Choices: how much?
Some questions to help you decide whether to buy something: How many cups of coffee is this worth? (If it’s less than five cups of… Read More »Choices: how much?
decisions
You snooze you lose
… is a fact of life. It means if you’re not alert, you’ll miss out. It doesn’t mean that it’s okay to snatch something out… Read More »You snooze you lose
Old year’s resolutions
What can you tick off already? Good work on those. What do you need to quit – stop doing, stop trying to do, draw a… Read More »Old year’s resolutions
The new possible
My sister (let’s call her Sharky) bought me a book for Christmas. Sharky lives in Argentina. She bought the book from a shop in the… Read More »The new possible
Work: living in the middle
With types of work (work: generative; work: decisive) the virtue is in the mean.** One plants, births, grows, opens. The other prevents, kills, prunes, closes.… Read More »Work: living in the middle
Work: executive / decisive
These are tasks that you can finish and be done with – at least for a time. An annual report, paying a bill, creating a… Read More »Work: executive / decisive
Parallel processing: finding the right people
In computers, parallel processing is the processing of program instructions by dividing them among multiple processors with the objective of running a program in less time. TechTarget .… Read More »Parallel processing: finding the right people
Too many buckets
You can fill a bucket pretty quickly under a tap. But try and fill a lot of buckets at once – a drip here, a… Read More »Too many buckets
Blood and Bone (3): Drucker on decisions
All events but the truly unique require a generic solution. They require a rule, a policy, or a principle. Once the right principle has been… Read More »Blood and Bone (3): Drucker on decisions
When to decide
Decide before it happens. Ahead of time, when it’s easy to decide, when you can plan a strategy – set up a game – that will… Read More »When to decide
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