Says Who?

… in every problematic situation there is a set of relevant facts of the case. Some of these usually appear to be obvious. The more obvious such a fact appears to be, the more intensely its truth should be investigated. Russell Ackhoff “This system must...

So What's the Problem?

George called this week. The systemic solution loop in Shifting the Burden has taken over and he’s making the modifications requested by the users. Along the way, he’s read about himself, and has this to say about How Did This Happen? and Shifting the...

How Do You Know?

How do you know what you know? More importantly, how do you know what other people know? Mind reading happens when we “know” what someone else thinks. In business and personal relationships this occurs all the time. “The boss is mad at John.”...

Point of View – From Another Point of View

I found more information on view points. These are referred to in NLP as Perceptual Positions. Self The normal and healthy position of seeing, hearing, and feeling from out of self. This position is needed in order to speak with authenticity, to present yourself, your...

Context Switching – The "hardware view"

I met George Dinwiddie so long ago, CompuServe ruled the online world. We participated in the Software Development Forum. He recently added to the context switching discussion. You can read George’s thoughts here. In it he states “This [hardware interrupt...