Personal Reflections – Page 8

Questions and Answers

Posted on April 16, 2017 by greenerjsa

I have had a few songs in my head over the last days, battling for attention. The first is from Moody Blues – the Question […]

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Cost Effectiveness

Posted on April 2, 2017 by greenerjsa

I don’t know if I should class this as a language discussion or a systems thinking discussion, but in the understanding that true solutions come […]

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Language: Redundancy is NOT a Dirty Word

Posted on March 5, 2017 by greenerjsa

“Your position is redundant”. “Let’s not be redundant.” “We seek efficiency so let’s eliminate redundancies.” All dreaded uses of the word and derivations of “redundant”. […]

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Entitlement Needs a Partner

Posted on February 26, 2017 by greenerjsa

My son and I attended Brain Candy at Proctor’s in Schenectady this past Friday. We both love Adam Savage and my son is a fan […]

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Tetris for Adults: a purposeful decision

Posted on February 19, 2017 by greenerjsa

Yesterday I stacked two cords of wood in our wood racks in the backyard. I stacked, my son “chucked” and it took only a few […]

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NYC Women’s March

Posted on January 22, 2017 by greenerjsa

The most exceptional thing about the women’s march, besides the peaceful gatherings, the massive crowds, and the fact that women and men marched all over […]

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Nature of the Space

Posted on January 8, 2017 by greenerjsa

I am currently fascinated by the “Nature of the Space”. This title captures four of the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design as defined by Terrapin Bright […]