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Mankind’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...
Bill Holmes
May 20, 20203 min read


Final 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...
Bill Holmes
May 9, 20203 min read


COVID–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...
Bill Holmes
May 2, 20203 min read


COVID-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...
Bill Holmes
Apr 24, 20203 min read


COVID – 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.”...
Bill Holmes
Apr 16, 20202 min read


COVID–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...
Bill Holmes
Apr 9, 20203 min read


COVID – 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...
Bill Holmes
Apr 3, 20203 min read


COVID 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...
Bill Holmes
Mar 28, 20204 min read


The 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...
Bill Holmes
Mar 25, 20203 min read


The 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 Holmes
Mar 19, 20203 min read


The 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 Holmes
Mar 13, 20203 min read


The 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 Holmes
Mar 5, 20202 min read


The Importance of “framing” Part 6 – Getting it Wrong – Chernobyl
Bad systems lead to bad outcomes
Bill Holmes
Feb 28, 20202 min read


The 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...
Bill Holmes
Feb 21, 20203 min read


The Importance of “framing” Part 4 – Getting it Wrong – Titanic
The Titanic sank because those in charge looked at the voyage through the wrong frame!
Bill Holmes
Feb 14, 20203 min read


The 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...
Bill Holmes
Feb 6, 20202 min read


The importance of “framing” Part 2 - How good is your frame?
Many mistakes are made because of a bad frame!
Bill Holmes
Jan 28, 20203 min read


The importance of proper “framing” Part 1- What is framing?
The proper framing of an issue is more important than the facts!
Bill Holmes
Jan 21, 20203 min read


You 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!
Bill Holmes
Jan 13, 20203 min read


You don’t know what “good” looks like until you see it! Part 1
Providing honest feedback is a crucial habit to pick up as a manager.
Bill Holmes
Jan 5, 20203 min read
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