by ian@thecortroom.com | Jun 15, 2024 | Random Thoughts
Many years ago my first job was as a software installation engineer. I turned up on a customer site to reinstall the EDI software (used to exchange order and invoice data) after the computer that it was on got stolen during a break in. Unfortunately for the client,...
by ian@thecortroom.com | Jun 6, 2024 | Random Thoughts
Gold Sword Omaha Juno Utah 80 years ago today, the future of Europe, and indeed the World itself was changed. The sacrifice of many will never be forgotten.
by ian@thecortroom.com | Jun 3, 2024 | Random Thoughts
I like to use everyday analogies for looking at business scenarios. In a recent workshop with a client, we were talking about RFPs & Bids and the process around responding to them and where there is a chance optimise it. I used the comparison of baking a cake:...
by ian@thecortroom.com | May 28, 2024 | Professional Development
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” says an ancient Chinese proverb. Setting up a business to help people in the Information Technology space had been nearly a quarter of a century long ambition. I took my first step in February this...
by ian@thecortroom.com | May 25, 2024 | Random Thoughts
Completed in 1938 to supply drinking water to Stockport and surrounding areas, Fernilee Reservoir in the Derbyshire Peak District can contain up to 5 million m3 of water from the River Goyt. On a day like today it is a fantasy walk. As my wife and I walked around it...
