It seems like as soon as I sit down and finally get started…
I get interrupted. Had an interesting day yesterday. One of the highlights of the day was the award ceremony for
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I’m at an interesting point in my life, and in my career. As of now, I still have about three
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There’s this PBS documentary series available on Amazon Prime Video called “The Brain With David Eagleman” (2015). Episode 6, titled,
Continue readingMilitary comms in the field vs. smartphones
The first smartphone as we know it today arrived in 2007 with the iPhone, 12 years ago. At the time,
Continue readingBecause I care about your education, not your entertainment
That’s why I don’t care about repairing or replacing the USB cables my kids replace. I just got back from
Continue readingAwareness, kids breaking USB cables, and errors of omission
My kids routinely break the USB cables they use to charge their tablets. On nights that don’t precede a school
Continue readingReports are never 100% accurate, and the reporter is probably just the messenger, not the manager
Okay almost never and if they are 100%, then they probably won’t stay that way for long; especially when we’re
Continue readingOnly individual brains learn: collective reflection, experienced people, their limits, and the myth of organizations learning
In the military, we do something called an AAR (or after-action review, after-action report) after completing a task or mission.
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There’s this term in the military coined as mission creep, which describes the ever-expanding mission of stopping bad guys at
Continue readingMaking kids clean up after each other vs. themselves
Resentment. Ah… the joy in watching them resent each other, in watching their resentment over having to clean up after
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