Bill Holmes3 days ago3 minWhat is the “Point of Total Assumption”? And why do I care?“Never test the depth of river with both feet.” Warren Buffet “Winners are simply willing to do what losers won't.” Prachi Patel The content of the Project M...
Bill HolmesMay 203 minMankind’s Greatest Invention!“Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.” W. Edwards Deming “Management by results - like driving a car by looking in rear view...
Bill HolmesMay 93 minFinal Thoughts on COVID-19 – Risk Management Principles are the Key!“Business people need to understand the psychology of risk more than the mathematics of risk.” Paul Gibbons, The Science of Successful Organizational Change:...
Bill HolmesMay 23 minCOVID–19 My Predictions Part 6–Rejection of Science“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.” Bertrand Russell “Science is the great antidote to the...
Bill HolmesApr 243 minCOVID-19 My Predictions Part 5 – Skepticism about “Experts”“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.” Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love “Philosophers are people who k...
Bill HolmesApr 162 minCOVID – 19 My Predictions Part 4 – The Fall of the Globalist“We're exploring the possibility of building a wall to stem the exodus." "Don't be ridiculous," Goddard said. "Only idiots build walls.” Neal Shusterman, The...
Bill HolmesApr 93 minCOVID–19 My Predictions Part 3 – A Shift in Education“Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of loans, both private a...
Bill HolmesApr 33 minCOVID – 19 My Predictions Part 2 – Remote Medicine“My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.” Walter Matthau “Technology now allows people to connect ...
Bill HolmesMar 284 minCOVID 19 – My Predictions – Part 1–The Rise of the Remote Worker “Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational Single Point of Failure” Jason Fried, Office not Required “To successfully work with other p...
Bill HolmesMar 253 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 10 – Getting it Wrong – COVID-19 – Part 2 “If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.” Hyman G. Rickover “How many twenty-second-ce...
Bill HolmesMar 193 minThe Importance of “framing”Part 9 – Getting it Right – COVID-19 – Part 1 (I Predicted the Future!) Proper framing would have helped many organizations be better prepared for COVID-19
Bill HolmesMar 133 minThe Importance of “framing”Part 8 – Getting it Right – Paying for College! Proper framing of issues is a huge predictor of success! Even in your strategy to pay for college...
Bill HolmesMar 52 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 7 – Getting it Right – Going to University! Getting any issue framed properly is crucial! Today we look at properly framing for a college decision.
Bill HolmesFeb 282 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 6 – Getting it Wrong – Chernobyl Bad systems lead to bad outcomes
Bill HolmesFeb 213 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 5 – Getting it Wrong – The Challenger“After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.” Sally Ride “In ...
Bill HolmesFeb 143 minThe Importance of “framing” Part 4 – Getting it Wrong – TitanicThe Titanic sank because those in charge looked at the voyage through the wrong frame!
Bill HolmesFeb 62 minThe importance of “framing” Part 3 – Getting it Wrong – Blockbuster"Neither RedBox nor Netflix are even on the radar screen in terms of competition. It's more Wal-Mart and Apple." Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes "I've been frankly...
Bill HolmesJan 283 minThe importance of “framing” Part 2 - How good is your frame?Many mistakes are made because of a bad frame!
Bill HolmesJan 213 minThe importance of proper “framing” Part 1- What is framing?The proper framing of an issue is more important than the facts!
Bill HolmesJan 133 minYou don’t know what “good” looks like until you see it! Part 2 You don't know what “good” looks like until you have seen it. This applies to almost every field!
