From the Huffington Post Why Workplace Jargon Is A Big Problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/work-words_n_5159868.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business When we replace a specific task with a vague expression, we grant the task more magnitude than it deserves. If we don't describe an activity plainly, it seems less like an easily achievable goal and more like a cloudy state of existence that fills unknowable amounts of time. A fog of fast and empty language has seeped into the workplace. I say it's time we air it out, making room for simple, concrete words, and, therefore, more deliberate actions. By striking the following 26 words from your speech, I think you'll find that you're not quite as overwhelmed as you thought you were. Count the number that LLNLs mangers use. touch base circle back bandwidth - impactful - utilize - table the discussion deep dive - engagement - viral value-add - one-sheet deliverable - work product - incentivise - take it to the ...
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The report does say one thing that is right in that NNSA does not leak something unless they have opinion on what they want and what they want is to not have pits being made at LANL. The money savings may be one part but the bigger issue is that LANL has shown that it has serious issues in terms of safety, work efficiency, and declining quality of the workforce. This is on top of issues that Santa Fe will fight tooth and nail against pit production at LANL. Things have been falling apart at LANL and everyone knows it, do you really think it is good idea to have them now run a large risky facility that can only function well if it has top people working in at it? This is a serious question can we trust the modern LANL to do this? The sad thing is that NNSA no longer trusts LANL but the NNSA is partially to blame for making LANL what it is today.
Welcome to the future of LANL where it looks more and more like LLNL.
January 27, 2018 at 4:48 PM
In case you have noticed LLNL just got the highest score possible, maybe just maybe if LANL became more like LLNL it would also get a good score. Just something to think about.
So moving pit production to a NNSA Production site has always been in the cards - keeping it at LANL was never the plan.
Let’s evaluate this for what it actually is: incompetent NNSA middle managers who have consistently lied to the DoD and have neither the budget, abilities or skills to do their jobs.
I agree. The simple rule of thumb is take the NNSA number and multiply by PI (3.14159...) to get the actual cost. I have found this to be correct in many cases over the years. The simple reason why is that the NNSA forgets to add a factor for putting up with the oppressive oversight and ridiculous requirements it imposes just for reporting work (not actually doing work).