Service quality is generally typically using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), defined in a Service Level Agreement (SLA). Not exactly an approach destined to explore the depth and breadth of the human emotional experience, is it? But if numbers don’t matter to the individual and their experience, how do you quantify service quality? I’ll start with […]
Time for stronger cyber security legislation?
Several times over my career I’ve wondered why I was dealing with problems which seemed to be so trivially preventable that it should count as negligence. The question kept occuring to me, why do we accept this level of preventable risk and cost, why doesn’t cyber security legislation pay a more effective role? I’m not […]
Talking about cyber security
My job frequently involves talking about cyber security, and I’m lucky enough to enjoy it. Unfortunately, I was recently I on the receiving end of some poorly communicated security messaging. It started when I was passed a scanned copy of a letter which alerted the recipient to ‘opportunities for improvement’. I think it would be […]
Planning vs Reality
I woke up this morning and looked back on the total car crash which is my week, classic planning vs reality. It was another 45-50 hour week with not a lot to show for it. I’ve reflected on this, and concluded that the reason is obviously bad planning on my part. The mistake I made […]
Let’s try that again
My website has always been an experiment (that’s my excuse anyway), and over time it’s been a shop front for my consulting company, generated enough affiliate income to pay for my hosting and been a place where I wrote things down as a way of processing and refining ideas, with communication of those ideas being […]