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 right) was never published (before). Source: The oxymoron of government innovation Source: my draft 2023...
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. Hence, personal and relative. Almost each day, I express my gratitude for the items above....
Tot voor kort nam ik de Raad van State (RvS) nog vrij serieus. Ik ben echter blij dat minister Mona Keijzer dat niet langer doet en haar wetsvoorstel toch indient. De RvS argumentatie maakte nogal wat (negatieve) emotie bij mij los. De reactie van de minister was echter vrij mild: “Het advies van de Raad van State komt niet onverwachts. Toch is het van groot belang...
Afgelopen dinsdag las ik de volgende wetenschappelijke quote in het Vlaamse dagblad De Standaard, een typisch voorbeeld van het EN-OF dilemma: "De zee zit vol plastic troep. Eén man is de verpersoonlijking van de grote schoonmaak: de Nederlander Boyan Slat met zijn Ocean Cleanup. Maar mariene wetenschappers blijven sceptisch. “We stoppen onze beperkte middelen beter...
Intro LO: In a market economy, lower consumer demand is compensated by lower (eg, manufacturing) supply in order to maintain consumer prices. Lower demand without lower supply, will cause high inventories, and the need for price reductions in retail and wholesale. Latter is called (price) deflation. Clearly, China does not quality as a market economy given the very...
Various articles discuss who has won the trade war between Europe and USA (eg, Politico-1). Apparently, the more taxation, the better. Seriously?? This lack of perspective worries me. France (and others) complain about the lack of reciprocity of import tariffs for USA (eg, Politico-2). Such articles forget - or ignore - some very important things: Impact of import...
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