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Entries from November 2024

Trying to Hire Someone Who Already Works Here

November 21st, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I encounter this situation often when reading the Help Wanted ads (the kind we have today online). The job description and requirements are far too specific. I have experience being unemployed and trying to find a new job. I don’t like the experience, but I learn a few things now and then. […]

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Tags: Analysis · General Systems Thinking · Jobs · Thinking · Work

Show This to the Old Person

November 18th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When confronting something that looks odd, show it to an old person. They may have seen this before and can explain it. Many years ago, a programmer saw an odd way to demodulate amplitude modulation. The method didn’t resemble any of the equations or diagrams regarding amplitude modulation (AM, or that radio […]

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Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Clarity · Consulting · Expertise · General Systems Thinking · History · Knowledge · Leadership · Learning

Passing the System Test

November 14th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Did the system we are building pass the test? Wrong question. Let’s consider the purpose of testing. We have been testing the system we are building. The first question is almost always, “Did the system pass the test?” Wrong question. What these anxious folks want to know is, “Will the system do […]

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Tags: General Systems Thinking · Information · Learning · Questions · Systems · Testing

Society Media

November 11th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Forget the term “social media.” We are fussing about society media in which everyone in society has a tall soapbox on which to stand and shout. And many of us don’t like that. It’s not social media—it is Society Media, in which everyone can now shout as loud as Walter Cronkite used […]

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Tags: Communication · Information · Learning · Listening · Respect · Teaching · Writing

It’s the Marketplace (Rats)

November 7th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Once again, I am reminded that their is a marketplace. If I want to do something for which people pay me, I must consult the marketplace. Just do good work, and everything will be alright…or something like that. The trouble is (and I feel it is quite troublesome), you must first find […]

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Tags: Consulting · Freelance · Money · Wishes · Work · Writing

The Event and the Reaction

November 4th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Tomorrow is our national election day. As with almost everything, it is not the event, it is the reaction. A little research shows that I have written on this topic several times. I do so again as I think it is important. Tomorrow is our national election day in America. Millions of […]

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Tags: America · Choose · Ethics · Event · Reaction · Thinking