...it from the science/engineering worldview more reliably than from any other. Except … nestled among the problems and opportunities that constitute the engineering worldview is a thorny sub-set made up...…
...the van was packed and loaded and the location was pristine. KJR: Keeping teams together. What a concept! Anything else? HGL: Well, I wonder if your subscribers would be interested...…
...trying to make an honest buck, the whole shopping and buying experience should be close to subliminal — as natural as the sales associate at a clothing retailer asking, when...…
...Joint Running: A manifesto for 21st century IT points out, systems of measures are subject to four potential fallacies: (1) Measuring the right things wrong, yielding the wrong results; (2)...…
...on which administration, legislators, judges and other candidates you think would bring in the best talent, would accept no substitute for evidence-based decision-making, and would think things through before taking...…
...strongly worded letter from Rapunzel’s attorneys, I sent subscribers a corrected version of “The root cause of the root causes,” (Keep the Joint Running, 1/12/2009): Rumpelstiltskin, not Rapunzel, was the...…
...community by way of the Comments. Bob’s sales pitch: On an entirely different subject, if you’re interested how to make IT process improvement initiatives successful, check out my most recent...…
...with this week’s subject, which begins with my new favorite word, polysemy, which is when different words have closely overlapping meanings. Drawing on the subjects of recent weeks – integration...…
...the subject is: FDR’s New Deal, and whether it does or does not deserve credit for the GDP’s 10%-per-year growth ($600B to $860B) throughout his first term … Healthcare, and...…
...column discussed how post mortems fit into this subject. My correspondence suggests that many who appear to agree haven’t yet recognized the distinction. The usual approach to post mortems, also...…
