by Dwayne Phillips We often have the experts looking up at someone atop the pyramid who simply doesn’t know much of what they are saying. There is supposed to be an expertise pyramid. The lone person atop the pyramid has more expertise than all those below. That is how the person reached the top of […]
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The Upside Down Expertise Pyramid
July 18th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Baseline · Culture · Expertise · General Systems Thinking · Government · Systems
The Compliance Matrix
August 1st, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I take the time to describe an old tool that helps us do what is asked. There is room for doing more, but we should at least do what is asked. There is an old tool called a compliance matrix. For mathematicians, I apologize for the word “matrix” as this is a […]
Tags: Baseline · Requirements · Simple · Systems · Tools
The Standard Configuration
May 23rd, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Start at the beginning and build from there. That sure is boring. That is the standard configuration. If, however, resources are scarce and the desire to accomplish new work is high, it is a good place to start. I recently restarted a new job. That is a long story for another day. […]
Tags: Adapting · Baseline · Culture · Learning · Management · Process · Systems · Work
The Most Difficult Photograph
August 12th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The frustrating circle of measuring measuring. The most difficult photograph to take is of my camera. I need another camera to take a photograph of my camera. I don’t want a poor-quality photograph of my camera, so I need a second camera that is just as good or better than my camera. […]
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Eye’n Fly’n and Buy’n
September 6th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips A reminder of a basic from systems engineering. There are several baselines we use most of the time regardless of intent or realization. I once worked in an organization that (1) flew machines and (2) practiced systems engineering. One of the favorite phrases of persons there is the title of this post: […]
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