S.E.E.D. Consultants

Posted by on Friday, 16th March, 2012 No comments

Last week S.E.E.D. Consultants advised me that they would like me to become more active with service delivery thus adding an ICT and enterprise architecture perspective to the existing repertoire of consulting services. The business provides business consulting services but in doing …

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Inter-organisational career transitions

Posted by on Tuesday, 14th February, 2012 No comments

The changing nature of careers article highlighted the trend towards greater mobility in employment but how can one ensure greater success of inter-organisational transitions? In order to understand how to improve success an understanding of what differentiates a successful transition …

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Taxonomy of life roles

Posted by on Saturday, 11th February, 2012 No comments

Not sure why this taxonomy of life roles decided to pop into my head at 1am on a Sunday morning but it clearly had a purpose. The idea began with considering the two great occupational divisions – academia and business. …

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Changing nature of careers

Posted by on Saturday, 11th February, 2012 No comments

Advancements in technology and education has caused a change in the nature of careers, especially as the comparative advantage of developed countries shifts economies towards a service orientation. Previously career development and the definition of career success involved “climbing the …

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Systems engineering and systems thinking

Posted by on Friday, 10th February, 2012 No comments

Last night I attended an Engineers Australia seminar regarding Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking. The presenter was Ravindra K. Bagia, a senior lecturer at UTS. The context was about how to achieve RAMS – Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety/Supportability/Sustainability. This seminar …

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Hello world!

Posted by on Saturday, 4th February, 2012 No comments

It’s been a while since I last maintained a personal website but with the widespread adoption of blogging and social media generally it now seems more appropriate than ever. Combine this with my view that employment will slowly shift back …

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