Category Archives: Leadership

Leadership Skills and studies

The Education Dilemma – Questions on Teachers, Schools, and the Educational System

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Think-Grow

This is a very interesting discussion, about the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the school system. other than being the main educational tool in a society, it is also supposedly an important contributor to the process of social mobility (allowing … Continue reading →

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On the road to Emotional Intelligence : The Emotions Map and other things ..

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Think-Grow

  Emanuel Derman (here) draws a nice similarity between how Spinoza in his ‘Ethics’ approached human emotion as Euclid approached geometry : Defining three Primitives and ( Pain (sorrow) , Pleasure  (joy) , and Desire ) and then proceeded to … Continue reading →

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Obliquity by John Kay – Book Review

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Think-Grow

This book discusses how it is impossible sometimes to pursue our goals directly, where oblique (indirect) paths yield better results.   The writer basically validates this by examples from three fields. The happiest people aren’t those who pursue happiness, the … Continue reading →

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Upside-Down Thinking: Interesting Examples

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Think-Grow

These Examples of Upside-Down Thinking are adapted from ‘The Age of Unreason’ by Charles Handy. Upside-Down Thinking wonders what magic it is that determines that forty hours spread over five days should be the working week for most people.. Why … Continue reading →

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Weick: the case for SenseMaking

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Think-Grow

This feeling of thrown-ness and the need to make sense of it are just what we would expect if we took seriously the psychological implications of quantum theory and chaos theory. Both of these theories suggest that the world is … Continue reading →

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On Innovation

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Think-Grow

Innovation is a key survival instrument for corporations especially in our fast-paced evolving and disrupting times… The below discussion tries to cover different aspects of the innovation process…    The blockers to innovation lie in organizational entities and interaction dynamics.. … Continue reading →

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On Motivating People ( From Jim Collins’ Book: Good to Great )

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Think-Grow

“Spending Time and Energy trying to ‘motivate’ people is  a waste of effort. The real question is not ‘how do we motivate our people’. If you have the right people they will be self-motivated. The Key is to not de-motivate … Continue reading →

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