Absence Makes the Process Grow Fonder?
I'm sorry!
I'm really sorry! I've dropped the ball...
I know that I've been off the radar for some time and this is a short post to let you know what's happening. In the last 6 months I've been working on a large business transformation project which really has sucked me dry both physically and mentally.
Overall it has been a great experience but it hasn't been without its ups and downs (like most projects). I've had the joy of playing a major part in getting the project funding approved, gone through the pain of running process re-design workshops 4 days a week for a month and the joys of modelling swimlane EPC's in ARIS amongst a thousand other things. Unfortunately this, aligned with having our 4th child back in March and publishing my cafe ninja book meant that something had to give - and this blog was it.
But the good news is that I'm back. I may be a broken down, overweight wreck with a torn shoulder blade muscle (thanks workshops) but I'm the only process ninja you've got. The good news is that I have some big plans for 2012.
Firstly I have launched a Sydney based recruitment agency specialising in the supply of process staff. Secondly I have started on my first process book, provisionally entitled "The Process Revolution". It's going to be the type of book that the grey bearded process academics will despise. I love that.
But most importantly the experiences I've gained on my recent transformation project have given me a huge amount of material that I will be telling you about over the next few months. In keeping with my new manifesto, this blog will seek to teach rather than preach.
The Ninja is back...
- TPN
Welcome back, sensei :-)
Posted by: Scally76 | January 21, 2012 at 06:44 AM
Great to see you're back, and curious what you will write about for the coming months!
Posted by: Reint Jan Holterman | January 21, 2012 at 05:23 PM
Mate, check your link on the Cafe Ninja book, it's redirecting to the wrong page.
Posted by: Alex McClafferty | January 21, 2012 at 06:08 PM
He's back. Looking forward to this new book. Can you tell us more about it?
Posted by: Daniel | January 21, 2012 at 06:29 PM
Great! Welcome Back!
Would love to know more about your book!
Posted by: JV | January 24, 2012 at 09:25 AM
Still would like to help with the book - and if you'd let others post on your blog, you would have better continuity (she said, suffering the same problem and not having let them on hers yet!). You can always vet them first. Sounds like a good process to me...
Posted by: Stephanie Clackworthy | February 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Hi Stephanie, this blog is called The Process Ninja for a reason - it's because that's me! I don't ever have any intention to let others post on here - it's totally against the ethos of why I started this blog and something I dislike seeing on other blogs. I think it's a cop out. Sure my frequency of blogging can vary a bit but I've managed an average of at least 1-2 posts a week for the last 4 years. That's good enough for me... : )
Posted by: The Process Ninja | February 21, 2012 at 12:45 AM