The following essay was written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997. She described it as the commencement speech she would give if she were asked to give …
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Chris Argyris coined the terms "Double Loop Learning" and "Single Loop Learning. Single loop learning has often been compared to a thermostat in that it makes a "decision" to either turn on or off. Double …
In this fun and entertaining 3 minute performance from the World Science Festival, Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale and an audience’s expectations to demonstrate neural programming of our brains. Brilliant!
This was written by Brian G. Dyson the CEO of Coca-Cola (from 1988 until 1994).
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work …
Tasmania’s diversity and relatively compact size makes it a perfect holiday destination. The landscape can change from rainforests and highland lakes to long white beaches within a 90-minute drive.
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Recently I attended a presentation by Alistair Cockburn. He is one of the initiators of the agile movement in software development and one of the 17 authors of the Agile Manifesto. During his presentation …
Lewis Gordon Pugh, the first person to swim at the North Pole, talks about his using extremes to accelerate the conversation about global warming. He talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole. He …
