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A Little Bit of Philosophy Makes You Smart – Apparently
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Loading ...I was fascinated by a news article from the BBC last week (Nursery pupils taught philosophy), about a recent initiative to teach philosophy to primary school children. The research has been going on for a while, but has just been published. There is a fuller story with more colour to it in the Educational Guardian [...]
The YouTube Generation and Accountability
(Click and rate it!) Loading ...I think there are a huge number of exciting things about new technology and the web 2.0 world, but there are also some sad losses. We have automated and improved daily life to the point where we have free time and communications ability that previous generations could hardly have dreamed of.
Coincidence?
(click and rate it) Loading ...Ever wondered why there is so much coincidence? Seth Godin blogged about some he experienced recently. The answer is simple… It is because sometimes we make it for ourselves, let me introduce Gestalt Psychology. Gestalt Psychology (nothing to do with the therapy of the same name) basically says that the brain tries to make sense [...]
IM or E-mail? How to get your point across?
(click and rate it) Loading ...When working with others, good communication is a critical part of getting things done. Blackberry, instant messaging, e-mail, poor phones, all give the illusion of great communication, but sometimes they can actually take it away. There are some simple ways to put it back. This was all sparked by an interesting post over on Web [...]
e-mailing your way to oblivion
(click and rate it) Loading ...Is it just me, or are e-mail and productivity at work just two things that don’t belong in the same sentence together? I find it amazing that companies invest so much money in deploying e-mail systems and yet spend nothing on training people to communicate effectively with them. Perhaps you work in a company that [...]
Who’s on First?
(Click and rate it!) Loading ...For me, Who’s on First? by Abbott and Costello is a classic piece of script: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml In all the confusion, it is actually a good remembering that who, what, when and where are very good questions for working out what needs doing! When asked in the right way. Simple questions that bring the clarity needed [...]
Winning battles – starting with the inbox
(click and rate it) Loading ...I’m a great believer in systems and analysis. In fact I think the whole world is one big interconnected system… But that’s a story for another day. One of the systems that is the biggest challenge to working out what needs doing and doing it is the email inbox. In most companies the email inbox [...]
