Gabiray finishes first full fiscal year on a high-note
đ 2024 marked the first full year of operation for our project and change management consultancy. As anyone who has ever established a business can attest, it requires significantly more time and effort than those without such experience might imagine.đ¤...
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Got the flu from the influencer you hired?
Attracting influencers and content creators is a balancing act.As proven by recent events, independent voices (no matter their platform) are independent. We at www.gabiray.com have more than 20 years of experience with shaping public opinion through indep...
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Two interesting thoughts about AI you need to see
Getting an overview of AI, let alone understanding its future, is daunting. As with any emerging technology, think Crypto or (sigh) Metaverse, an abundance of self proclaimed experts seem to appear from nowhere (and looking at their CVs often nowhere is e...
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Here's to the young and daft!
As Sir Ken Robinson said in an all time favourite TED talk of mine: âIf kids donât know better, theyâll have a go.â I find that untethered curiosity one of the most vitalising things. Recalling one boring managers meeting, the topic was whether to promote...
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Laptop Squatting is anti-social. End of discussion.
Southern Europe, Spain in particular, is in uproar over Digital Nomads in cafes, EuroNews reports.In Riga, where we are based, it is also rapidly becoming a thing. Digital Nomads or Exchange Students occupying an entire four person table, with their lapto...
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Hereâs to meetings
by Søren Holmberg - OwnerEveryone are dreading meetings, but why?A supposedly leaked email by every techies favourite guru [sic] Elon Musk is now making its way through LinkedIn. I donât for a second believe it originates from the controversial Tesla and ...
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EU dooms doomscrolling doomed - here is why that is not controversial
There is an ancient (in IT that is more than 10 years) proverb: "America innovates, China copies, India supports and Europe regulates.â With the Digital Service Act and Digital Markets Act, aimed at so called Tech Gigants and imitations hereof, EU is tryi...
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Five more great advice everyone should follow before being hacked.
So here is the follow up from yesterdayâs post and the last five advice to you.It is not a question of if your IT will be compromised. It is a question of when. Postponing it and minimising the damage when it happens, is of the essence.A Danish Market Ana...
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Five great advice everyone should follow before being hacked.
It is not a question of if your IT will be compromised. It is a question of when. Postponing it and minimising the damage when it happens, is of the essence.A Danish Market Analytics Company had a bad experience with a recent cyberattack. Not only did it ...
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How do you make people more Agile using Myers-Briggs
By Søren "Sean" Holmberg - OwnerHow do you make people agile?Starting the conversation with individuals in teams, to make them embrace being agile.Understanding individuals is only done by talking to them. But how to start that conversation? Having a conv...
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Using Belbin and other tools to make people Agile
By Søren "Sean" Holmberg - OwnerHow do you make people agile?Using Belbin in understanding the group dynamics, to help people embrace being agile.Before I proceed, a fair warning. This and the next tool is partially self-reporting and as such they suffer ...
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How do you make people Agile?
By Søren "Sean" Holmberg - OwnerHow do you make people agile? (Part one of.. eh.. three, I think)By making them do 10 squats and 15 push ups, every morning. Thatâll stretch their muscles. đ¤¸đźââď¸đ¤¸đźââď¸đ¤ŁOkay, joke aside. Before reading on, post your fav...
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Explain how you implement Agile in Projects
By Søren "Sean" Holmberg - OwnerâCan you explain how you implemented Agile in your Projects?â I was recently posed this question in relations to a potential new Project.How do you answer that? Let me hear what you would say in the comments. Read more toda...
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What is Agile really about?
By Søren "Sean" Holmberg - OwnerHeaps of Consultants preach Agile as the way forward in almost any Project.I wonder how many of them has actually read the original manifesto.In essence it is about people and outcome over processes and bureaucracy.Basicall...
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Changing Mindsets
By Søren "Sean" Holmberg - Ownerđ¤ˇđźââď¸ Changing your employees mindset can be difficult but we at Gabiray are certified to help! It is not everyone who will fall for a fancy title like âFacility Managerâ and a nice uniform like my 11 year old here and vo...
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