ideas
words .... words
Mental models in complexity.
Focus on the ideas represented within the words as they stream past.
Click on a word or phrase to fix it within the thought flow.
rules and incentives
In this increasingly complex and fast changing world we need individuals who feel they can act. We need people who know how to improvise, know how to take others with them, know how to improve care, kindness and empathy ... and so figure out the right thing to do.
Self understanding and collective human behaviour
It's not just what you say but how you say it. Successful operators speak little and listen much... "Like a mother speaking sing song to a baby variation sounds perky and inviting".
How the Peppered moth proved Darwin’s theory of evolution
...It’s a rather ordinary creature flying at night and hiding during the day on twigs and tree trunks where it uses its colouring to good effect camouflaging itself against the lichen covered tree bark.
brains and behaviour
We are living in a golden age of scientific discovery about the most complex thing in the universe, our own brains.
calendar 2009 | be inspired
- be inspired -
- do calm...
- do beauty...
- do challenge...
see the 2009 calendar »
the magic roundabout
There is an emerging group intelligence that is based on the considerate relationship of one person to another, even if it is based on self-preservation.
calendar 2008 | be inspired
- be inspired -
- do dreams...
- do colour...
- do imagination...
see the 2008 calendar »
the knowledge based economy
on herding cats and directing butterflies...
minds, like parachutes, only function when they’re open
and always remember you're unique ... just like everybody else
24 ways to kill an idea
- ignore it
- see it coming and dodge
- scorn it
- ...
read the rest of the 24 ways to kill an idea »
reading wholes
- according to research
at Cambridge University ...
more about research into reading wholes »