by Dwayne Phillips Common thoughts foretell a general consensus. Someone tells me something. Wait, I said that last week when talking to yet another person. Wait, two independent conversations with different audiences, and the same idea is stated. There is a trend here. A consensus is forming. Perhaps great minds think alike (wouldn’t it be […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ideas'
I Said that Last Week, Too
January 6th, 2022 · No Comments
Tags: Communication · Ideas · Practice · Reaction · Synergy
Maybe It was a Bad Idea (that survived accidentally)
December 27th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Just because something survived and thrived doesn’t mean it was a good idea. There are other explanations. Good ideas bubble to the top. Market success shows those good ideas. Bad ideas fizzle. They don’t make it anywhere. Well, maybe these statements are true, but maybe the aren’t. I see things that have […]
Tags: Design · Expectations · General Systems Thinking · Ideas · Reframe · Success · Systems · Technical Debt · Time
What is Wrong with This?
September 27th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips If I cannot think of three things wrong with my latest great idea, I am not thinking enough. Great ideas. I get lots of ’em. Great successes? Not so many. And why not? Because most of my “great ideas” have problems, many problems. If I spent a little time trying to find […]
Tags: General Systems Thinking · Ideas · Problems · Thinking
Throw Away or Put Away (for now)
July 22nd, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We don’t have to “throw away” or discard ideas. We can always put them in a place to visit later. I have lots of ideas for writing, speaking, and generally contemplating. I don’t always have the time to use the ideas right now. That is fine. I save them for later, i.e., […]
Tags: Communication · Ideas · Journal · Knowledge · Library · Notebook · Writing
Nouns or Verbs, Things or Actions
June 14th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The words we use most often provide some indication of our selves. Try some experiments. Learn. Adjust. Try this: right now, write ten words on whatever is in front of you. Napkin. Table cloth. Back of your hand. How many of those ten are nouns? How many are verbs? This one is […]
Tags: Communication · Experiment · Ideas · Language · Patterns · Play · Self
Clarifying the Message (do we want to do that?)
April 29th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There is a risk to clarifying the message relative to an idea. We many learn that the idea is a bad one. I have an idea. I have a message. My message is fuzzy, not good. I want to clarify my message. Really? If my idea is a bad one, clarifying the […]
Tags: Clarity · Communication · Ideas
Internet Discussion Chaos and Semi-Public Groups
April 1st, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Where will we go for discourse on the Internet? Semi-public groups for forums work. I like Seth Godin’s recent short essay on trust and how folks use the Internet. Godin described the early (1970s) online interaction as, “Because each of these groups were high-trust communities, it was easy to conclude that the […]
Tags: Adults · Conversation · Ideas · Internet · Respect · Talk · Trust · Vocabulary
The Next (Logical) Question
March 25th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The path to solution is often found in the next (logical) question. Person A: How much will this cost? Person B: I don’t know? Person A: When will you know? Person B: Uh, I don’t know that either? Person A: What will you need to do so that you know? Person B: […]
Tags: Ideas · Learning · Planning · Questions
Standing on My Own Shoulders (?)
March 4th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I am pretty good at standing on the shoulders of others. Can I learn to stand on my own shoulders? I am pretty good at standing on the shoulders of others’. 1 Someone else works, works, and works to arrive at something. Whew. They are exhausted. 2 I read it. Aha! How […]
Tags: Analysis · Growth · Ideas · Learning
Let Me Explain Myself, Then I Might Understand Myself
March 1st, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There is much good in the act of sitting down with another person and explaining to them what I think I am doing. It isn’t always easy to explain to another person what I am about to do. It is, however, a good use of time. That act usually shows me what […]
Tags: Communication · Concepts · Ideas · Talk · Visibility