August 26, 2018
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July 27, 2018
How should you prepare for and behave during an interview? Sliding in neatly after my article on Writing A Great CV/Profile/Resume here and before How To Be A […]
July 18, 2018
Cybercrime can and probably will be used as a tool to compromise the financial infrastructure of entire countries, says cyber-security specialist Phil Cracknell. From business protection […]
June 28, 2018
There are no silver bullets in being successful in business but the data (and a lot of anecdotal evidence) shows that as well as bringing in […]
June 22, 2018
There is no universal definition but to me; CTO Has a bias to working “in” the team rather than “on” the team. Has a bias to […]
June 12, 2018
I’ve just sat through a very interesting and informative presentation by Sir Clive Woodward (the World Cup winning England Rugby coach) at the “Art of Work” […]
June 3, 2018
Bad news – as with all other mark up elements in AMP you can’t just add the standard “web” JavaScript tag. You need to add the […]
May 30, 2018
Credential Stuffing attacks are where an existing list of usernames / email addresses and cracked passwords are replayed against your site by an attacker to perform […]
May 19, 2018
As you move your estate onto cloud inevitably the cost genie escapes the bottle as engineers and ops personnel of all flavours spin up test and […]
May 9, 2018
We create and receive a lot of CV/Resumes/Profiles at interim.team so I guess we’re getting pretty good at judging what a great profile looks like, and […]
April 20, 2018
I get the impression that a lot of people are actively looking at interim CTO assignments now who might not have considered them in the past. So what […]
April 16, 2018
Since its launch Google has been heavily pushing AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) but two years down the line how have things worked out? Is it really […]
April 14, 2018
After implementing an AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) page (https://interim.team/ampindex.html) we started seeing a lot of referrals to our web site from interim-team.cdn.ampproject.org. After doing some digging it […]
April 11, 2018
Growth Hacking Wiki “Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value” – Albert Einstein Good News – After reading this wiki […]
April 3, 2018
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July 27, 2017
Agile. Everyone’s doing it, trying it, or talking about it. No longer just the preserve of software development teams, ‘Agile’ is becoming more pervasive in all […]
April 3, 2017
“interim.team are helping us think about, and manage, our growth in a more structured way. They have a huge amount of experience helping companies grow and […]
April 3, 2017
“interim.team are helping us growth hack our brilliant new app Mi Purpose to world domination! They are the real deal and I’m so glad I’m working […]
March 9, 2017
“I’ve been working with an interim.team CTO coach and have really appreciated and valued their expert advice. I would definitely recommend them for technology business leaders […]
March 2, 2017
“interim.team are really helping us growth hack our start up Workteam. Their experience helping other companies grow and be successful is really proving invaluable” – Simon […]
February 16, 2017
Digital transformation deserves better than a buzzword and a marketing concept. It is often associated with long, expensive and hazardous projects led by big consultancy firms, as well […]
February 16, 2017
Ratna Chengappa, CFO, interim.team SAAS – the four letter word which can turbo-charge your start-up Many start-ups commence trading using spreadsheets to manage their core finances. […]
February 7, 2017
“We needed architectural level support on options for integration with one of the major ERP players. interim.team not only got us the right guy to speak […]
January 23, 2017
“interim.team have been amazing. They have been really customer focused and have connected us with someone with very deep experience in the areas we need. They […]
January 23, 2017
Building on their high impact interim service interim.team are now deploying their high impact interim talent totally remotely. Location is now no longer a barrier to […]
January 19, 2017
Growth Hacking – Definition Of Growth Hacking Growth Hacking is focusing down on one key metric (contact form submissions, basket check outs…whatever) and doing anything and everything across […]
January 19, 2017
Download your free “what is growth hacking?” chapter from our eBook “the b2b growth hacking playbook” here Ready to growth hack? Need a hand? How much […]
January 12, 2017
Creating, Testing And Learning With Growth Channels OK so you have a B2B product/service you want to growth hack and you have read the first, second and third posts […]
January 5, 2017
Ratna Chengappa, CFO, interim.team Start-ups: 17 tips for starting out in 2017 It’s another new year already and this young century has already seen change like […]
January 3, 2017
“interim.team were very quick in making connections across the business areas and helping us to focus on the bigger picture. At the same time, they were […]
January 1, 2017
Growth Hacking – Definition Of Growth Hacking Growth Hacking is focusing down on one key metric (contact form submissions, basket check outs…whatever) and doing anything and everything across […]
December 31, 2016
Problem: So, we all know that big corporates are vulnerable to a bug known as: getting stuck in time and hard to change, this is just a generally […]
December 23, 2016
People in teams, from senior leadership down to tech and product teams, often believe that they are aligned around a particular direction and certainly usually aspire […]
December 17, 2016
This privacy policy sets out how interim.team Ltd. uses and protects any information that you give interim.team Ltd. when you use this website. interim.team Ltd. is […]
December 16, 2016
Getting Going OK so you have a B2B product/service you want to growth hack and you have read the first and second posts in this series about […]
December 10, 2016
A lot of sites will track your search engine keyword ranking for you but they can be very expensive (the best known one charging $150/month) but […]
December 2, 2016
Getting Ready OK so you have a B2B product/service you need to growth hack so let’s do the first things first…there are some things we need […]
November 23, 2016
B2B Growth Hacking – Good News, Bad News… If you need a quick intro to growth hacking have a look here …please also see the second third and fourth posts […]
November 8, 2016
“interim.team provided an architectural review of ClusterSeven’s proposal to evolve an on-premise enterprise product to a SaaS offering. They familiarised themselves with our architecture at an impressive speed […]
November 2, 2016
Yay…our website has been awarded a 2016 IMA “Outstanding Achievement” award by the Interactive Media Council. The IMC is a nonprofit organisation of leading web designers, developers, […]
October 24, 2016
To illustrate what I mean, let me take a comment from a forum: “Samsung for instance integrated a Kinect-like camera in a living room environment that got […]
October 23, 2016
This is why I encourage and often end up creating a collaborative culture in all the companies I work in, which is why my hiring method […]
October 22, 2016
So we’re going to try advertising on the radio with JACKfm …wow…but which will work best…one with music or one without ?!?
September 30, 2016
The answer is “a lot of the time”. Because Development are often seen as the end of the line for product development, they are also often […]
September 29, 2016
At interim.team we are working with quite a few clients and this is our latest , irreverent as usual, look at the biggest Tech trends we’re seeing […]
September 20, 2016
Come and see us at the 2016 Innovation Leadership Summit at Skillsmatter Codenode…Rorie Devine is presenting “What is Growth Hacking?”…a sneak peak of his presentation is […]
September 7, 2016
Come and see us at the #ExecLN Executive Leaders Network CIO|CISO|CMO Event at the Madejski Football Stadium, Reading (UK) today…we’ll even throw in a free understated […]
August 17, 2016
In the first update to The Scrum Guide™ , “The Definitive Guide to Scrum” for three years, Ken Schwaber (@kschwaber) and Jeff Sutherland (@jeffsutherland) have put the heart […]
August 13, 2016
“Agile” is one of those horribly overused words in the IT industry that means different things to different people. Views range from “Great! No plans, documents […]
August 7, 2016
“interim.team carried out a brief engagement which helped us formulate our plans. I would wholeheartedly recommend them.” – Lee Cameron CEO Monitise. Sound good to you? […]
August 4, 2016
An interview by Hiscox with interim.team CISO Phil Cracknell ———————————— Cybercrime can and probably will be used as a tool to compromise the financial infrastructure […]
August 3, 2016
If someone aspires to a CTO role for their company (or has recently been appointed to the role) then they will almost certainly benefit from coaching from very […]
July 28, 2016
Back in the bad old days there were lots of IT job roles. We had people to manage Solaris (but not Linux) servers, people who managed […]
July 16, 2016
A super duper new version of our hiring cheat sheet can be downloaded here :)
July 5, 2016
“On behalf of the team here at I want to personally thank interim.team for the amazing impact you had in just a few hours in this […]
July 4, 2016
Unlike the Directive, the GDPR provides specific suggestions for what kinds of security actions might be considered “appropriate to the risk” including: The pseudonymisation and encryption […]
July 4, 2016
Similar to the old Data Protection Act, under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), data controllers and processors are required to “implement appropriate technical and […]
July 1, 2016
As part of our mission to help make people successful we’re going to start creating presentations, documents, “one pagers”, spreadsheets etc that you might find useful. We’re […]
June 24, 2016
We’ve just won “Digital Service Company of the Year” at the V3 Digital Technology Leaders awards :) Huge congratulations to all our fantastic interims! Sound good […]
June 20, 2016
“interim.team have been brilliant. They have really helped us iterate our strategy towards one delivering both tactical improvements and big picture strategic shifts. I would definitely […]
June 9, 2016
Delegates are using our understated pens at #ExecLN CMO Event :)
June 3, 2016
Score a free stress ball at our stand at the #ExecLN #CMO event next week…
May 30, 2016
“interim.team helped establish a broader understanding of the crucial role that WebOps plays in CompareTheMarket’s success. In particular helping us up our game in terms of […]
May 21, 2016
“Our interim.team interim CTO had great vision and blended this with his experience of leading people and transforming technology architecture to add business value.” – […]
May 21, 2016
“The change the interim.team interim brought when coming in as Interim VP Engineering was “truly amazing” and “we started to feel we were firing on all […]
May 21, 2016
“After searching for a few months interim.team helped me find the perfect person to help with Compare the game. The service has been fantastic and eliminated […]
May 20, 2016
“interim.team have made a major contribution quickly, helping us to drive forward our strategically critical transformation programme with pace and urgency. Their style of working is […]
May 18, 2016
Yay we’ve been just been shortlisted for the V3 Digital Service Provider Of The Year Award!!! Much love to all our awesome interims :) Sound good […]
May 7, 2016
“I’m really impressed with our interim.team person. He is a very likeable guy, he has built great relationships and has earned respect from both hands-on technical […]
May 1, 2016
“interim.team spent 3 days with our business at the start of 2016. In these 3 days alone the interim.team person managed to get under the skin […]
April 26, 2016
“interim.team have been absolutely essential is helping us make smart, fast and pragmatic decisions from architecture, product development & shipping process, through to very executional projects […]
April 25, 2016
Growth hacking is more than just a Silicon Valley buzzword. Done properly, it can hold the key to going from a startup to a rapidly scaling […]
April 24, 2016
We’re getting huge demand for our interim services and need additional talent..now.. If you’re an entrepreneurial Interim and would love to use your commercial skills more give […]
April 19, 2016
“The interim.team member worked with our team to bring clarity to urgent issues and supported the team, built a roadmap and plan to deliver results efficiently. […]
April 7, 2016
“interim.team helped bring urgency, clarity and delivery to one of our business critical initiatives working *with* us not *for* us. I would definitely recommend them.” – Robin […]
March 26, 2016
Interim – Definition Of Interim An interim is a person filling a role on a temporary basis. They are usually engaged to help execute a defined […]
March 22, 2016
Rock star full stack developer job…well known start up..great team..generous equity..no agencies on this one please.. Give us a shout here…http://www.interim.team/contact-us/
February 23, 2016
Very entrepreneurial Interim HRD job…no agencies on this one please.. Give us a shout here…http://www.interim.team/contact-us/
February 2, 2016
This week, for the first time in my life, I was a patient in a hospital. I won’t bore you with the details but after a […]
October 14, 2015
I had always hated “networking”…you know the ghastly stage at an event when you stand in a room of strangers, shuffle up to a victim, and nervously […]
September 22, 2015
So..will micro services live up to the hype they are starting to receive? Yes..probably..but they are far from “free” and there are important things to be aware […]
September 10, 2015
I’ve worked with a couple of companies that are taking very different approaches to “Agile” recently and it has caused me to pause and reflect on what the best ways […]
August 28, 2015
The news that Dropbox has migrated its’ performance-critical backends from Python to Google Go (confusingly also known as golang) has surprised some people..but probably not people like […]
August 5, 2015
Here’s a handy translation guide for anyone struggling to keep up with the “digital” business zeitgeist. Common themes seem to be the creation of new hybrid […]
July 30, 2015
The way we’re running the company, the product design, the advertising, it all comes down to this: Let’s make it simple. Really simple – Steve Jobs. […]
July 23, 2015
We’re getting a lot of “cries for help” lately at interim.team from CTOs/CIOs who are finding themselves at the wrong end of the digital disruption imperative. Their […]
June 28, 2015
The publication of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development in September 2001 changed software development forever. The nineteen engineers present asserted that there was a better […]
June 18, 2015
“Digital Transformation” is a term very commonly bandied around but what does it mean, and how do you lead it successfully? There’s doesn’t seem to be […]
June 2, 2015
In a previous post I talked about How To Interview Developers but how do you find great developers to interview in the first place? In order of […]
May 16, 2015
We have run systems in (and migrated systems to) all the major cloud providers; Amazon Web Services (AWS). Google Cloud Engine (GCE) Microsoft Azure. RackSpace Ask […]
May 16, 2015
A european online company was struggling to cope with the growth in demand for its’ service and mature its team capability. It had kicked off a re-architecture […]
May 16, 2015
Despite huge time and effort a successful comparison site had not been able to find the “perfect” CTO. They couldn’t wait any longer so they brought a […]
May 16, 2015
A private equity company bought a successful european technology company and wanted to converge and significantly enhance its technology capabilities. Working with the new Group […]
May 16, 2015
A London based start up had attracted significant Series A funding and needed to take things to the next level. Their web site had been […]
May 15, 2015
So…we have to do a 2.0 project and re-architect/re-platform how do you go about selecting new technologies? The finish line and intermediate goals are clear..the team is […]
May 15, 2015
OK so you have to interview a developer. Hiring developers is tricky because software development is a creative process and objective measures of the quality of […]
May 15, 2015
The whole of a new URL for https://interim.team is urgency.clarity.delivery …just type urgency.clarity.delivery into the address bar of your browser…pretty cool huh? Recently, without huge publicity, […]
March 9, 2015
So..are 2.0 Projects always a graveyard for ambition? I’m writing this on a plane having been called in a rapidly growing Irish company to kick the tyres […]
February 26, 2015
We were recently asked to help a rapidly growing online Gaming site in scaling their IT capacity 10x….in six months before a big sporting event…gulp. […]
April 16, 2014
MapR delivers on the promise of Hadoop with a proven, enterprise-grade platform that supports a broad set of mission-critical and real-time production uses. MapR brings unprecedented […]