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It’s hard to underestimate importance of planning. It is (or should be) integral part of any conscious activity that requires more than 1 step and implies a target. Especially when we deal with complex processes of various kinds. Contemporary prejudice about planning is that it’s only relevant to big projects like construction, IT, space exploration, military operations, massive production etc. However any activity that involves setting up a goal and steps to achieve it requires planning. Why is it necessary? Because we need to: 1. Estimate approximate date/time to reach the goal 2. Understand what/who is required to achieve the goal 3. Measure success or failure 4. Review and adjust the plan if needed. So planning may help not only at work, but also in personal life which will in turn positively influence our so-called work-life balance. Planning should only serve one purpose – reaching as close as possible to the target. Very often this idea is being overlooked and burie...

Happy Labour Day to all workers!

I will be facilitating a workshop at "Intranets and The Australian Government" on the 19-20 May 2014 in Canberra. More info on the event: http://www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au/Events-F003IntranetGovernment.htm The hashtag for this event is #intranetgov and the Twitter handle is @Arkgroup . In the workshop, I will discuss the practical aspects of Intranet implementations and ways of building it using SharePoint, for it to be an efficient working platform. We will explore what can be done to design and create magnificent tools for your daily information work that may not only improve the business processes, but also increase involvement of people in information sharing and collaboration within the company. Features such as: Selection of the applications, social features, search, personalisation and other interesting topics will also be reviewed. Many new ideas straight from #SPC14  about industry best Intranet implementations and applications based on Office 365 , SharePo...

Dialog between me and the manager that happened in the past. The department manager who reports to another manager who reports to director - all sit in the same office space and see each other well. Massive well-known company. Manager : You're gonna be careful. John The Manager said you spend too much time on Facebook. Me : I know, but I have been working on the marketing campaign that we are implementing using Facebook and that you approved last week for me to do. Manager : Hmm, good then. I will tell him. Thanks. Curtains.