by david allan van nostrand | Apr 13, 2026 | Planning, Strategy, The iterative process
In the 1970s and 1980s, there was one question asked over and over again by men and women alike in every bar in town – from fern bars to discos, pubs, and dive bars. What’s your sign? It was a jumping-off point for mutual seduction that was so popular in the...
by david allan van nostrand | May 24, 2021 | Items in the News, Planning
The first cliques most of us encountered were in school, where the cool kids hung around in one bunch, the jocks in another, and so on. I pronounced it “clicks” for years and then someone told me it’s “cleeks.” Whichever way you say it, cliques are small groups that...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 22, 2019 | Planning, Strategy, Using Information
When it comes to planning and decision-making, too many people rely on complicated procedures and detailed statistics when there is an excellent tool that is easy to use and requires no math at all. How To Use a 2×2 Matrix To Change Your Life The 2×2 matrix...