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DIARY: July 5, 1995 10:28 AM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Called Tom Landauer re study of SDS, POIMS, Communication Metric.

1...Summary/Objective
....See discussion with Morris on replacing Project Managers with "Team
.....Tom said he would consider doing this event.
2...Book
3...Tom seemed to indicate he might be interested in doing a book. He is
4...Study of SDS
5...Lift Capacity to Think, Remember & Communicate
.....Comment
.....If Tom still has contacts at Bellcore, possibly they would be


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CONTACTS 
0201 - University of Colorado             303 492 2875 fax or 800...
020101 - Mr. Thomas K. Landauer

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Evaluations, Studies
Book (uses manual language)
PMI Event Program, Planning, Speakers
Feb Event, Jun Event

1006 -    ..
1007 - Summary/Objective
1008 -
100801 - Follow up ref SDS 5 0000, and ref SDS 2 0000.
100802 -
100803 - Talked to Tom about review on 950623, ref SDS 3 0001, of his book:
100804 -
100805 -                 "The Trouble with Computers."
100806 -
100807 - Asked Tom about speaking at the PMI Nov event, and contacts to do a
100808 - study on lifting the capacity to think, remember and communicate, as
100809 - set out below. ref SDS 0 1681
100810 -
100811 - Sent ref DIT 1 to confirm understandings.
100812 -
100813 -    See discussion with Morris on replacing Project Managers with "Team
100814 -    Leaders" and computers. ref SDS 6 7409
100815 -
100816 -
100817 -
1009 -
1010 -
1011 - Progress
1012 -
101201 - Left message about Tom speaking at one our 4 events for PMI. ref SDS 4
101202 - 0461
101203 -
101204 -  ..
1013 -
1014 -
1015 -
1016 - 1503 Tom called back
1017 -
101701 - I congratulated Tom on his book and explained its relation to my work,
101702 - per analysis on 950620. ref SDS 2 1852
101703 -
101704 - Advised of PMI's planning on 950629, to do an event in Feb on using
101705 - automation to improve communications, ref SDS 4 0461
101706 -
101707 -     Tom said he would consider doing this event.
101708 -
101709 -     He charges $2K plus expenses.
101710 -
101711 - I will send him discussions with Bill on 950629 showing conceptual
101712 - overview of the communication events. ref SDS 4 0461
101713 -
101714 -
101715 -
101716 - Book
101717 -
101718 - Tom seemed to indicate he might be interested in doing a book.  He is
101719 - interested in the efficacy of the ideas.  His interest would be
101720 - heightened if he finds they stand up in practice.
101721 -
101722 -     This is the Bill Gates, Lou Gerstner, Lee Iaccoca test, of what
101723 -     software program enables an executive to make money by using it
101724 -     all day long every day to do their work? ref SDS 1 6772
101725 -
101726 -
101727 - I will send Tom the paper on NWO... (he liked the title), and POIMS.
101728 -
101729 -
101730 -
101731 - Study of SDS
101732 - Lift Capacity to Think, Remember & Communicate
101733 -
101734 - Tom said Bellcore which is part of Pac Bell financed the study on
101735 - Superbook.  He feels the steps described in the book indicate what
101736 - needs to be done.
101737 -
101738 - He is not aware of where we might inquire to encourage a study in an
101739 - academic setting, or otherwise to obtain funding for such a study on
101740 - SDS.
101741 -
101742 -     Comment
101743 -
101744 -     If Tom still has contacts at Bellcore, possibly they would be
101745 -     interested in financing a study of SDS to see how it can improve
101746 -     management productivity and earnings at the phone company.
101747 -
101748 -
101749 -
1018 -
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