“GM Factory of the Future Will Run with Robots” New York Times October 20, 1984 Whilst rummaging through my files recently I found an interesting clip about GM and its planned factory of the future program. (We actually cut items from the newspapers in those ancient times.) I recalled my interest about automation in those…
Last week my friend, Brad Kolar, identified some mistakes leaders make regarding data and the stories they tell. He explained the mistake of “choosing the wrong story to tell.” This week he has explanations of two other mistakes. Not fully understanding the story Sometimes leaders know the story they want to manage but do not…
Polio Virus – New York City – 2022 I read a little blurb today about the discovery of polio virus in the wastewater in New York City. This reminded me of a post I wrote in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s the front end of that post. We’ve been down this road…
Here is this week’s mini-history for you education and entertainement. I hope you find it useful. A crash The Transcontinental and Western Air flight was a Fokker F.10 Trimotor enroute from Kansas City to Los Angeles on March 31, 1931. On the first leg of the flight to Wichita, the airplane crashed and all eight on board died,…
What might the guy who invented our currency say about today’s world of cryptocurrency and DeFi (Distributed Finance)? A bit of history Thomas Jefferson (you know, one of the guys who signed the Declaration of Independence) was a smart guy and was thinking about the monetary system for this new country, the United States of…
I was re-reading Barbara Tuchman’s 1981 book Practicing History and came across an article she wrote for Foreign Affairs, in 1936. It was entitled “Japan: A Clinical Note.” It smacks of today’s news. Historical context Japan invaded Manchuria on September 19, 1931. They established a puppet state, called Manchukuo, and occupied it until the end…
This is a story that has nothing to do with the internet. It has to do with health, safety, and quality of life. And, if you’re like me, you’ve enjoyed the benefits of a networked house for a long time. “Back in the Day” You used candles and kerosene lanterns for light at night. If…
Germany started flying rigid airships when they launched the Zeppelin line in 1910 and successfully carried passengers globally for thousands of flights. This form of civilian air travel was interrupted by WWI but resumed after the war. In 1928 the Graf Zeppelin took passengers on a 112-hour non-stop flight from Germany to New Jersey. Over…
The search for effective pain medications was urgent in the late 1880s. We still had many Civil War veterans who has suffered horrible wounds and amputations. Many of them had been given morphine for their pain and now found themselves addicted to the drug. Cities had been growing and the air was polluted with dust,…
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