Does a ‘small’ technology / system project really need change management? – By Alok Das Source : Alok Das linkedin Preface In today’s world, technologies / systems are an integral part of any organisation. The key benefit of technologies / systems is that they enable productivity, i.e. make it simple and easy to do business.  For countless reasons, starting from cost cutting to enhancing security features to taking advantage of an innovation, organisations continuously run technology / systems project.  As change management professionals, we have often heard statements such as: ‘This is a small IT change. Does it really need any change management?’ ‘It is only adding to new check boxes to the last screen. Change management has nothing to do with it’ ‘This change is only for the enterprise IT team. No one else needs to know it. It requires no change management.’  It would be all fun if the ...

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Chaminda & Kath Samaraweera (KATCHA) – Sent by Joe Paiva (Adelaide) Chaminda & Kath Samaraweera ( KATCHA), an outstanding role model for the youth of today, in any endeavour in life. Whether music, academics, business, high school studies , hospitality industry,  trade or whatever. A success narrative born out of passion, discipline and sheer hard work. Elanka applaudes your success and God speed Joe Paiva Adelaide 7 January 23 Intelligence alone is no guarantee of success in any endeavour. Hereunder is a fore taste of their  perseverance to get to the summit of music. Quote And just like that it’s 2023 When Kat & I started our journey together in this industry no one was willing to give us a chance, or an opportunity. I mean no one. We had to walk into venue after venue handing our self made cds that we’ve made of our versions of demos so that we ...

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Contours for a new Constitution with a difference, for the future, not for the past By Raj Gonsalkorale But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist- Lysander Spooner By Raj Gonsalkorale Lysander Spooner is the well-known author of the book “No Treason” thought by some to be the most subversive thing ever written in the United States. However, as a reader had commented “the premise of “No Treason” is that the United State is not a legally constituted government because people can only be governed by consent and no one consented to the “social contract” we call the Constitution. Spooner writes, “The constitution not only binds nobody now, but never did bind anybody. It never bound ...

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