He generally "lectures" on lean business start-ups', and attitudes for success and efficiency in general and as you will see, he is generally a CAPITAL fellow :)
We will see how this applies to Climate-Change.
Be aware - has some interesting teaching methods like eating people he doesn't like - or who just don't get it !
So take my advice - you should probably read about him here : fakegrimlock.com/
We will see how this applies to Climate-Change.
Be aware - has some interesting teaching methods like eating people he doesn't like - or who just don't get it !
So take my advice - you should probably read about him here : fakegrimlock.com/
Having got that bit of gratuitous hyper-linking out of the way (in case he visits this piece of "virtual/real"-estate)
Hopefully I get myself into a category of people who will not be eaten on NOEATFRIDAY
Let me move on to why I think much of what he teaches is very
I'll first apologize for his notion that making a difference necessarily involves violence (ie having an impact is "PUNCHING THE WORLD IN THE FACE") - I guess it's the dino in him, or what he had for breakfast.
I also guess he won't like me apologizing either - but hey I get to have an opinion too !
In an guest post for Brad Feld 'be on fire' FG made the following observation about how to find the right idea to work on and how it must be an idea to set you on FIRE. Enjoy it and I will explain why it is relevant to us at kWIQly
First he explains how cold dispassionate ideas are not so special.
BE ON FIRE
WORLD FULL OF IDEA. ALL NEED IS BRAIN. MOST HUMANS HAVE BRAIN. IDEA BY SELF IS COLD. JUST SIT THERE. DO NOTHING.IF WANT DO SOMETHING, NEED FIRE. NEED BE ON FIRE.
Well energy-efficiency is also about being comfortable and should never be too cold ... So he tells us how to get fired up
HOW MAKE FIRE?
WORLD IS BROKEN. FIX IT.
RIGHT IDEA HARD. RIGHT IDEA HURT. RIGHT IDEA IS HOLE IN WORLD.
RIGHT IDEA MAKE BURN INSIDE TO FIX.
CAN TAKE DAY OFF FROM IDEA? IT WRONG ONE.
FIND IDEA THAT BURN, GRAB WITH BOTH HANDS, NEVER LET GO.
THAT HOW MAKE FIRE.
Well WORLD IS BROKEN climate-change is a-coming and so THE right idea must be to FIX IT.
IT HARD - in fact its so hard its capable of pushing water uphill...
RIGHT IDEA HURT.
BE ON FIRE
WORLD FULL OF IDEA. ALL NEED IS BRAIN. MOST HUMANS HAVE BRAIN. IDEA BY SELF IS COLD. JUST SIT THERE. DO NOTHING.IF WANT DO SOMETHING, NEED FIRE. NEED BE ON FIRE.
Well energy-efficiency is also about being comfortable and should never be too cold ... So he tells us how to get fired up
HOW MAKE FIRE?
WORLD IS BROKEN. FIX IT.
RIGHT IDEA HARD. RIGHT IDEA HURT. RIGHT IDEA IS HOLE IN WORLD.
RIGHT IDEA MAKE BURN INSIDE TO FIX.
CAN TAKE DAY OFF FROM IDEA? IT WRONG ONE.
FIND IDEA THAT BURN, GRAB WITH BOTH HANDS, NEVER LET GO.
THAT HOW MAKE FIRE.
Well WORLD IS BROKEN climate-change is a-coming and so THE right idea must be to FIX IT.
IT HARD - in fact its so hard its capable of pushing water uphill...
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| Ice going "uphill" courtesy of wikipedia |
RIGHT IDEA HURT.
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| Credit : - Unknown - contact please |
(Yes we will get on to efficiency in a minute BEAR with me - there's a DINOSAUR in the room that's hard to ignore)
RIGHT IDEA IS HOLE IN WORLD
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| Asif Iqbal - The News Blog |
Errm - yup - and floods, fires, storms, landslide, drought, disease and some other stuff!
RIGHT IDEA MAKE BURN INSIDE TO FIX.
Yes well there is a lot of TALKING going on...
1995: COP 1, The Berlin Mandate
1996: COP 2, Geneva, Switzerland
1997: COP 3, The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
1998: COP 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999: COP 5, Bonn, Germany
2000: COP 6, The Hague, Netherlands
2001: COP 6, Bonn, Germany
2001: COP 7, Marrakech, Morocco
2002: COP 8, New Delhi, India
2003: COP 9, Milan, Italy
2004: COP 10, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005: COP 11/MOP 1, Montreal, Canada
2006: COP 12/MOP 2, Nairobi, Kenya
2007: COP 13/MOP 3, Bali, Indonesia
2008: COP 14/MOP 4, Poznań, Poland
2009: COP 15/MOP 5, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010: COP 16/MOP 6, Cancún, Mexico
2011: COP 17/MOP 7, Durban, South Africa
2012: COP 18/MOP 8, Doha, Qatar
“IT HARD TO TALK ABOUT DOING IT RIGHT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT.
The point is that a new technology with the power to set the world on fire is just that - "new". So doing an impossible thing is pretty easy if you believe that the classification "impossible" is utter nonsense - as often as not it is just that.
Finally the bit on why this applies to you merry reader - as a kWIQly reader you are empowered "kW" - Intelligent "IQ" - and you want to do it without delay "kWIQly" (you did already link to this site didn't you ? ! )
So our regular readers have heard:
- 100 times - every building is different so it is impossible to manage them all efficiently.
- 1000 times - you can't manage what you can't measure.
- A gazillion times - You can't please all the people all the time !
Well sorry but NO, NO,NO !
We were told that it is impossible to measure waste by considering smart-meters - well we do. YES we are the only software available that can deduce waste directly from consumption !
We use some pretty smart pattern recognition - who thought we would have automated speeding fines 15 years ago ? -
Three points...
"Every building is different so it is impossible to manage them all efficiently."
EPIC FAIL - this is scalable and requires no site visits (it's SaaS with zero disruption or site installation based on smart-meter data)
"You can't manage what you can't measure."
EPIC FAIL - We are not measuring waste - (where would you put the meter ? ) - but you can deduce waste and manage savings opportunity based on these deductions
"You can't please all the people all the time !"
YOU - CAN - Well so long as we fix climate-change together - maybe everyone should be pleased
Yup FG said it first ....
CAN TAKE DAY OFF FROM IDEA? IT WRONG ONE.
FIND IDEA THAT BURN, GRAB WITH BOTH HANDS, NEVER LET GO.
But did you notice the date on the chart above - this happened at 02.00 a.m. this weekend.
THAT HOW MAKE FIRE!
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| WORLD FIRST Waste derived by pattern recognition in consumption Date Formats need fixing - but this is the first ever graphic produced Saturday 10/10/2012 |
Three points...
"Every building is different so it is impossible to manage them all efficiently."
EPIC FAIL - this is scalable and requires no site visits (it's SaaS with zero disruption or site installation based on smart-meter data)
"You can't manage what you can't measure."
EPIC FAIL - We are not measuring waste - (where would you put the meter ? ) - but you can deduce waste and manage savings opportunity based on these deductions
"You can't please all the people all the time !"
YOU - CAN - Well so long as we fix climate-change together - maybe everyone should be pleased
Yup FG said it first ....
CAN TAKE DAY OFF FROM IDEA? IT WRONG ONE.
FIND IDEA THAT BURN, GRAB WITH BOTH HANDS, NEVER LET GO.
But did you notice the date on the chart above - this happened at 02.00 a.m. this weekend.
THAT HOW MAKE FIRE!
Buildings share the Laws of Physics obviously making them more similar than different. If that weren't the case how would any engineer ever become expert in building controls or energy efficiency ???
So if we take weather data (not from your building, but from a reliable source ! ), we take utility data from your smart-meters, we have two measures that are completely independent of your building and can audit what happens inside independently !
Now we expect that many of you (new visitors) won't really believe us - we also expect that FG will eat many of you for lunch - so we don't really care !
We only want winners to work for anyway.
So if you don't want to be eaten tweet something to @FAKEGRIMLOCK - or like us on Facebook or whatever rings your bell.
So if you don't want to be eaten tweet something to @FAKEGRIMLOCK - or like us on Facebook or whatever rings your bell.
But please don't just do the things that are easy (it's a start) ...
so do the things other people CAN'T DO !
You are an energy manager - no we don't have green elastomeric underwear
or a cloak for you - but you too can be a hero !
so do the things other people CAN'T DO !
You are an energy manager - no we don't have green elastomeric underwear
or a cloak for you - but you too can be a hero !
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Oh and if you didn't realise it - then that's another EPIC FAIL !
- but you can contact us if we can help ! anyway !
TOGETHER WE WILL EAT ENERGY WASTE FOR BREAKFAST !