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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 7 – “Removing the Nice-to-Haves”
[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 6 – “Triage in Practice”
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 5 – “What is Triage?”
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 4 – “Undesirable Effects in Multi-Project Environments”
[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 3 – “Re-evaluating”
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 2 – “Can’t Miss the Due Dates”
[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 1 – “The Big Picture”
[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading
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Untangling: What’s Happening in Chicago? How Much Is Violence an Issue?
A friend and I can’t tell the real impact of violence in Chicago – how can we describe what’s going on? Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Fractal, Fracture, Media, News, reporting, Statistics, Violence
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Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Summary and Review – The Very First Billionaire Space Race
An alien, Salo, stranded in Earth’s solar system manipulates humanity over eons to produce and deliver a much needed spare part. We learn of the plot through the eyes of Malachi Constant / Unk, who appears to be manipulated by Winston Niles Rumfoord, who himself is manipulated by Salo, who is a machine that lacks free will. Continue reading
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Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Review: Epilogue: Reunion with Stony
eatrice dies on Titan at age 74, Constant buries her and Chrono mourns her loss with a flock of Titanic bluebirds. Salo surprises Constant, who thought his repairs had not worked. Salo offers to take Chrono and Unk to Earth, Unk accepts. Unk is dropped off at a bus station in Indiana, where he dies. In Unk’s final visions – induced by Salo’s hypnosis – Stony Stephenson appears in a starship to reunite Unk with Beatrice in paradise. Continue reading
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