet: a beautiful web design solution for non graphic designers
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...
Oh **** my blog has just gone off line!! 4 lessons in backup
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 line and...
