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27/09/2024

Wednesday, I was listening to the radio while driving to an appointment.

There was a quiz on, and about a dozen people got their answers wrong. I’ve got to admit, I would not know the answer either – that quickly.

The astonishing bit was, though, that all the candidates would have had more time to think, google or ask Alexa, if they thought about it. Instead, they just quickly guessed the answer, without even remotely taking their time.

That made we think.

It’s like in life and work: What are our chances of making quick decisions and getting it right? Or should we rather take our time, do some research, analysis and get it right. Or substantially increase our chances of getting it right?

Same scenario happened with exams and my daughter. She’s a smart cookie, at least smarter in biology and chemistry. She went into the exams and finished within an hour out of 3 hours available.

But she ‘only’ had a merit and an achieved (her words).

If she had done the basics and spent the remaining 2 hours (or maybe even just one) on refining it, linking things and explaining things plus checking her rationale, she would have easily achieved excellence. Her takeaway from this: Do not rash things and take your time.

If we act rash, the chances of getting it right are slim. Unless it’s a subject we know about really well, so this is where your experience and knowledge comes in. If it is not an area we are certain about, would more time and research increase our chances of getting it right, instead of just taking a guess?

Can we afford to take a guess or take time and risk the possibility that we run out of time? The latter one typically rather meaning running out of budget in a commercial environment.

Thinking commercially, if we are not certain, do the risks of running out of time and budget and maybe running at less revenue outweigh the risk of guessing, doing a bad job and paying the price (or losing the job)?

To close the loop, my all-time favourite quote: Think McFly, think!

Can we afford to take a guess or take time and risk the possibility that we run out of time?

26/08/2024

Another year, another COP. What will be the results? At this stage more questions than answers.

Was all that air travel by all the delegates and attendees worth is? Much much progress do we need to get out of it just to offset the travel and accommodation, food consumed etc?

Progress should have been measured. I think others have measured progress to date already based on publicly available numbers, see my other post.

If it wasn’t an analogy for real, I’d say the story here was funny but unfortunately it still holds true.

Yes, I know I should not be sad about the lack of progress and focus on the positive that will come out of it, but it’s getting hard.

Discussions on LinkedIn hinged around the question why COP is getting less and less public attention each consecutive year and to me the answer is clear: People reached the understanding that there is a (climate/carbon emission/energy/poverty/economic/social) crisis, but they won’t get help by political leaders.

NZ’s new Resources Minister and Associate Energy Minister Jones has touted “We are not going to meet the 2030 dreamy fairytale aspirational figures that will be freeing ourselves of fossil fuels as generating energy”.

Unfortunsteky government has finally realised that 2030 is suddenly not that far away any more after years of doing nothing much about carbon emissions and the Paris agreement.
I need to admit that there some reductions, but not enough to meet the target.
And no government likes to make bold decisions as they will face the heat.

Not sure where the positive news are right now.

Another year, another COP. What will be the results? At this stage more questions than answers.

26/08/2024

What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power-hungry. New statistics from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) show a steep increase of global electricity use for crypto mining and AI.

What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power-hungry. New statistics from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) show a steep increase of global electricity use for…

27/04/2023

International Compost Awareness Week 2023:
We are doing composting to add nutrients and microbes to the soil and attracting worms, providing a healthy soil that has good moisture retention and grows healthy and strong plants, it’s all about soil health.

https://www.envirology.co.nz/international-compost-awareness-week-icaw-2023/