Newsletters

Ever since the beginning of Performa, I made a point of sharing my knowledge, my practice, my thoughts and advice, through a monthly newsletter. You can browse here below through many of my newsletters ... enjoy and share what you particularly find useful to friends and colleagues.

Newsletters

2017

December 2017

What do dust-removal, cancer-screening and super-fiber materials have in common?

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They are all Cypriot technology-based innovations and they were awarded the top prizes in the 3rd Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum held at the University of Cyprus on 28 November 2017.

November 2017

Leaderhip!
Innovation thrives in a cool ambience

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It’s funky.
We don’t read people’s CVs. We find talent on LinkedIn. Great coders and software engineers are a rare catch. We do whatever we can to get them on board and keep them happy.

September 2017

Public Sector Innovation and Progress
Musings from Malta

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I presented a keynote on innovation at the 9th Quality Conference in Malta last May. Different public sector organizations from most EU countries were represented and forty or so cases were presented in mini workshops. I was impressed by the array of topics and actions and offer some snippets from the workshops I attended.

August 2017

Big Issues in Public Sector Innovation
The time for action is now

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Why Esthonia, a country just a little larger than Cyprus in population, is the world’s leader in e-government is an interesting question. Another good question is why the advancement of the digital economy in Cyprus is second-to-last in Europe. Digitalization is not innovation in itself, but it opens up a mind-boggling array of innovation opportunities in all spheres of government. In most cases significant value can be realized only with accompanying changes in structures and systems (not too difficult), as well as mindsets and attitudes (much harder).