I’m currently rolling out MS Teams as part of a transformation programme, and am personally delivering training across the organisation. Why? I hear you ask….. Well for two reasons Its like back to the floor for me, allowing me to spend time with a wide range of people; its amazing what I’ve been learning and … Continue reading
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Fund Managment and IT Leadership – same thing?
What’s running the most successful world index fund worth£16bn got to do with IT leadership? After too many years to remember in IT support, change and leadership, I’ve decided to do a series of blogs on a variety of topics this year. The first is prompted by receiving the annual fund report from Terry Smith … Continue reading
Leadership in a changing world
I hosted a panel session on this topic at the CIO Global Banking Summit being held in London this week. My topic is Leadership and Change, prompted by work I’m doing to think about why change is successful. This blog is updated version with feedback from the conference discussion in italics. At Aldermore, I’ve been … Continue reading
Learning from the Chief Marketing Officers
In IT we often struggle with communication and engagement. At a CIO event recently, I decided for a change to see what I could learn from the experts and moved rooms to attend a number of presentations from a Chief Marketing officer (CMO) event running in parallel. Looking at the world from someone else’s perspective always … Continue reading
Transforming IT Service – 5 things to focus on
Having just finished a 2 years at the OU, I have been reflecting on how to create high performing IT Teams. Whilst the concepts are in my view simple, doing them well is the hard bit that needs experience and practice. Here are my thoughts, I wonder what you think? Are these right or have … Continue reading
Mark Jacot 