Interesting Coincidence...

I posted a couple of days ago about the book Denise Landis recommended, Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity. Just got the Amazon confirmation that mine copy is on its way, but when browsing around about the book I noticed one of the authors, Karl E. Weick, is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Wonder if he and Denise are acquainted. Or even better, if Denise and/or Survival Flight factored into the research…

I’ll have to check that out… in any case, it would be very cool to have the guy that wrote a book applicable to your work right at your own sponsoring institution. For me, that would make for some very interesting lunch meetings…

Here’s a brief profile on Dr. Weick. I also think its interesting that Tom Peters, one of the business gurus/authors I track, read and respect, listed Weick’s book here on his “what I’m currently reading” list. If you’re interested, Tom Peters maintains a blog called “Dispatches from the New World of Work”, which I always find interesting (and ocassionally comment on, like here about Worthwhile Magazine (which besides print has has a website and a blog), or here on business topics).

I’ve started a blog scan on Weick courtesy of Technorati, one of the (free!) environmental scanning services I use extensively. If you click on or point your newsreader to http://www.technorati.com/watchlists/rss.html?wid=68685 you’ll get updates on entries on other blogs that reference Weick. From the little I’ve read, other blog writers are finding his work valuable… I’m looking forward to reading the book. Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to meet Dr. Weick on a future trip to Survival Flight.

If you’re interested in or reading the book and want to hash it over, leave a comment or e-mail me at info [at] heligistix [dot] com. I’d love to know what you’re thinking…

I Lost My Shirt...

No, not in Poker. I mean literally.

After we finished up at Graduation on Thursday night, everyone retired to The Library for libation and lively discussion, not to mention some crazy dancing (particularly on Tim Pickering’s part, but I’m not going to mention that).

I set a cigar and a beautiful XL navy [program not named] polo shirt I’d received as a gift on the bench in front of the Library entrance, which is where they disappeared from. I’m sure you figured they were either lonely, lost or abandoned, but they weren’t. I know where the cigar went, and when asked about the shirt, that culprit opined “its on its way to Texas with the blonde flight nurse”.

Unfortunately, “blonde flight nurse from Texas” is not definitive at MTLI. Nor would I know how to reach said nurse. I do, however, long for the return of the shirt to its rightful owner. Or, if you’re reading and need it worse than me, keep it. I wouldn’t begrudge anyone a piece of clothing they really needed.

In case I’ve guilted you into giving up the shirt, e-mail me at info [at] heligistix [dot] com, or ship it with return mailing info to:

Chris Church
8949 SE Bridge Road
PMB 281
Hobe Sound, Florida 33455

In appreciation, I’ll gladly reciprocate by sending two lovely program T-Shirts of your preferred size.

As an alternative, if you’re holding the shirt hostage (preferably not in Las Vegas), send some photos and I’ll post them here…

More Photos...

I got a note asking about the photos from the golf outing.  I posted on this before, but to go directly to the little photo gallery, go to http://www.heligistix.com and click the “MTLI Photos 2005” link.  That will take you to a photo gallery you can browse.  Click on any of the little pictures and it will expand into a bigger picture.  If you see one you want the high-resolution (i.e. printable) version of, e-mail me at info [at] heligistix [dot] com.

Enjoy!