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Apologies, the wrong article was posted to this blog

Posted on March 5, 2017 by lawrence serewicz

Dear Subscribers, I hope you are enjoying the blog. Please accept my apologies as the previous article was not a topic for this blog. I posted the wrong article to this blog. The intended home for the article was at … Continue reading →

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Who was going to stop Roger Ailes?

Posted on August 22, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

In any organisation, the question is never “how did sexual harassment occur”, it is “who is going to stop it?” The organisation will not stop it unless someone stops him. The organisation as organisation will simply continue to function as … Continue reading →

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Answering Drucker’s Questions for an information Organisation

Posted on August 9, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

Do you know what information your managers need to do their jobs?
How much of the data is for control and how much for information?
The answers to Drucker’s questions will tell how close you are to an information organisation Continue reading →

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Two Continents, Two Information Governance Conferences, One Conclusion

Posted on May 25, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

Originally posted on PHIGs IMC Inc.:
Over the last few weeks I attended the AIIM Conference (the theme was Digital Transformation in Action) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and the IRMS Conference (the theme was Information Superheroes) in Brighton, UK.…

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Words of Wisdom on turning 30

Posted on February 4, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

On New Year’s Day, Silvia Spiva asked me to offer some words of wisdom to two friends who were turning 30 this year. I was surprised, yet honoured to be asked. I don’t consider myself to be particularly wise or … Continue reading →

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January Break

Posted on January 1, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

Dear Subscribers, Thank you for following this blog in 2015. I hope you had a good year for 2015 and I wish you an even more successful 2016. I will take a break from this blog until February. I will … Continue reading →

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Volkswagen, Nuremberg and a corporate ethical failure

Posted on October 15, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

We have heard the news that Volkswagen US designed and used an electronic device to thwart the emissions tests for its diesel vehicles. The device would recognize test situations and engage the vehicle in a safe mode that would reduce … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on TRILCon15: The Privacy Arms Race

Posted on April 27, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

On the 21st of April, I attended the Trust Risk Information and the Law Conference 2015. It was by the Centre for Information Rights. The theme was the Privacy Arms Race. My blog on the previous conference can be found here.[1] A … Continue reading →

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Friend or Foe? The state’s only question about your digital identity

Posted on March 29, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

The major issue for the web is how to identify a user. At first glance, this seems an obvious question. We know who someone is by the IP address and the owner of the computer. Except that is not always … Continue reading →

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Vexatious What the public sector calls a troll?

Posted on February 26, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

On the web, people who are argumentative, rude, or even threatening are called trolls. People block them and shun them from contact. In extreme cases, they can be banned from the social media platforms. The same process occurs in the … Continue reading →

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