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Friday, June 22, 2018

A landmark study on the origins of alcoholism

It's like  football. Two sides may each want to beat the other, they may even hate each other as sides, but if someone came and told them football is stupid and not worth playing or caring about, then they'd feel together. It's feeling that matters.”
― John FowlesThe Collector

Shingles is on the rise, possibly due to reduced immunity from stress, organ transplants, or the chickenpox vaccine.
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A landmark study on the origins of alcoholism
"When humans regularly drink alcohol, only 15 percent or so become dependent on the stuff. Why them and not the other 85 percent?" (The Atlantic)




Gavin Slater out, Randall Brugeaud in: CEO shuffle continues at the DTA
The Digital Transformation Agency, formerly the DTO, is on to its fourth CEO since it launched in just shy of three years ago.

Harvard change call inspires Slater to move on
"I just could not be effective in working with the big departments and agencies in Canberra while commuting weekly from Melbourne," Slater tells The Mandarin.


WHO IS RANDALL BRUGEAUD?

Digital transformation is business transformation: leading through change
“We’ll continue also to disrupt and challenge the status quo,” said Brugeaud.

The keys to tech shift from one of the Commonwealth’s busiest CIOs
Brugeaud's six top enabling factors necessary for the success in transformative digital projects.


POISONED CHALICE OF DTA

Repairing relationships: Slater does not want to be carried out in a box
A lot of key people have been swept out of the Digital Transformation Agency.

Paul Shetler: my 16 months of digital transformation in Australia
The DTO made the case for digital transformation in the Australian government