BRYCE ON SOCIETY– What should you do? Forgive or reciprocate? There is perhaps nothing more demoralizing to the human spirit than discovering a broken trust. What makes this particularly painful is when a person believes another has his/her best interests in mind and will defend them. This can be between two friends, business associates, school, […]
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Greeting a Stranger
BRYCE ON SOCIETY – Try it. You might even enjoy the reaction you receive. In my travels around town, I’ve noticed a lot of sour expressions on people’s faces. Maybe it’s just the snowbirds from up north. There just seems to be a lot of unhappy people walking around these days wearing a sourpuss. In […]
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BRYCE ON SELF – Or someone who is passionately curious? For as long as I can remember in my professional career, I have been accused of being a rabble-rouser by one person or another. When consulting on systems or management, people would be insulted when our company told them the truth. They had trouble accepting […]
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The Age of Darkness
BRYCE ON SOCIETY – Are we still seeking truth and knowledge, or are we pacified by the status quo? The “Age of Enlightenment” was a period beginning in the 17th century where people began to question the status quo through discussion and reason. This led to many scientific discoveries and fueled the arts simply because […]
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BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT– Why it is easier to be more reactive than proactive. Americans tend to be more reactive as opposed to proactive in their approach to life. I suspect the reason can be traced back to our Anglo heritage which historically has been hesitant to take decisive action. Consider how slow the British were […]
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BRYCE ON SOCIETY– The need for some simple, candid discourse. Once a week, I sit down with a group of friends after work for a little get-together. The purpose is simple, to just talk. Eight people regularly attend, but there are a few others who drop by from time to time to listen in and […]
Continue readingCraftsmanship is a State of Mind
BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT– It is also a universally applicable concept. I have been writing on the virtues of craftsmanship for many years now. I have also given presentations on the subject and discussed it at length with different types of companies. Surprisingly, I find few people truly understand the concept. Perhaps the biggest misconception is […]
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Has Cheating Reached Epic Proportions?
Or is it just isolated incidents?BRYCE ON SOCIETY When did cheating become an acceptable form of behavior? Did I miss the memo? According to the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Ad Council, “73% of all test takers, including prospective graduate students and teachers agree that most students do cheat at some point, and 86% […]
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BRYCE ON SOCIETY– We’ve done management, systems, and project management, now how about Life? We introduced the concept of “Bryce’s Laws” back in the 1970’s as a means to explain our concepts of systems, data base management, and project management. Over the years though, we introduced many other axioms applying to life in general which […]
Continue readingAcross the Generational Divide
BRYCE ON SOCIETY– The Baby Boomers versus the Millennials, and beyond. There is a divide widening between the Baby Boomers and its succeeding generations, the Millennials. Both sides are frustrated and do not understand the other. What was commonplace in the Boomer generation is not so anymore, and the other generation look upon the Boomers […]
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