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This is awful…..
When there is a reply to me or comment on something I've said... How in the hell do I view that thread? I have no idea what they're responding to. I don't think I'm dumb but I cannot figure it out
This is an 8th grade exam from 1912.
No calculating how many watermelons Stacey can fit in her station wagon. It's all about things like interest payments and construction problems.
Real-world stuff. Because 8th grade education was supposed to be adequate prep for real life.Consultants Saying Things
- Episode 75: The One About Existential Angst
- E73-02: Technologists Should Ask Better Questions
- E73-01: Phil talks good questions
- Episode 74: The One About Finding and Landing Clients
- Episode 73: The One About Asking Good Questions
- Episode 72: The One About Strategic Foresight 2035
- Episode 71: The One About The Buggy Whip Moment
- CST’s Patreon Site
- Episode 70: The One About Deliberate Career Planning
- Episode 69: The One About Un-Learning
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Rational Rationalization
Posted on June 18, 2013 | No CommentsWith the upheaval of the economic downturn came a spate of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, splits and buy-outs. The ensuing chaos of the resulting technology portfolios cannot really be overstated. Many surviving companies are just a mess. In normal times this may not be a big deal. But these aren't normal times. -
On The CIO’s Top Challenges
Posted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsThere are many challenges that CIO's are facing in today's cloudy, jargony, swirling maelstrom of Information Technology. But isn't there something missing in the conversation that totally supersedes these challenges? -
Cloud in a Box
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsThere is much to recommend about changing how we create, deploy and offer our services and products to customers. Yet there is an entire consulting industry built around avoiding the pitfalls of cloud. -
10 Signs You’re Not REALLY a Director of IT
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsTitle inflation/mis-direction is vermicious. Like a Knid. -
A Capabilities-based Architecture
Posted on May 18, 2011 | No CommentsAs technology architecture professionals, we can only be successful and valuable to those who pay us if we frame our work in terms of capabilities at the outset. If we start with details, we'll ultimately fail.