I have found that there is a disconnect between how we use information and how information management professionals talk about information to our clients, the users. This disconnect means that IM is not delivering the services that clients actually need. The key to aligning real-world information use with real-world information practice is ENGAGEMENT. By incorporating engagement – asking real users – we can do better IM. Let me show you: read more
In the recently published report “Information Governance 2016: The State of Enterprise Information (Part 1),”(i) it is stated that the majority of policies and procedures are ineffective.
In light of this, here’s a checklist of best practices for effective policies: read more
What IM is selling, business isn’t buying. Information Management (IM) in the Government of Canada is often viewed as a burden exercise focused only on compliance rather than building a valued partnership with the business. Most times, the problem is the message – or the “pitch” – to make senior execs stand up, take notice, and get behind making the right investments in IM. read more
Don’t count on TV cameras or abrasive celebrities, but we are looking forward to hosting you at Systemscope’s very own version of Dragons’ Den at the ARMA Spring Workshops in Ottawa on May 15th. read more
Six Systemscopers stuck in a sedan for a span… sounds like the punchline of a bad joke, right? It was actually a van, but that would ruin the alliteration and literary elements which were the highlights of our touristy ventures in Providence, Rhode Island – a city known for its association with H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. Besides roaming the spooky graveyards, awesome libraries, and colonial streets that inspired the literary geniuses, the six Systemscopers road tripped down to Providence for the Information Governance Conference 2016 hosted by the Information Coalition, a group formed to address perceived gaps from other Records and Information Management (RIM) associations and support the Information Governance (IG) community. Our goal was to learn about Information Governance and assess what aspects could be brought into the Government of Canada (GC) context. read more
Last week I spent a very fun and engaging time at the Managing Electronic Records (MER) Conference. The MER conference is held annually in downtown Chicago and brings together the different kinds of information management lifecycle experts from the legal, Records and Information Management (RIM), and IT fields to discuss the latest approaches in electronic information management. I was glad I met a long-time friend of mine who’d gone on to become an employment lawyer (his Homepage website here), and gained a pretty deep insight from him, which would later come in handy for me when I’d start business.
