Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Another day closer…to a major earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone
Last week NOAA ran an interesting – make that significant – conference in Seattle focusing on the tsunami threat to...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A tale of two projects
1. The Myitsone Dam Here’s a quick Trivial Pursuit question for you. How many dam construction projects do the Chinese...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Preparing for the next earthquake…and what Rex Grossman and the Redskins can teach us
The editorial in this morning’s Washington Post asked if we were ready for the next earthquake (or hurricane, or tornado,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Everyone the president
Ever take a management course? Chances are good that at some point an instructor told you “to act like you...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Industrial policy and science policy
The October 1-7 issue of The Economist featured a look at the consequences of industrial policy…national efforts to influence the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
If Marshall were alive today…
Would he have a plan? What would it be? George C. Marshall (1880-1959), soldier and statesman, won the Nobel Peace...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A Marshall Plan for the 21st century
Back on August 2nd this blog proposed a Marshall Plan for the 21st century. You can find the post here....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Is baseball a metaphor for life?
We’re all coming off a three-day fall weekend; here’s a very brief post prompted by the season and the occasion,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Universities as pupae
We’re told that holometabolous insects experience a metamorphosis comprising four distinct stages: embryo, larva, pupa, and imago. Take Lepidoptera. Let’s...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Forgiveness: the oft-misunderstood and underutilized work productivity booster
Has somebody done you wrong? Join the crowd. Those readers of a certain age will recall the B.J. Thomas hit,...
