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Quote of the Day

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside as fate – Carl Jung Read more →

Quote of the Day

A few centuries earlier ... humans still knew pretty well when a thing was proved and when it was not; and if it was proved they really believed it - C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters Yeah, well, you know,... Read more →

The Ruckus About DDSTOP Post

Awhile back I posted about Don't Do Stupid Things On Purpose (DDSTOP). This caused some comments about this being a very Theory-X management approach. The notion of Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose comes from observinig people DSTOP with other... Read more →

The Power of Misattributed and Misquoted Quotes

Warning this is an Opinion Piece. In a conversation this week the quote Insanity is doing everything the same way and expecting a different outcome. Or some variant of that. Attributed to Einstein. As if attributing it to Einstein makes... Read more →

Fooled By Randomness

It is popular in the agile software development business to quote Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets The very first thing to establish is the randomness Taaleb speaks about... Read more →

Calling BS On Self Proclaimed Gurus

Scott Burken has several wonderful posts on "Calling BS on Gurus," Social media gurus and gurus in general. For this post "guru" is a self proclaimed expert. We had a early discussion in our firm when we were trying to... Read more →

Software is not an Engineered System?

I love this quote... You've assumed, incorrectly, that a software project is an engineered system. It comes from a popular voice in the agile software development community. I'd just love to bring this person with me on my travels around... Read more →

You Know You Work in Aerospace When...

A little joke going around the office. This could be almost any place in the corporate world. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for eight different managers Your resume is on a jump drive, in... Read more →

Theory is Obsolete and other touchy topics

I've stepped on toes again with a too-long winded post to Hal's web site on the conjecture that the "Theory of Project Management" is obsolete. I apologize for being a bore. This topic hooks me for some reason. I know... Read more →