Me
Time is the one finite resource we all share, and it should be spent well. I think everyone is entitled to be well occupied. What has surprised me, after years working in technology, is how often it does the opposite and makes work take longer, not less.
Over the past twenty years I have worked in technology management and strategy roles across several countries: government departments, universities, health organisations, advertising agencies, and a range of corporate businesses. Different sectors, different scales, different technologies.
The symptoms are always different, and so are the solutions, but the problem is very often the same: huge amounts of wasted time, money and talent. Something is not working, or a decision is not clear, and no one can quite explain why.
At some point the frustration reaches a head and someone decides it needs sorting. That is when to call me.
Why it’s important
People should spend their time on things that matter. Too often technology gets in the way of that. The work here is to find where that is happening and put it right.
I’m direct. I’ll tell you what I think is wrong and what I think you should do about it. If I can’t help, I’ll say so.
If you’d like to talk, get in touch: matthew@verygoodtechnology.com
What I do
I help you find what’s stuck or what’s unclear, and fix it.
Sometimes that’s a project that’s stalled. Sometimes it’s a team that can’t deliver. Sometimes it’s a system that everyone’s worked around for so long they’ve forgotten it’s broken. Sometimes it’s a new decision where the claims don’t quite add up.
From the inside, I can be hard to see. People, platforms and technology get tangled up, and the problems that are being solved are often not as complex as the solutions being proposed to solve them. From the outside, it’s often more obvious.
The method is simple, built from years of running real projects.
I understand what the work is meant to do, what is meant to happen, find where things diverge from that, and fix it. The temptation is often to implement what feels safe or follow unproven technological trends. I focus on the time it takes and the work it produces instead. That is usually where the answer is.