I recently took time off between assignments to join the crowds at the Business Show at the Excel exhibition centre. It was certainly a full house, and yes some of the presenters did live up to the reputation that, for a modest fee, they can provide you with the snake oil recipe to get rich quick. But I enjoyed visiting the Google digital garage, and meeting some of the smaller suppliers. In particular I was pleased to have the opportunity to do a 60 second “talking head” video at the Cincera stand. You can view it on https://youtu.be/mvUEn58rvCw – please tell me what you think of it!

Work has been nicely busy of late. I have recently been consulting at a global standards and certification organisation, helping them to design a business process outsource service for the digital age. Yesterday I started an assignment at a UK regional building society (savings and loans) helping them to ensure that their IT arrangements are compliant with FCA regulatory guidance.

In looking for a photo opportunity to capture “regulatory challenges” I took this shot of one of the dragons (thank you Wikipedia for telling me it is not a griffin, which is what I always thought it is!) that mark the entrance to the City of London. This one is on the Embankment, just as a storm is about to break…. It seems to me the dragon is not too worried, he has seen it all before!