Tag Archives: Risk Mitigation

Preserving Buying Power in Economic Chaos

Perspectives by Charlie Pellerin, author of How NASA Builds Teams. I wrote about why we will undergo wrenching economic and social change in prior blogs. This is about how to protect the buying power for whatever assets you might happen … Continue reading

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The Transition (Money, Water, Food, and Energy)

Perspectives by Charlie Pellerin, author of How NASA Builds Teams (See NASAteambuilding.com) Do you recall the “N1H1” flu scare? I was fascinated to watch President Obama and other senior officials tick off the standard list of what you should do … Continue reading

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Preparing for the Inevitable Transition (1)

This might be the most important blog I have written because the information herein may save your life and those of your children and grandchildren.  Things are that serious. There are many books and articles on this topic. I hope … Continue reading

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Misguided America — Fixing the Economy?

It was fascinating to see the draft report from the deficit reduction commission, and then the political reaction to it. It confirmed my suspicions that managing America’s economic future is far too important to relegate to politicians. The diatribe around … Continue reading

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Preparing for Your Coming Lifestyle Transition

Have you watched Chris Martenson’s Crash Course? I can summarize his perspective with this sentence. “The next 20 years are not going to look anything like the last 20 years.” Why should you care what I think about this? I … Continue reading

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A 4-D Workshop for the Jet Propulsion Labaoratoy

Just for fun, this is what a workshop looks like.

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Here's My Latest You Tube Video

Here’s My Latest You Tube Video 4-D Team Performance Enhancement and Risk Mitigation- Part I

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Project Risk Management

I have been fascinated since I read an article in the 60′s in Physics Today about peoples’ disconnect between the reality and perception of risk. Politicians manipulate this-and I could write pages about this fascinating defect in human perception. This paper is, however, about … Continue reading

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