Today the Avondale United Methodist Church book club toured the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, MO. We decided to go as a follow up to the reading of Last of the Doughboys, a book about interviews done with the last surviving veterans of World War I. We received … Continue reading Liberty Memorial
PIMCO off the radar
Interesting that the main story that rocked us in the business world at work today wasn't anywhere on the Yahoo news feed or business feed tonight. I had to go to Reuters to pull up anything about it. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/us-janus-billgross-idUSKCN0HL1DJ20140926 Interesting conjectures about Bill Gross. Is he the wronged by PIMCO, or is PIMCO … Continue reading PIMCO off the radar
Group Projects
My class has been divided into teams, and each given a case study from the book to do a presentation on. Our case study is on Bullying in the Workplace. We are doing a PowerPoint. Currently we are drafting. We are trying to find videos to illustrate the presentation. One person suggested this very professional … Continue reading Group Projects
Science is Fun.
This is an interesting time perspective Interesting to see how he, and his channel, have changed over time. And how he pronounces aluminum.
In Praise of Church Choirs
Short post today, a link to another blog about benefits of church choirs.
Lack of productivity
dis·si·pa·tion noun \ˌdi-sə-ˈpā-shən\ : the process of slowly disappearing or becoming less : the act of using all or a lot of money, time, etc., in a foolish way : behavior that shows you are interested only in pleasure, money, etc. pro·duc·tiv·i·ty noun \ˌprō-dək-ˈti-və-tē, ˌprä-, prə-ˌdək-\ : the rate at which goods are produced or … Continue reading Lack of productivity
The six-legged spider
Okay, Pictorial blog today. Have a son who turned 15 this week, and Saturday was the birthday party. Here in the family I make cakes with themes that the kids choose. Been a lot of interesting themes, which I blogged about previously, but this time the boy didn't have an idea, so left it up … Continue reading The six-legged spider
What sort of network?
One thing this course does is attempt to point to the obvious and show us that we aren't seeing it. Sometimes the obvious really is the obvious, sometimes it isn't. Like what is a network. A network is a strategy for organizing based on the need to balance integration and change. Networks come in three … Continue reading What sort of network?
Organizational Culture (chapter 5)
"The reality of the world hangs on the thin thread of conversation" -- Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman Organizations have cultures. Someone came up with the bright idea that you might be able to use the culture to organize an organization, instead of the other way around. But to do so, you need to … Continue reading Organizational Culture (chapter 5)
Focus focus focus
Chapter 4 in my audit book is all about deciding where to focus. The first recommendation of the chapter is to examine the tasks people have to perform, and see how those affect communication. Are there tasks where people are expected to work together, and what communication will that require? If sections are interdependent, communication … Continue reading Focus focus focus
At The Rainbow 