Thursday, 3 May 2007

Things I've done wrong

Right then, first real post. I thought I'd start off by listing out the things I'd done wrong since persuading the company to generate the position of Information Security Manager and giving me the job. That all happened about 6 months ago and to be honest, I don't feel like I've made a lot of progress since. So, first is a list of titles in no particular order, I'll comment against each over the next few days.

  1. Getting distracted
  2. Expecting people to just understand "why"
  3. No agreed job description
  4. No follow up
  5. Trusting people to do "the right thing"

There are other things I have learned but these are a good starter for 10. For now, I think it is safe to say that having learned the lessons, I'm better equipped to start making the sort of progress I want.

So, the next post will be about the dangers of "Getting distracted" and why that must be avoided at all costs.