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Stories, humor, aphorisms, gallimaufry and analects to challenge, inspire, and inspect conventional wisdom.
Fiction, Fiction, Humor
6 impossible things before breakfast
This quote in context: Alice laughed. “there’s no use trying,” she said. “One can’t believe impossible things.”“I daresay you haven’t
Humor
How to Catch an Elephant
Circulating in the 1980s Over the years the problem of finding the right person for the right job has consumed
Gallifraumy, Problems, Problems To Find
The Web of Blame
By johnconeill222 / November 6, 2024 The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was set up to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the tragic
Gallifraumy, Provoking
The Race to Death-Computer Systems
I was told that actuarial mathematics emerged in the 17th Century to calculate mortality so that insurance premiums could be
Problems To Solve, Stories
Project management-the ill-fated phased approach
Once upon a time there was a country where vehicles drove on the left hand side of the highway, whereas
Gallifraumy, Provoking
Kahn’s Escalation Ladder to Armageddon
44 Steps to Armageddon Herman Kahn wrote “On Escalation: Metaphors and Scenarios” in 1965. It was intended to provide a
Problems To Solve, Stories
Solutions Looking For Problems
Sometimes we think we have the solution before we have understood the problem properly. Sometimes we have a really great
Aphorisms, Provoking
Can’t Do or Won’t Do
A cynical colleague once said to me that all people problems can be classified as either a “Can’t Do” or