Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Oz Principle

Only when you assume full accountability for your thoughts, feelings, actions, and results can you direct your own destiny, otherwise, someone or something else will."


"See It": Recognize and acknowledge the full reality of a situation

"Own It": Accept full responsibility for one's current experiences and realities as well as others'

"Solve It": Change those realities by finding and implementing solutions to problems (often solutions not previously considered) while avoiding the "trap" of dropping back Below the Line when obstacles present themselves

"Do It": Summon the commitment and courage to follow through with the solutions identified, especially when there is great risk in doing so


A decade ago, The Oz Principle took the business world by storm. At its root, the principle works like this: Like Dorothy and the gang in The Wizard of Oz, most businesspeople have the tools to succeed, but when things go wrong they blame circumstance or others instead of looking within for the true cause of unsatisfactory results. Once individuals learn to accept responsibility, they can use the Oz Principle to become better leaders. Now, with corporate scandals in the headlines and the culture of victimization running rampant at every level of the business world, Roger Connors, Tom Smith, and Craig Hickman return with a new edition of The Oz Principle. Fully revised, this edition will update the statistics, concepts, and relevant companies through fresh, timely anecdotes and stories.

The Oz Principle: Getting Results through Individual and Organizational Accountability

Monday, December 14, 2009

Who Owns Academic Curriculum?

Hard to keep access controls on university lecture content, materials, and curriculum. The debate is brewing over who has the right to these materials. Some professors approve the distribution of these materials, while other refuse.

Harvard alumni Magliozzi started up a side project called Finalsclub.org. The site bills itself as “the premier Web portal for interactive education,” allowing Harvard students to join online study groups and read annotated versions of the Great Books.

Magliozzi pays Harvard students to post their lecture notes online.

Entire article at Boston Globe (14-Dec-2009)

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Apply for the 2010 Google GRAD CS Forum

Good luck to my colleagues!

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2010 Google GRAD CS Forum


Google is hosting the first annual 2010 Google Graduate Researchers in Academia of Diverse backgrounds (GRAD) CS Forum. The event will bring together students who are historically underrepresented in technology fields to connect with one another and with Google. Computer scientists are invited to this all-expense paid forum January 21-23 at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

Eligibility Requirements: CS (or related discipline) graduate student currently enrolled in Masters or PhD program at a North American university; Demonstrated academic excellence and leadership in the computing field; Cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.3 on a 5.0 scale or equivalent.

The Application Deadline is December 12, 2009. Apply at www.google.com/jobs/students/gradforum

Design Quotes from IBM

"People ignore design that ignores people." Frank Chimero

“Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.” Erik Christopher Zeeman

“An enterprise's most vital assets lie in its design and other creative capabilities.” Kun-Hee Lee

“The details are not the details. They make the design.” Charles Eames

“The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.” Bertrand Russell

"A design isn’t finished until somebody is using it." Brenda Laurel


http://ibm.com/design