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Either Or…Both And

June 4th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Back to fundamentals. We don’t always have to choose one or the other. We can have both. “You have to pick,” said a well meaning person. “I choose all of the above,” said another well meaning person. “No. That is not one of the choices,” said the first well meaning person as […]

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Tags: Alternatives · Choose

Picking the Adjectives

May 18th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The person who picks the adjectives have the power. I heard an idea. Is it a good idea? Is it a bad idea? The difference between “good” and “bad” is which adjective is attached to the noun. The person who chooses which adjective has the power. That person interpreted the idea in […]

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Tags: Analysis · Choose · Influence

The Inefficiency Inherent in Remote Work

May 7th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Remote work has its efficiencies and time savers. It isn’t all efficient. There are parts that are wasteful. There are places where we multiply waste. Beware. Learn. Remote work saves a lot of time. Some of my colleagues spend several hours a day commuting. Working remote, as some of us have done […]

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Tags: Choose · Meetings · Remote Work

Trades: We All Do Them

April 27th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Whatever method you use to accomplish your work, you are choosing it over something else. You gain something with your choice; you lose something with your choice. That is your trade. “We do DevSecOps,” said one practitioner. “We do agile,” said another. “We do what we feel like doing everyday,” said a […]

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Tags: Alternatives · Choose · General Systems Thinking · Thinking

The Logical Conclusion … Need Not Reach Its Conclusion

March 12th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We can think to the logical conclusion of a concept. We, however, can choose not to go to that conclusions. We rarely do. The logical conclusion of free enterprise is slavery. The logical conclusion of free speech is hate. The logical conclusion of survival of the fittest is murder. Many more examples […]

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Tags: Adults · Alternatives · Analysis · Choose · Decide · Differences · Ethics

Our Past Brought Us Here

February 13th, 2020 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We hate to admit it, but we are here and now because of our past actions. “How did we get here?” bemoans a person currently caught in some quicksand of life. The answer is, “Out steps brought us here.” Another answer is, “The system is the way it is because we made […]

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Tags: Adapting · Alternatives · Choose · Humility · Learning

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 […]

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Tags: Choose · Government · Leadership · Requirements

Alternatives

November 18th, 2019 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There are always alternatives. We, however, don’t always admit and use this. Pity us and our results. Person A: This is the situation, this is what we are going to do. Person B: Interesting. What alternatives did you consider? Person A: Well, lots of them. Person B: Interesting. What alternatives did you […]

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Tags: Alternatives · Choose · Decide

Consultant and Consult

November 4th, 2019 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We hire consultants to consult, i.e., advise us on things which they know better than us. That is the end. We often confuse things. There is so much to do and consider, it is no wonder that we do. One common area of confusion is the consultant(s). We need to know something, […]

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Tags: Choose · Consulting · Expertise

The Future will be Different (???)

October 7th, 2019 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Change is much easier said than done. We don’t have to let the past determine the future, but otherwise requires change. Consider myself; I can change my future and make it different from my past Consider others. What makes me believe that others will change? That they will behave differently in the […]

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Tags: Adults · Change · Choose · Goals