Doug Garnett
@douggarnett.bsky.social
Complexity in business, math, and engineering. Deep experience with new consumer products. Portland, OR. http://DougGarnett.com. http://protonik.net. Adjunct at Portland State.
Cohost of The Marketing Podcast with Shahin Khan (https://t.co/XgZ4WBiyoU).
Cohost of The Marketing Podcast with Shahin Khan (https://t.co/XgZ4WBiyoU).
A beautiful Oregon Memorial Day. Clouds making for dramatic light.
May 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A beautiful Oregon Memorial Day. Clouds making for dramatic light.
Scary book. And I love the source of the cover idea…
May 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Scary book. And I love the source of the cover idea…
Through long discussions with @jpcastlin.bsky.social, in his Strategy and Praxis newsletter today we hypothesize a fourth type of uncertainty — one we call dynamic as it better describes the continually changing and adapting uncertainty within which we do business. A small excerpt:
May 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Through long discussions with @jpcastlin.bsky.social, in his Strategy and Praxis newsletter today we hypothesize a fourth type of uncertainty — one we call dynamic as it better describes the continually changing and adapting uncertainty within which we do business. A small excerpt:
Ellie watching the wildlife…
May 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ellie watching the wildlife…
Deer from our condo living room this evening. They only sometimes visit.
May 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Deer from our condo living room this evening. They only sometimes visit.
Great discussion — the challenge of uncertainty as parents and the error of single-minded "achievement" definitions. Great adults develop as kids come to understand their true strengths and those lie outside strict academic categories.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
May 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great discussion — the challenge of uncertainty as parents and the error of single-minded "achievement" definitions. Great adults develop as kids come to understand their true strengths and those lie outside strict academic categories.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
Originated on Twitter... Sad for Elmo.
May 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Originated on Twitter... Sad for Elmo.
That article you posted says, in fact very little. Accusations are not truth — they are simply accusations. The article also gets things wrong. Notice this paragraph notice solid evidence of 'more heat waves and extreme precipitation." The article you posted says he doesn't think this.
May 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
That article you posted says, in fact very little. Accusations are not truth — they are simply accusations. The article also gets things wrong. Notice this paragraph notice solid evidence of 'more heat waves and extreme precipitation." The article you posted says he doesn't think this.
e see exactly this in responses to Trump today. This is from George Orwell’s essay critiquing Burnham’s “The Managerial Revolution”.
May 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
e see exactly this in responses to Trump today. This is from George Orwell’s essay critiquing Burnham’s “The Managerial Revolution”.
Supposing a true artificial general intelligence is developed (which it won't be), why would anyone think this isn't the ultimate result? 🤷♂️😂
May 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Supposing a true artificial general intelligence is developed (which it won't be), why would anyone think this isn't the ultimate result? 🤷♂️😂
A thought about Trump at 100 days I wrote on Facebook.
April 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A thought about Trump at 100 days I wrote on Facebook.
But of fun in the New Yorker. The updated US Customs entry survey. For more the link has it all. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
April 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
But of fun in the New Yorker. The updated US Customs entry survey. For more the link has it all. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Actually, you have that wrong.
April 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Actually, you have that wrong.
More Central Oregon timeline cleanse.
April 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
More Central Oregon timeline cleanse.
A Central Oregon timeline cleanse.
April 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A Central Oregon timeline cleanse.
From David Brooks today in the Atlantic. Causing pain is part of Orwell. And part of Trumps being a father it appears.
April 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
From David Brooks today in the Atlantic. Causing pain is part of Orwell. And part of Trumps being a father it appears.
How Bad Are the ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’ for Retail?
A few of my comments on RetailWire discussion this morning.
retailwire.com/discussion/h...
A few of my comments on RetailWire discussion this morning.
retailwire.com/discussion/h...
April 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How Bad Are the ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’ for Retail?
A few of my comments on RetailWire discussion this morning.
retailwire.com/discussion/h...
A few of my comments on RetailWire discussion this morning.
retailwire.com/discussion/h...
This is excellent.
March 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is excellent.
A critical error in social sciences (from economics and psychology to business) is eliminating the effects of time by using NOUNS to refer to what are behaviors. Thanks, @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for the HT.
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A critical error in social sciences (from economics and psychology to business) is eliminating the effects of time by using NOUNS to refer to what are behaviors. Thanks, @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for the HT.
And especially this. One common problem with conventional science is that it removes effects of TIME by changing behaviors into nouns.
March 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And especially this. One common problem with conventional science is that it removes effects of TIME by changing behaviors into nouns.
This is an incredible story — outlining egregious abuse of power at US Immigration. Private prisons should NOT be a thing but it may be too late to roll that back. Link to article here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is an incredible story — outlining egregious abuse of power at US Immigration. Private prisons should NOT be a thing but it may be too late to roll that back. Link to article here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
March 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
Beauty abounds driving over the pass. The arrival in the meadow…
March 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Beauty abounds driving over the pass. The arrival in the meadow…
Important research truths…
March 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Important research truths…
More brilliance from Tom Fishburne/Marketoonist.
I suspect we've all been there...
marketoonist.com/2025/03/the-...
I suspect we've all been there...
marketoonist.com/2025/03/the-...
March 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
More brilliance from Tom Fishburne/Marketoonist.
I suspect we've all been there...
marketoonist.com/2025/03/the-...
I suspect we've all been there...
marketoonist.com/2025/03/the-...