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Monthly Archives: December 2004

Why blog?

03-Dec-04

I have a few friends that have heard of blogs, and even fewer that actually read them (though most of them read “established” blogs like those from Fox News or CNN personalities), but I don’t know if I can honestly say I have any friends (or work colleagues) that actively blog themselves. Not sure why, [...]

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High-Performance at Half-Effort

03-Dec-04

Are you or your organization running on “all cylinders” all the time? Do you need to be? Perhaps not, if a conceptual lesson on engine performance can be effectively borrowed from the auto industry and applied to organizations.
The article Firing on Half-Cylinders in the December Scientific American discusses the design of 8-cylinder engines that can [...]

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Time to Think (or, Slacking for a while)

02-Dec-04

The past couple of months have been nothing if not interesting (and busy busy busy). Though I’ve continued to read (and make the occasional comment to) many of my favorite blogs, I’ve not posted anything new of my own. At first, I was just too busy to do anything (read or write). As more time [...]

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The Last Mile - or "Getting Close is Easy, but Actually Getting There is Harder"

01-Dec-04

A key concept in the US Department of Defense transformation is Power to the Edge, as described in the book of the same name (3.9 MB .pdf). (For more thoughts on the book and concept, check out Ray Ozzie’s review.)
For this type of organization to perform in the desired manner, it requires timely access to [...]