by Dwayne Phillips Fail fast, fair early is a mantra in today’s knowledge work. Sometimes, however, we are confused about what is a failure. Fail fast, fail early! (Some persons say it the other way around and mean the same thing.) The idea is simple: Try something Learn something Adjust Go back to step 1. […]
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Fail Fast, Fail Early (at what?)
September 21st, 2020 · No Comments
Tags: Engineering · Experiment · Failure · General Systems Thinking · Improvement · Learning · Practice
Ethical Consulting
August 6th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Giving advice? Do we do what we advise? Quick point: an ethical person will only consult, advise, recommend, etc. only things that they do themselves. There are limits. If I advise a company to buy a million-dollar computer system, that is ethical even though I don’t have a million-dollar computer system myself […]
Tags: Consulting · Ethics · Practice
Leadership by Observed Benefit
December 5th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I take a first attempt at explaining a different concept of leadership. The potential follower sees good in the life of another person. What are you doing that brings that? I want to do that as well. There are many models, concepts, and explanations of leadership. A few are: Leadership by Example: […]
Tags: Following · Leadership · Practice