Posts and general observations about day to day life.
I’m constantly amazed by the persistent belief that humans are not part of the world around us and that we can step out of it at any time we choose. Continue reading
So the question for those of us here tonight is how we, all of us, can better reflect America’s hopes. I’ve served in Congress with many of you. I know many of you well. There are a lot of good people here, on both sides of the aisle. And many … Continue reading
“Just because you’re winning a game
doesn’t mean it’s a good game.”– Seth Godin
I’ve been toying with the notion that business, for certain, and possibly life in general is all about asset transformation. Basically, taking one or more assets and transforming them into other assets. We transform our skills and time into money by means of a job. We transform our charm and … Continue reading
With most projects you need a way to structure and decompose your mission into various actionable parts. Portions of this decomposition are called architectures. A layered architecture for life is probably as good as any for a start. Here are some of the elements. Mission – Who am I? What … Continue reading
A friend recently posted an article on Facebook regarding the rape allegations against Bill Cosby. There are enough women who’ve come forward that are saying they were assaulted by him to make it look like more than just someone taking advantage of a celebrity. If these things are true then … Continue reading
My life has been opportunistic, to put it positively. Haphazard to be less generous. Continue reading
I’ve been grumpy with people who received their MBAs in the 1970s and 1980s for a very long time. Nice people but how long is it going to take before you realise that the short term profit focused approach just doesn’t work. At best it results in a race-to-the-bottom slow … Continue reading
The weakness of the reminders list app for me is I can’t reorder them in the order I’d like (such as putting the things I’m going to do today on top). When I’m behaving myself I use the 3×5 notecard technique instead. Take a 3×5 notecard and write the date … Continue reading
“When I came to IBM I was a guy who believed in strategy and analysis. What I learned was that corporate culture is not part of the game: It is the game.”
– Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?: Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround, New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2002.
