I just finished the introduction to dynamic modeling workshop sponsored by iSee Systems in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was excellent. The presentations by Steve Peterson and Corey Peck were also excellent. I’ll blog about this at a later date. A bonus was being able to see my brother and his family for one of the evenings. [...]

The Unintended Consequences Edition Man likely sickened by plague in critical condition in Bend (Oregon) “The unidentified man, who is in his 50s, fell ill several days after being bitten while trying to get a mouse away from a stray cat. The man is now being treated at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend, where he was [...]

Michael Wade has an interesting post considering how non-agricultural workplaces can resemble farms. Workplace cultures are in large part a reflection of the underlying metaphor driving the organization, whether by design or chance. When much younger, I used and advocated the “business is war” metaphor. I have been much more successful (and much less stressed) [...]

Or “Yet another example of why baseball is more like life than any other sport.” Matt Cain of San Francisco Giants tosses 22nd perfect game in Major League Baseball history and second of 2012 season Just 22 perfect games in the history of baseball. How rare is that? Since 1900, there have been 353,240 (±20, [...]