November 3, 2025
Good morning! Pop quiz: What is today’s price to mail a < one ounce first class letter via the United States Postal Service? Have you eaten the Beyond Meats? What did you think? Monster Super Moon rising at about sunset this Wednesday; don’t miss it.
- I grilled and smoked a small turkey last week for two reasons: We were having good friends over for dinner, and…
- … you can never practice or prepare enough for the big day when four or five turkeys will be needed.
- How do you know when and if you’ve had the best meal of your entire life?
- A. Consult the Michelin Guide
- B. Check the New York Times for the latest and greatest restaurant reviews
- C. Become one with your taste buds and the overall relative happiness of your gastrointestinal system
- D. Review the co$t of what you just ate + tax and + gratuity if applicable
- E. Re-read the private journal entries in the Best Foods-Ever section of your diary
- When you embark upon a plumbing home improvement project, here are a few pointers:
- 1. Don’t — embark upon it, that is
- 2. Regardless of the number of tools you haul in from the garage, it won’t be enough — or the right ones
- 3. You will get wet — some sources of wetness are less gross than others
- 4. You will get dirty
- 5. At some point, that little roll of teflon tape will unravel — and you’ll struggle with whether it’s worth it to roll it back up
- 6. You will sustain at least one injury
- 7. When you test whatever you’ve just repaired or installed, it will leak
- 8. Back to the beginning
- According to Leydon, Etc., et al. , Agentic Artificial Intelligence is poised to boost the benefits from artificial intelligence by changing its role from tool to coworker and catalyzing an end-to-end reimagining of the life sciences value chain.
- Personal note: One of my kids who works in this industry is experiencing this big-time in real-time, right now.
- Agentic Artificial Intelligence can transform eight out of ten workflows…
- Of the more than 270 life sciences workflows…, ~80% of workflows in parma and metech have tasks that could be automated or augmented.
- Nearly 40% of workflows are relatively standard and predictable and could be addressed by lower-complexity agents that business users could customize… with minimal support.
- Another 50% are more complex, domain-specific… companies could support with custom-built agents to help them differentiate from competitors.
- “… we anticipate that over time, job descriptions, job families, and even organizational charts will evolve to replace certain roles entirely.
- This creates an opportunity for the leadership team — and especially human resource officers — to rethink the shape of the organization.” (Ibid.)
- Still think change isn’t coming like a tsunami?! (Notwithstanding the Russians)
- According to the United States Department of Agriculture, (there must be at least one side door or back office still open? We know that building.)
- more than 6,610,000 cases of bird flu have been detected and diagnosed on turkey and chicken farms in the last 30 days.
- More than half of those diseased fowl were found in Wisconsin.
- Will there be turkeys for the Feast of Giving Thanks? Stay tuned.
- Maybe go with a wild turkey this year?
- Artificial Intelligence electricity demand will exceed 3.5x of current in the next four years… from 44 gigawatts currently to 156 in 2030.
- Here at Without A Vision Consultancy LLC we read and study LOTS of stuff from a variety of sources and across many sectors of the economy.
- We find it fascinating how often the best practices apply similarly to almost all situations.
- And, we find it equally fascinating to observe how often leaders think there is some sort of secret sauce, a panacea.
- There is a tendency to think things are complicated or proprietary when they’re really not.
- Vision
- Integrity
- Focus
- Communication
- Clarity
- Alignment
- Courage
- Energy ( think we prefer this to passion)
- Curiosity
- Get the job done
- Keep the team together
