The Y2K Problem...they were right
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Ok, so it took 24 years. This is what they told us would happen: airport shut down, hospitals impacted, global communications breakdown. But instead of my husband or me handling the crisis calls--it's our daughter, who's also in IT.
Talk about surreal.
Single point of failure. It can shut the world down.
Keywords: #crowdstrike #process #engineering
Vacations & The Enigma of Arrival
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"The enigma of arrival" (V. S. Naipaul) refers to that feeling you have when visiting a place where you've never been--even more enigmatic, if you are less-than-fluent with the language. You don't know the codes, the mores, or the secrets.
The Art of Life Savers™️
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Life Savers™️ have originally showed up in our Vintagativy section. Its Blog also includes a couple articles related to leadership, the Valutivity side of our company (see 2012 and 2011_01_16 in the aforementioned blog). So I guess it shouldn't be surprising that this century-plus product has generated some exceptional art, worthy of our The Consulting Arts section, from the likes of Walt Disney, Andy Warhol, and beyond. See also: our Life Savers Virtual Museum.
When were the Arts Added to Science? STEaM
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Subtitle: A Timeline for the Transition from STEM to STEaM
Tonight, I was inspired to research the ultimate inclusion of the arts into the STEM* domain...vis a vis, "STEaM." While the "a" refers to "the arts," there is an implicit expectation that the arts involves creativity that is anticipated to fuel critical thinking that results in innovation.
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