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Comment on What would a healthy banker say about the the economic crisis? by Mark

Mark — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:24:07 +0000

When you say “the folks at the Ayn Rand Institute can be a bunch of crazy mofos,” what exactly do you mean? Can you reference something that supports that statement? I ask, because you seem to have found Mr. Allison to be a reasonable person, and yet Mr. Allison sounds very, very much like someone from the Ayn Rand Institute.

Comment on Money for nothing, tough at the top by Economics still isn’t a formula | ManageWithoutThem

Economics still isn’t a formula | ManageWithoutThem — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:25:18 +0000

[...] applying a formula is never the basis of a capability. Like another great ‘Andrew’ said in a comment to my last post, the banks appear to have been saying ‘yes’ to anybody who asked for money – and now they are [...]

Comment on More on Michael Costa, or Moron Michael Costa? by Getting closer to Michael Costa | ManageWithoutThem

Getting closer to Michael Costa | ManageWithoutThem — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:13:55 +0000

[...] Some time ago I was trying to form my view on Michael Costa. I never quite finished that train of thought – but I was definitely leaning towards liking him a lot. [...]

Comment on Money for nothing, tough at the top by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:31:03 +0000

I agree with you wife. As a layman, watching things like 4 Corners on Monday, it is obvious that the banks used say “yes” to everything and now say “no” to everything. That shows an amazing lack of ability and talent.

Comment on Merlin Mann discovers Christopher Alexander, stops procrastinating, and fumbles a little by TRIZ as a pattern language for problem solving | ManageWithoutThem

TRIZ as a pattern language for problem solving | ManageWithoutThem — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:43:07 +0000

[...] « Merlin Mann discovers Christopher Alexander, stops procrastinating, and fumbles a little [...]

Comment on ‘Fit to govern’ in Australian politics by More on Michael Costa, or Moron Michael Costa? | ManageWithoutThem

More on Michael Costa, or Moron Michael Costa? | ManageWithoutThem — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:49:54 +0000

[...] ‘Fit to govern’ in Australian politics Multisourcing disipline: ‘New’ to MWT [...]

Comment on Architecture as Strategy by Update to Enterprise Architecture Worksheet | ManageWithoutThem

Update to Enterprise Architecture Worksheet | ManageWithoutThem — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:20:30 +0000

[...] is that I have included a better template diagram. I have also included some references to the Enterprice Architecture As Strategy book which make it clear that a different diagram template is probably required for enterprises with [...]

Comment on The Enterprise Architecture Network Google Group by Traceability in enterprise architecture | ManageWithoutThem

Traceability in enterprise architecture | ManageWithoutThem — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:12:25 +0000

[...] Analysis of EA effort actually spent is one thing, but other field reports indicate that the effort never even officially gets off the ground before it’s too difficult to define the ROI of the investment. Nobody seems to question the ROI of dedicating resources to blocking and passively obstructing enterprise architecture efforts but that is another issue altogether. [...]

Comment on Context of the MWT Model by ManageWithoutThem » Structure of the MWT Model

ManageWithoutThem » Structure of the MWT Model — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:55:26 +0000

[...] the last post, we looked at the Context of the MWT Model. In this post we will look at the structure of the MWT Model. The diagram below shows the major [...]