I am listening to To the Point from Warren Olney. The discussion is on science, technology, engineering and math or STEM and why America is falling behind. I think the big issue is abstraction. We are suffering from a cult of knowledge. We talk about the knowledge economy. The knowledge economy may well be a STEM issue, but it is an abstraction. When I hear about the Grand … [Read more...] about STEM: Abstraction is the Problem with US Lag In Science, Engineering and Math
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Strategic Measures: Toward New Measurement for a Sustainable, Knowledge Economy
New Measurement Sustainable Knowledge Economy As America grasps for innovative ways to exit the recession, we have forgotten a fundamental business reality: measurement determines behavior. Ask any salesperson if their bonus structure determines which products they lead with or not. The problem with America’s national investments is that they say green, but they shout … [Read more...] about Strategic Measures: Toward New Measurement for a Sustainable, Knowledge Economy
The Problem with Housing Starts: Why we need new national economic metrics
Toward new national economic metrics: Housing starts (New residential construction) and foreclosures offer insight into the current economic malaise in the United States. They also reflect an ingrained view of consumption measures as the yardstick for economic health. Our measurement system is driving us to establish conditions similar to those before the recession. If we … [Read more...] about The Problem with Housing Starts: Why we need new national economic metrics
Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt
Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt as an Example Strategy is as much about what not to do as it is about what to do. The US Government as a whole (vs. the slices the parties claim as theirs) lacks a sense of strategy. If they had a strategy, they could explain in clear terms what the trade-offs are between programs. But rather than explain, they obfuscate, … [Read more...] about Strategy and What Not To Do: The US National Debt
Washington DC Needs Strategic Play
Washington DC Needs Strategic Play As I listen to the partisan bickering in Washington D.C., I mourn the loss of ideas that could be fueled by real engagement. Rather than lob old ideas and quick fixes across the aisle like rhetoric bombs, they should be finding a common ground for strategic play. Scenario planning, at its very core, calls for the integration and … [Read more...] about Washington DC Needs Strategic Play
