Paul Culmsee

IT veteran, award winning author and dialogue mapper based in Perth Australia, I specialise in sensemaking, strategic planning, knowledge management, IT governance and facilitation. ...

Website: www.cleverworkarounds.com
LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/pub/paul-culmsee/3/585/355
Twitter: @paulculmsee
Others: www.hereticsguidebooks.com
Perth, Australia
Member since January 21, 2015

About

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

Glyma, Seven Sigma Business Solutions

Companies I work or worked for:

HP, BHP, PIVoD Technologies, WiredCity, CBH, KCGM, GRD (AMEC)

Achievements (products built, personal awards won):

Axiom Business Book award winner
Foreword Book of the Year fInalist
Glyma v1 released
#SPGOVIA class taught around the world
#IMCLASS taught around the world

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

By proving it can be done (and that I can do it)

My favorite startups:

Kumu, AIrBnb, Yammer

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

Rewarding: The incredible personal learning journey and skills you develop.
Frustrating: Going through the journey of the incredible personal learning journey and skills you develop :-)

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Probably not realising just what it takes to turn a great idea into a viable product.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

Trust your instincts, but allow yourself to be persuaded
Lose (at least a little of) the ego
Be prepared for delayed gratification and make sure your family are on the journey with you

Full bio

I am an IT veteran of 25+ years, sensemaker, author and director of Seven Sigma Business Solutions and Glyma. Based in Perth Australia, I specialise in sensemaking, helping organisations (re)discover their purpose, inormation architecture, knowledge management, strategic planning, IT governance, facilitation and all facets of SharePoint/Office365 delivery. I have various nerdy vertifcations over the years so can still mix it with the tech side of things.

My book, The Heretics Guide to Best Practicex, won a medal at the Axiom Business Book awards in the category of Lean, Operations Management and Continuous Improvement category. It was also a finalist in the Foreword book of the year awards.

I am one of four certified Dialogue Mappers worldwide. Dialogue Mapping is a sensemaking craft originally created by Jeff Conklin of Cognexus. Dialogue Mapping is a radically inclusive technique to help groups deal with highly complex "wicked" problems.

This combination of work and experience has led to the Glyma platform being developed.