People Matter

People ….

An Introduction

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  Cogs In The Machine

In Brief

People make their money through ‘business’.

People save or spend their money with a ‘business’.

People are thus central to any business.

So why does it seem that People are an afterthought?

People First is focussed on a new way for People and Business to engage.

We put people at the center of ‘The Business Equation’ because ‘The Future Of Work’ is only part of the problem, the bigger problem is ‘The Future of Business’.

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AI and The Future Of Work

“I grow weary of commentators making the assertion – with little evidence or backup, aside from the comments of like-mined others – that automation of work will not lead to a decrease in jobs. The latest is Christopher Mims who seems to think robots will increase wealth in the countries adopting them.”

Stowe Boyd

The Full Story

Context

I am right with him. Been saying it a long time. All that garbage about all the jobs that emerged form the industrial revolution … blah blah. It is different. The problem is that nobody is coming out and publically saying it - because the truth will set off an hysteria throughout society.

But if we did accept that it is different - we could pull our heads out of the ground and plan … strategically … and do something about it. Ot just have another world war … and cull a ‘few’ million.

Sausalito

It’s been a long time in the coming, but old buildings torn down, and replaced with new ‘in keeping’ buildings … and potential home to three new stores. So, we have a double fronted General Store … ‘Only in Sausalito’ - the contents of which seem to be identical to the Sausalito Ferry Company ‘nick nack store’ right next door, which has been there for years.

Possibility

And then to the right, ‘Sausalito Sweets’ - selling IceCream and Chocolates apparently.

Reality

‘Only in Sausalito’ … indeed!

Meanwhile - the new empty ice cream store is competing with this established ice cream store 50 yards away.

Competition

It’s All about thinking!

I started to write a response to this in the comments - but I obviously want on too long, and got cut off … so I am making a post, and will make it as long as I want!

“This creates a quandary for politicians who score high in intellectual humility, as they may appear indecisive to others. After all, they’ll tend to weigh evidence carefully and take longer to reach a decision than a leader who just “goes with his gut.”

… leaders that go with their guts … be they male or female … are destined to fail …. that said, I feel that two things are being conflated here. Facts and opinions.

Fact … the number of people on the DC Mall on January 20th 2017 was less than in January 20th 2009.

Opinions … no need to highlight any - there are plenty around … but they need to be understood in context, in a moment, you need facts - many of them, from many different valid sources and yes … feelings and beliefs (that are likely personal) to form a considered opinion - and almost certainly that opinion will change as the person engages in dialogue, times move, more facts come in, beliefs change etc etc

The problem is that opinion and facts are not distinguished and most often combined and confused.

I’ve stopped even trying to dialogue with people who deny established facts. I’ve stopped watching programming that introduces ‘the other side’s’ opinions - when the basis of those opinions are biased and totally non supportable - life is too short.

If someone wants to have a free, frank, open discusison about anything - I’m all ears. But don’t try to drown me out with stuff you believe but is demonstrably false, that you won’t listen to it because there is some Deep State conspiracy, or the ‘liberal’ media are hiding the truth, or only a few enlightened people know this ….

Give Me A Break. It’s bad enough that ordinary people think this. When it comes to world leadership spewing this shit - one is given to pause.

As for

“In an era where a premium is placed on party loyalty and taking a hardball approach to dealing with the opposition, this may be come across as weakness.”

COUGH

I think we are talking about one party here … because it is clear that the Democats are not focussed on party loyalty. Which is why we have a series of really good Senators running for the Democratic nomination. Most (maybe all) of them will not win. Meanwhile, they could be helping the Democrats win back the Senate. Instead they are putting themselves and their personal publicity ahead of party and arguably country.

Don’t believe me? Watch a Democratic President take over in a couple of years with a Republican Senate controlled by McConnell and find out how that goes.

Even better - ask Obama how that went for him!

BTW - I’m not the only person who thinks this.

Bottom line … as a resident of the US for nearly 30 years - but not an American citizen … gently withdrawing from this country that everyone;

• Used to be proud of.
• Used to see as a beacon to guide us all
• Used to be a country that we wanted to come to

As it falls into the danger of obscurity, brought down by a single vain liar who hopes by saying ‘no’ enough means that everybody will eventually agree with him. The really sad thing … read the headlines … its working for him - because nobody is standing up to him.

I mean if American’s can’t see what is going on …. why should I care?

Alan Jacobs asked in one of his recent newsletters ….

“I love the idea of a library of things or Thingery — where you can borrow rather than buy or rent — but here’s a thought experiment for you: What sorts of things should every such library hold?”

My answer … anything and everything.

Bear with me, too long for here and not fully baked - BUT is part of a chapter in the upcoming book People First … it emerges from a concept brought up in ‘The People Centered Economy’, a book by David Nordfors and Vint Cerf. They write about it in theoretical terms.

I am writing about how it could be … will be(?) implemented.

Who’s Doing The Work Here?

This chap received this link from the other chap just a couple of days ago.

The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years

Seemed interesting, read it through, yup … interesting. Before you click through … have a think … what word do you think it is?

Spoiler alert … this chap didn’t even think of this as an English word to begin with. Just goes to show. No?

Meanwhile … if a chap can send a chap a link, can’t the chap post a link to save the chap from having to post himself?

If All You Have Is A Hammer - Every Problem Looks Like A Nail

Thor Being The Exception … Of Course.

This chap has long been in the camp that the “‘pro analysts’ have no clue as to what is happening at Apple.”

This ‘billy doo’ from ‘my man Horace’.

He is of course right … particularly when he writes…

“This common misconception of Apple is why it continues to be valued at a deep discount to not only peer companies who are services oriented (Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon) but also at a discount to the overall market (the S&P 500).
Apple, since its inception, has always been oriented around its customers, not its products. The questions asked by management are “what can the company do to deliver experiences and satisfaction” rather than “what products can the company build”.
Every company is bound by its capabilities but the best companies re-shape these bounds because they are defined by priorities.”

A long long time ago some chap once said … and this chap paraphrases … ‘the punter doesn’t want a drill … they want a hole in the wall’ … see what I did there?

Apple Is Doomed!

Shameless Self Promotion

Well … maybe not exactly ‘shameless’!

Being English and all … this chap finds it hard to get into the whole ’self-promotion- thing and so often lets it all scoot by. But on this occasion he’s going to make an exception.

It’s all self-explanatory - but suffice to say this chaps first dalliance with fiction - at least published fiction. My thanks to Mr. Larry Tyler and Dennis Pitocco for the support and encouragement.

My Story.

Confused? Why?

Donald Trump

It’s the modern way.

Down in LA, The Times reports How Congress can stop Trump from going to war with Iran ….

“The Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2019, recently introduced in the Senate by New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall and in the House by California Democrat Anna Eshoo, would do that. No single person should be able to commit the lives of our young men and women to war without full debate by our elected representatives.”

This chap is surprised (sad?) that such an Act even needs to be introduced, but we live in strange times. Meanwhile … over on CNN, they are reporting Trump’s irritation with top aides grows over Iran strategy.

Seems as if the Pompeo and saber rattling of Bolton (particularly), but let’s not rule out Pompeo, is unsettling the man himself … not just the nation … who says we can’t be united?