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Riding the Current
How to Deal With the Daily Deluge of DataDon’t fight the torrent of information – ride it!
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Category Archives: Observation
A First Impression is Just Not Enough
Many times I have said that I have time for only an overview. It’s never enough for real understanding.
Unexpected Insights
Looking is not the same as seeing. When you are prepared to see, even ancient things can spark new insights.
Witness Michael Jordan
Jordan’s poised confidence on the basketball court emerged from years of effort and success at his chosen endeavor. He has reflected deeply and consistently about the challenges, both internal and external, of the art and science of his sport. He found the factors, whether internal or external, holding him back—and got rid of them.…
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Tagged flexibility, kinetic stability, Michael Jordan, organizational effectiveness, thriving
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Different, but not less.
Temple Grandin sees the world differently and as a result, she has innovated things that have been taken for granted for many years.
The Importance of Insight
In a world of white water, insight becomes increasingly important, because there simply isn’t time and opportunity for analysis. Too much is happening; too much is unpredictable. An excessive dependence upon analysis results in being capsized by problems or possibilities are missed while the organization floats along ineffectually trying to make a decision.…
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Tagged imagination, initiative, insight, interest, Rader, White Water
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What do you get when you put objective and subjective together?
What does the phrase ‘moving from knowledge to wisdom’ mean to you?
Amazing Space
NASA’s use of graphical display can help us learn about enormous systems of information – in minutes. What a resource!
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Tagged Big Data, computer, learning, modeling, NASA, technology, weather
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Forecasting Futures
Venture capitalist uses his own experience as the source of insight for his decisions. What do you use?
The View from a 13 Year Old – a Living, Breathing Learning Machine
Sean Deakins is an 8th Grader in the Aurora Waldorf School in Anchorage, Alaska. I wondered how a young man sees his own learning. At 13, his experience is filled with intense learning. McLuhan said, “We don’t know who discovered water, but we know it wasn’t the fish.” I was curious to see if, like a fish, Sean was unable to see the ‘water’ he was swimming in.…
