By Barry Mohn Occum’s Razor, loosely interpreted, is a principle stating that the simplest method is often the best.  Philosopher William of Ockham surely would have approved of clustering then. Clustering, believed to have started in Roman times, is a technique that helps create a hierarchy of ideas around a central purpose or problem.  Circa 75 BC, Cicero etched clusters for his speeches on clay tablets.  Today, third graders mark [...]

Funny.  I came across a pamphlet the other day from a workshop that my grandfather attended in 1958 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  The title of the workshop was Making Meetings Effective.  I had to laugh because, 52 years later, I deliver a workshop on that very topic. Furthermore, after flipping through the 19-page pamphlet, I realized that the tips my grandfather learned so long ago are nearly identical [...]