I am a Prince2 and Change practitioner with varied experience consulting, leading and managing project teams. I have been in IT since 1984; worked on multiple platforms and in various roles. I come from an IT consulting background; general businesses and application solution / implementation in various markets using a range of ERP and CRM suites, as well as specially designed niche market applications. I have also worked as a principal application, functional, business and implementation consultant for leading consulting houses, and filled a pre-sales and business development role. Other responsibilities included designing and delivering custom built training, lecturing and account management. I enjoy providing non IT as well as life skills training to those who want to work on themselves outside of the work environment - and also mentor and coach principally in the work environment.
On a personal note, I am in awe of life and thrive on learning new things as well as being exposed to new concepts, cultures and ideas. I am intrigued by synchronicity, meta & quantum physics and the concept of world connectedness. I am passionate about all things outdoorsy—photography, nature, sport (the more extreme the better). I have a deep love for my family (especially my stunning four-footed children) and music you can listen to without going deaf. I can even hold a tune and tinkle the guitar myself. I love travel and seeing how the world at large lives. I dislike more than words could EVER express; injustice, dishonesty, thoughtlessness, and prejudice. I regularly go and play with the lion cubs that live in the sanctuary near me; I have also played with baby cheetah, leopard and even tiger cubs, and have got fairly close but not too close to a baby rhino, all awesome soul feeding stuff for me! My current passion is about growing; others and myself to look inward, reach outward and surpass wildest dreams. Eldette Davie - UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley
I am a Prince2 and Change practitioner with varied experience consulting, leading and managing project teams. I have been in IT since 1984; worked on multiple platforms and in various roles. I come from an IT consulting background; general businesses and application solution / implementation in various markets using a range of ERP and CRM suites, as well as specially designed niche market applications. I have also worked as a principal application, functional, business and implementation consultant for leading consulting houses, and filled a pre-sales and business development role. Other responsibilities included designing and delivering custom built training, lecturing and account management. I enjoy providing non IT as well as life skills training to those who want to work on themselves outside of the work environment - and also mentor and coach principally in the work environment.
On a personal note, I am in awe of life and thrive on learning new things as well as being exposed to new concepts, cultures and ideas. I am intrigued by synchronicity, meta & quantum physics and the concept of world connectedness. I am passionate about all things outdoorsy—photography, nature, sport (the more extreme the better). I have a deep love for my family (especially my stunning four-footed children) and music you can listen to without going deaf. I can even hold a tune and tinkle the guitar myself. I love travel and seeing how the world at large lives. I dislike more than words could EVER express; injustice, dishonesty, thoughtlessness, and prejudice. I regularly go and play with the lion cubs that live in the sanctuary near me; I have also played with baby cheetah, leopard and even tiger cubs, and have got fairly close but not too close to a baby rhino, all awesome soul feeding stuff for me! My current passion is about growing; others and myself to look inward, reach outward and surpass wildest dreams. No need for a conductor … really!
To conduct or not …! Following on from my concept of using analogies and stories to break bad news, here are more recent examples; incidentally these should be used with caution! I was told that I was being facetious when I first used these, but I think it got the point across. Many companies feel [...]
Fresh or sour?
Can I honestly say I play Chess? In my earlier blog I introduced the concept of using stories to break project disasters to executives. I never took too much interest in chess as a child. No let me rephrase that. I was more outdoorsy – running around the hockey field, cycling, swimming or doing fencing and [...]
Explaining broken projects …
Unfortunately from time to time we have projects that are not the “world according to project management”? Sadly that’s not new. What I often find more challenging than fixing the problem, is how to explain the broken project challenges to company executives and or non project management people. In particular the executive that may have [...]
5). Thai..ke Thyme: Keeping the Carrot in mind!
From my earlier blogs you will know that tuk-tuks and I were not necessarily on the same page, book or even library! I wasn’t certain that we would get to the airport as we needed to, but as per Anton’s diagram - the right sized taxi arrived at the right time and we headed off to the [...]
4). Thai..ke Thyme: What is your work ethic?
From my earlier blogs you will remember that we were in Bangkok and that I hadn’t had great success with the tuk-tuk drive to who knows where. My sister and mom had decided to approach the situation differently. I instead took to the streets on my trusty feet. I knew how to put one foot in [...]
3). Thai..ke Thyme: Matching your needs?
As I mentioned in my earlier blog – our family was having a holiday in Bangkok and we were learning to adjust to the new Thai culture. You may have also gathered from my last blog that getting our needs matched to the taxi / tuk-tuk driver’s needs was not easy to do. The following [...]
2). Thai..ke Thyme: Are you and your service provider on the same wavelength?
As I mentioned in my earlier blog – my family were holidaying in Bangkok and learning to adjust to the new Thai culture. Bangkok is a busy confusing large city. You need motorised transport to get about, a taxi or a tuk-tuk. Thai people speak limited English (my Thai is nonexistent) yet they are eager [...]
1). Thai..ke Thyme: Project managing your R&R time
Sounds a bit of a contradiction doesn’t it? I mean project management is often a tad frenetic, so how do you project manage restful time? It occurred to me (maybe I’m a smidgen slow) this is exactly what makes for good R&R! My family live in different continents; hard because we are emotionally close although [...]
