by Jerry Collins | Jan 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Long Arc Bends Toward Justice Martin Luther King, Jr. said that “the arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice.” The origin of this sentence can be traced to Theodore Parker who was a Unitarian minister and prominent American...
by Jerry Collins | Dec 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
For those of us working within the packaging industry, the plastic packaging tax is currently the most pressing issue. The plastic packaging tax forms a part of the EU’s Green Deal, a comprehensive package of tax and non-tax measures. The UK government’s aim is to...
by Jerry Collins | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
How the false consensus effect eats up your profit We succumb to it in our private lives and at work. Whole departments and companies can fall into its clutches. The false consensus effect, discovered by Lee Ross and published with two colleagues in 1977, describes...
by Jerry Collins | Jun 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Cost Engineering is often described as part science and part art. The science aspect is easily observed. We all understand the importance of collecting, normalizing, and analyzing historical data to support estimating a future program. We can all proficiently navigate...
by Jerry Collins | Apr 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
CFOs – Are They Vanguards or Villains? I continue to get mixed signals regarding how advanced CFOs are with their journey to become the “strategic advisor” that is so frequently mentioned in finance and accounting magazines. But I am unsure how much the evidence...
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