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Business Time and Long Term Thinking

Recently, I learned about the "Long Now". I was watching the CBS "Sunday Morning" news show and one segment mentioned the Long Now organization and their concept of a millennial clock. The primary purpose of the Long Now is to foster is an environment that "encourages the long   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Thursday Mar 19 | views: 29 | permalink | comment
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Listen To Your Crew

My father was a career naval officer and retired as a Captain. During his career he worked on several projects such as the Polaris missile and on a ships weapon system called Aegis, which is still used in the fleet today. Dad achieved the rank of Captain during the Aegis project. At that time he worked   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Thursday Mar 12 | views: 21 | permalink | comment
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Government Support For the Middle Class

The middle class is in trouble. The quality of life and quality of opportunity for the middle class have been in decline for over thirty years. In my article, A New Government Philosophy, I wrote that the "philosophy of government in this century should be centered on supporting and expanding   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Thursday Mar 12 | views: 37 | permalink | comment
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A New Government Philosophy

There's one question that government should ask every day, how is the middle class doing? The answer to this question defines the state of the nation. As I stated in my article Looking for a Change in Psychology, "[w]hen the middle class is prosperous the nation and business will be prosperous."   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Thursday Mar 12 | views: 122 | permalink | comment
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Being Middle Class In America

My wife and I returned recently from a mini Valentine's Day vacation. That evening, we were sitting on the couch reading. Outside there was a hard rain with thunder and lightning. I was reading the current issue of the Economist which had "A Special Report on the New Middle Classes in Emerging Markets".   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Thursday Mar 12 | views: 33 | permalink | comment
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Looking For A Change In Psychology

During my sophomore year in college, I took an independent studies course on the topic of revolution. I spent that year discussing the concept of revolution with my professor and reading numerous books on the topic. One point that struck me then, and still holds me today, is that a revolution can be   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Thursday Mar 12 | views: 37 | permalink | comment
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Exercise and Business Productivity

It is said that a dog needs a job. Charlie, my dog, has one. His job is to get my wife Kathy and I out for a walk every day. Charlie's view is that this is a 24/7 job. He's good at it and likes his job. He's a spoiled dog and gets paid very well for his service. Charlie is a 9 year old Australian Shepard/Border   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Saturday Mar 07 | views: 27 | permalink | comment
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Business and Technology Time Sink

When I graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara and landed my first professional job, I was a lowly software engineer. Software development spent more time back then in writing project requirements, specifications, and design documents before actually writing any code. This was a   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Saturday Mar 07 | views: 115 | permalink | comment
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Clinging to Failed Ideas

I watched President Obama's speech to Congress and the nation last night. It was a good speech and what the country needed to hear now. It laid a foundation for solutions that can, and likely will, solve many of our nation's problems. Then I listened to Bobby Jindal's Republican party response. Jindal's   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Saturday Mar 07 | views: 22 | permalink | comment
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Common Sense or Group Think

Yesterday, I wrote an article Common Sense and Simplicity in which talked about employing common sense in business and government. One of the aspects of the definition of common sense of which I wrote was "based upon what [a group sees] as knowledge held ... in common". This aspect of common   read more
Posted by Ron Franke on Saturday Mar 07 | views: 25 | permalink | comment
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