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The straw that broke the camel's back
  • January 3, 2024

There is an idiom “the straw that broke the camel’s back” which, according to Wikipedia, describes


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Alarms lost in the noise
  • May 7, 2023

Adding an alert or alarm for a situation you need to monitor should be a good thing but sometimes, depending on how it is done, it can actually make things worse or at a minimum not work as expected.


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From 5 whys to why now?
  • January 30, 2019

I have used the “5 whys” approach multiple times to get to the root of some question. This article advocates adding a time dimension to the decision. Not only should we consider why we are doing something, we should also consider why we are doing something at a specific point in time. It also twists this around and suggests we should consider “What is the danger of not doing this right now?” - what would we lose or miss?


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