Razor's edge thinking on issues of management of change, configuration, assets and design margin, safety conscious work environment, safe operation of complex systems, causal analysis, management assessments and investigations, performance measurement systems and tools, linguistics, neuro-biology, producing action, requests and promises, and other extremely "outside the box" perspectives on life, the universe, and everything.

About Me

Brad Williamson is the President and Senior Consultant at Interlogic, Inc., designing configuration and margin management processes, teaching change management, performing management investigations and assessments, and coaching senior managers for performance improvement in nuclear utilities, telecommunications, and entertainment industries. He is the co-author of the soon to be published handbook, "Operational Measurement Systems: Foundations for Performance".

In his other lives, he is principal photographer for Harbor Country Photography, and Director and Producer for Paladin Pictures, Inc., recently releasing the acclaimed documentary "Rebellion of Thought". He resides in Southwest Michigan with his wife and three of their four children. In his spare time you can catch him (actually, you can't) tooling around on his Aero 1100 cruiser or his Arctic Cat Pantera.

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Iterative Solutions, or why planning 10,000 years ahead is a bad idea.

06.04.08 09:16 Filed in: Philosophy | Narratives | Operation of Complex Systems | Change Management | Configuration Management

I was musing about the failure of the U.S. government to come to terms with its responsibility and obligation to fulfill on the promise of long term high level radwaste storage with my friends and mentors the other day. I was struck by the concern that seems to be rampant among the public, the responsible government officials, and the scientific and technical effort associated with the Yucca Mountain project that we somehow provide a long term high level radwaste storage solution that will be viable for 10,000 years.

Now maybe it's just me, but doesn't that strike you as ludicrous?

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Iterative Solutions, or why planning 10,000 years ahead is a bad idea.