Stream Flowing

 The time; iS Now,

The question; iS How.

You are; The Answer,

So bring; Curiosity!

 

The End of a CBFA Night

It is true.

That orange,

Turns to blue,

Every morning. 

But,

What you do.

During,

That velvet hour. 

Is,

The key, 

To our success.

Round,

and round,

We Go.

Until,

We stop,

And dream.

While, 

We see,

The violet lining,

In the Sky. 

Think,

Of what,

We can do,

Together,

Today.  

Youth Soccer in the Sea

To read this poem, you need to assume:

a. All creatures of the sea is the collective mind of humans beings.

and so it goes...

"His scale slithers under the water,

Only to find it is alone in the abyss. (1 - The book of Job)

The bottomless blue glass,

Is cold as Nature.

Before his eyes close, 

schools of emotions appear.

All shapes and sizes, 

Swim around his fins.  

He focuses on a Large Round Eye,

meeting and keeping contact with it.

For what seems like a second, 

Lasts for days.

As they stare at their peers, (2 - Social Contacts between men)

They notice a similarity.

To build something stronger than water, 

Together they agree:

1. Do not eat me.

2. Do not swim alone.

3. Do not pollute the Ocean.  

Fear oozes from his gills,

Replaced by krill of nourishment.  

For the creature swims away,

Knowing where to go for his next meal.  (3 - Facts of Nature and Scarcity)

Out of the calm,

Comes a black spot of death.

For 1000's of creatures,

Want not to love. 

The beast joins forces, (4 - John Nash Theory) 

With the Large Round Eye.  

They know to stay,

and outlast the mob.

The days pass,

As they visit the seven seas, 

While the society increases in size.

The Beast notices a change, 

in the face of the Reefs. 

For what was once,

Filled with blue, orange and red,

Is now a yellowish shade of dead.  

Foreign objects are found, 

Where tentacles once drifted.  

The Beast knows they are not alone.

And finds other companions,

of like-minded swimmers.  

He echos the changes in the reef,

and asks for help.  

His inner circles find the trash, (5 - Network of Trush, Fukuyama)

To clean and feed the Reef.  

Others like him, 

See and hear his social actions.

As he flys out of the water,

he sees birds and seals,

All moving the waste to the land. (6 -  How to Invest in Social Capital)

The inner circle does not grow,

But by small reproduction.

But his words, and actions,

are replicated at every corner of the surf.

As the space between the herds disappears, 

The problems expand. 

The beast asks the questions;

Is our food chain moral?

What makes me swim with a smile?

Are all creatures being treated fairly? 

These questions only start the conversation,

That whisper throughout the seaweed.  

For the Monster starts to wonder,

What would best help ALL sea creatures?

What is my duty to the Large Round Eye?

What is my greatest talent?

What does the flock feel should be done?

The young offsprings of the Large Round Eye,

Swim away from the current.

As they blink the water from their lens,

Their tails are not causing them to move. 

Foreign rope is all around, 

curved to a wall that cannot be broken. 

For one snagtooth father fish,

Is outside the entrapment. 

He sees his juvenile stuck on his side,

But also sees a hole at the bottom of the net.  

He knows a choice is near,

Between the lives of his clan or his love.

As he swims down to the hole, 

He knows that if he gnaws on the rope,

It will widen the space,

And save hundred of fish, (7 - Utilitarian Ethics)

As his boy disappears into the air.  

Following a trail of bubbles,

and through a moon-made stream,

Small Round Eye (SRE) searches for his Child.

 

For SRE did not know where he be, (8 - Kant)

But he wanted him to be set free. 

In the journey to find the feller,

He faced another choice.

 

Should he swim between the crevice,

Or go above to the ocean's boundaries. 

He went against his blue friend's advice,

Trying to outsmart the system,

Only to be stung by dishonesty.

 

For in the end,

The pouch of an enemy,

Leads them to victory.

The boy and son,

Swim away to their reef.  (9 - Finding Nemo - Disney)

 

Above the rocks,

Walk living shells.

They feed from the bottom, (10 - Aristotle )

And enjoy their meals. 

 

Below the sunrays,

Out of the water fly the gulls.

They swoop to their food, (10 - Aristotle )

and enjoy their meals.

 

With their rows of teeth exposed,

The Shark bites the seal,   (10 - Aristotle )

And violently enjoys his meal. 

 

As the fleet moves in its ways,

The large Whale opens his mouth,

To make sweet music for all to hear.  (10. Doing what is natural is right)

The anchovies disappear,

As the mammals enjoy their meal.

 

The Beast swims to the ocean floor,

To find a row of Mussels.  

He sees them attached to a rock,

As they open their shells for food.  

For they are all of the same size,

And they have the same needs. 

They feed in uniformity,

and none the sadder for what is lacking.  (11 - Strict Egalitariansim)

As the creature swims up,

He sees more individualism in the patterns.  

For all fish have the faculties to glide through the water,

but some eat better than others.  

He finds the thinnest of the bunch,

And asks if it is hungry.  

It answers, "No, I receive my just scraps,"

And then he knows the ocean is fair.  (12 - The Difference Principle)

As the monster continues,

He sees hammers and nurses,

and notices the specialization of sharks. 

The ones that move quicker, eat more,

But they are all engaged in the frenzy of the feast.  (13 - Resource-Based principles)

As the giant passes the Reef,

He witnesses a green wall of Ritteri sea anemones,

creating a home for colorful clownfish.

Their poisonous tentacles,

Keep out the intruder,

While the fish flourish with their families.  (14 - Welfare-base principles)

For as the fish find their way,

A foreign line create a wake in the aqua.  

Just like birds, otters and aligators,

which only visit the ocean, 

humans too, play and work here.

People curved bone, 

and strung strands, 

To create imaginary food.

A hungry fish will lurch,

And be dragged into the dirty oxygen.  (15. Desert-Based Principles)

This oil fuels the lights,

its meat feeds the souls,

and fins become soup.

For the head of the food chain,

Will drown if submersed.  

The golden trout disappears,

and the tuna thin like the buffalo. 

The whale blood stains the decks,

and the papers are signed,

To protect the unfortunates.  

For what is allowed in the boat,

Needs to be achieved within limits.

The raw meat that is enjoyed,

can be spread on cooked rice.  (16. Libertarian Principles) 

 

The laws of gravity,

effect all in the sea. 

As the slates of ice,

Fall and freeze,

Changing the landscape.  

 

The flow is dammed,

to grow the crops.

As the salmon wait,

to reverse the current.

 

The towns are flooded,

With the concert blast.

While smiles are spanning,

on the upstream beds.  (17. Natural Law School).

 

Around the globe,

move motionless bodies,

By the moons and tides.

For in the fall,

The winds collect,

Into a roaming set of eyes.

 

Following the warmth,

They naturally go north. 

Allowed to be free,

They create "acts of god,"

That insurance cannot see. (18. Postive Law School) 

 

As the scales grow dry,

And the Beast closes his lids,

He thinks of all the decisions he has seen. 

 

For he knows that the sea will be kind,

And everyone will eat.

For life is a circle,

that starts with eye contact."

The End is only the Beginning...

Ok, after talking to Tom this morning and receiving a termination letter from a company run by people with average neck size of 18, it is time to write the book, "You can't make this SHIT up, how the Internet works" since only 1% knows how it works, and 100% of the people want it to work right now.  That does not seem like math that will scale the knowledge of our human race.  

Ok, here I go, in a friendly blog post that will start my writing career, I am thinking about how to say things in ways that simplify reality.  What is in front of me is to write a simple and fun story about my life of the last 4 years in context of history of monopolies.  In CMTSU, 2016 FTE Networks = 1700 and earlier / 2017 CROSSLAYER = 1800 / 2018 CROSSLAYER = 1900 / 2019&2020 CROSSLAYER/CBFA = 2000 / 2021 = 2100 CBFA CORPORATIONS.  

The next step is reading all of these books, and getting the first 3 chapters started on mine.  

Why spend time on this you ask, The last 4 years of my life have been so interesting and challenging that getting them down on paper and understanding the motivation of my focus will help me grow my network and expand my thoughts.

Life is Soccer & Soccer is Life

Small rope,

Holds toes,

Full of electricity. 

Stop and look,

Give and Go,

Are In the eyes,

Of endless fans.  

When Life stops,

It turns around.

Black is white,

And white is black,

When small rope,

Kick it right.

Space is there,

Until it is not.  

Being open,

Can be stopped.

Three are key,

To any triangle.

Which makes,

The space.

For your,

teammate.

Find your way,

To guide the light,

Using only Thunder.  

When the last line,

Eyes; close with defeat.

You will feel endless joy,

As the net's release.   

Managed Service Regatta

The bow hits the ball,

Turning the boat,

Off to the next marker.

Out in the distance,

From high above,

The gulls look below.

Small specs,

Of Fiberglass.

Sprinkle,

The Azure,

Landscape.

The one behind,

Is actually ahead,

Due to their course.

Small drops,

Of sweat falls.

As the crew,

Turns their heads,

Together.

It’s easy to change,

But hard to stay the course,

Unless you know the way.

Lucky for you.

Captain Tench,

has seen,

Stormier days.

Stage Gate is like Gold Digging and Waterfall is for building railroads.

Organizations create governance that impacts productivity.  The leaders of the company need to have insight into the decision making process, and provide guidance to align with strategic planning.  One area that works is applying a decentralized stage gate process.  This is a valuable asset that empowers self motivated teams to report success and resolve their own roadblocks.  The group decides what should be handed off, and how to self-correct problems without having a command and control compliance officer setting timelines and milestones for them.  

Stage Gate process were established to filter important ideas from strategic leaders of the organization.  This is similar to mining precious metals, where you have lots of byproduct to process. The gates or cycfines  provide them the resource and financial backing required so they are successful.  In many cases, this has become a paperwork exercise, and at worst a fiefdom where centralized organizations are making strategic decisions and without the backing and support of the senior management team.  

Stage Gate Processes should be Engines of Innovation, since this drives the discourse to align the strategic vision of the company with the tactical implementation.  The discussions for steering committee should focus on prioritization and support as compared to compliance and status.

Agile methodologies create a framework for accountability.  Based on a inclusive strategic planning process, teams can be guided on what will have the largest benefit to the organization.  Once you have the governance team as cheerleader and supporter, the results bread the success that make people want to come back to work every day.  

I am always engaged in a waterfall vs. agile conversation when talking about stage gate milestones and timelines.  My augment is agile allows you to learn and be lean in your approach.  Waterfall is only required when you know exactly where you are going from the start.  I imagine the architects of the railroad had many challenges, but the notion of where they were going to lay the tracks was not one of them.  We are not building a railroad, we are building complex services that changes daily with customer input and feedback.