by Dwayne Phillips Back to a basic: write with nouns and verbs. It brings us closer to brevity and clarity. Those are pretty good places to be. I was reminded of this short and powerful writing tip this past week. And yes, it was from Strunk and White. They used the title of the post […]
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Nouns and Verbs
September 18th, 2023 · No Comments
Tags: Communication · Information · Language · Review · Word · Writing
Rehearsing for the Rehearsal
August 28th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There is the meta-plan or the plan about the plan. There is the meta-rehearsal or the rehearsal for the rehearsal. There are many other meta-this-and-that. They are quite useful. My wife and I have been married since 1983 (40 years as of the writing of this post). I recall our wedding rehearsal. […]
Tags: Learning · Management · Patterns · Planning · Practice · Process · Review · Success · Thinking · Work
The View from Across the Way
December 5th, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes it is better to see the Eiffel Tower from across town instead on being on the Eiffel Tower and seeing the slums. I’ve seen many photographs of the great pyramids in Egypt. I have only seen a few photographs of the city next to the great pyramids. Yikes. I prefer the […]
Tags: Appearances · Reframe · Review · Systems · Visibility
We Were the Last Generation to…
September 22nd, 2022 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Each generation laments how no one recognizes how special they are. Well, sort of. Times change, ya’ know? I just saw another one of these things online. It was a black and white photo of kids on their bicycles in the street. We were the last generation to ride bikes in the […]
Tags: Appearances · Calendar · General Systems Thinking · Review · Time
Taking a Step Back
October 12th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips You have met with a group of smart persons. You all worked hard. You decided what to do. Now, do you do it or… You gathered with a group of smart persons and worked hard. Discussion, question, discussion, alternative, question, answer, do it all over again. Decision. How do you take a […]
Happening and Reasoning
November 25th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Everything happens for a reason (or two) or perhaps things happen and we create reasons to explain them. Funny how we often work backwards. Something happens and we proclaim, “I knew it would happen. We had this and that and they are reasons for what happened.” Few say these reasons before the […]
Tags: Estimation · Excuses · Failure · Reaction · Review
The fill-in-the-blank Readiness Review
October 18th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Are we ready to do this? Long ago I participated in meetings that were called things like: Operational Readiness Review Test Readiness Review Contract Readiness Review Trip Readiness Review fill-in-the-blank Several persons sat together and asked, “Are we ready to do this?” Regardless of what “this” was, we discussed the answer. Sometimes […]
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The Design Review
October 15th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Let us consider the humble design review. It is still valuable. I have an idea. I think it will solve a problem or improve a situation. It is just an idea, but let’s try it. Perhaps—before we try it—let’s discuss it. This discussion of an idea before trying it is a design […]
Tags: Communication · Design · Review
Guilt-Free Improvement
June 18th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I like to improve. I find most persons like to improve. Let’s do better with less effort and less time. Pretty good goal, but how do we reach that without stomping on persons? Process improvement. I like that. Lots of persons I know dislike it. Why? Don’t we all want to do […]
Tags: Improvement · Review
The Product Review
June 14th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips When reviewing a thing, we use the same basic principles: Review the product, not the person. Praise the person, not the product. We review products daily. No, not just writing a review of the iPhone or Instagram, but all the little “products” that take us from a concept to a final product. […]
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