Power To The People
Corporations, conglomerates, and industrial organizations aren’t the enemy, ipso facto. In fact, they make socialism not only possible, but necessary, IMO. What is the enemy is unbridled greed, rampant...
View ArticleWhere You Goin’?
Thought on the difference between belief and faith, per Alan Watts and my own observations.
View ArticleSimi Valley Elections
If you live in Simi Valley, CA here are all the candidates you DON’T want to vote for. I live in City Council District 2 and School District D. Here are my thoughts on the candidates I can and will...
View ArticleTest Driving Google’s AI, Bard
In early 2009 I was privileged to spend a weekend with Dr. Russell Ackoff thanks to a friend and former colleague. I recall one incident where, while we were at Russ’s home, I mentioned my belief there...
View ArticleMemories
This month will be 13 years since I retired from Rocketdyne. At the time it was owned by United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney division. When I first joined the organization in 1987 the mother ship...
View ArticleDon’t Call Me a Guru, Dammit!
Resurrecting and mildly updating an article I published well over a decade ago.
View ArticleBass Ackward EVM
Has anyone else noticed how the majority of illustrations depicting Earned Value Management methodology show projects over budget and behind schedule? Why the pessimism? I know it’s frequently how...
View ArticleA Chatbot Experiment
I thought I would give Google’ Bard AI assistant an authoring test drive. I’ve used it to do things like help me come up with tags and I just had it prepare me a packing list for a Hawaiian vacation,...
View ArticleDeming and Rocketdyne
A comparison of W. Edwards Deming's 14-point of Total Quality Management with the management realities of Rocketdyne when I was beginning my nearly quarter century employment there.
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