by Dwayne Phillip The whatever-as-a-service has gotten a bit out of hand. I have lost track of where we are in the world of XaaS. Software as a Service was one of the early ones for me. Then I heard of Infrastructure as a Service (does that mean rebuilding roads and bridges? Perhaps not.) I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Fable'
Service as a Service
June 25th, 2015 · No Comments
The Tooth Fairy
April 21st, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The tooth fairy does not exist. No amount of wishing, hoping, dreaming, and whatever it is that children do when a baby tooth falls from their mouth, will change that fact. Sometimes – many times – adults at work wish there is a tooth fairy and we wish we can just jump […]
Tags: Fable · Problems · Thinking · Work
Grand Canyon Rafting – 01 The Bench and the Bridge
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips From June 28th through July 3rd, I had the privilege of being on a raft on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. This was part of a family trip “for the guys.” On a trip put together by my father-in-law Allan, his two sons, me (a son in law), my three […]
Tags: Fable · Grand Canyon · Vacation · Wikipedia
The Fable of the Watermelon Monsters
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Change · Culture · Fable · Learning · Management · People