Jonathan Askin, Professor at Brooklyn Law, characterizes the people of Occupy Wall Street as a 21st Century reincarnation of the What If Generation of the 1960’s Vietnam Protesters. As Askin noted, instead of asking, “what if there was a war and nobody came” today’s protesters are asking such questions as “what if we had bailed [...]
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What If
Posted in Economy, Life, Progress, tagged Change, Economy, human spirit, Learning, Progress on October 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Gravity of Vision
Posted in Leadership, Relationships, Systems Thinking, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, organizational design, relationships, Systems Thinking on October 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The Gravity of Vision In our universe what keeps things together? In a general sense what brings chaos to order? Gravity. For without it every person and thing would be cast into space, floating aimlessly, making for quite a chaotic existence. If not for gravity then nothing would be at rest on earth. Moreover this [...]
Rethink or Reload
Posted in Change, Economy, Life, Problem Solving, tagged Change, Critical Thinking, Decision-making, Problem Solving, Progress, Systems Thinking on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In his OP-ED column in the New York Times, Thomas Friedman briefly summarizes two books, “The Great Disruption” by Paul Gilding and “The Power of Pull” by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown & Lang Davison that each speak to the many social protests (a.k.a. The Great Disruption) we are seeing throughout the world—Occupy Wall [...]
The Indignation of the Immune
Posted in Change, Economy, Life, Systems Thinking, tagged Change, Critical Thinking, Economy, human spirit, Moral Values, Progress, Systems Thinking on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent article by Paul Krugman spoke to the whining from the elite in Wall Street who believe that the good that they have done for society is not understood, claiming that “finance is the only thing America does well.” Not only is it telling of where we are as a society that [...]
Reformer Education
Posted in Education, Problem Solving, Quality, Systems Thinking, tagged Critical Thinking, Education, Learning, Problem Solving, Quality, Systems Thinking on October 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A recent Huffington Post article describes the agreement and disagreement between Arne Duncan (Secretary of Education) and Dennis Van Roekel (President of National Teachers Association) over the preparation and evaluation of teachers respectively. Sadly what is not being discussed—as can be inferred from the article—is the very process of learning.
Reflection #2 on Occupy Wall Street
Posted in Change, Economy, Life, Morality/Ethics, tagged Change, human spirit, Moral Values, Progress, Systems Thinking on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For the most part we as a society seem to agree religion and the governance of society should not be intertwined. That is, in theory, government of the people should be by and for the people (democracy) and not by anyone claiming he/she has the right to rule because of the power given to him/her [...]
A Reflection on Occupy Wall Street
Posted in Change, Economy, Life, Morality/Ethics, tagged Business of business, Change, Economy, human spirit, Moral Values, Progress on October 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Occupy Wall Street is bringing to most everyone’s attention that we, the 99%, are not mere cogs in the economic machinery and those in the executive suite are not our overlords. I applaud the courage and commitment of those standing up for the rights of citizens.
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