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 […]
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Craftsmanship 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 […]
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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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BRYCE ON SOCIETY – Our family and friends, our co-workers, our boss…? Have you ever noticed there doesn’t seem to be a lot of trust anymore? We tend not to trust our government, our companies, our coworkers, the media, our neighbors. Heck, we’re even suspicious about the motives of our own relatives. It wasn’t always […]
Continue readingHow Much Do We Really Use Our Head?
Not as much as you may think.BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT Ever wonder what goes through people’s heads? Or maybe you have heard yourself say, “What the hell are you thinking of?” It shouldn’t come as a surprise to find a lot of people don’t use their head during the day. A couple of years ago I […]
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Too many leads to a bureaucratic nightmare.BRYCE ON MANAGEMENT When I first started in the work force, I asked my boss about the scope of my responsibilities. He simply told me to go as far and hard as possible. If I started to wander out of bounds, he would reign me in. This worked remarkably […]
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Things to consider before tackling that ugly job you despise.– BRYCE ON WORK Years ago, my grandmother made the observation, “In everyone’s life, you must eat a teaspoon of dirt.” There is a lot of wisdom in this comment. Throughout our lives there are little jobs we are called upon to perform, be it at home, […]
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BRYCE ON LIFE– An art that is difficult to master. Ever since college, I have been an admirer of Rudyard Kipling’s classic poem, “If,” whereby he writes: “If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance […]
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