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Why some arguments are pointless, and how to improve your world in 2012
Happy New Year! May it be a good one for you and confound all gloomy predictions. Often in an extreme can be found its opposite. As atomic physicist, Niels Bohr said, “The opposite of a correct...
Clarity doesn’t make good radio
At the level of the system - how things work - it's actually very simple: The UK is not in the Euro and should not be part of stronger arrangements to protect that currency. The necessary rigour is...
Is leading revolutionary change always unpaid work?
In closing, the host feels it necessary to say that he does "real work" too and not all his time can be spent leading on the issue of the meeting - one of the really big challenges of our time....
Sometimes words get in the way
We're in almost complete silence. The background noise level is very low. We hear a little noise from outside, but not much. The winter sun streams in from the large windows. Everyone is aware of...
Think twice before you reject a connection
How do you feel when someone says they don't want to accept your connection or friend request? Kind of upset, I reckon. Even as an adult, rejection is a little tough. And that's even if they give a...
Who to talk to – those like us or those unlike us?
Frank isn’t interested in speaking to the man on my right. He’s not Frank’s type. He doesn’t seem relevant; he has a very different life. It doesn’t seem like he has anything that Frank needs; and...
Is trust an all or nothing thing?
One idea leads to another. Quickly the project takes shape. It’s all quite unexpected and the end result is way beyond the initial starting point. Why? Because the individuals involved trust each...
Do you know you understand embedded commands?
...and respond to them too, including the ones you say to yourself. This might seem like an arcane linguistic curiosity. The truth is it’s both highly practical and a very big deal. Loosely...
How many tips does it take to change your life?
“Send us your top ten tips,” they say, following the ever-popular way to introduce someone’s work. This presents a dilemma... Just go along with the request and supply a list of useful, but rather...
Feedback is not a negotiation
The protestors have achieved a great deal of publicity. Some of them, without intending to, have caused a religious institution (St Paul’s Cathedral in London) to lose its balance (about whose side...
Relief from information overload
The email Inbox just gets bigger. The paper in-tray still stacks up dauntingly too. And that’s not to mention all the other channels: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Skype text chat, SMS messages on...
When you go into “dialogue,” are you ready for change?
One inevitably leads to the other, or should... Mark is fighting his corner well. Back and forth goes the debate. Mark concedes little. He comes away with most of what he wants. All are tired out...
What’s the social function of competitive sport?
How do we benefit from playing or watching competitive sport? Clearly there are health and fitness benefits from active participation, but what about the social benefits of a game? The behavior of...
What do you see in others, what’s it telling you about yourself?
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” as Robert Burns implored. Well that Power did give us the gift. The question is whether we choose to use it. The gift can be...
What a shocker: Trader acts in accordance with what he values
As do we all. Did you hear the surprise? If the world wide web could gasp, you would have heard it from mid-ocean. A city trader said candidly that he hoped for another recession because he could...