FurleyDigital http://www.furleydigital.com Helping business value IT Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:14:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9 47647094 A Six-Year-Old’s Advice on Life & Overcoming Fear, Turned into a Heartwarming Movie http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/random/a-six-year-olds-advice-on-life-and-overcoming-fear-turned-into-a-heartwarming-movie/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/random/a-six-year-olds-advice-on-life-and-overcoming-fear-turned-into-a-heartwarming-movie/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:35:35 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2580 A film maker asked a six-year-old to write a film with her, and the result is amazing. They took a wondrous journey to the center of the imaginative, semi-sensical, immensely insightful consciousness of the child, which yields a profound piece of wisdom on overcoming fear and self-doubt. Source: A Six-Year-Old’s Advice on Life and Overcoming Fear, […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/random/a-six-year-olds-advice-on-life-and-overcoming-fear-turned-into-a-heartwarming-movie/feed/ 0 2580 How you can disappoint someone despite delivering what they wanted http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/random/how-to-disappoint-anybody/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/random/how-to-disappoint-anybody/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2015 20:45:12 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2556 “You’ve won!” he said, looking astonished. My wife and I had just bought a new rug and I’d gone to the desk with Dave the sales person to pay for it. He’d handled our enquiries well and we were thrilled to finally find something that we liked. And it was on sale so we spent forty percent less than we were expecting […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/random/todays-inspiration-strategy/feed/ 0 2550 Can you make good decisions in an uncertain environment? http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/expertise/strategy/can-you-make-good-decisions-in-an-uncertain-environment/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/expertise/strategy/can-you-make-good-decisions-in-an-uncertain-environment/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:47:37 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2530 Is Oracle better than SAP for your business? Should you roll out Windows 10 as soon as you can or wait until everyone else has? Is it worth investing in mobile apps for consumers or will your organisation be better off using a conventional advertising campaign? These are tough questions with no clear answers. Even […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/expertise/strategy/can-you-make-good-decisions-in-an-uncertain-environment/feed/ 0 2530 Latest iPhones transforming the smartphone market http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/passions/technology/true-state-smartphone-market/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/passions/technology/true-state-smartphone-market/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2015 06:39:52 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2457 We’ve heard a great deal recently about Apple’s  success with its latest model iPhone. In their most recent quarter at the end of 2014 they sold an astounding 74.5 million phones. The iPhone 6 was the best-selling smartphone in the US, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S5. Some IT shops are keen to move to Microsoft’s Windows phones because of their manageability and […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2015/passions/technology/true-state-smartphone-market/feed/ 0 2457 More engaging presentations: 3 contrary techniques http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/communications-marketing-2/more-engaging-presentations/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/communications-marketing-2/more-engaging-presentations/#respond Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:34:47 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2322 Recently my presentation skills were put to the test in a rather unusual way. I was asked to present some of the insights I have gained since establishing FurleyDigital. I would be addressing a small group, on a subject very few of the audience knew much about. I knew I needed to make the ideas clear and memorable and […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/communications-marketing-2/more-engaging-presentations/feed/ 0 2322 New IT Function Map highlights changing demands for IT http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/strategy/new-it-function-map/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/strategy/new-it-function-map/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2014 05:06:36 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2392 We are thrilled to announce the release of version 4.0 of FurleyDigital’s IT Function Map, a powerful tool for improving communication and thinking about IT. The new version highlights how IT is evolving and introduces new areas of focus to help IT leaders.  The IT Function Map comprises Service Portfolios, each of which includes a group of Service […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/strategy/new-it-function-map/feed/ 0 2392 How to use Social Media Tools to Manage Your Projects http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/pm/social-media-tools-for-projects/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/pm/social-media-tools-for-projects/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:45:21 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2378 Featured guest article – thanks to Richard L. Alexander (Yourseatatthetable.com) Ask a project manager whether social media could benefit her project, and you’ll likely get an instinctive “yes” in reply. Ask her, though, how to do it, and she might say (as one of my project managers recently said to me) “Gee, I’d have to give […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/pm/social-media-tools-for-projects/feed/ 0 2378 Conversation with WordPress founder beats Awards night http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/leadership/wordpress-founder/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/leadership/wordpress-founder/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:32:26 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2357 I was in a dilemma – which event do I attend? An opportunity to hear WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg speak versus attending the Social Media Club Awards night? A low-key talk in a school hall versus a corporate-sponsored red carpet event of self-congratulations? I chose the WordPress event, and I’m very pleased to report I made the right […]

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]]> http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/leadership/wordpress-founder/feed/ 5 2357 Where next for the CIO role? Part 2 – shared services http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/leadership/next-cio-role-part-2/ http://www.furleydigital.com/2014/expertise/leadership/next-cio-role-part-2/#respond Mon, 02 Jun 2014 20:24:03 +0000 http://www.furleydigital.com/?p=2350 In Part One of this series we discussed the CIO’s role in the digital domain with Michelin’s Richard Alexander. We suggested that the rise of the CDO is a response to IT’s shortcomings in the digital domain, not as a threat to the need for IT.  Instead we believe the CIO should seize the opportunity […]

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