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esere826: LEAN MANAGEMENT and JUST-IN-TIME approach to learning uhn??

Serendipity: What?

Lean management = Save resources (financial/human/time etc) by doing only what is required without wasting resources on 'valueless' extras.
Just-in-time = reduce waste of space by doing things at the right time.


In rough summary, doing the right thing (lean) at the right time (JIT)


An example of a girl using both principles in dating:
a) Instead of dating 8 men in the span of 6 years before finally getting married,which is a waste of time and her 'resources'
b) she'll instead seek to date the one man that she is very sure that she will marry. She might also date him for a month or less before they get married. Her time has thus been saved on heartbreaks, and her 'resources' have been left undepleted


....sheit....i am just a chauvanist

Well, I am no fan of some male sticking sticks into another male's behind
I cringe at the tought, and think as much folks as possible should stop..... but that's my thinking

"but, let me show you a new level of grace"
For any Nigerian xtian homosexual facing this dilenma, this is how I would expect you could reason it:

-Can one be a xtian pastor and commit serial adultery with his church members?
-Can one be a xtian brother and nack every girl in his part?
-Can one be a xtian sister and exchange her punni for school fees and pocket money?
-Can one be a xtian deacon and steal the commonwealth of children yet unborn, and donate part of the "loot' to the church?
-Can one be a xtian elder and steal the votes of his people?
-Can one be a xtian pastor and stab his wife to death in cold blood?
-can one be a xtian a r.a.pe girls both underaged and overaged?
-Can one be a xtian missionary and capture, trade, buy and own slaves?
-Can a xtian say that others cannot be judged, and yet turn around to you to judge you? ,..........uhnnnnnnnn


...if they that have done these things have been accepted by the xtian community 'and probably by christ', then who am I to condemn you
(if i choose to condemn you, it would not be from a religious viewpoint, but from a cultural one)

AjanleKoko: ..............The good thing is, these days of pervasive information has made it feasible to learn on demand. So I could quickly pick up rudimentary Spanish or learn how to bake a cake on Coursera when I need to.

No point filling one's head with useless information, when you can spend that time further honing your skills in the specific area of interest. If you're a baker, spend most of your time baking, or doing stuff that will enhance your baking skills. Additional time spent learning the ballet will serve you little.

LEAN MANAGEMENT and JUST-IN-TIME approach to learning uhn??

@OP

LOL, Wow!!!!
I'm sure ur amazed at the level of ignorance of a number of 'sheeps'

Neither accepting nor disproving your theses
many commentators did not get your cunning titling:

Why I Don't Believe in Heaven and Hell.....Stories And Testimonies.
-- Join this with the title of this write up. I got you ...

Our education system is getting worse at churning out zombies sha

If you be aje, you woud have read the story of Cinderella
For the kpakos, you can find the story here: http://www2.njnu.edu.cn/wy2/Cinderella.htm

.......................................
I put my sweet little girl to sleep, and read her a bed time story
this was not the first time i was reading her Cinderella,
but I had recently began to reason that like African stories, these oyibo fairy tales needed to start passing a lesson to kids

And so, at the end of my reading, I asked Zainab what she tought was the moral of the story
Zainab's reply sent the chill down my spine
"girls should always be beautiful and not ugly so that they are not wicked" she said, half between sleep and conciousness

^^^I agree with u
I think all humans like many animals are driven by the herd mentality
for humans, herds my provide a safety net and comfort zone for our reasoning -if everyone is doing it, it must be right and acceptable

However, I suspect that we can isolate the strand of cultural predispositions in understanding the direction the human herd will take

Contextualizing this in religion for example:

1) Nigerians do not see anything wrong with slapping/'assaulting' a child, especially when its yours
(Even I might not see much wrong with it)
So when a Nigerian Pastor slaps a teenage girl on Nigerian soil, we as a Nigerian herd try to rationalize and applaud it in religious or proverbial speak
..there are lots of talk on "touch not my anointed" by the Nigerian religious folks

2) The West think its wrong to 'assault' a child
so when an American Pastor grabs his teenage daughter's neck, the American herd (and even his daughters) shows some revoltion by condemning his actions and getting him arrested
....I cant seen any talk on "touch not my anointed" by the American religious folks

..well this is a cultural forum, and not a religious one
otherwise, i would have surmised that the American God is definitely different and gentler than the Nigerian God
-also, the American God blesses the country as a whole, while the Nigerian one is more concerned with blessing only individuals


...a big shame indeed

what we culturally find disturbing is if folks sleep with married women
if folks kill others
and if folks commit homesexualism

if church heads are 'credibly' accused of such vices
the reactions from the most sheepish of followers would be quite different from the popular refrain:
"touch not my anointed one"
remember what happened to Reverend king


It is said that political leaders are a reflection of the society
It is also quite clear that church leaders are a product of what the society finds acceptable


our culture does not frown at marrying more than one wife
Its about time that we and our pastors openly accept this and indulge in it
instead of causing much havoc and hypocrisy in the secrecy of our bedrooms

The present scandal involing a church head an his church member can be viewed in this prism
indeed, quite a number of church scandals can be viewed from this prism


In Nigeria, We culturally do not frown at folks stealing a lot of money
Church leaders are therefore exempt from condemnation when they amass wealth through legal, illegal, moral or unethical means

We do not frown at men (single or married) screwing single girls. If anyone is to be blamed, its the girls.
We are therefore wont to ignoring stories that suggest Church heads sleep with their female members
If anyone is to be blamed, its either the girls, or those that wont let go of the stories

We do not frown at adults (or people in authority) slapping their younger ones or slapping women
we therefore easily overlook it if a pastor slaps a member of his church

(^^^Apart from the popular recorded slap, In Nigeria, I have witnessed a 5 yr old bundled and thrown out of church 'for being sent by the devil' by a woman under the 'unction'. I wish that same 'unction' can work in the same way in the UK)

I once carried out a research in which i came across this argument:

The Nigerian dismal disposition to governmental ethics and the resultant massive corruption
is borne out of the absense of such governmental structures and means of value exchange in our cultures

i.e. money and government as we now know it is alien to our culture.
so we do no have traditional ethical values around them

That is why someone can steall billions of naira, and there are no traditional laws to handle such grand theft"


This might explain why stealing a goat might attract a stiffer penalty than stealing plenty money as we can traditionally relate to this better.

Mod I think my post as some cultural elements, so pls can you kindly live it here
I won't like to be shot down by small and narrow minded mods in the religious section. Thanks

Ajibam: Is this in your own bible?

To further show how sheepish the sheep could be,
Jesus asked that Peter follow him
Peter instead turned back, and on seeing John also
following, began to attack John
"Jesus, you no send this guy message" peter
screamed "wetin be dis naw?"
Jesus almost used koboko to cane peter, and asked
him: "Wetin consign you?"

Rule8- don't post false information on nairaland

Ok
i c were you got stuck
I believe you've read bible commentaries where writers inteprete the bible as they deem fit
besides, u notice that verses were not quoted

Discussions would have lead to to why I presented it that way

No worries
Have it your way. Such abrogation of reasoning by folks in authority was actually what I was going to discuss

I tried creating a toughtfull topic on church scandals much like the book: God's generals why they succeeded, and why they failed.

It seems its been taken off even before I had the chance to expand on it
I believe this is in error, and not a new disintegration sympton of the forum mods of my cherished xtian faith

dabossman: Wonderful write-up Esere826. Please can I use your material for training in my office? I think members of my team would benefit greatly from the knowledge embedded in this thread.

Please, do go ahead
(please also note that its no hard and fast rule. It might create more learning value if points are argued by training participants)

plaetton: Most successful people I know are not bound by the shackles of blind faith religion.
Wake up and recognize the century you are in .lol

Wow!!
the waters of reasoning gets more shallow every passing day
Do not allow you hatred for something blind you to simple reasoning

The pattern I referred to was simple the training that many great people undergo before they hit the spotlight
You never knew about Bill gates or Steve Jobs when they were in the shadows sweating it out, did you?

Some of us spend our time in the shadows getting inspiration from GOD who we believe in
others get their inspiration from some other place or none-place
..............simplez

Using Nigeria as a case study system

Nigeria's present needs on one hand is:
1) Major anti corruption fighters
2) successful entrepreneurs that can create jobs
3) Extremely skilled folks etc

On the the other hand for the present system to remain in equilibrium it needs
1) Strategic kidnappers
2) Newly minted Strategic looters
3) individuals migrating from the country successfully etc

-I cant see any 'well researched' formal education system that prepares people for any of these
-Individuals therefore take their destiny in their hands and learn skills that enable them fit into the needs of the system
-in summary, the education you received might have failed you, but you might soon find yourself 'pulling' the needed education for your success in the system you find yourself.

...........For example, you might soon realise that you are called by God to be a prosperity preacher -afterall, that is one major Nigerian need

Ok guys

To ensure that we are figuratively not touching different parts of the elephant which i am describing and assuming that the object being touched are snakes, walls, etc. As at this moment, what I am suggesting is something like this:

(^^adapted from the story of the blind men and the elephant )


1) Education ought to be:
A training needed to equip individual(s) with skills/attributes needed to meet the demand of a system/organisation/employer etc

2) Education as many institutions/ nations have it ( to varying extent):
A 'training' in a 'discipline' that might be needed or not by a system/employer/organisation, but is evidenced with a certificate

Systems and their need:
3) Systems can first be described as nations which consist of organisatione/institutions/ employers/ collection of individulas etc. They aim of most systems are to survive forever/ grow/ be profitable etc

If individuals are trained as per (1) above, they will most likely be usefull to the systems goal. If they are however trained as per (2) above they might not be needed in the system

An individual would therefore do well to try hard to proactively get the training needed to survive in the system

ATMC: many atimes nairaland is as boring as...but esere made a difference today, i got two of my colleagues to read this and from d argument dt ensued afterwards i learnt something interesting...it wont be long bfor its effected...this thread is an expose i must say. maybe d op n others should consider starting a youth foundation...

wow!!
thanks for the thumbs up

Freiburger: And what makes you think a Nigerian abroad can't transfer his/her aquired knowledge to his/her own people?
look i'm a trained solar pannel technician, and i cant deny ever making money from Nigeria with the techniques, even if that technology is not welcomed in a country like Nigeria, and i'm not considering puting the whole stuff aside any sooner, The notion that anything learnt outside Nigeria is a waste baffels me. And you hear people complaining everyday that they dont have machanics for the new model cars in Nigeria. esere , as much as I dont have anything against this topic, same time, i don't see any need for it.

I am actually not following your argument against mine
Maybe that is where the challenge is

I am looking at things from an extremely high but simple level
and arguing that education ought not to be an end in itself
i mean, what is the practical use of learning to live in planet venus when such oppurtunity has a slim to zero chance of existing in ones lifetime

Freiburger: @ esere826, please i need an answer to this question, how will foreigners who came to Nigeria for education benefit from what they 'ved learn't in Nigeria?

Very possible
anytime that supply meets demands wealth can be created
(kindly read this: https://www.nairaland.com/994349/how-create-economic-success-out)


its the same way a nigerian can go abroad and succeed in a foreign land

bolakale30: waoh! Nigerians actually know the problems militating against this country, yet this country is like this....
i must commend the oratory skills of Esere and Ajanlekoko, you guys are philosophical goons but it still boils down to the fact that most times solutions are proffered on faceless forums with minimal or no impact in the real world...

impacts are made in the real world
Ajanlekoko on this thread said that a solution was proferred to him that changed his real world forever
he then shared it with all readers

trolling: Woe to them that trust in chariots and intellectual horses

hope you're alright?

crackhouse: how can a thread consisting of three people make front page?

the same reason only one man is president of a nation of more than 140 million people
....food for thought

mikelreal: hmmmmm 100% true, in summary, govt shudnt give ASUU the 500billion they re asking.

keeping youths of university age off the street might be a safe strategy for any government

Freiburger: Op, have you heard of the word globalization?

yes i have
pls go on.....i'd like to hear how you wrap globalization around this

nitrogen: Believe me, it will be a long and tiring ride, I think instead of 'learning how to learn on our own', it's better for those who have learnt a lot on their own and through the system to independently(without the system) teach others/us what they have learnt . ....editted....

I guess you're referring to people like ajanlekoko

nitrogen: I butress my point with that quoted. How can one be successful in entreprenuership without a nice system that brings in the wealth of experience of great entreprenuers? forget those 'one in a million entreprenuers' that made it without intervention. These skills are not just easy to self-develope, sincerely, it isn't easy!

I think that once in a while, some individuals can succeed without the system helping them out
however for the numbers to be great, and for the individuals to owe some amount of loyalty to the system, the system needs to provide some intervention.

But systems in Nigeria are presently in states of coma with no hope for resuscitation in the immediate future
the system might even completely collapse after oil dries up
so it is left for individuals to push hard and past the systemic limitations

We need to learn how to learn on our own

AjanleKoko: I don't entirely disagree with you, you know.
I just think it's a bit unfair to hold the educational system responsible for problems created by individuals.
As an undergrad in the 90s, I remember coming across someone during my IT who challenged me to 'get out there, couple some ICs together, see what happens'.
I did, and I learnt something beyond just ICs. I learnt that my education was more than the certificate I was going to get after my period in school. I learnt how to challenge myself and learn how the world works, and it has been very beneficial at the end of the day.

Right now there's a thread on the front page, something like 'What kind of business can I start as a chemistry graduate'?
How can you blame the educational system for that?

The highligted is important.
If I had continued with my analysis, the next logical step would be that I demonstrate that it is extremely difficult for organisations (no matter how efficient) to provide individuals with the exact skills they need to survive


They therefore most importantly need to educate individuals on the ability to learn how to learn by themselves.
Your university did not educate you on this important skill, but some mentor did.

Such kind of education is the type that the American system provides its citizens in entrepreneurship. It rewards adventurous individuals and provides a cushion for them when they fail and start over again.

In summary, we need to be educated (and rewarded) on how to learn/research by ourselves
the internet age provides such oppurtunity on a scale not previously imagined