Living up to your Standards

There are people who just don’t live up to their own standards.  They take on the standards of others or of the culture they immerse themselves in.  Perhaps it is because they are empty and void of value.  Maybe they seek to become that which they follow or haven’t learned how to stand up for… Read More

Living through Exchanging Energy

From the most basic of life processes within our cells to the largest animals on the planet, without movement there is no life. This relates to the idea discussed above of the open system.  Living systems are open systems that continually exchange matter and energy with their environment.  To iterate the idea from Dr. Kravitz,… Read More

Culture from Character

We the people more than often fail to recognize the different levels of system integration we exist within. As individuals, our character is the emergent property of our physical, mental, and spiritual system. Our character is primarily expressed not through our beliefs and ideas but our behaviors and interactions. The decisions we make stem from… Read More

The Unspoken Quality Tool

An experienced auditor uses this tool to elicit more information than necessary. Quality engineers use it during investigations of anomalies to bring pertinent information to the surface. Quality inspectors use it during source inspections at a supplier to give the space for details not captured in the paperwork. And, quality managers use this tool to… Read More

Meta Data Brokers In Our Pockets

My writing has tapered off. For those who enjoy these posts, I apologize. Life comes and goes with every day and our focus changes based on our present needs. Recently, I’ve been focusing on letting shit go. There’s so much to wrap ourselves up with from the holidays, muling over future job opportunities versus present… Read More

Evolving Ourselves

Since the cognitive revolution 70,000 years ago, we have been changing our behavior and social patterns faster than our DNA is able to change. The cognitive revolution, according to Yuval Noah Harari, enabled humankind to imagine realities other than the perceived reality of the ground we walk on, the sky we look up to, or… Read More