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Things I didn't learn at Carleton {#Things I didn't learn at Carleton}
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(..but I wish I had)

-   how to run a meeting:
    -   Have an agenda & a goal to accomplish.
    -   <http://leancoffee.org>
    -   unconference <http://unconference.net/how-to-diy-unconference/>
-   comp sci:
    -   unit testing
    -   parameter testing
    -   source control
    -   systems thinking
-   generate ideas:
    -   Edward de Bono's principles of innovation
    -   intersect datasets (that's where interesting things happen)
    -   look for constraints (too weak, too complicated) This is how
        engineers innovate, q.v. TRIZ
-   questions that are useful:
    -   three questions: What do you want to improve? What will you
        change? How do you know it worked?
    -   If you're wrong, how would you know?
    -   What will make a relationship for you? What will break a
        relationship?
-   Anscombe's quartet. Interocular inspection. Try to get a look at
    what is happening: profiling, visualize data, some second opinion.
-   DevOps, After action review, *Field Guide to 'Human Error'*
-   git for 4 and up: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ffBJ4sVUb4>
-   Inventing on principle:
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII>
    -   find a guiding principle for your work, for your life
-   pyschopath code:
    <https://legacy.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/psychopathcode/details>
-   wardley maps for strategy:
    <https://medium.com/wardleymaps/on-being-lost-2ef5f05eb1ec>
-   Demming: "Drive out fear"
-   six thinking hats:<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=719k6SqjAV0>
-   vim