Idea Parking

[learnteach]

'Cause I want them out of my head.

1. The Myth of Middle Management 2. Atoxins 3. Fall off the branch



1. The Myth of Middle Management: Not what you think. As that evil thinker posited, there are legendary managers at the upper level, and legendary workers, in American tradition, but no legendary middle managers. There's Jobs and Jack Welch and Hewlitt and Packard and Grove; there's the internet millionaires...but there's noone leading the team in the American tradition. There are "Inventors" (Edison, Tesla, Crick) and magnates (Stanford, etc.) but we don't hear stories of the men who build the team.

I think it's because the myth in america is of the loner, and of being able to be the best; why should we study anyone less than the top?

This effects engineering to make the US land of the design engineer; rather than focusing on a process or the final product, we focus on the heros--the Design Engineer, the Market Manager, the Stellar Salesman.

2. Atoxins. Well, I don't know what I'm alleric to, but it's continuing and not truely abating. Thanks SRC; checking for molds now. The attic isn't inudated, so time to do a complete room clean.

3. Fall off the branch. My trouble isn't fear of falling or flying, it's deciding which way to fall. The quote comes from my brother, who advised me to just pick a direction and go. Ah, well, only one?

Excelsior!

Comments

[ianhess.livejournal.com]

No reason you cannot choose another direction later.

Allergy testing

[llamaeyes.livejournal.com]

I just had a real, honest-to-goodness allergy test. It was an enlightening experience. They test for all sorts of trees I've never heard of, food, animals (hogs!) and you get the results the same day.

I found my doctor attentive and knowledgable and would recommend her if you like. She also provided lots of suggestions on how to clean up to help with allergies.

I knew I was allergic to cats, but didn't know I was 4 on a scale of 1-4. I was also high with molds and some particular trees.

Another thing I liked about her office was that my exam room contained books on gardening which rated plants in terms of their propensity to cause allergy symptoms.

Re: Allergy testing

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Was this the sort where they do the tests to your blood, rather than poking things in your skin? I've heard the blood version is quicker/better. Not to mention you don't itch for hours....

Re: Allergy testing

[llamaeyes.livejournal.com]

They actually did the poke test initially, an injection test followup and are doing a blood test for my possible bee allergy.

I'm actually going to be eating a bit of shrimp to follow up on the initial negative shrimp poke which was the original reason for my visit.

[kfitzwarin.livejournal.com]

I had blister-testing done a few years ago and found a bunch of foods that, while I wasn't instant-anaphylaxis-girl or anything, I was sufficiently allergic to that eating them during tree season(s) would make me sick. It took two sessions to do the likely foods, trees & grasses, molds, etc. but it was definitely worthwhile (if slightly depressing - garlic was one of the allergens!)

Another thing that's possible (and which an allergist can check for) is something like candida. A little more common in girls but anyone can get it, and it kicks your immune system down enough that anything you're even slightly allergic to causes a reaction.

And keep in mind that many allergies change as you age.

[xthread.livejournal.com]

what ian said. changing directions is far less corrosive than decision paralysis.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

why should we study anyone less than the top?

When do we have time to study anyone other than the top?