Things I am Thinking About –I Want It, I Need It Something I am thinking about is, how do we find the place where needs and wants meet. Traditional economists believe we have infinite wants, but that we have finite needs. Maslow talks about the hierarchy of needs, which blurs the line between genuine physical […]
Category: For Humans
Thoughts on being more human and enriching the humanity of others.
Three Days to Bastille Day, What’s Changed?
Three Days to Bastille Day, What’s Changed? Three Days to Bastille Day and one has to wonder, what has changed? Well, there is far greater access to education, to health services, to communication, to transport, to the possibilities of self-enrichment and the possibility of equitable employment and opportunity regardless of gender, race or location. Technology […]
Lazy Right Punishes Left
Lazy Right Punishes Left Are you definitely right-handed? I am not. One of the ultimate examples of the laziness of the industrial system is the punishment of left-handed people. I spent the better part of my first seven years on this planet at the occupational therapist, and received ongoing attacks from a concerned mother to […]
The System Isn’t Broken
The System Isn’t Broken What if the system isn’t broken, what if it’s the wrong system? What if the industrial revolution is over? What if the system we require has absolutely nothing to do with the Keynesian model, an industrialist’s model of economics? Stephen Covey used to refer to having the wrong map. What if […]
Are You Technically Perfect?
Are You Technically Perfect? Are you really technically perfect? And, if you are, where do you go from there? In the not-so-distant past, and because it’s the past I will stick with the appropriate terms, the professions followed a process of Apprentice – Journeyman – Master. Nowadays, this has vanished in all […]
Cursed to Create
Cursed to Create Do you realise that we as humans have literally been cursed to create? Which is why it baffles me when people attempt to define themselves as “creatives” from a professional point of view, as if doing a bachelor of arts degree somehow means you have cornered the market on being “creative”. My […]
Same Old Story
The Same Old Story It always seems to be the same old story, but is it really? Kurt Vonnegut once did a lecture on writing in which he stated that one of the basic premises of a good story is as follows: “Boy meets girl.Girl and boy fall in love.Boy does something foolish, loses […]
Impostor Syndrome and Ugly Ducklings
Impostor Syndrome and Ugly Ducklings Impostor syndrome is a challenge most of us will face at some point in our lives, but I do wonder if, in most cases, we are not just experiencing being ugly ducklings? What do I mean? In school we are taught to make the grade, and examinations are still the […]
Warhol or van Gogh – The Creative Conundrum
Warhol or van Gogh – The Creative Conundrum The greatest creative conundrum is the idea of “my calling must pay the bills”, before you have any kind of track record. I don’t think that is fair on your calling, nor is it fair on your waistline. You need to eat. In a voice over class […]
String Theory for Soldiers
String Theory for Soldiers String Theory for Soldiers is probably not what you think. I don’t always agree with the militarisation of management, but there are definitely nuggets of knowledge to be had from all areas of the human experience, the special forces most certainly included. I once had the great fortune of meeting […]