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“I am conscious myself of a weight at my heart and a feeling of impending danger—ever present danger, which is the more terrible because I am unable to define it.” Dr. Watson, The Hound of the Baskervilles This essay can be found at my Substack here: The Sleuth, the Scribe, and the Dog - by John Chambers

“It combines so many other art forms, as do theater and opera, but the essence of cinema is editing. It’s the combination of what can be extraordinary images… but put together in a kind of alchemy.” — Francis Ford Coppola interviewed by the Academy of Achievement, June 17, 1994 This essay was updated, and can now be found on my Substack here: Sharks, Cuts, and Fields - by John Chambers

"Harvey was a very adaptable person, with a keen eye and ear for every face and tone about him." Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous This essay can be accessed here on my jgcii substack: Coming of Age, Recursive Adaptation - by John Chambers

Scapegoats make life’s explanations and worry less uncomfortable. Unraveling the threads, attempting to detangle the spools of risk is disconcerting work. But if one target can be identified, the explanation is a neat fit; no need to go deeper. The bad guy is caught. But for those building ships or creating minds in machines, depth is a mandate, an expectation on which humanity depends.

“Why do you want to join the force?” “To protect the property and citizenry of –" “Ah, don't waste my time with that bull----” Characters, Jim Malone and Giuseppi Petri, The Untouchables (1987) This article can be read at SubStack here: Talent Conveyance, Humanity's Edge - by John Chambers

"The Interim's Inspiration" by John Chambers can be found on his Substack here: The Interim's Inspiration - by John Chambers

“In many cases there are times when an invention is technologically possible –- and in which it may indeed appear necessary, as the telescope may have -- but without a market the idea will not sell, and in the absence of the technical and social infrastructure to support it, the invention will not survive.” James Burke, Connections (1978) This essay can be found on the jgcii substack here: Sellers, Marketers, Makers: Innovation's Ancestry

“Who is the living food for the machines…- ? Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood - ? Who feeds the machines with their own flesh - ? Let the machines starve, you fools - ! Let them die - ! Kill them - the machines - !” (Metropolis, 1927) This essay can be found on Substack here: Empathy as Strength - by John Chambers

Essay can be found at this Substack link. Enterprise Risk Management: Pascal's Inspiration

Something else was not born yesterday -- the customer-centric enterprise.