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Category Archives: Leadership
The Education Dilemma – Questions on Teachers, Schools, and the Educational System
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
Posted in Education, Knowledge & Education, Leadership, Sociology, Studies
Tagged academic performance, Education, Learning, school, students, teacher training, teachers
On the road to Emotional Intelligence : The Emotions Map and other things ..
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
Obliquity by John Kay – Book Review
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
Posted in Education, Knowledge & Education, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Psychology, Selected Readings, Sociology, Strategy, Thinking and The Mind
Tagged Complexity, decision making, Happiness, Indirectness, intelligence, John Kay, Leadership, Muddling Through, Obliquity, Personal Development, Planning, Power, Problem Solving, Strategy, Success
Upside-Down Thinking: Interesting Examples
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
Weick: the case for SenseMaking
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
Posted in Leadership, Philosophical, Selected Readings, Strategy
Tagged chaos theory, decision making, Leadership, quantum theory, sense making, sensemaking, Thrown-ness, uncertainty, unpredictability, Weick
On Innovation
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
Posted in Business, Leadership, Management, Strategy, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Tagged Brainstorming, Collaboration, Communication, communication mistakes, Communication Tips, Creativity, effective communication, effective leadership, Good Communication, Innovation, intelligent innovation, interpersonal skills, Leadership, Organizational Capabilities, Organizational Culture, reasoning, Strategy, teamwork
On Motivating People ( From Jim Collins’ Book: Good to Great )
“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
Posted in Business, Leadership, Management, Psychology, Strategy, Thinking and The Mind