Winning Numbers

Numbers are right if they add up.

Numbers are positive if they do not convey negative message.

Numbers are odd if ever they were even.

Numbers are rational to the irrationals.

Numbers are complex when they got changed all the time.

Numbers are real when they are complex.

Numbers are natural when they are really complex.

Numbers are whole when they consume your whole mind.

Numbers are prime when they are the only things on your mind.

No numbers are perfect - not until infinity.

Headcount month, FTE, $, ATD, ETC, EAC, Original budget, Approved, revised, forecast, hours, gap, surplus, rates, ratios, cubicles, hot seats, hot rooms, rooms, parking spot, staff count, moving cost, projects, % complete, start date, end date - all kinds of numbers.

Hope tonight's winning numbers are: 20, 22, 32, 34, 38, and 41.

Super High Intensity Tasks

I have probably jinxed myself when I (jokingly) said I had absolutely nothing to do last week. Now I am finding myself buried in a pile of Super High Intensity Tasks. Excuse me. I knew there's something funny when others took my word seriously.

It reminds me of couple years ago when I was the only one trying to make some sense of the numbers. The only sense I got out of it was a sense of chaos and insanity - and now a sense of humor, guess it's the insanity thing too. That was a good experience then and the effort was worth it for the team. Now it is history repeating itself. Luckily, there're lessons learned at my disposal.

Sometimes I wonder what causes Analysis Paralysis. A person is happier if he doesn't know anything that will disgust him. A person is making quick decisions because he doesn't think thoroughly or he thought he did. Are quick decisions good decisions?

There's a fine line between good decisions made quickly and quick decisions made badly. The former requires good information and fast thinking - 80/20 rule, SWOT analysis, six thinking hats, KISS, etc. The latter simply requires any combination of bad information, gut feel, ignorance, and a care-less attitude.

Seek and you shall find. Speak and you shall jinx. I wish I hadn't known better.