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The root causes of control-oriented failures

No plan survives contact with the enemy - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

Nov 26 • BRYAN PFLUG

Tensions between autonomy and control

If communication cannot achieve consensus, we must live with the broken pieces of unfulfilled expectations and recognize the failure of dialogue, trust…

Nov 15 • BRYAN PFLUG

Diagnosing organizational behaviors

People are happy to add to the pharmacopoeia; they forget to swallow the medicine

Nov 9 • BRYAN PFLUG

September 2025

Concepts of operation for living systems

Systems engineering from God's Eye

Sep 5 • BRYAN PFLUG

August 2025

The DNA embedded in all of our maladies

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

Aug 31 • BRYAN PFLUG

The cascading interactions of productive teamwork

Effective interactions among team members are critical in most endeavors.

Aug 25 • BRYAN PFLUG

More with less: managing flow

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act - Mihaly…

Aug 25 • BRYAN PFLUG

Pursuing just enough quality

When we work with craftsmen to produce products, we rely on their talent, teamwork, and the match of their experience with the jobs to be done.

Aug 3 • BRYAN PFLUG

Verification and validation concepts, strategies, and limitations

In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art. - Bill Kovach

Aug 2 • BRYAN PFLUG

July 2025

Negotiating and documenting commitments

This is the third in a series on elaboration

Jul 30 • BRYAN PFLUG

Focusing attention on the most important details

This is the first article of a series on elaboration.

Jul 30 • BRYAN PFLUG

The search for value

The pursuit of value is usually a tenuous and uncertain quest for meaning.

Jul 29 • BRYAN PFLUG