Tag archives for models

  1. Reading and Remembering

    There’s something I need to admit: I read a lot and don’t remember most of what I read!  Thankfully, that’s how it’s supposed to be.  Let me elaborate. I’m a huge fan of reading as a means to learning.  There’s so much knowledge that has been discovered by generations of the past that it’s just…

  2. Hypothesis Testing

    Lately I’ve been reading up a bit on what management consultants do.  Here are a group of people who go into Fortune 500 companies to advise senior management on how to deal with strategic or organizational issues — and get paid lots of money to do it.  Judging how much money they make, they must…

  3. Another Look at the Financial Crisis

    “What caused that? Firms ceasing to be partnerships is the beginning of it. A Wall Street firm that is investing its own money, the people inside it, it’s their money that’s at stake, are going to behave very differently from people who are a public corporation who are using shareholders’ money.” “No partnership would have…

  4. History

    “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” – Mark Twain One of the great triumphs of man is when he first discovered the invention of writing. It’s probably one of the most underrated inventions that is taken for granted by the majority of people. Not only because it’s used on a daily basis by…

  5. Models

    You quietly stash a few blunt items away. They’ll be back and in bigger numbers. Who knows why they don’t make their move? They just keep coming, day after day, atop their high walls, gawking. But you have a plan. These precious items will scare them off. You’ve made sure they haven’t seen you storing…