Career Dilema.
Technology One is going great guns. Although I'm a little stuck right now as one of my goals for a career was being a change management consultant to make sure that where largescale financial and enterprise systems were installed, I could play a positive karmic role by making sure the change was planned, managed and minimise the harsh affects on real people. Now 6 weeks into getting to know the product (well, products being Technology One Financials, Works, Business One, Budgeting, HR and Supply Chain) I've hit a wall. This system is able to function to the benefit of an organisation, and not have hugely adverse affects on end users...
So, if I still want to get into change management, I should stop selling this thing before news gets out. If I want to improve how business systems and people operate, I should sell this thing like there's no tomorrow.

So as far as I see there are some questions that I've started asking myself:
1. Was I planning for a position or an impact?
2. Would the path to the position change the impact I was looking to make?

Thing is I've always said that the outcome i was looking for was flexible, at least the path ahead is exciting whichever way!

Malaysia.
In little under a month I'll be in Malaysia for the Shell Gourami Competition. I was to have gone to Phuket, Thailand in September but the coup put a halt to that idea about 5 hours before I was due to get on the plane. The place we're staying (Shangri-la Resort) looks great - wonder if there'll be time to have a sneaky 9 or 18 holes while I'm there? A cool thing is that it's set among 400hectares of rainforest with Orangutans! Generally I'm not a huge fan of monkeys - an incident in grade 7 where the poo thrown in my direction hit a mate on a school zoo outing - but orangutans are one I don't mind.

The place is actually on the Island of Borneo. An interesting aside, and one I can't quite make up my mind about is that in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2003 we went aboard a boat with tons and tons of wood from Borneo, one of about 15 docked at the time. I understand that probably came from Indonesian states on the island of Borneo, but the Malaysian forests have also been decimated for plywood. Disallow people to make a living, albeit meagre, or safe the rainforest on the world's 4th largest Island (Australia IS an island. It is girt by sea and hence an island). I'm no environmentalist, but you have got to wonder.

Also, on Tuesday night I will be going to see The Cat Empire, which will be really good. I've enjoyed there music over the last little while, so looking forward to seeing them live. From all reports they put on a decent show. Will post to let you know how it is!

Oh yeah, finally, Brett Gibson is now number 7.

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