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admin on Merch
I was asked by my sister for advice on building a web e-commerce solution which set me thinking about if I could sell some “merch”. Here are my notes. … Read More
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admin on Visualising London data
I wanted to say something simple about the cost of desk space in London and made it complicated. I made a map showing relative costs, this is how. Read More
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admin on Corporate Intelligence
On corporate intelligence; sometimes one wants to know who owns what, and sometimes one needs to know how profitable a company is. I used to use due dil, but they want a shed load of money these days, not saying they are not worth it, but I am not paying that for personal curiosity although my professional interest may take me back. Here, as ever, are my notes on obtaining corporate intelligence. Read More
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admin on manifestly unfounded or excessive
It seems some organisations have caught up with the ability to refuse a DSAR because the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. I am not sure where in the GDPR this was permitted, by which I mean, I don’t think it was. Here are some links. Read More
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admin on Brexit & the City
It is well understood that the post brexit trade deal excludes services including financial services, what does this mean? Here are my notes, which I converted into a piece on linkedin … Read More
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admin on Cross Cultural Management
Cross Cultural Management, is this such a thing? Here are my links and notes … Read More
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admin on Corruption
Sadly I have been looking to see what’s being said about Corruption and Anti-Corruption. Here are my links and notes. I have some links on management strategy, and some specifically on action plans inc. current advice from the MoJ. Interestingly, to me, the action plans share many ideas from risk management practices and IT Security controls that I have been working with for many years. In Apr 2021, I added some links on Transparency International’s Corruptions Perception Index. … Read More
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admin on Virtual Offices, for an occasional user
I have been thinking about how to get time and space in an office in the city & the west end; most providers are interested in very high option prices i.e. they expect a high usage of desk space. This isn’t what I need but here are my notes … Read More
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admin on Value Discipines
I was thinking about business/IT strategy alignment and was reminded of the operational efficiency vs product excellence dichotomy that I have struggled with for years. I hadn’t realised it has one source, research by by Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema. These theories came to be known as Value Disciplines and they included “customer intimacy” as a third value. The conclusion is that to win, you need to be best in class at one of the these values and good enough in the other two, lesson two is that you can’t be superlative in three and that doing it for two is hard. Otherwise, here are my notes and links. Read More
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admin on Data Subject Access Requests
I was looking for a DSAR template, but couldn’t find anything for free, except the ICO page. So I made one, here are my notes, or will be … Read More