Category Archives for "Learning to Learn"

Aligning for the Future: leveraging technology for better communication with StratML

By Matthew Harang and Dan Strongin, in the Policy Tree Blog In many ways, communication is the cornerstone of civilization. After all, it is humans unique ability to communicate on endless levels that sets us apart from other species. In today’s fast paced world, information travels at the speed on light, or at least 100mbps; […]

BE RIGHT OR MAKE MONEY?

Do you care about profit? If comes down to appearing to be right or make money, how would you choose? Most people make the wrong choice. They care more about appearing  smart, right and in control, than curious about what they really need. Are you one of them?I had someone email me last week saying […]

You are Drowning in Correlation Quicksand, just ask the Khan Academy

CORRELATION MAY GLITTER BUT IT’S NOT GOLD “The story with most businesses is they react when they shouldn’t, and don’t react when they should.” Alan Pippenger Click to Tweet With great embarrassment, I discovered early on in my managing career, that I am not really logical. Like just about everyone else, I am by nature […]

Flavors of Thinking to Make Things Better

WARNING: KINDA SERIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL… READ AT YOUR OWN RISK… There are different types of thinking needed to understand and make things better, usually done by doing one then the next in order. Different Ideas: As many ideas as possible, sometimes brain storming, other times playing the devil’s advocate. It is a discipline that can […]

Quality, Where Frankenstein Monsters Meet Werewolf Branding

The Only Kind of Money I am Interested in Is the Kind I can Put in my PocketThe world is enamored with lingo and acronyms and get rich quick on the internet through social media promises. One prospect told me they had been guaranteed a savings of a million dollars, or get their money back. […]

Rice on the Brain

The Manwho is kind of the source for what people turned into “Lean,” wrote a great bit on how what we plan based on calculations can often go astray when people and nature are involved: Ohno, founder of Toyota Prodution System “…we had quite a surplus of rice. Since having too much rice was a […]

Data is not Information: Surveys Need Context

From the Cheese Reporter. Volume 137, No. 21 – Friday, November 16, 2012 ​And Not All Information is UnderstandingI don’t know about you, but it seems like every time I go to a website these days, an invitation to fill out a survey pops up. Now I have a kind of rebellious nature, and find […]