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Organisational Culture and Process – you read it here first
To change an organisation’s culture you must first change its processes Dr James Bayley I am not the first to point this out, Aristotle said “these virtues [excellence] are formed in man by his doing the actions” Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics However, I think mine version is slightly more palatable to the modern reader and I hope it might…
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Vote for Stephen Hawking on the £50
The Bank of England is asking the public for recommendations for a scientist to go on the £50. This is before they give the honour Rosalind Franklin because she is a woman. Mind you, if that is the route they chose then Margret Thatcher who started her career as a chemist would be my choice.…
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Why I only need 1000 True Fans
Regular readers of this blog might know that I am interested in cryptocurrencies. I have finished a four year contract as CIO at Dulwich College and after 25 years I have my own start-up again. Cryptostar.money will be the #1 Business Directory for UK Crypto I am a huge fan of the Business Model Generation…
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A great upbeat article on the state of crypto
Yesterday when I announced Cryptostar.money and my offer of a free listing for crypto businesses I commented that the current situation is bleak in the UK. This morning I read a much more upbeat article that highlights the positive developments in crypto. The title is meant to be ironic. https://medium.com/@joshromportl/why-bitcoin-and-crypto-have-no-future-4f95980bb774 View at Medium.com
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A Free offer from my new start-up
I have just finished four years as CIO at Dulwich College and I taking the opportunity to pursue my interest in start-ups and cryptocurrencies. I strongly believe that the crypto will completely disrupt the financial services industry to the great benefit of the consumer. Crypto is still a nascent industry and is butting up against…
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Fixed: Cannot create a deal in Outlook Customer Manager
Outlook Customer Manger Outlook Customer Manager is a “free” CRM that is bundled with Microsoft Office 365 Business Premium. It allows members of the organisation to share Contacts, Companies and Deals which are what other CRM such as ACT! or GoldMine (showing my age) would call Prospects, Accounts and Opportunities. If it works it might…
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Fixed: Cannot change change name on an Outlook.com email account
Outlook.com is an good email and calendar service that is provided free of charge by Microsoft. It is not part of the Office 365 suite but does use Exchange as the back-end. When I send an email using Outlook.com the recipient gets an email that says From: James Bayley <outlook-email-address@outlook.com> where “James Bayley” is my…
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Moving a micro-business to Office 365
I am presently freelancing again (call me on +447989381331) if you need an experienced Project Manager) and I am tidying up my own IT system. I strongly believe that Office 365 is the future of IT for all sizes of business. It is still very painful at the bleeding edge but core activities such as…
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Does the GICHD really want to remove land mines? An open letter
I visited Cambodia over the summer and was fortunate enough to visit the landmine museum (donate at Cambodian Self-Help Demining). It has been 20 years since Lady Diana successfully campaigned against landmines. The world has moved on hugely and almost every person on the planet has a smartphone containing a billion transistors, we have sub $100 drones…
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Big Red Cursor for training videos
I am a huge fan of TechSmith SnagIt. I fell out of love with it a few months ago when it could not work properly with my high resolution monitors but everything seems to working well now. I use SnagIt for documentation, user support and making short training videos. Its video capture function is very…
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