Author Archives: Charlie Pellerin

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I have moved the blog back to WordPress.com for ease of maintenance and updates. Please visit http://charliepellerin.wordpress.com/ for new updates.

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4-D Systems Detailed Calendar (Charlie & Frank)

2011 4-D Detailed Calendar

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4-D Systems Worldwide Calendar

2011 4-D Systems Worldwide Calendar

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Amazing New Assessment Dashboard

Master Dashboard

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4-D Network Provider List

4-D Network Providers

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Important Update on Assessment Dashboards

To: 4-D Network Providers I was recently working on a Learning Tool for the Assessment Dashboard that we provide free to 4-D Network Providers. (We have chosen to replace the term “Network Members” with “Network Providers.”) I found a number … Continue reading

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4-D Network Provider Submissions

Good morning Charlie, I wanted to share my excitement with you.  My husband, Joe, is a manager at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Rocketdyne make the Space Shuttle Main Engine and other rocket engines and the company is going through tough times … Continue reading

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4-D Network Provider Communication – Assessment Dashboard Simplification

I wrote in a recent blog about how societies (and organizations) tend to increase complexity when they have excess energy. Our small company, “4-D Systems,” is unfortunately no exception. I watch vigilantly for complexity-creep and remove this cancer as I … Continue reading

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Is NASA Team Benchmarking Valid for Commercial Teams?

This is an important inquiry. Our 15-minute, on-line, Team Development Assessments (TDAs) benchmark team’s performance against a database of 300 (mostly)  NASA first team assessments. First, why do we only use 300 teams when we have more than twice that … Continue reading

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Societal Complexity and Collapse

I only occasionally encounter a very new way of looking at something that interests me. As any who read my blog regularly know, I am interested in macroeconomics. I study this as an investor, and to learn what I can … Continue reading

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