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| Simplicity, it seems, is
becoming increasingly difficult. Consider the
challenge of designing products that seem intuitive. Rugged, resilient, reliable. That's our view of the internet and related communications technologies. It turns out, not so much. Paper folding, or Origami, is a bewildering art to many--and it just got more bewildering. Married to your computer? Rosie Perera thinks she might be, but what does that mean for her Christian Faith? More here... Puzzles, games, and mysteries abound. And how we understand them provides insight into the role of information and knowledge, says Malcolm Gladwell. Belief and Unbelief are messy. There's a staggering range of things that unbelievers believe (TOEBTADNNRTOTMAGRG). Perhaps Valentine's Day should celebrate virginity. So argues Patrick Fagan. And Dawn Eden agrees. Leaders need a broad understanding of their context, and not just technical expertise. More confirmation, from Harvard Business School. What is our monolingual knowledge base costing us? No one knows, but Rüdiger Wischenbart has some insights. Walter Benjamin asked if art remained art, even in an age 0f quick, easy reproductions. Yes, Walter, but what happens when the reproduction is part of the art (YouTube Link)? Imogen Heap's website. Take a German Brewmeister, add creativity and passion, and you wind up with something that Coca-Cola wants, but can't have. Mountain climbing and leadership mentoring have a lot in common. Walter C. Wright, Jr. offers his wisdom.
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Back in the 1940s,
Vannevar Bush saw the internet coming. While the technology changed, the
concepts are
startlingly familiar.
"Great art requires a source of inspiration that today’s artists are not tapping." Have we reached the end of real creativity? Charles Murray thinks so. Count Pointer-Count sends his greetings. Or not. Does IT still matter in business strategy? Two significant articles offer point, and counter-point. Thanks to photographs of the day, we think of the world a century ago as a grim, greyscale place. Well, Russia wasn't. Learning Organizations are all the rage. But, are they all that real? Tara Fenwick takes a look. Genesis recounts the first command given by God: Fill and Subdue the Earth. The people in the Americas obeyed--and well before Columbus. Charles Mann explains. Technology and Christianity are not necessarily at odds. In fact, we can use technology to honor God. Story Telling and Leadership are bound together, or so says Annette Simmons. Chapter 1 from her powerful book The Story Factor. General System Theory set the stage for Senge and other leadership thinkers. Here's von Bertalanffy's 50-year retrospective on his theory, from 1968. Best presentations ever. A top-ten list of outstanding communication. Thus saith the Computer Ethics Institute. Another, not-quite-so-inspired, ten commandments. How do we learn to think and break out of our assumptions? Making sense of symbolic thought is part of the process. What makes us believe what may not be true? And equally significant, what makes us non-believe it? Rebecca Saxe explores false belief. Cube-farms aren't so bad, perhaps. At last, not when you consider the typical office of the 1930s and 40s. Meander about the Early Office Museum. Learning ResourcesSociety for Organizational Learning New Horizons for Learning: Lifelong Learning The Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations |
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