{"id":20322,"date":"2008-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/welcome-and-purpose-of-this-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:22:50","slug":"welcome-and-purpose-of-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/welcome-and-purpose-of-this-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome and purpose of this blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi and welcome to &#8216;<strong>Life in a Matrix<\/strong>&#8216; &#8211; thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n<p>I set this blog up to work alongside the corporate Global Integration site and the Speed Lead site for my book so that I could get more of a two-way discussion going with people interested in how to get things done in a matrix (or other very complex) organization structure.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to share my thinking as it develops from my work with clients, travel around the world and my reading.<\/p>\n<p>I would love to hear your experiences, thoughts and questions about living and working in complex companies.<\/p>\n<p>I would particularly like to hear from anyone who has implemented any of the tools from our training or from my book,\u00a0Speed Lead.<\/p>\n<p>I will also test out new ideas that will go into my next book so if you share a story or question you may help shape the content.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we are producing <a title=\"Global Integration cartoons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/resources\/cartoons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a series of cartoons<\/a> so I will get the most amusing or stupid matrix stories\u00a0drawn up and post them on this site &#8211; submit your ideas and see them brought to life&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>I travel a lot so I cannot promise an instant response but I will reply to comments as soon as I can. To contact me urgently please go through my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">office<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title title--h4 title--purple\">Why not&#8230;..?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out about <a title=\"Speed Lead\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/virtual-teams\/speed-lead-book\/\">Kevan Hall&#8217;s book, Speed Lead<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find out about<a title=\"Making the Matrix Work\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/matrix-management\/making-matrix-work-book\/\"> Kevan Hall&#8217;s book, Making the Matrix Work<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi and welcome to &#8216;Life in a Matrix&#8216; &#8211; thanks for stopping by! 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