A few more ideas for Beauty and the Geek Penultimate Challenge Settings

Unlikely if this show will ever make a come-back but 2020 has given this post new impetus, even if the show might not come back!

I am personally not the one to know what audiences are looking for in reality television these days!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Geek

In the Challenge before the final winning couple is chosen Beauties and Geeks are thrown into a real - life (possible) crisis situation which pushes both the Beauty and the Geek out of their comfort zones! I guess you could say it's something where you are looking for deeper meaning & purpose and they gone on to build influence or leadership skill!

So here a couple more settings that they could try:

• Military Boot Camp - with a few three or four star Generals as Drill Sergeants! 
• Emergency Nuclear Bunker
• COVID - Response - could be a step later on into entertainment  for Dr Fauci ?? 
• Emergency Response Co-ordination Centre to deal with social unrest
• ... 

Some examples of Careers which are better pre-disposed towards Diversity

In the Finance Industry: To give you an example of a stockbroker (male) in a financial hub whom meets a female whilst out one night, eventually they enter into a relationship, marry, have children together etc ...

Simply by being in a relationship with someone in the finance industry (e.g. personal conversations etc ...) she learns about how to do the job and one day she goes on to become even more competent than he is!

This is applicable to other industries as well:

Judiciary - lawyers
Politics - politicians,
Government etc ...

Unfortunately working in Computers / Software Development etc ... has an underlying & more difficult to attain pre-requisite of a high standard of STEM!!

This will be quite some time and doing before any more major inroads are made and we start to see much more successful diversity in this field!

A few examples of Multi-disciplinary fields

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinarity

 

Examples:

Engineering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering - whilst not multi-discipline per se – with being based so heavily on science and mathematics they benefit hugely from proper computer use – helps to know at least pseudo code for the tools they use e.g. CAD software, MATLAB, VBA etc …

Dynamics CRM!!

How could we forget – combines a bit of basic Accounting, Marketing, Sales with Object Oriented Design, E-R Diagrams etc …

Making Dynamics AX arguments

When AX is up and running with all of your Financials, don't forget the Accounting arguments AX require a much less lower burden of proof or certainty:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)]
than scientific evidence which is what you get used to when you are implementing AX.

Scientific Proof is more akin to the Balance of Probabilities, which is a relatively high standard.

Hence keep in mind:

• You only require sufficient information to make the case you are seeking
• You may not be able to get lots and lots of information anyway
• It is impossible to get all of the information anyway
• Dynamics AX arguments can be rebutted 
• ...

SharePoint to build skills in the Police Force

Following on from:
https://productive-business.blogspot.com/2019/09/sharepoint-not-just-information.html

So for instance, in inducting new Police Officers you would include PowerPoint slides with links to the following:

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Scales of Justice tipping

(If you were ever to use this to train real Police Officers you would make sure you checked into your Document Library the PowerPoint presentation where the scales untip just once to really get the idea across)

Virtua Cop ~ Justice Shots

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Check for Understanding: In the Virtua Cop 2 play through below: 

Virtua Cop 2 - Arcade Playthrough

1. How many gangsters were killed before the first justice shot?
2. Count how many justice shots there are in the 1st mission because it is not displayed at the end of the scene

Disadvantages of Conglomerates ...

Conglomerates are bad!

The main (and key) disadvantage is that it is very difficult to track where all the $$$ is going!

I myself am not a fan at all of this business structure - Korean chaebols abound with stories of dirty $$$ and of course ~ who could forget:

The Trump Organisation ~
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Organization#Controversies !!

And there could be something for Microsoft to think about there - perhaps focusing on software rather than skewing out too much into other not so synergous areas - e.g. hosting, hardware etc ...

DIY Posts have shifted!!

 

For a bit of easier reading!!

Please refer to:

       https://optimise-performance.blogspot.com

for these labelled Posts.

University Courses ... a Career Perspective

If you're thinking of taking on a new career - be it your first or you are changing careers - 

here's a new way to look at University Courses, make sure you know what you are getting yourself in for!

Traditional University Courses in particular Medicine & Law get you to learn ALL the text books:

• Law - there are Lecturers whom still don't use slides / textbooks etc ... make you transcribe all their lectures by hand - 
• Medicine is similar -the only prop you have is the patient! 
• In Pharmacy - the drug dispensary, Dentistry is similar
  

• And the list goes on ... 

So worth it if you are questioning the commitment / study skills / ability etc ... you have - may be more worthwhile to look at other courses around which these days may be Private or at the very least, partially Private.