“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” George Orwell, 1984 “Don't use words too big for the subject....

“Listen to those under your supervision. Really listen. Don’t act as if you’re listening and let it go in one ear and out the other....

“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...

“Business people need to understand the psychology of risk more than the mathematics of risk.” Paul Gibbons, The Science of Successful...

“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.” Bertrand Russell “Science is the...

“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...

“We're exploring the possibility of building a wall to stem the exodus." "Don't be ridiculous," Goddard said. "Only idiots build walls.”...

“Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of...

“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...

“Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational Single Point of Failure” Jason Fried, Office not Required “To...

“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...

Proper framing would have helped many organizations be better prepared for COVID-19

Proper framing of issues is a huge predictor of success! Even in your strategy to pay for college...

“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...

The Titanic sank because those in charge looked at the voyage through the wrong frame!

Many mistakes are made because of a bad frame!

The proper framing of an issue is more important than the facts!

You don't know what “good” looks like until you have seen it. This applies to almost every field!

Why is it that people working in so many organizations view their senior leadership as clueless at best and evil at worst?

Performance appraisals are hard! Why is that?