A blog by Leon Oudejans
Quality, a 2025 update
In 2020, I published a blog called The cost, quality & speed trade-off in project management and/but without any diagram. In 2021, I published my diagram (below left) in a blog called The oxymoron of government innovation. It seems that my 2023 diagram (below...
De P/N factor
In 2023 schreef Ben Tiggelaar een NRC artikel waar ik lang niet in heb geloofd: De ‘magische’ formule voor goede relaties. Inmiddels denk ik er daar toch echt anders over. De P/N factor bestaat mijn inziens wel in relaties. Vooral de N's blijven lang hangen. Het...
Common interest, knowledge & sense
Some time ago, a Belgian politician wondered how to define common in ‘common interest’ when nearly everything and everyone is being doubted today. That issue also applies to common knowledge and common sense. What is common nowadays? A country’s Ministry of Defence...
The quality of Love
Just before starting to write this blog, the title above entered my mind. I'm still contemplating on that title and/but it feels good. In 2022, I published a blog in line with today's blog: The road to self-love or philautia. My road was very long. Most likely, it's...
The anthropic principle
The anthropic principle has nothing to do with a time period called anthropocene, apart from the fact that anthro means human. Hence, anthropology refers to a scientific study of humanity (ie, us). The anthropic principle is about the limits of our senses (eg,...
What is important?
A 1915 war poem by Julian Grenfell (1888-1915) mentioned the 3 most important items: Life is colour, warmth and light; my 2022 blog. Other people may add beauty, hope, inspiration, love, peace, and/or water. In my view, beauty and peace are in the eye of the beholder....
Opiniepeilingen
Opiniepeilingen hebben ertoe geleid dat ik mijn keuze heb veranderd in een strategische stem op een andere partij. Hoogstwaarschijnlijk zou een ongewijzigde keuze hebben geleid tot een “verloren” stem. Ben ik tevreden met het resultaat van mijn gewijzigde standpunt?...
A new Moscow on the Hudson (6)
Following American election results (eg, New York City, New Jersey, Virginia), I doubt that Europeans can and/or will truly understand Americans. European socialism is dead, while European nationalism is surging. “Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York...
Relief versus disappointment
Most changes will not be remembered and will soon be forgotten. Those changes lack significant impact on our lives. Some changes require us making a choice between positivity (eg, relief) and negativity (eg, disappointment). Positivity is my priority in life. Hence,...
‘Progress cannot be stopped’
The above phrase is from a recent SCMP article (on trade and EV tariffs). In and of itself, this phrase seems true. Once you reflect on the meaning of progress then things get fuzzy because progress is philosophical and one-directional. “Progress is movement towards a...
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