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A helpful strategy to avoid "meeting madness" is evaluating whether the subject or problem is actually worthy of a meeting. Perhaps the leaders are trying to avoid taking a decision or face the consequences of such a decision based on the fact that it was "a collective decision". I believe it is ...

The world economy responds to cycles that sooner or later impact our quality of life through its effects on the built environment or the loss of jobs. It is not the first time we have dealt with similar issues in our group. Still, it does not hurt to maintain a base of advice and recommendations for ...

Hi Alexander, There is a documentary on Netflix about TMI. https://www.netflix.com/co/title/81198239 Best regards, ------------------------------ Luis Vasquez-Varela Aff.M.ASCE Civil Engineer Manizales ------------------------------

My indispensable tool is a Moleskine Notebook with a square pattern and my Faber Castle mechanical pencil. I have to write and draw to understand the problem. Then I write a list of small tasks to achieve the primary goal. ------------------------------ Luis Vasquez-Varela Aff.M.ASCE Associate Professor. ...

Dear Tung, I can't do anything without writing it down on paper first. I spent a lot of pencils and notebooks. Handwriting gives me a clear sense of what I have to do and what I expect to accomplish, even programming. That's my primary tool. I used to program in Visual Basic 6.0, but I couldn't ...