Putting an end to the PMdA story — My writing spree on this platform was spurred by the (hard) drive to fix what’s wrong with the project management discipline. Over this period, I started and co-developed a startup project called ‘MUCHINIWAM’ (A Car Diagnostics Mobile Application, South Africa, 2018) which led to some breakthrough concepts around payment systems…

Lean start-ups, price-wars, and I.P.-based violence #fail — ACAPELLA It is the logos, word. It is the instrument. It is a song. The Construction The (now) late Clayton Christensen constructed the threefold picture of successful technologies as engaging in “division-of-labour-driven” Sustaining innovation, “least-cost-driven” Efficiency innovation or “Jobs-to-done-driven” Disruptive innovation. Eliyahu Goldratt Applied the Toyoda Production System model in technology businesses to…

Sports, competition and empiricism, #fail — ACAPELLA It is the logos, word; it also includes words, by which we will all be judged. It is the instrument; by which the world, objects and life are created or destroyed. It is a song; by which children are born and our cities are borne. The Construct Clayton Christensen / Eliyahu Goldratt…

Demon “possessions” — The Trial The Naked Drude, Oh Naked Drude, The tribunal is here Naked Drude, Oh Naked Drude, The flies, what are they doing here? Naked Drude, Why are you naked Drude? Fine, but why do it here? Naked Drude, Flies, naked drude… They like it here!?! Naked Drude, Bread, naked drude Cannot…

Forgiveness as anti-happiness — In my War Against Happiness essay, I listed a number of “prime suspects” behind general and universal unhappiness that abounds in the world in time immemorial and times present and future. Consider… The general idea about ‘being human’ is that we are bound to make mistakes! No amount of religion, fear-based…

Tries — There are twelve compartments inside the naked drude’s office. They are made up of glass, clay and those recycled ply-thin-boards that are meant to add a rustic look to the design of each compartment. It could be that I couldn’t tell what the actual material is, all I could sense…

Drugs are the banality of the vagabond!!! — Creativity, is, in many ways, a truly “chaotic” task. The main essence of creationism (sorry atheists!), is the idea that order is required for something “new” to be created. The main essence of “creativity” on the other hard, is the idea that “newness” is required for a new substance to…

Projection of ‘fault’ is indeed a sad psychological phenomenon. I respect Mr. Thiel, if I didn’t, he wouldn’t be worth the mention at all. Thing is, he started to “rub me” the wrong way when I saw that his disdain for China, comes from his “double speak” on monopolistic companies…