Monthly Archives: November 2010

Step into the light and realise true change

Posted on November 26, 2010 by David Montgomery

In all organisations there are people who just get things done. They are normally the go-to people when all else fails and can work the system to achieve results where others couldn’t. People have made careers from being the go-to … Continue reading →

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Demilitarising Information Operations

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Simon Slocombe

There is nothing more annoying than management treatises that borrow phrases from military texts to add that touch of gravitas. Equally, the trend in military parlance to wrapper straightforward language with the sort of management-ese that transforms ‘we took the … Continue reading →

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Change management – don’t believe the hype

Posted on November 16, 2010 by David Montgomery

The comparison between sport and business is often mooted especially in the motivation of teams. Sports psychologists or sporting heroes are often heard at business seminars explaining how the mind of a top performing athlete works in the motivation and … Continue reading →

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Some history behind information operations

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Simon Slocombe

In my previous post, I talked about a reinvented notion of information operations.  Why reinvented?  Well, it’s nothing more than conceited to think that the modern world has the monopoly on good ideas. Despite the massive surge of interest around … Continue reading →

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Information operations

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Simon Slocombe

I have talked a lot in previous posts about data management and some of its more specialist (read as geeky…) subsets, but why is it important? At Evaxyx, we believe that data lies at the heart of a reinvented topic … Continue reading →

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Solvency II – The Real Data Management Challenge

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Jamie Taylor

This is my first post on the Evaxyx blog and I wanted to cover a topic that I’m currently focusing on – so here is my post on Solvency II. By the end of 2012, all EU Life, Pensions and … Continue reading →

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Data geek, fluffy bunny, or anguished conscience of data governance?

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Chris Jackson

In our experience successful data governance needs to bring together solid data expertise with a Machiavellian insight into corporate politics.  That’s why we have an interesting mixture of data and process people, techies and change management types, architects and political … Continue reading →

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Good data is everyone’s job

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Mel Hodge

Another subject that regularly raises its head during discussions with other data management professionals is the one of ownership. The purpose of any governance programme is to support the organisation in its goal to administer its business in the most … Continue reading →

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Evaxyx to sponsor and attend Data Management in the Spotlight

Posted on November 1, 2010 by cnorton

The Evaxyx team will be very busy later on this week when we attend Data Management in the Spotlight, which is taking place at Radisson Blu Portman Hotel on 3-5 November 2010. Basically, it is three co-located conferences on Data … Continue reading →

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