There is an Afrikaans expression “you learn through your feet,” analogously hands-on experience is best. We learn through mistakes and failures and, economically, it’s always better to learn from those of other people rather than paying for your own. However, real learning is ingrained through the direct and bitter experience of failure and the pain that it can bring. Continue reading
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
Stephen King – Writer
Managing by projects is not new. Earliest homo sapiens had to gather food, hunt for food, build shelter, and propagate their clans. Each activity had a beginning and end with a specifi life-driven purpose – hunt and gather food for another day. Sounds like a project to me. Continue reading
Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help paralyzed people regain functions they’ve lost, like moving a hand. These devices record signals from the brain and decipher the user’s intended action, bypassing damaged or degraded nerves that would normally transmit those brain signals to control muscles. Continue reading
A while back I went on a quest. I was trying to find what motivates risk managers. After a dozen interviews I am no closer to the answer but I think I got a pretty good grasp about what motivates me, Alex Sidorenko, as a risk manager. See if any of these resonate with you. Continue reading
Roll the dice.
It is about that simple if any one product will survive to a specific time. Every product has a chance, not a guarantee. The time to failure for each product is a function of the use, stresses, assembly, latent defects or imperfections, and many other variables. Continue reading