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« Previous EntriesThinking Tools – The Work of Edward de Bono
Friday, August 20th, 2010Most of us probably take thinking for granted as a reflexive, automatic process, like breathing. Thoughts pass in and out of our consciousness in an endless, effortless stream. Edward de Bono looks at thinking differently. He sees thinking as a set of tools that we can employ in a deliberate manner to gain insights, create [...]
Taming ADHD With Thought-Controlled Games
Thursday, February 11th, 2010On the surface, it appears to be a premise straight out of a science fiction film – using the mind to control a virtual reality without the use of a joystick or mouse. But in a growing number of classrooms, this strange concept is taking hold in an extraordinarily promising field – the use of [...]
Rockefeller Foundation – Creating the Mold for Big Philanthropy
Friday, December 11th, 2009‘Gain all you can, save all you can, and give all you can.’ – John Wesley It is a fitting maxim for America’s first billionaire and the founder of one of the country’s oldest major philanthropic organizations, the Rockefeller Foundation. Industrialist, robber baron, monopolist or mankind’s greatest benefactor – history has not yet passed its [...]
The Socially Responsible MBA
Thursday, November 12th, 2009It’s been over two decades since Gordon Gekko (played to eerie realism by Michael Douglas) uttered the now famous phrase ‘Greed is good’ in Oliver Stone’s 1987 film Wall Street. The idiom has since become a cultural tag – one that personifies the material excesses, dog-eat-dog business tactics and wealth mentality of 1980′s America. As [...]
ADHD Awareness Week – The Power Understanding Brings
Thursday, September 17th, 2009‘Knowledge is Power.’ This quote by Sir Francis Bacon was the premise of a speech presented on behalf of New Zealand’s Minister for Disability Issues by Hon. Tariana Turia, at the kick-off seminar for their observance of ADD/ADHD Awareness Week. And although this quote can be used in a myriad of contexts, on this particular [...]
Neuroscience Explores the Wisdom of Aging
Saturday, September 5th, 2009Wisdom has fallen out of fashion. This is not meant as an inflammatory statement, but rather an observation of the times in which we live. Case in point: during John McCain’s 2008 Presidential campaign, much was made of the fact that at age 73, if he had won the race, he would have been the [...]
Microgrids Challenge to Big Utility Goliaths
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009It is an environmentalist’s dream – harnessing the power of natural resources to provide households with cheaper, more reliable energy. For thousands of American homeowners this is a daily reality – not just a dream, as rooftop solar panels and wind turbines reduce their reliance on traditional power utilities. But for all the promise of [...]
Frances Hesselbein – Re-Imagining Girl Scouts
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter F. Drucker Despite how you may feel about their only-once-a-year cookie sales, the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) are not, at heart, a Machiavellian organization. So it comes as little surprise that their management philosophies lean more towards promoting acceptance, diversity, [...]
Co-housing Takes its Place in the New American Dream
Friday, March 27th, 2009For most Americans, cohousing is a new – if not entirely unfamiliar – approach to community living. A neighborhood where residents each have their own private homes, but interact as a community – sharing responsibilities, site maintenance, communal meals, and participating in resident events, the concept first generated interest in Denmark in the late 1960′s. [...]
Back to the Future – Homeschooling in the 21st Century
Thursday, March 5th, 2009One of the toughest decisions parents have to make is in regard to their children’s education. In the past, for most Americans, the decision was straightforward. By and large, we sent our kids to public schools. Today the educational landscape has changed dramatically. Public schools have been caught in the political crossfire between factions competing [...]
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