by Dwayne Phillips A simple question can start a meaningful conversation that prevents bad things from happening. As I write this post, our elected representatives ended a partial shutdown of our Federal government a couple of days ago. Such shutdown set some type of record and brought lots of grief to thousands of people. I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Questions'
What Do You Want?
December 1st, 2025 · No Comments
Tags: Conversation · Leadership · Learning · Management · Questions · Work
The Suggestion in the Form of a Question
June 9th, 2025 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Like the TV game show Jeopardy, lets make suggestions in the form of a question. The TV show Jeopardy always had the answer in the form of a question. This always seemed silly to me, but the show was and still is successful, so what do I know about TV game show […]
Tags: Communication · Ideas · Leadership · Learning · Questions · Teaching · Thinking
We Don’t Want Search; We Want Find
May 22nd, 2025 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Information has always been searchable. What I really want is information that is findable. Search is a topic that has plagued and payed computer scientists since anyone was first called a computer scientist. I studied search back when I was in college (we used punch card machines back then and wrote on […]
Tags: Clarity · Computing · Questions · Research · Search · Technology
Punishment Assessment
May 19th, 2025 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips A part of or a separate activity is the punishment assessment. What is the result of not following the rules? Years ago, I supervised a person who always asked the question, “And what happens to me if I don’t do this?” He wasn’t avoiding work; he was assessing rules and regulations to […]
Tags: Accountability · Adults · Alternatives · Choose · Questions · Requirements · Risk
Whatcha’ doin’?
April 10th, 2025 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This is a simple, two-word question. It is fundamental if someone is paying for my time. What is all the fuss about? In the news recently, I find that a new advisor to a new executive asked all the employees to answer the basic question that is the title of this post. […]
Tags: Accountability · Communication · Government · Management · Questions · Work
We’re Not Paying You to Be a Typist
February 10th, 2025 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips One of the reasons to use these chattering bot word generators is simply to stop wasting time. A typist is a professional who specializes in accurately and efficiently converting information into digital format. This may involve transcribing handwritten notes, audio recordings, or printed documents into electronic files. They also possess strong data […]
Tags: Authentic · Change · Communication · Questions · Thinking · Work · Writing
Experiences With NoteboookLLM
December 9th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I have been experimenting with Google’s NotebookLLM. I like is using it to remind me of what I have written in fifteen years of this blog. I have been experimenting with Google’s NotebookLLM. I’m still not sure what NotebookLLM is or what it is intended to do. I guess there is value […]
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Passing the System Test
November 14th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Did the system we are building pass the test? Wrong question. Let’s consider the purpose of testing. We have been testing the system we are building. The first question is almost always, “Did the system pass the test?” Wrong question. What these anxious folks want to know is, “Will the system do […]
Tags: General Systems Thinking · Information · Learning · Questions · Systems · Testing
Answer the Big Questions, Please
October 17th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This is what the people who steer the money want from AI or anything else. We don’t want AI to do the dishes and the laundry. Well, most of us want these things, but the people who steer the money, i.e., the CEO folks, want answers to their big questions. Big questions […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Data Science · Decide · Questions · Requirements · Systems
An Important Question
May 6th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There are many important questions that relate to one situation or another. I find that there is one question that is more important than most in any situation What did I learn? That is the more-important question. I try to accomplish things that I want to accomplish. I have a goal. I […]
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