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DIARY: August 22, 1995 12:42 PM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Received call from John Kahl at Raychem re NWO paper.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Communication Engineer
.....Comment
3...Old Time Religion - Last Para
4...Doug & Covey
.....Comment


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SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Advertising
Writing for Publication
PMI, Publishing Articles, New World Order needs old time religion
Communicaiton Manager Fear will Replace
Communication Manager Aligns Team While
Scribe, Communication Manager until Tools
Communication Manager Psychology Challenging
Knowledge Worker Communication Manager

1610 -    ..
1611 - Summary/Objective
1612 -
161201 - Followed up work at ref SDS 10 line 54.  Got some interesting
161202 - comments from John.
161203 -
161204 -    Will follow up about meeting for a demonstration of SDS when John
161205 -    returns from vacation oa 950920, per our discussion at ref SDS 6
161206 -    line 179.
161207 -
161208 -
1613 -
1614 -
1615 - Progress
1616 -
161601 - He likes the introduction.  He feels it sets up the issues to be
161602 - resolved by communication metrics a lot better.
161603 - ..
161604 - John said the last para in col 1 on p. 3 is very good.  He
161605 - suggests changing
161606 -
161607 -       communication control, which is proactive, "may be more
161608 -       valuable"
161609 -
161610 - to
161611 -
161612 -       "...is more valuable than cost and schedul control."
161613 -
161614 - He is going to lunch and will call back later to discuss further.
161615 -
161616 -
161617 -
161618 -
1617 -
1618 -
1619 - 1525 John called back
1620 -   ..
162001 - He feels the paper is much better.  John offered a similar
162002 - explanation of the distinction he makes between information and
162003 - knowledge, ref SDS 10 line 139.
162004 -
162005 -  ..
162006 - Communication Engineer
162007 -
162008 - John feels the explanation in the paper on why another skill person is
162009 - needed to perform Communication Metrics, is not clear from the paper.
162010 - He regarded it as an afterthought.
162011 -
162012 -     Comment
162013 -
162014 -     This evening I did a little editing on this at ref OF 2 line 1223,
162015 -     per analysis of Morris' comments at ref SDS 11 line 131.
162016 -
162017 -     Actually, if people come away with a desire to use Communication
162018 -     Metrics, then it may be unnecessary to discuss the idea of a
162019 -     Scribe.
162020 -
162021 -     [Considered this point again at ref SDS 12 line 54.]
162022 -
162023 -
162024 -  ..
162025 - Old Time Religion - Last Para
162026 -
162027 - John offered a suggestion for language to end the paper by mentioning
162028 - the title again as a closing concept.
162029 -
162030 -     [Did this at ref SDS 13 line 57.]
162031 -
162032 -
162033 -
162034 -  ..
162035 -
162036 - Doug & Covey
162037 -
162038 - John asked me not to follow up with Doug on Covey.  Doug is teaching a
162039 - class in Covey this week for Raychem.  Doug is very busy, ref SDS 6
162040 - line 225. He is remodeling his house.  He has 3 children.  He is
162041 - re-organizing his church.  John feels this agenda along with Doug's
162042 - responsibilities at Raychem, preclude him from taking on more stuff at
162043 - this time.
162044 -
162045 -     Comment
162046 -
162047 -     This is problematical.  I want to challenge the efficacy of
162048 -     spending money to teach "Covey" which is an approach to improving
162049 -     performance through better communications "habits," and promote
162050 -     instead the idea that teaching Communication Metrics is a better
162051 -     solution, per analysis at ref SDS 3 line 223, and at ref SDS 3
162052 -     line 378.  Since Doug is teaching Covey he should be a good source
162053 -     to explain the objectives and how Covey helps people and
162054 -     organizations make more money since that is the only rationale for
162055 -     spending money to teach it.
162056 -     ..
162057 -     In any case, I will forego contacting Doug, until John
162058 -     returns from vacation and we can visit this point again.
162059 -
162060 -
162061 -
162062 -
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