As I was reflecting on the things you said I noticed the words on my board.
They consist of 5 statements that came from a bigger list I had from something I wrote many, many years ago. When the term" The Peter Principle" came out, I wrote " The Peter Pan Principle" as a Manager's guide to Never -Never Land to deal with the time of MBOs( management by or in spite of objectives) and other lack-of-management-skill terms. Now we have Six Sigma and other tools which only yield answers that reflect an aggregate whole of the consensus opinion of both the informed and the utterly clueless. It's not that the answer is wrong; it is the best available answer given the inputs, but not the best correct answer. The ability to find multiple recommendations and inputs on any subject matter via all the available search engines has negated most individual contributions.
No corporation strives for perfection let alone pride in that accomplishment , but get it out the door as quickly and cheaply as possible with all supporting efforts at a level of just good enough.
They still appear to be pertinent. They are as follows:
* Never let the grasp of reality hold you back.
* Never let the voice of reason drown you out.
* Never let the light of wisdom shadow your intentions.
* Never let an intellectual spark ignite your creativity.
* Never let the cataracts of conscience dull your vision.
Dewey
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Inge,
I, too, have noticed the gradual fade, and it's my opinion we, ourselves, are to blame. Similar to what has happened inside NASA, the "pioneers" that sculpted the industry are dead, dying, retired and tired. We as a society failed to properly backfill with fresh talent and the methodology of upstarting engineering grads is much different than "in our day". Seems to me the new generation engineers have developed a love affair with their desktop computers and the internet (something that didn't even exist when we were sprouting wings) and "we" collectively, are transforming to a more digital existence, as opposed to the hard, wet, hot physical realm. As this evolution proceeds, much of the pioneering spirit is lost, as well as the good-old-fashioned "chutzpah" to "break outside the box, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." Job preservation has become a primary focus and this has really retarded the craft.
Just my $0.0199999 and ventilation of an issue that I've been containing for some time now.
Ed Popielarski
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Technet, once a supernova...now just a fading sparkle. Time for renaissence (french)? Blood transfusion? Vitamin therapy? Dopamin cure?
.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, ...sorry....YYYAAAWN...
Inge
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