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The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson Read more →

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Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation - Doris Kearns Goodwin Read more →

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Physical concept drives logical design. If it doesn’t, we have an exercise in fantasy - Robert John Halligan, FIE Aust CPEng IntPE(Aus) - Managing Director Read more →

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Those Who Dance Are Considered Mad by Those Who Can’t Hear the Music Read more →

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If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words. — Cicero, Roman Statesman (106 BC) Read more →

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We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is, at last, a drop which makes it run over; So in a series of kindness there is at last one... Read more →

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Cito, longe, tarde Advice, in Latin, from Roman Public Health officials, Leave quickly. Go far away. Come back slowly. Read more →

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When a decision makes sense through several frames, it's probably a good decision - J. E. Russo, 1989 Having multiple points of view into the problem and the solution is needed for success on projects, or for that matter all... Read more →

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Ignorance more often begets confidence than knowledge. — Charles Darwin When we hear from self-proclaimed experts in their advice, take care to probe further to confirm their expertise has been applied to actual projects in your domain. Then confirm that... Read more →

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Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today - Malcom X (African Proverb) Read more →

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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read more →

Quote of the Day - Ignoring Reality Doesn't Make It Go Away

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of reality - Ayn Rand There are several realities in our complex software-intensive system of systems All risk comes from uncertainty. Uncertainties come in two forms that can be handled... Read more →

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I prefer an interesting vice to an annoying virtue - Moliere Read more →

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There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in - Will Rogers We all have experienced such a person. This brings me back to another quote from a retired... Read more →

Aleatory Uncertainty Versus Epistemic Uncertainty, Risk, and Decision Making - The Fallacy of #NoEstimates

It is a common mistake, performed by many in the No Estimates community, to fail to understand that all risk comes from uncertainty. Uncertainty comes in only two forms: Epistemic uncertainty - is the lack of knowledge or information in... Read more →

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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness - Vladimir Nabokov Read more →

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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap - Napoleon Bonaparte Read more →

Quote of the Day - Leadership

Leadership is a word used and misused by many today. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say anyone who hasn't served in the military in some form doesn't have any basis to speak about leadership in... Read more →

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Bach is an astronomer, discovering the marvelous stars, Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the heart and soul of man. - Frederick Chopin Read more →

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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid - Benjamin Franklin Read more →