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#290 – DELIVERING OUTCOMES, BUILDING TRUST – JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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On July 17, 2020, the American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) issued a report entitled “Delivering Outcomes, Building Trust”.  The ACT-IAC is a non-profit educational organization established to create a “more effective and innovative government”. The report provides some ideas on how the United States Federal government can become “more resilient, adaptable, and responsive.” This piece will look at the report and its recommendations. Continue reading →

#290 – IF I STAY 6 FEET AWAY FROM EVERYBODY, THEN I’M SAFE. RIGHT? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS.gov) recommend what you should do to protect yourself against Covid-19. The guidelines include:

  • Wash hands often
  • Put 6 feet of distance between yourself and people who don’t live in your household
  • Cover mouth and nose with a mask when around others
  • Cover coughs and sneezes
  • Clean and disinfect surfaces that people touch
  • Be alert for symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath

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#289 – HOW TO IDENTIFY AND MANAGE UNCERTAINTIES OF AN UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE – PATRICK OW

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On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) learned of several cases of severe pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This strain of coronavirus has since spread through China and into other countries. WHO later named COVID-19. Continue reading →

#289 – PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS – MALCOLM PEART

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George Bernhard Shaw once said, and it’s now been written down and put on posters and the like: “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place”. 

In this ‘Information Age’ we have access to, receive, generate, and send more information than ever before.  People can suffer from infoxication as a consequence of ‘information overload’ and decision making has, we are told, become more difficult as a consequence.  Continue reading →

#289 – CHANGED YOUR ASSUMPTION FOR THE NEW NORMAL YET? – JIM TONEY

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The assumptions by which you live your life, that underpin your expectations, that serve as unwritten security, and guide your personal life and career have been torn asunder by COVID-19 and societal upheaval.

something accepted as true – merriam-webster.com

People may sense, but perhaps have not yet consciously acknowledged, that these assumptions, have been shredded. Or better yet, turned upside down. Continue reading →