by Dwayne Phillips This is dangerous – I am splitting a blog post into two parts. Hang in there with me. People are not always logical. That bothers logical engineers like me to no end. There is a mathematical and logical method to prove the non-logical behavior of people. That math helps me understand the […]
Proving Anything from Nothing – Implication Part 1
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Judgment · Logic · People · Technology
Preferences and Volunteer Organizations
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I work with volunteer groups and have done so since I was a teenager. Volunteers are precious resources, but are often difficult colleagues who quarrel. Why? These people are dedicated to a common cause. What is the problem? I believe half of one reason is the role of preferences. Preferences come in […]
Tags: Management · People · Volunteer
People and 3 to the Nth Power
January 24th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips One management method doesn’t fit all size projects. It seems that while some few practices work in all cases and some practices work in no cases, there are many practices that work in only one or two cases. This isn’t news to most readers, but there is a way to tell when […]
Tags: Management · People