by Gabriele Albarosa | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kibosh: word of unknown origin meaning “red-flag”, “stop”. Kaizen: Japanese for “good change”, less literally “continuous improvement”. Corporate assessments to demonstrate compliance, audited by internal or external...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Sep 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Big starts with small. It’s easy when you are an entrepreneur, because you begin the journey alone or with a small group of supporters, but if you are a senior manager @GlobalCorp, you’d be forgiven for thinking that big is best. It isn’t: big...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Aug 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Does flexibility rule or do rules rein-in flexibility? Boundaries may be necessary but freedom is the dream. Technology is founded on rules but is also ruled by the compelling drive to do more, faster and better. Pixel-perfect retina displays have made green-on-black...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
“When do you need it by?” – Yesterday. “Why did it all go wrong?” – We went too fast. Speed is great if risk does not increase as a result. Understanding and managing risk is a pre-requisite for good engineering, and good...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Apr 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Does an Employee hold a Position or does a Position hold an Employee? Welcome to Corporate HR’s chicken-and-egg conundrum. On the surface, it may seem like a trivial issue; dig a little and you’ll find that taking one or the other perspective has...
by Gabriele Albarosa | Mar 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
A sprinkler watering the lawn, distributing water all-around… Imagine it happening backwards, with droplets from everywhere hitting the bulls-eye. Swap water with data and you’ll instantly appreciate the job of consolidating information coming in different...
