Complexity, Innovation and Fear
Complexity can induce fear and fear is a big reason why people don’t innovate. There are reasons for this, but also solutions. This post explores some of them.
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Human behaviour, motivation, and psychology
Amazing Stuff: The Inspirational Sound and Vision Edition
Inspiration sometimes finds itself wrapped in a delightful blend of sound and visuals. This Amazing Stuff edition is dedicated to five (plus one) music+videos that might provide a little lift in these dark January months in the North.
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Libraries, Literacy and the Learning Imperative
Libraries have an opportunity to advance literacy now as much as ever, but as some argue, the time has come to expand that mandate to helping people take the intellectual initiative.
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Feeding the Right Beast: A Healthy Information Diet?
Many are focusing on food and health this January, but what about our information diets and cognitive health? The possible cost of consuming the wrong things and the need for mindful approaches to information are discussed.
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The Fallacy of New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions don’t work and can sometimes make things worse. Maybe the problem is less about us and the entire thought process that informs why we plan change in such linear ways to begin with.
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The Future of Electronic Communication is also the Past
The future of electronic communications may very well be tied to tools that enable adaptation and best share our narrative fragments, which is strangely the way we used to communicate.
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Ushering In a New Phase of Social Networks
Social media and social networks were big in 2009, however they will not live up to their fullest potential until they enable us to share and convey emotion better. Video, may be an answer.
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Amazing Stuff: December 14th Edition
Looking for awesome things, the latest in zombie attack science, solving the food shortage using Twitter, drinking tap water instead of bottles, or how little art pictures can help stimuate new thinking? Then this issue of Amazing Stuff has something for you.
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Complex Change and Energy
Change requires energy and complex change requires a lot of energy. This is why balancing energy is so critical and why exhausted tired organizations so often reach for the simple and wrong solutions to complex problems.
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Complexity and the Information Landscape
How to make sense of information in a complex learning environment and why is it important? If we think about climate change, pandemic flu and other serious issues, we may come to the conclusion that this is among the most important topics we can devote time to.
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