The government, aided and abetted by the dreaded consultants are looking to recast lean, 6 sigma etc into the service sector.

The but is simple – in manufacturing all roads lead to rome (a single outcome and best method) and all channels to volume

Does my information policy and systems help, hinder or is neutral in supporting contributions from ourselves and outsiders.

the future on your keyring – portable virtual box and nimblex – google it, load it, use it

currently looking at pivot tables in google apps – it is the small things that make all the difference

Size requires scale demands simplicity

The sunday article was of course wrong – deduced without the proper systems thinking I so appreciated by the undercover economist (qv my technical 2008 report)

After asking a question on the energy consumption of external IT (for example google based cloud computing) now the sunday papers run an article on the carbon footprint of a google search – spooooooky

I have always been intrigued with the power of words – when I encounter a new word which I have to look up it then seems to appear multiple times. My explanation has always been that I am more observant – not that my interests distorts the corpus of the universe and makes everyone use the word

Reading Max’s work on organisational learning in conditions of turbulence he cites 2 approaches – the Ashby RV approach or line B the establishment of patterns > procedures. This leads to the concept of a capability surplus or deficit. The former when organisations learn faster than the RV curve, the latter where the Turbulence overwhelms capability

Reading the guardian just now – 7th jan- it suggests 72% of graduates are thinking of switching to the public sector. Stability is good but unless we address motivation it is the black hole of innovation. Surely there is a half way house