Editors Note: This is a guest post from Toptal, the network for top freelance consultants. It was written by Dmitry Ryazantsev a Java Developer. The original article can be accessed by clicking here. Sometimes I wish I was a vampire, or at least a werewolf. It would probably make this whole work-life balance thing people talk about […]
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What is a ‘data breach’? And how to prevent them
A data breach doesn’t need to be a big headline grabbing event (think of some of the high profile breaches by the likes of Equifax, TalkTalk or Wonga) to do your organisation serious harm. In this blog I am going to cover what constitutes a data breach and what can you do to avoid them. […]
How achievable is your portfolio of projects in 2018?
It’s January and you’ve got the whole year ahead of you. If your financial year matches the calendar year then you’ve also got a full budget to spend – which due to last year’s careful planning should be mostly allocated already. You will also have an agreed delivery strategy supported by business cases on how […]
If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail
Excerpt from the Wikipedia entry for the “Law of the instrument”: “The concept known as the law of the instrument, otherwise known as the law of the hammer, Maslow’s hammer (or gavel), or the golden hammer, is a cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance on a familiar tool. As Abraham Maslow said in 1966, “I suppose it […]
Seasons Greetings from Solitaire Consulting
As we reach the end of another year I hope you can look back and feel satisfied with what you have achieved, both personally and professionally. For me it has been a year where I have started to invest time to diversify into other areas, whilst still spending the majority of time focusing on my […]
The 4th industrial revolution and why the GDPR matters
I make no apologies for another blog on the subject of data, because I believe data is one of the most important subjects in both our personal and working lives at the moment. But first let’s talk about the 4th Industrial Revolution. I was at a conference this week listening to a great keynote presentation […]
