One of the services which I offer is business process improvement. After re-reading an academic paper “Dancing with Systems” by Donella Meadows, I have been thinking about the relationship between simplifying processes and the complex world they exist in. Although we can strive for control and idealised processes, these never exist in perfect isolation from [...]
During March I’ve spent a lot of time preparing the 2010 Women in IT (WIT) mentoring program. The program runs from April to October each year, providing mentors for final year female university students undertaking technical degrees. As the Mentoring Director on the board of WIT, I am responsible for organising the program events, providing [...]
A performance review I completed recently for an organisation got me thinking about managing change. Some of the recommendations I made in the report called for changes to business processes, but recognised that these changes would take a long time to come to fruition. Corporations are a legal identity and treated by law as if [...]
Happy new year to all my readers! This month I’m going to write about the big decision every business owner must face and which may have come to mind over the holiday season. Is it time to grow, or time to go? The media is starting to reflect increased confidence in an economic recovery. If [...]
Clients have been asking me lately whether setting up a new web site to generate passive income through internet sales would be a good strategy for them. It seems so easy, but the question is, are internet sales are too good to be true? There’s no easy answer to this, a lot depends on what [...]
This is my first ever blog post, so I’ll start off by telling you about my business, Weiser Consulting. When I talk to people about what the benefits are from hiring a business consulting, I ask them to consider these questions. Will your IT systems help you plan to survive through the global financial crisis? [...]