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Expertise: talk the talk vs walk the talk
Social scientist, Harry Collins, has spent his career hanging out with gravitational wave physicists and learning to talk like one. Harry’s research is on expertise …
Read MoreMaking sense of history
I am reading The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I enjoyed his description of how history is extremely opaque; how “you see what comes …
Read MoreGrasping the truth requires more than science
I’ve just started to read Otto Scharmer’s book, Theory U, and this passage grabbed my attention. Twenty-three hundred years ago Aristotle. arguably the greatest pioneer …
Read MoreWhat is thought?
I’m listening to Will Durant’s book, The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time, and I noticed this passage which help us understand why we …
Read MoreMaking a difference
I know we keep harping on about this, but little things can make a big difference! Here’s an inspiring Indian public announcement showing a great …
Read MoreThe Medici Effect by Frans Johansson is now free
The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson is all about innovation, particularly that type of innovation which occurs when two or more different disciplines, mindsets, ways …
Read MoreThe link between complexity and narrative?
Steve Hardy has written an article – What Specifically Do Generalists Do? To quote: All the elements that make up experiences are very complex when …
Read MoreThe intuitive mind
I’m in the process of cleaning out my filing cabinets today—what joy—and discovered this quote: The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational …
Read MoreA faulty knowledge transfer metaphor
The conduit metaphor is a common way for people to imagine how information is passed from one person to another. This metaphor paints a picture …
Read MoreThe fine art of (not) lecturing
I just read a great article over at the thestar.com about Nobel laureate Carl Wieman who wants professors to rethink how they teach. His message? …
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