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Stuart Rance

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IT service management and information security consultant, author & trainer.

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Sadly there is extremely poor cycle parking at the ExCel centre.

11.02.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing HDI's Top 25 Thought Leaders of 2026 Meet HDI's 2026 Top 25 Thought Leaders and inaugural Hall of Fame inductees, celebrating innovation, leadership, and impact in IT service and support.

Congratulations to the Top 25 Thought Leaders and Hall of Fame Inductees!
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21.01.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On this day long ago a child was born, who by the age of 30 would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton, born Dec. 25th 1642. πŸ˜‚
Credit: Neil Degrasse Tyson.
Merry Festive season everyone, have a fabulous day. Do eat and drink too much, I sure will.

25.12.2025 08:24 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for sharing that, I had no idea!

20.11.2025 09:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I suspect the data centres would consume MORE power if people follow this advice

13.08.2025 07:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just use a VPN and it's back to normal

28.07.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Problem Management: A Practical Roadmap – Blackfriar Consulting inc

Is Problem Management still just a checkbox for your #ITSM team?
In this post I put together a a 12-month, iterative implementation approach with clear value milestones. Plus, it includes what to do after your first year for real continual improvement. blackfriar.ca/2025/07/prob...

01.07.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Venerable Bede wrote about St Denis in Anglo Saxon. The opening line is very easy to translate into English. It starts with the head saying "hwat the f*k"

25.05.2025 17:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Where was this published?

15.03.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

When the Tech Bros finally build an AGI and they ask it for the Answers, it's gonna say:

"Y'all should instigate a UBI, and cycle lanes, and stop burning fossil fuels."

And... they're gonna turn it back off again.

08.03.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

Hugs

26.02.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Loch Ness Monster and Plant Safety Martin Pitt recalls his time spotting monsters, and warns that just because they are hard to spot, it doesn’t mean death and destruction aren’t around the corner.

"This is the tragedy of safety engineering. When it is successful, nothing happens. People see the expense and the inconvenience but not the monster which never surfaced."
β€œThis plant can be operated safely or profitably, but not both.”
www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/the...

18.02.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

15.02.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 12809 πŸ” 4018 πŸ’¬ 254 πŸ“Œ 297
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My cartoon for Wednesday's Metro

04.02.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 21737 πŸ” 2639 πŸ’¬ 297 πŸ“Œ 162

I'm hoping that it will get there over time

03.02.2025 03:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quick reminder that if you see a headline from a source you’ve never heard of that isn’t being reported by anyone else, you really should do some due diligence before spreading it around as fact. There’s enough misinformation floating around already; no need to add more.

01.02.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 17236 πŸ” 2650 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 123

Also, please report USA Today for distributing false information and spam.

26.01.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Service Desk & IT Support Show - 14-15 May 2025, ExCeL London Visit Europe's leading event for IT Service Management and IT Support professionals. Meet 60+ leading vendors and access free ITSM training.

I'll be going to the Service Desk & IT Support show in London in May. Who's going to join me there? www.servicedeskshow.com #SITS25

25.01.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you store information about people's sex, place of birth, nationality, parents nationality, gender, political affiliation, religion, sexuality, health care history OR any other personal information then please think very hard about whether you REALLY need it. Delete whatever you can.

23.01.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On Sunday 19th Jan, I uninstalled Facebook and Twitter (X) from all my devices. I will probably reinstall Facebook in a while, but I don't miss Twitter and will probably not bother to put it back.

23.01.2025 09:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sick of people calling everything in crypto a Ponzi scheme.
Some crypto projects are pump and dump schemes, while others are pyramid schemes.
Others are just standard issue fraud. Others are just middlemen skimming off the top.
Stop glossing over the diversity in the industry.

08.01.2025 02:52 πŸ‘ 2373 πŸ” 664 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 42

I still only use it for a).

08.01.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that many business decisions are EXTREMELY short term, and definitely don't consider the long term impact on society

16.12.2024 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess the people who need this are keen to replace as many humans as possible to maximise their profits

16.12.2024 07:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Individuals don't evolve, species evolve as less fit individuals die off

10.12.2024 04:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mine were already both off. Maybe I just did this without thinking ages ago.

08.12.2024 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems to be already off for my (UK based) account

08.12.2024 16:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’₯London’s cycling boom continuesπŸ’₯

πŸ“ˆNew data shows bike journeys in the capital are up 26% since 2019 to 1.33m every day 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲πŸ₯³πŸ’šπŸ’š

We’ll keep work with boroughs to make more streets safer and enable even more Londoners to get around on 2 (or 3) wheels πŸš²πŸ™‚πŸš²

28.11.2024 07:29 πŸ‘ 463 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 24
Stuart Rance blogs Β» Optimal Service Management

I used to create regular blogs on ITSM and security, but I've slowed right down, and only write new blogs when I have something new to say. Here's a link to all my blogs so you can browse them...
optimalservicemanagement.com/blog/stuart-...

27.11.2024 13:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It'll take a while for people to connect and start interacting. But it has started well for me.

26.11.2024 05:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0