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Little Hand Prints on the Glass Door

December 22nd, 2022 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Let’s step aside from the usual thoughtful post and muse a bit a few days before Christmas. Sitting in Starbucks as I write these posts, I sometimes see small children pushing open the glass door as they exit. They are as excited when they exit as when they entered. Starbucks has a […]

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Tags: Adults · Childhood · Starbucks

Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again

April 11th, 2016 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Depending on where we draw system boundaries, we probably aren’t doing the same thing over and over again. There is a quote attributed to Einstein about insanity being the act of doing the same thing and expecting different results. There is a debate among people who debate such things about if Einstein […]

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Tags: Starbucks · Systems · Technology

Starbucks and Design

August 10th, 2011 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Looking for design ideas? Visit a Starbucks once a week. I love to look a new designs. Designs are plans for solutions or solutions themselves. One of the reasons I loved walking a thousand miles down a road was that I saw how people solved problems with buildings, pastures, fences, vehicles, and […]

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Tags: Design · Starbucks