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Data messaging or sharing: which should you choose?
I’ve had several discussions recently about the need to allow data in one system to be used to control processing in another. These conversations have involved both developers and designers...
What we can learn from the UK air traffic control failure
The UK air traffic control failure caused chaos on the busy August bank holiday. Thankfully, all flights could land safely. But the incident caused hundreds of flights to be cancelled or delayed.
As someone who works in IT, I felt an inevitability to the way the problem developed...
Why being on the side of the project is key to success
Over the years, I’ve been involved in many meetings between customers and suppliers.
Here, I explain why the key to project success is being loyal to the project, rather than taking sides.
The secret to discovering what you don’t yet know you need to know
After a problem has taken place, you may find yourself thinking, ‘I should have seen that coming’ or ‘I should have seen that happening’.
Why you need more than a ‘picture’ to tell an organisation’s ‘story’
You’ll know the phrase ‘a picture’s worth a thousand words’, used to express how a single still image can tell a story just as well as, if not better than, many written words.
What can engineers and businesses learn from nature?
Nature can often be a great source of information for engineers. Animals and plants have developed over long periods and have adapted to the conditions around them.