Sewitch Etcetera Corporation

In programming, there is an escalating scale of code development.  The most basic level is machine coding, using numerical designators to provide instructions to the hardware and firmware of a computer.  Machine coding is then collected into larger common strings, which can be used for real-time process control when a computer is connected to actuators that open and close mechanical and electrical connections.  This language assembles common machine code sequences and is thus called “assembly” language.  Letters combine to form words, words combine to form sentences.

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The Vice President of Logistics asked me to meet.  I had been advising this international company on strategic planning, and had gotten to know Keith during the process.  He wanted to talk about a team he was on, charged with finding new ways to achieve the company’s revenue, profit and strategy objectives.

“Stan, we’ve put together this task team, made of both senior leaders and more junior professionals from every major function in the company.  It’s a good group of people,” he explained. “Our challenge is to find new ways to increase sales, reduce costs and improve our strategic positioning in the market.”

“That’s quite a charter,” I said.  “What can I help with?”

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I’m sure most of you have observed that the news media daily provide a steady torrent of bad news:  tornadoes in the Great Plains, wildfires in Colorado, floods in the northeast and Great Lakes region, suicide bombings in the Cradle of Civilization, mass demonstrations in Istanbul, ethnic wars in sub-Saharan Africa, vanishing species in the oceans and on land, vanishing glaciers everywhere, nuclear weapon proliferation in unstable nations and home invasions in suburbia.

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[This is the third and final installment of the story of how I had my identity stolen, came to know the thief, and finally hired him.]

Stan gets to see if he believes his own words

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