Streetlight effect killing M365 Governance

Context first, before the Microsoft 365 reporting lolly-scramble.

A blog by Martin Erasmuson.

ICT commitment-creep and organisational schizophrenia

How prolonged and ineffective data strategy; poor data culture, and data-debt has led to organisational schizophrenia!, and what we can do about that.

A blog by Martin Erasmuson.

Why a data strategy - now more than ever?

Time for a Military-Grade Information Infrastructure?

As we find ourselves in the thick of the 4th Industrial Revolution with the exponential growth of and demand for information at its core, the current COVID 19 crisis has thrown a spotlight on antiquated information infrastructures. We stumble from crisis to crisis with severe consequences that seem obvious in hindsight, before reverting to our old way of thinking. As we step into a deeply uncertain future, is it finally time to admit to that uncertainty and implement a Military Grade Information Infrastructure that can respond to continuous change?

Taming Office 365 – Flow

Microsoft Flow is both a ‘Good-Cop’ and ‘Bad-Cop’ with potential for great benefits and risks in equal measure.

A blog by Martin Erasmuson.

For the non-technical Senior Manager.

A Christmas Data Poem

Twas the night before Christmas, and through all the laughter
Things were a stirring, especially the data.
On spread sheets and web forms and RDBMS,
And the ones still on paper (still data no less).
And lakes filled with data of every description
And format with AI that sounds more like fiction.
IT Teams all nestled round beers and wines-red
While serverless-computing thoughts dance in their heads.
With backups all run on the servers with care
In the hope that DR isn’t needed this year.
Fingers-crossed for a digital transformation breakthrough
But where it is taking us, we don’t have a clue.
In this festive season I’m still sure of one thing,
Technology’s great; but data is king.

Innovate to Thrive

In spite of a desire to innovate and thrive, why do many organisations stagnate and some fail?

Best Practices in an Uncertain World

If we analyse what is generally meant by ‘Best Practice’ it largely translates to: 'stuff that worked OK in the past that we intend reusing now with the intention of achieving the same outcome in the future’.