Built in thirst for Happiness and Achievement
Humans have evolved as beings who have a built in thirst for fulfillment. Buckminster Fuller a genius of the 20th Century had great insight into the nature of the mechanisms that we come into this world with. Recognizing patterns and structures was his forte. As I write this the Olympic Games of 2012 is taking [...]
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Peace Inside Prison Walls
Ex-Inmates Join Correctional Official to Plan Peace Education for Parolees Hope Cavillo, who has been involved with the San Antonio, Texas correctional systems for more than 25 years, recently became fascinated by the affect that TPRF’s Peace Education Program (PEP) has had on inmates of the Dominguez State Jail. After hearing Prem Rawat speak at [...]
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TRANSMUTATION
Transmutation from VJ Intelliki on Vimeo. Stunning visuals and sound a reminder of what we truly are deep within.
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Everything is Connected
“In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA.” This was said by Geoffrey Bateson anthropologist,epistemologist and philosopher. Geoffrey believed that our minds have tricked [...]
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Truth about what motivates us.
Daniel Pink talks about some surprising conclusions about what motivates us. It could explain why the majority of people fail in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. Cash incentives appear to work in business when mechanical skills are at play but when cognitive skills are involved the results are very different.Autonomy ,Mastery and Purpose become [...]
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Visual Meetings
David Sibbet is one of the leaders in the field of visual thinking. His particular niche is Visual Meetings David is teaching people how to highlight visual communication to enhance comprehension and increase deeper understanding of relationship and structure Davids methods are fully explained at davidsibbet.com and also at grove.com The Ted Talk presentation here [...]
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Where do good ideas come from?
Steven Johnson asks the question where do good ideas come from. He lauds the rise of the 17C English coffeehouse as being instrumental in a explosion of innovation in thinking. He believes that the very structure of the coffeehouse enabled ideas to be generated and networked amongst diverse individuals who previously may not have met. [...]
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Actual Visualisation
David Sibbet is an expert in strategic thinking from a systems viewpoint. His use of story maps within context to enable people to actually visualize complex organizational structures is a excellent tool to enable visual clarity and achieve extraordinary outcomes. Stakeholders can co-create their visual representation without the filtering of a facilitator allowing for a [...]
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Stop whining and try again!
With the passing of Steve Jobs many people have become reflective about his life and the obstacles he overcame along the way. The obstacles where many . His adoption ,interrupted college education,removal from Apple and his return and battle with cancer where a few of many. Yet Steve didn’t whine he kept on trying. He [...]
