by Dwayne Phillips Bringing about change in a group of people is perhaps the most difficult task anyone can undertake. An old fable sheds light on one technique for encouraging change. I wish I knew the origin of this little fable. I hope that I relay it well enough. Anyways, here goes: Once upon a […]
Entries Tagged as 'Culture'
The Fable of the Watermelon Monsters
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Change · Culture · Fable · Learning · Management · People
Problem Solving – caught vice taught
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I had an enjoyable evening yesterday. My son was working on a programming project for a freshman-level computer science class (college). I – after being asked – jumped into the problem. Several observations. (1) Computer science professors aren’t any better at creating meaningful programming assignments than they were 30 years ago. (2) […]
Tags: Culture · Judgment · Logic · Observation
Performance Enhancing Drugs
February 19th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips What do Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have to do with engineering, project management, systems development? I am afraid that the answer is “too much.” Intellectuals are taking PEDs. College professors are the latest to join the crowd. They are using ritalin to extend and focus their concentration. I suppose the professors are […]
Tags: Culture · Technology