An Introduction to Holographic Living

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An Introduction to Holographic Living

• Ralph Hileman, Chairman, Orange County
  (California) Consultants Network
• IEEE AICN National WorkshopDec. 1, 2001
  Minneapolis, MN

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A View of Consulting as Holographic Living

• Would you like to be a consultant? Here are some
  suggestions about life as a consultant
• Introduction to the Holographic Living Concept
• How do you get one consulting assignment?
• How do you start Holographic Living?

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What is Holographic Living?

• In Star Wars, Princess Leia sent a hologram of
  herself to Obi Wan Kanobi. It signaled a new way
  to communicate, with 3D perceptions.
• As consultants get busy, they get "time sliced"
  between clients, like Dentists..
• Each job is like one facet of a jewel, and the
  many facets of a number of jobs show off your
  brilliance.

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Project Development Using Linear Thinking

• Getting One Consulting Assignment
• Meet with Customer on some other subject.
• Be seen as a valuable resource.
• Ask customer for advice/opinion on issues.
• Identify some goal you both have and show you
  know how to move there, with his help.
• Ask for the job.
• Do Planning needed to give good advice.

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Project Development Using Linear Thinking

• Now that you HAVE the job, Arrange for contract,
  Deal with Administration Accounts Payable, and
  all secretaries.
• Anyone could hold up an invoice, each one should
  be pulling for you making calls.
• Submit invoices regularly on the sked THEY want.
  Include accomplishments summary.
• Take time to think and read extensively on the
  subject in professional industry magazines, so
  you have good ideas.

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Holographic Living - Heres a
Bakers Dozen of my projects.

• 1. Part of Team for Supplying all Electronics
  for 5 Billion Ship, 1/2 Electronics. I do Test,
  Training, and Performance Monitoring.
• 2. Provide a Naval Sea Systems Command office
  advice on I/F to other Commands because I talk to
  them on other jobs.
• 3. Provide experienced people that know where
  equipment goes on big ship drawings when time is
  short to finish.

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Holographic Schedules for a Bakers Dozen of
Hileman Tasks
1. Carrier Design Prop
Current Contracts
1A Contract

2. Advice


3. Drawings

4. Advice

5. Volunteer
6. Watch
New Markets
7. Search
8. Long Term COTS Ship
9. Prof. Leadership
10. Home Office Up to date
11. Family and House
Continuous Efforts
12. Community Service
13. New jobs for Old Friends Result in new
opportunities

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Holographic Living with
10-15 Project Developments.

• 4. Help a Navy Laboratory get more business. They
  need work like companies.
• 5. Volunteer for Technical Committee work to meet
  more key people in the field.
• 6. Watch developments in dormant areas rumored to
  be getting money to restart.
• 7. Search out Experts in niche fields that
  contribute to success/failure. Real Time DII
  COE and ATM.

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Holographic Living with
10-15 Project Developments.

• 8. Get in on ground floor of new projects to test
  COTS equipment on commercial ship devoted to
  selling time at sea for testing.
• 9. Take part in Professional Activities. OCCN
• 10. Maintain home office with multiple computers,
  Ethernet, Wireless LAN, RF net, B/W Color
  Printers, get short email address. Use better
  paper so your reports feel better.

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Holographic Living with
10-15 Project Developments.

• 11. Be a member of the family. (2 1/2 acres to
  take care of with 100 trees citrus )
• 12. Serve the Community. County Supv. appt. to
  Road Improvements Committee.
• 13. Be available to help old friends in new
  positions, eg. Knowing their customers.

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Management Tools Why not
Use PERT Charts?

• PERT has SubNetworks that show schedules between
  interrelated tasks.
• But HERE, there are often few relationships
  except for your time.
• You cant easily add resources to the rare
  quality YOURSELF and your unique talents.
  (Cloning takes a few years.) You can build and
  maintain a network of friends
• Heres a development in phases.

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Sea Athena Sources of Systems and Networks
ACDS


CEC
Source Systems


SSDS
Cycle 1 Radar SSI, Mssn Mgmt/Execution, Display


AWS

Track Mgmt (less Radar SSI), Link Mgmt, ID,
Transport Services
? SRR ? IPR? SFR Athena Cycle 1 Dc97
My98 Sp98
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Athen
a
Athena Activities
? SRR ? IPR? SFR Athena Cycle 2 Dc98
My99 Sp99
Cycle 2 Enhancements/Follow-up
? SRR ? IPR? SFR Athena Cycle 3 Dc99
My00 Sp00
Plus Other Cycles Evolve into Athena Library
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Funding
2
BL6 Ph1T
AEGIS Note 5
IOC
BL vs Hull Nos
BL6 Ph 1 79-83
6
8
BL6 Ph3 CSEDS
BL6 Ph 2 84-88
BL7Ph1 CSEDS
BL7 Ph 1 89-94
BL7 Ph 2 95
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BL7Ph2 CSEDS
Rumors CG-47 to 59 Backfit
Ship Needs
2
3
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LPD-17 Note 4
Last S/W
LPD-17 Ship Deliv
Comp Lvl 1 Test
LPD-22 Note 4
9
5
1
May need OpEval for Akcita ?
Equipt Deliv
3
at sea
CVN-68 PSA 1/01 to 3/01 (May be too expensive,
slip?)
6
PSA
12
OpEval
12
9
2 5
CVN-76
PSA
Integ Tst 7 Levels
Builders Trials
Equipt Deliv Akcita Bk0Lvl 1
Akcita
S/W Deliv

SC-21 DemVal Plus Ships Generic Sked
AEGIS
FQT CSIT H/W to Ship S/W to Ship BT
OPEVAL
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Holographic Living with
10-15 Project Developments.

• We need an Inside-Out PERT that shows our time
  distributed over the projects
• Note NO PROJECT should be left unattended for
  very long, you might not be missed.
• The PERSPECTIVE is holographic, but on any one
  project, you can think linearly briefly.
• Another name for this activity could be Time
  Management of all you have to do.

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Holographic Living Some
New Ideas to Consider.

• Keeping notebooks You need a separate notebook
  for each project.
• A Palmtop computer of some kind helps you
  synchronize your diverse schedules
• You may want to hook up with a temporary staff
  agency

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Holographic Living
Conclusions

• Some projects will be more fun than others. Keep
  track of the work that puts a SMILE on your face,
  even with the challenges.
• Life is just more complicated than it used to be
  and we need to recognize the limitations of
  linear thinking and grab the concept of
  Holographic projections to see all our life
  activity in the proper perspective.