Where we go wrong. Simplicity part 3

You can always depend on Hugh to point out the obvious. Yet the obvious can and is often the farthest from what we do. Here is the text that came with today’s cube bomb. I was interviewed by Paul Barron today for his RETHINK video blog. We talked about Evil Plans, and what the book is [...]

FastCompany the Communication TEXTbook we need.

So, I teach in a college of communication and media sciences in the United Arab Emirates. And one of the constant challenges is keeping a steady stream of up to date teaching resources in the hands of the students. Actually this is a global problem. As soon as we get that newly minted text on [...]

A Conversation with Hugh MacLeod!

Listen and learn from Hugh MacLeod! I have been following Hugh MacLeod on his blog www.gapingvoid.com for some time. Hugh is one of those rare people who has sat back, looked at what he is doing, what he is good at, what he is not good at, and made the choice to follow his heart. [...]

Education System Re-Design, from within!

Dave Harris has been thinking for a while about how to not only re-conceptualise the education process but how to put that thinking into action! So what do we do? Mr. Dave Harris talking about education re-design. There are no simple answers. But we can be sure that waht we do need to do is [...]

Books Redeployed.

Sometimes we stumble on ideas in the places we least expect to find them. The OECD is full of bright ideas that often seem to be left hanging. The OECD in its work on sustainable development talks about the idea of books on demand. I do not want to suggest that the bookstore is going [...]

The real problem with Corporate World Today!

You want to know what is bugging me today? At school it is every man for himself. Yet in the work place we are thrust into an environment where in the end we are expected to work as members of a team! What? We train as lone wolves and then get told we are ant [...]

Do more by focusing!

A conversation with TIM FERRISS about taking control of your work life. I listen to students complaining day in day out about the fact that they have too little time to get things done. Given that students, generally speaking, are so awful at managing time, setting priorities and figuring out how best to direct their [...]