by Dwayne Phillips The title is the hallmark of a person in a bureaucracy. Do less; just get by. I have worked in and around government agencies for four decades or more. Gosh, that’s a lot. The title of this little post summarizes the mean of the bell curve in these places. Let’s expand a […]
Entries Tagged as 'Government'
I Will Do Less Than I Can
October 24th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Commitment · Conversation · Excuses · Government · Leadership · Learning · Systems
Adventures in Medicare and Other Systems Thinking Principles
October 21st, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It is only healthcare and security in old age. Not very important, huh? In the recent past, I joined Medicare (yes, I am that old). Let’s see, just go to a government website, fill in the blanks, and viola’. Well, being a technically savvy person, I did that, or tried that. All […]
Tags: Design · Error · General Systems Thinking · Government · Management · People · Systems
The Upside Down Expertise Pyramid
July 18th, 2024 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Baseline · Culture · Expertise · General Systems Thinking · Government · Systems
Big Government Overshadowed by Industry
April 25th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips You think the US government is big and spends lots of money? It is now overshadowed by industry—especially in computing. I was an employee of the US Federal government for 28 years. We did big things in computing that cost big dollars. I once worked in a lab where we had four […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Choose · Government · History · Technology
Hacking the International Order
March 3rd, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Expediting the fall of the nation state are the hacktivists or activist hackers. We have had mercenaries for many centuries. These were soldiers hired by governments to fight battles for them. Sometimes nations hired the armies of other nations to do this. Sometimes nations hired individuals. And we have had Internet mercenaries. […]
Tags: Change · Computing · Concepts · Government · Technology
The Government
August 23rd, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I guess we will never stop putting individuals into a group and attributing the actions of some individuals to an entire group. Hence, we discuss “the government.” I have been a citizen of the United States since birth. I was an employee of the United States Federal government for 28 years. The […]
Tags: Accountability · Communication · Government · Journal
The Technology Imperative, Part II
April 8th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We just cannot resist applying the latest technology to something. This is the second in my series on the “Technology Imperative.” (I have learned that there are books and papers with this title elsewhere.) The first part in the “series” was blogged in the year 2010. Oooops, not much continuity, but here […]
Tags: General Systems Thinking · Government · Technology
Cause Change
June 8th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Angst rules America this week. We have to do something. What can I change and how? Here is a set of questions to guide me. I write this in early June 2020. We have demonstrations and protests calling for justice and change. Perhaps I am too rational or practical, but I feel […]
Tags: Alternatives · America · Change · Government · Ideas · Patience · Questions
Light Bulbs, Anything Else, and Optimal Performance
January 13th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The humble light bulb reminds us that we want good things, but “good” changes depending on the person and the purpose. The light bulb is going to save the planet. Perhaps destroy it. I confuse the two sometimes. The incandescent bulb is inefficient. It is if we are considering the amount of […]
Tags: Choose · Government · Leadership · Requirements
Do $omething U$eful In$tead
October 14th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Instead of paying fines to “the Treasury,” how about we do something useful instead? Facebook recently paid a $5Billion fine for violations of this or that. Lots of fussing about the “pain” felt by Facebook and the pain felt by those who were violated in this violation. Let us consider, for a […]
Tags: Accountability · America · Government