For 2009
11 Dec 2009
Think Creatively
Everyone thinks they are creative; very few people actually are. They could be, but they are frightened that their creations will be spurned, mocked or laughed at, and they cannot face failure. We all need to succeed. Those who demand unremitting total success end up doing very little. The risk-averse remain solvent but poor. More »
Topics: creativity, foresight, humour, memory, perceive, problem solving, reflection, relationships, sensitivity, vision, wealth
16 Oct 2009
Face The Future
Would mankind have done better if our forecasting had been more accurate? Would we have taken steps to avoid climate disruption by imposing criteria on technological change that would have slowed it? Would our handling of capitalism have been smarter if we had predicted the forces we were releasing, even if our control of it had made us poorer? More »
Topics: creative revolution, forecast, future, immortality, money market, sentient robots, stock market, yin and yang
24 Aug 2009
UNBALANCED – Part Two Religion, Sex & Business
Gandhi was right: “The only devils in the world are those running around in our hearts”. We cherish them, encourage them, feed them and then blame them for all the ills we suffer. In business, as in life, we create or condone these devils. We fail to see the ones that matter, devoting time to irrelevant misdemeanours and errors, leaving serious problems to multiply and take over. How can religion help More »
Topics: business, religion, work-life balance
23 Jul 2009
UNBALANCED – Part One Education & Communications
Beyond work-life balance there are four other important areas in which we have been steadily creating less, rather than more, balance - education, communications, religion and sex. More »
Topics: communication, education, work-life balance
29 Jun 2009
New Capital, Please
If you don’t do your job you cannot do it badly - but you can still fail. More »
Topics: capitalism, economics, employees
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