SPY finally broke thru 135 for the first time since mid-Feb. It remains to be seen if it can hold above 135, but its been knocking on the door for weeks. SLV had its first day of pullback in recent memory. All the metals futures are up and so it remains to be seen how […]
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Sharing my BrainMode power report
wanted to share out my BrainMode power (BMp) report. BRAIN MODE power for Professional Development for Ken Long Quite a few folks had expressed interest in learning more about BMp, so I thought I would share mine and how I will use it in my trading practice As/if you read further, Notice the auditory, visual, […]
mountains and efficiency
I am thinking about “efficiency” in time(t) as Gain/TrueRange(sum) the TrueRange = sum of distance travelled on the way to getting the gain think of a perfect ramp from groundlevel to mountaintop think of rolling hills from groundlevel to mountaintop think of a series of identically high mountains from ground level to mountaintop think of […]
Innovation as a function of R&D investments? not so much; check your network first
Image via Wikipedia Some excellent insights into the power of quality connections and the network effect with respect to R&D, innovation and open borders Hard times call for new solutions and we are starting to take a good hard look at how innovation really works and what we can do to improve performance. Recent reports […]
More reflections on Mintzberg on planning
In 1978, Professor Henry Mintzberg writes: “Most of our studies show evidence of two main patterns, one superimposed on the other. The first is the life cycle of an overall strategy its conception, elaboration, decay, and death. The second is the presence of periodic waves of change and continuity within the life cycle. (Longer cycles […]
Estimating reasonable profit targets for swing trades
Describing sector rotation
No more Easter egg hunts: promoting search and discovery in the classroom
Image via Wikipedia Think about how we assign readings and discussion questions. Let me exaggerate (am I?) and say that we: …engineer the amount of reading based on words per minute, and convert that into pages, and then assign “x” number of pages. We select readings that “surround” the answer we want the students to […]
how OD interventions need to be adapted to fit different cultural contexts.
Image by Okinawa Soba (In Asia and Africa until August) via Flickr Cummings and Worley acknowledge the importance of appreciating, if not understanding, the cultural context when considering an OD interventions. This includes culture on a national, regional, tribal, religious and ethnic dimension as well as the traditional social norms. They remind us that interventions […]
Some characteristics of transformational change
Image by Alex Osterwalder via Flickr Discussing the three kinds of interventions associated with transformational change, namely: culture change, self-design, and Organizational Learning and Knowledge management. Culture change: focuses more on the development of a strong, appropriate culture for the line of business, environment, workforce demographics and societal norms as a way to align organizations, […]