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Your Business is Alive!

Any business owner knows this - a business is like an organism. When all goes well, it grows, it moves, it thrives. But business can get "sick" as well. And often, the symptoms are managed but rarely addressed at the root cause. Sounds familiar? We do the same with our own health, why woul...

Matt Koopmans
30.09.24 07:36 PM - Comment(s)
Small business matters - or, it should, if a country is to weather the economic storm

Let's get one thing very clear - unless you are a banker or an undertaker, the current economic climate is tough (very tough).  For some of it, we are affected by the international economic headwind coming our way due to global supply-chain, weak and feckless leadership, avoidable conflicts, an...

Matt Koopmans
12.09.24 07:00 PM - Comment(s)
Linux desktop edging towards 5% - what this could mean for you

Over the last decade or so, Linux adoption hovered between 1 and 2 percent - where earlier in 2024 it broke the 3 percent. That was a massive deal for the Linux community, but for regular computer users, it remained unnoticed. Until now - the stat counter closed in July 2024 with 4.45% of all deskto...

Matt Koopmans
05.08.24 09:00 PM - Comment(s)
Stop treating your Business Applications as consumer apps

Business Applications are increasingly commoditised - a subscription away from the next best thing in business applications. The applications are designed to get you "productive" in the shortest possible time (especially when there is a short time for trial). Each application may perform o...

Matt Koopmans
12.03.24 01:54 PM - Comment(s)
Full Speed or Nothing, or Go All In? You can do one, but should you do both?

Managing a business, large or small, means you will be managing transitions due to change. Internal change, such as pro-active market expansion, diversification, or internal organisational re-alignment (excuse my corporate speak here). Or external change in market conditions, legislation (when is th...

Matt Koopmans
05.02.24 08:30 AM - Comment(s)
4 Predictions for 2024 and their potential impact on Small Business in Australia

Predictions are tricky - it tends to be that only those predictions you do not commit to writing are coming true. Whether this is "observer bias" (i.e. now it is predicted, one could measure and influence the outcome), or simply a matter of luck - the fact of the matter is that predictions...

Matt Koopmans
28.12.23 03:01 PM - Comment(s)
The Tyranny of "and"

Why is implementing a suite of business applications so difficult? 


OK - you got me - it is a trick question. It isn't. But what has proven to be difficult - nearly impossible - is for businesses, business owners and leadership, to make a decision. You cannot look in two directions at once, and ...

Matt Koopmans
23.11.23 01:30 PM - Comment(s)
The Rise of ChatGPT: Is AI Taking Over Your Business Decisions?

With the release of ChatGPT v3.5  a few months ago, business large and small have jumped on the bandwagon to experiment with the AI functionality within their business. The software providers have not been sitting still either. With ChatGPT integration of various Zoho products (i.e. Writer, Soc...

Matt Koopmans
28.05.23 04:50 PM - Comment(s)
Mis-, Dis-, and Malinformation in Corporations

Unless you have been leading the life-style of a hermit, you realise that nothing you see, hear, or read can be trusted at face-value. Mis-, dis-, and malinformation are the talking-points of the day for governments, NGO's, certain social media platforms, and mainstream media. 

Let's review one ...

Matt Koopmans
07.02.23 10:02 AM - Comment(s)
7 Simple recommended practices for Security

As a security conscious partner to my clients, I get a lot of questions on cyber-security, and what to do to be "totally secure". Whilst it is impossible to be "totally secure", there are a number of simple steps you can take (and some that require a bit more configuration). ...

Matt Koopmans
18.08.22 03:46 PM - Comment(s)